Country Girl

Rare NZ LP! Good clean vinyl housed in a smart flipback cover.

Maria Dallas (born Marina Devcich, 1946) was discovered at a talent contest in small town of Morrinsville, New Zealand.^[1]

Her first single "Tumblin' Down", written by Jay Epae, released in 1966 and made it to #11 in the charts.^[2] It also won her a Loxene Golden Disc award.^[3] She released several albums and singles and starred in the New Zealand television series Golden Girl^[4] before moving on to Australia in 1967. Her single "Ambush", which charted #20 in Australia, was recorded in Nashville, produced by Felton Jarvis.^[5] She returned to New Zealand in 1970 and scored a #1 hit with the song "Pinocchio".^[6][7] The song spent six weeks at number one during the autumn of the year. In total, Dallas produced at least 10 albums and 25 singles.^[8] "Pinocchio" peaked at number 96 in Australia in March 1971.^[9]

A1	Tumblin' Down Written-By – Jay Epae	2:00
A2	Come On In Mr. Heartache Written-By – Lennie Siebert*	1:54
A3	When I Get Through With You Written-By – Harlan Howard	2:12
A4	Queen Of The House Written-By – R. Miller*	2:20
A5	Shade Tree Mechanic Written-By – Tom Hall*	2:22
A6	Your Kinda Love Written-By – Roy Dusky	1:58
B1	Crazy Arms Written-By – Seals*, Mooney*	1:57
B2	Heartaches Written-By – Hoffman*, Klenner*	2:00
B3	Georgie Porgie Written-By – B. Stuart*	2:02
B4	Hey Good Lookin' Written-By – Williams*	2:00
B5	Shadows Of Your Heart Written-By – Ray Griff	2:14
B6	So Long Babe Written-By – Lee Hazlewood	2:47