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{{Infobox album
| name       = Believe Me Now or Believe Me Later
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[Diana Trask]]
| cover      = Diana Trask--Believe Me Now or Believe Me Later.jpg
| released   = {{start date|1976|05}}
| studio     = Davlen Sound Studios
| genre      = [[Country music|Country]]<ref name="CB">{{cite magazine |title=Country Singles Reviews/Album Reviews |magazine=[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box]] |date=May 15, 1976 |page=37 |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-Cash-Box-IDX/70s/1976/Cash-Box-1976-05-15-OCR-Page-0037.pdf#search=%22diana%20trask%20believe%20me%20now%20or%20believe%20me%20later%22 |access-date=2 November 2024}}</ref>
| label      = [[ABC Records|ABC]]
| producer   = [[Joe Porter (producer)|Joe Porter]]
| prev_title = [[The Mood I'm In]]
| prev_year  = 1975
| next_title = [[Diana Trask discography|One Day at a Time]]
| next_year  = 1981
| misc       = {{Singles
| name        = Believe Me Now or Believe Me Later
| type        = studio
| single1     = Let's Get Down to Business
| single1date = 1976
}}
}}
'''''Believe Me Now or Believe Me Later''''' is a [[studio album]] by Australian singer [[Diana Trask]]. It was released in May 1976 by [[ABC Records]] and consisted of 12 tracks. The album was recorded in California in an effort for Trask to develop a new musical sound alongside producer [[Joe Porter (producer)|Joe Porter]]. It was given a positive review by ''[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box]]'' and resulted in one [[Single (music)|single]] titled "Let's Get Down to Business".
==Background, recording and content==
Australian-born Diana Trask went to the United States in 1958 and launched her career as a [[Pop music|pop]] singer. After making two albums for [[Columbia Records]] and appearing on ''[[Sing Along with Mitch]]'', she reinvented herself as a [[Country music|country]] recording artist beginning with her first singles for the genre in 1968. She reached her peak commercial success in the seventies with several US top 20 country songs such as "[[Say When (Diana Trask song)|Say When]]" and "[[Lean It All on Me]]".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Brennan |first1=Sandra |title=Diana Trask Biography |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/diana-trask-mn0000820857#discography |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=1 November 2024}}</ref> Trask recalled in her memoir that she attempted to find a new record producer in an effort to have a new musical sound.<ref name="Trask">{{cite book |last1=Trask |first1=Diana |last2=Campbell Rate |first2=Alison |title=Whatever Happened to Diana Trask |date=2010 |publisher=Melbourne Books |isbn=978-1877096808 |page=245-246}}</ref>
This resulted in Trask meeting with ABC Records' California headquarter where she began collaborating with producer [[Joe Porter (producer)|Joe Porter]].<ref>{{cite magazine |title=Nashville Report |magazine=[[Record World]] |date=March 27, 1976 |page=112 |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Archive-Record-World-IDX/IDX/70s/76/RW-1976-03-27-OCR-Page-0092.pdf#search=%22diana%20trask%20joe%20porter%22 |access-date=2 November 2024}}</ref> Her album was recorded at Davlen Sound Recorders in [[Hollywood, Los Angeles|Hollywood, California]].<ref>{{cite magazine |last1=Kirsch |first1=Bob |title=Studio Track |magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=February 28, 1976 |page=33 |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/hd2/IDX-Business/Music/Billboard-Index/IDX/1976/1976-02-28-Billboard-Page-0031.pdf#search=%22diana%20trask%20joe%20porter%22 |access-date=2 November 2024}}</ref> ''Believe Me Now or Believe Me Later'' consisted of 12 tracks. Included were four songs penned by [[Linda Hargrove]]: "All Alone in Austin", "New York City Song", "Sing Feelin' Sing" and "Fallen Angel". "Rock Me Sweet" was written by [[Waylon Jennings]] while "Little Joe" was written by Trask herself.<ref name="Liner Notes">{{cite journal |last1=Trask |first1=Diana |title=''Believe Me Now or Believe Me Later'' (Liner Notes) |journal=[[ABC Records]] |date=May 1976 |id=ABDP-948 (LP)}}</ref>
==Release, critical reception and singles==
''Believe Me Now or Believe Me Later'' was released by ABC Records in May 1976 and was Trask's eleventh studio album in her career. It was distributed as a [[Gramophone record|vinyl LP]] with six songs on each side of the disc.<ref name="Liner Notes"/> The album received a positive review from ''[[Cashbox (magazine)|Cash Box]]'' which called it "a winning combination" of upbeat and ballad songs. In addition, the publication wrote, "It is one of those albums that can be classified as containing nothing but Diana Trask magic from beginning to end. Diana proves her versatility as a singer, and she is well on her way to superstardom."<ref name="CB"/> Trask wrote in her memoir that despite working alongside Porter for the project, "things didn't work out" in terms of commercial success. She was later dropped from the ABC label.<ref name="Trask"/> Nonetheless, one single was spawned from the album: "Let's Get Down to Business" (1976).<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Trask |first1=Diana |title="Let's Get Down to Business"/"But He Was Good for Me" (7" vinyl single) |journal=[[ABC Records]] |date=1976 |id=ABC-AA-12201}}</ref>
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==Track listing==
{{track listing
| headline        = Side one<ref name="Liner Notes"/>
| title1          = Rock Me Sweet
| writer1         = [[Waylon Jennings|W. Jennings]]
| length1         = 3:51
| title2          = All Alone in Austin
| writer2         = [[Linda Hargrove|L. Hargrove]]
| length2         = 3:26
| title3          = [[It's Too Late (Bobby Goldsboro song)|It's Too Late]]
| writer3         = [[Bobby Goldsboro|B. Goldsboro]]
| length3         = 3:28
| title4          = New York City Song
| writer4         = L. Hargrove
| length4         = 4:07
| title5          = Sing Feelin' Sing
| writer5         = L. Hargrove
| length5         = 4:21
| title6          = Empty Chairs
| writer6         = [[Don McLean|D. McLean]]
| length6         = 5:06
}}
{{track listing
| headline        = Side two<ref name="Liner Notes"/>
| title1          = Let's Get Down to Business
| writer1         = J. Dugan
| length1         = 3:02
| title2          = But He Was Good for Me
| writer2         = F. Huddleston
| length2         = 4:03
| title3          = Fallen Angel
| writer3         = L. Hargrove
| length3         = 3:34
| title4          = Little Joe
| writer4         = D. Trask
| length4         = 4:29
| title5          = One Step Away from Your Arms
| writer5         = B. Cadd
| length5         = 3:16
| title6          = Lover and a Friend
| writer6         = {{hlist|G. McEuen|M. Manseau}}
| length6         = 4:00
}}
==Personnel==
All credits are adapted from the liner notes of ''Believe Me Now or Believe Me Later''.<ref name="Liner Notes"/>
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'''Musical personnel'''
* Mike Anthony – [[Banjo]], guitar
* John Barnes, Jr. – Piano
* Ben Benay – Guitar, [[harmonica]]
* [[James Gadson]] – Drums
* Lonnie Groves – Singer
* [[Bobbye Hall]] – Percussion
* Pat Henderson – Singer
* [[JayDee Maness]] – [[Steel guitar]]
* Myrna Matthews – Singer
* Marti McCall – Singer
* [[Chuck Rainey]] – Bass
* Diana Trask – Lead vocals
* Julia Tillman Waters – Singer
* Maxine Willard Waters – Singer
* Caroline Willis – Singer
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'''Technical personnel'''
* John Barnes, Jr. – Arrangement
* Linda Blaskey – Special thanks
* Eric Hookstratten – Special thanks
* Earl Klasky – Album design
* Antonin Kratochvil – Photography
* Bob Lyman – Special thanks
* Mike Nemo – Assistant mix engineer
* Nyesta – Stage wardrobe
* Joe Porter – Producer
* Eric Prestidge – Engineer
* David Reeves & Auto Wreck Yard – Special thanks
* Joy Stevens – Cover fashions
* Tom Wilkes – Art direction
* Thom Wilson – Assistant engineer
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==Release history==
{|class="wikitable plainrowheaders"
|-
!scope="col"| Region
!scope="col"| Date
!scope="col"| Format
!scope="col"| Label
!scope="col"| Ref.
|-
! scope="row"| North America
| rowspan="2"| May 1976
| Vinyl LP
| ABC Records
| <ref name="Liner Notes"/>
|-
! scope="row"| Australia
| {{hlist|Vinyl LP|cassette}}
| Dot Records
| <ref>{{cite journal |last1=Trask |first1=Diana |title=''Believe Me Now or Believe Me Later'' [Australia] |journal=[[Dot Records]] |date=May 1976 |id=L-35930-ABDP-948 (LP)}}</ref>
|-
|}
==References==
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[[Category:Diana Trask albums]]