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The New Riders Of The Purple Sage

Initial release : 2006

Acadia 8122

A double CD compilation of tracks primarily taken from the 1974-75 albums Home, Home On The Road, Brujo and Oh, What A Mighty Time. The tracks from the Home, Home On The Road album was produced by Jerry Garcia and one of them was written by Robert Hunter. One track taken from Brujo was co-written by Robert Hunter and David Nelson. Jerry Garcia plays on three of the tracks taken from Oh, What A Mighty Time.

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Tracks

Disc 1;

  • Hi, Hello, How Are You (Dawson)
  • She's No Angel (Arnold / Ballman)
  • Groupie (Torbert)
  • Sunday Susie (Dawson)
  • Kick in the Head (Hunter)
  • Truck Drivin' Man (Fell)
  • Hello Mary Lou (Pitney / Mangiaracina)
  • Sutter's Mill (Dawson)
  • Dead Flowers (Jagger / Richards)
  • Henry (Dawson)
  • School Days (Berry)
  • Down In The Boondocks (South)
  • The Weight (Robertson)
  • Superman (Dawson)
  • Henry (Dawson)
Disc 2;
  • Old Man Noll (Dawson)
  • Ashes Of Love (Wright / Anglin)
  • You Angel You (Dylan)
  • Instant Armadillo Blues (Dawson)
  • Workingman's Woman (Seals / Jennings / Goodman)
  • On The Amazon (Battin / Fowley)
  • Big Wheels (Battin / Fowley)
  • Singing Cowboy (Battin / Fowley)
  • Crooked Judge (Hunter / Nelson)
  • Parson Brown (Dawson)
  • Neon Rose (Battin / Fowley)
  • Mighty Time (Nix)
  • I Heard You've Been Laying My Old Lady (Wier)
  • Strangers On A Train (Battin / Fowley)
  • Up Against The Wall (Hubbard)
  • Take A Letter Maria (Greaves)
  • Little Old Lady (Wilbur)
  • On Top Of Old Smokey (Traditional arr. Wakefield)
  • Over And Over (Dawson)
  • La Bamba (Valens)
  • Going Round The Horn (Dawson / Wakefield)
  • Farewell Angelina (Dylan)
Musicians

The musicians on Hi, Hello, How Are You, She's No Angel, Groupie, Sunday Susie, Kick in the Head, Truck Drivin' Man, Hello Mary Lou, Sutter's Mill, Dead Flowers, Henry (1st version) and School Days are;

  • John Dawson - guitar, vocals
  • David Nelson - guitar, vocals
  • Dave Torbert - bass, vocals
  • Buddy Cage - pedal steel guitar
  • Spencer Dryden - drums
  • Andy Stein - baritone saxophone (on School Days)
The musicians on Old Man Noll, Ashes Of Love, You Angel You, Instant Armadillo Blues, Workingman's Woman, On The Amazon, Big Wheels, Singing Cowboy, Crooked Judge, Parson Brown and Neon Rose are;
  • John Dawson - guitar, vocals
  • David Nelson - guitar, vocals
  • Skip Battin - bass, piano, guitar, vocals
  • Buddy Cage - pedal steel guitar
  • Spencer Dryden - drums, vocals
  • Bob Edwards - clams unleashed
  • Ed Freeman - mellotron
  • Kurt Kinzel - porsche
  • Neil Larson - keyboards
  • Michael MacKenzie - 750 cc norton
  • Mark Naftalin - piano
  • Dan Patiris - english horn
  • Armando Peraza - bongos
  • The Clambourine Society of Marin County featuring Tom Flye
The musicians on Mighty Time, I Heard You've Been Laying My Old Lady, Strangers On A Train, Up Against The Wall, Take A Letter Maria, Little Old Lady, On Top Of Old Smokey, Over And Over, La Bamba, Going Round The Horn and Farewell Angelina are;
  • Skip Battin - bass, vocals, percussion
  • Buddy Cage - pedal steel guitar, vocals
  • John Dawson - guitar, vocals, autoharp, mouth harp, percussion
  • Spencer Dryden - drums, percussion, vocals
  • David Nelson - guitar, vocals, percussion
  • Bootche Anderson - vocals
  • Jerry Garcia - guitar (on Mighty Time, I Heard You've Been Laying My Old Lady and Take A Letter Maria)
  • Jeff Narell - steel drum
  • Ray Park - fiddle
  • Marilyn Scott - vocals
  • Sly Stone - organ, piano
  • Pepper Watkins - vocals
  • St Beulah's Church Choir
  • Glide Memorial Church Choir
Related releases

Hi, Hello, How Are You, She's No Angel, Groupie, Sunday Susie, Kick in the Head, Truck Drivin' Man, Hello Mary Lou, Sutter's Mill, Dead Flowers, Henry (1st version) and School Days are taken from;

Old Man Noll, Ashes Of Love, You Angel You, Instant Armadillo Blues, Workingman's Woman, On The Amazon, Big Wheels, Singing Cowboy, Crooked Judge, Parson Brown and Neon Rose are taken from;
  • Brujo, New Riders Of The Purple Sage, 1975
Mighty Time, I Heard You've Been Laying My Old Lady, Strangers On A Train, Up Against The Wall, Take A Letter Maria, Little Old Lady, On Top Of Old Smokey, Over And Over, La Bamba, Going Round The Horn and Farewell Angelina are taken from; Down In The Boondocks, The Weight and Superman are live versions from the Fillmore West which were previously released as bonus tracks on the 2003 CD release of; The second version of Henry was originally released on;

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