On February 7, 1975, “Reprise” label released “Pieces of the Sky”, the second Emmylou Harris studio album. It was recorded in 1974, at “Enactron Truck” in Los Angeles, “Track Recorders” in Silver Spring, Maryland, and was produced by Brian Ahem.
Personnel:
- Emmylou Harris – vocals, acoustic guitar
- Brian Ahern – acoustic guitar, guitar, bass
- Bruce Archer – acoustic guitar
- Rick Cunha – acoustic guitar, guitar
- James Burton – electric guitar, Gut-string guitar, dobro
- Amos Garrett – electric guitar
- Byron Berline – fiddle, mandolin
- Herb Pedersen – acoustic guitar, 12-string guitar, banjo, backing vocals
- Danny Pendleton – pedal steel
- Ben Keith – pedal steel
- Bernie Leadon – acoustic guitar, bass, banjo, dobro, backing vocals
- Bill Payne – piano
- Glen Hardin – piano, electric piano, string arrangements
- Richard Greene – fiddle
- Ricky Skaggs – fiddle, viola
- Duke Bardwell – bass
- Tom Guidera – bass
- Ray Pohlman – bass
- Ron Tutt – drums
- Mark Cuff – drums
- Linda Ronstadt – backing vocals
- Fayssoux Starling – backing vocals
- Nick DeCaro – string arrangements
- Brian Ahern – engineer
- Chris Skene – engineer
- Paul Skene – engineer
- Fran Tate – engineer
- Stuart Taylor – engineer
- Lisa Phillips – angel drawings
Track listing:
- Bluebird Wine – Rodney Crowell
- Too Far Gone – Billy Sherrill
- If I Could Only Win Your Love – Charlie Louvin, Ira Louvin
- Boulder to Birmingham – Emmylou Harris, Bill Danoff
- Before Believing – Danny Flowers
- The Bottle Let Me Down – Merle Haggard
- Sleepless Nights – Felice and Boudleaux Bryant
- Coat of Many Colors – Dolly Parton
- For No One – John Lennon, Paul McCartney
- Queen of the Silver Dollar – Shel Silverstein
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