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Emmylou Harris: Pieces Of The Sky

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:

  1. Bluebird Wine – Rodney Crowell
  2. Too Far Gone – Billy Sherrill
  3. If I Could Only Win Your Love – Charlie Louvin, Ira Louvin
  4. Boulder to Birmingham – Emmylou Harris, Bill Danoff
  5. Before Believing – Danny Flowers
  6. The Bottle Let Me Down – Merle Haggard
  7. Sleepless Nights – Felice and Boudleaux Bryant
  8. Coat of Many Colors – Dolly Parton
  9. For No One – John Lennon, Paul McCartney
  10. Queen of the Silver Dollar – Shel Silverstein

Merle Haggard And The Strangers: Swinging Doors and the Bottle Let Me Down

On October 3, 1966, “Capitol” label released “Swinging Doors and the Bottle Let Me Down”, the second Merle Haggard and The Strangers studio album. It was recorded August – December 1965, June – August 1966, at “Capitol Studios” in Hollywood, and was produced by Ken Nelson and Fuzzy Owen.

  • Personnel:
  • Merle Haggard – vocals, guitar

The Strangers:

  • Roy Nichols – guitar
  • Ralph Mooney – steel guitar
  • George French – piano
  • Jerry Ward – bass
  • Eddie Burris – drums

with

  • Lewis Talley – guitar
  • James Burton – guitar, dobro
  • Glen Campbell – guitar
  • Phil Baugh – guitar
  • Jack Collier – guitar
  • Glen D. Hardin – piano
  • Bob Morris – bass
  • Bert Dodson – bass
  • Jim Gordon – drums
  • Helen “Peaches” Price – drums
  • Billy Mize – harmony vocals
  • Bonnie Owens – harmony vocals

Track listing:

All tracks by Merle Haggard,  except where noted.

  1. Swinging Doors
  2. If I Could Be Him
  3. The Longer You Wait
  4. I’ll Look Over You
  5. I Can’t Stand Me
  6. The Girl Turned Ripe
  7. The Bottle Let Me Down
  8. No More You and Me
  9. Somebody Else You’ve Known
  10. High on a Hilltop – Tommy Collins
  11. This Town’s Not Big Enough – Liz Anderson, Donna Austin
  12. Shade Tree (Fix-It-Man)