The Earl Scruggs Revue

Columbia KC-32426

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US
Released: 1973
Genre: Rock, Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk Rock, Bluegrass
[Tracklist]
A1 If I'd Only Come And Gone (2:55)
A2 Tears (2:12)
A3 Some Of Shelley's Blues (2:57)
A4 It Takes A Lot To Laugh, It Takes A Train To Cry (4:25)
A5 Step It Up And Go (2:25)
A6 Back Slider's Wine (2:33)
B1 Down In The Flood (2:38)
B2 Love In My Time (3:43)
B3 Holiday Hotel (2:07)
B4 Come On Train (5:30)
B5 Salty Dog Blues (2:10)
B6 Station Break (1:59)
[Credits]
Earl Scruggs (banjo) Gary Scruggs (bass/harmonica/vocals) Randy Scruggs (guitar/vocals) Josh Graves (dobro/guita/vocals) Andy McMahon (piano/organ/vocals) Tracy Nelson (vocals) Chip Young (vocals) Jody Maphis (drums/vocals) Carl Himmel (drums)
Producer: Ron Bledsoe, Photographer: Slick Lawson, Engineer: Stan Hutto
[Notes]
Red and yellow Columbia label. Track A6 is listed on sleeve as "Back Slider's Wine" and on label as "Black Slider's Wine." The correct title of the song, a composition by Michael Martin Murphey that appeared on the 1972 Michael Murphey - Geronimo's Cadillac, is "Backslider's Wine."

Earl Scruggs: I Saw The Light With Some Help From My Friends

Columbia KC-31354

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: US
Released: 1972
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Bluegrass
[Tracklist]
A1 Lonesome And A Long Way From Home: Earl Scruggs Revue (2:33)
A2 Silver Wings: Linda Ronstadt (3:25)
A3 It's A Picture From Life's Other Side: Arlo Guthrie (3:36)
A4 Motherless Child Blues: Tracy Nelson (4:29)
A5 Some Of Shelley's Blues: Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (2:44)
B1 Never Ending Song Of Love: Earl Scruggs Revue (2:44)
B2 Rock Salt And Nails: Linda Ronstadt & Tracy Nelson (3:20)
B3 The Banks Of The Ohio: Arlo Guthrie (3:25)
B4 Ring Of Fire: Linda Ronstadt (2:11)
B5 Propinquity: Nitty Gritty Dirt Band (2:17)
B6 I Saw The Light: Guest Artists (3:43)
[Credits]
Earl Scruggs (banjo) Linda Ronstadt, Arlo Guthrie, Tracy Nelson, Gary Scruggs, Jeff Hanna (lead vocals) Norman Blake (dobro) Vassar Clements (fiddle) Les Thompson (mandolin) Bob & Pauline Wilson (piano) Jody Maphis, Karl Himmel (drums) The Earl Scruggs Revue, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Stacey Belson & Arloff Boguslavaki
Producer: Don Law, Designer: Bill Barnes, Photographer: Slick Lawson, Engineer: Charlie Bragg
[Notes]
When Earl Scruggs split with longtime collaborator and fellow Foggy Mountain Boy Lester Flatt in 1969, it was evident who of the pair had the more commercial aspirations. While Flatt remained firmly rooted in the bluegrass tradition, Scruggs, much like similar-minded artists such as the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Johnny Darrell, and the Dillards, sought to bridge the gap between pop, folk, and the old-timey sounds of yesteryear. I Saw the Light With Some Help from My Friends may sound like it was culled from the buckle of the "Bible Belt" (there are indeed a few spirituals), but the "friends" referenced in the title are merely saviors of the late-'60s/early-'70s country-folk movement. Scruggs gathered both family -- sons Gary, Randy, and Steve -- and contemporaries like Linda Ronstadt, Arlo Guthrie, Vassar Clements, Tracy Nelson, Norman Blake, and the aforementioned Dirt Band, to flesh out an album of covers both sublime (Merle Haggard's "Silver Wings") and surprising (Monkee Michael Nesmith's "Some of Shelley's Blues"). The musicianship is top-notch and the vocals, especially Ronstadt and Nelson -- Arlo Guthrie will always be an acquired taste for some -- are warm and soulful, resulting in one of the more lucid and enjoyable examples of the crossover genre. (by James Christopher Monger)

Earl Scruggs And The Earl Scruggs Revue: Live At Kansas State

Columbia KC-31758

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: United States
Released: 1972
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Bluegrass, & Progressive country
[Tracklist]
A1 T For Texas
A2 Bound In Jail All Night Long
A3 Rambling 'Round Your City
A4 Sally Gooding
A5 Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)
B1 Carolina Boogie
B2 Everybody Wants To Go To Heaven
B3 You Ain't Going Nowhere
B4 Both Sides Now
B5 Good Woman's Love
B6 Bugle Call Rag
B7 Foggy Mountain Breakdown
[Credits]
Earl Scruggs (banjo) Gary Scruggs (bass/harmonica/vocals) Randy Scruggs (guitar) Vassar Clements (fiddle) Josh Graves (dobro) Bob Wilson (piano) Jody Maphis (drums)
Producer: Ron Bledsoe
[Notes]
日本盤「アール・スクラッグス・レビュー・ライブ！」（CBSソニー SOPL-147）1972年

Earl Scruggs Performing With His Family And Friends 1972

Columbia C-30584

Format: Vinyl, LP, Album
Country: United States
Released: 1972
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Bluegrass
[Tracklist]
A1 Nine Pound Hammer: Earl Scruggs Review
A2 Lonesome Ruben: Earl Scruggs Review*
A3 My Home's Across The Blue Ridge Mountains: Joan Baez
A4 Love Is Just A Four-Letter Word: Joan Baez
A5 The Last Thing On My Mind: Earl Scruggs & Doc Watson
A6 Streamlined Cannonball: Earl Scruggs & Doc Watson
B1 Nashville Skyline Rag: Earl Scruggs & Bob Dylan
B2 Foggy Mountain Breakdown : Earl Scruggs & Gil Trythall
B3 You Ain't Going Nowhere: Earl Scruggs & The Byrds
B4 Nothin' To It: Earl Scruggs & The Byrds
B5 Salty Dog Blues: Earl Scruggs & Morris Brothers
B6 On Top Of Old Smokey: Earl Scruggs & Morris Brothers
B7 Black Mountain Rag: Earl Scruggs & Morris Brothers
B8 Foggy Mountain Breakdown: Earl Scruggs
[Credits]
Design: Ron Coro, Illustration: Tom Allen, Liner Notes: Don DeVito, Producer: Harry Wiliand
[Notes]
Musical TV documentary records Earl Scruggs, Scruggs' son Randy, Doc Watson and his son Merle playing and singing together in informal settings. Also includes performances by Bob Dylan, Joan Baez, The Byrds and others.