The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Will The Circle Be Unbroken - 180g 3LP

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The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - Will The Circle Be Unbroken - 180g 3LP
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Stereophile Magazine Record to Die For! 

I've owned this on vinyl for many years, but only recently have come to appreciate its exceptional virtues—finding one's way around six sides is tough. But these three LPs are well worth extended exploration, and arguably comprise the definitive tribute to what many consider the classic era of Nashville country music. Besides featuring a guest list that includes a plethora of country standards and stars—Vassar Clements, Merle Travis, Maybelle Carter, Earl Scruggs, Roy Acuff, Doc Watson—the recordings themselves have a delightful freshness and immediacy that are all too rarely found in current recordings. The phrase "live in the studio" springs to mind. " - Paul Messenger, 2015 Stereophile Magazine Record to Die For! 

2015 Stereophile Magazine Record to Die For - 40th Anniversary Edition

Mastered for Vinyl from Original Analog Mixes!  - Includes New Liner Notes & Exclusive Poster! 

This album, originally released in 1972, contains three LPs chock full of collaborations by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band with such country artists as Roy Acuff, Maybelle Carter, Doc Watson, Earl Scruggs, Merle Travis, and more!

Every track on the album was recorded on the first or second take straight to two-track masters, so the takes are raw and unprocessed. In addition to that, another tape ran continuously throughout the entire week-long recording session capturing dialog between the musicians.

"With all due respect to the Byrds and the Flying Burrito Brothers, it took the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band with this album to come up with a merger of rock and country music that worked for both sides and everyone involved. The opening number, "The Grand Ole Opry Song," set the tone for the album, showing that this band -- for all of their origins in rock and popular music -- was willing to meet country music on its terms, rather than as a vehicle for embellishment as rock music. The result, without a false or strained note anywhere among its 37 songs, was an all-star country project that worked (and transcended its country and rock origins), with the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band serving as catalyst and intersecting point for all of the talent involved, all of who gave superbly of themselves. Not only did this album result in new exposure to a new and wider audience for the likes of Mother Maybelle Carter, Roy Acuff, Earl Scruggs, Merle Travis, and others, but this was the first real country album that a lot of rock listeners under the age of 30 ever heard.

Thus, it opened up pathways and dialogue in all directions, across several generations and cultural barriers; the dialogue between Doc Watson and Merle Travis alone was almost worth the price of admission. This was also one of rock's very few multi-disc sets to be fully justified in its length and content; at a time when unnecessary double-LPs were all the rage, the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band and company gave a triple album that, if anything, left audiences asking for more." - Bruce Eder, allmusic.com

• Mastered for Vinyl from Original Analog Mixes
• Includes new liner notes
• Exclusive poster
• Gatefold Jacket

Selections:
LP 1
1. Grand Ole Opry Song
2. Keep On the Sunny Side (feat. Mother Maybelle Carter)
3. Nashville Blues
4. You Are My Flower
5. The Precious Jewel (feat. Roy Acuff)
6. Dark As a Dungeon (feat. Merle Travis)
7. Tennessee Stud (feat. Doc Watson)
8. Black Mountain Rag
9. Wreck On the Highway (feat. Roy Acuff)
10. The End of The World
11. I Saw The Light (feat. Roy Acuff)
LP 2
1. Sunny Side of the Mountain
2. Nine Pound Hammer
3. Losin' You (Might Be the Best Thing Yet)
4. Honky Tonkin'
5. You Don't Know My Mind
6. My Walkin' Shoes
7. Lonesome Fiddle Blues
8. Cannonball Rag (feat. Merle Travis)
9. Avalanche 
10. Flint Hill Special
11. Togary Mountain
12. Earl's Breakdown
13. Orange Blossom Special (feat. Vassar Clements)
14. Wabash Cannonball
LP 3
1. Lost Highway
1a. Doc Watson & Merle Travis: First Meeting (dialogue)
2. Way Down Town (feat. Doc Watson)
3. Down Yonder (feat. Doc Watson)
4. Pins and Needles (In My Heart) [Feat. Roy Acuff]
5. Honky Tonk Blues
6. Sailin' Along to Hawaii
7. I'm Thinking Tonight Of My Blue Eyes
8. I Am A Pilgrim
9. Wildwood Flower (feat. Mother Maybelle Carter)
10. Soldier's Joy
11. Will the Circle Be Unbroken
12. Both Sides Now

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