Will the circle be unbroken [sound recording] / Nitty Gritty Dirt Band.
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MusicPublisher number: 0777-7-46589-2-8 | Capitol Records (disc 1)0777-7-46590-2-4 | Capitol Records (disc 2)7243-5-35148-2-2 | Capitol RecordsPublication details: Nashville, TN : Capitol Records, [2002], p1972.Edition: 30th anniversary edDescription: 2 sound discs (132 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 inSubject(s): - Produced by William E. McEuen for Aspen Recording Society, Colorado ; produced for reissue by John McEuen.
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
With all due respect to the Byrds and the Flying Burrito Brothers, it took the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band until 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 -- were willing to meet country music on its own 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, who gave superbly of themselves. Not only did this album result in 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. ~ Bruce Eder
Digitally remastered analog recording.
Notes by the group in booklet.
Disc 1. Grand Ole Opry song -- Keep on the sunny side -- Nashville blues -- You are my flower -- The precious jewel -- Dark as a dungeon -- Tennessee stud -- Black Mountain rag -- Wreck on the highway -- The end of the world -- I saw the light -- Sunny side of the mountain -- Nine pound hammer -- Losin' you (might be the best thing yet) -- Honky tonkin' -- You don't know my mind -- My walkin' shoes.
Disc 2. Lonesome fiddle blues -- Cannonball rag -- Avalanche -- Flint Hill special -- Togary Mountain -- Earl's breakdown -- Orange Blossom Special -- Wabash Cannonball -- Lost hightway -- Doc Watson & Merle Travis: first meeting (dialogue) -- Way downtown -- Down yonder -- Pins and needles (in my heart) -- Honky tonk blues -- Sailin' on to Hawaii -- I'm thinking tonight of my blue eyes -- I am a pilgrim -- Wildwood flower -- Soldier's joy -- Will the circle be unbroken -- Both sides now -- Previously unreleased tracks: Foggy Mountain breakdown ; Warming up for "The Opry" (talk) ; Sunny Side (talk) ; Remember me.
Produced by William E. McEuen for Aspen Recording Society, Colorado ; produced for reissue by John McEuen.
The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, with Mother Maybelle Carter, Earl Scruggs, Doc Watson, Roy Acuff, Merle Travis, Jimmy Martin, Vassar Clements, and other performers.
Recorded in 1971, Woodland Sound Studios, Nashville, Tenn.