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Chanteur Country US né
Milton Sims Newbury Jr., le 19 Mai 1940 à Houston Texas. Mickey
Newbury est décédé le 29 Septembre 2002 à Vida (Oregon).
Along with
fellow songwriters such as Kris
Kristofferson, Willie Nelson, and
Tom T. Hall, Mickey Newbury helped revolutionize country music in the 1960s
and '70s by bringing new, broader musical influences as well as a frank,
emotional depth to the music -- while at the same time never losing respect for
tradition. Newbury infused his country music with haunting beauty and spiritual
melancholy, creating an impressive collection of introspective, emotionally
complex songs that are more spiritual cousins of the work of Leonard Cohen than
that of
Roy Acuff. (Newbury, in fact, calls himself a folksinger and has never
toured with a band, preferring the ambience of a quiet coffeehouse.) The fact
that many of his songs became hits for singers from
Don Gibson to
Elvis Presley was proof that the industry and the public were hungry for a
change. Like many of his generation, however -- such as his friend Townes Van
Zandt -- Newbury was better known as a songwriter than as a singer. Newbury
recorded 15 albums over a nearly 30-year period -- right up to 1996's Lulled by
the Moonlight, a limited-edition release sold by mail order -- but his soft,
beautiful tenor voice rarely reached the charts.
Newbury spent his teens in Houston absorbing a wide range of music, learning to
play guitar, and writing poetry, which he began reading in local coffeehouses.
Folk music was on the rise at the time, and he soon turned to writing songs. He
sang in a Vocals group called the Embers during this time (they were briefly on
Mercury) and played and hung out in Houston's black R&B and blues clubs, where
he was nicknamed "the Little White Wolf" by Gatemouth Brown. Newbury joined the
Air Force and was stationed in England. After his discharge, he turned back to
music. In 1963, a friend of his landed him a writing job with Acuff-Rose, and
Newbury moved to Nashville. During the next several years, he became friends
with such singers as
Roy Orbison,
Roger Miller, Kris Kristofferson,
and Townes Van Zandt. He was also instrumental in getting both
Kristofferson and Van Zandt, among others, noticed in Nashville.
In 1966
Don Gibson had a Top Ten hit with Newbury's "Funny Familiar Forgotten
Feelings," and Newbury's writing career was off and running. A long string of
hit songs followed, recorded by such artists as
Kenny Rogers & the First Edition ("Just
Dropped In"),
Eddy Arnold ("Here Comes the Rain, Baby"), and
Andy Williams ("Sweet Memories"). Newbury's first album of his own was
Harlequin Melodies for RCA in 1968, recorded in RCA's big Nashville studio (it's
an album he later detested). He quickly got out of his RCA contract and instead
turned to a small four-track studio run by engineer Wayne Moss in a converted
garage (becoming, before the word "outlaw" ever became fashionable, one of the
first Nashville artists to work outside the studio system). It was here that he
recorded some of his best solo albums, starting with It Looks Like Rain for
Mercury; this contained initial versions of two of his most enduring songs, "San
Francisco Mabel Joy" (which he's recorded several times more) and "33rd of
August."
But Mercury didn't support the album, and so Newbury switched to Elektra in
1970. With this label, he released a string of superb albums, including 'Frisco
Mabel Joy, Heaven Help the Child, and the acoustic Live at Montezuma Hall; the
latter was paired with a re-release of It Looks Like Rain. These contained such
songs as "Cortelia Clark" (about a blind street singer), the almost painfully
lonely "Frisco Depot," and "Heaven Help the Child," a sweeping mini-epic of a
song that makes references to Fitzgerald and Paris in the 1920s. In 1972 Newbury
had a Top 30 hit with "American Trilogy," a suite-like arrangement of "Dixie,"
"Battle Hymn of the Republic," and "All My Trials." The song later became a
major hit for
Elvis Presley and a standard in his repertoire.
Newbury recorded three albums for ABC/Hickory in the late '70s and was inducted
into the Nashville Songwriter's Hall of Fame in 1980, but he was more and more
becoming something of a recluse. He had given up concert touring some years
before and also had moved to Oregon. In the 1980s, he only released two albums.
In 1994 he resurfaced with Nights When I Am Sane, an acoustic album recorded
live with guitarist Jack Williams. Since he was out of the spotlight for more
than a decade, though, he wasn't well known in contemporary country circles.
People familiar with his work, however, recognized Newbury as one of country
music's most inspired and moving artists. After fighting respiratory illness for
several years,
Newbury passed away in the fall of 2002 at age 62.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mickey_Newbury
Talents : Vocals, Guitar, Songwriter
Style musical : Contemporary Country, Pop-Rock
Years in activity :
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DISCOGRAPHY
Singles
| 1964 | SP JMick 631J-3024 (US) | . |
Eastham Prison Farm / Who`s Gonna Cry (When I’m Gone) |
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| 05/1965 | SP HICKORY 45-1312 (US) | . | Lonely Place / Well I Did | ||
| 10/1965 | SP HICKORY 45-1344 (US) | . | There's A Time To Die / Travelin' Man | ||
| 02/1966 | SP HICKORY 45-1370 (US) | . | Any Way You Want Me / Too Much | ||
| 10/1966 | SP HICKORY 45-1419 (US) | . | After The Rains / Baby Just Said Goodbye | ||
| 06/1967 | SP HICKORY 45-1463 (US) | . | Dreamin' In The Rain / Leavin' Makes The Rain Come | ||
| 06/1968 | SP RCA VICTOR 47-9570 (US) |
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Weeping Annaleah / Are My Thoughts With You | ||
| 09/1968 | SP RCA VICTOR 47-9632 (US) | . | Got Down On Saturday (Sunday In The Rain) / Sweet Memories | ||
| 01/1969 | SP RCA VICTOR 47-9690 (US) | . | Queen / Organized Noise | ||
| 09/1969 | SP MERCURY 72975 (US) | . | San Francisco Mabel Joy / T Total Tommy | ||
| 02/1970 | SP MERCURY 73036 (US) | . | Sad Satin Rhyme / Sunshine | ||
| 09/1971 | SP ELEKTRA EKS-45750 (US) | . | American Trilogy / San Francisco Mabel Joy | ||
| 02/1972 | SP ELEKTRA EK-45771 (US) | . | Mobile Blue / Frisco Depot | ||
| 06/1972 | SP ELEKTRA EK-45789 (US) | . | Remember The Good / How I Love Them Old Songs | ||
| 02/1973 | SP ELEKTRA EK-45840 (US) | . | Heaven Help The Child / Good Morning Dear | ||
| 06/1973 | SP ELEKTRA EK-45853 (US) | . | Sunshine / Song For Susan | ||
| 1973 | SP ELEKTRA 12 090 (F) |
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| 06/1974 | SP ELEKTRA EK-45889 (US) | . | If I Could Be / Love Look (At Us Now) | ||
| 09/1974 | SP ELEKTRA E-45206 (US) | . | Baby's Not Home / You Only Live Once (In A While) | ||
| 02/1975 | SP ELEKTRA E-45238 (US) | . | Lovers / Goodnight | ||
| 06/1975 | SP ELEKTRA E-45256 (US) | . | Sail Away / If You Ever Get To Houston | ||
| 06/1976 | SP ELEKTRA E-45329 (US) | . | Sunshine / An American Trilogy | ||
| 01/1977 | SP ABC / HICKORY AH-54006 (US) | . | Hand Me Another Of These / Leavin' Kentucky | ||
| 07/1977 | SP ABC / HICKORY AH-54015 (US) | . | Makes Me Wonder If I Ever Said Goodbye / Shenandoah | ||
| 02/1978 | SP ABC / HICKORY AH-54025 (US) | . | Gone To Alabama / Westphalia Texas Blues | ||
| 08/1978 | SP ABC / HICKORY AH-54034 (US) | . | It Doesn't Matter Anymore / Wish I Was | ||
| 02/1979 | SP ABC / HICKORY AH-54042 (US) | . | Looking For Sunshine / Weed Is A Weed | ||
| 07/1979 | SP MCA MCA-41032 (US) | . | Blue Sky Shinin' / Darlin' Take Care Of Yourself | ||
| 01/1980 | SP HICKORY 45-K-1673 (US) | . | America The Beautiful / Freedom | ||
| 11/1981 | SP MERCURY 57061 (US) | . | Country Boy Saturday Night / Let's Say Goodbye One More Time | ||
| 09/1988 | SP AIRBORNE ABS-10005 (US) | . | American Trilogy / San Francisco Mabel Joy | ||
| 2012 | SP DRAG CITY DC-476X |
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Albums
| 07/1968 | LP 12" RCA VICTOR LSP-4043 (US) |
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HARLEQUIN MELODIES - Here Comes The Rain Baby / Mr Can't You See / How Many Times Must The Piper Be Paid For His Song / Are My Thoughts With You / Funny Familiar Forgotten Feelings / Time Is A Thief / Good Morning Dear / Just Dropped In / Sweet Memories / Harlequin Melodies / Weeping Annaleah | ||||||||
| 11/1969 | LP 12" MERCURY SR-61236 (US) |
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IT LOOKS LIKE RAIN - Write A Song A Song - Angeline / She Even Woke Me Up To Say Goodbye / I Don't Think Much About Her No More / T Total Tommy / 33rd Time Of August - When The Baby In My Lady Gets The Blues / San Francisco Mabel Joy / Looks Like Baby's Gone | ||||||||
| 10/1971 | LP 12" ELEKTRA EKS-74107 (US) |
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FRISCO MABEL JOY - American Trilogy / How Many Times Must The Piper Be Paid For His Song / Interlude / Future's Not What It Used To Be / Mobile Blue / Frisco Depot / You're Not My Same Sweet Baby / Interlude / Remember The Good / Swiss Cottage Place / How I Love Them Old Songs | ||||||||
| 1971 | LP 12" ELEKTRA EQ-4107 (UK) (quadraphonic) |
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FRISCO MABEL JOY - American Trilogy / How Many Times Must The Piper Be Paid For His Song / Interlude / Future's Not What It Used To Be / Mobile Blue / Frisco Depot / You're Not My Same Sweet Baby / Interlude / Remember The Good / Swiss Cottage Place / How I Love Them Old Songs | ||||||||
| 1971 | LP 12" ELEKTRA K 42105 (UK) |
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FRISCO MABEL JOY - American Trilogy / How Many Times Must The Piper Be Paid For His Song / Interlude / Future's Not What It Used To Be / Mobile Blue / Frisco Depot / You're Not My Same Sweet Baby / Interlude / Remember The Good / Swiss Cottage Place / How I Love Them Old Songs | ||||||||
| 1971 ? | LP 12" RCA VICTOR LSA-3157 (UK) |
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Funny, Familiar, Forgotten Feelings - Sweet Memories / Here Comes The Rain, Baby / Mister, Can't You See / How Many Times Must The Piper Be Paid For His Song / Are My Thoughts With You / Harlequin Melodies / Funny, Familiar, Forgotten Feelings / Time Is A Thief / Good Morning, Dear / Weeping Annaleah / Just Dropped In | ||||||||
| 01/1972 | LP 12" RCA VICTOR LSP-4675 (US) |
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SINGS HIS OWN - Sweet Memories / Good Morning Dear / Just Dropped In / Weeping Annaleah / Time Is A Thief / Funny Familiar Forgotten Feelings / Sunshine / Got Down On Saturday / Are My Thoughts With You / Queen | ||||||||
| 01/1973 | LP 12" ELEKTRA EKS-75055 (US) |
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HEAVEN HELP THE CHILD - Heaven Help The Child / Good Morning Dear / Sunshine / Sweet Memories / Why You Been Gone So Long / Cortelia Clark / Song For Susan / San Francisco Mabel Joy | ||||||||
| 1973 | LP 12" ELEKTRA K42137 (UK) |
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HEAVEN HELP THE CHILD - Heaven Help The Child / Good Morning Dear / Sunshine / Sweet Memories / Why You Been Gone So Long / Cortelia Clark / Song For Susan / San Francisco Mabel Joy | ||||||||
| 11/1973 | 2 LP 12" ELEKTRA 7E-2007 (US) |
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Live At Montezuma Hall / Looks Like Rain :
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| 1973 | LP 12" ELEKTRA EK-PROMO 20 (US) (promo) |
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Live At Montezuma Hall - How I Love Them Old Songs / Heaven Help The Child / Earthquake / Cortelia Clark / I Came To Hear The Music / San Francisco Mabel Joy / Bugger Red Blues (The Truck Song) / How Many Times (Must The Piper Be Paid For His Song) / An American Trilogy / Please Send Me Someone To Love / She Even Woke Me Up To Say Goodbye | ||||||||
| 1973 | LP 12" ELEKTRA EQ-4107 (US) (quadraphonic ) |
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FRISCO MABEL JOY - American Trilogy / How Many Times Must The Piper Be Paid For His Song / Interlude / Future's Not What It Used To Be / Mobile Blue / Frisco Depot / You're Not My Same Sweet Baby / Interlude / Remember The Good / Swiss Cottage Place / How I Love Them Old Songs | ||||||||
| 06/1974 | LP 12" ELEKTRA 7E-1007 (US) |
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I CAME TO HEAR THE MUSIC - I Came To Hear The Music / Breeze Lullaby / You Only Live Once / Yesterday's Gone / If You See Her / Dizzy Lizzy / If I Could Be / Organized Noise / Love Look / Baby's Not Home / One By One Ain't Two | ||||||||
| 03/1975 | LP 12" ELEKTRA 7E-1030 (US) |
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LOVERS - Apples Dipped In Candy / Lovers / Sail Away / When Do We Stop Starting Over / Lead On / How's The Weather / If You Ever Get To Houston Look Me Down / You've Always Got The Blues / Let Me Sleep / Goodnight | ||||||||
| 02/1977 | LP 12" ABC / HICKORY AH-44002 (US) |
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RUSTY TRACKS - Leavin' Kentucky / Makes Me Wonder If I Ever Said Goodbye / Bless Us All, Hand Me Another Of Those / People Are Talking / Tell Him Boys / Shenandoah / That Lucky Old Sun / Danny Boy / In The Pines | ||||||||
| 03/1978 | LP 12" ABC / HICKORY HA-44011 (US) |
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HIS EYE IS ON THE SPARROW - Juble Lee's Revival / Wish I Was / His Eye Is On The Sparrow / Dragon And The Mouse / Gone To Alabama / It Don't Matter Anymore / I Don't Know What They Wanted Me To Say / Saint Cecilia / Juble Lee's Revival Shout | ||||||||
| 04/1979 | LP 12" ABC / HICKORY HB-44017 (US) |
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THE SAILOR - Blue Sky Shining / Let's Have A Party / There's A Part Of Her Still Holding On Somehow / Weed Is A Weed / Let It Go / Looking For The Sunshine / Darlin' Take Care Of Yourself / Long Gone / Night You Wrote That Song | ||||||||
| 197? | LP 12" United States Department Of Defense RL 17-9 (US) |
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The Statler Brothers / Mickey Newbury – The Originals / The Sailor - Statler Brothers : THE ORIGINALS : Here We Are Again / Where He Always Wanted To Be / Mr. Autry / / Nothing As Original As You / Counting My Memories / A Little Farther Down The Road / Just A Little Talk With Jesus / Mickey Newbury : Blue Sky Shinin’/ Let’s Have A Party / There’s A Part Of Her Still Holding On Somehow / Darlin’ Take Care Of Yourself / Long Gone / The Night Your Wrote That Song |
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| 08/1981 | LP 12" MERCURY SRM1-4024 (US) |
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AFTER ALL THESE YEARS - Medley / That Was The Way It Was Then / Country Boy Saturday Night / Truly Blue / Just As Long As That Someone Is You / Over The Mountain / Catchers In The Rye / I Still Love You | ||||||||
| 1985 | LP 12" MCA MCA-945 (US) |
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SWEET MEMORIES - American Trilogy / Good Morning Dear / If You Ever Get To Houston Look Me Down / She Even Woke Me Up To Say Goodbye / Dizzy Lizzy / Sweet Memories / Remember The Good / Sunshine / Future's Not What It Used To Be / How I Love Them Old Songs | ||||||||
| 06/1988 | LP 12" AIRBORNE AB-101 (US) |
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IN A NEW AGE - All My Trials / Cortelia Clark / I Wish I Was A Willow Tree / The Sailor / Frisco Depot / Poison Red Berries / Lovers / San Francisco Mabel Joy / An American Trilogy | ||||||||
| 04/1991 | CD CURB D2-77455 (US) |
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BEST OF MICKEY NEWBURY - American Trilogy / Danny Boy / Blue Sky Shinin' / Makes Me Wonder If I Ever Said Goodbye / Shenandoah / She Even Woke Me Up To Say Goodbye / Ain't No Blues Today / Sunshine / Hand Me Another Of Those / It Just Doesn't Matter Anymore / Gone To Alabama / Any Way You Want Me | ||||||||
| 02/1995 | CD WINTER HARVEST HW-3301-2 (US) |
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NIGHTS WHEN I AM SAME - Just Dropped In / 33rd Of August / East Kentucky / Nights When I Am Sane / Heaven Help The Child / Genevieve / Easy Street / Apples Dipped In Candy / You're My Lady Now / San Francisco Mabel Joy / Earthquake / Saint Cecelia / Four Ladies / What Will I Do | ||||||||
| 04/1996 | CD Mountain Retreat MR 6905-2 (US) |
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Lulled By The Moonlight - Three Bells For Stephen / East Kentucky / Captured In Blue / Just Another Lovely Day / Blue Sky Shinin' / Freight Train Howlin' / Shades Of '63 / Amen For Old Friends / Genevieve / Sailor Sailor / What Will I Do (In The Dead Of The Night) / Ramblin' Blues / Workin' Man / Future's Not What It Used To Be / Time Was / Silver Moon / Safe Harbour |
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| 11/1996 | 8 CD Mountain Retreat 6981-2 (US) |
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The Mickey Newbury Collection :
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| 1998 | CD Mountain Retreat MR 0519-2 (US) |
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LIVE IN ENGLAND - Angeline / Cortelia Clark / Song Of Sorrow / His Eye Is On The Sparrow / Sailor Sailor / Ramblin' Blues / Danny Boy / Easy Street / Frisco Depot / Shenandoah / San Francisco Mabel Joy / American Trilogy | ||||||||
| 10/1999 | 2 CD Mountain Retreat MR-7488-2 (US) |
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IT MIGHT AS WELL BE THE MOON - All My Trials / Cortelia Clark / Willow Tree / Sailor / Frisco Depot / Poison Red Berries / Lovers / San Francisco Mabel Joy / American Triology / Introduction / Willow Tree / After All These Years / Goin' To Alabama / Apples Dipped In Candy / Piper / Lie To Me Darlin' / Night You Wrote That Song / Juble Lee's Revival / She Even Woke Me Up To Say Goodbye / That's The Way It Goes / Sweet Memories / Ain't No Blues Today / That Was The Way It Was Then Let's Say / How I Love Them Old Songs / Danny Boy / American Triology | ||||||||
| 10/2000 | CD Mountain Retreat MR 8160-2 (US) |
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STORIES FROM THE SILVER MOON CAFE - Silver Moon Cafe / Lie To Me Darlin' / It Makes Me So Sad / Some Memories Are Better Left Alone / Down'n Dirty / Why You Been Gone So Long / Ain't No Blues Today / Ain't No Sunshine / Oh Mama / Dancing Shadows / Twenty Years And Sweet Dreams Ago / Storm Is Comin' / Father's Prayer | ||||||||
| 11/2001 | CD Mountain Retreat MR 1017-2 (US) |
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A LONG ROAD HOME - In '59 / I Don't Love You / Last Question / Here Comes The Rain Baby / One More Song Of Hearts And Flowers / Moment With Heather / Where Are You Darlin' Tonight / Maybe / So Sad / Long Road Home / 116 Westfield Street | ||||||||
| 2002 | CD Mountain Retreat MR-3147-2 (US) |
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WINTER WINDS - 33th Of August / Ramblin' Blues / Lie To Me Darlin' / Nights When I Am Sane / Just Dropped In / Genevieve / Juble Lee's Revival / Apples Dipped In Candy / Angeline / San Francisco Mabel Joy / Poison Red Berries / Heaven Help The Child / Winter Winds Blow / Saint Cecelia / You're My Lady Now / What Will I Do | ||||||||
| 10/2003 | CD RAVEN RVCD-158 (AUS) |
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HARLEQUIN MELODIES - THE COMPLETE RCA RECORDINGS... PLUS - Sweet Memories / Here Comes The Rain Baby / Mister Can't You See / How Many Times / Are My Thoughts With You / Harlequin Melodies / Funny Familiar Forgotten Feelings / Time Is A Thief / Good Morning Dear / Weeping Annaleah / Just Dropped In / Sunshine / Get Down On Saturday / Queen / Organized Noise / Remember The Good / Future's Not What It Used To Be / How I Love Them Old Songs / If You Ever Get To Houston / She Even Woke Me Up To Say Goodbye / Dizzy Lizzy / American Trilogy | ||||||||
| 12/2003 | CD Mountain Retreat MR-4003-2 (US) |
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Blue To This Day - Some Dreams Never Die / Two Step Goes On / Song Of Sorrow / Father's Amen / Brother Peter / Mississippi Moon / Help Me Son / House Of Blues / Little Blue Robin / Down And Dirty / Shuck And Drive / All The Neon Lights Are Blue / Tilde / Remember The Good / Goodnight |
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| 2003 | CD BMG 82876511532 (US) |
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Harlequin Melodies - Sweet Memories / Here Comes The Rain, Baby / Mister, Can't You See / How Many Times Must The Piper Be Paid For His Song / Are My Thoughts With You / Harlequin Melodies / Funny, Familiar, Forgotten Feelings / Time Is A Thief / Good Morning, Dear / Weeping Annaleah / Just Dropped In / The Queen / Sunshine / Got Down On Saturday | ||||||||
| 06/2004 | CD Mountain Retreat MR-4004-2 (US) |
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An American Treasure - Music And How It Came to Be, Pt. 1 : 1940-1959 The Early Years / Music And How It Came to Be, Pt. 2 : 1963-1968 The Writing In Nashville / Music And How It Came To Be, Pt. 3 : 1969 Looks Like Rain And Susan / Music And How It Came To Be, Pt. 4 : The 70's American Trilogy/Electra / Music And How It Came To Be, Pt. 5 : Family And Oregon / Music And How It Came To Be, Pt. 6 : The 1980's A New Age / Music And How It Came To Be, Pt. 7 : 1990-1996 Amen For Old Friends / Music And How It Came To Be, Pt. 8 : 1996-2002 A Long Road |
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| 05/2011 | CD DRAG CITY DC 477 (US) |
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Better Days - If You Want Me To I'll Go / Sunshine / Sad Satin Rhyme / Why You Been Gone So Long / I Don't Wanna Rock / Let Me Stay Awhile / Flower Man / Good Morning Dear / On Top Of Old Smokey / Interlude: How Man Times (Must The Piper Be Paid For His Song) / Better Days / How I Love Them Old Songs / I Don't Wanna Rock / I Don't Want Me No Big City Woman / You're Not My Same Sweet Baby |
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| 05/2011 | 4 CD DRAG CITY DC485CD (US) (limited edition) |
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AN AMERICAN TRIOLOGY :
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| 05/2011 | 4 CD Mountain Retreat CEC001 (UK) (limited edition) |
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AN AMERICAN TRIOLOGY :
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| 2012 | CD Mountain Retreat MR4003-2 (US) |
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Blue To This Day - Some Dreams Never Die / Two Step Goes On / Song Of Sorrow / Father's Amen / Brother Peter / Mississippi Moon / Help Me Son / House Of Blues / Little Blue Robin / Down And Dirty / Shuck And Drive / All The Neon Lights Are Blue / Tilde / Remember The Good / Goodnight |
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