Album
Big City
1981 · Folk, World, & Country
13 collectors on Gatefold own this
Big City is a Folk album by Merle Haggard, originally released in 1981. On Gatefold: 31 pressings tracked, owned by 13 collectors.
About
After the run he had in the 1960s and 1970, it would’ve been enough for Merle Haggard to excuse himself and retire. Not only was 1981’s <i>Big City</i> his fourth album in a year and a half, it turned out to be one of the best of Haggard’s five-decade career. The convicts and sinners that dominated his early music had settled down, but still found themselves fundamentally at odds with the world, which they found too fast (“Stop the World and Let Me Off”), too dirty (“Big City”), and too generally devoid of heart (“Are the Good Times Really Over (I Wish a Buck Was Still Silver)”). Were they cranky? Yes—at time, <i>Big City</i> sounds like a catalog of grievances issued by a committee of stubborn uncle. .
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1Big City2:59
- A2My Favorite Memory3:04
- A3Good Old American Guest2:35
- A4I Think I'm Gonna Live Forever2:30
- A5This Song Is Mine2:32
Side B
- B1Stop The World And Let Me Off3:16
- B2Are The Good Times Really Over (I Wish A Buck Was Still Silver)4:12
- B3Texas Fiddle Song2:17
- B4You Don't Have Very Far To Go3:12
- B5I Always Get Lucky With You3:28
Sound DNA
- Folk
- Singer-Songwriter
- twangy
- wistful
- outlaw
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Biff AdamDRUMS
- Bobby WayneHARMONY VOCALS RHYTHM GUITAR RHYTHM GUITAR, HARMONY VOCALS
- Dennis HromekBASS
- Dick "Slyde" HydeEUPHONIUM, TROMBONE TROMBONE, EUPHONIUM
- Don MarkhamHORN, SAXOPHONE, TRUMPET
- Jimmy BelkenFIDDLE
- Kemo KemolianFIDDLE GUITAR GUITAR, FIDDLE
- Leona WilliamsHARMONY VOCALS
- Mark YearyPIANO
- Merle HaggardGUITAR GUITAR, VOCALS LINER NOTES, VOCALS
- Norman HamletDOBRO, STEEL GUITAR STEEL GUITAR, DOBRO STEEL GUITAR, RESONATOR GUITAR
- Roy NicholsGUITAR GUITAR, HARMONICA HARMONICA
- Tiny MooreFIDDLE FIDDLE, MANDOLIN MANDOLIN
- Roger MillerVOCALS
13 collectors on Gatefold own this · 31 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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