Album

I Saw The Light With Some Help From My Friends

Earl Scruggs And The Earl Scruggs Revue

1972 · Folk, World, & Country

Rare pressing on Gatefold

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I Saw The Light With Some Help From My Friends by Earl Scruggs And The Earl Scruggs Revue

I Saw The Light With Some Help From My Friends is a Country album by Earl Scruggs And The Earl Scruggs Revue, originally released in 1972. On Gatefold: 10 pressings tracked.

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Tracklist

  1. 1Lonesome and a Long Way from Home2:34
  2. 2Silver Wings3:27
  3. 3It's a Picture from Life's Other Side3:38
  4. 4Motherless Child Blues4:28
  5. 5Some of Shelley's Blues2:45
  6. 6Never Ending Song of Love2:43
  7. 7Rock Salt and Nails3:21
  8. 8The Banks of the Ohio3:27
  9. 9Ring of Fire2:12
  10. 10Propinquity2:18
  11. 11Fireball Mail2:23
  12. 12Tramp on the Street3:27
  13. 13The Cure2:09
  14. 14I Saw the Light3:43

Sound DNA

  • Country
  • Bluegrass
  • twangy
  • uplifting
  • southern

Album notes

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Notes from the original pressing. Later editions may differ.

Arloff Boguslavaki and Stacey Belson are aliases for Arlo Guthrie + Tracy Nelson who were not given proper clearance of release from Reprise (their record company at the time).
Runout identifiers: Side A stamped except IS A3 etched, Side B etched except stamped [Customatrix o oval logo].
Linda Ronstadt appears through the courtesy.
The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band appears through the courtesy.

Credits

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Performers

  • Arloff BoguslavakiGUEST , PERFORMER
  • Bob WilsonBAND , PIANO
  • Earl ScruggsBAND , BANJO
  • Gary ScruggsBAND , BASS BAND , VOCALS
  • Jeff HannaGUEST , BAND , GUITAR GUEST , BAND , VOCALS
  • Jimmie FaddenGUEST , BAND , HARMONICA , BACKING VOCALS
  • Jimmy IbbotsonGUEST , BAND , GUITAR, BACKING VOCALS
  • Jody MaphisBAND , DRUMS
  • John McEuenGUEST , BAND , BANJO, BACKING VOCALS
  • Karl HimmelGUEST , DRUMS
  • Les ThompsonGUEST , BAND , MANDOLIN, BACKING VOCALS
  • Linda RonstadtGUEST , PERFORMER VOCALS GUEST , VOCALS
  • Nitty Gritty Dirt BandGUEST , PERFORMER
  • Norman Blake
  • Randy ScruggsBAND , GUITAR
  • Stacey BelsonGUEST , PERFORMER
  • Steve ScruggsBAND , KEYBOARDS
  • Vassar ClementsBAND , FIDDLE

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