Album
Phases And Stages
1974 · Folk, World, & Country
31 collectors on Gatefold own this
Phases And Stages is a Folk album by Willie Nelson, originally released in 1974. On Gatefold: 40 pressings tracked, owned by 31 collectors.
About
Reflecting on 1974’s end-of-a-marriage song cycle <i>Phases and Stages</i>, Willie Nelson would claim the material wasn’t autobiographical. Sure, he’d suffered heartache—who hadn’t? But to summarize so tenderly the scenes and moods that make up a marriage’s end required not a turn into one’s self, but a turn out toward the world of shared experience. “Ironing and crying/Crying and ironing,” he sighs early on during the album; a few tracks later, he’s singing the heartbreaking “Pretend I Never Happened” with tears in his eyes and a smile on his face. “Well, sometimes it’s heaven and sometimes it’s hell/And sometimes I don’t even know,” Nelson announces at one point, and it’s in that compassionate uncertainty that he comes to rest. .
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Tracklist
Side A
- A1aPhases And Stages (Theme)0:20
- A1bWashing The Dishes1:24
- A2aPhases And Stages (Theme)0:24
- A2bWalkin'3:41
- A3Pretend I Never Happened3:00
- A4aSister's Coming Home1:46
- A4bDown At The Corner Beer Joint2:00
- A5(How Will I Know) I'm Falling In Love Again3:30
Side B
- B1Bloody Mary Morning2:51
- B2aPhases And Stages (Theme)0:32
- B2bNo Love Around1:49
- B3I Still Can't Believe You're Gone4:15
- B4It's Not Supposed To Be That Way3:30
- B5Heaven And Hell1:53
- B6aPhases And Stages (Theme)0:24
- B6bPick Up The Tempo2:42
- B6cPhases And Stages (Theme)0:20
Sound DNA
- Folk
- Singer-Songwriter
- stripped-back
- melancholic
- outlaw
Credits
The people behind it.
Performers
- Barry BeckettKEYBOARDS
- David HoodBASS
- Fred Carter, Jr.ACOUSTIC GUITAR, 12-STRING ACOUSTIC GUITAR, ELECTRIC GUITAR, DOBRO ACOUSTIC GUITAR, TWELVE-STRING GUITAR, ELECTRIC GUITAR, DOBRO DOBRO, ACOUSTIC GUITAR, TWELVE-STRING GUITAR, ELECTRIC GUITAR
- John HugheyPEDAL STEEL GUITAR
- Johnny GimbleFIDDLE, MANDOLIN MANDOLIN FIDDLE
- Pete CarrACOUSTIC GUITAR, ELECTRIC GUITAR, DOBRO GUITAR BACKING VOCALS
- Roger HawkinsDRUMS
- Willie NelsonACOUSTIC GUITAR, VOCALS ACOUSTIC GUITAR, VOCALS, LINER NOTES, WRITTEN-BY WRITTEN-BY, ACOUSTIC GUITAR, VOCALS
- Al LesterFIDDLE
- Bee SpearsBASS
- Bobbie NelsonPIANO
- Eric WeissbergBANJO
- George SouleBACKING VOCALS
- Grady MartinGUITAR
- Jeanie GreeneBACKING VOCALS
- Jeannie SeelyBACKING VOCALS
- Mickey RaphaelHARMONICA
- Mike LewisARRANGED BY STRINGS
31 collectors on Gatefold own this · 40 pressings tracked on Gatefold
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