Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Featuring  Maybelle Carter,  Earl Scruggs,  Doc Watson,  Roy Acuff,  Merle Travis,  Jimmy Martin Also Featuring  Vassar Clements,  Junior Huskey,  Norman Blake ,  Pete 'Oswald' Kirby – Will The Circle Be Unbroken

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Featuring Maybelle Carter, Earl Scruggs, Doc Watson, Roy Acuff, Merle Travis, Jimmy Martin Also Featuring Vassar Clements, Junior Huskey, Norman Blake , Pete 'Oswald' Kirby

Nitty Gritty Dirt Band Featuring Maybelle Carter, Earl Scruggs, Doc Watson, Roy Acuff, Merle Travis, Jimmy Martin Also Featuring Vassar Clements, Junior Huskey, Norman Blake , Pete 'Oswald' Kirby –Will The Circle Be Unbroken

1972


Version Information

Label
United Artists Records
Catalog numbers
UAS 9801
UAS-9801
Original year
1972
Version year
1972
Region
US
Format

3 x Vinyl
Gatefold, Pullout Gatefold Insert, Auto-coupled
LP
Album

Version notes

Gatefold sleeve with pullout gatefold insert, printed inner sleeves, auto-coupled sides A+F, B+E, C+D.
Beige labels with brown Untited Artists Records “UA” logo without ”®” symbol, black text.

Very similar releases:
this version (differences on labels: different tracklist font, different publisher credit C1, “Engineer: […]” and “Timings […]” lines on E & F in reversed order)
this version (differences on labels: no presenter credit, band credit on two lines)

— Front cover:
William E McEuen
Presents
[…]
Music forms a new Circle
© UAR, Inc.

— Back cover:
United Artists Records Inc
Entertainment from Transamerica Corporation
© MCMLXXII United Artists Records, Inc. Manufactured by United Artists Records, Inc., Los Angeles, California 90028. Printed in U.S.A.

— Spine:
3 Record Set

— Pullout insert:
Musician credits on inside back panel (pull out)

Hill & Range Songs Inc. BMI
Peer International Corp. BMI
Scruggs Music Inc. BMI
Acuff-Rose Publications Inc. BMI
Hill & Range Songs Inc./Elvis Presley Music Inc. BMI
Warden Music Co., Inc. BMI
Publisher Pending BMI
Fred Rose Music, Inc. BMI
Janon Music ASCAP
Sunny Mountain Music BMI
Champion Music Corp. BMI
Vassar’s Music Co. ASCAP
Unart Music Corp. BMI
MCA Music ASCAP
Hillgreen Music BMI
Milene Music Inc. ASCAP
Writer & Publisher Unknown
Westpar Music Corp. BMI
Siquomb Publishing Corp. BMI

— Inner sleeves:
Arranged by the performing musicians
Road manager, concert sound mixer and equipment control for the Dirt Band: Gary Mullen
Recorded at Woodland Sound Studios Nashville, Tennessee
Mastering: […] The Mastering Lab Los Angeles, California
Printed at Ivy Hill Lithograph Corp. Los Angeles, California
Personal Management The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
William E. McEuen Aspen Artists Inc. Colorado

Dedicated to Junior Huskey (1928-1971), and all country pickers who helped keep the circle unbroken.

— Labels:
Produced by
William E. McEuen
Aspen Recording Society
Colorado

William E. McEuen presents
“Will The Circle
Be Unbroken”

Featuring
The Nitty Gritty
Dirt Band

Engineer: […]
Timings refer to music only.
• United Artists Records, Inc., Los Angeles, California 90028 • Made in U.S.A. •

Tracklist

A1.Grand Ole Opry Song 2:59
A2.Keep On The Sunny Side 3:35
A3.Nashville Blues 3:10
A4.You Are My Flower 3:35
A5.The Precious Jewel 3:30
A6.Dark As A Dungeon 2:45
B1.Tennessee Stud 4:22
B2.Black Mountain Rag 2:10
B3.Wreck On The Highway 3:24
B4.The End Of The World 3:53
B5.I Saw The Light 3:45
C1.Sunny Side Of The Mountain 2:23
C2.Nine Pound Hammer 2:14
C3.Losin' You (Might Be The Best Thing Yet) 2:44
C4.Honky Tonkin' 2:19
C5.You Don't Know My Mind 2:45
C6.My Walkin' Shoes 2:02
D1.Lonesome Fiddle Blues 2:41
D2.Cannonball Rag 1:15
D3.Avalanche 2:50
D4.Flint Hill Special 2:12
D5.Togary Mountain 2:25
D6.Earl's Breakdown 2:34
D7.Orange Blossom Special 2:14
D8.Wabash Cannonball 2:00
E1.Lost Highway 3:37
E1a.First Meeting (Dialogue) 1:48
E2.Way Downtown 3:30
E3.Down Yonder 2:58
E4.Pins And Needles (In My Heart) 2:53
E5.Honky Tonk Blues 2:22
E6.Sailin' On To Hawaii 2:00
F1.I'm Thinking Tonight Of My Blue Eyes 4:25
F2.I Am A Pilgrim 2:55
F3.Wildwood Flower 3:34
F4.Soldier's Joy 2:05
F5.Will The Circle Be Unbroken 4:50
F6.Both Sides Now 2:19

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