Catalogue

Catalogue

Song Titles

Side 1

Sail Away Ladies
- 1:55
Up on the Hill
- 3:05
Good Old Electric Washing Machine Circa 1943
- 2:08
Kiss My Plywood
- 2:05
I Would Not Be Here
- 1:53
Natural To Be Gone
- 2:53

Side 2

My Face
- 2:53
Jaw Bone
- 2:05
California Earthquake
- 3:20
A Simple Thing as Love
- 3:37
Forty Years a Gambler
- 1:45
My Rag
- 3:04

This album was recorded at Cinderella Studios, Madison, Tennessee, by Paul Moss. It was recorded direct to two-track on a Scully analog tape recorder at 30 ips with dbx noise reduction. The micrphones used were a Sennheiser 451 Telefunken U-87 for the banjo and guitar, Telefunken U-67's for the vocals and violin, and Shure 545's for the feet. Reverberation effects via EMT plates. The vocals were limited with dbx 160 compressor/limiters

Cover concept: John Hartford and Michael Melford
Design: Wendy Terry/Portfolio
Photograph: Dean Dixon
Direction: Keith Case, Stone County

Produced By Michael Melford

A Flying Fish/County Line Release

Liner Notes

Information about the songs:

Sail Away Ladies - Traditional, arranged by John Hartford - © 1981 John Hartford Music, BMI. All rights reserved

Up on the Hill - © 1971 Ensign Music, BMI. All rights reserved. Originally recorded for AEREOPLANE, Warner Bros. WB 1916.

Good Old Electric Washing Machine Circa 1943 - © 1967 Ensign Music, BMI. All rights reserved. Originally recorded for EARTHWORDS AND MUSIC, RCA LSP-3796.

Kiss My Plywood - © 1981 John Hartford Music, BMI. All rights reserved

I Would Not Be Here - © 1968 Ensign Music, BMI. All rights reserved. Originally recorded for THE LOVE ALBUM, RCA LSP-3884.

Natural to Be Gone - © 1968 Ensign Music, BMI. All rights reserved. Originally recorded for THE LOVE ALBUM, RCA LSP-3884. Also appeared on GENTLE ON MY MIND, RCA LSP-4068 (1968) and IRON MOUNTAIN DEPOT, RCA LSP-4337 (1970).

My Face - © 1968 Ensign Music, BMI. All rights reserved. Originally recorded for HOUSING PROJECT, RCA LSP-3998.

Jaw Bone - By Gene Goforth - © 1981 John Hartford Music, BMI. All rights reserved

California Earthquake - © 1968 Ensign Music, BMI. All rights reserved. Originally recorded for GENTLE ON MY MIND, RCA LSP-4068

A Simple Thing as Love - © 1968 Ensign Music, BMI. All rights reserved. Originally recorded for THE LOVE ALBUM, RCA LSP-3884. Also appeared on GENTLE ON MY MIND, RCA LSP-4068.

Forty Years a Gambler - © 1981 John Hartford Music, BMI. All rights reserved

My Rag - © 1972 Ensign Music, BMI. All rights reserved. Originally recorded for MORNING BUGLE, Warner Bros. BS 2651.

All words and music by John Hartford, except where noted.

Lovingly dedicated to the memory of my mother, Mary Cowan Harford, who passed away February 20, 1981.

FF-259
Released: 1981

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