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Old No. 1 Studio album by Guy Clark Released 1975 Recorded RCA Studios, Nashville Genre Country Length 36:13 Label RCA Producer Neil Wilburn Guy Clark chronology Old No. 1
(1975)Texas Cookin'
(1976)Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic [1]
Old No. 1 is the highly influential 1975 debut album by Texas singer-songwriter Guy Clark.
The cover of the original LP featured a painting by Susanna Clark and liner notes by Jerry Jeff Walker. It was reissued on CD by Sugar Hill. Both Old No. 1 and Texas Cookin' were re-issued on CD on the Camden label in 2001.[2]
Contents
Track listing
All songs written by Guy Clark.
Side one
- "Rita Ballou" – 2:49
- "L.A. Freeway" – 4:43
- "She Ain't Goin' Nowhere" – 3:27
- "A Nickel for the Fiddler" – 2:45
- "That Old Time Feeling" – 4:10
Side two
- "Texas - 1947" – 3:10
- "Desperados Waiting for the Train" – 4:31
- "Like a Coat from the Cold" – 3:18
- "Instant Coffee Blues" – 3:15
- "Let Him Roll" – 4:05
Personnel
- Guy Clark – vocals, guitar
- Mike Leach – bass
- Jerry Kroon – drums
- Larrie Londin – drums
- Chip Young – guitar
- Pat Carter – guitar
- Steve Gibson – guitar
- Jerry Carrigan – drums
- Dick Feller – guitar
- Jim Colvard – guitar
- Reggie Young – guitar
- Hal Rugg – dobro
- Jack Hicks – dobro
- Hal Rugg – pedal steel guitar
- David Briggs – piano, background vocals
- Chuck Cochran – piano
- Shane Keister – piano
- Lea Jane Berinati – piano
- Johnny Gimble – fiddle
- Mickey Raphael – harmonic
- Lea Jane Berinati – background vocals, piano
- Rodney Crowell – background vocals
- Emmylou Harris – background vocals
- Pat Carter – background vocals
- Gary B. White – background vocals
- Florence Warner – background vocals
- Steve Earle – background vocals
- Sammi Smith – background vocals
Production notes
- Neil Wilburn – producer, remixing
- Paul Brookside – liner notes
- Ray Butts – engineer
- Pat Carter – associate producer
- Susanna Clark – paintings
- Gary Hobish – reissue mastering
- Nathaniel Russell – reissue art director and design
- Filippo Salvadori – reissue producer
Chart positions
Year Chart Position 1975 Billboard Country albums 41 References
External links
Categories:- 1975 albums
- Guy Clark albums
- Debut albums
- RCA Records albums
- Sugar Hill Records (bluegrass) albums
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