THIS IS THE 1988 UK REPRESSING on EDSEL label. SINGLE COVER + LYRICS INSERT. The cover is in VG+ CONDITION: Normal wear, and without any major deterioration, BUT very light discolouration/wear on corners/left spine, mild creases on edges, left spine is fully readable, for details see photos. The vinyl is in EX condition, and plays wonderfully.

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GUY CLARK

with CHIPS MOMAN, DAVID BRIGGS, RODNEY CROWELL, EMMYLOU HARRIS, NICOLETTE LARSON,

JERRY JEFF WALKER, CHARLIE BUNDY, CHRIS LAIRD, HOYT AXTON, DANNY ROWLAND, etc.

Along with Townes Van Zandt, one of the most influential singer/songwriters of the Texas troubadour school. Guy Clark didn't just write songs, he crafted them, with the kind of hands-on care and respect that a master carpenter (a favorite image of his) would when faced with a stack of rare hardwood. Clark worked slowly and with strict attention to detail -- he released only 13 studio albums in his 40-year career -- but he produced an impressive collection of timeless gems, leaving very little waste behind. His albums never met much commercial success, but the emotional level of his work consistently transcended sales figures and musical genres. He's the archetype of the modern country songwriter that young artists study and seasoned writers (and listeners) admire.

<reissue, originally published 1976>

LP    EDSEL RECORDS   ED 287

MADE IN ENGLAND    1988 REPRESSING

SINGLE COVER + LYRICS INSERT

NOTES: Recorded in Nashville, Tennessee, at Chip Moman's American Studios except for A3 at RCA Studios.

Barcode: 5 014757 132872

LABEL: EDSEL - LILAC LABEL w/LOGO on TOP - BLACK TEXT

Catalog on cover: ED 287

 Catalog on labels: ED 287   ED 287-A / ED 287   ED 287-B

Matrix / Runout (Side A, Etched): ED-287-A2 ✱ MAX

Matrix / Runout (Side B, Etched): ED-287-B1 ✱ MAX Porky

On labels: rim text "All Rights............Manufactured in the UK"

Issued under license from BMG Records (UK) Ltd

℗ 1976 RCA Records       © 1988 Demon Records Ltd

On Back Cover: Tracklist + Credits

Issued under license from BMG Records (UK) Ltd.

Edsel Records. A division of Demon Records Ltd., Brentford, Middlx.

Manufactured in England

tracklisting

Side A: TEXAS COOKIN' - ANYHOW, I LOVE YOU - VIRGINIA'S REAL

IT'S ABOUT TIME - GOOD TO LOVE YOU LADY

Side B: BROKEN HEARTED PEOPLE - BLACK HAIRED BOY - ME I'M FEELIN' THE SAME

THE BALLAD OF LAVERNE AND CAPTAIN FLINT - THE LAST GUNFIGHTER BALLAD

RECORD EX but (please, read above description)

SLEEVE VG+ but (please, see pictures and read above description)

 Guy Clark's sophomore effort sounds more like a party of friends who got together to pick together on a Saturday night that it does a sensitive singer/songwriter outing. Essentially that's what it is, coming as it did at the height of the outlaw movement fever. Recorded at Chips Moman's American Studios in Nash Vegas, there is no producer listed on the set, so you can assume Clark did it himself with the aid of his many compadres here, who include but are not limited to Emmylou Harris, Susanna Clark, Johnny Gimble, Jerry Jeff Walker, Hoyt Axton, Waylon Jennings, Tracy Nelson, Brian Ahern, Mickey Raphael, Rodney Crowell, David Briggs, and Chip Young. Songwise, Clark's on a roll here; first there's the wooly party tune, "Texas Cookin'," that celebrates the Lone Star State's particular ability to make their food taste good with beer, and then there's the stunning "Anyhow I Love You," with Emmylou, Waylon, and Crowell accompanying Clark as a chorus. Jennings' harmony singing here is the best he did in his career. There's the mid-tempo "Good to Love You Lady" with Walker, Axton, Crowell, and Harris singing in a smoky contralto, an honest to goodness country song, baring its fiddles, pedal steel, and a trio of acoustic guitars to carry those rough and sweet voices through the story. And while the up-tempo tunes here are wondrously raucous fare, Clark's strength as a ballad writer is almost unequaled among his peers. Nowhere is this more evident than on "Broken Hearted People" (since retitled for the refrain, "Take Me to a Barroom"). Clark's version of the song lacks any sentimentality. He is one of the tune's subjects; his resignation is to spend his mourning days on a barstool after discovering a lover's faithlessness, but he's already wasted and can't even get there under his own power. His devastation is only eclipsed by his desperation: "Take me to a barroom driver/Set me on a stool/If I can't be her man, I'm damned/If I'll be her fool." In addition, Clark's "The Last Gunfighter Ballad" is a signature song, like his "Randall Knife" or "Desperadoes Waiting for a Train." It's a song; it's a story; it's a movie with acoustic guitars a bass, a cello, finger cymbals, and Waylon. Chilling, stirring, and unforgettable, just like the album itself...(AllMusic)