38 Special (album)

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38 Special is the first album by the southern rock band, 38 Special, released in 1977 on A&M, their first of many for the label. It was remastered and reissued on the Lemon record label in 2003. Two singles, "Long Time Gone" (A&M 1946-S) and "Tell Everybody" (A&M 1964-S), were released, but neither charted on the Billboard Hot 100.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Long Time Gone"	Barnes, Carlisi, Lyons, Van Zant	4:02
2.	"Fly Away"	Barnes, Carlisi, Lyons, Van Zant	5:15
3.	"Around and Around"	Berry	3:27
4.	"Play a Simple Song"	Carlisi, Van Zant	3:13
5.	"Gypsy Belle"	Barnes, Carlisi, Van Zant	4:58
6.	"Four Wheels"	Barnes, Carlisi, Van Zant	4:41
7.	"Tell Everybody"	Barnes, Van Zant	4:09
8.	"Just Hang On"	Barnes, Carlisi, Van Zant	5:00
9.	"I Just Wanna Rock & Roll"	Barnes, Van Zant, Carlisi	5:56

Personnel

38 Special

• Donnie Van Zant – lead and background vocals
• Don Barnes – guitar, lead vocals, background vocals
• Jeff Carlisi – dobro, guitar, steel guitar
• Larry Junstrom – bass guitar
• Jack Grondin – drums, percussion
• Steve Brookins – percussion, drums

Additional personnel

• Lani Groves – background vocals
• Carl Hall – background vocals
• Joslyn Brown – background vocals
• Terry Emery – percussion, piano
• Dan Hartman – piano, background vocals
• Kenny Lyons – bass guitar

Production

• Produced by Dan Hartman
• Recorded, engineered and mixed by Dave Still (at "The School House")
• Mastered by Greg Calbi (at Sterling Sound in New York City)

Charts

Album – Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
1977	Pop Albums	148

References

• "38 Special" at discogs