Space Wrangler
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| Studio album by Widespread Panic | ||||
| Released | February 4, 1988 |
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| Recorded | John Keane Studio, Athens, GA | |||
| Genre | Rock, southern rock, jam | |||
| Length | 64:36 | |||
| Label | Landslide (1988) Capricorn/Warner Bros. (1992, 1994) Zomba/Legacy (2001) |
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| Producer | John Keane, Widespread Panic, Johnny Sandlin | |||
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Space Wrangler is the first studio album by the Athens, GA based band Widespread Panic. It was first released by a small Atlanta label, Landslide Records, on February 4, 1988. It was later reissued three times, the first two times by Capricorn Records/Warner Bros. Records, and, in 2001, by Zomba Music Group.
Due to time restraints on the original issue, concert staple "Conrad" was not included in the 1988 release. The reissues featured three extra tracks not found on the original release. Holden Oversoul and Contentment Blues were both from a John Keane Studio session in September 1990. Me and The Devil Blues / Heaven was recorded as one take and was taken from "try-out" sessions with Capricorn Records that would result in the Widespread Panic album.
Space Wrangler has been released on vinyl, cassette and CD.
[edit] Track listing
All songs written and composed by John Bell, Michael Houser, Todd Nance, Domingo Sunny Ortiz, and Dave Schools unless otherwise stated.
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Chilly Water" | 5:40 |
| 2. | "Travelin' Light" (written by J. J. Cale) | 3:36 |
| 3. | "Space Wrangler" | 6:49 |
| 4. | "Coconut" | 5:04 |
| 5. | "The Take Out" | 2:16 |
| 6. | "Porch Song" | 2:52 |
| 7. | "Stop-Go" | 4:50 |
| 8. | "Driving" | 8:29 |
| 9. | "Holden Oversoul" | 3:32 |
| 10. | "Contentment Blues" | 5:06 |
| 11. | "Gomero Blanco" | 1:11 |
| 12. | "Me and the Devil Blues[b]/Heaven[a][c]" | 15:11 |
^ a Produced by Johnny Sandlin
^ b "Me and the Devil Blues" written by Robert Johnson
^ c "Heaven" written by David Byrne and Jerry Harrison
[edit] Personnel
- John Bell - Vocals, Guitar
- Michael Houser - Guitar, Vocals
- Todd Nance - Percussion, Drums, Vocals
- Domingo S. Ortiz - Percussion
- Dave Schools - Bass, Percussion, Vocals
Additional Personnel
Tim White - Keyboards
John Keane - Vocals, Producer Engineer
Alberto Salazarte - Rap
David Blackman - Fiddle
Bill Jordan - Laughs
Page McConnell (and Phish crew) - Organ on "Holden Oversoul"
T. Lavitz - Organ on "Me And The Devil Blues"/"Heaven"
Jim Bickerstaff - remixing
Jeff Coppage - engineer, remixing
James Flournoy - artwork, design
Heather Laurie - design
Benny Quinn - mastering
Johnny Sandlin - producer, remixing
Steve Tillisch - engineer
