The Epic Collection (Recorded Live)
Appearance
The Epic Collection (Recorded Live) | ||||
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Released | c. November 1983 | |||
Genre | Country | |||
Length | 28:45 | |||
Label | Epic | |||
Producer | Merle Haggard | |||
Merle Haggard chronology | ||||
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The Epic Collection (Recorded Live) is a live album by Merle Haggard backed by The Strangers released on Epic Records in November 1983.[1]
The title is misleading as Haggard had only been with Epic for two years in 1983, so the recording leans heavily on his Capitol-era hits. The album peaked at number 28 on the Billboard country albums chart.[citation needed]
Critical reception
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AllMusic critic Steven Thomas Erlewine stated in his review: "The atmosphere is mellow, with Haggard favoring late-night ballads—both broken-hearted and romantic—and adopting a nicely weathered saloon crooner stance. This doesn't make for the liveliest record, but it's a nice, unassuming portrait of a master at middle age playing his way through just another date."[2]
Track listing
[edit]- "Honky Tonk Night Time Man/The Old Man From the Mountain" (Merle Haggard)
- "Holding Things Together" (Haggard, Bob Totten)
- "Sing a Sad Song" (Wynn Stewart)
- "Every Fool Has a Rainbow" (Haggard)
- "Blue Yodel #5" (Jimmie Rodgers)
- "Trouble in Mind" (Richard M. Jones)
- "Things Aren't Funny Anymore" (Haggard)
- "(My Friends Are Gonna Be) Strangers" (Liz Anderson, Casey Anderson)
- "I Always Get Lucky with You" (Haggard, Gary Church, Freddy Powers, Tex Whitson)
- "Workin' Man Blues" (Haggard)
Personnel
[edit]- Merle Haggard– vocals, guitar, fiddle
- Roy Nichols – guitar
- Norm Hamlet – steel guitar
- Tiny Moore – fiddle, mandolin
- Mark Yeary – keyboards
- Dennis Hromek – bass
- Biff Adams – drums
- Jimmy Belken – fiddle
- Don Markham – horns
References
[edit]- ^ The Epic Collection - Recorded Live by Merle Haggard, retrieved 2019-03-18
- ^ a b Erlewine, Steven Thomas. "The Epic Collection > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved February 19, 2015.