The Epic Collection (Recorded Live)

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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 1983.

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

Professional ratings
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AllMusic [1]

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."[1]

Track listing

  1. "Honky Tonk Night Time Man/The Old Man From the Mountain" (Merle Haggard)
  2. "Holding Things Together" (Haggard, Bob Totten)
  3. "Sing a Sad Song" (Wynn Stewart)
  4. "Every Fool Has a Rainbow" (Haggard)
  5. "Blue Yodel #5" (Jimmie Rodgers)
  6. "Trouble in Mind" (Richard M. Jones)
  7. "Things Aren't Funny Anymore" (Haggard)
  8. "(My Friends Are Gonna Be) Strangers" (Liz Anderson, Casey Anderson)
  9. "I Always Get Lucky with You" (Haggard, Gary Church, Freddy Powers, Tex Whitson)
  10. "Workin' Man Blues" (Haggard)

References

  1. ^ a b Erlewine, Steven Thomas. "The Epic Collection > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved February 19, 2015.
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