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Relix's Best Of The New New Riders Of The Purple Sage

New Riders Of The Purple Sage

Initial release : March 1997

Relix 2082

This compilation of material from the non-archive albums released in the 1980s and early 1990s by Relix. Includes a version of the Garcia/Hunter song Ripple taken from the Live In Japan album.

Tracks

  • Charlie's Garden (Dawson)
  • Ballad Of The Deportees (Guthrie)
  • Taking It Hard (New)
  • Change In The Weather (Dawson)
  • Diesel On My Tail (Fagan)
  • Keep On Keepin' On (Dawson)
  • Bounty Hunter (Fuentes/Gauthier/Valentino)
  • Rancher's Daughter (Dawson)
  • Early In The Morning (Traditional)
  • Ripple (Garcia / Hunter)
Musicians

Charlie's Garden, Ballad Of The Deportees, Taking It Hard, Change In The Weather and Diesel On My Tail are taken from Midnight Moonlight. The musicians on that album were;

New Riders;

  • John Dawson - guitar, vocals
  • Rusty Gauthier - guitar, mandolin, slide guitar, fiddle, banjo, vocals
  • Gary Vogensen - guitar, vocals
  • Fred Campbell - bass
Additional musicians
  • John Pedersen - uillean pipes, banjo
  • Evan Morgan - guitar
  • Keith Allen - guitar, slide guitar
  • Carolyn Gauthier - vocals
  • Kevin Wimmer - cajun accordian, fiddle
  • Norton Buffalo - harmonica
  • Bill Laymon - earthwood bass
  • David Nelson - mandolin, guitar
Keep On Keepin' On, Bounty Hunter and Rancher's Daughter are taken from Keep On Keepin' On. The musicians on that album were;

New Riders Of The Puple Sage

  • John Dawson - acoustic guitar, jaw harp, vocals
  • Rusty Gauthier - acoustic guitar, electric 12-string guitar, banjo, dobro, violin, lap steel guitar, vocals
  • Gary Vogenson - electric guitar, background vocals
  • Greg Lagardo - drums
  • Michael White - bass
Backing vocals;
  • Jennifer Hall - vocals
  • Carolyn Gauthier - vocals
  • Jeanette Sartain - vocals
Guest musicians;
  • Boots Hughston
  • Kincaid Miller
  • Ling Valentino
  • Val Fuentes
  • Bill Amatneek
  • Stu Feldman
  • Bing Nathan
  • Bob Black
Early In The Morning and Ripple are taken from Live In Japan on which the musicians were;
  • John Dawson - guitar, vocals
  • Carolyn Gauthier - recorder
  • Rusty Gauthier - guitar, violin, vocals,
  • Gary Vogensen - guitar, vocals
Related releases

Charlie's Garden, Ballad Of The Deportees, Taking It Hard, Change In The Weather and Diesel On My Tail are taken from;

Keep On Keepin' On, Bounty Hunter and Rancher's Daughter are taken from;
  • Keep On Keepin' On, New Riders Of The Purple Sage, 1992, Relix 2057 (Originally issued in 1989 as MU MCD 31109)
Early In The Morning and Ripple are taken from;
  • Live In Japan, New Riders Of The Purple Sage, November 1994, Relix 2065
Relix have also released a compilation of early NRPS recordings;
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