WILLIS ALAN RAMSEY by willis alan ramsey LEON RUSSELL shelter KOCH records OOP!

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Willis Alan Ramsey's amazing debut album, originally released on Denny Cordele's Shelter Records label (SHEL 8914) in 1972 and reissued on CD by Kock Records International in 1999. Featuring Tulsa players like Leon Russell, Carl Radle, Eddie Hinton, and more, it's a great album that has once-again become very hard to find.This CD is in great shape, but does have a very, very few lightest of light scuffs that prevent me from listing it as "like new." It plays perfectly. ENVIRONMENT: This item has been stored in a smoke-free and pet-free home under climate-controlled conditions since I first purchased or received it. CONDITION. My items are as described. I do my best to describe the items for sale in the way that I would want to read about them if I were bidding on them. All photographs are of the actual item you are bidding on so that you may see what you are purchasing. I do not use stock photographs of any of my items. QUESTIONS. If you have any questions regarding this item, please contact me before bidding. Please do not hesitate to email me with questions or concerns. THANKS for looking! Track Listing 1. Ballad of Spider John 2. Muskrat Love (Muskrat Candlelight) 3. Geraldine and the Honeybee 4. Wishbone 5. Satin Sheets 6. Goodbye Old Missoula 7. Painted Lady 8. Watermelon Man 9. Boy from Oklahoma 10. Angel Eyes 11. Northeast Texas Women Details Playing Time: 39 min. Contributing Artists: Leon Russell Distributor: E1 Distribution (USA) Recording Type: Studio Recording Mode: Stereo SPAR Code: n/a Album Notes Personnel: Willis Alan Ramsey (vocals, guitar, harmonica, bass); Cahrles Perrino (guitar, background vocals); Robert Aberg (guitar, slide guitar); Eddie Hinton (guitar); Red Rhodes (pedal steel guitar); Dusty Rhodes, Tim Self (fiddle); Cathy Pruit (cello); Nick De Caro (accordion); Ernie Watts (saxophone); Leon Russell (piano, electric piano, vibraphone); Carl Radle, Tim Drummond, Leland Sklar (bass); Walter Collie (drums, background vocals0: Jim Keltner, Kenneth Buttrey, Russ Kunkel (drums).Producers: Denny Cordell, Willis Alan Ramsey.Reissue producer: John Porter.Recorded in 1971 & 1972.Personnel: Willis Alan Ramsey (vocals, guitar, harmonica); Charles Perrino (vocals, guitar); Waller Collie (vocals, drums); Mike Sexton (vocals); Robert Aberg (guitar, electric guitar, slide guitar); Eddie Hinton (guitar); Red Rhodes (steel guitar); Dusty Rhodes , Tim Self (violin, fiddle); Cathy Pruitt (cello); Nick DeCaro (accordion); Ernie Watts (saxophone); Leon Russell (piano, electric piano, keyboards, vibraphone, background vocals); Larry Stedman, Larry Steelman, John Harris (piano); Tyller Collie, Kenny Bulbey, Jim Keltner, Kenny Buttrey, Russ Kunkel (drums); David Ward II (cowbells, bells, sound effects); Grant Conch, Terry Dodson (sound effects).Audio Mixer: Al Schmitt.Audio Remixer: Al Schmitt.Liner Note Author: Ellis Widner.Recording information: Beautifu (05/1971-03/1972); Brians Studios, Tyler, TX (05/1971-03/1972); Brian's Studios, Tyler, TX (05/1971-03/1972); Quadraphonic Studios, Nashville, TN (05/1971-03/1972); Skyhill Studios, Hollywood, CA (05/1971-03/1972); Skyline Studios, Hollywood, CA (05/1971-03/1972); Sunset Sound Studios, Hollywood, CA (05/1971-03/1972).Photographer: William Matthews.Unknown Contributor Roles: Grant Conch; Frosty Horton; Ron Burnham; Oblio; Terry Dodson; Waller Collie.In many ways, Willis Alan Ramsey's debut album makes him sound like the archetypical Texas singer/songwriter; there's more than a little Guy Clark in his approach, a healthy dose of Townes Van Zandt, a dash of Jimmie Dale Gilmore, and one can hear the echoes of what Steve Earle and Lyle Lovett would draw from this music. But Ramsey's style -- an engaging mixture of cowboy poetry, post-hippie wit and wonder, and singer/songwriter introspection -- burst forth fully formed in 1972, while Van Zandt was still barely a rumor outside the Lone Star State, and Clark had yet to make himself heard on vinyl; Ramsey was at once a contemporary of the first wave of Texas songwriters, and one of the artists who... read more

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