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Vintage NRPS

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Released
  
1986

Length
  
45:45

Producer
  
David Nelson

Genre
  
Country rock

Recorded
  
1971

Release date
  
1986

Label
  
Relix Records

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Artist
  
New Riders of the Purple Sage

Similar
  
New Riders of the Purple Sage albums, Country rock albums

Vintage NRPS is an album by the country rock group the New Riders of the Purple Sage. It was recorded live on February 21 and February 23, 1971 at the Capitol Theater in Port Chester, New York, and released in 1986.

Contents

At the time of the Capitol Theatre shows, the New Riders of the Purple Sage were regularly performing as the opening act for the Grateful Dead. Jerry Garcia was a member of both bands. Garcia would play pedal steel guitar with the New Riders, then play electric guitar and sing with the Dead. A Grateful Dead concert from the same set of shows as Vintage NRPS was released as the album Three from the Vault.

Track listing

All the songs were written by John Dawson, except "Honky Tonk Women" by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards.

  1. "I Don't Know You" – 3:41
  2. "Cecelia" – 4:13
  3. "Whatcha Gonna Do" – 3:02
  4. "Dirty Business" – 11:20
  5. "Fair Chance to Know" – 4:10
  6. "Garden of Eden" – 6:31
  7. "Portland Woman" – 5:08
  8. "Honky Tonk Women" – 5:29

New Riders of the Purple Sage

  • Jerry Garcia – pedal steel guitar
  • John Dawson – guitar, vocals
  • David Nelson – guitar, vocals
  • Dave Torbert – bass, vocals
  • Spencer Dryden – drums
  • Production

  • Engineer – David Luke
  • Producer – David Nelson
  • Cover painting – David Nelson
  • Back photo – Herb Greene
  • Graphics Assistance – Tim Harris, Dewey Reid – Fine Line Design
  • Color Separations – Summerfield Graphics
  • Songs

    1I Don't Know You3:57
    2Cecilia4:24
    3Whatcha Gonna Do3:13

    References

    Vintage NRPS Wikipedia