The second in Mickey Newbury's American Trilogy – recorded when Newbury was at Elektra Records, a label that was apparantly as unable to find an audience for him as Mercury was a few years earlier – but all these years later it stands just as beautifully of a leftfield bit of spacious, moody genius just about any singer-songwriter record of the period we can think of! Recorded at Nashville's Cinderella Sound Studios, it's really wonderful stuff that defys genre and convention, but is as emotionally connective and sastisfying as anything from the mainstream. Titles include "The Future's Not What It Used To Be", "Frisco Depot, "Swiss Cottage Place", "How I Love Them Old Songs" and more. (Rock, Folk/Country) LP, Vinyl record album

An early masterpiece by Tom T Hall – one of the first times he got to sing the sorts of songs that he'd been writing for others in the Nashville scene – sounding even better here in the hands of the creator! Hall's voice and style is perfect – as he spins out these little tales of life on the south – all with a balance of wit and wisdom that few others could ever hope to touch! The whole thing's wonderful – a storybook of a side of America that was getting a bit lost in the changes of the 60s – with titles that include "A Week In A Country Jail", "Homecoming", "Nashville Is A Groovy Little Town", "I Miss A Lot Of Trains", and his classic "Margie's At The Lincoln Park Inn". LP, Vinyl record album