Nanci Griffith – The Last Of The True Believers
(Demon Records 1987 REU1013)
Matrix No’s: A1/B1 – UK Pressing
Sleeve in Nr MINT/Excellent+ condition
– some light creasing on bottom left corner
Vinyl in Nr MINT condition
(there are some light surface marks visible on the vinyl when held up to the light but they don’t affect the sound quality)
Nanci Caroline Griffith (July 6, 1953 – August 13, 2021) was an American singer, guitarist, and songwriter. She often appeared on the PBS music program Austin City Limits, starting in 1985 during season 10. In 1990, Griffith appeared on the Channel 4program Town & Country with John Prine in a segment entitled “White Pants”, where she wore white pants at the Bluebird Café in Nashville, Tennessee, along with Buddy Mondlock, Barry “Byrd” Burton, and Robert Earl Keen. In 1994, Griffith won a Grammy Award for the album Other Voices, Other Rooms.
The Last of the True Believers is the fourth studio album by American singer and songwriter Nanci Griffith, released in 1986 by Philo Records. The acclaim accorded her from her previous album, Once in a Very Blue Moon, and this album earned her a contract with a major recording company. Here, Griffith continued her turn toward a more country-oriented work than her first two albums, which were primarily folk-sounding. It also includes two songs which were later hits for Kathy Mattea, “Love at the Five and Dime” from Walk the Way the Wind Blows (1986) and “Goin’ Gone”, her first number one, from Untasted Honey (1987).
Track listing
All tracks are written by Nanci Griffith except where noted otherwise.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | “The Last of the True Believers” | 2:47 | |
| 2. | “Love at the Five and Dime” | 4:33 | |
| 3. | “St. Olav’s Gate” | Tom Russell | 3:03 |
| 4. | “More Than a Whisper” |
|
3:42 |
| 5. | “Banks of the Pontchartrain” | 3:39 | |
| 6. | “Lookin’ for the Time (Workin’ Girl)” | 2:43 | |
| 7. | “Goin’ Gone” |
|
4:19 |
| 8. | “One of These Days” | 2:54 | |
| 9. | “Love’s Found a Shoulder” | 2:19 | |
| 10. | “Fly by Night” | 2:36 | |
| 11. | “The Wing and the Wheel” | 2:41 |
Personnel
- Nanci Griffith – vocals, harmony vocals, acoustic guitar
- Philip Donnelly – electric guitar
- Pat Alger – acoustic and high-string guitar
- Rick West – acoustic guitar, mandolin
- Roy Huskey Jr. – double bass
- Ralph Vitello – piano
- Lloyd Green – dobro, pedal steel
- Béla Fleck – banjo
- Mark O’Connor – mandolin, violin, mandola
- John Catchings – cello
- Kenny Malone – drums, percussion
- Lyle Lovett – harmony vocals
- Pros and Cons Harmony Choir (Nanci Griffith, Marlin “Griff” Griffith, Richard Dobson, Robert Earl Keen, Lyle Lovett, Tom Russell) – harmony vocals on “St. Olav’s Gate”
- Rachel Peer Prine – harmony vocals on “More Than a Whisper”
- Maura O’Connell – harmony vocals on “Banks of the Pontchartrain”
- Curtis Allen – harmony vocals on “Fly By Night”
- Gove Scrivenor – autoharp on “Goin’ Gone”
- Robin Batteau – violin on “The Wing and The Wheel”
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