RY COODER – INTO THE PURPLE VALLEY LP – Nr MINT A1/B1 UK

Ry Cooder – Into The Purple Valley
(Reprise Records  K44142)
Matrix No’s: A1/B1 – UK Pressing

Textured Gatefold Sleeve in Nr MINT condition

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 apart from the odd light pop/crackle)

Ryland Peter “Ry” Cooder (born March 15, 1947) is an American musician, songwriter, film score composer, record producer, and writer.

Into the Purple Valley is the second studio album by roots rock musician Ry Cooder, released in 1972. The album’s front cover is listed number 12 on Rolling Stone’s 100 Greatest Album Covers.

Track listing

1. “How Can You Keep Moving (Unless You Migrate Too)” (Agnes “Sis” Cunningham) – 2:25
2. “Billy the Kid” (Traditional, arr. Ry Cooder) – 3:45
3. “Money Honey” (Jesse Stone) – 3:28
4. “FDR in Trinidad” (Fitz Maclean) – 3:01
5. “Teardrops Will Fall” (Dickey Doo, Marion Smith) – 3:03
6. “Denomination Blues” (George Washington Phillips) – 3:58
7. “On a Monday” (Lead Belly) – 2:52
8. “Hey Porter” (Johnny Cash) – 4:34
9. “Great Dream from Heaven” (Joseph Spence) – 1:53
10. “Taxes on the Farmer Feeds Us All” (Traditional, arr. Ry Cooder) – 3:52
11. “Vigilante Man” (Woody Guthrie) – 4:15

Personnel

• Ry Cooder – guitar, bass, mandolin, vocals
• Van Dyke Parks – keyboards
• Gloria Jones – vocals
• Claudia Lennear – vocals
• George Bohanon – horns
• John Craviotta – drums
• Joe Lane Davis – horns
• Jim Dickinson – piano
• Chris Ethridge – bass
• Milt Holland – percussion
• Jerry Jumonville – saxophone
• Fritz Richmond – bass
• Donna Washburn – vocals
• Donna Weiss – vocals
• Ike Williams – horns