RY COODER – INTO THE PURPLE VALLEY LP – Nr MINT A2/B2

Ry Cooder – Into The Purple Valley
(Reprise Records  K44142)
Matrix No’s: A2/B2

Sleeve in Nr MINT/Excellent+ condition
– a little wear to edges & small crease on top right corner

Vinyl in Nr MINT condition
 

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