STEVE EARLE – COPPERHEAD ROAD LP – Nr MINT A1 UK 1988 COUNTRY ROCK POGUES

Steve Earle – Copperhead Road
(MCA Records  1988  MCF3426)
Matrix No’s: A1/B2 – UK Pressing

Sleeve in Nr MINT condition
Inner 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)

Steve Earle (born Stephen Fain Earle on January 17, 1955) is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, author and actor. Earle grew up near San Antonio, Texas, and began learning the guitar at age 11.

Earle began his career as a songwriter in Nashville and released his first EP in 1982. His breakthrough album was the 1986 Guitar Town. Since then Earle has released 13 other studio albums and received three Grammy awards. His songs have been recorded by Travis Tritt, Vince Gill, Shawn Colvin and Emmylou Harris. He has appeared in film and television, and has written a novel, a play, and a book of short stories.

Copperhead Road is the third studio album by Steve Earle, released in 1988. The album is often referred to as Earle’s first “rock record”; Earle himself calls it the world’s first blend of heavy metal and bluegrass, and the January 26, 1989 review of the album by Rolling Stone suggested that the style be called “power twang”.

Track listing

All songs written by Steve Earle except where noted.

Original Release (1988)

1. “Copperhead Road” – 4:30
2. “Snake Oil” – 3:31
3. “Back to the Wall” – 5:29
4. “The Devil’s Right Hand” – 3:04
5. “Johnny Come Lately” – 4:11
6. “Even When I’m Blue” – 4:14
7. “You Belong to Me” – 4:25
8. “Waiting on You” (Earle, Richard Bennett) – 5:10
9. “Once You Love” (Earle, Larry Crane) – 4:39
10. “Nothing but a Child” – 4:26

Personnel

• Steve Earle: vocals, guitars, harmonica, 6-string bass, mandolin
• Donny Roberts: guitars, 6-string bass
• Bill Lloyd: acoustic guitar
• Michael McAdam: 12-string electric guitar
• Bucky Baxter: pedal steel, lap steel, Dobro
• Ken Moore: synthesizer and organ
• John Barlow Jarvis: piano
• Kelly Looney: bass
• Kurt Custer: drums
• Neil MacColl: mandolin on “Johnny Come Lately”
• John Cowan, Maria McKee, Radney Foster: background vocals
• The Pogues played on “Johnny Come Lately”
• Telluride played on “Nothing But A Child”

The Pogues

• Terry Woods: cittern
• Phil Chevron: guitar, vocals
• Jem Finer: banjo
• James Fearnley: accordion
• Spider Stacy: tin whistle, vocals
• Shane MacGowan: banjo, bodhran
• Darryl Hunt: bass
• Andrew Ranken: drums

Telluride

• Sam Bush: mandolin
• Jerry Douglas: dobro
• Mark O’Connor: violin
• Edgar Meyer: bass violin