Английская Википедия:Don Williams Volume Two
Шаблон:Infobox album Шаблон:Album ratings Don Williams Volume Two is the second studio album by American country music singer and songwriterDon Williams.[1] Released in January of 1974 on the JMI Records label, the album reached number thirteen on the US Country Albums Chart.[2] "Atta Way to Go" was released in 1973 as a single preceding the album,[3] and "We Should Be Together" and "Down the Road I Go" were released as singles in 1974.[4]
Background
Williams was no stranger to the country music scene, having been a member of the Texas band The Pozo Seco Singers from 1964-1970.[5] He left the music industry briefly, but returned in 1973 with his solo debut, Don Williams Volume One.[6] Williams had signed with JMI records initially as a songwriter, but later at the encouragement of its founder, Jack Clement, recorded a full length album produced by songwriter Allen Reynolds.[7] It was a strong debut, reaching number five on the 1973 Country Albums Chart,[8] and it had two top 20 country singles.[9]
Six months after the release of his debut album, the formula for success was repeated for Don Williams Volume Two, including producer Allen Reynolds, and many of the same A-Team Nashville studio musicians, notably steel guitarist Lloyd Green, fiddle player Buddy Spicher and drummer Kenny Malone.[6]
Legacy
This would be Williams' final recording with JMI records, which was sold to ABC-DOT Records shortly after the release of the album.[6]
Allen Reynolds would go on to produce and write many successful country songs, including many of Crystal Gayle's biggest hits from the 1970s and 1980s.[10] The song "We Should Be Together," written by Reynolds, would go on to be the title track off of Gayle's 1976 country record.[11]
Track listing
from the original JMI Records release:[12]
Musicians
from the original album liner notes:[12]
- Don Williams - lead vocals, guitar
- The Joyful Noise - "gentle voices" backing vocals
- Bobby Thompson - banjo
- Joe Allen - bass guitar
- Lloyd Green - Dobro, steel guitar
- Kenny Malone - drums
- Buddy Spicher, Johnny Gimble, Lisa Silver - fiddle
- Bobby Thompson, Chip Young, Jimmy Colvard - guitar
- Danny Flowers - harpoonist harmonica
- Chuck Cochran - keyboards
- Johnny Gimble - mandolin
- Jimmy Colvard - "Boogie beats"
Production
from the original album liner notes:[12]
- Producer – Allen Reynolds
- Engineer – Curt Allen, Garth Fundis, Ronnie Dean
- Arranged – Charles Cochran
- Photography – John Donegan
- Lighting director – Jack Clement
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