First / Never Let Her Go

Tracklist

• 1
  Sail Around the World
  3:21
• 2
  Sunday Rider
  3:19
• 3
  Soap (I Use The)
  2:29
• 4
  Suite: Clouds, Rain
  8:48
• 5
  Help Is on the Way
  2:56
• 6
  Ann
  3:52
• 7
  Do You Believe He’s Comin’
  4:55
• 8
  Sight and Sound
  3:01
• 9
  Lorilee
  4:47
• 10
  Sail Around the World (quad mix)
  3:21
• 11
  Sunday Rider (quad mix)
  3:19
• 12
  Soap (I Use The) (quad mix)
  2:29
• 13
  Suite: Clouds, Rain (quad mix)
  8:48
• 14
  Help Is on the Way (quad mix)
  2:56
• 15
  Ann (quad mix)
  3:52
• 16
  Do You Believe He’s Comin’ (quad mix)
  4:55
• 17
  Sight and Sound (quad mix)
  3:01
• 18
  Lorilee (quad mix)
  4:47
• 19
  Never Let Her Go
  3:08
• 20
  Angel
  2:33
• 21
  Playin’ on My Guitar
  2:50
• 22
  Watch Out
  2:02
• 23
  Part Time Love
  2:28
• 24
  Chain Me
  2:00
• 25
  Light of My Life
  2:16
• 26
  Someday
  2:05
• 27
  Greener Days
  3:39
• 28
  Strangers
  4:05
• 29
  Never Let Her Go (quad mix)
  3:08
• 30
  Angel (quad mix)
  2:33
• 31
  Playin’ on My Guitar (quad mix)
  2:50
• 32
  Watch Out (quad mix)
  2:02
• 33
  Part Time Love (quad mix)
  2:28
• 34
  Chain Me (quad mix)
  2:00
• 35
  Light of My Life (quad mix)
  2:16
• 36
  Someday (quad mix)
  2:05
• 37
  Greener Days (quad mix)
  3:39
• 38
  Strangers (quad mix)
  4:05

More by David Gates

The Early Years 1962–1967

The Early Years 1962–1967 2013

First / Never Let Her Go / Goodbye Girl / Falling In Love Again

First / Never Let Her Go / Goodbye Girl / Falling In Love Again 2013

Collected

Collected 2012

The David Gates Songbook (A Lifetime Of Music)

The David Gates Songbook (A Lifetime Of Music) 2002

Love Is Always Seventeen

Love Is Always Seventeen 1994

The Collection

The Collection 1987

Release credits

• David Gates
  Moog [4], acoustic guitar [23], bass guitar [6, 9, 23], electric guitar [9], guitar [2, 4, 6, 19], piano [4]
• Jim Gordon
  drums (drum set) [4, 9]
• Jim Horn
  alto saxophone [9]
• John Guerin
  drums (drum set) [2]
• Larry Carlton
  guitar [2], solo [2]
• Larry Knechtel
  Moog [4], associate [2, 4, 6, 9, 19, 23], bass guitar [2, 4, 19], electric piano [9, 23], organ [9], solo [4]
• Michael Botts
  congas [9], drums (drum set) [19]
• Russ Kunkel
  drums (drum set) [4]

Issues

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  First / Never Let Her Go

  Blu-ray
  August 2026