The Country Roads Collection

Tracklist

• CD 1
• 1
  Leaving on a Jet Plane
  3:40
  4.4 ★
• 2
  Circus
  2:40
• 3
  Rhymes & Reasons
  3:16
  3.0 ★
• 4
  Catch Another Butterfly
  2:33
• 5
  Daydream
  2:55
• 6
  Follow Me
  2:29
• 7
  Aspenglow
  2:11
• 8
  Molly
  3:49
• 9
  Sticky Summer Weather
  3:33
• 10
  Isabel
  3:25
  2.0 ★
• 11
  Sunshine on My Shoulders
  5:13
  4.0 ★
• 12
  My Sweet Lady
  4:28
  3.5 ★
• 13
  Take Me Home, Country Roads
  3:11
  4.3 ★
• 14
  I Guess He’d Rather Be in Colorado
  2:10
  1.0 ★
• 15
  Poems, Prayers and Promises
  4:08
  3.5 ★
• 16
  Starwood in Aspen
  3:07
• 17
  City of New Orleans
  3:20
  3.5 ★
• 18
  All of My Memories
  5:00
• 19
  Casey’s Last Ride
  4:58
• 20
  The Eagle and the Hawk
  2:10
  3.0 ★
• 21
  Friends With You
  3:22
  4.0 ★
• CD 2
• 1
  Rocky Mountain High
  4:46
  3.8 ★
• 2
  For Baby (For Bobbie)
  2:59
  3.0 ★
• 3
  Goodbye Again
  3:40
  4.0 ★
• 4
  We Don’t Live Here No More
  4:05
• 5
  I’d Rather Be a Cowboy (Lady’s Chains)
  4:26
  3.5 ★
• 6
  Farewell Andromeda (Welcome to My Morning)
  4:04
  3.0 ★
• 7
  Rocky Mountain Suite (Cold Nights in Canada)
  3:05
• 8
  Annie’s Song
  3:01
  3.6 ★
• 9
  Back Home Again
  4:46
  3.0 ★
• 10
  Grandma’s Feather Bed
  2:19
• 11
  Sweet Surrender
  5:29
  2.5 ★
• 12
  Eclipse
  3:44
• 13
  Thank God I’m a Country Boy
  2:51
• 14
  This Old Guitar
  2:51
  4.0 ★
• 15
  Spirit
  3:38
• 16
  Song of Wyoming
  3:19
• 17
  I’m Sorry
  3:33
  3.0 ★
• 18
  Windsong
  4:01
  3.0 ★
• 19
  Looking for Space
  4:01
  2.0 ★
• 20
  Fly Away
  4:10
  3.5 ★
• CD 3
• 1
  Calypso
  3:37
  3.0 ★
• 2
  Come and Let Me Look in Your Eyes
  3:49
• 3
  Like a Sad Song
  3:44
  2.5 ★
• 4
  Polka Dots and Moonbeams
  3:11
• 5
  In the Grand Way
  3:42
• 6
  How Can I Leave You Again
  3:11
  4.0 ★
• 7
  Ripplin’ Waters
  3:59
• 8
  It Amazes Me
  2:39
  3.0 ★
• 9
  Singing Skies and Dancing Waters
  4:05
• 10
  Dearest Esmeralda
  3:32
• 11
  Thirsty Boots
  4:38
  3.0 ★
• 12
  I Want to Live
  3:48
• 13
  Southwind
  3:31
• 14
  Garden Song
  2:46
• 15
  What’s on Your Mind
  4:28
• 16
  You’re So Beautiful
  3:10
• 17
  In My Heart
  3:46
• 18
  The Mountain Song
  4:48
• 19
  Song for the Life
  3:47
• 20
  Autograph
  3:36
  3.5 ★
• CD 4
• 1
  Some Days Are Diamonds (Some Days Are Stone)
  4:02
  3.0 ★
• 2
  Country Love
  3:08
• 3
  Dreams
  3:05
• 4
  Heart to Heart
  3:57
• 5
  Shanghai Breezes
  3:14
  3.0 ★
• 6
  Seasons of the Heart
  3:51
• 7
  Perhaps Love

  feat. Plácido Domingo
  2:59
  2.0 ★
• 8
  Falling Out of Love
  5:00
• 9
  It’s About Time
  3:45
  4.0 ★
• 10
  Wild Montana Skies

  feat. Emmylou Harris
  4:06
  3.0 ★
• 11
  Dreamland Express
  4:08
  5.0 ★
• 12
  If Ever
  5:25
• 13
  I’m in the Mood to Be Desired
  3:27
• 14
  Don’t Close Your Eyes, Tonight
  4:18
• 15
  Love Is the Master
  2:44
• 16
  I Can’t Escape
  3:40
• 17
  Love Again
  2:53
• 18
  Flying for Me
  5:39

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Release credits

• Alec Whyte
  choir vocals [21]
• Allan Schwartzberg
  drums (drum set) [7]
• Andrew Clarke
  assistant [20]
• Andy Todd
  assistant [20]
• Annie Denver
  choir vocals [21]
• Artie Torgersen
  assistant [8, 14]
• Barbara Carlson
  choir vocals [21]
• Barney Wyckoff
  producer [5-6, 10]
• Bernie Leadon
  electric guitar [17]
• Bill Danoff
  background vocals [1.13, 2.2], choir vocals [21], guitar [13]
• Bill Sanford
  electric guitar [1]
• Billy Sanford
  electric guitar [1]
• Bob Moore
  bass [1]
• Candy Ledbetter
  choir vocals [21]
• Chuck Domanico
  bass [6, 12]
• Danny Wheetman
  background vocals [20], harmonica [20], mandolin [20]
• Denny Brooks
  acoustic guitar [20], background vocals [3.20, 4.5]
• Diane Kniss
  choir vocals [21]
• Dick Kniss
  arranger [2.1, 2.3, 2.14, 1.20, 3.1], bass [3.1, 2.8, 1.16-18, 1.21], choir vocals [21], double bass [1.3, 1.11, 1.13, 1.20, 2.1-3]
• Elizabeth Lindsay
  choir vocals [21]
• Emmylou Harris
  lead vocals [10]
• Emory Gordy
  bass [20], mandolin [20]
• Eric Weissberg
  banjo [13], guitar [17], pedal steel guitar [13, 17, 21], steel guitar [1]
• Frank Owens
  piano [2.3, 1.13, 4.7], strings [3]
• Gary Chester
  membranophone [13], percussion [1.17-18, 2.1, 2.3]
• George Marge
  woodwind [21]
• Glen D. Hardin
  keyboard [3.20, 4.17], piano [5-6, 10]
• Hal Blaine
  arranger [1], drums (drum set) [1, 6, 12, 20], percussion [1, 20]
• Hargus “Pig” Robbins
  piano [1]
• Herb Lovelle
  membranophone [3, 20]
• Herb Pedersen
  acoustic guitar [20], background vocals [3.12, 3.20, 4.5], banjo [20], electric guitar [20]
• James Burton
  acoustic guitar [12, 20], electric guitar [3.6, 3.12, 3.20, 4.5-6, 4.10], resonator guitar [20]
• Jean Kaplow
  assistant [13]
• Jerry Carrigan
  drums (drum set) [1, 5-6, 10, 17]
• Jerry Scheff
  bass [5-6, 10, 17]
• Jim Gordon
  percussion [8]
• Jim Horn
  flute [1], reeds [20]
• Jimmy Capps
  acoustic guitar [1]
• John Denver
  12 string guitar [1.3, 1.11, 1.16, 1.18, 1.20-21, 2.2-3], acoustic guitar [4.10, 2.1, 2.3, 1.3, 1.13, 1.20, 3.6, 3.12], arranger [2.1, 2.3, 2.5-6, 2.14, 3.1, 3.8, 3.11-12, 1.1, 1.3, 1.6-7, 1.20], background vocals [18], choir vocals [21], electric guitar [3.20, 4.6], guitar [4.7, 2.8, 1.11, 1.16, 1.18, 3.1, 3.20], lead vocals [2.1, 2.3, 2.5-6, 2.8-11, 2.14, 2.17-20, 1.1, 1.3, 1.6-7, 1.11-13, 1.15-16, 1.20-21, 3.1-3, 3.6, 3.8, 3.11-12, 3.20, 4.1, 4.5-7, 4.10, 4.17-18], performer [10], producer [5-6, 10], vocal [2.2-3, 3.12, 1.13, 1.20]
• John Martin Sommers
  arranger [14]
• John Sommers
  acoustic guitar [1], arranger [1], background vocals [1], banjo [1], fiddle [1], mandolin [3.1, 2.8]
• Jon Cobert
  synthesizer [17]
• Keith Lane
  choir vocals [21]
• Kenneth Boaz
  choir vocals [21]
• Kris O'Connor
  additional [2.8-10, 2.14, 2.17, 2.19-20, 3.1], assistant [3.1-3, 3.6, 2.8-9, 2.11, 2.14, 2.17-20, 1.3, 1.20]
• Larry Butler
  producer [1]
• Lee Holdridge
  arranger [2.8-9, 2.11, 2.17, 3.1], conductor [3.1, 2.8-9, 2.11, 2.17], orchestrator [1.20, 3.1, 3.6, 3.12, 3.20, 4.5-7, 4.17], strings [5]
• Lee Ritenour
  acoustic guitar [12], classical guitar [6], electric guitar [6]
• Lennie Niehaus
  orchestrator [11]
• Leon Rhodes
  bass [1]
• Martine Habib
  background vocals [3]
• Mary Angela Whyte
  choir vocals [21]
• Michael Taylor
  arranger [2.1, 2.3, 1.20], choir vocals [21], guitar [2.1-3, 1.11, 1.13, 1.16-18, 1.21], resonator guitar [17]
• Mickey Crofford
  engineer [2.8-9, 2.11, 2.14, 3.1], recording [14]
• Mike Lang
  keyboard [6, 12]
• Milt Okun
  arranger [3.8, 3.11-12, 2.5-6, 1.1, 1.3, 1.6-7], conductor [11, 20], executive [10, 17-18], producer [1.1, 1.3, 1.6-7, 1.11-13, 1.15-16, 1.20-21, 2.1-3, 2.5-6, 2.8-11, 2.14, 2.17-20, 3.1-3, 3.6, 3.8, 3.11-12, 3.20]
• Olivia Newton‐John
  guest [20]
• Paul Griffin
  piano [18, 21]
• Paul Prestopino
  resonator guitar [18]
• Paula Ballan
  choir vocals [21]
• Plácido Domingo
  lead vocals [7]
• Ralph Osborn
  assistant [20]
• Randy Pipes
  assistant [20]
• Ray Edenton
  acoustic guitar [1]
• Ray Hall
  engineer [5-6], recording [1.3, 1.11, 1.13, 1.20, 2.1-3]
• Reinie Press
  bass [7]
• Renée Armand
  background vocals [3.12, 3.20, 4.5]
• Roger Nichols
  producer [17-18]
• Ron Ledbetter
  choir vocals [21]
• Sal DiTroia
  classical guitar [7]
• Starland Vocal Band
  background vocals [13]
• Steve Weisberg
  acoustic guitar [1], arranger [2.14, 3.1], background vocals [1], electric guitar [1], guitar [1.20, 2.8], pedal steel guitar [3], resonator guitar [1], steel guitar [1]
• Sylvie Vartan
  lead vocals [17]
• Taffy Nivert
  background vocals [1.13, 2.2], choir vocals [21]
• Tchad Blake
  assistant [20]
• Toots Thielemans
  harmonica [16-18, 21]
• Turnpike Tom
  choir vocals [21]
• [unknown]
  choir vocals [21]
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Issues

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  The Country Roads Collection

  4x CD
  1997
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  The Country Roads Collection

  3x CD
  26 August 2009
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  The Country Roads Collection

  4x Digital Media (iTunes & Amazon Digital)