6x 12" Vinyl

Will the Circle Be Unbroken

Album by The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band

Released 1972

Tracklist

12" Vinyl 1
1
Grand Ole Opry Song
2:59
2
Keep on the Sunny Side
3:35
3
Nashville Blues
3:10
5.0 ★
4
You Are My Flower
3:35
5
The Precious Jewel
3:30
6
Dark as a Dungeon
2:45
12" Vinyl 2
1
Tennessee Stud
3:50
2
Black Mountain Rag
2:10
3
Wreck on the Highway
3:24
4
The End of the World
3:53
5
I Saw the Light
3:45
12" Vinyl 3
1
Sunny Side of the Mountain
2:33
2
Nine Pound Hammer
2:14
3
Losin’ You (Might Be the Best Thing Yet)
2:45
4
Honky Tonkin’
2:15
5
You Don’t Know My Mind
2:45
6
My Walkin’ Shoes
2:02
12" Vinyl 4
1
Lonesome Fiddle Blues
2:41
2
Cannonball Rag
1:15
3
Avalanche
2:50
4
Flint Hill Special
2:12
5
Togary Mountain
2:15
6
Earl’s Breakdown
2:34
7
Orange Blossom Special
2:14
8
Wabash Cannonball
2:00
12" Vinyl 5
1
Lost Highway
3:35
2
Doc Watson & Merle Travis: First Meeting (dialogue)
1:48
3
Way Downtown
3:30
4
Down Yonder
2:58
5
Pins and Needles (in My Heart)
2:53
6
Honky Tonk Blues
2:22
7
Sailin’ On to Hawaii
2:00
12" Vinyl 6
1
I’m Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes
4:25
2
I Am a Pilgrim
2:55
3
Wildwood Flower
3:34
4
Soldier’s Joy
2:05
5
Will the Circle Be Unbroken
4:50
4.0 ★
6
Both Sides Now
2:15

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Release credits

Bashful Brother Oswald
resonator guitar [6.1, 5.5, 4.8, 2.3-4]
Chet Flippo
background vocals [5]
Doc Watson
background vocals [5], guitar [2.4, 4.8, 6.5], spoken vocals [2]
Earl Scruggs
banjo [4.4, 1.3, 6.1, 6.5], guitar [5.5, 6.3, 2.3-4, 1.4, 4.8]
Ellis Padgett
double bass [4.1, 4.7, 3.3]
Gary Scruggs
background vocals [6.1, 6.5, 3.5, 1.1, 1.4]
Gloria Belle
background vocals [5]
Jeff Hanna
background vocals [3.5, 1.1, 1.4, 1.6, 6.1, 6.5], lead vocals [6], washboard [1.3, 4.1, 4.3]
Jimmie Fadden
autoharp [4], harmonica [1.3, 1.6, 2.3, 3.3, 3.5, 6.5, 4.1, 4.3-4, 4.8, 5.5], lead vocals [4]
Jimmy Ibbotson
background vocals [1.1, 1.6, 6.1, 6.5], drums (drum set) [3.5, 5.6], guitar [4.1, 4.3, 6.3], snare drum [4.4, 5.5, 1.4, 3.3]
Jimmy Martin
guitar [3.3, 3.5, 1.1, 4.7, 6.5], lead vocals [6.5, 1.1, 3.3, 3.5]
Jimmy Martin, Jr.
background vocals [5]
John McEuen
banjo [1.1, 1.3-4, 3.3, 3.5, 6.3, 4.1, 4.3, 4.7, 5.5], mandolin [6.1, 6.5, 1.6]
Junior Huskey
double bass [1.1, 1.3-4, 1.6, 2.3-4, 3.5, 4.2-4, 4.8, 5.5-6, 6.1, 6.3, 6.5]
Larry Murray
background vocals [5]
Les Thompson
background vocals [1.1, 1.4, 1.6, 6.1, 6.5, 3.5], mandolin [3.3, 3.5, 2.3, 4.1, 4.3-4, 4.7, 5.5, 1.1, 1.3, 6.3]
Louise Scruggs
background vocals [5]
Merle Travis
guitar [6.1, 6.5, 1.6, 4.2], lead vocals [6], spoken vocals [2]
Mother Maybelle Carter
autoharp [3, 5], guitar [1], lead vocals [1, 3, 5]
Norman Blake
resonator guitar [5.6, 1.3-4, 4.4]
Randy Scruggs
background vocals [5], guitar [1.3-4, 4.1, 4.4, 4.7]
Ray Martin
background vocals [3.5, 1.1, 6.5]
Roy Acuff
lead vocals [2.3, 6.5, 5.5]
Steve Scruggs
background vocals [5]
Vassar Clements
fiddle [3.3, 3.5, 6.1, 6.3, 6.5, 4.1, 4.3-4, 4.7, 5.5-6, 2.3, 1.1, 1.3-4]
William E. McEuen
guitar [6], producer [5.2, 5.5-6, 3.3, 3.5, 2.3-4, 4.1-4, 4.7-8, 6.1, 6.3, 6.5, 1.1, 1.3-4, 1.6]

Issues

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(Combined release view)
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Will the Circle Be Unbroken
6x 12" Vinyl
1972
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Will the Circle Be Unbroken
2x CD
1 November 1994
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Will the Circle Be Unbroken
2x CD
1 June 1996
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Will the Circle Be Unbroken
2x CD (30th Anniversary Edition)
26 March 2002
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Will the Circle Be Unbroken
2x CD (30th Anniversary Edition)
2002
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Will the Circle Be Unbroken
Digital Media (40th anniversary edition)
21 January 2014
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Will The Circle Be Unbroken
2x CD
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Will the Circle Be Unbroken
2x Digital Media