The Early Years

Tracklist

• 1
  Two of by Night
  2:24
• 2
  China Grove
  2:40
• 3
  For You
  5:17
• 4
  My Birdcage Needs a New Paper
  2:52
• 5
  Hampton Hope
  1:27
• 6
  Higher Up the River
  2:49
• 7
  Sleepy Hollow Reel
  2:14
• 8
  Twelve Weeks at Sea
  3:37
• 9
  The Jig Is Up
  1:47
• 10
  Blue Light
  4:01
• 11
  Remington Ride
  2:14
• 12
  The Only Way
  4:20
• 13
  Jerzy the Peddler
  2:14
• 14
  Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms
  2:33
• 15
  Lilacs Look Like Lakes
  3:46
• 16
  Loch Lomond
  1:32
• 17
  Bitter's Wheat
  4:49
• 18
  Is This Cloud Valley
  3:20
• 19
  Soldier's Joy
  3:33
• 20
  Brian and Sarah
  0:56
• 21
  Slapback
  2:57
• 22
  Sage Age
  4:09
• 23
  Pike County Breakdown
  2:20
• 24
  Jesse's Girl
  2:37
• 25
  Serving Mankind
  2:02
• 26
  Heartlands
  2:56

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Release credits

• Al Hartland
  drums (drum set) [21-22, 26]
• Andy Statman
  mandolin [14, 18, 23, 25], saxophone [14, 17-19, 21-22, 25-26]
• Barry Mitterhoff
  mandola [17], mandolin [15]
• Carol Siegel
  vocal [26]
• Chip Smith
  piano [21-22]
• Danny Weiss
  lead vocals [26]
• David A. Jaffe
  fiddle [15, 17], synthesizer [22]
• Harry Orlove
  guitar [15, 17]
• Kenny Kosek
  fiddle [14, 19, 25]
• Martha Trachtenberg
  vocal [26]
• Richard Crooks
  drums (drum set) [14, 19, 25]
• Roger Mason
  bass [14, 19, 25]
• Russ Barenberg
  guitar [14, 18-19, 21, 23, 25-26]
• Tony Trischka
  banjo [14-19, 21-26]

Issues

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  The Early Years

  CD
  27 October 1998