Dirt, Silver and Gold
Studio album by
Released1976
GenreCountry/Country rock/Folk rock/Bluegrass
Length1:48:48
LabelLiberty Records//BGO Records
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band chronology
Symphonion Dream
(1975)
Dirt, Silver and Gold
(1976)
The Dirt Band
(1978)

Dirt, Silver and Gold is the 1976 compliation album from The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band that contains some the band's greatest material from up until that point. It was originally released as a three LP album, and was released in 2003 as a two compact disc set by BGO Records.

Track listing

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Disc One

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  1. "Buy For Me The Rain" (Copeland/Noonan) – 2:23 recorded 12/66
  2. "Melissa" ([Jackson Browne]) – 2:18 recorded 12/66
  3. "Collegiana" (McHugh/Fields) – 2:34 recorded 12/67
  4. "Mournin' Blues" (Sbarbaro) – 3:47 recorded 12/67
  5. "Willie The Weeper" (Rymal/Melrose/Bloom) – 2:22 recorded 1/68
  6. "Uncle Charlie Interview" – 1:39 recorded 11/68
  7. "[Mr. Bojangles]" ([Jerry Jeff Walker]) – 3:25 recorded 11/69
  8. "Some Of Shelly's Blues" (Nesmith) – 3:02 recorded 8/69
  9. "The Cure" (Jeff Hanna) - 2:04 recorded 9/69
  10. "House At Pooh Corner" ([Kenny Loggins]) - 2:37 recorded 10/69
  11. "Randy Lynn Rag" ([Earl Scruggs]) - 1:46 recorded 11/69
  12. "Clemente Opus 36 (John)" (John McEuen) - 1:40 recorded 4/70
  13. "Livin' Without You" (Newman) - 2:01 recorded 5/70
  14. "Sixteen Tracks" (Hanna/Jimmy Ibbotson) - 5:11 recorded 8/71
  15. "Fish Song" (Jimmy Fadden) - 4:26 recorded 6/71
  16. "Creepin' Round Your Back Door" (Fadden) - 2:52 recorded 9/71
  17. "Honky Tonkin'" ([Hank Williams]) - 2:24 recorded 8/71
  18. "Togary Mountain" (McEwen) - 2:27 recorded 8/71
  19. "Soldier's Joy" (Scruggs/McEuen) - 2:09 recorded 8/71

Disc Two

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  1. "Ripplin' Waters" (Ibbotson) - 5:49 recorded 2/75
  2. "You Are My Flower" (Carter) 3:34 recorded 8/71
  3. "[Battle Of New Orleans]" (Driftwood) 3:21 recorded 1/73
  4. "[All I Have To Do Is Dream]" ([Felice and Boudleaux Bryant]) - 3:49 recorded 2/75
  5. "Rocky Top" (Bryant/Bryant) - 2:12 recorded 2/75
  6. "Gavotte No. 2" (Arranged by McEuen) - 1:34 recorded 6/76
  7. "Jamaica Lady" (Holster) - 4:12 recorded 6/76
  8. "Mother Earth (Provides For Me)" (Kaz) - 3:26 recorded 6/76
  9. "Falling Down Slow" (Fadden) - 3:13 recorded 6/76
  10. "Bowleg's" (Hanna) - 4:13 recorded 6/76
  11. "Doc's Guitar" ([Doc Watson]) - 1:32 recorded 6/76
  12. "Bayou Jubilee/Sally Was A Goodun" (Hanna/McEuen/Fadden/Ibbotson) - 3:03 recorded 6/76
  13. "Cosmic Cowboy, Part 1" (Murphey) - 3:58 recorded 6/76
  14. "Win Or Lose" (McEuen) - 3:35 recorded 6/76
  15. "Woody Woodpecker" (Tiddles/Idriss) - 1:09 recorded 4/73
  16. "Visiting An Old Friend" (Kelly) - 1:53 recorded 6/76
  17. "[Will The Circle Be Unbroken]" ([A.P. Carter]) - 4:51 recorded 8/71
  18. "Foggy Mountain Breakdown" (Scruggs) - 2:36 recorded 8/71

Personnel

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Production

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Category:Nitty Gritty Dirt Band albums Category:1976 albums Category:Liberty Records albums