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Album Info
Release Date: 2022-04-23Labels: Atlantic, Rhino Records
Record Store Day 2022 Exclusive ReleaseLimited to 8500
Made in U.S.A.
Runout information is both stamped and etched.
All Tracks Side One, Side Two, and Side Three first collected on The Classic, Unreleased Collection Rhino # R4 71462 (1993)
℗ 1993 Willie Nelson
All Tracks Side Four first issued on The Complete Atlantic Sessions Rhino # R2 73383 (2006)
℗ 2006 Willie Nelson
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Liner notes on back cover:
In 1974, after producing two of Willie's iconic albums, "Shotgun Willie" and "Phases and Stages", Jerry Wexler realized the next step in capturing Willie's true essence as a great songwriter and performer was to get him doing what he does best. So, over two nights and four sets, Willie and Family were recorded in front of the best audiences to play off of, at "The Texas Opry House" in Willie's backyard, Austin, Texas.
I had only been playing in the band for a year, but we had done close to 300 shows honing the sound. The show is raw energy and spirit of a racehorse heading for the barn are captured here, giving birth to a movement and a moment in time that still smolders.
- Mickey Raphael, Nashville, TN, 2021