Levon Helm And The RCO All-Stars – Levon Helm And The RCO All-Stars

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Label:	ABC Records – AA 1017
Format:	Vinyl, LP, Album, Terre Haute Pressing
Country:	US
Released:	1977
Genre:	Rock, Funk / Soul, Folk, World, & Country
Style:	Bayou Funk, Funk, Southern Rock, Blues Rock

Tracklist

A1	Washer Woman Written-By – Mac Rebennack	3:14
A2	The Tie That Binds Written-By – Mac Rebennack, Bobby Charles Guidry*	4:30
A3	You Got Me Written-By – Booker T. Jones	4:15
A4	Blues So Bad Written-By – Henry Glover, Levon Helm	4:09
A5	Sing, Sing, Sing (Let's Make A Better World) Written-By – Earl King	3:44
B1	Milk Cow Boogie Arranged By – Donald Dunn*, Levon Helm Written-By – Traditional	3:10
B2	Rain Down Tears Written-By – Henry Glover, Rudy Toombs*	5:18
B3	A Mood I Was In Written-By – Fred Carter Jr.*	3:41
B4	Havana Moon Written-By – Chuck Berry	4:26
B5	That's My Home Arranged By – Levon Helm, Mac Rebennack Written-By – Traditional	3:24

Companies, etc.

Phonographic Copyright ℗ – ABC Records, Inc.
Recorded At – RCO Studios, Woodstock, NY
Recorded At – Shangri-La, Malibu, CA
Mixed At – ABC Recording Studios
Mastered At – ABC Recording Studios
Lacquer Cut At – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Santa Maria
Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Terre Haute

Credits

Accordion – Garth Hudson (tracks: A5)
Arranged By – Levon Helm, The RCO All-Stars
Baritone Saxophone – Charles Miller (tracks: A5)
Baritone Saxophone, Tuba – Howard Johnson (3)
Bass – Donald "Duck" Dunn
Drums, Vocals, Vocals [Additional] – Levon Helm
Engineer – Eddie Offord*
Engineer [Additional] – Dick Gibbs (tracks: A1, A4, B1 to B3), Ed Anderson (2) (tracks: A2, A3, A5, B4, B5), Forrest Murray (tracks: A1, A4, B1 to B3), Jim Sharp (2) (tracks: A1, A4, B1 to B3), Larry Samuels (tracks: A2, A3, A5, B4, B5), Paul Berry (2) (tracks: A1, A4, B1 to B3), Ray Paret (tracks: A1, A4, B1 to B3), Rick Ash (tracks: A2, A3, A5, B4, B5), Tim Kramer (tracks: A2, A3, A5, B4, B5)
Engineer [Assistant] – Michael Boshears
Guitar – Fred Carter Jr.*, Robbie Robertson (tracks: A5), Steve Cropper
Harmonica, Vocals [Additional] – Paul Butterfield
Keyboards, Guitar, Percussion, Vocals [Additional] – Mac Rebennack
Keyboards, Percussion – Booker T. Jones
Producer – Levon Helm, The RCO All-Stars
Recorded By – Eddie Offord*
Saxophone – Lou Marini
Strings – Jesse Ehrlich (tracks: A5), Louis Kievman (tracks: A5), Sid Sharp* (tracks: A5), William Kurasch (tracks: A5)
Trombone – Tom Malone
Trumpet – Alan Rubin
Vocals [Additional] – Emmaretta Marks, Jeannette Baker*, John Flamingo*

Notes

Die-cut jacket with matching inner sleeve.

Tracks A1, A4, B1 to B3 recorded at RCO Studios, Woodstock, NY.
Tracks A2, A3, A5, B4, B5 recorded at Shangri-La Studios, Malibu, California.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Matrix / Runout (Side A runout etched, variant 1): AAB-1017-A ③ S 2 SXT
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout etched, variant 1): AAB-1017-B ① S 2 SXT
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout etched, variant 2): AA ̷B̷ 1017-A ② Sx T. B S1
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout etched, variant 2): AA ̷B̷ -1017-B ① Sx T B S1
Matrix / Runout (Side A runout etched, variant 3): AA ̷B̷-1017-A ① D8 SX T S1
Matrix / Runout (Side B runout etched, variant 3): AA ̷B̷-1017-B ① SX T S2

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	Title (Format)	Label	Cat#	Country	Year
New Submission	Levon Helm And The RCO All-Stars (LP, Album)	ABC Records	AA 1017	UK	1977
New Submission	Levon Helm And The RCO All-Stars (LP, Album)	ABC Records	25 599 XOT	Germany	1977
New Submission	Levon Helm And The RCO All-Stars (LP, Album, Gatefold)	ABC Records, Mediterraneo (3)	17.1259/0	Spain	1977
New Submission	Levon Helm And The RCO All-Stars (LP, Album)	ABC Records	9022-1017	Canada	1977
New Submission	Levon Helm And The RCO All-Stars (LP, Album)	ABC Records	ABCL 5236	UK	1977

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Reviews

bungopony Jan 19, 2024
Featuring a band so good, the Blues Brothers grabbed them
Beachbeatle1 Mar 18, 2022
A truly ‘all-star’ band of stellar musicians in their own right under LH’s guidance knocking off some extremely swinging funky bluesy soul-inflected countrified songs.
Absolutely cookin’!