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126-minute collection of 12 songs, five of which run over ten minutes each." The album was recorded during the band's spring 2005 tour. It marks the first official release of "The Hunting Song," "Old Man and the Land," "Elko" and "Warhead Boogie," songs which had previously only been available on fan-traded live show audience recordings. With the success of ''Elko'', Railroad Earth began releasing complete concert recordings in physical and digital formats following the model established by

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Track listing

Disc One # "Long Way to Go" (Sheaffer) - 6:20 # "Colorado" (Goessling, Sheaffer) - 9:26 # "Bird in a House" (Sheaffer) - 7:22 # "The Hunting Song" (Fitzsimmons, Rymer, Sheaffer) - 11:56 # "Old Man and the Land" (Calabrese, Sheaffer) - 6:57 # "Head" (Sheaffer) - 15:41 Disc Two # "Elko" (Sheaffer) - 8:59 # "Mighty River" (Sheaffer, Skehan) - 7:54 # "Like a Buddha" (Carbone, Sheaffer, VonDollen) - 16:00 # "Warhead Boogie" (Sheaffer) - 15:05 # "Railroad Earth" (Sheaffer) - 6:00 # "Seven Story Mountain" (Sheaffer) - 14:10 Note: the limited edition Japan release of ''Elko'' includes the bonus track "Luxury Liner" on Disc One.

Personnel

Railroad Earth *Tim Carbone - violin, vocals *Andy Goessling - banjo, dobro, flute, guitar, mandolin, vocals, tin whistle *Johnny Grubb - bass, vocals *Carey Harmon - drums, vocals *Todd Sheaffer - guitar, vocals *John Skehan - mandolin, vocals Production *Package and layout design - Mark Berger *Mastered by - Fred Kevorkian *Mixed by - John Skehan, Johnny Grubb, Todd Sheaffer *Recorded by - Johnny Grubb, Mike Partridge

References

External links

Railroad Earth official website
{{Authority control Railroad Earth albums 2006 live albums Sugar Hill Records live albums