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. Released in 1977, it was their third and final album on the

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Track listing

;Side one #"Till I Met You" ( Stephen Love) – 3:23 #"Llywelyn" (Love) – 3:59 #"Knights and Queens" (Love) – 3:59 #"Green Eyes a Flashing" (Love) – 2:54 #"Oh, What a Night" (Love) – 3:55 ;Side two #"A Good Woman Likes to Drink with the Boys" (Dave Ellingson) – 4:12 #"Jasper" ( John Dawson, David Nelson) – 2:38 #"Echoes" (Patrick Shanahan) – 3:04 #"Twenty Good Men" (Dawson) – 3:29 #"Little Miss Bad" (Dawson) – 2:20 #"Take a Red" (Nelson, Spencer Dryden) – 2:25

Personnel

New Riders of the Purple Sage

* John Dawson – guitar, harmonica, vocals * David Nelson – guitar, vocals * Buddy Cage –

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* Stephen Love – bass, guitar, vocals *Patrick Shanahan – drums, vibes, percussion, vocals

Additional musicians

* Spencer Dryden – percussion *John Hug – guitar *Tom Stern –

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*Ray Park –

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horn section – horns on "Take a Red"

Production

* Jim Ed Norman – producer *Tom Flye – engineer *Steve Fontano – associate engineer *Alex Kashevaroff – assistant engineer *Larry Boden – mastering *George Osaki – art direction * Herb Greene – photography

Notes

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