''Nice Feelin is the second album by

Rita Coolidge Rita Coolidge (born May 1, 1945) is an American recording artist. During the 1970s and 1980s, her songs were on ''Billboard'' magazine's pop, country, adult contemporary, and jazz charts, and she won two Grammy Awards with fellow musician and th ...

. It was released in 1971. The album was produced by

David Anderle David Anderle (July 9, 1937 – September 1, 2014) was an American A&R man, record producer, and portrait artist. He is best known for his business associations with the Beach Boys during the production of the band's unfinished album ''Smile'' a ...

, with The Dixie Flyers serving as the studio band.

Track listing

Side one

#"Family Full of Soul" (

Marc Benno Marc Benno (born July 1, 1947 in Dallas, Texas) is an American singer-songwriter and guitarist. Benno teamed with Leon Russell to form the Asylum Choir in the late 1960s. He launched a solo career in the early 1970s, with the 1972 album ''Amb ...

) – 2:56 #"You Touched Me in the Morning" (

Michael Utley Michael Edward Utley (born 1947) is an American musician, songwriter, record producer, and was the musical director and keyboard player for Jimmy Buffett's Coral Reefer Band. After Buffett's death he retired from touring and was replaced by his ...

, Steve Bogard) – 3:20 #"If You Were Mine" ( Jimmy Lewis) – 3:37 #"Nice Feelin'" (Marc Benno) – 5:26 #"

Only You Know and I Know "Only You Know and I Know" is a song written and originally recorded by Dave Mason in 1970. It is a track from his LP, ''Alone Together (Dave Mason album), Alone Together''. The song was his first charting single, and it became a modest hit for ...

" (

Dave Mason David Thomas Mason (born 10 May 1946) is an English singer-songwriter and guitarist from Worcester, who came to prominence in 1967 as a founding member of the rock band Traffic. While with Traffic, he wrote and sang lead vocals on two of the b ...

) – 3:36

Side two

#"I'll Be Here" (Jimmy Lewis) – 4:21 #"Better Days" (

Graham Nash Graham William Nash (born 2 February 1942) is a British and American musician, singer and songwriter. He is known for his light tenor voice and for his contributions as a member of the Hollies and Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young, Crosby, Stills ...

) – 3:07 #"Lay My Burden Down" (Michael Utley, Steve Bogard) – 3:59 #" Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)" (

Bob Dylan Bob Dylan (legally Robert Dylan; born Robert Allen Zimmerman, May 24, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter. Described as one of the greatest songwriters of all time, Dylan has been a major figure in popular culture over his nearly 70-year ...

) – 4:10 #"Journey Through the Past" (

Neil Young Neil Percival Young (born November 12, 1945) is a Canadian and American singer-songwriter. After embarking on a music career in Winnipeg in the 1960s, Young moved to Los Angeles, forming the folk rock group Buffalo Springfield. Since the begi ...

) – 3:27

Personnel

*Rita Coolidge – vocals, piano on "Journey Through the Past" ;The Dixie Flyers *

– guitar, vocals *Charlie Freeman – guitar *

– keyboards *Tommy McClure – bass *

Sammy Creason Sammy Lee Creason (27 November 1944 – 21 December 1995) was an American session drummer who played with Tony Joe White, Kris Kristofferson and Bob Dylan amongst others. Life and career Growing up in Jonesboro, Arkansas, United States, he l ...

– drums *

Al Kooper Al Kooper (born Alan Peter Kuperschmidt; February 5, 1944) is an American songwriter, record producer, and musician. Throughout much of the 1960s and 1970s he was a prolific studio musician, including playing organ on the Bob Dylan song " Like ...

– organ on "I'll Be Here" *Nick DeCaro – accordion on "Journey Through the Past" * Don Brooks – harmonica on "Only You Know and I Know", "Better Days" and "Most Likely You Go Your Way (And I'll Go Mine)" * Rusty Young –

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on "You Touched Me in the Morning" ;Technical *Recording Engineers:

Bruce Botnick Bruce Botnick (born 1945) is an American audio engineer and record producer. He is best known for co-producing '' L.A. Woman'', the sixth studio album by the Doors, after producer Paul A. Rothchild quit during production of the album. Botnick i ...

at A&M Studios,

Glyn Johns Glyn Thomas Johns (born 15 February 1942) is an English recording engineer and record producer. He has worked with many of the most famous rock recording acts from both the UK and abroad, such as the Rolling Stones, the Beatles, the Who, ...

& Richard Moore at

Wally Heider Studios Wally Heider Studios was a recording studio founded in San Francisco in 1969 by recording engineer and studio owner Wally Heider. Between 1969 and 1980, numerous notable artists recorded at the studios, including Creedence Clearwater Revival, J ...

*Remix Engineer: Glyn Johns at

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. *Special Thanks to Tony Platt at Island Studios *Art Direction: Roland Young *Inside Cover Photograph: Ethan A. Russell *Front and Back Cover Photographs: Bob Jenkins *Lettering: Wayne Kimball *Direction: Ronald Stone

Charts

References

{{Authority control Rita Coolidge albums 1971 albums Albums produced by David Anderle A&M Records albums Albums recorded at Wally Heider Studios Albums recorded at A&M Studios