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, released in January 1972.

Track listing

#"Sixteen Tracks" (Jeff Hanna, Jim Ibbotson) – 5:22 #"Fish Song" (Jimmie Fadden) – 4:28 #"

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Charts

Personnel

Jeff Hanna Jeffrey R. Hanna (born July 11, 1947) is an American singer-songwriter and performance musician, best known for his association with the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. His professional music career has spanned six decades. Early life Hanna was born in D ...

– arranger, guitar, vocals *Jimmie Fadden – arranger, drums, guitar, harmonica, vocals *

John McEuen John McEuen, born December 19, 1945 in Oakland, California, is an American folk musician and a founding member of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band. Career Solo work John McEuen was born in Oakland, California. In 1964, at age 18, he became intereste ...

– arranger, guitar, steel guitar, vocals *Jim Ibbotson - drums, guitar, keyboards, vocals *Les Thompson – arranger, bass, guitar, vocals Additional Musicians *

Randy Scruggs Randy Lynn Scruggs (August 3, 1953 – April 17, 2018) was an American music producer, songwriter and guitarist. He had his first recording at the age of 13. He won four Grammy Awards and was named Musician of the Year at the Country Music ...

– acoustic guitar * Norman Blake – dobro *Ellis Padgett – acoustic bass

Production

*Producer – William E. McEuen

The Mini-Album

United Artists released a mini-album with the same name. It consisted of two 7 inch 33 1/3 RPM records. The first record contains five songs from the original album, "Baltimore", "Sixteen Tracks", "Slim Carter", "Fish Song", and "Jamaica, Say You Will". The second record contains a country jam and interview. The country jam side is a "spontaneous acoustic recording" of three songs: "All The Good Times", "When Will I Be Loved", and "Mobile Line". It is all on one track that is 8:09 long. The interview side was recorded in January 1972. It is one track 12:20 long. On it the Dirt Band discusses "Uncle Charlie VS. All The Good Times", "Acoustic Instruments", "Traditional Music", "Colorado Consciousness", and "Live Recording".

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