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Track listing

All selections written and arranged by Black Oak Arkansas, except where noted. # "Uncle Lijiah" - 3:17 # "Memories at the Window" - 3:05 # "The Hills of Arkansas" - 3:45 # "I Could Love You" - 6:10 # "Hot and Nasty" (Daugherty, Jett, Knight, Reynolds, Smith, Stone) - 2:55 # "

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Personnel

;Black Oak Arkansas *Jim "Dandy" Mangrum -

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, washboard *Rickie "Ricochet" Reynolds - 12-string rhythm guitar,

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s *Pat "Dirty" Daugherty -

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, vocals *Harvey "Burley" Jett -

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, vocals *Stanley "Goober" Knight -

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, vocals *Wayne "Squeezebox" Evans -

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Production

*Sheldon Krechman, Lee D. Weisel - executive production *Brian Bruderlin, Stan Ross - engineer *Jay Senter, Doc Siegel - remixing *Eve Babitz - cover design, photography

Charts

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References

1971 debut albums Black Oak Arkansas albums Atco Records albums Albums produced by Lee Dorman Albums produced by Mike Pinera Albums recorded at Gold Star Studios {{1970s-rock-album-stub