''Especially for You'' is the second
album
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by guitarist
Duane Eddy
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. It was released in 1959. Unlike most albums of the time, it was not built around singles but was a collection of originals and cover material that featured Eddy's guitar playing.
Track listing
All songs written by Duane Eddy and
Lee Hazlewood
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Peter Gunn
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Henry Mancini
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) – 2:30
#"Only Child" – 3:34
#"
Lover" (
Lorenz Hart,
Richard Rodgers) – 1:41
#"Fuzz" – 2:20
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Yep!
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" – 2:14
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Along the Navajo Trail" (
Dick Charles,
Eddie DeLange
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,
Larry Markes
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) – 2:36
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Just Because" (Sydney Robin,
Joe Shelton
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,
Bob Shelton) – 2:42
#"Quiniela" – 5:02
#"
Trouble in Mind" (
Richard M. Jones
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) – 1:51
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Tuxedo Junction
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Julian Dash
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,
Buddy Feyne
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,
Erskine Hawkins
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William Johnson) – 2:43
#"Hard Times" (
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) – 2:58
#"Along Came Linda" (Eddy) – 2:34
*2000 re-release bonus tracks
#"Only Child"
lternate take– 2:55
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Yep!
"Yep!" is a song written by Duane Eddy and Lee Hazlewood and performed by Eddy. The song reached #17 on the UK Singles Chart and #30 on the Billboard Hot 100, ''Billboard'' Hot 100 in 1959. The song appeared on his 1959 album, ''Especially for You ...
"
lternate take– 3:04
#"St. James" – 5:08
#"Some Kind-a Earthquake"
lternate take– 1:47
#"First Love, First Tears" – 2:11
Personnel
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Duane Eddy
Duane Eddy (born April 26, 1938) is an American rock and roll guitarist. In the late 1950s and early 1960s, he had a string of hit records produced by Lee Hazlewood, which were noted for their characteristically "twangy" sound, including " Rebel ...
–
guitar
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Technical
*
Lee Hazlewood
Barton Lee Hazlewood (July 9, 1929 – August 4, 2007) was an American country and pop singer, songwriter, and record producer, most widely known for his work with guitarist Duane Eddy during the late 1950s and singer Nancy Sinatra in the 1960 ...
–
producer
*
Lester Sill
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– producer
* Eddie Brackett –
engineer
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* Jack Miller – engineer
*
Tom Moulton
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–
mastering
* Greg Vaughn – mastering
Chart positions
Singles
References
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Duane Eddy albums
1959 albums
Instrumental rock albums
Jamie Records albums
Albums produced by Lee Hazlewood
Albums produced by Lester Sill