''If the Shoe Fits'' is the fourth

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band Pure Prairie League, released in 1976. In addition to the usual 2-channel

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version, the album was also released by RCA Records in a 4-channel

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version in 1976. The album was reissued in 2017 on a hybrid Super Audio CD by Dutton Vocalion. This edition was remastered from the original master tapes and contains both the original stereo and quadraphonic mixes. The disc is a 2 on 1 release, also containing the band's 1975 album "Two Lane Highway". It was recorded at the Record Plant, Sausalito and Los Angeles and Capitol Studios, Hollywood.

Track listing

Song times and credits from LP. ;Side one #" That'll Be the Day" (

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, Norman Petty) - 2:07 #"I Can Only Think of You" (Larry Goshorn, Michael Reilly) - 2:31 #"Sun Shone Lightly" (Tim Goshorn) - 3:57 #"Long Cold Winter" (L. Goshorn, George Ed Powell, Reilly) - 3:14 #"Lucille Crawfield" (Powell) - 4:09 ;Side two #"Gimme Another Chance" (L. Goshorn) - 3:39 #"Aren't You Mine" (Billy Hinds, Powell) - 3:41 #"You Are So Near to Me" (Powell) - 4:28 #"Out in the Street" (L. Goshorn) - 3:06 #"Goin' Home" (L. Goshorn) - 3:24

Personnel

Vocals for the album are uncredited on the LP liner notes. ;Pure Prairie League *John David Call -

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*Michael Connor -

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*Larry Goshorn - guitar *Billy Hinds -

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*George Ed Powell - guitar *Michael Reilly -

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;Production *Producer: John Boylan *Engineer: Paul Grupp *Mastered: Wally Traugott

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(United States)

Singles

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References

{{Authority control Pure Prairie League albums 1976 albums Albums produced by John Boylan (record producer) RCA Records albums