''Keep the Faith'' is the second album by

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released in 1972. The original LP pressings have "gimmick" top-loading cover with 2 fold-out flaps on front that reveals a different photo, lyrics and credits when opened up.

Track listing

All selections written by Black Oak Arkansas. # "Keep the Faith" - 3:12 # "Revolutionary All American Boys" - 3:35 # "Feet on Earth, Head in Sky" - 4:10 # "Fever in My Mind" - 2:52 # "The Big One's Still Coming" - 3:57 # "White Headed Woman" - 4:52 # "We Live on Day to Day" - 5:16 # "Short Life Line" - 4:52 # "Don't Confuse What You Don't Know" - 4:38

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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banjo The banjo is a stringed instrument with a thin membrane stretched over a frame or cavity to form a resonator. The membrane is typically circular, and usually made of plastic, or occasionally animal skin. Early forms of the instrument were fashi ...

piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keyboa ...

, vocals *Stanley "Goober" Knight -

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and

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, vocals *Wayne "Squeezebox" Evans -

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with: *The Family - backing vocals on "Keep the Faith"

Production

*Doc Siegel - technical production *

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- remix engineer *Les Weisbrich - art direction, photography

Charts

Album -

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(United States)

References

1972 albums Black Oak Arkansas albums Atco Records albums {{1970s-rock-album-stub