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in September 1972. It was his first US Top 10 album (no. 4), propelled by the single "Rocky Mountain High", and in addition reached no. 11 in the UK and no. 1 in Canada. The album's cover photograph was taken at Slaughterhouse Falls,

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Track listing

Personnel

*John Denver – 6-string guitars, twelve-string guitars, acoustic guitars, vocals, arrangements * Mike Taylor – guitar *Dick Kniss – double bass, arranger *Frank Owens – piano *Paul Prestopino – mandolin, dobro *

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–

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– drums, percussion *

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, Martine Habib, Bruce Innes, Mike Kobluk,

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– backing vocals *Pupils of

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– backing vocals on "For Baby (For Bobbie)"

References

John Denver albums 1972 albums Albums produced by Milt Okun RCA Records albums {{1970s-folk-album-stub