''Two Lane Highway'' is the third album by

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band

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, released in 1975 (see

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). The line-up of the band was drastically changed from their previous albums. It was the first album without founding member

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, who was the primary songwriter, and vocalist, on their two previous LP's. 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 1975. The album was reissued in 2017 on hybrid

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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 1976 album "If The Shoe Fits".

Track listing

Side A

#"Two Lane Highway" (Goshorn) - 4:04 #"Kentucky Moonshine" (Goshorn) - 2:30 #"Runner" (Powell) - 2:39 #"Memories" (Goshorn, Richard Palmer) - 2:52 #"Kansas City Southern" (

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) - 2:55

Side B

#"Harvest" (Goshorn) - 3:36 #"Sister's Keeper" (Powell) - 3:45 #"Just Can't Believe It" (Goshorn, Reilly) - 2:21 #"Give Us a Rise" (Hinds, Powell) - 2:27 #"I'll Change Your Flat Tire, Merle" (

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) - 2:09 #"Pickin' to Beat the Devil" (Tom McGrail) - 2:52

Personnel

;Pure Prairie League *George Ed Powell - guitar, vocals *Larry Goshorn - guitar, vocals *John David Call - steel guitar, banjo, dobro, vocals *Michael Connor - keyboards *Michael Reilly - bass, vocals *Billy Hinds - drums ;Additional personnel *

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*Vincent DeRosa -

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- vocals *Steven Edney - vocals, congas *John Rotella -

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*Sid Sharp - concertmaster ;Production *Producer: John Boylan *Engineer: Paul Grupp *Digital producer: Chick Crumpacker *Digital engineer: Dick Baxter *Mastering: Wally Traugott *Orchestration:

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*Coordination: Marge Meoli *Project Director: Paul Williams *Art direction: Jacqueline Murphy *Photography: Neil Zlozower

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(United States)

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References

{{Authority control Pure Prairie League albums 1975 albums Albums conducted by Jimmie Haskell Albums produced by John Boylan (record producer) RCA Records albums