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may have played piano on the title track. Released by the UK subsidiary of Bell Records in November, 1969, the album was reissued in 1995 as a CD with bonus tracks, which included B-sides and songs found on other compilation and sampler records.

Track listing

#"Julie's Just Gone" (Mark Jordan) – 3:20 #"All the Best Songs and Marches" (Terry Stamp) – 2:31 #"

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) – 4:05 #"Run Run Run Fly Fly Fly" (Ben Findon) – 2:47 #"Moonshine Mary" (

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Personnel

* Steve Rowland – Lead vocals (tracks 1, 3-9, 11, 13), backing vocals, congas, producer *

– Lead vocals (tracks 4-7, 9, 11-13), backing vocals, 12-string guitar * Mike Hazelwood – Lead vocals (tracks 2, 5, 7), backing vocals, acoustic guitar *Christine Holmes – Lead vocals (track 5), backing vocals *Pam "Zooey" Quinn – Lead vocals (track 10), backing vocals *Doreen De Veuve – vocals (uncredited) *

–

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(tracks 4, 11, 13) *

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, arranger (tracks 4, 8, 11) *Amory Kane – guitar, fills between every track *

– Drums *

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– Acoustic guitar * Alan "Hawk" Hawkshaw – Piano, organ *

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– Drums *

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– Arranger, guitar (uncredited) *

– Piano (track 13, uncredited) *Bette Wernick (nee Ellis)- Backing Vocals (track 13) *Stan Barrett – Percussion *Denis Lopez – Percussion *Phil Dennys – Arranger *Reg Tilsey – Arranger *Ken Woodman – Arranger *Damon Lyon Shaw – Engineer (IBC Studios) *John Iles – Engineer (Chappell Studios) * John Timperley– Engineer (Chappell Studios) *

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– Engineer (Landsdowne Studios) *Mike Weighell – Engineer (Landsdowne Studios)

Chart positions

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Singles

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Way Of Life, A 1969 debut albums The Family Dogg albums Bell Records albums Albums produced by Steve Rowland (record producer) Albums arranged by John Paul Jones (musician) Albums arranged by Big Jim Sullivan Albums recorded at IBC Studios