Humble Pie - Town and Country (1969)

Humble Pie - Town and Country (1969)

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Humble Pie - Town and Country

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"Take Me Back" - (Frampton) – 4:52

"The Sad Bag of Shakey Jake" - (Marriott) – 2:59 (spelled as 'Shaky' on some issues)

"The Light of Love" - (Ridley) – 3:00

"Cold Lady" - (Shirley) – 3:22

"Down Home Again" - (Marriott) – 2:56

"Ollie Ollie" - (Frampton, Marriott, Ridley, Shirley, Andy Johns) – 0:50

"Every Mother's Son" - (Marriott) – 5:43

"Heartbeat" - (Bob Montgomery, Norman Petty) – 2:33

"Only You Can See" - (Frampton) – 3:38

"Silver Tongue" - (Marriott) – 3:20

"Home and Away" - (Marriott, Frampton, Ridley) – 5:55

"79th Street Blues" (Humble Pie) - 3:00 (bonus track for CD release)

"Greg's Song" (Ridley) - 4:29 (bonus track for CD release)

Humble Pie Band Members 

Greg Ridley: bass (1, 2, 4, 5, 8-11), vocals (2-5, 8, 11), guitar (3), tambourine (1)

Peter Frampton: vocals (1-5, 8, 9, 11), guitar (1, 5, 9, 11), lead guitar (2, 7, 8, 10), bass (3), Spanish guitar (3), drums (4), Wurlitzer piano (9), plastic-cup (1)

Steve Marriott: guitar (2, 4, 7, 8), Leslie guitar (10), sitar (3), vocals (2, 4, 5, 7-10), organ (10, 11), percussion (1), hammer and nail brandy bottle (1), Wurlitzer piano (2, 11), maracas (2), drums (9)

Jerry Shirley: drums (2, 5, 8, 10, 11), percussion saw (1), tambourine (2), tablas (3), maracas (4), Wurlitzer piano (4)

Engineers: Andrew Johns, Rob, John, Happy Keith

Town and Country is rock band Humble Pie's 2nd album, released in November 1969 (see 1969 in music).

Conceived at Steve Marriott's 16th-century rural cottage "Arkesden" in Moreton, Essex, England, "Town and Country" offered a different, more sensitive pastoral approach from the more straightforward "heavy" progressive sound prevalent on their debut album, which had been released a mere two months earlier. Like the band's early live shows, which opened with an acoustic set before returning with electric guitars in the second half of the show, "Town and Country" displayed an eclectic mix of acoustic ballads, country-rock, folk and blues, with a couple of hard rock songs to balance things out. Unlike the debut LP, all four members of the band contributed solo compositions to the album. Musically, Peter Frampton contributed acoustic, Spanish, and lead guitars, Steve Marriott played guitar, sitar, percussion and keyboards, and took a rare turn on bass. Bassist Greg Ridley also contributed guitar and tambourine, while Jerry Shirley handled not only his drum kit, but added a percussion saw on the first cut, as well as tambourine, tablas, maracas, and Wurlitzer piano on his own composition "Cold Lady".