NITTY GRITTY DIRT BAND - Will The Circle Be Unbroken

Item Description

3 x Vinyl, , 2 x Gatefold
LP Album

Records manufactured in Australia by Festival Records Pty Ltd. Cover printed in the USA. Sleeve shows US catalogue number, and insert shows US rights societies and US publishers. Australian publishers shown on labels. Australian catalogue number (L 70035/7) on a sticker in top right of rear of sleeve (sometimes hand-written, sometimes printed). The catalogue numbers of the individual discs are L-37,035; L-37,065; L-37,037.

Cover information:
The main gatefold sleeve is made of thick card, fully laminated. The separate inside gatefold sleeve is made of thick card and laminated on three sides. The 3 records can be accessed from any side plus the middle of the main gatefold. Printing throughout the album is in different fonts and Scripts.
Release is Auto-Coupled - sides are organized for use with an auto-change record player.
Record One: Sides A (songs #1 - #6) and F (songs #32 - #37)
Record Two: Sides B (songs #7 - #11) and E (songs #26 - #31)
Record Three: Sides C (songs #12 - #17) and D (songs #18 - #25)
Tracklist information is taken from album cover, inner gatefold sleeve and labels with differences noted as appropriate.

Front of sleeve:
Above album title, 'William E. McEuen Presents'
Underneath the centre oval black and white photo, 'Music forms a new Circle',
underneath, 'UAS9801' and '© UAR, Inc.'
Down left hand side:
featuring Mother Maybelle Carter Earl Scruggs Doc Watson Roy Acuff Merle Travis Jimmy Martin
Also featuring Vassar Clements Junior Huskey Norman Blake Pete 'Oswald' Kirby
Down right hand side:
And The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band featuring Jimmie Fadden Jeff Hanna Jim Ibbotson John McEuen And Les Thompson

Inside left of gatefold, 10 'sepia' coloured artist photos with forenames in white.
Inside right of gatefold, 6 coloured artist photos with forenames, in white, on 5 of them.
Bottom right hand corner, Produced by William E. McEuen and underneath, 'ASPEN RECORDING SOCIETY'

Back of sleeve:
On left half are three full colour photos. On right half is the tracklist.
Track A2, song #2, is shown as, ‘Keep On The Sunnyside'
Track E2, song #27, is shown as, ‘Way Down Town'
Track E6, song #31, is shown as, ‘Sailin' Along To Hawaii'
Track F1, song #32, is shown as, ‘I'm Thinkin' Tonight Of My Blue Eyes'
Under the tracklist, United Artists Records Inc logo with 'Entertainment from Transamerica Corporation' to the left.
Underneath: © MCMLXXII United Artists Records, Inc. Manufactured by United Artists Records, Inc., Los Angeles, California 90028.
Bottom right hand corner, underneath the United Artists Records ® logo, Printed in U.S.A.
On the spine; Stereo UAS9801 United Artists Will the Circle be Unbroken 3 Record Set 1198

Separate gatefold Inner Sleeve information:
Front opens left to right and shows 6 coloured artist photos with forenames in white on 5 of them. Access to the record is
from either side of the front.
Inside left of gatefold, 15 coloured photos.
Inside right of gatefold, large square coloured band photo in centre around which are 10 coloured photos with forenames of artists, in white, on 6 of them. Bottom left hand corner, 'MUSICIAN CREDITS ON INSIDE BACK PANEL (PULL OUT)'
Back of Sleeve opens right to left with 'rounded' ends on left side. Songs are numbered from 1 to 37 plus a 'Dialogue' track numbered 26A. Each track with the exception of 26A, under the song title, shows Writer, Publisher, Rights Society and Musician credits. All tracks show track durations.
With the exception of Songs #10, #27 and #28, writer credits show full names. Song #31 writer credit shows 'Writer Unknown'.
Song #7, (track B1), Tennessee Stud, track duration is shown as ‘3.50'
Song #12, (track C1), Sunny Side Of The Mountain, track duration is shown as ‘2.33'
Song #14, (track C3), Losin' You (Might Be The Best Thing Yet), track duration is shown as ‘2.45'
Song #15, (track C4), Honky Tonkin', track duration is shown as ‘2.15'
Song #22, (track D5), Togary Mountain, track duration is shown as ‘2.15'
Song #26, (track E1), Lost Highway, track duration is shown as ‘3.35'
Song #37, (track F6), Both Sides Now, track duration is shown as ‘2.15'
Publishing information:
Side One song # 1 - Hill & Range Songs Inc. BMI
Side One song # 2 - Peer International Corp. BMI
Side One song # 3 - Scruggs Music Inc. BMI
Side One song # 4 - Peer International Corp. BMI
Side One song # 5 - Acuff-Rose Publications Inc. BMI
Side One song # 6 - Hill & Range Songs Inc./Elvis Presley Music Inc. BMI
Side Two song #7 - Warden Music Co., Inc. BMI
Side Two song #8 - Acuff-Rose Publications Inc. BMI
Side Two song #9 - Acuff-Rose Publications Inc. BMI
Side Two song #10 - Publisher Pending BMI
Side Two song #11 - Fred Rose Music, Inc. BMI
Side Three song #12 - Janon Music ASCAP
Side Three song #13 - Hill & Range Songs Inc./Elvis Presley Music Inc. BMI
Side Three song #14 - Sunny Mountain Music BMI
Side Three song #15 - Fred Rose Music, Inc. BMI
Side Three song #16 - Fred Rose Music, Inc. BMI
Side Three song #17 - Champion Music Corp. BMI
Side Four song #18 - Vassar's Music Co. ASCAP
Side Four song #19 - Hill & Range Songs Inc./Elvis Presley Music Inc. BMI
Side Four song #20 - Vassar's Music Co. ASCAP
Side Four song #21 - Peer International Corp. BMI
Side Four song #22 - Unart Music Corp. BMI
Side Four song #23 - Peer International Corp. BMI
Side Four song #24 - MCA Music ASCAP
Side Four song #25 - Peer International Corp. BMI
Side Five song #26 - Fred Rose Music, Inc. BMI
Side Five song #27 - Hillgreen Music BMI
Side Five song #28 - Hillgreen Music BMI
Side Five song #29 - Milene Music Inc. ASCAP
Side Five song #30 - Fred Rose Music, Inc. BMI
Side Five song #31 - Publisher Unknown
Side Six song #32 - Peer International Corp. BMI
Side Six song #33 - Westpar Music Corp. BMI
Side Six song #34 - Peer International Corp. BMI
Side Six song #35 - Scruggs Music Inc. BMI
Side Six song #36 - Peer International Corp. BMI
Side Six song #37 - Siquomb Publishing Corp. BMI

Label information:
Made in Australia By Festival Records Pty. Ltd.
33 (Block letters, denoting record speed)
℗ 1973 United Artists Records, Inc.
Title, "Will The Circle Be Unbroken"
Featuring The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Produced By William E. McEuen
Aspen Recording Society, Colorado
Engineer: Dino Lappas
Timings refer to music only
United Artists Records, Inc., Los Angeles, California 90028
With the exception of Song #28, (track E3), Down Yonder, writer credits show surnames only.
Song #13, (track C2), title is shown as, 'Nine-Pound Hammer'
Song #33, (track F2), title is shown as, 'I'm A Pilgrim'
Song #27, (track E2), Way Downtown, Writer credit is shown as, 'Arr. Watson'
Song #28, (track E3), Down Yonder, Writer credit is shown as, 'Arr. Doc Watson'
Song #31, (track E6), , Writer credit is shown as, 'Unknown'

Publishing information:
Record One, side 1, track 1 - Belinda
Record One, side 1, tracks 2, 3, 4 - Southern
Record One, side 1, track 5 - Acuff-Rose
Record One, side 1, track 6 - Nicholson
Record One, side 6, track 1 - Allan
Record One, side 6, track 2 - MCPS
Record One, side 6, tracks 3, 5 - Southern
Record One, side 6, track 4 - Control
Record One, side 6, track 6 - Essex
Record Two, side 2, tracks 1, 2, 3, 5 - Acuff-Rose
Record Two, side 2, track 4 - Chappell
Record Two, side 5, tracks 1, 4, 5 - Acuff-Rose
Record Two, side 5, track 2 - Control
Record Two, side 5, track 3 - Allan
Record Three, side 3, track 1 - Albert
Record Three, side 3, tracks 2, 3 - Nicholson
Record Three, side 3, tracks 4, 5 - Acuff-Rose
Record Three, side 3, track 6 - Leeds
Record Three, side 4, tracks 1, 3 - Control
Record Three, side 4, track 2 - Albert
Record Three, side 4, tracks 4, 6, 8 - Southern
Record Three, side 4, track 5 - United Artists
Record Three, side 4, track 7 - Leeds