'Bout Changes 'n' Things

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'Bout Changes 'n' Things
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Studio album by
Released1966
Recorded1965
Genre Folk
Length47:25
Label Vanguard
Producer Patrick Sky
Eric Andersen chronology
Today Is the Highway
(1965)
'Bout Changes 'n' Things
(1966)
'Bout Changes 'n' Things Take 2
(1967)
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'Bout Changes 'n' Things is an album by the American folk singer Eric Andersen, released in 1966. [3] [4]

Contents

Track listing

All songs by Eric Andersen unless otherwise noted.

  1. "Violets of Dawn" – 3:50
  2. "The Girl I Love" – 3:00
  3. "That's All Right Mama" (Arthur Crudup) – 2:28
  4. "Thirsty Boots" – 5:55
  5. "The Hustler" – 4:02
  6. "Cross Your Mind" – 4:57
  7. "I Shall Go Unbounded" – 6:14
  8. "Champion at Keeping Them Rolling" (Ewan MacColl, Traditional) – 2:43
  9. "Hey Babe, Have You Been Cheatin'" – 3:08
  10. "Blind Fiddler" – 5:12
  11. "Close the Door Lightly When You Go" – 3:30
  12. "My Land Is a Good Land" – 2:58

Personnel

Musicians

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