Back to the Wall

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Back to the Wall
Back to the Wall.jpg
Studio album by
Released1978
Recorded Minneapolis, MN
Genre Blues, folk
Label Waterhouse Records
Producer James Hauck
Peter Lang chronology
Prime Cuts
(1977)
Back to the Wall
(1978)
American Stock
(1986)

Back to the Wall is a recording by American folk and blues guitarist Peter Lang, released in 1978. [1] It is out of print.

Contents

Track listing

Side one

  1. "Going Down the China Road" (Peter Lang, Public Domain) – 3:28
  2. "Back to the Wall" (Lang) – 2:10
  3. "Guitar Rag " (Sylvester Weaver, Traditional) – 1:52
  4. "Country Blues Medley" (Traditional) – 2:00
  5. "Jimmy Bell" (Cat Iron, Lang) – 2:45
  6. "Colored Aristocracy" (Traditional) – 1:45

Side two

  1. "My Dear Mary Anne" (Lang) – 3:10
  2. "Halloween Blues" (Lang) – 3:45
  3. "Living in the Weeds" (Lang) – 2:00
  4. "Windy and Warm" (John D. Loudermilk) – 1:40
  5. "This World Is Not My Home" (Traditional) – 2:12
  6. "Farewell Maximillian" (Lang) – 2:45

Personnel

Production

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References

  1. Allmusic entry for Back to the Wall. Retrieved March 12, 2010.