Levon Helm & the RCO All-Stars

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Levon Helm and the RCO All-Stars
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ReleasedNovember 19, 1977
StudioRCO Studios, Woodstock, NY; Shangri-La Studios, Malibu, California
Label ABC
Producer Levon Helm, The RCO All-Stars
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Levon Helm and the RCO All-Stars
(1977)
Levon Helm
(1978)
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Christgau's Record Guide C+ [1]

Levon Helm and the RCO All-Stars is a 1977 album by the short-lived musical group of the same name. It was Levon Helm's first studio album independent of The Band. [2] [3] [4] [5]

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Washer Woman" (Mac Rebennack)
  2. "The Tie That Binds" (Mac Rebennack, Bobby Charles Guidry)
  3. "You Got Me" (Booker T. Jones)
  4. "Blues So Bad" (Henry Glover, Levon Helm)
  5. "Sing, Sing, Sing (Let's Make a Better World)" (Earl King)
  6. "Milk Cow Boogie" (Kokomo Arnold) (Traditional; arranged by Levon Helm and Donald Dunn)
  7. "Rain Down Tears" (Henry Glover, Rudy Toombs)
  8. "A Mood I Was In" (Fred Carter, Jr.)
  9. "Havana Moon" (Chuck Berry)
  10. "That's My Home" (Traditional; arranged by Levon Helm and Mac Rebennack)

Personnel

The RCO All Stars

Other musicians

Technical

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