Little Rock to Leipzig

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Little Rock to Leipzig
Studio album by Oysterband
Released 12 March 1990
Recorded January 1989-January 1990
Genre Celtic rock, folk rock, alternative rock
Length41:37
Label Cooking Vinyl
Producer Oysterband, Dave Young (tracks 4-5)
Oysterband chronology
Ride
(1989) Ride1989
Little Rock to Leipzig
(1990)
Freedom and Rain
(1999) Freedom and Rain1999

Little Rock to Leipzig is a 1990 album by British folk-rock band Oysterband. The album is a mixture of live and studio recordings, also a mixture of traditional songs, original recordings and covers of contemporary songs including "I Fought the Law" by Sonny Curtis and "Gonna Do What I Have to Do" by Phil Ochs.

Oysterband British folk rock band

Oysterband is a British folk rock and folk punk band formed in Canterbury in around 1976.

"I Fought the Law" is a song written by Sonny Curtis of the Crickets and popularized by a cover by the Bobby Fuller Four, which went on to become a top-ten hit for the band in 1966 and was also recorded by the Clash in 1979. The Bobby Fuller Four version of this song was ranked No. 175 on the Rolling Stone list of The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time in 2004, and the same year was named one of the 500 "Songs that Shaped Rock" by the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

Sonny Curtis is an American singer and songwriter. Most of his work falls into the pop and country genres. He was a teenage friend and band member with Buddy Holly in Lubbock, Texas.

Track listing

  1. "Jail Song Two" (Ian Telfer/John Jones/Alan Prosser) - 4:03
  2. "The Oxford Girl" (Jones/Telfer) - 4:21
  3. "Gonna Do what I Have to Do" (Phil Ochs) - 3:15
  4. "Too Late Now" (Telfer/Prosser/Jones/Ian Kearey) - 2:17
  5. "Galopede" (Trad.) - 3:00
  6. "Red Barn Stomp" (Oysterband) - 4:33
  7. "I Fought the Law" (Sonny Curtis) - 3:54
  8. "Coal not Dole" (Kay Sutcliffe) - 2:03
  9. "New York Girls" (Trad.) - 5:04
  10. "Johnny Mickey Barry's/Salmon Tails Down the Water" (Trad.) - 5:16

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