| Sands of Gold | ||||
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| Released | 1964 | |||
| Genre | Country | |||
| Label | Decca | |||
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Sands of Gold is an album by Webb Pierce that was released in 1964 on the Decca label (DL 4486). [1] Greg Adams of AllMusic called it "one of Pierce's best albums of the '60s." [2]
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