Levon Helm (1982 album)

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Levon Helm
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Released1982
Recorded1981
Studio Muscle Shoals Sound Studio
Label Capitol [1]
Producer Barry Beckett, Jimmy Johnson
Levon Helm chronology
American Son
(1980)
Levon Helm
(1982)
Dirt Farmer
(2007)
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Levon Helm is a 1982 album by Levon Helm. [3] It was his second eponymous album and his last studio album until Dirt Farmer , released in 2007. [4]

Contents

Track list

  1. "You Can't Win 'Em All" (Andy Bown, Tony Chapman)
  2. "Lucrecia" (Richard Supa)
  3. "Even a Fool Would Let Go" (Kerry Chater, Tom Snow)
  4. "I've Got a Bet with Myself" (David Elliot)
  5. "Money" (Janie Bradford, Berry Gordy)
  6. "Get Out Your Big Roll Daddy" (Troy Seals, Roger Chapman)
  7. "Willie and the Hand Jive" (Johnny Otis)
  8. "The Got Song" (Tommy Talton)
  9. "Give a Little Bit" (Talton)
  10. "God Bless 'Em All" (Mickey Buckins)
  11. "Summertime Blues" (Eddie Cochran) (2005 bonus track on European LP and US CD)

Personnel

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References

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  2. "Levon Helm [1982] - Levon Helm | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.
  3. Welky, Ali; Keckhaver, Mike (September 29, 2013). Encyclopedia of Arkansas Music. University of Arkansas Press. ISBN   9781935106609 via Google Books.