Marin County Line

1977 studio album by New Riders of the Purple Sage

Marin County Line

Studio album by

New Riders of the Purple Sage

Released| 1977
Recorded| 1977
Genre| Country rock
Length| 36:18
Label| MCA
Producer| Jim Ed Norman
New Riders of the Purple Sage chronology
| Who Are Those Guys?
(1977)  | Marin County Line
(1977)  | Feelin' All Right
(1981)

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Marin County Line is the ninth studio album and eleventh album overall by the country rock band the New Riders of the Purple Sage.[2] Released in 1977,[3] it was their third and final album on the MCA Records label.[4]

Marin County Line was the second of two NRPS studio albums to feature Stephen Love on bass guitar. Love wrote all of the songs on side one of the LP. It was also the band's first album with Patrick Shanahan. Shanahan had recently replaced Spencer Dryden as the New Riders' drummer, and Dryden had become the band's manager. Love and Shanahan were both former members of Rick Nelson's Stone Canyon Band. Also in the NRPS lineup for this album were co-founders John "Marmaduke" Dawson and David Nelson, and long-time member Buddy Cage. A concert performed by this version of the band was released in 2009 as the album Winterland, San Francisco, CA, 12/31/77.

## Track listing

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Side one

1. "Till I Met You" (Stephen Love) – 3:23
2. "Llywelyn" (Love) – 3:59
3. "Knights and Queens" (Love) – 3:59
4. "Green Eyes a Flashing" (Love) – 2:54
5. "Oh, What a Night" (Love) – 3:55

Side two

1. "A Good Woman Likes to Drink with the Boys" (Dave Ellingson) – 4:12
2. "Jasper" (John Dawson, David Nelson) – 2:38
3. "Echoes" (Patrick Shanahan) – 3:04
4. "Twenty Good Men" (Dawson) – 3:29
5. "Little Miss Bad" (Dawson) – 2:20
6. "Take a Red" (Nelson, Spencer Dryden) – 2:25

## Personnel

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### New Riders of the Purple Sage

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* John Dawson – guitar, harmonica, vocals
* David Nelson – guitar, vocals
* Buddy Cage – pedal steel guitar
* Stephen Love – bass, guitar, vocals
* Patrick Shanahan – drums, vibes, percussion, vocals

### Additional musicians

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* Spencer Dryden – percussion
* John Hug – guitar
* Tom Stern – banjo
* Ray Park – fiddle
* Tower of Power horn section – horns on "Take a Red"

### Production

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* Jim Ed Norman – producer
* Tom Flye – engineer
* Steve Fontano – associate engineer
* Alex Kashevaroff – assistant engineer
* Larry Boden – mastering
* George Osaki – art direction
* Herb Greene – photography

## Notes

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1. ^ Marin County Line at Allmusic
2. ^ Strong, Martin C. (2004). The Great Rock Discography (7th ed.). Canongate U.S. p. 1083\. ISBN 1-84195-615-5. Retrieved 2009-08-21.
3. ^ Marin County Line at the NRPS official website
4. ^ Marin County Line at the Grateful Dead Family Discography

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New Riders of the Purple Sage

* David Nelson
* Buddy Cage
* Michael Falzarano
* Ronnie Penque
* Johnny Markowski

* John Dawson
* Jerry Garcia
* Mickey Hart
* Phil Lesh
* Dave Torbert
* Spencer Dryden
* Skip Battin
* Stephen Love
* Val Fuentes

Studio albums|

* New Riders of the Purple Sage
* Powerglide
* Gypsy Cowboy
* The Adventures of Panama Red
* Brujo
* Oh, What a Mighty Time
* New Riders
* Who Are Those Guys?
* Marin County Line
* Feelin' All Right
* Before Time Began
* Keep On Keepin' On
* Midnight Moonlight
* Where I Come From
* 17 Pine Avenue

Live albums|

* Home, Home on the Road
* Vintage NRPS
* Live on Stage
* Live in Japan
* Live
* Worcester, MA, 4/4/73
* Boston Music Hall, 12/5/72
* Veneta, Oregon, 8/27/72
* Armadillo World Headquarters, Austin, TX, 6/13/75
* S.U.N.Y., Stonybrook, NY, 3/17/73
* Wanted: Live at Turkey Trot
* Winterland, San Francisco, CA, 12/31/77
* Glendale Train
* Thanksgiving in New York City
* Bear's Sonic Journals: Dawn of the New Riders of the Purple Sage
* Lyceum '72
* Hempsteader

Compilation albums|

* The Best of New Riders of the Purple Sage
* The Relix Bay Rock Shop, No. 1
* Wasted Tasters
* Relix's Best of the Early New Riders of the Purple Sage
* Relix's Best of the New New Riders of the Purple Sage
* Ridin' with Panama Red
* Cactus Juice
* Very Best of the Relix Years
* Setlist: The Very Best of New Riders of the Purple Sage Live
* Instant Armadillo Blues

Concert videos|

* Wanted: Live at Turkey Trot

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* Peter Rowan

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* MusicBrainz release group

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