MOTHER EARTH

1969 album stereo version:

original first pressing/release:
 
 
artists: MOTHER EARTH
label: MERCURY SR 61226
title: MAKE A JOYFUL NOISE
release: 1969, USA, LP
City Side:
  1. Stop The Train (3:21)
    (Castille - Andrews - Arthur)
  2. What Are You Trying To Do (3:56)
    (Naomi Neville)
  3. I Need Your Love So Bad (5:23)
    (Little Willie John)
  4. Soul Of The Man (3:03)
    (Oliver Sain)
  5. Blues For The Road (3:35)
    (Rev. Stallings - Toad Andrews)
Country Side:
  1. You Win Again (4:15)
    (Hank Williams)
  2. Come On And See (3:12)
    (Robert Arthur)
  3. Then I'll Be Moving On (3:24)
    (R. P. St. John, Jr.)
  4. I, The Fly (3:33)
    (R. P. St. John, Jr.)
  5. I Wanna Be Your Mama Again (3:30)
    (Douglas Sahm)
  6. Wait, Wait, Wait (2:47)
    (Naomi Neville)
comment #1: gatefold multi page jacket
comment #2: second album of MOTHER EARTH
comment #3: B6 was recorded at Music City Recorders, Nashville, Tennessee. The rest of the songs were recorded at Bradley's Barn, Mt. Juliet, Tennessee.
musicians:

Tracy Nelson - vocal, piano
R. P. St. John, Jr. - vocal, harmonica
Ronald Stallings - vocal
Lonnie Joseph Castille - drums
John Cameron Andrews - lead guitar
Robert Arthur - bass
Clayborne Butler Cotton - organ, piano
Boz Scaggs - rhythm guitar
Pete Drake - steel guitar (A1, B1, B3, B5)
Pig Robbins - organ (A3)
Jack Drake - acoustic bass (B6)
Curly Cooke - acoustic rhythm guitar (B6)
Dale Sellars - electric rhythm guitar (B6)
D.J. Fontana - drums (B6)
Larry Butler - piano (B6)
Ben Keith - dobro (B6)
John Gimble - fiddle (B1, B3, B4, B5, B6)
Shorty Lavender - fiddle (B4, B6)

Horn section:
Bowlegs Miller - trumpet
Joseph Arnold - tenor
Aaron Varnell - tenor
Ronald Eades - baritone
Gerald Richardson - trombone

Earthettes:
Shalimar Samuelson
Joyce Dunn
Irma Routen

Earthmen:
Robert Arthur
Lonni Castille
Clayborne Butler Cotton
Ronald Stallings
Boz Scaggs
comment #4:

I Wanna Be Your Mama Again:

Tracy Nelson - vocal
Pete Drake - steel guitar
John Gimble - fiddle

comment #5: Produced by Tracy Nelson & Travis Rivers
   
   
also released on:
   
artists: MOTHER EARTH
label: MERCURY 134 233 MCY
title: MAKE A JOYFUL NOISE
release: 1969, Germany, LP
songs: see US-release above
comment #1: tri-fold jacket; different to the US-cover
comment #2: a testpressing of this album also exists; no cover
white labels without any information; matrix 134233
comment #3: title of song B4: instead of the original title <I, The Fly> the title on this LP is <I, "The Fly">.
   
   
also released on:
 
   
artists: MOTHER EARTH
label: WOUNDED BIRD RECORDS WOU 1226
title: MAKE A JOYFUL NOISE
release: October 12, 2004, USA, CD [40:12]
tracks:
  1. Stop The Train (3:24)
    (Castille - Andrews - Arthur)
  2. What Are You Trying To Do (3:56)
    (Naomi Neville)
  3. I Need Your Love So Bad (5:26)
    (Little Willie John)
  4. Soul Of The Man (3:07)
    (Oliver Sain)
  5. Blues For The Road (3:37)
    (Stallings - Andrews)
  6. You Win Again (4:17)
    (Hank Williams)
  7. Come On And See (3:12)
    (Robert Arthur)
  8. Then I'll Be Moving On (3:22)
    (R. P. St. John, Jr.)
  9. The Fly (3:37)
    (R. P. St. John, Jr.)
  10. I Wanna Be Your Mama Again (3:31)
    (Doug Sahm)
  11. Wait, Wait, Wait (2:44)
    (Naomi Neville)
comment #1: Although many songs have stated a different songlength, the CD is an exact copy of the original album.
comment #2: title of song #9: instead of the original title "I, The Fly" the title on this CD is "The Fly".
link: http://www.woundedbird.com
   

 

1969 single mono version:

original first pressing/release:
artist: MOTHER EARTH
label: MERCURY 72943
release: 1969, USA, 7" 45rpm
A-side: I Wanna Be Your Mama Again (3:30)
(Lyric & Music: Douglas Sahm)
B-side: Wait, Wait, Wait (2:47)
(Lyric & Music: Naomi Neville)
comment #1: printed on both sides:
Produced by Travis & Tracy From MERCURY'S Album, SR-61226 MAKE A JOYFUL NOISE
comment #2: both songs are "Arranged by Mother Earth"
comment #3: This version of "I Wanna Be Your Mama Again" is the same version as the "1969 album stereo version", but in MONO ! Besides that this version is in mono, also the last clap on the drums at the end of the song is missing!
   
   

 

1969 alternate version:

original first pressing/release:
artists: MOTHER EARTH presents TRACY NELSON
label: REPRISE 9362-46233-2
title: COUNTRY
release: September 15, 1996, USA, CD [42:37]
tracks:
  1. Sad Situation (3:39)
    (Clyde Pitts)
  2. I Fall To Pieces (2:57)
    (Harlan Howard - Hank Cochran)
  3. Stay As Sweet As You Are (2:29)
    (Bob Arthur - Tracy Nelson)
  4. Stand By Your Man (2:31)
    (Tammy Wynette - Billy Sherrill)
  5. Blue Blue Day (1:56)
    (Don Gibson)
  6. That's All Right (2:20)
    (Arthur Crudup)
  7. I Can't Go On Loving You (2:42)
    (Hank Mills)
  8. You're Still My Baby (3:35)
    (Chuck Willis)
  9. Now You're Gone (4:11)
    (William "Boz" Scaggs)
  10. Why, Why, Why (1:56)
    (Buck Owens - Dolly Parton)
  11. I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry (3:06)
    (Hank Williams)
  12. I Wanna Be Your Mama Again (3:31)
    (Douglas Sahm)
  13. Wait, Wait, Wait (2:44)
    (Naomi Neville)
  14. You Win Again (4:15)
    (Hank Williams)
comment #1: The first release of this album was in 1969 as MERCURY SR-61230.
comment #2: Song 12 -14 are bonus tracks. They were recorded in 1969 at Bradley's Barn, Mt. Juliet, Tennessee for the MAKE A JOYFUL NOISE album.
comment #3: Song #12 is a previously unreleased alternate version.