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Steve Miller Anthology
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THE STEVE MILLER BAND
ANTHOLOGY: THE BEST OF THE STEVE MILLER BAND 1968-1972
Original 1972 double album liner notes
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Remember those muzzy, fuzz-toned, long-distance photos of Steve Miller on his previous albums? On most of them, you couldn’t distinguish him from the session’s comb-and-tissue-paper player, because Miller was, in essence, a complex man in hiding – a young, bluff, abnormally-articulate expatriate Texan, unsure of himself in both personal and musical directions.
Let me be the first to break the news that things have changed. Listen to Miller now, in 1972, talking about Anthology:
“This is the first time I ever had the confidence to reveal myself in public. Always before, you know, people more or less needed to be fans to like the albums. Oh, I mean there’d be some good cuts and a couple of not-so-good cuts, and then some cuts that I don’t even like to remember. But Anthology is what I always wanted to make – two good LPs that’ll hold up. This is the first consistently good album I’ve ever made.”
I agree. There’s something new here. As always, Miller is coaxing forth various forms of the boogie that shapes and affects all our lives – ballads, rock and roll, country and folk music – but for the first time, a coherent and mature identity emerges.
That’s Steve Miller. Close to the bone.
Play it as it lays, my fellow Americans, and you’ll see precisely what I mean.
– Grover Lewis
Associate Editor
Rolling Stone
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The Musicians
JAMES CURLEY COOK – Guitar
TIM DAVIS – Drums & vocals
NICKY HOPKINS – Piano & organ
GERALD JOHNSON – Bass
PAUL McCARTNEY – Bass, drums & vocal
GARY MALABAR – Drums
CHARLIE McCOY – Harmonica
LEE MICHAELS – Organ
STEVE MILLER – Vocals, 12 string, lead guitar, harmonica & bass
BOZ SCAGGS – Vocals & guitar
BEN SIDRAN – Piano
BUDDY SPICHER – Violin
RICHARD THOMPSON – Piano & organ
LONNIE TURNER – Bass
BOB WINKELMAN – Bass
Drunk Roger the dancing lion sez…music is the best way to communicate.
Steve
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Record One
Side One
I LOVE YOU 2:49
(S. Miller)
Steve Miller - Vocals, 12 string and lead guitar
Bob Winkelman - Bass
Charlie McCoy - Harmonica
Recorded in Nashville at Cinderella Sound, 1969
GOING TO THE COUNTRY 3:43
(S. Miller and B. Sidran)
Steve Miller - Vocals, 12 string and lead guitar
Bob Winkelman - Bass
Tim Davis - Drums
Charlie McCoy - Harmonica
Buddy Spicher - Fiddle
Recorded in Nashville at Cinderella Sound, 1969
BABY’S HOUSE 8:55
(S. Miller and N. Hopkins)
Steve Miller - Vocals and 12 string guitar
Lonnie Turner - Bass
Nicky Hopkins - Piano and organ
Recorded in San Francisco and London, 1969
KOW KOW CALQULATOR 4:28
(S. Miller)
Steve Miller - Vocals and guitar
Lonnie Turner - Bass
Tim Davis - Drums
Nicky Hopkins - Keyboards
Recorded in San Francisco and London, 1969
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Record Two
Side Two
YOUR SAVING GRACE* 4:55
(T. Davis)
Tim Davis - Vocals, drums and percussion
James Curley Cook - Guitar
Lonnie Turner - Bass
Nicky Hopkins - Keyboards
Steve Miller, Glyn Johns, Tim Davis - Back-up vocal
Recorded in San Francisco, 1969
GOING TO MEXICO 2:23
(S. Miller and B. Scaggs)
Steve Miller - Vocal, bass and lead guitar
James Curley Cook - Rhythm guitar
Tim Davis - Drums
Lee Michaels - Organ
Recorded in San Francisco, 1969
SPACE COWBOY 4:55
(S. Miller and B. Sidran)
Steve Miller - Vocals and lead guitar
Lonnie Turner - Bass
Tim Davis - Drums
Ben Sidran - Keyboards
Recorded in Los Angeles, 1969
LIVING IN THE U.S.A. 4:03
(S. Miller)
Steve Miller - Vocal, guitars and harmonica
Lonnie Turner - Bass
Tim Davis - Drums and back-up vocal
James Peterman - Organ and back-up vocal
Boz Scaggs - Guitar and back-up vocal
Recorded in Los Angeles, 1968
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Record Two
Side Three
JOURNEY FROM EDEN 6:45
(S. Miller)
Steve Miller - Vocals, 12 string and lead guitar
Gerald Johnson - Bass
Gary Malabar - Drums
Richard Thompson - Keyboards
Nick de Caro - String arrangement
Recorded in Los Angeles, 1972
SEASONS 3:50
(S. Miller and B. Sidran)
Steve Miller - Vocals, 12 string and electric guitar
Lonnie Turner - Bass
Tim Davis - Drums and back-up vocal
Recorded in Los Angeles, 1969
MOTHERLESS CHILDREN 5:52
(Traditional; arrangement by S. Miller)
Steve Miller - Vocals, 12 string and lead guitar
Lonnie Turner - Bass
Tim Davis - Drums
Recorded in San Francisco, 1969
NEVER KILL ANOTHER MAN 2:48
(S. Miller)
Steve Miller - Vocals and 12 string guitar
Lonnie Turner - Bass
Nicky Hopkins - Piano
Buddy Spicher - Violins
Tim Davis - Drums and percussion
Recorded in Nashville at Cinderella Sound, 1969
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Record One
Side Four
DON’T LET NOBODY TURN YOU AROUND 2:27
(S. Miller)
Steve Miller - Vocals and lead guitar
Lonnie Turner - Bass
Tim Davis - Drums and back-up vocal
Glyn Johns - Back-up vocal
Recorded in San Francisco and London, 1969
LITTLE GIRL 3:20
(S. Miller)
Steve Miller - Vocals, lead and rhythm guitar, bass
Tim Davis - Drums
Recorded in San Francisco, 1969
CELEBRATION 2:33
(S. Miller)
Steve Miller - Vocals and guitars
Lonnie Turner - Bass
Tim Davis - Drums
Recorded in Los Angeles, 1969
MY DARK HOUR 3:07
(S. Miller)
Steve Miller - Lead vocal and guitars
Paul McCartney - Bass, drums and back-up vocal
Recorded in London, England, 1969
All songs ASCAP – Haworth Enterprises with the exception of
* Your Saving Grace / ASCAP Dollar Downs Music
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Concept: Tom Lunde & Steve Miller
Album design and art direction: Tom Lunde
Photography: Baron Wolman
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Records by The Steve Miller Band
Conceived & Assembled by Steve Miller
CHILDREN OF THE FUTURE / SAILOR / BRAVE NEW WORLD / YOUR SAVING GRACE / NUMBER FIVE / ROCK LOVE/ RECALL THE BEGINNING, A JOURNEY FROM EDEN
Personal correspondence:
Steve Miller Band
P.O. Box 86
Mill Valley, CA 94941
The Steve Miller Band tours nationally twice a year
March through May and September through November.
A HAWORTH ENTERPRISES PRODUCTION
Member RIAA
This record has been engineered and manufactured in accordance with standards developed by the Record Industry Association of America, Inc., a non-profit organization dedicated to the betterment of recorded music and literature.
Capitol
EMI
(P) 1972 Capitol Records, Inc.
Manufactured by Capitol Records, Inc., a Subsidiary of Capitol Industries, Inc., Hollywood & Vine Streets, Hollywood, Calif. Capitol Marca Reg. All Rights Reserved. Unauthorized duplication is a violation of applicable laws. Factories: Los Angeles, California; Jacksonville, Illinois; Winchester, Virginia
SVBB-11114
To buy this recording from Amazon.com, click here: Anthology
__________________________________________________THE STEVE MILLER BAND
ANTHOLOGY: THE BEST OF THE STEVE MILLER BAND 1968-1972
Original 1972 double album liner notes
__________________________________________________
Remember those muzzy, fuzz-toned, long-distance photos of Steve Miller on his previous albums? On most of them, you couldn’t distinguish him from the session’s comb-and-tissue-paper player, because Miller was, in essence, a complex man in hiding – a young, bluff, abnormally-articulate expatriate Texan, unsure of himself in both personal and musical directions.
Let me be the first to break the news that things have changed. Listen to Miller now, in 1972, talking about Anthology:
“This is the first time I ever had the confidence to reveal myself in public. Always before, you know, people more or less needed to be fans to like the albums. Oh, I mean there’d be some good cuts and a couple of not-so-good cuts, and then some cuts that I don’t even like to remember. But Anthology is what I always wanted to make – two good LPs that’ll hold up. This is the first consistently good album I’ve ever made.”
I agree. There’s something new here. As always, Miller is coaxing forth various forms of the boogie that shapes and affects all our lives – ballads, rock and roll, country and folk music – but for the first time, a coherent and mature identity emerges.
That’s Steve Miller. Close to the bone.
Play it as it lays, my fellow Americans, and you’ll see precisely what I mean.
– Grover Lewis
Associate Editor
Rolling Stone
__________________________________________________
The Musicians
JAMES CURLEY COOK – Guitar
TIM DAVIS – Drums & vocals
NICKY HOPKINS – Piano & organ
GERALD JOHNSON – Bass
PAUL McCARTNEY – Bass, drums & vocal
GARY MALABAR – Drums
CHARLIE McCOY – Harmonica
LEE MICHAELS – Organ
STEVE MILLER – Vocals, 12 string, lead guitar, harmonica & bass
BOZ SCAGGS – Vocals & guitar
BEN SIDRAN – Piano
BUDDY SPICHER – Violin
RICHARD THOMPSON – Piano & organ
LONNIE TURNER – Bass
BOB WINKELMAN – Bass
Drunk Roger the dancing lion sez…music is the best way to communicate.
Steve
__________________________________________________
Record One
Side One
I LOVE YOU 2:49
(S. Miller)
Steve Miller - Vocals, 12 string and lead guitar
Bob Winkelman - Bass
Charlie McCoy - Harmonica
Recorded in Nashville at Cinderella Sound, 1969
GOING TO THE COUNTRY 3:43
(S. Miller and B. Sidran)
Steve Miller - Vocals, 12 string and lead guitar
Bob Winkelman - Bass
Tim Davis - Drums
Charlie McCoy - Harmonica
Buddy Spicher - Fiddle
Recorded in Nashville at Cinderella Sound, 1969
BABY’S HOUSE 8:55
(S. Miller and N. Hopkins)
Steve Miller - Vocals and 12 string guitar
Lonnie Turner - Bass
Nicky Hopkins - Piano and organ
Recorded in San Francisco and London, 1969
KOW KOW CALQULATOR 4:28
(S. Miller)
Steve Miller - Vocals and guitar
Lonnie Turner - Bass
Tim Davis - Drums
Nicky Hopkins - Keyboards
Recorded in San Francisco and London, 1969
__________________________________________________
Record Two
Side Two
YOUR SAVING GRACE* 4:55
(T. Davis)
Tim Davis - Vocals, drums and percussion
James Curley Cook - Guitar
Lonnie Turner - Bass
Nicky Hopkins - Keyboards
Steve Miller, Glyn Johns, Tim Davis - Back-up vocal
Recorded in San Francisco, 1969
GOING TO MEXICO 2:23
(S. Miller and B. Scaggs)
Steve Miller - Vocal, bass and lead guitar
James Curley Cook - Rhythm guitar
Tim Davis - Drums
Lee Michaels - Organ
Recorded in San Francisco, 1969
SPACE COWBOY 4:55
(S. Miller and B. Sidran)
Steve Miller - Vocals and lead guitar
Lonnie Turner - Bass
Tim Davis - Drums
Ben Sidran - Keyboards
Recorded in Los Angeles, 1969
LIVING IN THE U.S.A. 4:03
(S. Miller)
Steve Miller - Vocal, guitars and harmonica
Lonnie Turner - Bass
Tim Davis - Drums and back-up vocal
James Peterman - Organ and back-up vocal
Boz Scaggs - Guitar and back-up vocal
Recorded in Los Angeles, 1968
__________________________________________________
Record Two
Side Three
JOURNEY FROM EDEN 6:45
(S. Miller)
Steve Miller - Vocals, 12 string and lead guitar
Gerald Johnson - Bass
Gary Malabar - Drums
Richard Thompson - Keyboards
Nick de Caro - String arrangement
Recorded in Los Angeles, 1972
SEASONS 3:50
(S. Miller and B. Sidran)
Steve Miller - Vocals, 12 string and electric guitar
Lonnie Turner - Bass
Tim Davis - Drums and back-up vocal
Recorded in Los Angeles, 1969
MOTHERLESS CHILDREN 5:52
(Traditional; arrangement by S. Miller)
Steve Miller - Vocals, 12 string and lead guitar
Lonnie Turner - Bass
Tim Davis - Drums
Recorded in San Francisco, 1969
NEVER KILL ANOTHER MAN 2:48
(S. Miller)
Steve Miller - Vocals and 12 string guitar
Lonnie Turner - Bass
Nicky Hopkins - Piano
Buddy Spicher - Violins
Tim Davis - Drums and percussion
Recorded in Nashville at Cinderella Sound, 1969
__________________________________________________
Record One
Side Four
DON’T LET NOBODY TURN YOU AROUND 2:27
(S. Miller)
Steve Miller - Vocals and lead guitar
Lonnie Turner - Bass
Tim Davis - Drums and back-up vocal
Glyn Johns - Back-up vocal
Recorded in San Francisco and London, 1969
LITTLE GIRL 3:20
(S. Miller)
Steve Miller - Vocals, lead and rhythm guitar, bass
Tim Davis - Drums
Recorded in San Francisco, 1969
CELEBRATION 2:33
(S. Miller)
Steve Miller - Vocals and guitars
Lonnie Turner - Bass
Tim Davis - Drums
Recorded in Los Angeles, 1969
MY DARK HOUR 3:07
(S. Miller)
Steve Miller - Lead vocal and guitars
Paul McCartney - Bass, drums and back-up vocal
Recorded in London, England, 1969
All songs ASCAP – Haworth Enterprises with the exception of
* Your Saving Grace / ASCAP Dollar Downs Music
__________________________________________________
Concept: Tom Lunde & Steve Miller
Album design and art direction: Tom Lunde
Photography: Baron Wolman
__________________________________________________
Records by The Steve Miller Band
Conceived & Assembled by Steve Miller
CHILDREN OF THE FUTURE / SAILOR / BRAVE NEW WORLD / YOUR SAVING GRACE / NUMBER FIVE / ROCK LOVE/ RECALL THE BEGINNING, A JOURNEY FROM EDEN
Personal correspondence:
Steve Miller Band
P.O. Box 86
Mill Valley, CA 94941
The Steve Miller Band tours nationally twice a year
March through May and September through November.
A HAWORTH ENTERPRISES PRODUCTION
Member RIAA
This record has been engineered and manufactured in accordance with standards developed by the Record Industry Association of America, Inc., a non-profit organization dedicated to the betterment of recorded music and literature.
Capitol
EMI
(P) 1972 Capitol Records, Inc.
Manufactured by Capitol Records, Inc., a Subsidiary of Capitol Industries, Inc., Hollywood & Vine Streets, Hollywood, Calif. Capitol Marca Reg. All Rights Reserved. Unauthorized duplication is a violation of applicable laws. Factories: Los Angeles, California; Jacksonville, Illinois; Winchester, Virginia
SVBB-11114
