FLYING BURRITO BROS.

The Flying Burrito Bros. / Last of the Red Hot Burritos (RVCD-271)

Due to popular demand Raven has re-negotiated the license of two classic country rock/bluegrass albums by the legendary FLYING BURRITO BROTHERS. The Flying Burrito Bros album (1971) is acknowledged as a prime example of country rock, and most significantly the original release (2008) was the first time that the great lost Burritos live album Last of the Red Hot Burritos (1972) had been made available on CD. These albums are the last two that ex-Byrd and Burritos co-founder Chris Hillman produced with the band. The Burritos were among the originators of country rock and when Gram Parsons left in 1970, singer songwriter Rick Roberts joined. His contribution to Flying Burrito Bros is immense, including such memorable performances as ‘Colorado’ and excellent covers of Merle Haggard’s ‘White Line Fever’ and Dylan’s ‘To Ramona’.

For Last of the Red Hot Burritos the band added a significant bluegrass component as displayed on blazing versions of ‘Orange Blossom Special’ and ‘Dixie Breakdown’. In addition there are four Parsons-era classics (‘Devil in Disguise’, ‘My Uncle’, ‘High Fashion Queen’, ‘Hot Burrito #2’) and rocked up country and soul covers (‘Six Days on the Road’, ‘Don’t Fight It’, ‘Losing Game’) which only add to the album’s appeal. This top value 2-for-1 CD includes two rare Bonus Tracks: ‘Here Tonight’ with ex-Byrd Gene Clark plus the original 45-RPM version of ‘Tried so Hard’, also featuring Clark, which had likewise never been issued on CD before. Features colour booklet, informative liner notes and superb quality audio.

TRACK LISTING
The Flying Burrito Bros (1971)
1. WHITE LINE FEVER
2. COLORADO
3. HAND TO MOUTH
4. TRIED SO HARD
5. JUST CAN’T BE
6. TO RAMONA
7. FOUR DAYS OF RAIN
8. CAN’T YOU HEAR ME CALLING
9. ALL ALONE
10. WHY ARE YOU CRYING
Last of the Red Hot Burritos (1972)
11. DEVIL IN DISGUISE
12. SIX DAYS ON THE ROAD
13. MY UNCLE
14. DIXIE BREAKDOWN
15. DON’T LET YOUR DEAL GO DOWN
16. ORANGE BLOSSOM SPECIAL
17. AIN’T THAT A LOT OF LOVE
18. HIGH FASHION QUEEN
19. DON’T FIGHT IT
20. HOT BURRITO #2
21. LOSING GAME
Bonus Tracks
22. HERE TONIGHT (With Gene Clark)
23. TRIED SO HARD (Original single version with Gene Clark)

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AUD$ 15.95 (available)