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Rick Nelson - Things You Gave Me

The Monkees - Papa Gene's Blues

Buffalo Springfield - Hot Dusty Roads

The Lovin' Spoonful - Nashville Cats

Gene Clark with the Gosdin Brothers - Needing Someone

Hearts ; Flowers - Rain, Rain

(Gib) Guilbeau and (Gene) Parsons - Louisiana Rain

Stone Country - Life Stands Daring Me

The Youngbloods - Sugar Babe

Sonny Curtis - I Fought the Law (And the Law Won)

The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - These Days

Stone Poneys Featuring Linda Ronstadt - Some of Shelly's Blues

Lee Hazlewood - She Comes Running

Merle Haggard ; the Strangers - Mama Tried

The Band - the Weight

The Beau Brummels - Cherokee Girl

The Everly Brothers - Mr. Soul

Merrell Fankhauser ; H.M.S. Bounty - Your Painted Lives

The Flying Burrito Bros. - Hot Burrito #1

Jerry Lee Lewis - Louisiana Man

Linda Ronstadt - the Only Mama That'll Walk the Line

Sir Douglas Quintet - Texas Me

Poco - Calico Lady

John Stewart - Omaha Rainbow

Lothar ; the Hand People - Midnight Ranger

Polly Niles - for What It's Worth

Joshua Fox - Come What May

Kenny Rogers ; the First Edition - Reuben James

Taj Mahal - Six Days on the Road

Dillard ; Clark - No Longer a Sweetheart of Mine

Quicksilver Messenger Service - Words Can't Say

Brewer ; Shipley - Rise Up (Easy Rider)

The Dillards - Brother John

Ron Elliott - Molly in the Middle

Great Speckled Bird - Long Long Time to Get Old

Eagle - Brown Hair

Goose Creek Symphony - Charlie's Tune

Jesse Winchester - the Brand New Tennessee Waltz

Brethren - Don't Talk Now

Mason Proffit - Two Hangmen

Shiva's Headband - Take Me to the Mountains

We Five - Never Goin' Back

The Allman Brothers Band - Midnight Rider

Yellow Hand - Down to the Wire (Album Version)

Turnquist Remedy - Cowboy Song

Michael Nesmith ; the First National Band - Silver Moon

Morning - It'll Take Time

Ry Cooder - My Old Kentucky Home

Jesse Ed Davis - Tulsa County

Otis Williams ; the Midnight Cowboys - I Wanna Go Country

Crazy Horse - Dance Dance Dance

Timber - Pipe Dream

Rio Grande - Idle Idabelle

Grin - Everybody's Missin' the Sun

Gene Clark - the Virgin

Bob Lind - I Love to Sing/ Sweet Harriet

Roger Tillison - Good Time Gal

Mountain Bus - Rosalie

New Riders of the Purple Sage - Last Lonely Eagle

Deerfield - Me Lovin' You

Charlie Daniels- Georgia

Swampwater - Ooh-Wee California

Chuck ; Mary Perrin - Picking Up the Pieces

Cowboy - 5'LL Getcha Ten

John Prine - Angel from Montgomery

Pure Prairie League - Woman

Little Feat - Willin'

Bob Mosley - Thanks

Michael Gately - Sometimes I Get a Notion (Gotta See the Country)

Burnt Suite - Sally Salamander

Marlin Greene - Forest Ranger

Danny O'Keefe - Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues

J. D. Souther - How Long

Eggs Over Easy - Runnin' Down to Memphis

America - Don't Cross the River

Byrds - Cowgirl in the Sand

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Date First Available: October 23, 2026

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ABOUT THE ALBUM

3CD compilation chronicling the early days of the American country rock movement. Featuring key players Buffalo Springfield, The Byrds, and The Flying Burrito Brothers. 48-page booklet includes many obscure photos and the story behind each song. The American country rock genre wouldn't peak in commercial terms until the mid-1970s, when the likes of Linda Ronstadt and her old backing band, Eagles, smoothed out the musical rough edges to achieve huge mainstream success and inspire a whole host of like-minded singers and bands. Nevertheless, it's generally acknowledged that the genre's creative peak occurred in the second half of the 1960s and the early 1970s, when long-haired California hippie rock musicians rejected the peacock plumage of psychedelia to hijack the musical traditions of Nashville and the Grand Ole Opry, playing out their Old West cowboy/outlaw fantasies while also following the counter cultural desire to ""get back to the garden"". 'Before The Gold Rush' chronicles the early days of the North American country rock scene, from the pioneering efforts of established names like Rick Nelson, the Everly Brothers and Jerry Lee Lewis to a new wave of proto Americana acts that stretched from the Flying Burrito Brothers and Poco to rampant musical cross-pollinators like The Band and Little Feat. Featuring four hours of music across 76 tracks, 'Before The Gold Rush' is a fascinating look at some of the finest, most enduring sounds to emanate from rock music's most tumultuous era.

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