1981 Mickey Newbury – After All These Years

After All These Years is the 1981 album by singer-songwriter Mickey Newbury, considered the concluding album of his remarkable 1970s run, it was the last album he would record for seven years. The album is very different in tone from its predecessor and revives Newbury’s talent for song suites with “The Sailor/Song Of Sorrow/Let’s Say Goodbye One More Time.” Other highlights on the album include “That Was The Way It Was Then” and “Over The Mountain.”

After All These Years was collected for CD issue on the eight-disc Mickey Newbury Collection from Mountain Retreat, Newbury’s own label in the mid-1990s, along with nine other Newbury albums from 1969-1981.

Tracks

1  The Sailor (Mickey Newbury) 05:20
2  Song Of Sorrow (Mickey Newbury) 03:21
3  Let’s Say Goodbye One More Time (Mickey Newbury) 03:35
4  That Was The Way It Was Then (Mickey Newbury) 02:41
5  Country Boy Saturday Night (Mickey Newbury) 03:27
6  Truly Blue (Mickey Newbury) 03:40
7  Just As Long As That Someone Is You (Mickey Newbury) 03:26
8  Over The Mountain (Mickey Newbury) 03:25
9  Catchers In The Rye (Mickey Newbury) 02:51
10  I Still Love You (Mickey Newbury) 03:27

Musicians

BassDavid Hungate
BassJack Williams
DrumsJames Stroud
GuitarMickey Newbury
GuitarSteve Gibson
GuitarJon Goin
GuitarDave Loggins
GuitarNorbert Putnam
Steel GuitarWeldon Myrick
FiddleBuddy Spicher
PianoShane Keister
PianoMike Mani
PianoBobby Ogdin
HarmonicaTerry McMillan
HarpCindy Reynolds
Background VocalsSteve Brantley
Background VocalsDave Loggins
VocalsMickey Newbury

Liner Notes

Producer – Norbert Putnam
Arranged By (Orchestra) – Bill Pursell (Track 2)
Arranged By (Strings) – Norbert Putnam (Track 1)
Arranged By (Strings) – Bill Pursell (Tracks 1, 5)
Arranged By (Strings) – David Briggs (Tracks 6, 7, 8)
Arranged By (Strings Quartet) – Mike Hanna (Tracks 2, 3, 10)
Conductor – Bill Pursell (Track 1)
Engineer – Gene Eichelberger
Engineer (Assitant) – Jon Putnam
Mixed By – Gene Eichelberger, Jon Putnam, Norbert Putnam

Design – Lumel Whiteman Studio
Photography – Ron Slenzak

Mastered At Masterfonics
Mixed At The Bennett House
Recorded At The Bennett House
Phonographic Copyright PolyGram Records Inc
Copyright PolyGram Records Inc