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Merle Haggard - Big City flac album
  • Performer Merle Haggard
  • Title Big City
  • Date of release 1999
  • Country US
  • Style Country
  • Other formats MMF AIFF APE DTS AAC VQF MP1
  • Genre World & Folk & Country
  • Size MP3 1665 mb
  • Size FLAC 1827 mb
  • Rating: 4.2
  • Votes: 198

Big City (Merle Haggard album). Big City is the 33rd studio album by Merle Haggard backed by The Strangers, released in 1981. It was his debut on the Epic label after ending his association with MCA. Big City peaked at number three on the Billboard Country Album charts and number 161 on the Pop Album charts. It was an RIAA-certified Gold album.

Big City" is a song recorded by American country music singer Merle Haggard backed by The Strangers. Co-written by Haggard and Dean Holloway, the song was released in January 1982 as the second single and title track from his album Big City. In April, the song was his 27th number-one single on the Billboard Hot Country Singles chart. The song was inspired by a remark by Dean Holloway, Haggard's lifelong friend and tour bus driver.

Merle Ronald Haggard (April 6, 1937 – April 6, 2016) was an American country singer, songwriter, guitarist, and fiddler. Haggard was born in Oildale, California, during the Great Depression. His childhood was troubled after the death of his father, and he was incarcerated several times in his youth.

Written-By – M. Haggard. A3. Good Old American Guest. Written-By – M. Big City ‎(LP, Album).

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Big City" is an album by Merle Haggard, released in 1981. "Big City" peaked at number 3 on the Billboard Country Album charts and number 161 on the Pop Album charts. It was an RIAA certified Gold album. "Big City" was recorded in a two-day marathon recording session that produced enough songs.

When Merle Haggard & the Strangers, along with producer Lewis Talley, entered a recording studio in July of 1981 to make his debut album for Epic - after leaving his long association with MCA - he had no idea that just 48 hours later he and the band would leave, having recorded enough material for two albums, Big City and its. follow-up, Going Where the Lonely Go. Big City is a collection of songs focused on the themes of freedom from urban life

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Tracklist Hide Credits

1 Big City 3:00
2 My Favorite Memory 3:04
3 Good Old American Guest 2:35
4 I Think I'm Gonna Live Forever 2:28
5 This Song Is Mine 2:31
6 Stop The World And Let Me Off 3:18
7 Are The Good Times Really Over (I Wish A Buck Was Still Silver) 4:12
8 Texas Fiddle Song 2:17
9 You Don't Have Very Far To Go 3:14
10 I Always Get Lucky With You 3:31
Bonus Tracks:
11 Call Me 4:15
12 I Won't Give Up My Train
Vocals [Duet With] – Roger Miller
4:43

Companies, etc.

  • Record Company – Sony Music
  • Manufactured By – Epic
  • Phonographic Copyright (p) – Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
  • Copyright (c) – Sony Music Entertainment Inc.
  • Pressed By – DADC – DIDP-098837

Credits

  • Liner Notes – Daniel Cooper
  • Producer [Original Recordings] – Lewis Talley, Merle Haggard
  • Reissue Producer – Al Quaglieri

Notes

20-bit Digital Remastering

Tracks 11, 12 are Previously Unreleased

© 1981, 1999 / ℗ 1981, 1999

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Barcode: 0 7464-65947-2 8
  • Matrix / Runout: IFPI L423 DIDP-098837 G3 2A 01
  • Mastering SID Code: IFPI L423
  • Mould SID Code: IFPI 7237
  • Other (DADC Code): DIDP 098837

Other versions

Category Artist Title (Format) Label Category Country Year
FE 37593 Merle Haggard Big City ‎(LP, Album, Ter) Epic FE 37593 US 1981
FET 37593 Merle Haggard Big City ‎(Cass, Album) Epic FET 37593 Canada 1981
EPC 85303 Merle Haggard Big City ‎(LP, Album) Epic EPC 85303 UK 1981
FEA 37593 Merle Haggard Big City ‎(8-Trk, Album, Dol) Epic FEA 37593 US 1981
EK 37593 Merle Haggard Big City ‎(CD, Album) Epic EK 37593 US Unknown