Dirt, Silver and Gold


Dirt, Silver and Gold is a 1976 compilation album by The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band that contains some of the band's greatest material to that point. It also includes 12 songs not previously available. It was originally released as a three LP album, and was released in 2003 as a two compact disc set by BGO Records.
The original release reached 77 on the US Charts and 28 on the US Country Charts.
The album's outer cover opens up to a picture of an elaborately painted safe door from the Ute City Banque in Aspen, Colorado. The original album had a four foot by two foot poster of the safe. The inside cover has pictures of the band in its three incarnations to that point, 1966–67, 1968–69 and 1970–76. The inner sleeves also had artwork. One side has tools for mining gold and a 45 record with a mountain on the label. The other side had a poster for the Society Of California Pioneers. The liner notes were written over these images on two of the sleeves.

Track listing

Disc one

LP side 1
  1. "Buy For Me The Rain" – 2:23 – recorded December 1966
from The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
  1. "Melissa" – 2:18 – recorded December 1966
from The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
  1. "Collegiana" – 2:34 – recorded December 1967
from Rare Junk
  1. "Mournin' Blues" – 3:47 – recorded December 1967
from Rare Junk
  1. "Willie The Weeper" – 2:22 – recorded January 1968
from Rare Junk
LP side 2
  1. "Uncle Charlie Interview" – 1:39 – recorded November 1968
from Uncle Charlie & His Dog Teddy
  1. "Mr. Bojangles" – 3:25 – recorded November 1969
from Uncle Charlie & His Dog Teddy
  1. "Some Of Shelly's Blues" – 3:02 – recorded August 1969
from Uncle Charlie & His Dog Teddy
  1. "The Cure" – 2:04 – recorded September 1969
from Uncle Charlie & His Dog Teddy
  1. "House At Pooh Corner" – 2:37 – recorded October 1969
from Uncle Charlie & His Dog Teddy
  1. "Randy Lynn Rag" – 1:46 – recorded November 1969
from Uncle Charlie & His Dog Teddy
  1. "Clemente Opus 36 " – 1:40 – recorded April 1970
from Uncle Charlie & His Dog Teddy
  1. "Livin' Without You" – 2:01 – recorded May 1970
from Uncle Charlie & His Dog Teddy
LP side 3
  1. "Sixteen Tracks" – 5:11 – recorded August 1971
from All the Good Times
  1. "Fish Song" – 4:26 – recorded June 1971
from All the Good Times
  1. "Creepin' Round Your Back Door" – 2:52 – recorded September 1971
from All the Good Times
  1. "Honky Tonkin'" – 2:24 – recorded August 1971
from Will the Circle Be Unbroken
  1. "Togary Mountain" – 2:27 – recorded August 1971
from Will the Circle Be Unbroken
  1. "Soldier's Joy" – 2:09 – recorded August 1971
from ''Will the Circle Be Unbroken''

Disc two

LP side 4
  1. "Ripplin' Waters" – 5:49 – recorded February 1975
from Symphonion Dream
  1. "You Are My Flower" 3:34 – recorded August 1971
from Will the Circle Be Unbroken
  1. "The Battle of New Orleans" 3:21 – recorded January 1973
from Symphonion Dream
  1. "All I Have To Do Is Dream" – 3:49 – recorded February 1975
from Symphonion Dream
  1. "Rocky Top" – 2:12 – recorded February 1975
Previously unreleased
  1. "Gavotte No. 2" – 1:34 – recorded June 1976
Previously unreleased
LP side 5
  1. "Jamaica Lady" – 4:12 – recorded June 1976
Previously unreleased
  1. "Mother Earth " – 3:26 – recorded June 1976
Previously unreleased
  1. "Falling Down Slow" – 3:13 – recorded June 1976
Previously unreleased
  1. "Bowleg's" – 4:13 – recorded June 1976
Previously unreleased
  1. "Doc's Guitar" – 1:32 – recorded June 1976
Previously unreleased
LP side 6
  1. "Bayou Jubilee/Sally Was A Goodun" – 3:03 – recorded February 1975
from Symphonion Dream
  1. "Cosmic Cowboy, Part 1" – 3:58 – recorded June 1976
Previously unreleased
  1. "Win Or Lose" – 3:35 – recorded June 1976
Previously unreleased
  1. "Woody Woodpecker" – 1:09 – recorded April 1973
Previously unreleased
  1. "Visiting An Old Friend" – 1:53 – recorded June 1976
Previously unreleased
  1. "Will the Circle Be Unbroken" – 4:51 – recorded August 1971
from Will the Circle Be Unbroken
  1. "Foggy Mountain Breakdown" – 2:36 – recorded August 1971
Previously unreleased

Personnel

The Dirt Band 1966–1967
  • Ralph Barr
  • Jimmie Fadden
  • Jeff Hanna
  • Bruce Kunkle
  • Les Thompson
  • John McEuen
The Dirt Band 1968–1969
  • John McEuen
  • Jimmie Fadden
  • Jeff Hanna
  • Chris Darrow
  • Les Thompson
  • Ralph Barr
The Dirt Band 1970–1976
  • Jeff Hanna
  • John McEuen
  • Jimmie Fadden
  • Les Thompson
  • Jim Ibbotson
  • Jackie Clark
  • John Cable
Contributing Players
Will The Circle Be Unbroken vocalists

Production

Production, art direction, design – William McEuen