Oh, What a Mighty Time


Oh, What a Mighty Time is an album by the country rock band New Riders of the Purple Sage. Their sixth studio album and their seventh album overall, it was released by Columbia Records in 1975.
Oh, What a Mighty Time was produced by Bob Johnston. Jerry Garcia of the Grateful Dead plays guitar on three songs, and Sly Stone plays keyboards and sings on one song.

Track listing

  1. "Mighty Time" – 5:13
  2. "I Heard You Been Layin' My Old Lady" – 3:24
  3. "Strangers on a Train" – 2:45
  4. "Up Against the Wall, Redneck Mother" – 4:13
  5. "Take a [Letter Maria|Take a Letter, Maria]" – 4:07
  6. "Little Old Lady" – 2:52
  7. "On Top of Old Smoky" – 2:39
  8. "Over and Over" – 3:08
  9. "La Bamba" – 3:44
  10. "Going Round the Horn" – 3:33
  11. "Farewell, Angelina" – 2:42

Personnel

New Riders of the Purple Sage

Additional musicians

  • Sly Stone – vocals, organ, piano on "Mighty Time"
  • Jerry Garcia – guitar on "Mighty Time", "I Heard You Been Layin' My Old Lady", and "Take a Letter, Maria"
  • Jeff Narell – steel drum on "Over and Over"
  • Pepper Watkins, Bootche Anderson, Marilyn Scott – vocals on "I Heard You Been Layin' My Old Lady", "Strangers on a Train", "Up Against the Wall, Redneck", and "Take a Letter, Maria"
  • Ray Park – fiddle on "Going Round the Horn"
  • St. Beulah's Church Choir – vocals on "Mighty Time"
  • Portion of Glide Memorial Church Choir – vocals on "Mighty Time"
  • Patty Santos Cockrell, Peña Blanca, Lucha Cardenas – vocals on "Over and Over", and "La Bamba"
  • The Senator – vocals on "Over and Over"
  • Andrea Ahlgren – vocals on "Over and Over"

Production