Gentle On My Mind and Other Originals

Gentle On My Mind and Other Originals
Gentle On My Mind and Other Originals
Compilation album by John Hartford
Released	1968
Studio	Nashville Sound
Genre	Folk, country
Length	26:21
Label	RCA Victor
Producer	Felton Jarvis

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[2]

Gentle On My Mind and Other Originals is an album by folk, country and bluegrass musician and songwriter John Hartford.^[3] It was released by RCA Victor in 1968.

The album was recorded in RCA's "Nashville Sound" studio in Nashville, Tennessee.^[4]

Critical reception[edit]

Billboard praised the album, calling Hartford one of the era's "great songwriters."^[5]

Track listing[edit]

All songs written by John Hartford.

Side 1

"California Earthquake" – 3:00
"Gentle on My Mind" – 3:00
"Natural to Be Gone" – 1:46
"The Six O'Clock Train and a Girl with Green Eyes" – 2:38
"A Simple Thing As Love" – 2:54

Side 2

"Mouth to Mouth Resuscitation" – 1:50
"I Would Not Be Here" – 2:19
"Front Porch" – 1:56
Untangle Your Mind" – 2:02
"Like Unto a Mockingbird" – 2:46
"The Tall Tall Grass" – 2:20

Personnel[edit]

John Hartford – banjo, guitar, fiddle, vocals

Production[edit]

Felton Jarvis – producer
Jim Malloy – recording engineer
Al Pachucki – recording engineer
Cam Mullins – arranger, Tracks 4 and 5 on Side 1

References[edit]

^ "Gentle On My Mind & Other Originals - John Hartford | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 4. MUZE. p. 166.
^ The New Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll. Fireside. 1995. p. 442.
^ John Hartford, Gentle On My Mind and Other Originals. (vinyl LP); RCA Victor, 1968.
^ Inc, Nielsen Business Media (November 16, 1968). "Album Reviews". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. – via Google Books. {{cite magazine}}: |last= has generic name (help)

[1] "Gentle On My Mind & Other Originals - John Hartford | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.

[CL-2] Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 4. MUZE. p. 166.

[3] The New Rolling Stone Encyclopedia of Rock & Roll. Fireside. 1995. p. 442.

[4] John Hartford, Gentle On My Mind and Other Originals. (vinyl LP); RCA Victor, 1968.

[5] Inc, Nielsen Business Media (November 16, 1968). "Album Reviews". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. – via Google Books. {{cite magazine}}: |last= has generic name (help)

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v t e John Hartford
Solo albums	Looks at Life (1967) Earthwords & Music (1968) The Love Album (1968) Housing Project (1968) John Hartford (1969) Iron Mountain Depot (1970) Aereo-Plain (1971) Morning Bugle (1972) Mark Twang (1976) Nobody Knows What You Do (1976) All in the Name of Love (1977) Headin' Down Into the Mystery Below (1978) You and Me at Home (1980) Catalogue (1981) Gum Tree Canoe (1984) Annual Waltz (1986) Down on the River (1989) Cadillac Rag (1991) Goin' Back to Dixie (1992) The Walls We Bounce Off Of (1994) No End of Love (1996) Wild Hog in the Red Brush (1996) The Speed of the Old Long Bow (1998) Good Old Boys (1999) Hamilton Ironworks (2001) Steam Powered Aereo-Takes (2002)
Collaborations	Glitter Grass from the Nashwood Hollyville Strings (1977) Slumberin' on the Cumberland (1979) Permanent Wave (1980) Vassar Clements, John Hartford, Dave Holland (1985) Hartford & Hartford (1991) Old Sport (1994) The Fun of Open Discussion (1995) The Bullies Have All Gone to Rest (1998) Retrograss (1999)
Live albums	Live at College Station Pennsylvania (1995) Live from Mountain Stage (2000)
Compilation albums	Gentle On My Mind and Other Originals (1968) Me Oh My (1982) A John Hartford Collection (1987) RCA Country Legends: John Hartford (2001) Natural to be Gone 1967-1970 (2002) Good'le Days: Essential Recordings (2009)