One for the Road

Description

One for the Road is the sophomore solo album by the American singer and songwriter Randy York, independently released on Rockwood Records in 1978. The album was produced by Randy York, engineered by Bob Dixon, Len Hendrix and York, and mixed by York and Dixon at WETN Studios in Wheaton, Illinois; July 18-19, 1978.

One For The Road is a collection of solo performances – a mix of before-an-audience and live-in-studio tracks recorded at various high schools, coffee-houses, studios and living rooms. In addition to great music there’s some humorous audience talk about such topics as the song «Convoy» and Christian disco (aka “Crisco”). Other oddities include studio chitchat, «Take Me Out To The Ball Game» (sung off by one syllable) and the strange heavily-reverbed poetry reading «The Winter Chill». Pretty much a classic in my book with the home-made carefree attitude of Norman’s Streams Of White Light. Weird cover of can of Wheaton Beer: “a pure brew from God’s country”. [Ken Scott, The Archivist, 4th edition]

LP tracklist:

Side One
A1. “Maybe Monday Morning” – 2:29
A2. “A Soft Song For Mary Long” – 0:59
A3. “Take Me Out To The Ball Game” – 3:36
A4. “Hello, Thomas, J.” – 5:45
A5. “Crisco” – 0:44
A6. “The Man In The Moon” – 4:21
A7. “The Winter Chill” – 0:54
A8. “Every Task, Every Song” – 1:20

Side Two
B1. “Stop Him?” / “Resurrection Song” – 6:06
B2. “Wake Up” – 2:03
B3. “Diana” / “Your Faith Will Make You Whole” – 6:40
B4. “Foreign Car Song” – 5:33

Note: The shrinkwrap has a sticker that reads “Deluxe One Record Set!”