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Changin’ Times

Lester Flatt

Album · 1968 · Columbia 18 10 0370

Changin’ Times was released by Columbia in January 1968 (CL 2796 mono, CS 9596 stereo) as a Flatt & Scruggs album of songs from the folk revival and the singer-songwriter repertoire. Bob Dylan’s “Blowin’ in the Wind,” “Mr. Tambourine Man,” “It Ain’t Me Babe,” “Don’t Think Twice, It’s Alright” and “Down in the Flood” share the eleven tracks with Pete Seeger’s “Where Have All the Flowers Gone,” Woody Guthrie’s “This Land Is Your Land,” Ian Tyson’s “Four Strong Winds” and Bobbie Gentry’s “Ode to Billie Joe.” The band’s own “Foggy Mountain Breakdown” and “Buddy, Don’t Roll So Slow” round out the set. It reached No. 7 on Billboard’s country albums chart.

The songs were recorded at Columbia’s studio in Nashville on 21 and 26 September and 18 and 20 October 1967, with Bob Johnston producing. Lester Flatt sang lead and played guitar, with Earl Scruggs on banjo, Buck Graves on dobro, Jake Tullock on bass and Paul Warren on fiddle. The sessions also brought in Randy Scruggs on guitar, Charlie McCoy on harmonica and Gary Scruggs on harmony vocals. Flatt and Scruggs broke up in 1969, after which Flatt led the Nashville Grass and Scruggs the Earl Scruggs Revue.

Tracklist

  1. 1 Down In the Flood 2:17
  2. 2 Mr. Tambourine Man Source Recording Bob Dylan · key Bb · 78 bpm 3:03
  3. 3 Don’t Think Twice It’s Alright Source Recording Bob Dylan · key E · 108 bpm 3:20
  4. 4 Where Have All the Flowers Gone Source Recording Pete Seeger · key A · 77 bpm 3:01
  5. 5 Blowin’ in the Wind Source Recording Bob Dylan · key C · 91 bpm 2:38
  6. 6 It Ain’t Me Babe alt version 2:45
  7. 7 Ode to Billie Joe 4:20
  8. 8 Four Strong Winds 2:43
  9. 9 Buddy, Don' Roll so Slow 2:48
  10. 10 Foggy Mountain Breakdown - Featured in the Motion Picture "Bonnie and Clyde" 2:07
  11. 11 This Land is Your Land Source Recording Woody Guthrie · key Eb · 98 bpm 2:44

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