First Time Around (Outlet Records STLP 1002) is a studio album from an ensemble of bluegrass performers presenting traditional material on the independent label, documenting a regional or emerging act in the direct acoustic format that characterized small-label bluegrass recording during the period when the festival circuit was creating a market for traditional acts outside the established commercial mainstream. Allen Mills plays guitar and sings; Roger Handy plays mandolin and sings; Gene Parker plays banjo; and Dempsey Young holds the bass. The self-described "First Time Around" suggests a debut recording — an ensemble presenting its performing identity for the first time in a recorded format — and the Outlet label provided the infrastructure for a project that would otherwise remain entirely in the regional live-performance circuit.
Tracklist
- 1 If today was the last day 2:22
- 2 You ain't going nowhere 3:15
- 3 Brown Hill 1:49
- 4 Bringing Mary Home alt version 3:01
- 5 Sunny Mt. Chimes 1:56
- 6 Baptism of Jessie Taylor 2:23
- 7 Bed of roses 2:20
- 8 Love of the Mountains alt version 2:48
- 9 Daisy a day 3:19
- 10 Hot Corn, Cold Corn alt version 2:31
- 11 Dempsey's run 1:53
- 12 My window faces south 1:19
