Description ESSENTIAL ALBUM FOR AMERICANA/COUNTRY MUSIC FANS THE NITTY GRITTY DIRT BAND "WILL THE CIRCLE BE UNBROKEN" LEGENDARY THREE LP RECORD SET UAS9801 US Pressing from 1972 VINYL & INNER SLEEVES BOTH EXCELLENT, TRIPLE GATEFOLD SLEEVE VG+ Will the Circle be Unbroken is the seventh album by the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, with collaboration from many famous bluegrass and country-western players, including Roy Acuff, "Mother" Maybelle Carter, Doc Watson, Earl Scruggs, Randy Scruggs, Merle Travis, Pete "Oswald" Kirby, Norman Blake, Jimmy Martin, and others. It also introduced fiddler Vassar Clements to a wider audience. The album's title comes from a song by Ada R. Habershon (re-arranged by A. P. Carter) and reflects how the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band was trying to tie together two generations of musicians. Nitty Gritty Dirt Band was a young country-rock band with a hippie look. Acuff described them as "a bunch of long-haired West Coast boys." The other players were much older and more famous from the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s, primarily as old-time country and bluegrass players. TRACK LIST: A1 Grand Ole Opry Song 2:59 A2 Keep On The Sunny Side 3:35 A3 Nashville Blues 3:10 A4 You Are My Flower 3:35 A5 The Precious Jewel 3:30 A6 Dark As A Dungeon 2:45 B1 Tennessee Stud 4:22 B2 Black Mountain Rag 2:10 B3 The Wreck On The Highway 3:24 B4 The End Of The World 3:53 B5 I Saw The Light 3:45 C1 Sunny Side Of The Mountain 2:23 C2 Nine Pound Hammer 2:14 C3 Losin' You (Might Be The Best Thing Yet) 2:44 C4 Honky Tonkin' 2:19 C5 You Don't Know My Mind 2:45 C6 My Walkin' Shoes 2:02 D1 Lonesome Fiddle Blues 2:41 D2 Cannonball Rag 1:15 D3 Avalanche 2:50 D4 Flint Hill Special 2:12 D5 Togary Mountain 2:25 D6 Earl's Breakdown 2:34 D7 Orange Blossom Special 2:14 D8 Wabash Cannonball 2:00 E1 Lost Highway 3:37 E2 Doc Watson & Merle Travis: First Meeting (Dialogue) 1:48 E3 Way Downtown 3:30 E4 Down Yonder 2:58 E5 Pins And Needles (In My Heart) 2:53 E6 Honky Tonk Blues 2:22 E7 Sailin' On To Hawaii 2:00 F1 I'm Thinking Tonight Of My Blue Eyes 4:25 F2 I Am A Pilgrim 2:55 F3 Wildwood Flower 3:34 F4 Soldier's Joy 2:05 F5 Will The Circle Be Unbroken 4:50 F6 Both Sides Now Please note I am using the Record Collector definitions of quality as a guideline: MINT. The record itself is in brand new condition with no surface marks or deterioration in sound quality. EXCELLENT. The record shows some signs of having been played, but there is very little lessening in sound quality. The cover and packaging might have slight wear and / or creasing. VERY GOOD. The record has obviously been played many times, but displays no major deterioration in sound quality, despite noticeable surface marks and the occasional light scratch. Normal wear and tear on the cover or extra items, without any major defects, is acceptable. GOOD. The record has been played so much that the sound quality has noticeably deteriorated, perhaps with some distortion and mild scratches. The cover and contents suffer from folding, scuffing of edges, spine splits, discolouration, etc.