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In 1967, The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band released their first album (which is a hard to find Japanese import CD only) which was pretty much a mixture of styles, here the Dirt Band take the styles and find a great way to do them. There's kazoo-dominated numbers,rock/pop,folk and country. An album to get if you're interesting in what one of country music's most successful acts sounded like 34 years ago...

This is my favorite NGDB album 'cause it's fresh, original, and there was nothing else like it when it came out in '67. I know 'cause I was there. A bunch of friends and I, who were in college at the time, loved to listen to this one, especially when we were feeling really good. Listening to it today brings a flood of memories about those good times. The Teddy Bears' Picnic is a real grabber, but the rest of the songs are good too, demonstrating musical virtuousity and the guts to be different. It's definitely not for the country music set - it's trippy and nostalgic. If you can listen to it without smiling, get thee to a shrink!

Just what I remembered. The sound is top shelf and the music takes me back to my college days. Great trip down memory lane.