Oh What a Mighty Time

The New Riders of the Purple Sage | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 26, 2007)
• Original Release Date: 2007
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Wounded Bird Records
• ASIN: B000OPP9V6
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #323,766 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Mighty Time

2. I Heard You've Been Layin' My Old Lady

3. Strangers on a Train

4. Up Against the Wall, Redneck

5. Take a Letter, Maria

6. Little Old Lady

7. On Top of Old Smokey

8. Over and Over

9. La Bamba

10. Going Round the Horn

11. Farewell, Angelina

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Un appreciated, November 25, 2007

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Paul Williams "pawmsjr" (Pendleton, IN USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Oh What a Mighty Time (Audio CD)

At the time that this recording was released, it received HORRENDOUS reviews from the critics and is listed as the "worst" release that the band had done to that point and maybe ever. I personally don't see it. I have been a NRPS fan from near the beginning and I love this album! I have been looking for this CD ever since I made the transition from vinyl to CD's.I had pretty much given up ever seeing this in CD. It has fun and joy that characterized the band. The songs are wonderful. I particularly love the musicianship in "Take A Letter Maria" It's my favorite track even though I would have liked to have it mixed so that the second verse was fully audible. Other personal favorites are Strangers on a Train and Farewell, Angelina. Give it a listen; you may be pleasantly surprised!

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I have been searching for over 30 years for this ! THANK YOU for finally finding it!, October 22, 2009

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Lisa Ann Chambers "Piano Rocker" (Fort Ashby, WV USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Oh What a Mighty Time (Audio CD)

I listened to this from my Brother's albums when I was just 15 and was enthralled and when his album collection was stored at his friends, someone broke in the storage unit and stole all his albums. I was heartbroken, as this one was a from a cut out bin that he had gotten at a truck stop somewhere when he used to drive big rigs and I was never able to find it since the late 70's. My Brother died about 10 years ago and this is in tribute to my Brother Brent !
Up Against the Wall Rednecks !

1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Thanks to the crew at Wounded Bird (again), September 19, 2009

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James E. Rowe (Melbourne, Australia) - See all my reviews
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I'd have to agree with the previous reviewer - a much derided release that has all the joy of the mid-life Riders (Up against the Wall, Redneck' a particular favourite, the gospel fand Sly Stone brew of the title track). The musicianship is excellent as it always was when Buddy Cage was on the pedal steel and Dawson and Nelson were up front. Skip Battin brought his (ill-fitting) Byrds like contributions co-written with Kim Fowley but after they dominated Brujo, Stranger on a Train was their only offering before he became the next to jump ship and Mike Love (I think) took over bass (and some song-writing) duties for 'Who are Those Guys' which, I must admit, is not anywhere near as fine as this album (so why did it get a CD release on Wounded Bird?)I have to note this is not the first CD release of the album. The excellent Cactus Juice combines Brujo, Oh, What a Mighty Time and Home, Home on the Road as a 2-CD package with a couple of bonus tracks and is well worth the coinage - that's where my (CD) version of this album is located.