VNTG 1974 THE EAGLES GLENN FREY "ON THE BORDER" MINT VINYL LP ORIGINAL PRESSING
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Description
VINTAGE
1974
THE EAGLES
"ON THE BORDER"
ORIGINAL PRESSING
MINT 33 RPM 12" VINYL LP
ASYLUM RECORDS NO. 7E-1004
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CONDITION
VINYL: MINT
Vinyl was likely never played; looks like it was just pressed; perfect labels.
JACKET: NM MINUS
Minor soiling and ring wear front and back.
Features beautiful cover painting by Navajo Native American Painter Beatien Yazz.
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THE EAGLES
GLENN FREY: VOCALS, GUITARS, PIANO / DON HENLEY: VOCALS, DRUMS / BERNIE LEADON: VOCALS, GUITARS, BANJO, STEEL GUITAR / RANDY MEISNER: VOCALS, BASS / (LATE ARRIVAL): DON FELDER: ELECTRIC GUITAR
SONGS
SIDE ONE
ALREADY GONE / YOU NEVER CRY LIKE A LOVER / MIDNIGHT FLYER / MY MAN / ON THE BORDER
SIDE TWO
JAMES DEAN / OL '55 / IS IT TRUE / GOOD DAY IN HELL / THE BEST OF MY LOVE
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QUOTES FROM GLENN FREY AND DON HENLEY ABOUT SONGS FROM "ON THE BORDER"
ALREADY GONE
GLENN: "It was at this time that The Eagles changed producers and started working with Bill Szymczyk. I was much more comfortable in the studio with Bill, and he was more than willing to let everyone stretch a bit. “Already Gone” — that’s me being happier; that’s me being free."
THE BEST OF MY LOVE
GLENN FREY: "I was playing acoustic guitar one afternoon in Laurel Canyon, and I was trying to figure out a tuning that Joni Mitchell had shown me a couple of days earlier. I got lost and ended up with the guitar tuning for what would later turn out to be “The Best of My Love.”"
JAMES DEAN
GLENN FREY: "When it came time to do On the Border, we got “James Dean” right off the shelf and said, “Let’s finish this.” I always thought the best line in “James Dean” was “I know my life would look alright if I could see it on the silver screen.”"
OL’ 55
GLENN FREY: "David Geffen played me a tape of Tom Waits in his office. “Ol’ 55” was the first song on a demo that had maybe three songs on it. I loved the song, got Tom Waits’ version, and took it to the band. I played it for Don and said, “I think we should do this. We can split the vocals, it could be really cool, and we could do oooohs in this section here.” I really liked the song. Still do. It’s such a car thing. Your first car is like your first apartment. You had a mobile studio apartment! “Ol’ 55” was so Southern California, and yet there was some Detroit in it as well. It was that car thing, and I loved the idea of driving home at sunrise, thinking about what had happened the night before.
MIDNIGHT FLYER
DON HENLEY: "I was happy to do something in that vein, because I was a big bluegrass fan. The Dillards, in particular, had an enormous impact on me. Along with Doug Dillard and Herb Pedersen, Bernie Leadon was one of the top banjo players in the country, so I was proud to do a bluegrass tune — thought it lent a certain amount of authenticity and credibility to our band. It showed versatility."
DON HENLEY: "This track turned out to be completely different from what I had envisioned. As for the lyrics, there was a lot going on in the country at that time regarding the impeachment of Richard Nixon. The whole Watergate debacle was coming to a head. Interestingly, not unlike now, there were a lot of people concerned about the government overstepping its bounds with regard to issues of privacy. So that’s what the verses ended up being about. I like Glenn’s cool little R&B guitar part in the tag, though, and at the very end there’s something almost inaudible. Someone — it had to be Glenn or me — says, “Say goodnight, Dick,” which was a phrase made famous on The Smothers Brothers’ show when Tommy says, “Say goodnight, Dick.” We were addressing Nixon, because at that time it was pretty clear that he was on his way out, so that was our little kiss-off to Tricky Dick.
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