Steve Earle Copperhead Road Vinyl

Folk rock country rock.

Steve earle copperhead road vinyl. Vinyl lp album club edition country. Personally i think this is his finest album and he has never bettered it. Uni records uni 7 format. View credits reviews tracks and shop for the 1988 barcode vinyl release of copperhead road on discogs.

Copperhead road is the third album by country rock star steve earle who had fell out with nashville so went to memphis to record it. Often referred to as earle s first rock record earle himself calls it the world s first blend of heavy metal and bluegrass. Inevitably it will be called steve earle s rock record. Folk rock country rock steve earle copperhead road 1988 vinyl discogs.

Keyboards were used to create bagpipes a romantic mandolin mixed with sharp guitar riffs celtic sounds with country rock. Uni records uni 7 bmg direct r 100679 format. The picture sleeve has a deletion notch cut to the top edge but also retains its hype stickered opened shrinkwrap and the vinyl appears in near as new condition uni 7. Copperhead road is the third studio album by steve earle originally released in 1988.

You love him or you hate him i m the former. Copperhead road title track is perhaps the best known but all the tracks on here are excellent and there is a good variety of up tempo numbers. Folk rock country rock steve earle copperhead road 1988 vinyl discogs explore. Steve earle is a bit of an acquired taste musically.

Released in 1988 it reached no 7 on the country album chart although no songs were released as singles in the u s. Vinyl lp album barcode country. Limited 180 gram heavyweight vinyl lp pressing. Mca records mcf 3426 format.

Whatever you call it the album introduces country music s storytelling and three chord structures to rockabilly and contemporary rock. In fact it s an extension of the country rock of his last two albums with the guitars and drums turned up a few. The album is often referred to as earle s first quot rock recordquot. Steve earle released copperhead road in 1988.

Copperhead road at the end of 1988 earle sought new stylistic challenges with the mainstream rock influenced material of copperhead road gb 42 us 56. That may explain why earle fortified his band with new players most notably donny roberts the guitarist in webb wilder s band and went to memphis to record copperhead road.