Content
Most of the songs presented on this album are covers of others or were covered later by other country artists. "Take This Job and Shove It" was first recorded by its writer David Allan Coe on his 1977 album, Family Album and since being made famous by Paycheck a multitude of others have covered it. Gene Watson covered "From Cotton to Satin" in 2008. "The Spirits of St. Louis" would be covered in 1979 by Stonewall Jackson on his album Bad Ass. Around that same time he released the single, "Listening to Johnny Paycheck". 1979 also saw Moe Bandy covering "Barstool Mountain" for his album, It's a Cheating Situation as well as Charlie Rich recording "The Fool Strikes Again" for an album of the same name. "Georgia in a Jug" was most recently recorded by Blake Shelton in 2003 for his album The Dreamer. "The Man From Bowling Green", co-written by Troy Seals was first recorded by Tammy Wynette in 1975 for her album titled I Still Believe in Fairy Tales. It would subsequently be recorded by Jody Miller and Bob Luman in 1976. Colorado Kool-Aid was originally recorded by Red Sovine.
Track listing
Side One
- "Take This Job and Shove It" (David Allan Coe) - 2:35
- "From Cotton to Satin (From Birmingham to Manhattan)" (James Vest, David Chamberlain) - 3:05
- "The Spirits of St. Louis" (Roger Bowling, Robert John Jones) - 3:03
- "The 4-F Blues" (Jerry Foster, Bill Rice) - 2:37
- "Barstool Mountain" (Donn Tankersley, Wayne Carson) - 2:50
Production
- All tracks produced by Billy Sherrill
- Recorded and engineered at CBS Recording Studios by Lou Bradley[1]
Personnel
- The Nashville Edition - background vocals[1]
- Pete Drake - steel guitar (uncredited)
- Technical
- Bill Barnes - album design
- Slick Lawson - photography
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