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Personnel: Merle Haggard (vocals, guitar, fiddle); Ronnie Reno (vocals, guitar); Dolly Parton, Dennis Hromek, Herman Harper, Helen Carter, Mother Maybelle Carter, Anita Carter, The Carter Family, Bonnie Owens (vocals); Johnny Gimble (guitar, fiddle); James Capps, David Carroll Kirby, David Gates, Jerry "Chip Young" Stembridge, Albert "Al Bruno" Bruneau, Bobby Wayne, Glenn Keener, Hollis R. "Red Lane" DeLaughter, Robert C. Thompson, Jerry Reed Hubbard, Jody Payne, Jerry Shook (guitar); James Burton (electric guitar, dobro); Norm Hamlet (steel guitar, dobro); Harold Lee "Curly" Chalker (steel guitar); Johnnie Lee Wills (banjo); Martin Katahn, Carl Gorodetzky, Byron Bach (violin); Chubby Wise, James Holley, Gordon Terry, William Armstrong (fiddle); Gary VanOsdale (viola); David Vanderkooi (cello); Tommy Morgan (harmonica); William Puett (clarinet, tenor saxophone, horns); Don Markham, Ronald James "Jim" Horn (saxophone); Roy Caton, William Ellsworth "Alex" Brashear, Virgil Evans (trumpet); Elmer "Moe" Schneider, Jerry Rosa (trombone); Hargus "Pig" Robbins (piano, keyboards); Earl Poole Ball, George French, Jr., William Edward "Billy" Liebert, Glen D. Hardin, Jerry Whitehurst (piano); Richard Farrell Morris (vibraphone, drums, bells, chimes); Sam Goldstein, Tommy Ash, Jim Gordon , Roy Edward Burris, Biff Adam, Buddy Harman (drums). Audio Mixer: Charlie Paakkari. Recording information: Assembly Of God Tabernacle, Keyes, CA (08/26/1968-04/22/1976); Big Creek Baptist Church, Millington, TN (08/26/1968-04/22/1976); Buck Owens' Studio, Bakersfield, CA (08/26/1968-04/22/1976); Capitol Recording Studios, Hollywood, CA (08/26/1968-04/22/1976); Civic Center, Muskogee, OK (08/26/1968-04/22/1976); Civic Center, Philadelphia, PA (08/26/1968-04/22/1976); Columbia Recording Studio, Nashville, TN (08/26/1968-04/22/1976); Dallas, TX (08/26/1968-04/22/1976); Jack Clement Recording Studios, Nashville, TN (08/26/1968-04/22/1976); Mediasound, New York, NY (08/26/1968-04/22/1976); Nashville, TN (08/26/1968-04/22/1976); New Orleans, LA (08/26/1968-04/22/1976); RCA Victor Studio, Nashville, TN (08/26/1968-04/22/1976); San Quentin Garden Chapel, San Quentin, CA (08/26/1968-04/22/1976); Union Rescue Mission, Nashville, TN (08/26/1968-04/22/1976); United Recording Corporation, Hollywood, CA (08/26/1968-04/22/1976). Author: Merle Haggard. Illustrator: R.A. Andreas. Photographer: R.A. Andreas. Unknown Contributor Roles: Dale Hampton; John McCormick; Gene Bowen. Arranger: Bill Walker . This is a sumptuously appointed six-CD collection of the iconic country artist Merle Haggard's later Capitol Records years. A follow-up to the German reissue label Bear Family's 1995 UNTAMED HAWK set, it compiles most of the recordings Haggard made throughout the end of the 1960s and the first half of the '70s, during one of the most divisive periods in 20th-century American history. Though the singer's appeal during this polarized time was superficially conservative, as evidenced by songs such as
