STUCK IN THE VINYL AGAIN - GEORGE STRAIT - #7

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Good Monday morning gang and welcome back to Stuck In The Vinyl Again. Today we find ourselves celebrating the 68th Birthday of country music great, George Strait. Happy Birthday George ! With him in mind we spotlight his sixth studio album, #7. #7 was released May 14, 1986 on the MCA label and produced by Jimmy Bowen and George Strait. It peaked at #127 on the Billboard 200 while clenching #1, on the Top Country Albums charts. "Nobody In His Right Mind Would've Left Her" (#1 in both the US and Canada) and "It Ain't Cool To Be Crazy About You" (#5 Canada, #1 US) were released as singles. The LP sees George covering  Dean Dillon,  Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys, and Webb Pierce.

1. "Deep Water" Fred Rose 2:31
2. "Nobody in His Right Mind Would've Left Her"  2:50
3. "Rhythm of the Road"  2:16
4. "I'm Never Gonna Let You Go"  3:08
5. "You Still Get to Me"  2:03
6. "Stranger Things Have Happened"  2:48
7. "It Ain't Cool to Be Crazy About You"  2:49
8. "Why'd You Go and Break My Heart"  2:39
9. "My Old Flame Is Burnin' Another Honky Tonk Down"  2:55
10. "Cow Town"  2:49

George Strait – lead vocals
Curtis "Mr. Harmony" Young – background vocals
Eddie Bayers – drums
David Hungate – bass guitar
Billy Joe Walker, Jr. – electric guitar, acoustic guitar
Reggie Young – electric guitar
Richard Bennett – electric guitar, acoustic guitar
John Barlow Jarvis – piano
Johnny Gimble – fiddle, mandolin
Paul Franklin – steel guitar

Production :

Willie Pevear – recording
Bob Bullock – overdubs
Chuck Ainlay – overdubs
Ron Treat – mixing
Mark J. Coddington – engineer
Keith Odle – engineer
Tim Kish – engineer
Russ Martin – engineer
Peter Nash – photography
Simon Levy – art direction
Camille Brown – design