Grin (Grin album) explained

Grin
Type:	Album
Artist:	Grin
Cover:	Grin-1st-300px.jpg
Released:	June 1971
Recorded:	1969–1970
Studio:	Wally Heider Studios, San Francisco
Genre:	Rock
Length:	41:42
Label:	Spindizzy Epic (original LP & vinyl reissue), Acadia (SonyBMG) (2005 remastered CD reissue)
Producer:	David Briggs
Next Title:	1+1
Next Year:	1972

Grin is a 1971 album by Grin, featuring songs by their guitarist Nils Lofgren. As well as being an album in its own right, this was released by CBS in the UK as part of a 1976 double album set along with its successor 1+1. In 2005, it was issued on CD in remastered form, with the addition of two more tracks from the original sessions. The album was dedicated to Roy Buchanan with "special thanks" to Neil Young and Crazy Horse.

Track listing

All tracks composed by Nils Lofgren

1. "Like Rain" - 3:38
2. "See What a Love Can Do" - 5:02 (*) (Jerry Williams - scat vocals)
3. "Everybody's Missin' the Sun" - 2:44
4. "18 Faced Lover" - 3:26
5. "Outlaw" - 4:02 (*)
6. "We All Sung Together" - 3:44
7. "If I Were a Song" - 3:10
8. "Take You to the Movies Tonight" - 1:45
9. "Direction" - 4:14
10. "Pioneer Mary" - 3:45 (*)
11. "Open Wide" - 3:02
12. "I Had Too Much (Miss Dazi)" - 3:23

2005 Sony CD bonus tracks

1. "Nobody" - 2:57
2. "Sing for Happiness" - 3:15 (**)

All songs written by Nils Lofgren. Timings taken from remastered CD.

"Nobody" features the original lyrics prior to being re-written for Crazy Horse. Both "Nobody" and "Sing for Happiness" were previously released on The Very Best of Grin, Spindizzy/Epic Associated/Legacy 65697-SI.

Cover versions

The live track labelled "Any Day Woman" recorded by Plainsong includes a version of "Take You to the Movies Tonight" after that Paul Siebel song.

Personnel

Grin

• Nils Lofgren - Guitars, Keyboards, Vocals
• Bob Berberich - Drums, Vocals
• Bob Gordon - Bass, Vocals

with:

• (*) Harmony vocals by Danny Whitten, Neil Young and Ralph Molina.
• (*) Scat singing by Jerry Williams
• (**) Ben Keith on steel guitar

Technical

• Bruce McCauley - cover artwork

References

All information from album & CD cover and label.^{[1] [2]}

Notes and References

1. Grin, Grin, Spindizzy Z 30321 (1971) LP
2. Grin, Grin, Acadia ACA 8090 (2005) CD reissue