If the Shoe Fits explained

If The Shoe Fits…
Type:	Album
Artist:	Pure Prairie League
Cover:	Pure Prairie League - If the Shoe Fits.jpg
Border:	yes
Released:	January 1976^[1]
Genre:	Country rock
Length:	33:34
Label:	RCA
Producer:	John Boylan
Prev Title:	Two Lane Highway
Prev Year:	1975
Next Title:	Dance
Next Year:	1976

If the Shoe Fits is the fourth studio album by American country rock band Pure Prairie League, released in 1976.

In addition to the usual 2-channel stereo version, the album was also released by RCA Records in a 4-channel quadraphonic sound version in 1976.

The album was reissued in 2017 on a hybrid Super Audio CD by Dutton Vocalion. This edition was remastered from the original master tapes and contains both the original stereo and quadraphonic mixes. The disc is a 2 on 1 release, also containing the band's 1975 album "Two Lane Highway".

It was recorded at the Record Plant, Sausalito and Los Angeles and Capitol Studios, Hollywood.

Track listing

Song times and credits from LP.

Side one

1. "That'll Be the Day" (Jerry Allison, Buddy Holly, Norman Petty) - 2:07
2. "I Can Only Think of You" (Larry Goshorn, Michael Reilly) - 2:31
3. "Sun Shone Lightly" (Tim Goshorn) - 3:57
4. "Long Cold Winter" (L. Goshorn, George Ed Powell, Reilly) - 3:14
5. "Lucille Crawfield" (Powell) - 4:09

Side two

1. "Gimme Another Chance" (L. Goshorn) - 3:39
2. "Aren't You Mine" (Billy Hinds, Powell) - 3:41
3. "You Are So Near to Me" (Powell) - 4:28
4. "Out in the Street" (L. Goshorn) - 3:06
5. "Goin' Home" (L. Goshorn) - 3:24

Personnel

Vocals for the album are uncredited on the LP liner notes.

Pure Prairie League

• John David Call - banjo, dobro, steel guitar
• Michael Connor - keyboards
• Larry Goshorn - guitar
• Billy Hinds - drums
• George Ed Powell - guitar
• Michael Reilly - bass

Production

• Producer: John Boylan
• Engineer: Paul Grupp
• Mastered: Wally Traugott

Charts

Album

Billboard (United States)

Singles

Billboard (United States)

Notes and References

1. February 26, 1976 . If the Shoe Fits (Advertisement) . . Straight Arrow Publishers, Inc. . 207 . 80 .