Song in a Seashell explained
| Song in a Seashell |
| Type: | Studio |
| Artist: | Tom T. Hall |
| Cover: | TomTHall_Song_in_a_Seashell.jpg |
| Released: | 1985 |
| Studio: | Young 'Un Sound, Nashville, Tennessee |
| Genre: | Country |
| Label: | Mercury |
| Producer: | Jerry Kennedy |
| Prev Title: | Natural Dreams |
| Prev Year: | 1984 |
| Next Title: | Country Songs for Kids |
| Next Year: | 1989 |
Song in a Seashell is an album by American country music singer Tom T. Hall released in 1985 on Mercury Records that reached #63 in the country music chart. Three singles from the album charted, “A Bar With No Beer” at #40,[1] “Down in the Florida Keys” at #42 and “Love Letters in the Sand” at #79.
Track listing
All tracks composed by Tom T. Hall; except where indicated
Side 1
- "That Lucky Old Sun" (Haven Gillespie, Beasley Smith) – 2:16
- "A Bar with No Beer" – 2:52
- "I Have Friends – 2:39
- "A Song in a Seashell" – 2:05
- "Red Sails in the Sunset" (Jimmy Kennedy, Hugh Williams) – 2:50
Side 2
- "Down in the Florida Keys" – 2:46
- "Love Letters in the Sand" (Fred Coots, Charles Kenny, Nick Kenny) – 2:13
- "This Ain’t Exactly What I Had in Mind" – 3:36
- "Gone Fishin’" (Nick Kenny, Charles Kenny) – 2:31
- "We’re All Through Dancing" – 2:51[2]
Musicians
- David Briggs, Hargus "Pig" Robbins - keyboards
- Jerry Carrigan, Ron Gannaway - percussion
- Ray Edenton, Jerry Kennedy, Pete Wade, Chip Young - guitar
- Weldon Myrick - steel guitar
- Mike Leech - bass guitar
- George Binkley, John Borg, Roy Christensen, Virginia Christensen, Connie Callopy, Charles Everett, Carl Gorodetzky, Lennie Haight, Lee Larrison, Dennis Molchan, Pamela Sixfin, Mark Tanner, Gary Vanosdale, Stephanie Woolf - strings (Nashville String Machine)
- Bergen White - string arrangements
- The Beach Buch - background vocals on “Down in the Florida Keys"[2]
Production
- Produced by: Jerry Kennedy
- Recorded and Mixed at: Young 'Un Sound, Nashville, TN
- Engineers: Ron “Snake” Reynolds assisted by Barry Foy
- Mastered at: Master Mix, Nashville, TN by Hank Williams
- Album Design: Bill Brunt (Private Eye Studio)
- Photography: Scott Bonner & Ron Keith[2]
Notes and References
- Web site: Album Search for "song in a seashell" . . 2016-08-10.
- Original album sleeve notes
