Telecaster master Bill Kirchen was right there at the BIG BANG of Americana as a founder member of Commander Cody and his Lost Planet Airmen in 1967. Playing guitar has been his only job ever since.

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Over a ten-year period commencing in 2006, he made albums exclusively at Proper Records’ SPECIFIC SOUND studio in London – until it was demolished when we moved premises.

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This limited-edition vinyl album, culled from "The Proper Years" featured in the player, contains a selection of highlights from the period. (All thirty-eight tracks including some bonus material are available on a two-CD set). These tracks are available on vinyl, here, for the first time.

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TRACKLISTING 

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SIDE A

1.     Get A Little Goner  2:44

2.     Rocks Into Sand  3:27 

3.     Word To The Wise (with Dan Hicks) 2:49

4.     Bump Wood 4:11

5.     Man In The Bottom Of The Well (with ElvisCostello) 4:36

SIDE B

1.     Time Will Tell The Story 4:17

2.     Ain’t Got Time For The Blues (with MariaMuldaur) 3:53

3.     Truck Stop At The End Of The World 3:14

4.     Womb To The Tomb 3:59

5.     The Times They Are A-Changin’ (with Austin de Lone) 5:26

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