Song in a Seashell

1985 studio album by Tom T. Hall
Song in a Seashell
Studio album by
Tom T. Hall
Released1985
StudioYoung 'Un Sound, Nashville, Tennessee
GenreCountry
LabelMercury
ProducerJerry Kennedy
Tom T. Hall chronology
Natural Dreams
(1984)
Song in a Seashell
(1985)
Country Songs for Kids
(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
  1. "That Lucky Old Sun" (Haven Gillespie, Beasley Smith) – 2:16
  2. "A Bar with No Beer" – 2:52
  3. "I Have Friends – 2:39
  4. "A Song in a Seashell" – 2:05
  5. "Red Sails in the Sunset" (Jimmy Kennedy, Hugh Williams) – 2:50

Side 2

  1. "Down in the Florida Keys" – 2:46
  2. "Love Letters in the Sand" (Fred Coots, Charles Kenny, Nick Kenny) – 2:13
  3. "This Ain’t Exactly What I Had in Mind" – 3:36
  4. "Gone Fishin’" (Nick Kenny, Charles Kenny) – 2:31
  5. "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]

References

  1. ^ "Album Search for "song in a seashell"". AllMusic. Retrieved 2016-08-10.
  2. ^ a b c Original album sleeve notes
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