Nils Lofgren
Nils Lofgren




Disc
1. Be Good Tonight
2. Back It Up
3. One More Saturday Night
4. If I Say It, It's So
5. I Don't Want To Know
6. Keith Don't Go (Ode To The Glimmer Twin)
7. Can't Buy A Break
8. Duty
9. The Sun Hasn't Set On This Boy Yet
10. Rock And Roll Crook
11. Two By Two
12. Goin' Back

Price: $14.98

RELEASE DATE: October 8th 2007

Long before he gained additional notoriety as a member of Bruce Springsteen’s E Street band in the early ’80s, Nils Lofgren had already earned his mettle at an early age. The diminutive yet prodigious and athletic musician—accordion, piano and guitar—formed his first group, Grin, in his late teens. A key highlight of their live shows, which Lofgren also maintained in his burgeoning solo career, was the trampoline act he regularly showcased while bouncing, somersaulting and playing the guitar at the same time.

The next key phase of Lofgren’s career began with the recording of this long-out-of-print, solo album debut for A&M Records that, over the many years since its initial release, has proven itself to be a true classic. With solid songwriting by Lofgren, along with tasteful execution and masterful, subtle co-production by the late, journeyman-producer-musician David Briggs, the debut, literally struck a chord with FM radio programmers, the supportive critics and especially Lofgren’s ever-growing fan base.

This was the album whose highlights included “Back It Up,” the reflective “The Sun Hasn’t Set On This Boy Yet” and “Keith Don’t Go”—written as a personal plea to Keith Richards to not leave the Rolling Stones (a longstanding rumor at the time of its inception). Considering the latter’s status today, in 2007, who knows, maybe Lofgren’s words had some influence.

All told, this eponymous debut contained many of the songs that became synonymous with Lofgren through his entire career. A landmark in rock history, it’s now available through Hip-O Select.


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Hi Eddie,
Thanks for pointing this out. I'm pretty happy with my old Ryko copy of the album. I just hope Hip-O will keep doing more of the ancient Lofgren albums as I will pick them up if offered. It would be nice if Hip-O would make some kind of deal with Nils to arrange having some old unreleased shows to go with the just released Back It Up: The Official Bootleg.

I'm hoping for a reissue of Cry Tough, which I missed the first time around (on CD), and can pull a pretty penny on eBay. It's got Nils' cover of the Stones' "Happy."

Jimbo,

Nils' cover of "Happy" can also be found on the Steal Your Heart import compilation. It's a nice 2-CD set.

Thanks Earl, that may be easier to track down. I see one on Amazon for $45.00, I'll keep searching.

Jimbo- if I ever get around to making the perfect Nils mix CD, I'll let you know and see if you want a copy. In fact, I'll try to do that soon.

Isn't Nils' cover of "Happy" from his third solo album "I Came To Dance", not the previous year's "Cry Tough"?

On my wish-list is a re-issue of "Nils" from 1979, where he did a wonderful cover version of Randy Newman's song "Baltimore". I've been trying to track that one down for years.

"Baltimore" is also on the "Steal Your Heart" compilation.

Cry Tough would be great .my ryko copy of Nils Lofgren is good .Glad to see all the Grin stuff out. All old Nils would be great.

Right you are. I shoulda known better!

I suggested to my inside source at Universal that Hip-O Select should reissue all of Nils' A&M albums. If the first one sells, maybe they'll follow with the rest.