Best New Riders of the Purple Sage recording

IMHO, their first, self-titled album, is the best. It is one of my favorite albums and every song gets better each time you listen. I still listen to it relatively often. GREAT RECORD!
Of course, you could always pick up "The Best Of . . ." and get a good idea of their music.

Agree with Ncarv - their first album. I would add, in my opinion - by a long way; but that's probably because of my affection for Jerry's pedal steel guitar work. Listen to it wail on "Dirty Business". Buddy Cage took over those duties on subsequent albums, and he's certainly a talent.

Regards,

The self-titled album is my favorite--super songs and reasonably well-recorded. There are some fun, sunny day driving tunes and a few well-rendered laid back titles like "All I Ever Wanted". Great bass guitar playing throughout with Jerry providing some nice pedal steel.

Panama Red is also a great record, but there is a persistent tape hiss that encroaches on the music and is hard to ignore.

Here is a case where the Joe Gaswirt remastered cd's clearly surpass the original vinyl recordings--better bass, crisper highs and a fuller sound. I'd suggest looking for these either new or used.

And. . . if you get LP "The Best of" you also get a great album cover to stare at!