Vinyl plays with occasional crackles (play-graded). Textured gate-fold cover looks great; a few creases near edges; light-scuffing and surface impressions (front/back/inner-gate); tiny surface abrasions (front/back); slight discoloration with darker discoloration spots on inner-gate. Inner-sleeve is original (WB ads/order form); seams partially split. Spine is easy-to-read with mild-wear and discoloration. Shelf-wear along top/bottom-edge and corners. Opening is crisp with signs of light use and divots. Stereo pressing with tan steamboat label. (Not a cut-out.)
A typical Arlo Guthrie mix of contemporary folk songs and unexpected material from the past, with a little Bob Dylan and dad Woody Guthrie added for good measure. Guthrie's cover of Dylan's When the Ship Comes In is superb, as is his slide guitar take on Hoyt Axton's Lightning Bar Blues. Also worth noting are renditions of Woody's sad ballad, 1913 Massacre, Axton's Somebody Turned on the Light, and Guthrie's own Days Are Short. And then there is his definitive cover of The City of New Orleans, Steve Goodman's ode to the vanishing railroads of middle America. New Orleans was Guthrie's only real hit single, and its Good morning, America, how are ya? chorus echoed from AM radios throughout the land, making the song a folk music standard.