Eagles – The Long Run

Name: Eagles - The Long Run
Brand: Eagles
SKU: 1323239647
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Three years in the making (which was considered an eternity in the ’70s), the Eagles’ follow-up to the massively successful, critically acclaimed Hotel California was a major disappointment, even though it sold several million copies and threw off three hit singles. Those singles, in fact, provide some insight into the record. “Heartache Tonight” was an old-fashioned rock & roll song sung by Glenn Frey, while “I Can’t Tell You Why” was a delicate ballad by Timothy B. Schmit, the band’s newest member. Only “The Long Run,” a conventional pop/rock tune with a Stax Records R&B flavor, bore the stamp and vocal signature of Don Henley, who had largely taken the reins of the band on Hotel California. Henley also dominated The Long Run, getting co-writing credits on nine of the ten songs, singing five lead vocals, and sharing another two with Frey. This time around, however, Henley‘s contributions were for the most part painfully slight. Only “The Long Run” and the regret-filled closing song, “The Sad Café,” showed any of his usual craftsmanship. The album was dominated by second-rank songs like “The Disco Strangler,” “King of Hollywood,” and “Teenage Jail” that sounded like they couldn’t have taken three hours much less three years to come up with. (Joe Walsh‘s “In the City” was up to his usual standard, but it may not even have been an Eagles recording, having appeared months earlier on the soundtrack to The Warriors, where it was credited as a Walsh solo track.) Amazingly, The Long Run reportedly was planned as a double album before being truncated to a single disc. If these were the keepers, what could the rejects have sounded like?

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SKU: 1323239647 Categories: Rare & Collectable, Rock & Roll Tag: Eagles

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Asylum Records 5E 508 LP, Album, SP US 1979-09-24

Side 1.

1. The Long Run 3:42
2. I Can’t Tell You Why 4:56
3. In The City 3:46
4. The Disco Strangler 2:46
5. King Of Hollywood 6:28

Side 2.

1. Heartache Tonight 4:26
2. Those Shoes 4:56
3. Teenage Jail 3:44
4. The Greeks Don’t Want No Freaks 2:20
5. The Sad Café 5:25

Credits:

Design, Art Direction – John Kosh
Engineer [Assistant At Bayshore Recording] – John Swain
Engineer [Assistant At One Step Up] – Mark Curry
Engineer [Assistant At The Record Plant] – Phil Jamtaas
Engineer [Assistant Love ‘n Comfort] – Bob Winder
Engineer [Assistant, One Step Up] – Dan Everhart
Mastered By – Ted Jensen
Photography By [Bill Szymczyk] – Jann Zlotkin
Photography By [Eagles] – Jim Shea
Producer, Engineer – Bill Szymczyk
Technician – Buddy Thornton

Media Condition: Mint- (M-)
Sleeve Condition: Mint- (M-)

This version has 1 pressing ring,

Jimmy Buffett appears courtesy of MCA Records Inc. David Sanborn appears courtesy of Warner Bros. Records Inc.
Recorded and Mixed at Bayshore Recording Studio, Coconut Grove, Florida.With additional recording at Love’n’Comfort Recording Studio, Los Angeles, California, Brittania Recording Studio, Los Angeles, California, The Record Plant, Los Angeles, California
Gatefold Jacket.

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