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Gentle On My Mind and Other Originals is an album by folk, country and bluegrass musician and songwriter John Hartford.[3] It was released by RCA Victor in 1968.

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Gentle On My Mind and Other Originals
Compilation album by John Hartford
Released	1968
Studio	Nashville Sound
Genre	Folk, country
Length	26:21
Label	RCA Victor
Producer	Felton Jarvis

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[2]

The album was recorded in RCA's "Nashville Sound" studio in Nashville, Tennessee.[4]

Critical reception

Billboard praised the album, calling Hartford one of the era's "great songwriters."[5]

Track listing

All songs written by John Hartford.

Side 1

1. "California Earthquake" – 3:00
2. "Gentle on My Mind" – 3:00
3. "Natural to Be Gone" – 1:46
4. "The Six O'Clock Train and a Girl with Green Eyes" – 2:38
5. "A Simple Thing As Love" – 2:54

Side 2

1. "Mouth to Mouth Resuscitation" – 1:50
2. "I Would Not Be Here" – 2:19
3. "Front Porch" – 1:56
4. Untangle Your Mind" – 2:02
5. "Like Unto a Mockingbird" – 2:46
6. "The Tall Tall Grass" – 2:20

Personnel

• John Hartford – banjo, guitar, fiddle, vocals

Production

• Felton Jarvis – producer
• Jim Malloy – recording engineer
• Al Pachucki – recording engineer
• Cam Mullins – arranger, Tracks 4 and 5 on Side 1

References

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