Close Up the Honky Tonks is a compilation

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 double

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-LP

Gramophone record

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 by country rock

Country rock

Country rock is sub-genre of popular music, formed from the fusion of rock with country. The term is generally used to refer to the wave of rock musicians who began to record country-flavored records in the late 1960s and early 1970s, beginning with Bob Dylan and The Byrds; reaching its greatest...

 artist The Flying Burrito Brothers

The Flying Burrito Brothers

The Flying Burrito Brothers was an early country rock band, best known for its influential debut album,The Gilded Palace of Sin . Although the group is most often mentioned in connection with country rock legends Gram Parsons and Chris Hillman, the group underwent many personnel changes.-Original...

, which was released in 1974. By this time, the Flying Burrito Brothers no longer existed, having been dissolved by Rick Roberts

Rick Roberts (musician)

Rick Roberts is a country rock and classic rock singer-songwriter who recorded with many influential artists over several genres in the 1970s. He is best known for his work with The Flying Burrito Brothers on their 1971 self-titled album, and as a founding member and lead singer of Firefall from...

 in 1973.

This compilation was released after Gram Parsons

Gram Parsons

Gram Parsons was an American singer, songwriter, guitarist and pianist. Parsons is best known for his work within the country genre; he also mixed blues, folk, and rock to create what he called "Cosmic American Music"...

' death in 1973, presumably to capitalize on posthumous interest in Parsons' music, though the compilation does include cuts from the Chris Hillman

Chris Hillman

Christopher Hillman was one of the original members of The Byrds which in 1965 included Roger McGuinn, Gene Clark, David Crosby, and Michael Clarke....

-led post-Parsons era as well (on Side Four). This compilation still holds relevance into modern times as some of these songs have yet to be released anywhere else.

Side One

1. "Hot Burrito #2"
2. "Do Right Woman"
3. "Wheels"
4. "Sin City"
5. "Christine's Tune"
6. "Hot Burrito #1"

Side Two

1. "God's Own Singer"
2. "If You Gotta Go"
3. "High Fashion Queen"
4. "Cody, Cody"
5. "Wild Horses"
6. "The Train Song"

Side Three

1. "Close up the Honky-Tonks"
2. "Sing Me Back Home"
3. "Bony Moronie"
4. "To Love Somebody"
5. "Break My Mind"

Side Four

1. "Beat the Heat"
2. "Did You See"
3. "Here Tonight"
4. "Money Honey"
5. "Roll over Beethoven"
6. "Wake Up Little Susie"