Iron Mountain Depot

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Iron Mountain Depot
Iron Mountain Depot cover
Studio album by John Hartford
Released 1969
Genre Folk
Country
Novelty
Label RCA Victor
Producer Felton Jarvis
Professional reviews
John Hartford chronology
John Hartford
(1969)		 Iron Mountain Depot
(1970)		 Aereo-plain
(1971)
Alternate cover
2002 BMG Re-issue
2002 BMG Re-issue

Iron Mountain Depot is John Hartford's sixth and final album issued by RCA Victor. Originally issued in 1970, like all of his RCA recordings, it was reissued in 2002. In the reissue package, Iron Mountain Depot is combined with his fifth album, John Hartford, and a seventh unreleased album of RCA material, Radio John.

[edit] Track listings

[edit] 1970 release

All songs written by John Hartford, except where noted.
  1. "Like Unto a Mockingbird" – 2:12
  2. "Meanwhile You Sit by My Banjo" – 3:48
  3. "I Won't Know Why I Went Till After I Get Back" – 3:21
  4. "Maybe" – 1:08
  5. "Go Home Girl" – 2:44
  6. "Natural to Be Gone" – 2:32
  7. "Before They Tow My Car Away" – 2:52
  8. "To Say" – 2:45
  9. "Frustrated Bird" – 0:59
  10. "Hey Jude" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) – 2:19

[edit] 2002 release

All songs written by John Hartford, except where noted.
  1. "Dusty Miller Hornpipe and Fugue in A Major for Strings, Brass and 5-String Banjo" – 2:12
  2. "I've Heard That Tearstained Monologue You Do There By the Door Before You Go" – 3:48
  3. "The Collector" – 3:21
  4. "A Short Sentimental Interlude" – 1:08
  5. "Mr. Jackson's Got Nothing to Do" – 2:44
  6. "Open Rode Ode" – 2:32
  7. "Little Piece in D" – 2:52
  8. "The Old Prurient Interest Blues" – 2:45
  9. "The Wart" – 0:59
  10. "Railroad Street" – 2:19
  11. "Another Short (But Not So Sentimental) Interlude" – 0:43
  12. "Orphan of World War II" – 2:43
  13. "The Little Old Lonesome Little Circle Song" – 1:49
  14. "I Didn't Know The World Would Last This Long" - 3:52
    • Tracks 1 to 14 originally appeared on the 1969 release John Hartford.
  15. "Like Unto a Mockingbird" – 2:12
  16. "Meanwhile You Sit by My Banjo" – 3:48
  17. "I Won't Know Why I Went Till After I Get Back" – 3:21
  18. "Maybe" – 1:08
  19. "Go Home Girl" – 2:44
  20. "Natural to Be Gone" – 2:32
  21. "Before They Tow My Car Away" – 2:52
  22. "To Say" – 2:45
  23. "Frustrated Bird" – 0:59
  24. "Hey Jude" (John Lennon, Paul McCartney) - 2:19
    • Tracks 15 to 24 appeared on the original 1970 release of Iron Mountain Depot.
  25. "Skippin' in the Mississippi Dew" – 2:28
  26. "Self Made Man" – 3:53
  27. "In Tall Buildings" – 3:12
  28. "And the Band Played On" – 4:07
  29. "Orange Blossom Special" (Ervin Rouse) - 5:48
  30. "Bed on My Mind" – 3:29
  31. "Waugh Paugh" – 4:48
  32. "White Lightning" (J. P. Richardson) - 4:00
  33. "Sunshine Lady, You Really Know How to Slow a Man Down" – 3:20
  34. "I Don't Love Nobody" – 5:21
  35. "California Earthquake" – 3:04
  36. "Mouth to Mouth Resuscitation" – 1:50
    • Tracks 25 to 36 are from an unreleased 1971 album, Radio John.


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