Armadillo World Headquarters, Austin, TX, 6/13/75 is an
album by the
country rock band the
New Riders of the Purple Sage. It was recorded live on June 13, 1975, at the
Armadillo World Headquarters in
Austin, Texas, and released on November 1, 2005. It was the fourth complete New Riders concert that was recorded in the 1970s and released in the 2000s as an album on the Kufala Recordings label.[2][3]
At the time of the concert at the Armadillo,
Skip Battin was the New Riders'
bass player. Battin wrote or co-wrote three songs that appear on the album. Previously a member of
the Byrds, Battin had joined the New Riders in 1974 after
Dave Torbert left to join
Kingfish. Also in the NRPS lineup for this recording were band co-founders
John "Marmaduke" Dawson and
David Nelson, and long-time members
Buddy Cage and
Spencer Dryden.
Recording and sound quality
According to a statement on the back cover, the CD "was mastered directly from the original quarter track analog reel to reel tape at 7.5 ips. The few initial anomalies at the beginning of the show have been preserved for authenticity."