Running On Empty

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A1	Running On Empty Written-By – Jackson Browne	5:20
A2	The Road Written-By – Danny O'Keefe	4:50
A3	Rosie Harmony Vocals [Harmony] – Doug Haywood, Joel BernsteinWritten-By – Donald Miller , Jackson Browne	3:37
A4	You Love The Thunder Written-By – Jackson Browne	3:52
A5	Cocaine Lyrics By [Additional] – Glenn Frey, Jackson BrowneWritten-By – Rev. Gary Davis	4:55
B1	Shaky Town Harmony Vocals [The Author Sings Harmony], Written-By – Daniel Kortchmar*	3:36
B2	Love Needs A Heart Written-By – Jackson Browne, Lowell George, Valerie Carter	3:28
B3	Nothing But Time Snare, Hihat [Hi-hat], Drums [Cardboard Box With Foot Pedal] – Russell*Written-By – Howard Burke, Jackson Browne	3:05
B4	The Load-Out Written-By – Bryan Garofalo, Jackson Browne	5:38
B5	Stay Featuring [Featuring A Rare Vocal Appearance By], Vocals – David LindleyWritten-By – Maurice Williams	3:28

Companies, etc.

• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Elektra/Asylum Records
• Copyright (c) – Elektra/Asylum Records
• Mixed At – The Sound Factory
• Mastered At – A&M Studios
• Pressed By – Columbia Records Pressing Plant, Santa Maria
• Manufactured By – Elektra/Asylum/Nonesuch Records
• Published By – Swallow Turn Music
• Published By – Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp.
• Published By – Road Canon Music
• Published By – Chandos Music
• Published By – Kortchmar Music
• Published By – Naked Snake Music
• Published By – Vanilla Grits Music
• Published By – Gianni Music
• Published By – Cherio Corp.

Credits

• Art Direction, Design – Jimmy Wachtel
• Bass – Leland Sklar
• Coordinator [Tour Booked By] – Peter Golden
• Crew [Bus Driver] – Thomas Gustaferro
• Crew [House Mixer] – Jim Bornhorst
• Crew [Monitor Mixers] – Bill "Doc" Gans, Rance Caldwell
• Crew [Road Crew] – Bill Thompson , Ed Kolakowski, Eric Deterding, Jan Alahandro, Michael Deterding
• Crew [Truck Drivers] – Byron Lisenbee, Jimmy Deluca, Mike "Mountain Boy" Rogers
• Drums – Russell Kunkel*
• Engineer – Greg Ladanyi
• Engineer [Assisted On Hotel And Bus Recordings] – David Hewitt, Mark Salwasser, Norman Mershan*
• Engineer [Assisted On Stage Recordings] – Russell Schmitt, Tom Walsh
• Fiddle, Steel Guitar [Lap Steel] – David Lindley
• Guitar [Guitars] – Danny Kortchmar
• Keyboards – Craig Doerge
• Lighting [Lighting Crew] – Alan Owen , Jim Waits, Kevin Di Piazza
• Mastered By – Bernie Grundman
• Mixed By [Assisted By] – Dennis Kirk, George Ybarra
• Other [Spasmodic Woman] – Joann Madden
• Other [The Kid] – Steven Deluca
• Photography By [Where Noted] – Aaron Rapoport
• Photography By, Photography By [Tour Photographer] – Joel Bernstein
• Production Manager – Donald "Buddha" Miller*
• Production Manager [Tour Manager] – Howard Burke
• Technician [Technical Advisor] – Chris Cabral
• Technician [With Thanks To] – Dave Hassinger, Jim Nipar
• Vocals [Singers] – Doug Haywood, Rosemary Butler
• Vocals [Uncredited], Guitar, Piano, Producer – Jackson Browne

Notes

Full-size 8 page booklet included.

A1, B4: Recorded live on stage at Merriweather Post Pavilion, Columbia, Maryland — 8/27/77.
A2: Recorded in room 301 at the Cross Keys Inn, Columbia, Maryland — 8/27/77 (thanks to Pete Wiley); and on stage at the Garden State Arts Center, Holmdale, New Jersey — 9/7/77. For Judy.

A3: Recorded backstage in the big rehearsal room at Saratoga Performing Arts Center, Sarasota Springs, New York — 9/1/77.
A4: Recorded live on stage at the Garden State Arts Center, Holmdale, New Jersey — 9/6/77.
A5: Recorded in room 124 at the Holiday Inn, Edwardsville, Illinois — 8/17/77.
Any resemblance to persons living or nearly dead...
B1: Recorded in room 124 at the Holiday Inn, Edwardsville, Illinois — 8/18/77.
The author sings harmony.
B2: Recorded live at the Universal Ampitheatre, Universal City, California — 9/17/77.
B3: Recorded on a bus (a Continental Silver Eagle) somewhere in New Jersey — 9/8/77.
B5: The Zodiacs don't mind

Assistance on stage recordings using Showco's 24-track Studer.
Assistance on hotel & bus recordings using N.Y.C. Record Plant's remote truck.
Mixed at Sound Factory, L. A., using the Aphex.
Mastered at A&M.
Lights & Sound by Showco.
Piano supplied by Sound Productions.
Tour booked for the Wm. Morris Agency.
Many thanks to Elizabeth Reynolds.
Thanks always to David Geffen.

Craig Doerge, Russell Kunkel, and Danny Kortchmar appear courtesy of The Section and Capitol Records
Danny Kortchmar also appears courtesy of Dark Horse Records

℗ & © 1977 Elektra/Asylum Records • A division of Warner Communications Inc.

A1, A3, A4, B3: © Copyright 1977 Swallow Turn Music ASCAP.
All rights administered by WB Music Corp.
A2: © Copyright 1971 Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp. and Road Canon Music BMI.
All rights administered by Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp.
A5: © 1968 Chandos Music ASCAP
B1: © 1977 Kortchmar Music ASCAP
B2: © 1977 Swallow Turn Music ASCAP, Naked Snake Music BMI & Vanilla Grits Music BMI.
All rights on behalf of Swallow Turn Music administered by WB Music Corp.
B4: © 1977 Swallow Turn Music ASCAP & Gianni Music BMI.
All rights administered by WB Music Corp. on behalf of Swallow Turn Music.
All rights administered by Warner-Tamerlane Publishing Corp. on behalf of Gianni Music.
B5: © 1960 Cherio Corp. BMI

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (A Side Etched): 6E 113 A-CSM
• Matrix / Runout (B Side Etched): 6E 113 B-CSM
• Matrix / Runout (Side A Runout Variant Etched): 6E 113 A-CSM SXT
• Matrix / Runout (Side B Runout Variant Etched): 6E 113 B-CSM SXT

Other versions

Category	Artist	Title (Format)	Label	Category	Country	Year
6E-113	Jackson Browne	Running On Empty ‎(LP, Album, PRC)	Asylum Records	6E-113	US	1977
K53070	Jackson Browne	Running On Empty ‎(LP, RE, Sup)	Asylum Records, Nimbus Records	K53070	UK	1985
ET8 113	Jackson Browne	Running On Empty ‎(8-Trk, Album, Yel)	Asylum Records	ET8 113	Canada	1977
7559-60325-2	Jackson Browne	Running On Empty ‎(CD, Album, RE, RM)	Asylum Records	7559-60325-2	Europe	2003
53 070	Jackson Browne	Running On Empty ‎(LP, Album)	Asylum Records	53 070	France	1977

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