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 – 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 – Jackson BrowneWritten-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, 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 Vocals [Rare Vocal Appearance] – David LindleyWritten-By – Maurice Williams	3:28

Companies, etc.

• Record Company – Warner Communications Inc.
• Manufactured By – Elektra/Asylum/Nonesuch Records
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Asylum Records
• Phonographic Copyright (p) – Elektra/Asylum Records
• Copyright (c) – Elektra/Asylum Records
• Pressed By – Specialty Records Corporation
• Published By – Swallow Turn Music
• Published By – Wb Music Corp.
• 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.
• Recorded At – Merriweather Post Pavilion
• Recorded At – Cross Keys Inn, Columbia
• Recorded At – Garden State Arts Center
• Recorded At – Saratoga Performing Arts Center
• Recorded At – Holiday Inn, Edwardsville
• Recorded At – Universal Amphitheatre
• Mixed At – The Sound Factory
• Mastered At – A&M Studios

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 Mixer] – Bill "Doc" Gans, Rance Caldwell
• Crew [Road] – Bill Thompson , Ed Kolakowski, Eric Deterding, Jan Alahandro, Michael Deterding
• Crew [Truck Driver] – 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, Lap Steel Guitar – 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 [Thanks To] – Dave Hassinger, Jim Nipar
• Vocals [Singers] – Doug Haywood, Rosemary Butler
• Vocals, Guitar, Piano, Producer – Jackson Browne

Notes

Specialty Records Corporation pressing denoted by "SRC" stamp in runouts & "SP" in label matrix.

Please see label photos for variants — this version has "Side One/Two" above the matrix number on left-side and "Stereo" on right-side.

Full-size 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.
B1: Recorded in room 124 at the Holiday Inn, Edwardsville, Illinois — 8/18/77.
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.

Assistance on stage recordings used Showco's 24-track Studer.
Assistance on hotel & bus recordings used 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 by Peter Golden for the Wm. Morris Agency.
Many thanks to Elizabeth Reynolds. Thanks always to David Geffen.

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

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• Matrix / Runout (Label side A): 6E-113-A SP
• Matrix / Runout (Label side B): 6E-113-B SP
• Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 1): 6E-113 A-12 RE SP SRC
• Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 1): 6E-113 B-1 SP 1- SRC
• Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 2): 6Z-113 A-7 RE RE SP
• Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 2): 6E-113 B-1 SP 1- SRC
• Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 3): 6E-113 A-18 RE SP SRC 1-2 SMI-1
• Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 3): 6E-113 B-10 S̶P̶ -6 SRC
• Matrix / Runout (Runout side A, variant 4): 6E 113 A-16 Re SP 1-3 SRC
• Matrix / Runout (Runout side B, variant 4): 6E 113 B-9-SP 1-2 SRC
• Pressing Plant ID (On labels and in runout etchings): SP
• Rights Society: ASCAP
• Rights Society: BMI

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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