Both Sides Of An Evening is the fifth studio album and released in 1961 by The Everly Brothers. Though it was released at the peak of their career, it failed to make any of the record charts.
Fourteen songs were laid down for the album, in two halves (the first seven, for side A, were marked "For dancing", and the second seven, for side B, marked "For dreaming"). The completed album was recorded in only three days worth of sessions. It was produced by Bill Porter.
Prior to the album's release, half-minute excerpts of the songs were released on a Souvenir sampler, purchasable for a single dollar.
Reception
Writing for Allmusic, music critic Bruce Eder wrote of the album "...the duo's most ambitious and mature record to date, but it just wasn't terribly exciting or of much interest (especially the second side) to the teenagers that made up the vast bulk of their audience."
Track listing Side one (For Dancing) "My Mammy" (Walter Donaldson, Joe Young, Sam M. Lewis) – 2:15 "Muskrat" (Merle Travis, Tex Ann, Harold Hensley) – 2:18 "My Gal Sal" (Paul Dressor) – 2:50 "Grandfather's Clock" (Henry Clay Work) – 2:22 "Bully of the Town" (Adapted by Ike Everly) – 2:01 "Chlo-e" (Neil Moret, Gus Kahn) – 2:05 "Mention My Name in Sheboygan" (Bob Hilliard, Dick Sanford, Samuel Mysels) – 1:51 Side two (For Dreaming) "Hi-Lili, Hi-Lo" (Tim Kapper, Helen Deutsch) – 1:44 "The Wayward Wind" (Herb Newman, Stanley Lebowsky) – 2:26 "Don't Blame Me" (Jimmy McHugh, Dorothy Fields) – 3:26 "Now Is the Hour" (Traditional) – 2:39 "Little Old Lady" (Hoagy Carmichael, Stanley Adams) – 2:24 "When I Grow Too Old to Dream" (Sigmund Romberg, Oscar Hammerstein II) – 2:30 "Love Is Where You Find It" (Nacio Herb Brown, Earl Brent) – 1:48
Personnel Don Everly – guitar, vocals Phil Everly – guitar, vocals Chet Atkins – guitar Harold Bradley – guitar Hank Garland – guitar Ray Edenton – guitar Sammy Pruett – guitar Walter Haynes – steel guitar Lightnin' Chance – bass Marvin Hughes – piano Buddy Harman – drums Lou Busch – percussion, tambourine, cowbell
Production notes Andrew Sandoval – producer Bill Inglot – mastering Dan Hersch – mastering Bill Porter – engineer Andrew Sandoval – mastering Richie Unterberger – liner notes Teresa Woodward – cover painting
References
External links Collector's Choice Music reissue liner notes by Richie Unterberger.