Rusty Tracks is the 1977 album by singer-songwriter Mickey Newbury

Mickey Newbury

Mickey Newbury was an American songwriter, a critically acclaimed recording artist, and a member of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame.-Biography:...

, released by Hickory Records

Hickory Records

Hickory Records is a United States record label founded by Acuff-Rose Music in 1954 which operated the label up to 1979. Present owner Sony/ATV Music Publishing revived the label in 2007. Originally based in Nashville, functioning as an independent label throughout its history, it has had several...

. The record is noted for Newbury's stunning interpretations of four traditional songs "Shenandoah," "That Lucky Old Sun," "Danny Boy," and "In The Pines."

Rusty Tracks was collected for CD issue on the eight-disc Mickey Newbury Collection

Mickey Newbury Collection

The Mickey Newbury Collection collects the ten albums Mickey Newbury released on three labels between 1969 and 1981 on an eight disc set. The set was released and is available through Mountain Retreat, a label run by Newbury and later Newbury's family...

 from Mountain Retreat, Newbury's own label in the mid-1990s, along with nine other Newbury albums from 1969-1981.

Track listing

1. "Leavin' Kentucky" (Mickey Newbury) - 3:50
2. "Makes Me Wonder If I Ever Said Goodbye" (Mickey Newbury) - 2:43
3. "Bless Us All" (Mickey Newbury) - 2:27
4. "Hand Me Another Of Those" (Mickey Newbury, Lee Fry) - 1:55
5. "People Are Talking" (Mickey Newbury) - 2:54
6. "Tell Him Boys" (Mickey Newbury) - 2:27
7. "Shenandoah" (Traditional) - 3:36
8. "That Lucky Old Sun (Just Rolls Around Heaven All Day)" (Haven Gillespie
   Haven Gillespie
   James Lamont "Haven" Gillespie was an American Tin Pan Alley composer and lyricist. He was the writer of "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" as well as "You Go to My Head", "Honey", "By the Sycamore Tree", "That Lucky Old Sun", "Breezin' Along With The Breeze", "Right or Wrong," "Beautiful Love",...
   
   , Harry Beasley Smith) - 2:26
9. "Danny Boy
   Danny Boy
   -Background:The words to "Danny Boy" were written by English lawyer and lyricist Frederic Weatherly in 1910. Although the lyrics were originally written for a different tune, Weatherly modified them to fit the "Londonderry Air" in 1913, after his sister-in-law in the U.S. sent him a copy. Ernestine...
   
   " (Frederick Weatherly) - 4:39
10. "In The Pines" (Traditional) - 4:05