Close Up the Honky Tonks

Close Up the Honky-Tonks is a compilation double-LP by country rock band The Flying Burrito Brothers, which was released in 1974. By this time, the Flying Burrito Brothers no longer existed, having been dissolved by Rick Roberts in 1973.

Close Up the Honky-Tonks
Compilation album by The Flying Burrito Brothers
Released	July 1974
Genre	Country rock
Label	A&M
Producer	Various
The Flying Burrito Brothers chronology
Last of the Red Hot Burritos (1971) Close Up the Honky-Tonks (1974) Flying Again (1975)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Christgau's Record Guide	B−[2]
Tom Hull	B[3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[4]

This compilation was released after Gram Parsons' death in 1973, presumably to capitalize on posthumous interest in Parsons' music, though the compilation does include cuts from the Chris Hillman-led post-Parsons era as well (on Side Four). Some of these songs have yet to be released anywhere else.

Track listing

Side One

1. "Hot Burrito #2"
2. "Do Right Woman"
3. "Wheels"
4. "Sin City"
5. "Christine's Tune"
6. "Hot Burrito #1"

(all tracks from The Gilded Palace of Sin; also available on Hot Burritos! The Flying Burrito Bros Anthology 1969–1972)

Side Two

1. "God's Own Singer"
2. "If You Gotta Go"
3. "High Fashion Queen"
4. "Cody, Cody"
5. "Wild Horses"
6. "The Train Song"

(tracks 1–5 from Burrito Deluxe, track 6 from non-LP single; also available on Hot Burritos! The Flying Burrito Bros Anthology 1969–1972)

Side Three

1. "Close Up the Honky-Tonks"
2. "Sing Me Back Home"
3. "Bony Moronie"
4. "To Love Somebody"
5. "Break My Mind"

(tracks 1–5 from Honky Tonk Heaven, Parsons-era tracks; 1, 2, 4 & 5 also available on Hot Burritos! The Flying Burrito Bros Anthology 1969–1972)

Side Four

1. "Beat the Heat"
2. "Did You See"
3. "Here Tonight"
4. "Money Honey"
5. "Roll Over Beethoven"
6. "Wake Up Little Susie"

(tracks 1–6: unreleased post-Parsons-era tracks)

References

1. William Ruhlmann (1970-11-07). "Close Up the Honky-Tonks - The Flying Burrito Brothers | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved 2015-12-11.
2. Christgau, Robert (1981). "Consumer Guide '70s: F". Christgau's Record Guide: Rock Albums of the Seventies. Ticknor & Fields. ISBN 089919026X. Retrieved February 24, 2019 – via robertchristgau.com.
3. Hull, Tom (April 1975). "The Rekord Report: First Card". Overdose. Retrieved June 26, 2020 – via tomhull.com.
4. The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 254.