Celebration of "On the Border"

[WalshFan88]

The first Eagles album where I could listen to more than 2 or so tracks.

I really like the rock edge on Already Gone, James Dean, Good Day In Hell, heck even the title track. I also liked Best Of My Love, it might have been country tinged but it wasn't to a point where I was turned off like I was on the first two.

Already Gone, at this point, is my second favorite Eagles song and my favorite to play live with my band. Getting to play Glenn's solo is really awesome for me.

[New Kid In Town]

I like OTB too. So many good songs on this album: AG, Ol' 55, BOML, James Dean, MF. The best move they ever made was deciding to go with Bill S.
So, Happy belated Birthday to On The Border. :cheers:

Ditto this year too !

BTW - I did not think Don F. played on James Dean. I thought he only played on AG & GDIH.

[WalshFan88]

Ditto this year too !

BTW - I did not think Don F. played on James Dean. I thought he only played on AG & GDIH.

Chaim and I have had this debate before, we really think it's Don Felder doing the quick rock licks during the intro. Whenever him and Bernie played live, Felder would do those licks. It makes no sense if they were Bernie's, why wouldn't he play them. He was still playing guitar on that song, not like a ICTYW type tradeoff. He may not be credited but I'll bet til my dying day that it was Felder doing those quick rock licks. Maybe Frey if not Felder. But that's just not a style or phrasing I ever heard from Bernie. I'm still saying it was Felder uncredited.

[UndertheWire]

I played this today in preparation of Survivor and I'm going to have trouble. I liked every track.

Listening to the lyrics of GDIH, it seemed like there was a lot sexual inuendo or words that could be misheard. Like "Truckin'" and "fork" as well as "sticky situations".

However, according to Don Henley,
"Good Day in Hell" was Glenn's little tribute to Danny Whitten and Gram Parsons. It's also another one of our running commentaries on the perils of the music business and the lifestyle that often comes with it.

[Ive always been a dreamer]

Austin - You and Toni could be right about Felder playing on the studio recording of James Dean; however, everything I've ever read (books, interviews, band comments, etc.) have never mentioned it as far as I can remember. I also can't recall Felder mentioning this before. And, hate to say it, but as much as he likes to take credit for his contributions, I would have thought he surely would have mentioned this at some point. I'll have to get go back and recheck his book when I get a chance to see if I somehow overlooked it.

[Delilah]

Happy 45th Anniversary to On the Border!!

Wouldn’t it be wonderful if the Eagles celebrated this by releasing a deluxe edition with bonus tracks: “Oh Darling Wait and See”, “Georgia Peach” and Bernie’s Nice Ballad?

I guess we’ll have to wait until a really special anniversary like the 50th for that to happen. :hmm: :lol:

Anyway, this is an underrated album, there’s so much versatility and great musicianship. It’s still my favorite on most days.

[scottside]

Happy 45th Anniversary to On the Border!!

Wouldn’t it be wonderful if the Eagles celebrated this by releasing a deluxe edition with bonus tracks: “Oh Darling Wait and See”, “Georgia Peach” and Bernie’s Nice Ballad?

I guess we’ll have to wait until a really special anniversary like the 50th for that to happen. :hmm: :lol:

Anyway, this is an underrated album, there’s so much versatility and great musicianship. It’s still my favorite on most days.



Nothing would make me happier than to see a deluxe edition of ON THE BORDER!!! As far as I can tell, this is probably the only Eagles album that actually had a significant number of other completed songs that were not used so they could do a lot with it. I'm not holding my breath, however.

This is an underrated album, but I still think I prefer DESPERADO overall.

[CAinOH]

Happy 45th Anniversary to On the Border!!

Wouldn’t it be wonderful if the Eagles celebrated this by releasing a deluxe edition with bonus tracks: “Oh Darling Wait and See”, “Georgia Peach” and Bernie’s Nice Ballad?

I guess we’ll have to wait until a really special anniversary like the 50th for that to happen. :hmm: :lol:

Anyway, this is an underrated album, there’s so much versatility and great musicianship. It’s still my favorite on most days.



Yay! One of my two favorite Eagles' albums! (I, too, have an affinity for "Desperado".) OTB is the first Eagles' album I ever bought.

Happy Anniversary!

P.S. According to the Gary Burden art book that features this cover (among many others), the artwork was purchased at a garage sale for a quarter.

[New Kid In Town]

Happy 45th Anniversary to On the Border!!

Wouldn’t it be wonderful if the Eagles celebrated this by releasing a deluxe edition with bonus tracks: “Oh Darling Wait and See”, “Georgia Peach” and Bernie’s Nice Ballad?

I guess we’ll have to wait until a really special anniversary like the 50th for that to happen. :hmm: :lol:

Anyway, this is an underrated album, there’s so much versatility and great musicianship. It’s still my favorite on most days.




Delilah - I love this album too ! It would be awesome if they released a deluxe edition with bonus tracks of those songs. However, they seem content to release the same things over and over. I guess we cannot hold our breath on this one.

[Ive always been a dreamer]

HAPPY 45TH ANNIVERSARY TO ON THE BORDER!!!

I love the idea of a deluxe edition or even an album of previously unreleased songs that the band recorded or performed.

I love the On the Border album, but I rate it about the middle of the pack for me in terms of favorites. I also love the cover art - not bad for a quarter! :wink:

P.S. I miss our board styles for the albums - this was one of my favorites.

[thelastresort]

Belated happy birthday to OTB! I love the album (my second favourite behind Desperado) and the cover art too! This is probably my favourite era of the band in a live sense too (when they still had a relatively light catalog so would play deep cuts aplenty, and weren't terrified of doing anything not exactly as it was in the studio, etc.).

It does sadly get overlooked in Eagles history; most media profiles of the band seem to slide straight from them running around pretending to be outlaws to being catapulted into fame with the success of One of These Nights, sadly so did the Hitsory doc. Ol' 55, My Man and good Day in Hell are amongst my favourite Eagles songs ever.

[shunlvswx]

Happy Belated 45th Birthday to On The Border.

[sodascouts]

I can't believe it's 45. I agree that it's underrated. It's a real turning point for the band and I personally think it's great.

I think this applies:

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[WalshFan88]

This album was a step in the right direction by the band for me to become a fan.

Had they continued on with the straightahead California country/country-rock sound I would have never been a fan. The Desperado album is not my cup of tea, and while there were a couple tracks on "LP" I liked, they really only picked up to me with On The Border. I think Glenn and Don both wanted to rock more, Bernie and Randy maybe not so much. I think they shine when doing guitar-driven classic rock n' roll songs.

With Felder onboard they could rock a bit. And with One Of These Nights, they continued down that path (much to Bernie's dismay). And they completed the transition to an arena rock band with adding Joe Walsh and replacing Bernie Leadon and doing Hotel California and The Long Run. Then with both Felder and Walsh, they could really rock. Add Frey's solid rhythm chops and occasional solos - you had a rockin' band.


Already Gone, Good Day In Hell, and James Dean are my favorites from this. Already Gone is my 2nd favorite Eagles song, so I have to give serious props to OTB.

[shunlvswx]

I remembered the interview Bill did with Joe on the Sirius radio back in 2018. I can't get over the story of Bill talking about him going to England and he had lunch with Glyn. Glyn listens to it and said it sucks. Well who has the last laugh now? LOL:headbang::laugh:

[CAinOH]

Already Gone, Good Day In Hell, and James Dean are my favorites from this. Already Gone is my 2nd favorite Eagles song, so I have to give serious props to OTB.

Some of my favorites, too... but I have to add Ol' 55 and the title track.

This album (on cassette) was pretty much what played in my car… uh, yeah, constantly. Someone who traveled as a passenger quite often once complained, "Do we have to listen to this again?" I replied, "No, you can get out and walk." ;) Hey! My car… my rules. (Wish I still had that car. 1981 Camaro Fastback, black with silver — and I mean silver — leather interior, four on the floor, electric windows, and — of course — t-tops. My TIE-fighter. It was my college graduation present to myself.)

[groupie2686]

Happy anniversary, On the Border! I love this album too, although I can't decide if this or Hotel California is my favorite. I love how much Glenn is featured on this album, that certainly changed, in later years.

[Brooke]

I love this album too, but I do love all their albums! Already Gone and Good Day in Hell and two of my all time favorite Eagles songs. \

Can NOT believe it 45! My how time flies!

[sodascouts]

I remembered the interview Bill did with Joe on the Sirius radio back in 2018. I can't get over the story of Bill talking about him going to England and he had lunch with Glyn. Glyn listens to it and said it sucks. Well who has the last laugh now? LOL:headbang::laugh:

LOL! Well, Glyn, I guess you missed the boat on that one!

I do give him credit for the beautiful "Best of My Love" though!

[shunlvswx]

Happy 46th Birthday to the On The Border album.

[sodascouts]

Love this album! Gonna play it this evening!

[Delilah]

This is possibly my favorite Eagles album! I know some folks don’t care for it much, based on some of the comments from the Survivor games, but for me it melds great musicianship and those wonderful harmonies in a perfectly balanced way.

As far as the band members go, Randy said in a Rock Cellar Magazine interview that he really liked the album and that the bass parts are fun to play, especially the RnB parts. He was really happy with it.

Like Soda, I will give it a listen later today. :grooving:

[CAinOH]

One of my favorites as well! Deserves another listen to... or maybe two.

[KingWalsh]

On The Border is a great album! I love the artwork too! I wish the title track and James Dean got more airplay. Good Day in Hell rocks! Very solid record throughout.

[New Kid In Town]

This is possibly my favorite Eagles album! I know some folks don’t care for it much, based on some of the comments from the Survivor games, but for me it melds great musicianship and those wonderful harmonies in a perfectly balanced way.

As far as the band members go, Randy said in a Rock Cellar Magazine interview that he really liked the album and that the bass parts are fun to play, especially the RnB parts. He was really happy with it.

Like Soda, I will give it a listen later today. :grooving:


I love this album too ! It has always been one of my favorites. Very cool that Randy like this album so much. One of my favorite songs on the album is Midnight Flyer. Randy does an amazing job with the song and the harmonies are incredible. One of the things I love about this album is that Don and Glenn split to singing. I ways wished they had done that on the HC(maybe LITF).
So, Cheers to OTB ! :cheers:

[shunlvswx]

Happy 47th Birthday to On The Border.

[KingWalsh]

Happy 47 OTB! thanks Shun!

[Ive always been a dreamer]

Thanks for the reminder, shun. Another happy anniversary wish to a great album.