It's Gonna Be Easy
(Atwood Allen)

1973 mono version:
Produced by Jerry Wexler, Arif Mardin & Doug Sahm
Recorded: Atlantic Recording Studios, New York, NY
Date: October 11, 1972
Atwood Allen - vocal & guitar
Doug Sahm & Jack Barber - harmony vocals
Augie Meyers - guitar
Charlie Owens - pedal steel guitar
David Bromberg - dobro
Bob Dylan - organ
Mac Rebennack - piano
Jack Barber - bass
George Rains - drums
 

original first pressing/release:

DOUG SAHM AND BAND
ATLANTIC SD 7254
DOUG SAHM AND BAND
A2: It's Gonna Be Easy (3:31)
(Atwood Allen)
January 1973, USA, d/j copy monaural LP (more info)

 

1973 stereo version:
Produced by Jerry Wexler, Arif Mardin & Doug Sahm
Recorded: Atlantic Recording Studios, New York, NY
Date: October 11, 1972
Atwood Allen - vocal & guitar
Doug Sahm & Jack Barber - harmony vocals
Augie Meyers - guitar
Charlie Owens - pedal steel guitar
David Bromberg - dobro
Bob Dylan - organ
Mac Rebennack - piano
Jack Barber - bass
George Rains - drums
 

original first pressing/release:

DOUG SAHM AND BAND
ATLANTIC SD 7254
DOUG SAHM AND BAND
A2: It's Gonna Be Easy (3:31)
(Atwood Allen)
January 1973, USA, LP (more info)

  DOUG SAHM AND BAND
ATLANTIC K 40 466 (SD 7254)
DOUG SAHM AND BAND
A2: It's Gonna Be Easy (3:31)
(Atwood Allen)
1973, Italy, LP (more info)
  DOUG SAHM AND BAND
ATLANTIC ATL 40466
DOUG SAHM AND BAND
A2: It's Gonna Be Easy (3:31)
(Atwood Allen)
1973, Netherlands, LP (more info)
  DOUG SAHM AND BAND
ATLANTIC 40 466
DOUG SAHM AND BAND
A2: It's Gonna Be Easy (3:31)
(Atwood Allen)
1973, France, LP (more info)
  DOUG SAHM AND BAND
ATLANTIC K 40 466 (SD 7254)
DOUG SAHM AND BAND
A2: It's Gonna Be Easy (3:31)
(Atwood Allen)
1973, United Kingdom, LP (more info)
  DOUG SAHM AND BAND
ATLANTIC ATC 9446
DOUG SAHM AND BAND
A2: It's Gonna Be Easy (3:31)
(Atwood Allen)
1973, South Africa, LP (more info)
  DOUG SAHM AND BAND
PHILIPS 6305 180
DOUG SAHM AND BAND
A2: It's Gonna Be Easy (3:31)
(Atwood Allen)
1973, Germany, LP (more info)
  DOUG SAHM AND BAND
ATCO ATLP-050
DOUG SAHM AND BAND
A2: It's Gonna Be Easy (3:31)
(Atwood Allen)
1973, Brazil, LP (more info)
  DOUG SAHM AND BAND
ATLANTIC HATS 421-113
DOUG SAHM AND BAND
A2: Sera Facil (3:31)
(A. Allen)
1973, Spain, LP (more info)
  DOUG SAHM AND BAND
EDSEL RECORDS ED154
DOUG SAHM AND BAND
A2: It's Gonna Be Easy (3:31)
(Atwood Allen)
1985, United Kingdom, LP (more info)
  DOUG SAHM
RHINO HANDMADE RHM2 7845
THE GENUINE TEXAS GROOVER
CD1/2: It's Gonna Be Easy (3:31)
(Atwood Allen)
March 29, 2004, USA, 2CD-box with booklet (more info)
   
   
   

 

1975 live version:
the band:
Doug Sahm - vocals, guitar
Augie Meyer - piano (Steinway & Sons)
Jack Barber - bass
Martin Steitle - drums
Harry Hess - guitar
 

original first CD pressing/release:

DOUG SAHM
NEW WEST RECORDS NW6133
LIVE FROM AUSTIN TX
track 14: It's Gonna Be Easy (3:40)
(Atwood Allen)
recorded October 14, 1975 (more info)
October 2, 2007, USA, CD (more info)

 

original first DVD pressing/release:

DOUG SAHM
NEW WEST RECORDS NW8047
LIVE FROM AUSTIN TX
track 10:It's Gonna Be Easy
(Atwood Allen)
recorded October 14, 1975 (more info)
October 2, 2007, USA, DVD (more info)

   

 

also covered by:
  MATT KREFTING
ECSTATIC PEACE! E#91D
I COULDN'T LOVE YOU MORE
track 2: It's Gonna Be Easy
(Atwood Allen)
2009, USA, CD (more info)
cd-1546

MARK BILYEU

 

cd-1899 BRUCE ROBISON
VIREO RECORDS VRCD 1105
BRUCE ROBISON
track 7: It's Gonna Be Easy (3:43)
(Atwood Allen)
1995, USA, CD (more info)
   
   
   
   
   

It's gonna be easy
Telling myself you won't be gone long
Cause I can believe my own lies
It's gonna be easy
Making believe it wasn't all a disguised
But it's gonna be hard trying
To tell myself you didn't love me
I remember you told me
Living alone is just like living a lie
And I'm gonna gonna leave you just to prove it
It's gonna be easy
Making believe it wasn't all a disguise
But it's gonna be hard trying
To tell myself you didn't love me
Just like Humpty Dumpty sitting up on the wall
Having the logic but not the where all to fall ???
It's gonna be easy
Telling myelf you won't be gone long
But it's gonna be hard trying to tell myself
You didn't love me

SOLO

Just like Humpty Dumpty sitting up on the wall
Having the logic but not the where all to fall ???
It's gonna be easy
Telling myself you won't be gone long
But it's gonna be hard trying to tell myself
You didn't love me
But it's gonna be hard trying to tell myself
You didn't love me

live versions by Doug Sahm:
1975-10-14 DOUG SAHM - USA - Austin, TX - KLRU-TV studios
1987-04-09 THE TEXAS MAVERICKS - Netherlands - Groningen - Vera
1987-04-13 THE TEXAS MAVERICKS - Germany - Bremen - Bürgerhaus Weserterrassen

 

live versions by other artists:
RIC SOENS and JIMI TARNOWSKI 2006-03-11 USA - Peru, IL - The Right Spice
2006-03-25 USA - Granville, IL - Pagan O'leary's Public House
   
   
   
   
   
   
   

 

same title different song:
  CATO SALSA EXPERIENCE
SONY 660224
CATO SALSA EXPERIENCE N0. 3
track 2: It's Gonna Be Easy
March 7, 2006, Norway, CD