Eagles / On The Border (US, Asylum Records, 7E-1004) <March 22, 1974>

Eagles / On The Border (US, Asylum Records, 7E-1004) <March 22, 1974>
(SIDE ONE) T1 7E 1004 A-2 CTH
(SIDE TWO) T1 7E 1004 B-2 CTH "He Who Hesitates Is Lunch"

# Composer name Strandlund [Track A1] is misspelled "Strandlin" on the back cover.
# 12" x 24" double-sided poster.
# Plain black inner sleeve.

"On the Border" is the third studio album by American rock group the Eagles, released in 1974. Apart from two songs produced by Glyn Johns, it was produced by Bill Szymczyk because the group wanted a more rock‑oriented sound instead of the country-rock feel of the first two albums. It is the first Eagles album to feature guitarist Don Felder. On the Border reached number 17 on the Billboard album chart and has sold two million copies.

Three singles were released from the album: "Already Gone", "James Dean" and "Best of My Love". The singles peaked at numbers 32, 77 and 1 respectively. "Best of My Love" became the band's first of five chart toppers. The album also includes "My Man", Bernie Leadon's tribute to his deceased friend Gram Parsons. Leadon and Parsons had played together in the pioneer country rock band Flying Burrito Brothers, before Leadon joined the Eagles.

This is the first album by the Eagles to be released in Quadraphonic surround sound. It was released on Quadraphonic 8-track tape and CD-4 LP. A hidden message carved into the run out groove of some vinyl LPs reads: "He who hesitates is lunch".

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaO-kgG7eCQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kW9co_3Ehw4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qy8XcFXRUdU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jb7_OnIFIvw&list=PLdnQ848gx0pHy3plYmA0H2V1YaDBl8Wfh
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Every night I'm lyin' in bed
Holdin' you close in my dreams
Thinkin' about all the things that we said
Comin' apart at the seams
We try to talk it over
But the words come out too rough
I know you were tryin'
To give me the best of your love
Beautiful faces and loud, empty places
Look at the way that we live
Wastin' our time on cheap talk and wine
Left us so little to give
That same old crowd was like a cold dark cloud
That we could never rise above
But here in my heart I give you the best of my love
Oh, sweet darlin', you get the best of my love
(You get the best of my love)
Oh, sweet darlin', you get the best of my love
(You get the best of my love)
I'm goin' back in time
And it's a sweet dream
It was a quiet night and I would be all right
If I could go on sleepin'
But every mornin' I wake up and worry
What's gonna happen today
You see it your way, and I see it mine
But we both see it slippin' away
You know we always had each other, baby
I guess that wasn't enough
Oh, but here in my heart, I give you the best of my love
Oh, sweet darlin', you get the best of my love
(The best of my love)
Oh, sweet darlin', you get the best of my love
(The best of my love)
Oh, sweet darlin', every night and day you get the best of my love
(The best of my love)
Oh, sweet darlin', you get the best of my love
(The best of my love)
Oh, sweet darlin', you get the best of my love
(You get the best of my love)
Oh, sweet darlin', you get the best of my love
(The best of my love)
Oh, sweet darlin', you get the best of my love