New Riders of the Purple Sage sú americká country rocková skupina, ktorá sa sformovala v psychedelickej scéne San Francisca v roku 1969. Pôvodnú zostavu tvorilo niekoľko členov Grateful Dead, skupina sa preto často označuje skrátene ako New Riders alebo NRPS. Ich sound spája hippie country rock s prvkami West Coastu a preslávili sa hitom Panama Red.
Vydavateľstvo Columbia vydalo v roku 2017 box Original Album Classics na piatich CD. Kompilácia obsahuje debutový album The New Riders of the Purple Sage (1971), na ktorom skupina kombinuje West Coast a country, ďalej Powerglide (1972), Gypsy Cowboy (1973), The Adventures of Panama Red (1973, s hosťami Buffy Sainte-Marie a Memphis Horns) a živú nahrávku Home, Home on the Road (1974). Celkovo 61 skladieb zachytáva éru, keď sa skupina etablovala ako samostatný projekt s vlastným rozpoznateľným štýlom.
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CD1
I Don't Know You
2. Whatcha Gonna Do
3. Portland Woman
4. Henry
5. Dirty Business
6. Glendale Train
7. Garden of Eden
8. All I Ever Wanted
9. Last Lonely Eagle
10. Louisiana Lady
11. Down In the Boondocks
12. The Weight
13. Superman
CD2
Dim Lights, Thick Smoke (and Loud, Loud Music)
2. Rainbow
3. California Day
4. Sweet Lovin' One
5. Lochinvar
6. I Don't Need No Doctor
7. Contract
8. Runnin' Back To You
9. Hello Mary-Lou (Goodbye Heart) (Live)
10. Duncan and Brady
11. Willie and the Hand Jive
CD3
Gypsy Cowboy
2. Whiskey
3. Groupie
4. Sutter's Mill
5. Death and Destruction
6. Linda
7. On My Way Back Home
8. Superman
9. She's No Angel
10. Long Black Veil
11. Sailin'
12. Groupie
13. Sutter's Mill
14. Superman
15. She's No Angel
CD4
Panama Red
2. It's Alright With Me
3. Lonesome L.A. Cowboy
4. Important Exportin Man
5. One Too Many Stories
6. Kick In the Head
7. You Should Have Seen Me Runnin
8. Teardrops In My Eyes
9. L.A. Lady
10. Thank the Day
11. Cement, Clay and Glass
CD5
1. Hi, Hello, How Are You
2. She's No Angel
3. Groupie
4. Sunday Susie
5. Kick In the Road
6. Truck Drivin' Man
7. Hello Mary Lou
8. Sutter's Mill
9. Dead Flowers
10. Henry
11. School Days
