Although released in August 1968, this album had actually been recorded sixteen months before it came out, an indication that Decca wasn't of a great mind to keep Nelson in the forefront of the market in the late '60s. Like his previous Another Side of Rick , this had him making ill-advised efforts to modernize his sound with a more orchestrated production, whose nature sometimes often verged on the rococo. Nelson did have good taste in selecting material, covering songs by Paul Simon.