The Use of Ashes

Peter H. Edmiston produced, with Charles R. Rothschild as executive producer, Rick Horton engineering and Brooks Arthur mixing. The Nashville sessions took three days in March 1970, and the players included many who formed Area Code 615: Charlie McCoy on dobro, guitar, bass and harmonica, Norbert Putnam on bass, Kenneth Buttrey on drums, Buddy Spicher on strings, Mac Gayden on guitar and David Briggs on piano and harpsichord. Elisabeth sings with Rapp, and all songs are by Rapp. The cover art is a Met Museum tapestry, The Hunt of the Unicorn. AllMusic gave it 4 of 5, and fans regard it as among Rapp's finest. It was reissued in 2003 in the compendium Jewels Were the Stars.