The Hillmen (album)

The Hillmen
Studio album by The Hillmen
Released	1969
Recorded	1963-1964 at World Pacific Studios, Hollywood, CA
Genre	Bluegrass
Label	Together/Sugar Hill
Producer	Jim Dickson
Alternative cover
Cover of the 1996 reissue (SUG-CD 3719)

The Hillmen is a studio album by The Hillmen, a southern California bluegrass band originally known as The Golden State Boys. The Hillmen consisted of Chris Hillman (later of The Byrds, The Flying Burrito Brothers, Manassas and The Desert Rose Band) on mandolin, country singer/songwriter Vern Gosdin on guitar and lead vocals, his brother Rex Gosdin on double bass, and Don Parmley (later of the Bluegrass Cardinals) on banjo.

The album was recorded by Jim Dickson over the course of three months in 1963 and 1964. Dickson had been granted free use of World Pacific Studios in Los Angeles at night time, and this is where the band recorded "live" onto a three-track recorder using used magnetic tape.

The Hillmen album was originally released in 1969 on the Together label (catalogue number ST-T 1012). It was reissued in 1981 (SH 3719) and 1996 (SUG-CD 3719) by Sugar Hill Records.