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BARGAIN BASEMENT
COMPACT DISCS - Country, Bluegrass & Old Timey
Jim Lauderdale & Ralph Stanley -> Faron Young
| JIM LAUDERDALE & RALPH STANLEY | Dualtone 1125 | Lost In The LOnesome Pines | ● CD |
| 2002 followup to the Grammy nominated " I Feel Like I'm
Singing Today." 14 songs including Deep Well Of Sadness/ Zacchaeus/
Redbird/ I Should Have Listened To Good Advice/ Boat Of Love, etc. |
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| JIM LAUDERDALE & RALPH STANLEY | Rebel 1755 | I Feel Like Singing Today | ● CD |
| 15 tracks with The Clinch Mountain Boys - I Feel Like
Singing Today/ Fly, Lovebird, Fly/ I Wish Today Could Be Tomorrow/ What
About You/ I Will Wait For You, etc. |
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| LAURIE LEWIS | Rounder 0400 | Earth & Sky - Songs Of Laurie Lewis | ● CD |
| 16 tracks, 64 min., highly recommended This is a collection designed to highlight Laurie Lewis's impressive gifts as a songwriter. And that it does - very nicely indeed. Twelve of the numbers were previously released on Flying Fish albums, and four tracks are issued here for the first time. All of the tracks are well chosen, displaying, as they do, intelligence, insight, and musical accompaniment indebted to bluegrass, western swing, Celtic tunes and other roots sources. Featured selections include Girlfriend, Guard Your Heart, Fine Line, The Bear Song, and Magic Light as first time issues, plus Don't Get Too Close, Old Friend, The Point of No Return, and Haven of Mercy among the reissues. Absolutely delightful music in the new grass/Americana mold. Not to be missed. (DH) |
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| LAURIE LEWIS & THE RIGHT HANDS | Spruce & Maple 2004 | Live | ● CD |
| 19 tracks, 79 min, highly recommended Wherever the perfect combination of country and bluegrass is, Lewis and company managed to live there on their recent studio album. This new release, recorded live in in Oregon and Washington during three March days in 2007, isn't quite up to previous standards, but it's still full of razor sharp performances. Lewis again allows her Right Hands to one by one take center stage and offer up a song that suits them best. And yet the band is tight, as each right hand apparently knows what the other is doing. The song selection on Live is not as uniformly strong as on the studio album, but the finest moments (Lewis' own Love Chooses You and Sarah Elizabeth Campbell's Geraldine And Ruthie Mae, chief among them) are every bit the equal of the best studio sides. Other standouts include Si Kahn's Just A Lie, the traditional Worried Man Blues, the a cappella beauty The Rope, and Who Will Watch The Home Place. Not sure if their almost bluegrass reading of the Irving Berlin paean of sophistication (and probable double entendre) Without My Walking Stick works completely, but it's an interesting ride. Impressive. (JC) |
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| THE LILLY BROTHERS & DON STOVER | Smithsonian Folkways 40158 | Bluegrass At The Roots | ● CD |
| Reissue of Folkways 2433 with two previously unissued
tracks. Wonderful old time singing and traditional bluegrass from this
superb duo. The first eight tracks features just the duo accompanying
themselves on guitar and mandolin in the style of earlier brother teams
like The Blue Sky Boys and The Monroe Brothers. On the remaining tracks
they are joined by Don Stover on banjo, Herb Hooven on fiddle or bass
annd occasionally Mike Seeger on bass on a wonderful selection of
traditional bluegrass. |
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| LOST COUNTRY | Cool Groove 102 | Down On The Borderline | ● CD |
| JOE & ROSE LEE MAPHIS | Jasmine 590 | Ridin' The Frets | ● CD |
| 24 tracks from this popular country duo including their
most famous song Dim Lights, Thick Smoke (And Loud, Loud Music)
and a number of great guitar instrumentals by Joe. JOE & ROSE LEE MAPHIS: Black Mountain Rag (On A Saturday Night)/ Bully Of The Town/ Cold Heart Of Steel/ Dim Lights, Thick Smoke (And Loud, Loud Music)/ Dream House For Sale/ Fire On The Strings/ Floggin' The Banjo/ Guitar Rock And Roll/ Henhouse Serenade/ I Gotta Lotta Lovin'/ I'm Willin' To Try/ Let's Fly Away/ Let's Pull Together/ Let's Talk About Love/ Lonesome Train Boogie/ Square Dance Boogie/ Sweet Fern/ Tennessee Two Step/ The Go‘fer Song/ Town Hall Shuffle/ Twin Banjo Special/ You Ain't Got The Sense You Were Borned With/ You Can't Take The Heart Out Of Me/ Your Old Love Letters |
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| BILL MONROE & HIS BLUEGRASS BOYS | MCA 112982 | The Very Best | ● CD |
| 22 classic sides - Blue Moon OF Kentucky/ Goodbye Old
Pal/ Footprints In The Snow/ Molly & Tenbrooks, etc. |
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| CLYDE MOODY | Gusto 2102 | The Hillbilly Waltz King | ● CD |
| 20 tracks, 50 min., highly recommended Moody played with some of the most influential country groups (e.g., Lester Flatt, the Delmore Brothers, Roy Acuff) and signed with King Records in 1947. Before he left that famous label in 1952, he earned the title of Hillbilly Waltz King, an oxymoronic moniker, to be sure. If you are expecting excellent sound here, the hit Red Roses Tied In Blue and Next Sunday, Darling, Is My Birthday and, Little Blossom, with its obviously vinyl-sourced surface noise should disabuse you of that mistaken expectation, though generally the sound quality of this budget release is fine. He's on the tame side for the King roster, but there's no denying Moody's talent, as one listen to Dark Midnight or Where There's Smoke (There's Bound To Be Fire) will confirm. As an album, this one suffers occasionally from the ailment of sameness, but not only isn't it fatal, it doesn't ever raise a fever. (JC) |
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| BOB NOLAN | Garrett Musical Enterprises 51501 | The Sound OF A Pioneer | ● CD |
| CD issue of 1979 Elektra album of legendary vocalist
from Sons Of The Pioneers. |
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| JIMMY PAYNE | Sounds Upon Cumberland 414 | When Mama Prayed | ● CD |
| Country gospel - mostly recorded in 1978. |
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| WEBB PIERCE | Acrobat ADDCD 3026 | The Complete Four Star & Pacemaker Recordings | ● CD |
| Two CD set with 30 tracks featuring the complete Four
Star and Pacemaker recordings recorded by Webb in 1949 and 1950 before
his signing with Decca and his numerous hits. |
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| POLLY POSSUM | HBR CD 076 | Polly Possum | ● CD |
Hurry, Hurry/ Just Five Years Ago/ Save The Pieces/ Sad Singin', Slow Ridin'/ Don't Cry, Baby/ Lordy, Oh Lord/ Between You And The Birds (And The Bees And Cupid)/ Sin In Satin/ Don't Talk To Me About Men/ Castanets/ Bimbo/ I'm A Stranger In My Home/ Somethin's Happened To You/ Takes All Kind Of People (To Make A World)/ That New Girl Down The Street/ I've Been Cryin'/ I'm A Tired Woman/ My Gamblin' Heart/ Here's To You/ After Saturday Night |
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| FIDDLIN' DOC ROBERTS | Document DOCD 8043 | Complete Recordings, Vol. 2 : 1928-1930 | ● CD |
| Second of three volumes devoted to the recordings of one
of the most extensively recorded Southern fiddlers of the 20s and 30s.
Roberts, from Kentucky recorded more than 60 sides, usually in the
company of a guitar player. This disc features another 22 superb cuts
with guitar accompaniments by Asa Martin whoe does a vocal on The
Girl I Left Behind Me and provides harmonica accompaniment on
several tracks. Half a dozen cuts feature Doc playing mandolin. |
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| RALPH STANLEY | Rebel 1657 | I'll Answer The Call | ● CD |
| All gospel album from Ralph and the boys including, as
usual, Ralph's bright ringing banjo and soulful vocals. Curly Ray
Cline's old timey styled fiddling, Jack Cooke's leather lunged
harmonies, plus some nice lead singing by rhythm guitarist Sammy Adkins
and some tasty lead guitar by Junior Blankenship. There are two a capella quartet numbers and an outstanding version of Hazel Houser's
Praying , with a moving lead vocal by Blankenship. Nothing new here,
and that's one of the nice things about the record. Ralph and his band
remain one of the few remaining strong links to the beginnings of
bluegrass, and for that reason, we should treasure every record he puts
out. (RP) |
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| THE STANLEY BROTHERS | Time Life 19303 | The Definitive Collection, 1947-1966 | ● CD |
| Three CDs, 60 tracks, 153, highly recommended This is a beautiful retrospective covering the Stanley's entire recording career from their first sides for Rich-R-Tone in 1947 through their last King sessions in 1966 (the year Carter died). It includes tracks from Columbia, Mercury, Starday and King along with material from radio broadcasts and live performances. The earliest Rich-R-Tone sides are deeply steeped in the mountain music of their youth though by the later sessions, probably due to the influence of Bill Monroe, their music evolved into what we think of as bluegrass though their music was always imbued with that strong mountain influence that continues to this day in the work of Ralph Stanley and is considered the "high lonesome sound." By the time they recorded for Columbia in 1949 their recordings were noteworthy for the inspired vocal trios featuring the lead of Carter Stanley, tenor of brother Ralph, and unique "high baritone" of Pee Wee Lambert and from these sessions are such classics as The White Dove and The Fields Have Turned Brown. In 1953 they signed with Mercury where they recorded many classic songs including Carter Stanley-composed songs such as This Weary Heart You Stole Away/ Our Last Goodbye/I Just Got Wise/ Nobody's Love But Mine and others that are now staples of the bluegrass repertoire. There are also some gorgeous gospel songs like Cry From The Cross and Ralph's composition - the spine chilling Angel Band which was featured on the soundtrack of "O Brother Where Art Thou." Among the musicians featured here are fiddlers Art Stamper, Joe Meadows, Ralph Mayo, and Chubby Anthony. Mandolinists include Peewee Lambert, Bill Napier, and Jim Williams. From 1958 on they recorded for Starday and later King which took over the Starday label. King owner Syd Nathan hated the fiddle and so a number of the King recordings feature more emphasis on the guitar - first by Carter and then later by the superb George Shuffler whose distinctive "cross-pickinG" style was another contribution the Stanleys made to bluegrass. From These sessions come such gems as How Mountain Girls Can love/ Think Of What You've Done/ Man Of Constant Sorrow/ Rank Stranger/ Don't Cheat In Our Home Town/ Stone Walls And Steel bars/ O Death and others. The third disc include some radio and live concert recordings including three previously unissued including a truly delightful rendition of Sugar Coated Love where the Stanleys are joined on vocal by Bill Monroe. In spite my reservations about playing time there is no doubt that this a magnificent collection with terrific sound - even the notoriously poorly recorded Rich-R-Tones sound good, and informative notes by compiler Gary Reid. (FS) THE STANLEY BROTHERS: (Say) Won't You Be Mine/ A Voice From On High/ Angel Band/ Are You Waiting Just For Me/ Beuatiful Star Of Bethlehem/ Black Mountain Blues/ Blue Moon Of Kentucky/ Cotton Eyed Joe (theme)/ Don't Cheat In Our Home Town/ Dust On The Bible/ East Virginia Blues/ Get Down On Your Knees And Pray/ God Gave You To Me/ Gonna Paint The Town/ Hard Times/ Hide Ye In The Blood/ How Far To Little Rock/ How Mountain Girls Can Love/ I Just Got Wise/ I'm Lonesome Without You/ If That's The Way You Feel/ Jacob's Vision/ Let Me Rest/ Little Birdie/ Little Glass Of Wine/ Little Maggie/ Lonesome Night/ Man Of Constant Sorrow/ Meet Me Tonight/ Molly And Tenbrook/ Mother No Longer Awaits Me At Home/ Nobody's Business/ Nobody's Love Is Like Mine/ Oh Death/ Orange Blossom Special/ Our Last Goodbye/ Pig In A Pen/ Pretty Polly/ Rank Stranger/ Ridin' That Midnight Train/ Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms/ Single Girl/ Soldier's Grave/ Stone Walls And Steel Bars/ Sugar Coated Love - With Monroe/ Tell Me Why My Daddy Don't Come Home/ The Cry From The Cross/ The Fields Have Turned Brown/ The Girl Behind The Bar/ The Lonesome River/ The Old Home/ The White Dove/ Think Of What You've Done/ This Weary Heart You Stole Away/ Train 45/ Where The Soul Never Dies/ Who Will Sing For Me/ Who Will You Call Your Sweetheart/ Will You Be Loving Another Man/ Will You Miss Me |
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| RALPH STANLEY II | Lonesome Day 013 | This One Is Two | ● CD |
| 11 tracks, 36 mins, recommended When you are a son and nephew of the Stanley Brothers, you have some mighty big boots to try and fill. I had heard and enjoyed Ralph II accompany his father on a couple of releases and found him plenty talented; with this CD, though, he isn't taking up the family Bluegrass tradition. Iinstead, he takes a sidestep, delving into a more modern Country approach. Although this is not as good as I had hoped based on the recordings with his father, it's still rather good. Ralph II sings in a deep rich Baritone akin to Randy Travis and he accompanies it with a variety of acoustic and electric instruments. As well as composing a few himself, he also pulls from a wide songwriting pool, with Lyle Lovett's L.A. Country, Towns Van Zandt's Loretta, and Tom T. Hall's Train Songs, reaping the best results. Jim Lauderdale guests on L.A. County as well. (JM) |
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| GARY STEWART | Hightone HCD 8023 | Battleground | ● CD |
| 11 tracks, highly recommended Gary Stewart's second for Hightone is another winner. Perhaps not quite as strong as his first (Hightone 8014) there are some fine songs here - honky tonk ballads and upbeat rockers. Nobody sings cheatin' or hurtin' songs better than Gary and there are some great ones here including Bedroom Battleground/ Nothing Cheat About A Cheap Affair and a remarkable one about insane jealousy called Woman In Demand. I'm not too wild about Gary's version of Robert Cray's Nothin' But A Woman but there are some good rockers here including Let's Go Jukin' written with Dicky Betts and Gary's own Hey Leona. Energetic production from long time Gary Stewart producer Roy Dea. (FS) |
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| THE STRIPLING BROTHERS | Document DOCD 8008 | Complete Recorded Works, Vol. 2 : 1934-1936 | ● CD |
| BARRY & HOLLY TASHIAN | Copper Creek 212 | At Home | ● CD |
| 2002 album |
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| HANK THOMPSON | Acrobat 4032 | Swing Wide Your Gate Of Love | ● CD |
| 25 tracks, 63 minutes, essential In the years following World War II, Hank Thompson was one of country and western music's biggest hitmakers. Thompson's records delivered a distinctively Texan honky-tonk style with more than a passing debt to western swing. His warm, engaging baritone and sharply crafted arrangements grabbed as many nickels in Southeastern juke joints as they did in his home state, not to mention Louisiana, Oklahoma, California and points in-between. Thompson cut more than 300 sides for Capitol between 1947 and 1964, maintaining his signature sound until almost the end. While most vintage Thompson collections span his entire Capitol period, this collection strictly focuses on his fresh, youthful 1947-54 sides. Among the hits: Humpty Dumpty Heart/ Whoa Sailor/ The Wild Side of Life/ Wake Up Irene/ Rub-a-Dub-Dub, and Waiting in the Lobby of Your Heart. Though hit-driven Thompson anthologies arguably sound a little "samey" - after all, these songs were intended to be absorbed in two- to three-minute doses - this set offers considerable variety. Another plus: exceptional sound quality. Acrobat - a British company that could have made copyright-free needle drops like those bottom-feeders Proper and JSP do - actually licensed Thompson's master recordings from Capitol/EMI. Dave Penny penned a brief liner, crediting his debt to Rich Kienzle's notes for Bear Family's comprehensive 12-CD Thompson box (Bear Family BCD 15904, $259.98). Some gaffes appear: Thompson didn't write every song he's credited with here, and some release years are wrong. Nevertheless, the music is great. This disc makes a superb launching point for anyone interested in exploring Thompson's seminal work. (DS) HANK THOMPSON: A Broken Heart and a Glass of Beer/ California Women/ Don't Flirt with Me/ Give a Little, Take a Little/ Humpty Dumpty Heart/ I Find You Cheatin' on Me/ My Front Door Is Open/ My Heart Is a Jigsaw Puzzle/ New Roving Gambler/ No Help Wanted/ Rock in the Ocean/ Rub-a-Dub-Dub/ Soft Lips/ Swing Wide Your Gate of Love/ Take a Look at This Broken Heart/ The Grass Looks Greener Over Yonder/ The New Wears Off Too Fast/ The Wild Side of Life/ Today/ Tomorrow Night/ Waiting in the Lobby of Your Heart/ Wake Up Irene/ Whoa Sailor/ You Broke My Heart (In Little Bitty Pieces)/ You're Walking on My Heart |
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| HANK THOMPSON | Proper Intro 2074 | The Wild Side Of Life - A Proper Introduction To Hank | ● CD |
| Hank Thompson had lots of hits for Capitol in the 40s
and 50's, selling many records with his clear tenor vocalizings, solid
songwriting, and rootsy Texas style and the top notch blend of honky
tonk and western swing instrumental stylings from his band The Brazos
Valley Boys. This fine collection features 30 of his early recordings
recorded between 1946 and 1953 including California Women from
his very first session for Globe in 1946 as well as many of his early
hits like Humpty Dumpty Heart/ Green Light/ Whoa Sailor/ The Grass
Looks Greener/ The Wild Side Of Life/ The New Wears Off Too Fast/
Rub-A-Dub his answer to Goodnight Irene called Wake Up
Irene and others as well flipsides and other non hits. Includes
notes by Adam Komorowski and discographical information, all in Proper's
usual appealing packaging. HANK THOMPSON: (I've Got A) Humpty Dumpty Heart/ Broken Heart and a Glass of Beer/ Californian Women/ Cat Has Nine Lives/ Cryin' in the Deep Blue Sea/ Grass Looks Greener/ Green Light/ Hangover Heart/ Humpty Dumpty Boogie/ I Find You Cheatin' on Me/ I'd Have Never Found Somebody New/ I'll Sign My Heart Away/ If I Cry/ If Lovin' You Is Wrong/ It's Better to Have Loved a Little (Than to Have Never Loved at All)/ Most of All/ New Wears Off Too Fast/ No Help Wanted/ Rub-A-Dub-Dub/ She's a Girl Without a Sweetheart/ Simple Simon/ Soft Lips/ Swing Wide Your Gate of Love/ Tomorrow Night/ Waiting in the Lobby of Your Heart/ Wake Up Irene/ When You're Lovin' You're Livin'/ Wild Side of Life/ Woah Sailor/ Yesterday's Girl |
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| HANK THOMPSON | Raven 300 | The Quintessential Hank Thompson, 1948-1979 | ● CD |
| 30 tracks, 75 min., essential Could knock this set for including only one cut from the great out-of-print-again LP Songs For Rounders from 1959, but that wouldn't be fair. Thompson owned the country charts during the period represented here and one listen will tell why. Hits everywhere: Humpty Dumpty Hart/ Wild Side Of Life/ Honky Tonk Girl/ Don't Take It Out On Me/ Breakin' In Another Heart/ Rockin' In The Congo/ A Six Pack To Go/ Hangover Tavern/ Anybody's Girl and on and on. In fact, almost everything here was at least in the Top 30 of the country charts, most in the Top 10. Thompson's lyrics tend to be just a little grittier than those of his contemporaries, and his favorite subjects are cheating women and cheating on women, and drinking before. during and after, but there's not the usual bragging or annoying posturing. He liked to record with his touring band, the Brazos Valley Boys, instead of the usual practice of hiring studio talent to make albums, and in doing so, Thompson managed to avoid the sterility of technically talented musicians who specialize in bloodless performances. So, here it is, modern country music invented and perfected and collected by Australians and waiting for your ears. Nice multi-label (Dot, MCA, Capitol), career overview that should send all sensible listeners scrambling for more. (JC) HANK THOMPSON: Anybody's Girl/ Blackboard of My Heart/ Breakin' in Another Heart/ Breakin' the Rules/ Cocaine Blues/ Don't Take It out on Me/ Fooler, A Faker/ Hangover Tavern/ Honky-Tonk Girl/ Humpty Dumpty Heart/ I Hear the South Callin' Me/ I've Come Awful Close/ I've Run out of Tomorrows/ Most of All/ New Green Light/ Oaklahoma Hills/ Older the Violin, The Sweeter the Music/ On Tap, In the Can, Or in the Bottle/ Rockin' in the Congo/ Rub-A-Dub-Dub/ Six Pack to Go/ Smoky the Bar/ Squaws Along the Yukon/ Waiting in the Lobby of Your Heart/ Wake Up Irene/ We've Gone Too Far/ Who Left the Door to Heaven Open/ Whoa Sailor/ Wild Side of Life/ Wildwood Flower - Hank Thompson, Merle Travis |
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| SUZY THOMPSON | Native & Fine 906 | No Mockingbird | ● CD |
| Talented Bay area musician with a selection of old time
fiddle music and blues with Kate Brislin, Eric Thompson, Jody Stecher,
etc. |
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| ERNEST TUBB | Proper BOX 54 | The Texas Troubadour | ● CD |
| 4 discs,100 tracks, essential Wonderful box set by the man who introduced the electric guitar to country music & helped start Honky Tonk. With 90 hits in 50 years, the man had staying power! This set contains the majority of his recordings from 1940-52, all done for Decca, as well as his '36 Bluebird recording The Last Thoughts Of Jimmie Rodgers. Unlike most of the Proper Boxes, this isn't programmed chronologically. The 1st 2 discs are subtitled The Hits Vol 1 & 2, with 50 hits including Walking The Floor Over You/ Filipino Baby/ Have You Ever Been Lonely (Have You Ever Been Blue)/ Blue Christmas/ I Love You Because/ (Remember Me) I'm The One Who Loves You, etc. The 3rd disc is subtitled Tubb The Songwriter & includes such great tunes as I Know What It Means To Be Lonely/ I'll Get Along Some How/ I'll Never Cry Over You. The final disc is subtitled Writer's Galore & includes his versions of classics like The Old Rugged Cross, Hank Thompson's A Lonely Heart Knows, T Texas Tyler's You Were Only Teasing Me & Bill Monroe's Kentucky Waltz. Then of course there's his hit duets with Red Foley incl Hillbilly Fever & the #1 Irene Goodnight & even Don't Rob Another Man's Castle with his Decca labelmates The Andrews Sisters. And from '46 on, backing is by his Texas Troubadours which included such greats as Jerry Byrd, Grady Martin & Zeke Turner. With fact & pic filled 48 page booklet. (GM) ERNEST TUBB: (remember Me) Im The One Who Loves You/ A Lonely Heart Knows/ Answer To Walking The Floor Over You/ Are You Waiting Just For Me/ Blue Christmas/ Blue Eyed Elaine/ Careless Darlin/ Daddy When Is Mommy Coming Home/ Dont Be Ashamed Of Your Age/ Dont Brush Them On Me/ Dont Look Now (but Your Broken Heart Is Showing)/ Dont Rob Another Mans Castle/ Dont Stay Too Long/ Dont Trifle On Your Sweetheart/ Driftwood On The River/ Drivin Nails In My Coffin/ Farther Along/ Filipino Baby/ First Year Blues/ Forever Is Ending Today/ Fort Worth Jail/ Fortunes In Memories/ G I R L Spells Trouble/ Give Me A Little Old Fashioned Love/ Goodnight Irene/ Have You Ever Been Lonely (have You Ever Been Blue)/ Headin Down The Wrong Highway/ Hey La La/ Hillbilly Fever No 2/ I Aint Goin Honky Tonkin Anymore/ I Know What It Means To Be Lonely/ I Love You Because/ Ill Always Be Glad To Take You Back/ Ill Get Along Somehow/ Ill Never Cry Over You/ Ill Step Aside/ Ill Take A Back Seat For You/ Im Biting My Fingernails And Thinking Of You/ Im Free At Last/ Im Free From The Chain Gang Now/ Im Missing You/ Im With The Crowd But So Alone/ Im Wondering How/ Its Been So Long Darling/ Ive Really Learned A Lot/ Keep My Memry In Your Heart/ Kentucky Waltz/ Lets Say Goodbye Like We Said Hello/ Letters Have No Arms/ Mean Mama Blues/ Missing In Action/ My Baby And My Wife/ My Filipino Rose/ My Mother Must Have Been A Girl Like You/ My Tennessee Baby/ Our Babys Book/ Please Remember Me/ Rainbow At Midnight/ Seamans Blues/ Should I Come Back Home To You/ Slippin Around/ So Round So Firm So Fully Packed/ Soldiers Last Letter/ Somebody Loves You/ Somebodys Stolen My Honey/ Stand By Me/ Swell San Angelo/ Tennessee Border No 2/ Texas Vs Kentucky/ That Wild And Wickedlook In Your Eye/ The Last Thoughts Of Jimmie Rodgers/ The Lovebug Itch/ The Old Rugged Cross/ The Strange Little Girl/ The Wonderful City/ Theres A Little Bit Of Everything In Texas/ Theres Gonna Be Some Changes Made Around Here/ Theres Nothing On My Mind/ Throw Your Love My Way/ Till The End Of The World/ Time After Time/ Tomorrow Never Comes/ Too Old To Cut The Mustard/ Try Me One More Time/ Unfaithful One/ Waiting For A Train/ Walking The Floor Over You/ Warm Red Wine/ Wasting My Life Away/ What A Friend We Have In Jesus/ When I Take My Vacation In The Sky/ When The World Has Turned You Down/ White Christmas/ Wondering If Youre Wondering Too/ Yesterdays Tears/ You Hit The Nail Right On The Head/ You Nearly Lose Your Mind/ You Were Only Teasing Me/ Youll Want Me Back (but I Wont Care) |
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| TOWNES VAN ZANDT | Compadre 52402 | In The Beginning ... | ● CD |
| Early recordings from the cult Folk/ Country singer/
songwriter produced by the legendary Jack Clement. These ten previously
unissued demo tracks were cut at his first recording session in
Nashville in 1966, two years before his first official release, and
illustrate that all the hallmarks of his songs-the inherent sadness, the
poetry, restlessness, darkness, bare bones melodies-were present from
the get go. Finally unearthed and released in 2003, these
never-heard-before tracks add to the puzzle that was Van Zandt's life.
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| STEPHEN WADE | County 2721 | Dancing In The Parlor | ● CD |
| Varied selection of banjo instrumentals with Saul
Broudy, John Cephas, Dudley Connell, Alan Jabbour and others. |
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| BOBBY WILLIAMSON | Bear Family 16843 | Sh-Boom (Life Could Be A Dream) | ● CD |
| 22 tracks recorded for RCA Victor between 1952 and 1954
by this relatively undistinguished honky tonk singer from Texas.
Includes his cover of the R&B hit Sh-Boom. |
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| BOB WILLS | Proper BOX 32 | Take Me Back To Tulsa | ● CD |
| Four CD retrospective featuring 109 of the best
recordings made by Wills & The Texas Playboys between 1932 and 1950
featuring every important track he recorded and illustrates how he
revolutionized music. Includes his best bands including vocalist Tommy
Duncan, steel guitarist Leon McAuliffe, guitarist Eldon Shamblin, banjo
player Johnny Lee Wills (Bob's brother), piano player Al Stricklin and
many others. Includes 52 page booklet with extensive notes, full
discographical info and rare photos. BOB WILLS: A good man is hard to find/ A little bit of boogie/ Along the Navajo trail/ At the woodchoppers' ball/ Baby won't you please come home/ Basin street blues/ Beaumont rag/ Betcha my heart/ Big beaver/ Black rider/ Blue yodel no. 1/ Blues for dixie/ Bluin' the blues/ Bob Wills boogie/ Bob Wills special/ Boot heel drag/ Brain cloudy blues/ Bubbles in my beer/ Can't get enough of Texas/ Carolina in the morning/ Cherokee maiden/ China town/ Corrine Corrina/ Cotton eyed Joe/ Cotton patch blues/ Cowboy stomp/ Crazy rhythm/ Deep water/ Dinah/ Don't be ashamed of your age/ Don't let the deal go down/ Dusty skies/ Faded love/ Fan it/ Fat boy rag/ Frankie Jean/ Get with it/ Goodbye Liza Jane/ Hawaiian war chant/ Home in San Antone/ I ain't got nobody/ I didn't realise/ I knew the moment I lost you/ I laugh when I think how I cried over you/ I wonder if you feel the way I do/ I'll be lucky someday/ I'm a ding dong daddy/ I'm feelin' bad/ Ida Red likes to boogie/ Jolie Blon likes the boogie/ Just a plain old country boy/ Keeper of my heart/ Liberty/ Little cowboy lament/ Lone star rag/ Maiden's prayer/ Milk cow blues/ Miss Molly/ My confession/ My gal Sal/ My life's been a pleasure/ My window faces south/ Nancy Jane/ Never no more hard time blues/ New San Antonio rose/ New Spanish two step/ No matter how she done it/ Oklahoma rag/ Oozlin' daddy blues/ Osage stomp/ Playboy stomp/ Please don't leave me/ Pray for the lights to go out/ Prosperity special/ Red hot gal of mine/ Red river valley/ Rock-a-bye baby blues/ Roly poly/ San Antonio rose/ Silver bells/ Smith's reel/ Spanish two step/ Stay a little longer/ Steel guitar rag/ Sugar blues/ Sugar moon/ Sunbonnet Sue/ Sweet Jennie Lee/ Swing blues no. 1/ Take me back to Tulsa/ Takin' it home/ Texas playboy rag/ That's what I like about the South/ The end of the line/ The girl I left behind/ The waltz you saved for me/ There's no disappointment in heaven/ Thorn in my heart/ Time changes everything/ Too busy/ Twin guitar special/ Twinkle twinkle little star/ We might as well forget it/ Weary of the same ol' stuff/ What's the matter with the mill/ Who walks in when I walk out/ Whoa baby/ You're from Texas/ You're okay |
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| MAC WISEMAN | Gusto 0825 | Bluegrass Tradition | ● CD |
| Fine collection of twelve 1970s recordings from this
exceptional bluegrass singer. Most of the songs are remakes of his 50s
and 60s classics but Mac was still in great voice and is accompanied by
a fine group. Includes I Still Write Your Name In The Sand/ I Wonder
How The Old Folks Are At Home/ mama Put My Littole Shoes Away/ Jimmy
Brown The Newsboy/ The Prisoner's Song/ Where Is My Boy Tonight,
etc. |
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| THE WOODPICKERS | WP 9801 | Reason & Dream | ● CD |
| Australian acoustic country group. |
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| TAMMY WYNETTE | Intersound 51981 | Singing My Song | ● CD |
| 11 songs, 24 mins, fans only The Queen of Country Music ("I didn't vote for her.I thought we were an autonomous collective. Help! Help, I'm being oppressed!") caught live very late in her career. Identical set on both CD and DVD. Recorded in an intimate theatre setting (probably somewhere in Branson, MO.) The lady sings her hits, is in fine voice and puts in a solid, if rather uninspired, performance. (JM) |
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| FARON YOUNG & GUESTS | On The Air 101908 | Country Radio Shows, Vol. 1 | ● CD |
Deleted - last copy. An entertaining collection drawn from country radio shows hosted by Faron Young. The disc starts with excerpts from two "Country Hoedown" shows sponsored by U.S. Navy Recruitment in the 50s. In addition to Faron there are songs from from guests Patsy Cline (at the beginning of her career), Eddie Arnold and the dreadful Judy Lynn. The rest of the disc is drawn from the 1965 "Faron Young Show" and is all Faron with his Country Deputy Band. Faron performs a mix of favorites of the day as well as some of his own hits. Included are You Don't Know Me/ Love Me tender/ Tiger By The Tail/ Hello Walls/ Once A Day/ Sawmill and others. Good sound and useful notes from William Hogeland. (FS) |
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| FARON YOUNG & OTHERS | Collectables 5330 | Hi-Tone Poppa | ● CD |
| 14 tracks, 34 mins, highly recommended CD issue of Krazy Kat 830. A great collection of country recorded for Webb Pierce's Pacemaker label in 1950 and '51 and subsequently leased to Ivin Ballen's Gotham label. There are six tracks by Faron Young from 3 different sessions - his first recordings. Two the lively title song and the hot Hot Rod Shotgun Boogie, No 2 were originally issued as by Tillman Franks & His Rainbow Boys. There are four tracks by a very young Claude King doing his best to sound like Ernest Tubb and two fine tracks by Teddy Wilburn of the Wilburn Brothers. The album is rounded out with two tracks by the fine and obscure Tex Grimsley. Accompaniments are consistently fine - often by members of Webb Pierce's band. Good sound and there are extensive notes by Phil Tricker which are in very tiny print. (FS) |
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