COUNTRY,
BLUEGRASS & OLD-TIMEY
Eddy Arnold -> Gene Autry
| EDDY ARNOLD |
ASV CDAJA 5321 |
Early Hits Of "The Tennessee Plowboy" |
● CD $11.98 |
25 tracks, 69 mins, highly recommended
At last a collection
of some of Eddy's classic early recording, long before he was buried in
symphonic mush, when he sang hard country accompanied by the great Little
Roy Wiggins on steel guitar and other fine musicians. Every one of these
tracks was a top five country hit - 13 of them reaching number #1! It starts
off with his classic Cattle Call and continues with tracks like I
Couldn't believe It was True/ That's How Much I Love You/ To My Sorrow/ I'll
Hold You In My Heart/ What A Fool I Was/ Texarkana Baby/ There's Not A
Thjing I Ouldn't Do For You/ A Heart Full Of Love and lots more.
Excellent sound and brief notes from Brian Golbey. (FS)
EDDY ARNOLD: Anytime/ Bouquet of Roses/ Cained to a
Memory/ Cattle Call/ Don't Rob Another Man's Castle/ Each Minute Seems Like
a Million Years/ Echo of Your Footsteps/ Heart Full of Love/ I Couldn't
Believe It Was True/ I'll Hold You in My Heart (Till I Can Hold You in My
Arms)/ I'm Throwing Rice/ It's a Sin/ Just a Little Lovin' (Will Go a Long
Way)/ Little Angel With the Dirty Face/ My Daddy Is Only a Picture/ One Kiss
Too Many/ Take Me in Your Arms and Hold Me/ Texarkana Baby/ That's How Much
I Love You/ Then I Turned and Walked Slowly Away/ There's Not a Thing (I
Wouldn't Do for You)/ To My Sorrow/ What Is Life Without Love?/ What a Fool
I Was/ Why Should I Cry
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| EDDY ARNOLD |
Bear Family BCD 15441 |
Cattle Call/Thereby Hangs A Tail |
● CD $21.98 |
2 classic LP's on one CD, with rare pictures and
discography. Eddy covers a range of traditional and contemporary Western
songs including Streets Of Laredo/Cool Water/Tumbling Tumbleweeds/Carry
Me Back To The Lone Prairie/Tom Dooley/Tennessee Stud/Wreck Of The Old
97/Ballad Of Davy Crockett and more - 25 songs in all.
EDDIE ARNOLD: A Cowboy's Dream/ Boot Hill/ Carry Me Back
To The Lone Prairie/ Cattle Call/ Cool Water/ Cowpoke/ Jesse James./ Jim I
Wore A Tie Today/ Johnny Reb, That's Me/ Leanin' On The Old Top Rail/ Nellie
Sits A-waitin'/ Ole Faithful/ Partners/ Riders In The Sky/ Sierra Sue/
Tennessee Stud/ The Ballad Of Davy Crockett/ The Battle Of Little Big Horn/
The Red Headed Stranger/ The Streets Of Laredo/ The Wayward Wind/ The Wreck
Of Old '97/ Tom Dooley/ Tumbling Tumbleweeds/ Where The Mountains Meet The
Sky
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| EDDY ARNOLD |
Bear Family BCD 15726 |
The Tennessee Plowboy & His Guitar |
● CD $129.98 |
Long awaited collection of Eddy's earliest recordings. 5-CD
box set with book which includes much new information. 120 songs from 1944
to 1950 including the original versions of some of his best earlier numbers
that were later overdubbed or re-recorded
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| EDDY ARNOLD |
Bronco Buster 9013 |
Hillbilly Favorites |
● CD $18.98 |
18 early recordings with Little Roy Wiggins on steel plus
The Willis Brothers.
EDDY ARNOLD: A Penny For Your Thoughts/ A Sinner's Prayer/
Address Unknown/ All Alone In This World Without You/ Cattle Call/ Columbus
Stockade Blues/ Don't Bother To Cry/ Drunkard's Child/ I Couldn't Belive It
Was True/ I Hang My Head And Cry/ I Talk To Myself About You/ I Want To Be
Sure/ I Wish All My Children Were Babies Again/ I'll Have To Live And Learn/
I'll Never Let You Go Little Darling/ I'll Step Aside/ In My Heart You'll
Always Be Mine/ Land, Sky And Water/ M-O-T-H-E-R (A Word That Means The
World To Me)/ What A Fool I Was (To Ever Let You Go)
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| EDDY ARNOLD |
Collector's Choice 590 |
Cattle Call |
● CD $13.98 |
Reissue of classic 1963 RCA LP of cowboy songs - The
Streets Of Laredo/ Cattle Call/ Ole Faithful/ The Wayward Wind/ Cowpoke/
Sierra Sue/ (Jim) I Wore A Tie Today, etc.
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| EDDY ARNOLD |
Proper BOX 67 |
Eddy's Song |
● CD $25.98 |
4 discs, 90 tracks, Highly recommended
Though a lot of
people blame Eddy for helping "ruin" country music by going "country-politan"
in the 60s, when he started in the 40s he was pure country. This set
concentrates on the early years, from his first session in 1944 which
yielded the classic Cattle Call, through 1952. Managed by Col. Tom
Parker, Eddy had the record for most #1 hits (28) & most singles charted.
All the early ones are here - I'll Hold You In My Heart (Till I Can Hold
You In My Arms)/ I'm Throwing Rice (At The Girl That I Love)/ I Wanna Play
House With You/ Texarkana Baby/ My Daddy Is Only A Picture. Also, if you
get this in time for Christmas, there's a slew of seasonal songs including
Will Santa Come To Shantytown? With 32 page booklet.
(FS)
EDDY ARNOLD: (I'll Have To) Live And Learn/ (In The) Hills
Of Tomorrow/ All Alone In This World Without You/ Anytime/ Be Sure There's
No Mistake/ Beautiful Isle Of Somewhere/ Bouquet Of Roses/ Bring Your Roses
To Her Now/ C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S/ C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S (2)/ Can't Win Can't Place
Can't Show/ Cattle Call/ Cattle Call/ Chained To A Memory/ Condemned Without
Trial/ Cuddle Buggin' Baby/ Did You See My Daddy Over There/ Don't Bother To
Cry/ Don't Rob Another Man's Castle/ Each Minute Seems A Million Years/ Easy
Rockin' Chair/ Echo Of Your Footsteps/ Eddy's Song/ Enclosed One Broken
Heart/ Evil Tempt Me Not/ Full Time Job/ Heart Full Of Love (For A Handful
Of Kisses)/ I Couldn't Believe It Was True/ I Talk To Myself About You/ I
Walk Alone/ I Walk Alone/ I Wanna Play House (With You)/ I Wish I Had A Girl
Like You Mother/ I Wouldn't Trade The Silver In My Mother's Hair/ I'll Hold
You In My Heart (Til I Can Hold You In My Arm s)/ I'm Thinking Tonight Of My
Blue Eyes/ I'm Throwing Rice (At The Girl I Love)/ I'm Writing A Letter To
The Lord/ It Makes No Difference Now/ It's A Sin/ Jesus And The Atheist/
Just A Little Lovin' (Will Go A Long Long Way)/ Kentucky Waltz/ Lily Of The
Valley/ Little Angel With A Dirty Face/ Lovebug Itch/ MOTHER (A Word That
Means The World To Me)/ Mama And Daddy Broke My Heart/ Many Tears Ago/ Many
Tears Ago/ May The Good Lord Bless You And Keep You/ Million Miles From Your
Heart/ Molly Darling/ Mommy Please Stay Home With Me/ Mother's Prayer/ My
Daddy Is Only A Picture/ My Mother's Sweet Voice/ Nearest Thing To Heaven/
One Kiss Too Many/ Prison Without Walls/ Prisoner's Song/ Rockin' Alone (In
An Old Rocking Chair)/ Roll Along Kentucky Moon/ Santa Claus Is Comin' To
Town/ Seven Years With The Wrong Woman/ Shepherd Of My Heart/ Show Me The
Way Back To Your Heart/ Softly And Tenderly/ Something Old Something New
Something Borrowed Something Blue/ Take Me In Your Arms And Hold Me/
Texarkana Baby/ That Wonderful Mother Of Mine/ That's How Much I Love You/
Then I Turned And Slowly Walked Away/ There's Been A Change In Me/ There's
No Wings On My Angel/ There's Not A Thing (I Wouldn't Do For You)/ Tie Me To
Your Apron Strings Again/ To My Sorrow/ What A Fool I Was/ What Is Life
Without Love/ When Jesus Bekons Me Home/ When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold
Again/ White Christmas/ Who At My Door Is Standing/ Why Should I Cry/ Will
Santa Come To Shanty Town/ Will The Circle Be Unbroken/ You Know How The
Talk Gets Around/ You Must Walk The Line
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| EDDY ARNOLD |
RCA 3675 |
The Best Of Eddy Arnold |
● CD $12.98 |
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| EDDY ARNOLD |
RCA 66854 |
The Essential Eddy Arnold |
● CD $15.98 |
20 tracks, 53 minutes, good
This broad but shallow
retrospective of Arnold's long career effectively reveals its ups and downs,
as least from the perspective of this traditional country loving reviewer!
Things start out fine during the late 1940's during Arnold's honky tonk
period, with songs like It's a Sin, I'll Hold You in My Heart,
and Don't Rob Another Man's Castle. Arnold was the first country
artist to begin using lavish string arrangements and all too soon the
strings are swirling in such numbers as Make the World Go Away,
Just Call Me Lonesome, The Tips of My Fingers, and many others. RCA even
chose to include a saccharin remake of I Really Don't Want to Know
rather than the original. It's really a shame because many of these songs
are good tunes with strong country potential, and Arnold certainly has a
powerful, smooth, and expressive voice. I suppose it's hard to argue with
success, which Arnold has achieved in spades, but I can't help but sigh and
wonder what it would have been like if he had not chosen to follow this
path. The CD booklet includes detailed notes on the singer's career and
includes a photo of Arnold with several of the Rolling Stones - that really
seems odd! (DP)
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| EMRY ARTHUR |
Old Homestead 4190 |
I Am A Man Of Constant Sorrow |
● CD $16.98 |
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| CLARENCE "TOM"
ASHLEY |
County 3520 |
Greenback Dollar |
● CD $15.98 |
Fabulous collection of 20 sides from 1929-1933 featuring
this brilliant performer - includes sides under his own name plus sides with
Ashley & Foster, Byrd Moore & His Hot Shots, The Blue Ridge Mountain
Entertainers and The Carolina Tar Heels.
CLARENCE ASHLEY: 3 Men Went A Huntin'/ Baby All Night
Long/ Coo Coo Bird/ Corrina Corrina/ Dark Holler/ Drunk Man/ Frankie
Silvers/ Greenback Dollar/ Haunted Road Blues/ House Carpenter/ Little
Sadie/ My Sweet Farm Girl/ Naomi Wise/ Old John Henry/ Rude & Rambling Man/
Sadie Ray/ Short Life Of Trouble/ Times Ain't Like They Used To Be/ Train
Done Left Me/ You Are A Little Too Small
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| ASLEEP AT THE WHEEL |
Liberty 81470 |
Tribute To The Music Of Bob Wills & The
Texas Playboys |
● CD $11.98 |
18 songs, recommended
Ray Benson wanted to do this one a
long time: an all-star Wills tribute using his current band and some former AATW members and Texas Playboys. Their instrumental version of Red Wing,
with original Asleep steel player Lucky Oceans, and former Playboys Eldon
Shamblin and Johnny Gimble, already won the Grammy for Best Country
Instrumental. As for the other numbers, Benson sings a few alone; the rest
are duets. A few surprises turn up along the way. Dolly Parton's Billy
Dale (a re-gendered version of the Wills ballad Lily Dale) and Huey
Lewis's Ida Red are both outstanding. Garth Brooks' melodic,
no-frills version of Deep Water proves he can sing country,
powerfully, when he wants to; Marty Stuart's soulful version of Misery
and Lyle Lovett's Blues for Dixie are both masterful performances.
George Strait, Merle Haggard (who started the whole Wills revival nearly 25
years ago), Willie Nelson, Riders in the Sky and even Huey Lewis are
predictably good. Benson goofed only twice. Brooks and Dunn turn Corrine,
Corrina into a near-blasphemous line dance nightmare. Vince Gill's
voice, perfect on contemporary material, has a vocal touch too light to work
on the Wills favorite (originally an old pop tune) Yearning, which
demands a stronger vocal approach. These are about the only mistakes. Now,
Benson should set his sights on a reunion album of the mid-70's edition of
Asleep at the Wheel, still the best of all. (RK)
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| BOB ATCHER |
B.A.C.M. 068 |
Hunters Of Kentucky |
● CD $13.98 |
22 tracks recorded between 1946 and 1948 in variety of
styles - includes some duets with his wife Bonnie Blue Eyes, Randy Atcher
and The Dinning Sisters. Includes Down With The Feminine Gender/ Never
Trust A Woman/ One Kind Word/ Peek A Boo/ Walking The Floor Over You/ I'm
Reading Your Letter Again Dear/ Wasted Tears/ In My Heart and more.
BOB ATCHER: Ain‘t You Ashamed/ Chain Around My Heart/
Christmas Island/ De Ladies Man/ Don‘t Give Your Heart To Someone Else/ Down
With The Feminine Gender/ Hunters Of Kentucky/ In My Heart/ I‘m Reading Your
Letter Again Dear/ Let‘s Start Life All Over/ Long Gone Baby/ Methodist Pie/
My Pillow Knows/ Never Trust A Woman/ On Account Of You/ One Kind Word/ Peek
A Boo/ Smoke Comes Out My Chimney/ The Old Chisholm Trail/ Time Will Tell/
Walking The Floor Over You/ Wasted Tears
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| BOB ATCHER &
BONNIE BLUE EYES |
Cattle 201 |
The Top Hand Of The Cowhands |
● CD $18.98 |
21 tracks recorded between 1939 and 1946 by this husband and
wife team who were stars of the WLS Barn Dance from Chicago. Mostly duets
along with some solo performances by each.
BOB ATCHER & BONNIE BLUES EYES: A Long Road Ahead/ Always
Alone/ Blow, Whistle, Blow/ Cool Water/ Doesn't Matter Anymore/ I Dream Of
Your Bonnie Blue Eyes/ I Traded My Heart For A Tear/ I Want To Be Wanted/ I
Wonder Where You Are Tonight/ In The Echo Of My Heart/ Let's Tell Our Dream
To The Moon/ My Buddy, My Buddy, My Pal/ Poor Little Rose/ Seven Beers With
The Wrong Man/ Take Me Back Again/ The Lonesome Mountain/ The Picture On The
Mantle/ There'll Be A Day/ Those Eyes Of Grey/ Weary, Worried And Blue/ Will
You Be True
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| BOB ATCHER &
BONNIE BLUE EYES |
Cattle CCD 237 |
The Golden Age Of Bob Atcher & Bonnie Blue
Eyes |
● CD $18.98 |
26 tracks recorded between 1939 and 1949 featuring this
husband and wife team who were stars of the WLS Barn Dance from Chicago.
About 2/3 of the tracks are solos by Bob and the rest are duets with Bonnie.
BOB ATCHER: Blue Tail Fly/ Don't Let Your Sweet Love Die/
Don't Rob Another Man's Castle/ Foggy Foggy Dew/ Honest I Do/ I'll Remember
You, Love, In My Prayers/ I'm Thinking Tonight Of My Blue Eyes (The Crying
Song)/ Money, Marbles And Chalk/ Mountain Maw/ Nobody Knows But Me And You/
One Little Teardrop Too Late/ Pins And Needles (In My Heart)/ Smiling With A
Broken Heart/ Tennessee Border/ The Nightingale/ The Warm Red Wine/ Time
Alone/ Why Don't You Haul Off And Love Me/ Why Should I Cry Over You/ Answer
To You Are My Sunshine/ Don't Say Goodbye Little Darling/ I'm Not Coming
Home Tonight/ Now That You're Gone (Oh My Darling)/ Sorrow On My Mind/
You'll Always Have My Heart/ BONNIE BLUE EYES: I'm Lending You To Uncle
Sammy
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| CHET ATKINS |
Bear Family BCD 15714 |
Gallopin' Guitar |
● CD $99.98 |
Four CDs, 113 tracks, essential
After the domestic Chet
Atkins RCA box set released earlier this year ignored all but a couple of
his earliest tracks, this one is a revelation. Most of this material hasn't
been available since it was first released, and only a handful of tracks
were ever out on LPs. Chet himself downplays his early recordings these
days, but many of them were what first earned him attention. The set begins
with his first solo recording, Guitar Blues, recorded for Nashville's
Bullet Records in 1946, then picks up all his early RCA output. Since RCA
initially saw Chet as their answer to his idol Merle Travis, he sang on many
of his early recordings (you either like his voice or you hate it). The
early favorites (along with seven never-issued numbers) are all here, such
as Canned Heat and The Nashville Jump as well as many of his
excellent sides recorded with Homer & Jethro including Galloping on the
Guitar, Main Street Breakdown and his signature tune, Country
Gentleman. Other guest vocalists don't fare so well, and a couple of the
numbers with outside singers are simply bad. But Chet's superb playing never
falters. The main focus, however, are the instrumentals which even then
featured plenty of pop material such as Memphis Blues, Caravan
and Birth of the Blues, all done his way. The booklet includes
amazing, never- seen photos of Chet in the early fifties, a complete RCA
discography. Rich Kienzle's notes are exhaustive and insightful, though
Atkins himself did not cooperate with the package. (AK)
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| CHET ATKINS |
Bear Family BCD 16539 |
Mr. Guitar - The Complete Recordings,
1955-1960 |
● CD $189.98 |
7 discs, 214 tracks, essential
Picking up where Bear Family
BCD 15714 ("Gallopin' Guitar") left off, this represents Chet's complete RCA
output from 1955 through 1960. More than even the earlier box, the songs
here represent Atkins's most important legacy to guitarists like Eddie
Cochran, Duane Eddy, John Fogerty, Mark Knopfler, the Ventures, Jerry Reed
and countless other guitarists. During these years he began recording
instrumental versions of current pop hits, a pattern he continued through
the rest of his time at RCA. He also began working with innovative
tone-altering devices like an amplifier with built-in tape echo, electronic
tremolo and early "wah-wah" devices that later became commonplace among rock
players in the late 60's. This collection covers all his singles, as well as
such innovative albums as "In Three Dimensions", "Hi-Fi in Focus", "Stringin'
Along with Chet Atkins", "Finger Style Guitar", "Chet Atkins at Home, In
Hollywood", "Mister Guitar", "The Other Chet Atkins", "Teensville" and his
best-selling album of all, "Chet Atkins' Workshop". It includes his rare
singles with a studio band called the Rhythm Rockers, six 1959 songs (one
previously unissued) featuring his older half-brother, former Les Paul Trio
guitarist Jimmy Atkins crooning Crosby-style on six pop and country hits. An
extremely rare 1956 EP featuring Eddy Arnold with a (thankfully) small group
with Atkins performing songs from a Broadway Musical is among the surprises,
along with alternate takes of Hot Toddy and the wah-wah-heavy Boo
Boo Stick Beat. Among the less pleasant surprises are 20 tracks (five
unissued) recorded for the song licensing company SESAC with the Anita Kerr
Singers and the virtually unlistenable RCA LP "Hum and Strum along with Chet
Atkins". The SESAC material, now owned (for what little that means) by Bear
Family, is the worst kind of elevator Muzak as is the "Hum and Strum
material". On most of the post-1957 material, Atkins recorded the tracks in
RCA's Nashville studios and took the tapes to his basement home studio in
Nashville to perfect his solos. By 1960, Atkins was beginning to change his
style, curbing his assertiveness in favor of a light, easy-listening style
that permeated his albums for over a decade, robbing his music most of the
time of the spontaneity and fire it once had, but earning him fans who
normally bought albums by people like Billy Vaughan. Happily, this
collection doesn't venture into that sugary morass. (You'd need insulin if
it did!). The sound is, not surprisingly, superb. Rich Kienzle's outstanding
research goes track by track, with interesting discussions on how Atkins's
growing role as an RCA producer influenced his records (not always for the
better) and how Atkins's endorsement of Gretsch guitars impacted the
marketing of his albums. The album closes with two odd numbers:
never-before-heard 1940s vocal instrumental transcription discs from
Knoxville's WNOX, where Chet did his first professional work from 1942-45.
The 112 page book includes an amazing series of never berfore published
black and white photos from the late fifties showing Chet at home, in the
studio and around downtown Nashville, as well as color shots of virtually
all the album covers (and variations). Also included is a 1966 Atkins cover
story for 'Radio-Electronics' Magazine where Chet discusses his electronics
and recording concepts. For Atkins fans and for guitarists in general, this
one's a necessity. (AK)
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| CHET ATKINS |
Country Route 32 |
Early Chet Atkins |
● CD $16.98 |
32 tracks, 63 minutes, recommended with reservations
Don't
get me wrong - the music on this CD is generally great, but this compilation
and its packaging are incredibly misleading. More than half the tracks
feature the Carter Sisters, Mother Maybelle and Chet Atkins, pulled from a
mere fraction of the thirty-some RadiOzark transcriptions they recorded
around 1950. Ten of these early tracks are vocals, featuring numerous
combinations of the Carters and Atkins. Six instrumentals feature the
classic Atkins guitar; and two feature his solid, if not superlative
fiddling. If you only know the Carter Sisters and Mother Maybelle from their
Carter Family tributes and intrusive vocals on mediocre Johnny Cash records,
these RadiOzarks are revelatory. Ill-served on record during their prime
years, their transcriptions capture the quintet as it really was: a
dazzling, self-contained showband from country music radio's golden age.
This set also features a version of Atkins' early masterwork Canned Heat
from a late '40s Shorty Thompson aircheck, plus eight mid-'50s Atkins solos
culled from military recruiting transcriptions. For some reason, compiler
Brian Pymm opted to include two Jimmy Dean vocals (neither of which includes
Atkins), a mediocre Faron Young ballad (with Hank Garland on guitar), and
two uninspired late '50s June and Helen Carter tracks with a guitarist that
sounds nothing like Atkins. Pymm's brief notes are ill-informed at best;
incredibly erroneous at worst. If you want to sample the Carter Sisters,
Mother Maybelle and Chet Atkins as they sounded more than a half-century
ago, this is a great set to have. If you're more interested in Atkins, save
your money for Bear Family's seven-CD "Mister Guitar: The RCA Victor Years -
1955-1960", slated for release in late November 2004. (DS)
CHET ATKINS: Alabama Jubilee/ Country Gentleman/ Country
Gentleman/ Dance Of The Golden Rod/ Five Foot Two/ Poor People Of Paris/
Poor People Of Paris/ Rainbow/ San Antonio Rose/ HELEN & JUNE CARTER: Poor
Old Heartsick Me/ JUNE CARTER: It's My Lazy Day/ THE CARTER SISTERS, MOTHER
MAYBELLE & CHET A: Beaumont Rag/ Cabin In The Valley Of The Pines/ Canned
Heat/ Canned Heat/ Charming Billy/ Draggin' The Bow/ Grandma Told Me So/
Guitar Solo/ Guitar Solo/ Heartbroken/ I've Been Bitten By The Same Bug
Twice/ Ida, Sweet As Apple Cider/ In The Pines/ Johnson Boys/ Late Evening
Blues/ Little Sweetheart, I Miss You/ My Gal Sal/ One More Chance/ Radiozark
Theme/ That Pretty Little Face/ The Leaf Of Love/ The Old Black Mountain
Trail/ JIMMY DEAN: Bummin' Around/ Good Lord Saying, 'good Morning'/ FARON
YOUNG: Moonlight Mountain
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| CHET ATKINS |
RCA 66855 |
The Essential Chet Atkins |
● CD $15.98 |
20 tracks, fans only
RCA blew it several years ago with an
Atkins box set reflecting Chet's own generally negative view that much of
his early material doesn't merit reissuing. Accordingly, about the only
thing you'll see here from the early days is a vintage photo on the rear
cover. Despite the fact he first recorded for RCA in 1947 it's a 1954 track,
Mr. Sandman, his first chart hit that represents the early years,
none of the hot early material like Canned Heat or Galloping on
the Guitar is here at all. The bulk if the songs are bland instrumental
versions of 60's pop hits like Yesterday, Alley Cat,
Snowbird, and Somewhere My Love, all perfect and sterile. There
are exceptions, like his clever Boo Boo Stick Beat, the 1965 hit
single Yakety Axe and the fiery 1971 Black Mountain Rag, and
duet tracks with Jerry Reed (Jerry's Breakdown) and Doc Watson (Tennessee
Rag/Beaumont Rag). (RK)
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| MIKE AULDRIDGE |
Sugar Hill 3725 |
Eight String Swing |
● CD $14.98 |
Mike Auldridge is a veteran of bluegrass dobro playing, and
his enthusiasm for a new 8-string instrument (most dobros have 6) makes this
instrumental album a real treat. Support by members of Seldom Scene and
friends is right in the pocket, producing a swinging hillbilly jazz that is
much more satisfying than most dawg/ newgrass efforts. Mike blasts out of
the gate with Little Rock Getaway, proving that he has no lack of
chops. And while he excels at the torrid tempo of Bethesda and the
wrist-wrenching Bluegrass Boogie, flashiness is usually downplayed in
favor of genuine jazz sensibilities. Listen to Swing Scene/ Caravan/
Pete's Place/ Red Top/ Stompin' At The Savoy and you'll hear some
brilliant improvisation using wide, pedal steel-like chords. And there's
more - don't miss this very impressive solo project. (MB)
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| GENE AUTRY |
ASV CDAJA 5188 |
Back In The Saddle Again - 25 Cowboy
Classics |
● CD $11.98 |
This one
has 25 tracks by Autry - a varied mix ranging from his early Jimmie Rodgers
inspired blues from 1929 to his early 40s Hollywood cowboy stuff.
GENE AUTRY: After Tomorrow/ Any Old Time/ Back In The
Saddle Again/ Be Honest With Me/ Blue Hawaii/ Blue Yodel No 5/ Blueberry
Hill/ Dust/ Goodbye Little Darling/ Have I Told You Lately That I Love You/
High Steppin' Mama/ I'll Never Let You Go/ I'll Wait For You/ Lonely River/
Mexicali Rose/ Old Trail/ Paradise In The Moonlight/ Rhythm Of The Hoofbeats/
Ridin' Down The Canyon/ Silver Haired Daddy Of Mine/ South Of The Border
(Down Mexico Way)/ Tumbling Tumbleweeds/ When Swallows Come Back To
Capistrano/ Year Ago Tonight/ You Are My Sunshine
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| GENE AUTRY |
ASV CDAJA 5264 |
The Last Round Up - 25 Cowboy Classics |
● CD $11.98 |
25 tracks from the period 1933-47, most never before on CD.
Includes Someday In Wyoming, the first song he sang on film plus
other songs from his motion pictures like Dear Old Western Skies/ Guns &
Guitars/ Little Old Band Of Gold/ Pretty Mary/ Little Big Dry, etc as
well as no movie sides like The Old Covered Wagon/ When Golden Leaves Are
Falling/ I Want A Pardon For Daddy/ If It wasn't For The Rain, etc.
GENE AUTRY: Ages And Ages Ago/ Dear Old Western Skies/
Down In The Lane Of Zulu/ Guns and Guitars/ I Want A Pardon For Daddy/ I
Wish All My Children Were Babies Again/ If It Wasn't For The Rain/ If Today
Were The End Of The World/ It's Round-Up Time In Reno/ Little Big Dry/
Little Old Band Of Gold/ Mary Dear/ Mother, Here's A Bouquet For You/ Pretty
Mary/ Someday In Wyoming (with Jimmy Long)/ Sycamore Lane/ Take Me Back Into
Your Heart/ Texas Plains/ The Cowboy's Trademarks/ The Last Letter/ The Last
Mile/ The Last Round-Up/ The Old Covered Wagon (with Smiley Burnette)/ When
I First Laid Eyes On You/ When The Golden Leaves Are Falling (with Jimmy
Long)
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| GENE AUTRY |
B.A.C.M. 015 |
Hold On Little Dogies, Hold On |
● CD $13.98 |
20 tracks recorded between 1931 and 1937 by the popular and
prolific Gene Autry. Includes many duets with Jimmy Long. As far as I can
tell there are no duplications with any other Autry reissues.
GENE AUTRY: After 21 Years/
Answer To Red River Valley/ Beautiful Texas/ Cradle Of My Dreams/ Daddy &
Home/ Don't Waste Your Years On Me/ Gosh, I Miss You All The Time/ Hold On
Little Dogies, Hold On/ I'm Always Dreaming Of You/ Lamp Lighting Time In
The Valley/ Little Old Lady Waiting/ Memories Of That Silver Haired Daddy/
My Carolina Mountain Rose/ My Cross Eyed Gal/ Red River Lullaby/ Someday In
Wyoming/ That Silver Haired Mother Of Mine/ When The Golden Leaves Are
Falling/ Why Don't You Come Back To Me/ ‘Leven Months In Leavenworth
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| GENE AUTRY |
B.A.C.M. 016 |
We've Come A Long Way Together |
● CD $13.98 |
20 tracks from the period 1937 through 1948 not duplicated
elsewhere.
GENE AUTRY: Angel Song/ Bible On The Table/ Blue Montana
Skies/ Don't Send Me Your Love By Mail/ End Of My Round Up Days/ I Don't
Belong In Your World/ I Guess I've Been Asleep/ I'll Be True While You're
Gone/ I'm Coming Home Darling/ I'm Gonna Round Up My Blues/ Little Pardner/
Sail Along Silv'ry Moon/ Sweethearts Or Strangers/ That Little Kid Sister Of
Mine/ There Ain't No Use In Crying Now/ There's Only One Love In A Lifetime/
We've Come A Long Way Together/ When I'm Gone You'll Soon Forget/ You Are
The Light Of My Life/ You Waited Too Long
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| GENE AUTRY |
B.A.C.M. 037 |
Rollin' Around |
● CD $13.98 |
20 tracks form the period 1947 through 1952.
GENE AUTRY: A Broken Promise Means A Broken Heart/ Blue
Shadows On The Trail/ Diesel Smoke, Dangerous Curves/ Ellie Mae/ Gold Can
Buy Anything But Love/ I Lost My Little Darling/ I Love You Because/ I've
Lived A Lifetime For You/ Last Straw/ Loaded Pistols And Loaded Dice/ Love
Is So Misleadin'/ Mister And Mississippi/ Old Soldiers Never Die/ Play Fair/
Rollin' Along/ Roses/ Stop Your Gambling/ Story Book Of Love/ They Warned Me
About You/ When The Silver Colorado Turns To Gold
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| GENE AUTRY |
B.A.C.M. 038 |
Goodbye Pinto |
● CD $13.98 |
21 tracks recorded between 1937 and 1947.
GENE AUTRY: A Face I See At Evening/ A Goldmine In Your
Heart/ Address Unknown/ Amapola/ Darling How Can You Forget So Soon/ Don't
Take Your Spite Out On Me/ Empty Cot In The Bunkhouse Tonight (2)/ Goodbye
Pinto/ I Don't Want To Set The World On Fire/ I Want To Be Sure/ I'm A
Cowpoke Pokin' Along/ Keep Rollin' Lazy Longhorns/ Lone Star Moon/ Merry Go
Roundup/ Old Buckaroo Goodbye/ Old November Moon/ Ride Tenderfoot, Ride/
There's A New Moon Over My Shoulder/ Too Late/ Twilight On The Trail/ When
It's Roundup Time In Heaven
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| GENE AUTRY |
B.A.C.M. 039 |
Little Farm Home, 1930-1939 |
● CD $13.98 |
20 Autry rarities.
GENE AUTRY: Back Home In The Blue Ridge Mountains/ Blue
Days/ Convict's Dream/ Down A Mountain Trail/ Empty Cot In The Bunkhouse
Tonight (1)/ Eyes To The Skies/ I Wonder If You Feel The Way I Do/ Little
Farm Home/ Little Sir Echo/ Pictures Of My Mother/ Roundup In Cheyenne/
She's Just That Kind/ That Mother And Daddy Of Mine/ That's Why I'm Nobody's
Darling/ The Old Grey Mare/ There's A Good Gal In The Mountains/ True Blue
Bill/ Under The Apple Tree/ When The Humming Birds Are Humming/ With A Song
In My Heart
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| GENE AUTRY |
B.A.C.M. 111 |
Texas Blues - Early Rare Recordings |
● CD $13.98 |
21 of Gene's rarest sides cut between 1929 and 1937
including duets with Jimmy Long and accompaniments from Roy Smeck, Frankie
Marvin and others.
GENE AUTRY: Alone With My Sorrows/ Angel Boy/ Black Bottom
Blues/ By The Stump Of The Old Pine Tree/ I Hate To Say Goodbye To The
Prairie/ I'd Love A Home In The Mountains/ I'm A Railroad Man (waiting On A
Weary Train)/ In The Shadow Of The Pine/ Kentucky Lullaby/ Mean Mama Blues/
Money Ain't No Use Anyway/ My Shy Little Blue Bonnet Girl/ Railroad Boomer/
Ridin' All Day/ Seven More Days/ Texas Blues/ That Old Feather Bed On The
Farm/ That Ramshackle Shack/ The Old Folks Back Home/ When The Shines On The
Mississippi Valley/ Your Voice Is Ringing
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| GENE AUTRY |
B.A.C.M. 112 |
A Cowboy's Serenade |
● CD $13.98 |
B.A.C.M.'s seventh Autry reissue features 24 tracks - mostly
from the 40s and early 50s along with a few earlier titles.
GENE AUTRY: 20-20 Vision And Walking Round Blind/ A
Cowboy's Serenade/ Blue Eyed Elaine/ Bonus Tracks: In The Valley Of The
Moon/ Closing The Book/ Dear Old Dad Of Mine/ Don't Believe A Word They Say/
Goodnight Irene/ How Long Is Forever/ I Just Want You/ I'll Never Smile
Again/ In The Garden (with Dinah Shore)/ It's A Shame We Didn't Talk It
Over/ It's My Lazy Day/ Maria Elena/ Merry Texas Christmas You All/ Mule
Train/ Riders In The Sky/ Roly Poly/ Rose Coloured Memories/ Same Old
Fashioned Girl/ Sunflower/ The Old Rugged Cross (with Dinah Shore)/ When He
Grows Tired Of You
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| GENE AUTRY |
Bear Family BCD 15944 |
That Silver Haired Daddy Of Mine |
● CD $259.98 |
Bear Family does it again with this nine
CD box set with 225 tracks featuring all the surviving recordings made by
Autry made between 1929 and 1933 starting as a Jimmie Rodgers imitator and
gradually developing his own style. About half the track are solo - just
Autry and his guitar - others feature the steel guitar of long time
associate Frankie Marvin as well as other musicians. It includes previously
unissued songs and alternate takes. Most of these tracks have not been
reissued on CD before and many have never been heard since their original 78
rpm release. Includes hardcover book with an essay by Packy Smith,
discography by Tony Russell and many rare pictures and illustrations.
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| GENE AUTRY |
Cattle 242 |
The Early Yodeling Days Of Gene Autry |
● CD $18.98 |
24 tracks from the period 1929 to 1934. Gene recorded for
several labels during this period, often at the same time, and some of these
records were issued under the pseudonyms Jimmie Smith and Gene Johnson - in
some cases we have different versions of the same song recorded for
different labels. In spite of the album title Gene only yodels on some of
the tracks and we have a selection of blues, sentimental songs, novelty
songs and more. Various musicians accompany Gene including Frankie Marvin,
Johnny Marvin, Roy Smeck and some fine unknown musicians.
GENE AUTRY: Bear Cat Mama From Horner's Corner/ Dad In The
Hills/ Do Right Daddy Blues/ Do Right Daddy Blues No. 2/ I''Ll Always Be A
Rambler/ If I Could Bring Back My Buddy/ In The Jailhouse Now No. 2/ Jimmie
The Kid/ Louisiana Moon/ Methodist Pie/ My Alabama Home (& Jimmy Long)/ My
Carolina Sunshine Girl/ My Dreaming Of You (with Jimmy Long & Frankie
Marvin)/ Roll Along Kentucky Moon/ She Wouldn't Do It (Perfect version)/ She
Wouldn't Do It (Timely Tunes version)/ She Wouldn't Do It (Victor version)/
She's A Low Down Mama (Conqueror version)/ She's A Low Down Mama (Timely
Tunes version)/ She's Always On My Mind (with Frankie Marvin)/ The Old Woman
And The Cow/ Travelin' Blues/ Valley In The Hills (with Jimmy Long)/
Yodeling Hobo
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| GENE AUTRY |
Cattle 243 |
The Golden Age Of Gene Autry |
● CD $18.98 |
This collection features 24recordings from Gene's most
successful period in the late 30s and 40s when he starred in dozens of
Western movies and the music here has that polished Hollywood cowboy sound.
GENE AUTRY: Blue Hawaii/ Can't Shake The Sands Of Texas
From My Shoes/ Don't Bite The Hands That's Feeding You/ God Must Have Loved
America/ Gonna Build A Big Fence Around Texas/ Here's To The Ladies/ I'll
Wait For You/ If You Only Believed In Me/ Little Band Of Gold/ Lonely River/
Old Missouri Moon/ Pretty Mary/ Silver Spurs (On The Golden Stairs)/ The
Answer To Twenty-One Years/ The Last Mile/ The Leaf Of Love/ The Old Folks
Back Home/ There'll Never Be Another Pal Like You/ Wagon Train/ Were You
Sincere/ When It's Springtime In The Rockies (Previously Unissued)/ You
Laughed And I Cried/ You Only Want Me When You're Lonely/ You're Not My
Darling Anymore
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| GENE AUTRY |
Columbia CK 48957 |
The Essential Gene Autry |
● CD $11.98 |
10 recordings from 1935 to 1944 - several featuring the Gene
Autry Trio - Tumbling Tumbleweeds/ It Makes No Difference Now/ Amapola
, etc
GENE AUTRY: (I've Got Spurs That) Jingle, Jangle, Jingle/
Amapola/ Back In The Saddle Again/ Blueberry Hill/ Deep In The Heart Of
Texas/ El Rancho Grande/ I'm Thinking Tonight Of My Blue Eyes/ It Makes No
Difference Now/ Maria Elena/ Mexicali Rose/ Ole Faithful/ Red River Valley/
Take Me Back To My Boots & Saddle/ The Call Of The Canyon/ The Last
Round-Up/ The Yellow Rose Of Texas/ Tumblin' Tumbleweeds/ You Are My
Sunshine
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| GENE AUTRY |
Columbia CK 64987 |
Blues Singer, 1929-1931 |
● CD $12.98 |
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GENE AUTRY: A Yodeling Hobo/ Bear Cat Papa Blues/
Birmingham Daddy/ Blue Yodel No.5/ California Blues (Blue Yodel #4)/ Dallas
County Jail Blues/ Do Right Daddy Blues/ Dust Pan Blues/ Frankie And Johnny/
High Steppin' Mama Blues/ I'm Atlanta Bound/ I've Always Been A Rambler/ In
The Jailhouse Now No.2/ Jail-House Blues/ Left My Gal In The Mountains/ My
Rough And Rowdy Ways/ Slu-Foot Lou/ Stay Away From My Chicken House/ T.B.
Blues/ That's Why I Left The Mountains/ The Rheumatism Blues/ Waiting For A
Train/ Wildcat Mama Blues
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| GENE AUTRY |
Jasmine 3527 |
That's How I Got My Start |
● CD $11.98 |
23 track collection of early sides. No detailed information
is given but it seems to cover sides from the late 20s through the mid 40s.
Includes Wildcat Mama Blues/ Rheumatism Blues/ You're The Only Star In My
Blue Heave/ That's How I Got My Start/ Rhythm Of The Heartbeats/ Pistol
Packing Papa/ Oklahoma Hills/ My Star Of The Sky and others including a
fine version of Dixie Cannonball with nice guitar pickin' from Merle
Travis. Good music though the remastering has filtered too much of the high
end for my liking.
ROY ACUFF: Automobile Of Life/ Devil's Train/ Eyes Are
Watching You/ Fireball Mail/ Freight Train Blues/ Great Speckled Bird/ Honky
Tonk Mamas/ I Couldn't Believe It Was True/ Lonesome Old River Blues/
Muleskinner Blues/ Night Train To Memphis/ Our Own Jole Blon/ Pale Horse And
His Rider/ Precious Jewel/ Railroad Boomer/ Southbound Train/ Steel Guitar
Blues/ Tennessee Waltz/ Wabash Cannonball/ Walkin' In My Sleep/ Weary
Lonesome Blues/ Worried Mind/ Wreck On The Highway/ GENE AUTRY: At Mail Call
Today/ Back In The Saddle Again/ Dixie Cannon Ball/ Dust/ Gallivantin'
Galveston Gal/ High Steppin' Mama Blues/ I'll Always Be A Rambler/ My Rose
Of The Prairie/ My Star Of The Sky/ Oklahoma Hills/ Panhandle Pete/ Pistol
Packin' Papa/ Rainbow Valley/ Rhythm Of The Hoofbeats/ That Silver Haired
Daddy Of Mine/ That's How I Got My Start/ The Last Round-Up/ The Life Of
Jimmie Rodgers/ The Rheumatism Blues/ The Yellow Rose Of Texas/ Way Out West
In Texas/ Wildcat Mama Blues/ You're The Only Star (In My Blue Heaven)
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