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COUNTRY,
BLUEGRASS & OLD-TIMEY
James Talley
-> Hank Thompson
| JAMES TALLEY |
Bear Family BCD 15244 |
American Original |
● CD $21.98 |
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| JAMES TALLEY |
Bear Family BCD 15435 |
Black Jack Choir/ Ain't It Something |
● CD $21.98 |
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JAMES TALLEY: Ain't It Something/ Alabama
Summertime/ Bluesman/ Daddy Just Called It the Blues/ Dixie Blue/
Everybody Loves a Lovesong/ Magnolia Boy/ Middle "C" Mama/ Migrant
Jesse Sawyer/ Mississippi River Whistle Town/ Nine Pounds of
Hashbrowns/ Not Even When It's Over/ Old Time Religion/ Only the
Best/ Poets of the West Virginia Mines/ Richland, Washington/ Up
from Georgia/ We Keep Tryin'/ What Will There Be for the Children/
When the Fiddler Packs His Case/ Woman Trouble/ You Know I've Got to
Love Her
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| JAMES TALLEY |
Bear Family BCD 15464 |
Love Songs & The Blues |
● CD $21.98 |
James Talley was an interesting singer/ songwriter
who had a modicum of success with his recordings for Capitol in 1974
and 1977. The first two Bear Family CDs reissue his four Capitol
album while the third is a selection of new recordings. BCD 15433
reissues his first two Capitol albums - ST 11416 and 11494 which is
a nice collection of folky/ country songs which draws on elements of
Merle Haggard, Woody Guthrie, John Prine and Waylon Jennings. BCD
15435 feature his next two albums ST 11695 and 11605 and is a lot
more self conscious with pompous arrangements, girl choruses and the
like and songs which are like Merle at his most pretentious. The
collection of new songs features a good selection of songs but has
horrible overblown arrangements. Talley apparently has a cult
following but I'm not sure why. (FS)
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| JAMES TALLEY |
Bear Family BCD 15633 |
The Road To Torreon |
● CD $39.98 |
Fascinating project here - an 11-song CD accompanied
by a thick photo essay book. This box set apparently was a joint
venture between Talley and photographer Cavalliere Ketchum in the
early 70's; the theme is real life in New Mexico villages, and the
photos are powerful documentation of real people's living
conditions. Talley's lyrics and other writings are also incorporated
into the large format book, which is better than most "coffee table"
art books out these days.
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| JAMES TALLEY |
Cimarron 1001 |
Go No Bread, No Milk, No Money, But
We Sure Got A Lot |
● CD $15.98 |
2 CDs, 13 tracks, 33 min. (plus a 56 min. interview
disc), essential
Recorded by Talley in 1973 and released originally
on his own label in a quantity of 1000 copies, "Got No Bread" sold
poorly out of Talley's car trunk until Capitol Records picked it up
(for $5000) and issued it in 1975 (as Capital LP #ST 11416). Then
the LP received the critical acclaim it so richly deserved and
opened a few doors for its creator. This reissue features a second
disc containing an interview with Talley that was originally
released only to radio stations to promote Capitol's release of the
LP. A true classic, "Got No Bread" sounds as fresh today as it did
30 years ago, devoid as it is of the clichés that made Nashville
what it is. The music is as honest and heartfelt as could be
imagined; the sound would come to be dubbed "Americana," but its
working-class folk and country influences are not just put on but
flow from Talley's life and times. The album was conceived of as a
unified whole, not a series of singles, thus their are no weak
songs, no filler. Talley wrote the booklet notes, which include his
life story, lyrics, and details about the recording of the LP that
only he would know. (He mentions, for example, one young unknown
guitarist named John Hiatt wandering into the session to see what
was going on who ended up playing the lead acoustic part on No
Opener Needed. A model of a reissue. (JC)
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| JAMES TALLEY |
Cimaron 1009 |
Woody Guthrie & Songs Of My Oklahoma
Home |
● CD $15.98 |
Personal tribute to Woody Guthrie originally
recorded in 1994 for Capitol.
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| JAMES TALLEY |
Cimaron 1010 |
Nashville City Blues |
● CD $15.98 |
1998 recordings from this legendary Oklahoma singer
& songwriter.
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| JAMES TALLEY |
Cimaron 1011 |
Touchstones |
● CD $15.98 |
Brilliant singer and songwriter from Oklahoma with
new recordings of 16 of his songs that he first recorded for Capitol
in the 70s. He is accompanied by a fine band including Tommy
Detamore/ electric and steel guitars, Ponty Bone/ accordion, Bobby
Flores/ fiddle, mandolin & acoutic guitar and others. Also features
Joe Ely doing a guest vocal on W. Lee O'Daniel & The Light Crust
Doughboys. Among the songs are Trying Like The Devil/ Calico
Gypsy/ Not Even When It's Over/ Deep Country Blues/ Richland,
Washington/ Up From Georgia/ What Will There Be For The Children?/
Give My Love To Marie and others.
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| THE TARBOX RAMBLERS |
Rounder 9051 |
Tarbox Ramblers |
● CD $15.98 |
New group performing old time country music and
blues (Jack Of Diamonds/ Columbus Stockade/ Oh Death/ St. James
Infirmary/ Stewball, etc) with a contemporary electric flavor.
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| THE TARBOX RAMBLERS |
Rounder 9061 |
A Fix Back East |
● CD $15.98 |
11 tracks, 42 min, recommended
2nd CD by this
excellent Boston band, combining Americana, swamp, gospel &
hillbilly to great effeect. Led by guitarist/singer Michael Tarbos
(who sounds a bit like John Kay) most of the tunes are originals,
along with covers of Dock Bogg's Country Blues & the gospel
standard Last Month Of The Year. I especially like the final
track here, Ashes To Ashes, but all in all, everything here
is excellent! (GM)
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| TUT
TAYLOR & CLARENCE WHITE |
Tut-Lee 1003 |
Flatpicking |
● CD $15.98 |
A collection of 24 instrumental duets featuring
Dobro master Tut Taylor and legendary guitarist Clarence White.
These were recorded informally by Tut in 1965 and appear her for the
first time. A collection of traditional tunes, old pop songs and
some originals. Includes Picking Peanuts/ Happy Dobro/ Panhandle
Rag/ All Smiles Tonight/ Playing Around/ Tennessee Dulcimer Works/
Maggie/ Dobro Country, etc.
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| TUT
TAYLOR & NORMAN BLAKE |
Tut-Lee 1001 |
Flat Pickin' In The Kitchen |
● CD $15.98 |
24 tracks recorded informally between 1970 and '73
with various other musicians turning up including John Hartford,
Vassar Clements, Sam Bush, Randy Wood, Grant Boatwright and others.
Norman does a couple of vocals but it's mostly instrumental versions
of traditional and more recent tunes like Running Wild/ Train
Wreck/ Arkansas Traveler/ Liberty/ Rosinea/ In The Old City/
Cakewalk, etc.
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| THE TEXAS TOP HANDS |
Cattle 320 |
Country & Western Souvenirs |
● CD $18.98 |
24 tracks by this fine group who are still active
after more than 60 years! They perform a mix of straight country,
hillbilly boogie and western swing with fine instrumental work from
steel guitarist "Rusty" Locke, fiddler "easy" Adams and others.
Vocalists include Knee High Holly, Buck Buchanan, Del Dunbar, Art
Rodgers and others. Nice stuff
THE TEXAS TOP HANDS: A Sinner's Prayer/ Ace In The
Hole/ Bandera Waltz/ Cause I Was Born To Love You/ Cause The One I
Love Is You/ Cotton Eyed Joe Jr./ Fiesta In Old San Antone/ I Had
Someone Else Before I Had You (and I'll Have Someone After You're
Gon/ I Won't Care (100 Years From Now)/ I'm Gonna Shoo The Blues
Away/ Little Band Of Gold/ Little Rosewood Casket/ Lovin' Up A
Storm/ Sally Johnson/ Texas Guitar Boogie/ That's The Only Way/ Was
It Wrong, To Take So Long, To Tell Irene Good Night/ When I'm With
You/ Whiskey River/ Why Should You, Why Should I/ Wishin' I Was
Kissin' You/ You Can't Have Your Cake And Eat It Too/ You're Killin'
Me/ You're Rocking The Boat
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| BUDDY THOMAS |
Rounder 0032 |
Kitty Puss - Old Time Fiddle Music
From Kentucky |
● CD $15.98 |
CD issue of long unavailable album by this gifted
fiddler.
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DICK THOMAS & HIS
NASHVILLE RAMBLERS |
Cattle 256 |
Dick Thomas & His Nashville Ramblers |
● CD $18.98 |
25 tracks, 74 mins, recommended
Dick Thomas is
pretty much unknown these days though he had a #1 country hit in
1945 with the song he co-wrote which has become a country standard -
Sioux City Sue and several of his subsequent recordings were
moderately successful. Though this collection doesnt include his hits
it does feature a nice selection of sides recorded between 1944 and
1949, some with a Western flavor - Tennessee Local/ The Beaut
From Butte/ Memories Of France/ Roses Have Thorns (So They Tell Me)/
Chalotte Belle/ Sleepy Old Town/ The Sister Of Sioux City Sue/
Moanin' In The Mornin', Grievin In the Evenin' Blues, etc.
Thomas is a warm and engaging singer and indulges in some fine
yodeling from time to time. The members of his band The Nashville
Ramblers are unknown but are fine including an excellent steel
guitarist. (FS)
DICK THOMAS: A Cowboy In Khaki/ As Long As I Live
I Will Love You/ Broken Heart/ Can't You Take It Back And Change It
For A Boy/ Charlotte Belle (Carolina Waltz)/ Foolish Tears/ Give Me
Back My Heart/ I Don't Want A Million Sweethearts/ Memories Of
France/ Moanin' In The Mornin' Grievin' In The Evenin' Blues/ My
Daddy Is Only A Picture/ My Guitar Is My Sweetheart/ One Man's Loss
Is Another Man's Gain/ Rosalinda/ Rose Of The Alamo/ Roses Have
Thorns (So They Tell Me)/ San Antonio Serenade/ Sleepy Old Town/
Tennessee Local/ The Beaut From Butte/ The Sister Of Sioux City Sue/
They'll Never Take The Texas Out Of Me/ Two Car Garage/ You Better
Stop Tellin' Lies About Me/ You Never Loved Me
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| ERNEST THOMPSON |
B.A.C.M. 031 |
Pioneer Artist From North Carolina |
● CD $13.98 |
Excellent and delightful collection of 20 songs and
tunes from 1924 by one of the first country artists to record.
Thompson had a distinctive high voice and accompanied himself on
guitar, banjo and harmonica on a collection of old songs drawing on
the minstrel tradition, mountain favorites and early Tin Pan Alley
songs - Chicken Roost Behind The Moon/ Climbing Up The Golden
Stairs/ Mississippi Sawyer/ Coon Crap Game/ The Old Time Religion/
Are You FRom Dixie/ Lightning Express/ Life's Rairoad To Heaven/
Weeping Willow Tree, etc
ERNEST THOMPSON: Alexander's Ragtime Band
(Instr.)/ Are You From Dixie/ Chicken Roost Behind The Moon/
Climbing Up The Golden Stairs (instr.)/ Coon Crap Game/ How Are You
Goin' To Whet Your Whistle/ I'm Going Down To Jordan/ Jesse James
(Instr.)/ Kiss Waltz (Instr.)/ Life's Railroad To Heaven/ Little
Brown Jug/ Mississippi Dippy Dip (Instr.)/ Mississippi Sawyer
(Instr.)/ Sparrow Bird Waltz (Instr.)/ Sylvester Johnson Lee/ The
Lightning Express/ The Old Time Religion/ Weeping Willow Tree/ Wreck
Of The Old Southern 97/ Yield Not To Temptation
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| HANK THOMPSON |
Acrobat 4032 |
Swing Wide Your Gate Of Love |
● CD $13.98 |
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 |
Bronco Buster 9001 |
World Masters, 1951-53 |
● CD $18.98 |
20 tracks from radio transcriptions with Hank and
the Brazos Valley Boys in their prime.
HANK THOMPSON: (I've Got A) Humpty Dumpty Heart/
Brown Skin Gal (Inst.)/ Don't Be That Way (Inst.)/ Green Light/ I'd
Have Never Found Somebody New/ I'll Sign My Heart Away/ If I Cry/ If
Lovin' You Is Wrong/ In the Mood (Inst.)/ It's Better to Have Loved
a Little (than Never to Have Loved at All)/ Most of All/ Red Skin
Gal (Inst.)/ She's a Girl Without Any Sweetheart/ Simple Simon/ Soft
Lips/ Take the "A" Train (Inst.)/ Texas Playboy Rag (Steel Inst.)/
The Grass Looks Greener./ The New Wears off Too Fast/ When You're
Lovin' You're Livin'
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| HANK THOMPSON |
Capitol 36901 |
Vintage Collection |
● CD $8.98 |
20 tracks, 50 min, essential
Much needed overview of
this hugely successful artist's most fertile period as a recording
artist. The selections here, all recorded between 1947 and 1960,
capture this Texan's unique sound, a combination of western swing
influenced rhythms, instrumentation, and arrangements and the honky
tonk ethos, featuring Hank's friendly, booming baritone vocals and
his Brazos Valley Boys, a band heavy on the weeping steel, bottom
heavy electric guitar, fiddles, and the shuffle beat demanded by the
jukeboxes of the day and the dancehalls where the band plied it's
trade in live performance. Many selections are augmented by the
guitar work of Hank's longtime friend, the legendary guitarist Merle
Travis, along with such west coast country stalwarts as Cliffie
Stone, Billy Gray, Harold Hensley, and especially steel players
Curly Chalker or Pee Wee Whitewing. Songs include Humpty Dumpty
Heart/ Whoa Sailor/ The Wild Side Of Life/ Honky Tonk Girl/ A Six
Pack To Go, and Oklahoma Hills, among others. Great session
info, plus wonderful liner notes by compilation co-producer Rich
Kienzle. (RP)
HANK THOMPSON: A Fooler, A Faker/ A Six Pack To
Go/ Big Beaver/ Cryin' In The Deep Blue Sea/ Drivin' Nails In My
Coffin/ Honky-Tonk Girl/ How Cold Hearted Can You Get/ Humpty Dumpty
Heart/ I Cast A Lonesome Shadow/ Oklahoma Hills/ Swing Wide Your
Gate Of Love/ The New Green Light/ The Wild Side Of Life/ This
Train/ Too In Love/ Total Stranger/ Wake Up, Irene/ Whoa Sailor/
Wildwood Flower/ Yesterday's Girl
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| HANK THOMPSON |
Castle PLS CD 330 |
Famous Country Music Makers |
● CD $8.98 |
18 tracks, 51 mins, recommended
No details on the
origin of these recordings is given but I think these are from his
Dot recordings made in the 70s. Although the Brazos Valley Boys are
absent Hank is in fine voice and the arrangements are tasteful. The
material is a mix of remakes of some of his classic songs (Oklahoma
Hills/ Humpty Dumpty Heart/ Wild Side Of Love), fine covers of
70s country hits (Don Williams' I Recall A Gypsy Woman, Mel
Street's Lovin On Back Streets, Cal Smith's Country
Bumpkin, etc) and a few new songs (Whatever's Left/ Next Time
I Fall In Love, etc.)
HANK THOMPSON: Country Bumpkin/ Fair Weather Love/
Green Light/ Humpty Dumpty Heart/ I Recall A Gypsy Woman/ I've Come
Awful Close/ Lovin' On Back Streets/ Mama Don't Low/ Next Time I
Fall In Love (I Won't)/ Oklahoma Hills/ Red Necks. White Socks And
Blue Ribbon Beer/ Smokey The Bar/ Squaws Along The Yukon/ The Mark
Of A Heel/ The Wild Side Of Life/ There's a Honky Tonk Angel (Who'll
Take Me Back In)/ Wait A Little Longer Baby/ Whatever's Left
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| HANK THOMPSON |
Country Routes RFD 019 |
Sound Of The Brazos Valley |
● CD $16.98 |
Previously unissued radio broadcasts from 1952.
HANK THOMPSON: Always Late/ Baca's Boogie/
Beaumont Rag/ Boogieoo Drag/ Broken Heart And A Glass Of Beer/
Crying In The Deep Blue Sea/ Devil's Dream/ Down Yonder/ Easy To
Please/ Farther On Down The Road/ Foggy River/ Good Man Is Hard To
Find/ Grass Looks Greener Over There/ Green Light/ Heart Full Of
Pain/ Home In San Antone/ I Ain't Cryin' Over You/ I'll Be Your
Sweetheart For A Day/ I'll Take You To The Picture Show/ Panhandle
Rag/ Piano Boogie/ Right Or Wrong/ Sagebrush Shuffle/ Silver Bell/
That Beautiful Picture/ This World Is Not My Home/ Tramp On The
Street/ Uvalde Polka/ When God Dips His Love In Your Heart/ Whoa
Sailor
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| HANK THOMPSON |
Country Stars 55471 |
Humpty Dumpty Heart |
● CD $10.98 |
Fine set of 24 early sides (mid/late 40s) by this
excellent and important country artist including his earliest hits.
HANK THOMPSON: All That Goes Up Must Come Down/
California Women/ Don't Flirt With Me/ Grass Looks Greener Over
Yonder/ Green Light/ Humpty Dumpty Heart/ I Find You Cheatin' On Me/
Lonely Heart Knows/ Mary Had A Little Lamb (His Love Was Pure As
Snow)/ My Front Door Is Open/ My Heart Is A Jigsaw Puzzle/ Rock In
The Ocean/ Second Hand Girl/ Soft Lips/ Standing On The Outside
Looking In Now/ Starry Eyed Texas Girl/ Swing Wide Your Gate Of
Love/ Today/ Tomorrow Night/ What Are We Gonna Do About The
Moonlight/ Whoa Sailor/ Yesterday's Mail/ You Broke My Heart (In
Little Bitty Pieces)/ You Remembered Me
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| HANK THOMPSON |
Curb 77329 |
All-Time Greatest Hits |
● CD $10.98 |
Hank Thompson had lots of hits for Capitol in the
50's, selling many records with his clear tenor vocalizings, solid
songwriting, and rootsy Texas style. This collection puts together
all his 50's hits like Waiting In The Lobby Of Your Heart/
Rub-A-Dub-Dub/ Wake Up Irene/ The Wild Side Of Life/ Squaws Along
The Yukon and his 1960 winners A Six Pack To Go/ Oklahoma
Hills. The 12 songs here captures the best period of his career,
clearly demonstrating the reasons for his popularity. (PG)
HANK THOMPSON: A Six Pack To Go/ Hangover Tavern/
Honky-Tonk Girl/ Humpty Dumpty Heart/ Oklahoma Hills/ Rub-A-Dub-Dub/
Squaws Along The Yukon/ The Balckboard Of My Heart/ The Wild Side Of
Life/ Waiting In The Lobby Of Your Heart/ Wake Up Irene/ Yesterday's
Girl
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| HANK THOMPSON |
Hightone 8121 |
Seven Decades |
● CD $16.98 |
First album in quite a while from this country
legend finds him in great form at the age of 74 doing a mixture of
new songs and wide ranging covers - very few which he has recorded
before. The album was produced by acclaimed producer Lloyd Maines
who has assembled a top flight group of musicians including Merle
Travis's son Thom Bresh who recaptures some of the Travis sound
heard on hank's early sides. Songs include In The Jailhouse Now/
New Wine In Old Bottles/ Nany Ann's Hotel/ Lobo The Hobo/ Scotch And
Soda/ Sting In This Old Bee/ Abdul The Bulbul Emir and others.
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| HANK THOMPSON |
Jasmine 3509 |
In The Mood For Hank |
● CD $11.98 |
More fine sides of uncertain origin this excellent
series of country releases. The recordings appear to be from the 50s
since they include versions of several of his mid 50s hits (Rub-A-Dub-Dub/
We've Gone Too Far/ Wildwood Flower, etc). There's also a
version of his first hit Humpty Dumpty Heart plus lots of
fine non-hits like You're Too Young To Cry Now/ Prosperity
Special/ Down Yonder/ Rock In The Ocean, etc.
HANK THOMPSON: Breakin' In Another Heart/ Cat Has
Nine Lives/ Down Yonder/ Fooler A Faker/ Gateway To Your Heart/
Humpty Dumpty Heart/ I Find You Cheatin' On Me/ I Know Exactly How
You Feel/ In The Mood/ Most Of All/ Prosperity Special/ Redskin Gal/
Rock In The Ocean/ Rub A Dub Dub/ Set Your Heart For Love/ Simple
Simon/ Standingn On The Outside/ Today/ Tomorrow Night/ Topeka
Polka/ We've Gone Too Far/ What Are We Gonna Do About The Moonlight/
Wildwood Flower/ Yesterday's Mail/ You're Too Young Too Cry Now/
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 $9.98 |
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 |
Sundazed 6210 |
It's Christmas Time |
● CD $11.98 |
Have yourself a merry Brazos Valley Christmas with
this album by Hank & The Brazos Valley Boys with their distinctive
blend of western swing and honky tonk. A Blend of old favorites and
Thompson originals - includes White Christmas/ I'd Like To Have
An Elephant For Christmas/ Blue Christmas/ It's Christmas Time/
Silver Bells/ Little Christmas Angel and 7 more.
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| HANK THOMPSON |
Sundazed 9005 |
A Six Pack To Go |
● CD $12.98 |
Reissue of Hank's classic 1966 album devoted to
drinkin' songs including Honky Tonk Town/ Beer Barrel Polka/
Bubbles In My Beer/ The Wild Side Of Life/ Anybody's Girl/ A Broken
Heart And A Glass Of Beer. Most of the tracks feature Merle
Travis on guitar.
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| HANK THOMPSON |
Varese Vintage VSD 5747 |
The Best Of Hank Thompson, 1966-1979 |
● CD $11.98 |
16 tracks, recommended
With Hank's Capitol material
now completely represented by Bear's box set, U.S. Capitol's single
disc and so forth, Thompson's later material for Warner Brothers and
Dot, who he recorded for after leaving Capitol in 1964, hasn't been
well- represented. MCA did a collection in their Hall of Fame
series, but this one is geared more to the fan, and including two
hits from Warners were included certainly gives it more balance.
This was up and down, mixing swing with bland Nashville-recorded
fare produced by Larry Butler or Joe Allison. Where Is The Circus
and He's Got A Way With Women and a third track, a sparkling Warners
remake of his and Merle Travis's 1955 Capitol hit instrumental
Wildwood Flower, which featured Merle Travis on guitar have never
been reissued. The Dot material includes obvious hits like On Tap,
In the Can, Or In the Bottle, the streamlined Next Time I Fall In
Love (I Won't), The Mark of A Heel, I've Come Awful Close, Smoky The
Bar, Most Of All, I See Them Everywhere, Oklahoma Home Brew, Who
Left the Door to Heaven Open, The Older The Violin, The Sweeter the
Music and three songs, Mama Don't 'Low, I Hear The South Callin' Me
and The King of Western Swing, that marked his late 1970s return to
modern Western Swing. The album also features capable notes by
Laurence Zwisohn, who had the foresight to tap Hank's own vivid,
well-spoken memories about this later stage of his career. (RK)
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