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Elton Britt -> Bob Wills
| THE CARTER FAMILY |
JSP JSPCD 7701 |
1927-1934 |
● CD $28.98 |
Another wonderful budget box set from JSP - this time
focusing on the early recordings of the first family in country music - The
Carter Family. Five CDs with 126 tracks featuring nearly everything they
recorded between 1927 and 1934 including many of their most timeless
recordings that have been recorded by generations of singers like Single
Girl, Married Girl/ Keep On The Sunny Side/ Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone/
Wildwood Flower/ Bring Back My Blue Eyed Boy To Me/ Engine One-Forty-Three/
Wabash Cannonball/ Worried Man Blues/ My Little Home In Tennessee/ Give Me
Roses While I Live/ I'll Be All Smiles Tonight/ East Virginia Blues and
loads more that are an integral part of America's musical heritage.
Excellent sound and brief notes.
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| JOHNNY CASH |
Bear Family DVD 20001 |
At Town Hall Party |
● CD $31.98 |
DVD Wow! Here we have Johnny Cash and his group The
Tennessee Two (guitarist Luther Perkins and bassist Marshall Grant) filmed
live at the legendary Town Hall Party in Los Angeles in 1958 and 1959. Here
are the group in their prime doing 24 songs - a couple of them repeated.
Includes Get Rhythm/ Don't Take Your Guns To Town/ The Ways Of A Woman In
Love/ All Over Again/ Guess Things Happen That Way/ Big River/ I Walk The
Line/ Folsom Prison Blues and more including an impersonation of Elvis
singing Heartbreak Hotel!
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| YODELIN' SLIM CLARK |
Old Homestead 4026 |
In Memory |
● CD $17.98 |
Selection of sides by the western singer from Massachusetts
accompanied by his own guitar along with songs by his wife Kathleen and his
daughter Jewel and son Wilf Carter Clark. Includes I'd Like To Be In
Texas For The Roundup In The Spring/ The Calgary Stampede/ I Miss My Swiss/
Plantonio, Pride Of The Plain/ The Old Rugged Cross/ When I Ride The Range
Of Gold, etc.
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| BILL COX |
Collector 2866 |
Rough And Rowdy Hillbilly Of The 1930s, Vol.
2 |
● CD $16.98 |
Collection of 25 tracks recorded in the 30s by singer,
guitarist and harmonica player from West Virginia - some as vocal duets with
Cliff Hobbs. Cox was obviously influenced by the great Jimmie Rodgers in his
approach. Songs include Long Chain Charlie Blues/ I Got Those Drunken
Blues/ Jazz Baby/ Oh Sweet Mama/ Down In Dixie Land/ Blue Eyed Sally/ Sweet
Kentucky Lou/ Satr Boarder Blues/ Franklin Roosevelt's Back Again, etc.
A number of the tracks are from pretty rough sounding 78s.
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| THE DINNING SISTERS |
Jasmine 3551 |
Back In Country Style |
● CD $11.98 |
26 tracks, very good. 26 songs from, mostly from around
1951, The Dinning Sisters career included recording both pop and country
material and although stylistically their performances are only tangential
to country they were very popular on the National Barn Dance out of Chicago
in the 40s and it must be admitted that their performances of western and
country classics do have quite a bit of charm. Songs include Turn Your
Radio One/ You'll Be Sorry/ Trouble In Mind/ I'm Sorry Now/ I Only Want A
Buddu, Not A Sweetheart/ Oh! Monah/ Ridin' Down The Canyon, etc.
Accompaniments are also a mix of country and pop and half the tracks feature
the brilliant guitarist George Barnes. (FS)
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| DAVE EVANS |
Rebel 1777 |
Hang Out A Light For Me |
● CD $15.98 |
12 tracks, 42 mins, highly recommended. Dave Evans is one of
the finest and most soulful singers in bluegrass and on this new album he
performs a superb selection of gospel songs including old favorites like
Wait A Little Longer, Please Jesus/ The Darkest Hour Is Just Before Dawn/
Take Me In A Lifeboat along with more recent compistions including
several fine original songs including the title song, Who Really Cares
and The Line In Between. He is accompanied by a fine group including
Scottie Sparks who plays rhythm guitar and also provides excellent tenor
vocals, Dan Rigsby plays mandolin and produced this album, Ray Craft/ guitar
& baritone and others. (FS)
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| RED FOLEY |
ASV CDAJA 5408 |
Chattanooga Shoe Shine Boy |
● CD $11.98 |
25 track compilation of this fine and important artist. Not
only does this share the same title as the recent Edsel CD it also
duplicates seven of the songs. This one concentrates on the early years of
Red's career, 1944-1952 where the Edsel featured sides up to 1958.
RED FOLEY: Alabama Jubilee/ Birmingham Bounce/ Blues In My Heart/ Candy
Kisses/ Chattanoogie Shoeshine Boy/ Don't Be Ashamed Of Your Age/ Goodnight
Irene/ Hang Your Head In Shame/ Harriet/ Have I Told You Lately That I Love
You/ Just A Closer Walk With Thee/ M I S S I S S I P P I/ Midnight/ Never
Trust A Woman/ New Jolie Blonde/ Old Shep/ Peace In The Valley/ Shame Shame
On You/ Smoke On The Water/ Steal Away/ Sugarfoot Rag/ Sunday Down In
Tennessee/ Tennessee Border/ Tennessee Polka/ Tennessee Saturday Night
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| WAYLON JENNINGS |
Buddah 99619 |
Honky Tonk Heroes |
● CD $11.98 |
12 tracks, 33 mins, essential
Reissue of 1973 album which is generally considered one of Waylon's greatest
achievements at the dawn of the Outlaw era. After eight years of control by
RCA's Nashville machine Waylon finally had a chance to take charge and pick
the songs and produce and the result is this acknowledged masterpiece. All
but one of the songs was written or co-written by Billy Joe Shaver whose
songwriting helped define the genre with songs like Old Five And Dimers
(Like Me)/ Willy The Wandering Gyspy And Me/ Omaha/ Black Rose the
anthemic Ride Me Down Easy and others. For this reissue two bonus
tracks are added - the single version of You Ask Me To with dubbed on
harmonica and another Billy Joe Shaver song Slow Rollin' Low from
another session.
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| JAMES KING |
Rounder 0490 |
Thirty Years Of Farming |
● CD $15.98 |
13 tracks, 43 mins, highly recommended
Splendid new album by this outstanding and soulful bluegrass vocalist from
Virginia. His vocals are exceptional with a powerful and intense delivery
that lies somewhere between Carter Stanley and Dave Evans. His band is
excellent, both in their spot on instrumental work and spendid harmonies.
His material is a mix of new and old bluegrass and country songs from a
diverse selection of writers like Fred Eaglesmith, Tom T. Hall, George
Jones, Carl Story, Buddy Starcher and others. (FS)
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| FRED KIRBY |
Cattle 252 |
The Original "Atomic Power" |
● CD $18.98 |
26 tracks from the 30s through early 50s - Atomic Power/
Home (Answer To Home On The Range)/ My Carolina Home/ I've Been A Fool Too
Often And Too Long/ My Red Hot Potato/ My Little Dog Loves Your Little Dog/
When It's Reveille Time In Heaven/ Get Along Old Paint, etc.
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| THE LIGHTCRUST
DOUGHBOYS |
Cattle 261 |
1935-1941 |
● CD $18.98 |
26 track collection including Kenneth Pitts on fiddle and
Marvin Montgomery on banjo with vocals from J.B. Brinkley, Ramon DeArman,
Dick Reinhart and others.
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| GURF MORLIX |
Catamount 010 |
Fishin' In The Muddy |
● CD $15.98 |
Austin based Gurf Morlix has an extensive background as a
session guitarist and producer, best known for his work with Lucinda
Williams. This is his second solo album and features a collection of 12
original songs featuring him backed by a solid rock/ country group. He's not
a great singer but his raspy vocal style is very effective on the up tempo
numbers - particularly the title song.
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| THE SHELTON BROTHERS |
Cattle 258 |
A Hillbilly And Western Swing Legend |
● CD $18.98 |
Complementing Cattle 241 - 26 more fine sides by excellent
duo with sidemen like Cliff Bruner, Bob Dunn, Moon Mullican, Gene Sullivan
and others.
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| THE SONS OF THE
PIONEERS |
Jasmine 3528 |
Memories Of The "Lucky U" Ranch |
● CD $11.98 |
31 tracks (including introductory conversations) by this
popular group from their early 50s radio show "The Lucky U Ranch". The group
at this time included Tommy Doss, Ken Curtis, Hugh & Karl Farr, Lloyd
Perryman, Frank Messina and Shug Fisher
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS |
Ace CDCHD 845 |
Golden Age Of American R&R - Special Country
Edition |
● CD $18.98 |
30 of the biggest country hits from between 1957 and 1963 -
most of them in the top 3. Includes songs by Wanda Jackson, Marvin
Rainwater, Johnny Cash, Jimmy Dean, Dave Dudley, Bobby Bare, Johnny Horton,
Jim Reeves and many more.
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS |
ASV CDAJA 5418 |
The Country Hits Of The 40s |
● CD $11.98 |
Interest concept featuring 27 tracks that topped the country
charts between 1944 and 1949 including a couple that are not really country
songs.
EDDY ARNOLD: Anytime/ Bouquet Of Roses/ Don't Rob Another Man's Castle/
I'll Hold You In My Heart/ It's A Sin/ Just A Little Lovin' (will Go A Long
Long Way)/ GENE AUTRY: At Mail Call Today/ NAT 'KING' COLE: Straighten Up
And Fly Right Trio/ SPADE COOLEY & TEX WILLIAMS: Shame On You/ BING CROSBY &
THE ANDREWS SISTERS: Pistol Packin' Mama/ AL DEXTER & HIS TROOPERS: Guitar
Polka/ I'm Losin' My Mind Over You/ So Long Pal/ Wine Women And Song/ RED
FOLEY: Smoke On The Water/ JACK GUTHRIE & HIS OAKLAHOMANS: Oklahoma Hills/
LOUIS JORDAN: Is You Is Or Is You Ain't My Baby & His Tympany Five/ TEX
RITTER & HIS TEXANS: I'm Wastin' My Tears On You/ You Two Timed Me Once Too
Often/ MERLE TRAVIS: Divorce Me Cod/ So Round So Firm So Fully Packed/ JIMMY
WAKELY: I Love You So Much It Hurts/ One Has My Name (the Other Has My
Heart)/ MARGARET WHITING & JIMMY WAKELY: Slippin' Around/ HANK WILLIAMS &
HIS DRIFTING COWBOYS: Lovesick Blues/ TEX WILLIAMS & HIS WESTERN CARAVAN:
Smoke Smoke Smoke (that Cigarette)/ BOB WILLS & HIS TEXAN PLAYBOYS: New
Spanish Two Step
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS |
Country Stars 55472 |
I'm A Man Of Constant Sorrow |
● CD $11.98 |
"O Brother, Where Art Thou?" strikes again! This 20 track
collection features vintage recordings of some of the songs made popular in
the movie along with other miscellaneous American roots music. Includes the
the title song by The Stanley Brothers (among the greatest musical
performances of the 20th century), Hard Time Killin' Floor Blues by
Skip James, I'll Fly Away by The Humbard Family, Indian War Whoop
by Hoy Ming & His Pep-Steppers, Sandy Land by Fiddlin' Sam Long,
Way Down The Old Plank Road by Uncle Dave Macon,
Country Blues by Dock Boggs plus tracks by The Carter Family,
Jimmie davis, Jimmie Rodgers, Blind Willie Johnson, Bessie Smith and others.
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| VARIOUS ARTISTS |
Jasmine 3552 |
Yodelling Mad - The Best Of Country Yodel,
Vol. 1 |
● CD $11.98 |
A collection of 21 country songs with yodeling from the 20s,
30s and 40s including Roy Rogers, Goebel Reeves, Carson Robison, Ernest
Tubb, Yodelling Slim Clark, Rosalie Allen, Gene Autry, Tex Morton, Patsy
Montana, Hank Snow, Eddy Arnold, etc.
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| GENE WATSON |
Hip-O 112730 |
Ultimate Collection |
● CD $17.98 |
Fine 23 track collection of recordings cut between 1979 and
1989 featuring one the finest singers of the 80s. Almost all these tracks
were top ten country hits including Love In The Hot Afternoon/ Pick The
Wildwood Flower/ Maybe I Should Have Been Listening/ This Dream's On Me/
Sometimes I Get Lucky And Forget/ Got No Reason Fopr Goin' Home/
Everything I Used To Do/ Don't Waste It On The Blues, etc.
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| SPEEDY WEST
& JIMMY BRYANT |
Razor & Tie 82192 |
Swing Strings |
● CD $15.98 |
20 more great steel guitar/ electric guitar instrumentals
recorded in the 50s by this dynamic duo - Frettin' Fingers/ Two Of A
Kind/ Yodeling Guitar/ Opus 1/ T-Bone Rag/ China Boy/ Jammin' With Jimmy/
This Ain't The Blues/ Whistly Stop/ Pushin' The Blues/ Caffeine Patrol
and more.
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| CLARENCE WHITE |
Sierra 26023 |
33 Acoustic Guitar Instrumentals |
● CD $15.98 |
A remarkable collection of guitar instrumentals featuring
this dazzling and innovative flatpicker recorded at his home on a portable
tape recorder in 1962 with Roger Bush on rhythm guitar. Clarence was at
the time a member of the fledgling Kentucky Colonels and was later to
bring his guitar prowess to bear in his work with The Byrds. Here he works
his way through a collection of traditional and old time country tunes
like Wildwood Flower/ Black Mountain Rag/ He Will Set Your Fields On
Fire/ Cripple Creek/ I Am A Pilgrim/ False Hearted Lover/ Sally Goodin
and lots more. Sound is occasionally a bit distorted but Clarence's talent
comes through loud and clear.
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| SLIM WHITMAN |
BGO BGOCD 469 |
Todelling/ Country Songs - City Hits |
● CD $17.98 |
Two Imperial LPs on one CD by this distinctive country
vocalist. "Yodelling" from 1963 includes Chimebells/ Cowboy's
Heaven/ Mockin' Bird Hill/ Over The Hill and others, "Country
Songs" is from '64 and includes It Keep Right On A-Hurtin'/
Ramblin' Rose/ Born To Lose/ I Can't Stop Lovin' You/ Bouquest Of Roses,
etc.
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| HANK WILLIAMS |
ASV CDAJA 5371 |
Lovesick Blues |
● CD $11.98 |
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HANK WILLIAMS: A Mansion On The Hill/ Cold, Cold Heart/ Dear John/ Hony
Tonkin'/ I Can't Get You Off Of My Mind/ I Just Don't Like This Kind Of
Livin'/ I Saw The Light/ I'll Be A Bachelor 'til I Die/ I'm A Long Gone
Daddy/ I'm Satisfied With You/ I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry/ Long Gone,
Lonesome Blues/ Lost Highway/ Lovesick Blues/ Mind Your Own Business/
Moanin' The Blues/ Move It On Over/ My Bucket's Got A Hole In It/ Nobody's
Lonesome For Me/ Rootie Tootie/ The Blues Come Around/ They'll Never Take
Her Love From Me/ Wedding Bells/ Why Don't You Love Me?/ You're Gonna
Change, Or I'm Gonna Leave
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| TEX
WILLIAMS & HIS WESTERN CARAVAN |
Country Routes 28 |
"Live" From The Palace Barn & Transcription
Discs |
● CD $16.98 |
31 tracks recorded live between 1946 and 1951 with Tex and
the boys in fine form on a swinging selection of songs and instrumentals
including The Big Print Giveth (a delightful and always timely
song)/ Last Go Round/ Don't Come Home Cryin' To Me/ Steel Guitar Rag/
Irma/ Who Clipped Samson's Hair/ Red Ball Whistle/ Texas In My Soul/
Please Don't Leave Me/ What's The Matter With You/ Roly Poly and lots
more. Musicians include Johnny Weis, Smokey Rogers, Deuce Spriggins,
Cactus Soldi, Joaquin Murphey, Wayne Burdick and others. Good sound and
informative notes from Kevin Coffey.
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| BOB WILLS |
Country Routes 24 |
Rare California Airshots |
● CD $16.98 |
25 tracks from 1953 broadcast over KXLA in Pasadena and one
from 1946 from Fresno.
BOB WILLS: 31st Street Blues/ Basin Street Blues/ Cherokee Maiden/ Crafton
Blues/ Darktown Strutters' Ball/ Darling, Precious Little Sonny Boy/ Don't
Cry Baby/ Honeysuckle Rose/ I Ain't Got Nothing But The Blues/ I Betcha My
Heart I Love You/ I'll Walk Alone/ It Makes No Difference Now/ Jessie/
Milk Cow Blues/ Miss Molly/ New San Antonio Rose/G.I. Wish/ No Wonder/
Oklahoma Hills/ Rubber Dolly/ Seven Come Eleven/ Seven Miles Out Of Town/
Take Me Back To Tulsa/ Twinkle Twinkle Little Star/ When They Baptiste
Sister Lucy Lee
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| BOB WILLS |
Proper BOX 32 |
Take Me Back To Tulsa |
● CD $25.98 |
Four CD retrospective featuring 109 of the best recordings
made by Wills & The Texas Playboys between 1932 and 1950. Includes 52
page booklet with extensive notes, 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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