NEWSLETTER #147
BRITISH ARCHIVE OF COUNTRY MUSIC
Ernest Thompson ->
The York Brothers
| 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.
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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| THE TOBACCO TAGS |
B.A.C.M. 131 |
Get Your Head In Here |
● CD $13.98 |
Delightful collection of 24 tracks of old time singing and
playing by this excellent group from North Carolina, recorded between 1931
and 1939. The earlier sides feature a trio with two mandolins and a guitar -
by 1938 their were several personnel changes and the group configuration
changed to two guitars, mandolin and fiddle or string bass. Their repertoire
was extensive including blues, old time mountain songs, gospel songs,
humorous songs, sentimental songs and novelties. Except for the two earliest
tracks which exhibit to much digital noise reduction the sound is fine and
their brief notes by Brian Golbey.
THE TOBACCO TAGS: Ain‘t Gonna Do It No More/ Be Good,
Baby/ Courtin‘/ Darling, The Answer Is In This Song/ De Way To Spell
Chicken/ Don‘t Forget Mother/ Down By The Old Mill Stream/ Get Your Head In
Here/ Heart Breaking Blues/ I Love To Ramble In The Roses/ If I Only Had A
Home Sweet Home/ It Can‘t Be Done/ Jersey Bull Blues/ Reno Blues/ Ridin‘ The
Rails/ Tall And Handsome Comedy/ The Hottest Gal In Town/ Tiny Blue Shoes/
V8 Blues/ We‘ll Know Each Other Up There/ When You Go A-courtin‘/ Why Should
It End This Way/ Wild Bill Jones/ Yodeling Mule
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| MITCHELL TOROK |
B.A.C.M. 188 |
Drink Up And Go Home |
● CD $13.98 |
26 tracks recorded between 1950 and 1956 by this Texas
artist whose music was from the pop and novelty end of the country spectrum.
Includes his biggest hits Caribbean and Hootchy Kootchy Henry From
Hawaii plus an unexpected cover of Chuck Berry's No Money Down.
MITCHELL TOROK: A Peasant's Guitar/ Caribbean/ Dancerette/
Drink Up And Go Home/ Edgar The Eager Easter Bunny/ Gigalo/ Go Ahead And Be
A Fool/ Haunting Waterfall/ Havana Huddle/ Hootchy Kootchy Henry From
Hawaii/ I Wish I Was A Little Bit Younger/ Judalina/ Little Hoo Wee/ Living
On Love/ Love Me Like You Mean It/ Memories Of You Haunting Me Night And
Day/ No Money Down/ Pledge Of Love/ Red Light Green Light/ Sober Up/ Sweet
Revenge/ Take This Heart/ The World Keeps Turning Around/ Weep Away/ What's
Behind The Strange Door/ When Mexico Gave Up The Rhumba
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| T. TEXAS TYLER |
B.A.C.M. 182 |
Country Boy |
● CD $13.98 $10.98 |
24 tracks recorded between 1949 and 1953 by this popular and
distinctive country singer with his trademark growl. There's no duplication
with he reissues on Bronco Buster or Cattle.
T.TEXAS TYLER: A Million Teardrops/ Beautiful Life (life‘s
Evening Sun)/ Black Jack David/ Country Boy/ Cry Baby Heart/ Dad Gave My Dog
Away/ Fireman And Engineer's Ball/ Gals Don't Mean A Thing/ Honky Tonk Gal/
I Was The Last One To Know/ I'll Hate Myself Tomorrow For Loving You
Tonight/ It's My Heart It's My Conscience/ Just Out Of Reach/ Kiss Me Like
Crazy/ Lets Fly Away/ Little Miss Muffet/ Old Blue/ She Wouldn't Do For You/
Solitaire/ Tired Of It All/ Wasted Tears/ When The White Azaleas Start
Blooming/ You'll Never Break My Trusting Heart Again/ You'll Still Be In My
Heart
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| UNCLE HENRY'S
ORIGINAL KENTUCKY MOUNTAINEERS |
B.A.C.M. 020 |
Uncle Henry's Original
Kentucky Mountaineers |
● CD $13.98 |
27 tracks from the 40s by this fine and versatile group from
Taylor County, Kentucky. Their range of material is varied including old
time string band tunes, more modern sounds with steel guitar, gospel songs,
duets and some harmonica/ guitar instrumentals.
UNCLE HENRY'S ORIGINAL KENTUCKY MOUNTAIN: Alabama Blues
(Instr.)/ Cacklin' Hen (Instr.)/ Fun's All Over Now (Instr.)/ Going To
Little Creek (Instr.)/ Grey Eagle (Instr.)/ Hang Your Head In Shame/ I Wish
I Had Never Met Sunshine/ I'm Going To Cling To The Cross/ I'm Living In A
Lonely World/ I'm Never Gonna Miss You/ Ida Red (Instr.)/ Lost John
(Instr.)/ Make Room In Your Heart For A Friend/ Misery In My Soul/ Molly
Darling/ Not A Word From Home/ Rainin' On The Mountain/ Red Headed Woman/
Sally Gooden (Instr.)/ Skip To My Lou (Instr.)/ Snowflakes/ Teardrops Every
Time It Rains/ Two Broken Hearts/ Two Time Loser/ Wayfaring Stranger/
Yodeling Fiddle/ You Should Have Thought Of That Before
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| THE VAGABONDS |
B.A.C.M. 071 |
Old Cabin Songs |
● CD $13.98 |
20 songs from 1933 sung in smooth harmony by this trio of
vocalists accompanied by guitar. Although much of their music is probably
closer to pop than country they appeared on the Grand Ole Opry in the early
30s and attracted quite a following. Includes sentimental songs, western
songs, religious songs, novelty songs and a traditional ballad.
THE VAGABONDS: An Old Sweet Song For A Dear Old Lady/ At
The End Of Sunset Lane/ Barbara Allen/ Father, Mother, Sister, Brother/ Four
Thousand Years Ago/ How Beautiful Heaven Must Be/ I Will Always Call You
Sweetheart/ In The Sleepy Hills Of Tennessee/ In The Valley Of Yesterday/ In
The Vine Covered Church Back Home/ Little Brick Church/ Little Mother Of The
Hills/ Little Shoes/ Moonlight Down In Lovers Lane/ Ninety Nine Years/
Sourwood Mountain/ That Little Boy Of Mine/ The Death Of Jesse James/ The
Old Rugged Cross/ When The Work‘s All Done This Fall
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| PORTER WAGONER |
B.A.C.M. 166 |
Dig That Crazy Moon |
● CD $13.98 |
Just arrived. A fine 25 track collection featuring some of
Porter's earliest sides from 1952 through 1956. The earliest sides show the
influence show the influence of Hank Williams and Left Frizzell but by 1954
he had developed his own style.
PORTER WAGONER: A Beggar For Your Love/ A Good Time Was
Had By All/ Bad News Travels Fast/ Born To Lose/ Bringing Home The Bacon/
Dig That Crazy Moon/ Flame Of Love/ Hey Maw/ How Can You Refuse Him Now/ How
Quick/ I Can't Live With You I Can't Live Without You/ I Guess I'm Crazy/ I
Like Girls/ I'm Stepping Out Tonight/ I've Known You From Somewhere/ Ivory
Tower/ Let's Squiggle/ Living In The Past/ My Bonfire/ Seeing Her Only
Reminded Me Of You/ Takin' Chances/ That's It/ Trademark/ Tricks Of The
Trade/ Tryin' To Forget The Blues
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| JIMMY WAKELEY |
B.A.C.M. 025 |
Rocky Mountain Lullaby |
● CD $13.98 |
20 tracks tracks from the early/ mid 40s by this popular
Western star some with his Rough Riders and a couple with the Sunshine Girls.
JIMMY WAKELY: After Tomorrow/ Be My Darlin' I've Got
Nuggets In My Pocket/ Blue Blue Eyes/ Blue Bonnet Blues/ Bouquet Of Roses/
Did You Write A Letter To Your Sweetheart/ Give Me Wings Of An Angel/ I
Don't Care/ I Went To Your Wedding/ I'll Never Let You Go Little Darlin'/
I've Had My Share Of Sorrow/ Missing In Action/ My Heart Has Room For You/
One Little Teardrop Too Late/ Out Of Sight Out Of Mind/ Pale Moon/ Rocky
Mountain Lullaby/ Thanks/ The Day You Went Away
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| JIMMY WAKELY |
B.A.C.M. 065 |
Red River Rose & Other Classics |
● CD $13.98 |
26 tracks from World Transcriptions recorded between 1941 and
1946 - some with his Trio (with Johnny Bond and Dick Reinhardt) and others
with various studio musicians like Carl Cotner/ fiddle, Paul Sells/
accordion, Merle Travis/ guitar, Jack Rivers/ guitar, Frankie Marvin/ steel
guitar and others.
JIMMY WAKELY: Apache Trail/ Blue Montana Skies/ Campfire
Lullaby/ Go Your Way And I‘ll Go Mine/ Goodbye Old Paint/ Head On My Pillow/
Hi-e-hi-o/ Hittin‘ The Trail/ Hittin‘ The Trail For Old Tombstone/ Home In
San Antone/ Honest And Truly I Do/ How Could You Have Left Me/ I‘ll Always
Be Your Buddy/ Little Toy Pistol Cowboy/ My Sweet Prairie Rose/ Nobody Else
But You/ Now You Care No More For Me/ One Little Lie Too Many/ Prairie
Campfire/ Red River Rose/ Ridin‘ Down To Santa Fe/ Sing Me A Song Of Texas/
There‘s A Blue Star Shining Bright (in A Window)/ Wait For The Light To
Shine/ Will You Be True/ You‘re In My Heart To Stay
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| JIMMY WAKELY |
B.A.C.M. 066 |
Cowboy's Heaven & Other Classics |
● CD $13.98 |
25 tracks drawn from radio transcriptions made in the early
and mid 40s by this popular and appealing Western singer. Various
interesting musicians and vocalists appear on these sides including Merle
Travis, Johnny Bond, Pete Martinez, Carl Cotner, Jimmy Rivers and others.
JIMMY WAKELY: A Broken Heart/ Be Honest With Me/ Blue
Trail/ Bye And Bye/ Cowboy‘s Heaven/ I Cried All Last Night (over You)/ In
That Little Hillbilly Town/ It Makes No Difference Now/ It‘s Too Late To Say
You‘re Sorry/ I‘ll Forgive If You Forget/ I‘ve Got Those Gone And Left Me
Blues/ Meet Me In Loveland/ My Little Buckaroo/ Nothing Matters To Me/
Singing Low/ Sioux City Sue/ That Silver Haired Daddy Of Mine/ The End Of
The Trail/ There‘s A Home In Wyoming/ Wacky ’bout A Gal In Waco/ When It‘s
Roundup Time In Texas/ When The Last Train Leaves For Home/ When Your Hair
Has Turned To Silver/ Where Is My Darlin‘/ You‘re Gone
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| BILLY WALKER |
B.A.C.M. 158 |
Thank You For Calling |
● CD $13.98 |
Fine collection of early sides by this excellent Texas honky
tonk country who was recently killed in a traffic accident at the age of 77.
The 24 tracks here cover the period from 1949 through 1955 before he was a
regular on the country charts and the only hit here is the title song. Most
of the titles are original compositions though there's a some fine cover of
Webb Pierce's hit Back Street Affair. Billy is also featured in a
duet with Jeanette Hicks on Which One Of Us Is To Blame.
BILLY WALKER: Back Street Affair/ Don't Let Your Pride
Break Your Heart/ Fool that I Am I Still Love You/ Go Ahead And Make Me Cry/
Hey/ I Didn't Have The Nerve It Took To Go/ I'm Gonna Take My Heart Away
From You/ I'm Looking For Love/ If I should Live That Long/ It Hurts Too
Much To Laugh/ Let Me Hear From You/ Little Baggy Britches/ Mexican Joe/ One
Heart's Beatin' One Heart's Cheatin'/ Pretend You Just Don't Know Me/ So
Far/ Thank You For Calling/ Time Will Tell/ What Makes Me Love You Like I
Do/ Which One Of Us Is To Blame/ Whirlpool/ You Didn't Try And Didn't Care/
You're The Only Good Thing That's Happened To Me/ you Have My Heart Now
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| CINDY WALKER |
B.A.C.M. 159 |
Till The End Of Time |
● CD $13.98 |
24 tracks, recommended
Cindy Walker is best known as a
songwriter having written many songs that have become standards in both the
country and pop field including Cherokee Maiden/ Bubbles In My Beer/ When
My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again/ Warm Red Wine/ You Don't Know Me and
many more. She recorded herself infrequently though she had an appealing if
not particularly country flavored vocal style. This set includes 15 tracks
recorded as radio transcriptions around 1944/45 as well as an obscure single
recorded Ben Pollack's Jewel label with backing by Deuce Spriggens Western
Band and six sides recorded for Decca between 1941 and 1944 including her
original 1944 recording of When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again
which is best known from Elvis's 1956 hit version and which became a regular
part of his repertoire. It also includes another original version of a song
which has become a country standard - Pins And Needles (In My Heart).
The 1941 recordings of Don't Talk To Me About men finds her
accompanied by Spike Jones & His City Slickers in very restrained mood.
Excellent sound and informative notes by Kevin Coffey. (FS)
CINDY WALKER: Don't Be Too Sure/ Don't Meddle In My Mood/
Don't Talk To Me About Men/ I Hear You Talkin'/ I Want To Go To Mexico/ I'm
Tickled Pink Because You're Blue/ If I Knew What I Know Today/ It Never Can
Be/ It's All Your Fault/ Love Is A Lingering Thing/ Me And The Moon Aren't
Speaking/ No More (1)/ No More (2)/ Now Or Never/ Pins And Needles (in My
Heart)/ Texas With A Capitol T/ Till The End Of Time/ Triflin' Man/ Weary
Heart/ When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again/ Why Don't I Trust The Men/ You
Can't Break The Chains Of Love/ You Have No One To Blame But Yourself/
You'll Be Sorry
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| OZIE WATERS |
B.A.C.M. 210 |
It's Indian Summer |
● CD $13.98 |
26 tracks from the mid 40s by very smooth voiced Western
flavored singer - mostly from radio transcriptions. A dozen tracks feature
Waters alone with his guitar - the rest are with small groups.
OZIE WATERS: Along The Navajo Trail/ At Least A Million
Tears/ Broomstick Buckaroo/ Catfish Take A Look At That Worm/ Colorado
Stars/ Cool Water/ Headin' For The Blue Horizon/ Headin' For The Great
Divide/ I Haven't Time To Be A Millionaire/ I Know That Some Day You'll Want
Me To Want You/ I Lost You/ I Wonder Who's Kissing Her Now/ Idaho Moon/ It's
Indian Summer/ It’s My Lazy Day/ Lonesome Cowboy/ Missouri/ My Music
Mountain Home/ Night Herding Song/ Silver Dew On The Bluegrass/ Sioux City
Sue/ Sleepy Rio Grande/ That's My Home/ Throw A Saddle On A Star/ When It's
Harvest Time Sweet Angeline/ Who's Sorry Now
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| KITTY WELLS |
B.A.C.M. 181 |
I'll Be All Smiles Tonight |
● CD $13.98 |
26 tracks, 67 mins, highly recommended
Great collection of
early sides by one of the finest and most popular female country artists of
all times. 26 tracks recorded between 1950 and 1953 leaving out the hits but
including some of her lesser known but superb sides. The earliest five sides
from 1950 were from when she was still working with Johnnie & Jack (she was
married to Johnnie Wright) and feature her accompanied by The Tennessee
Mountain Boys. A great collection of honky tonk including Love Or Hate/
Things That Might Have Been/ Searching For A Soldier's Grave/
The Life They
Live In Songs/ Goodbye Mr Brown, etc. (FS)
KITTY WELLS: A Wedding Ring Ago/ Cheatin's A Sin/ Crying
Steel Guitar Waltz/ Divided By Two/ Don't Wait The Last Minute To Pray/
Goodbye Mr. Brown/ He's Married To Me/ Hey Joe/ I Don't Want Your Money I
Want Your Time/ I Heard The Juke Box Playing/ I Hope My Divorce Is Never
Granted/ I'd Rather Stay Home/ I'll Be All Smiles Tonight/ I'm In Love With
You/ I'm Too Lonely To Smile/ Love Or Hate/ Make Up Your Mind/ My Mother/
Searching For A Soldier's Grave/ The Honky Tonk Waltz/ The Life They Live In
Songs/ There's Poison In Your Heart/ They Can't Take Your Love/ Things That
Might Have Been/ You Said You Could Do Without Me/ You're Not Easy To Forget
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| RAY
WHITLEY & THE SIX BAR COWBOYS |
B.A.C.M. 006 |
Back In The Saddle Again |
● CD $13.98 $10.98 |
22 tracks, 62 mins, recommended
22 tracks recorded between
1934 and 1941 by this fine Western singer, guitarist and songwriter with
various groups. Whitley was the composer of Western standard Back In The
Saddle Again and his original recording from 1938 is featured here. The
selection is varied and includes some Western Swing flavored items as well
as some stripped down bluesy numbers in the Jimmie Rodgers vein. (FS)
RAY WHITLEY: Back In The Saddle Again/ Big Bad Blues/ Blue
Yodel Blues/ Come On Boys We're Ridin' Into Town/ End Of Memory Lane/ Have
You Written Mother Lately/ How Was I To Know/ Just A Little Cough Drop/ Mist
Around The Prairie Moon Tonight/ Radio Interview/ Ramshackled Shack On The
Hill/ Singing A Song In Sing Sing/ Swaller-Tail Coat/ That Green Back Dollar
Bill/ The Cowboy And The Lady/ The Morro Castle Disaster/ Trailin'/ Wah Hoo/
When You Took Your Love Away/ You're Barking Up The Wrong Tree Now
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| BUDDY WILLIAMS |
B.A.C.M. 155 |
Down The Old Bush Track |
● CD $13.98 |
22 tracks, recommended
Fine collection of sides recorded
between 1940 and 1952 by this popular and prolific Australian country
performer. Buddy was a fine singer, an excellent songwriter (he wrote most
of the songs here) and splendid yodeler. All the tracks feature Buddy just
with his guitar. The songs often deal with aspects of rural Australian life
as in My Sunny Southern Home/ The Stockman & The Outlaw/ The Bushman's
Rodeo (a duet with Lenore Miller)/ Pentridge JailI Love You A Thousand Ways
(which may be the only version of this song with yodeling!),
etc. Delightful.
(FS)
BUDDY WILLIAMS: A Mother Lovely As You/ Blue Since You've
Been Gone/ Can A Black Sheep Be Forgiven/ Down The Old Bush Track/ Eureka
(The Stockade Song)/ Give A Little Credit To Your Dad/ I Can't Stand Sitting
In A Cell/ I Can’t Forget My Memories/ I Love You A Thousand Ways/ I'm Gonna
Tear Down The Mailbox/ Maple On The Hill/ My Darling River Rose/ My Pretty
Quadroon/ My Sunny Southern Home/ Pentridge Jail/ Somebody's Stolen My
Honey/ The Bushman's Rodeo/ The Chicken Song/ The Face On The Bar Room
Floor/ The Ring/ The Stockman And The Outlaw/ There's An Empty Bunk In The
Bunkhouse
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| TEX WILLIAMS |
B.A.C.M. 046 |
Hey Mr. Cotton Picker |
● CD $13.98 |
22 tracks from the 40s by this popular western performer -
includes guest appearance by Smokey Rogers and Jo Stafford.
TEX WILLIAMS: Big Bars Polka/ Blackstrap Molasses/ Bronco
Busters Ball/ Castle Of My Dreams/ Chickashay Gal/ Cowboy Polka/ Don't Make
Love To Mary/ Good Night Cincinnati, Good Morning Tennesse/ Hey Mr. Cotton
Picker/ I Want To Be Near You/ Johnstown Polka/ Just A Pair Of Blue Eyes/
Never Trust A Travelling Salesman/ Only Politickin'/ Rose Of The Alamo/
Shame On You/ She Didn't Even Kiss Me Goodbye/ Sweet Little Boogalie/ The
Urn On The Mantle/ Three Little Girls Dressed In Blue/ Tulsa Trot/ With Men
Who Know Tobacco Best
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| TEX WILLIAMS |
B.A.C.M. 097 |
River Of No Return |
● CD $13.98 |
25 tracks from the late 40s and early 50s by this fine West
Coast singer with his group The Western Caravan. Includes commercial
recordings and radio transcriptions - River Of No Return/ Don't Call My
Name/ This Ole House/ My Adobe Hacienda/ Ten Silver Dollars/ If You'd
Believe In Me/ Deck Of Cards/ Stars And Stripes On Iwo Jima/ Twelfth Street
Rag, etc. Includes duets with Roberta Lee and Rex Allen and a couple of
cuts with Spade Cooley's Orchestra. There are also several hot
instrumentals.
TEX WILLIAMS: Air Mail Special (instr.)/ Between You & The
Birds & The Bees & Cupid/ Cool Water/ Deck Of Cards/ Don't Call My Name
(with Roberta Lee)/ Down In The Meadow/ Dusty Skies/ I Cried Myself To Sleep
(with Spade Cooley's Orch.)/ If You'd Believe In Me/ Kansas City Rag/ Money/
My Adobe Hacienda/ My Confession/ Perdido (lost) (instr.)(/ River Of No
Return/ Rocky Mountain Express/ Shrimp Boats (are Acomin')/ Sinful/ Stars
And Stripes On Iwo Jima (with Spade Cooley's Orch.)/ Take The A Train
(instr.)/ Ten Silver Dollars/ They Were Doing The Mambo/ This Ole House
(with Rex Allen)/ Twelfth Street Rag (instr.)/ Two Texas Boys (with Rex
Allen)
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| FOY
WILLING & HIS RIDERS OF THE PURPLE SAGE |
B.A.C.M. 056 |
Foy Willing & Riders Of The Purple Sage |
● CD $13.98 |
24 tracks including both commercial recordings and radio
transcriptions from one of the most popular western harmony groups of the
40s. Includes two tracks with Louis Prima's Orchestra.
FOY WILLING & THE RIDERS OF THE PURPLE SAGE: 160 Acres/ Be
My Darlin‘/ Bouquet Of Roses/ Chant Of The Wanderer/ Cowboy‘s Heaven/
Detour/ Goodbye & Good Luck/ Hang Your Head In Shame/ Hazy Mountains/ I Care
No More/ I‘m Waltzing With A Broken Heart/ Just A Little Lovin‘/ Little
White House With You Inside/ Mary Lou/ Nobody‘s Lost On The Lonesome Trail/
Prairie Echoes/ Rose Of Old Pawnee/ So Long To The Red River Valley/ Someone
Won Your Heart Little Darlin‘/ Sometime/ Texas Plains/ Vout Cowboy/ Your
Tears Came Too Late/ You‘ll Never Have My Love Anymore
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| BOB WILLS &
HIS TEXAS PLAYBOYS |
B.A.C.M. 033 |
Old Buttermilk Sky - Tiffany Transcriptions,
1945-47 |
● CD $13.98 |
Here's a surprise - 25 of Bob's classic Tiffany radio
transcriptions from the mid 40s - most of them appearing on CD for the first
time! This features the Wills band at its finest with Tommy Duncan, Luke
Wills, Joe Holley, Noel Boggs and other great musicians and vocalists in the
band.
BOB WILLS: Chicken Reel (instr.)/ Don't Fence Me In/
Durang's Hornpipe/ Grey Eagle (instr.)/ Hoppin' Lucy aka Texas Two-Step
(instr.)/ I Don't Know Why/ I'll Get Mine/ I'll Keep On Loving You/ I'll
String Along With You/ Moonlight On The Prairie/ My Brown Eyed Texas Rose/
Nobody's Darling But Mine/ Old Buttermilk Sky/ On The Alamo (instr.)/ Patty
On The Turnpike (instr.)/ Roll On Little Dogies, Roll On/ Sally Gooden No. 1
(instr.)/ Silver Dew On The Bluegrass Tonight/ Silver On The Sage Tonight/
Sleepy Rio Grande/ Smile, Darn You Smile/ That's How Much I Love You/
Travelling Blues/ Who's Heart Are You Breaking Now/ Who's Sorry Now
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| ZEKE WINTERS |
B.A.C.M. 008 |
A.K.A. Big Bill Campbell |
● CD $13.98 |
The earliest recordings made in England by Canadian country
performer Big Bill Campbell (see B.A.C.M. 001) when he was featured on Radio
Luxembourg as "Zeke Winters, The Happy Philosopher." Mostly novelty song,
often from the repertoire of Fields & Hall (see B.A.C.M 024) along with
sentimental songs.
ZEKE WINTERS: At The End Of The Caribou Trail/ Big Rock
Candy Mountain/ Blazin' The Trail/ Christmas In The Rockies Pt.2/ Hang It In
The Hen House/ Haul That Timber/ Hill-Billy Songs-Medley Pts. 1 & 2/ I
Laughed So Hard I Nearly Died/ I'm An Old Cowhand/ In 1992/ Intro: Pony Boy/
It Ain't Nobody's Biz'ness What I Do/ Little Red Caboose Behind The Train/
On A Good Old Time Straw Ride/ Polly Wolly Doddle/ Red River Valley/ Saddle
Your Blues To A Wild Mustang/ Springtime In The Rockies/ Springtime In The
Rockies/ The Sunset Trail/ The Wheel Of The Wagon Is Broken/ They Cut Down
The Old Pine Tree/ Wah-Hoo/ Wal I Swan/ When It's Harvest Time
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| ARKANSAS
"ARKIE" WOODCHOPPER |
B.A.C.M. 028 |
Old Time Songs & Square Dances |
● CD $13.98 |
21 tracks, 61 mins, highly recommended
Obscure but very fine
performer recorded in 1931 and 1941. The former are particularly fine
featuring Arkie accompanied only by his own fine guitar work on a varied
collection of old time songs including The Little Green Valley/ Frankie &
Johnny (a particularly nice version with some different lyrics)/ If
Brother Jack Were Here/ I'm A Texas Cowboy/ Little Ah Sid (a very
peculiar song)/ When It's Time, My Sweet Angeline/ Sweet Sunny South/ The
Habit, etc. Arkie was a very fine and melodic singer and guitarist and
several track feature some fine yodelling. The last six songs from 1941 are
less interesting featuring Arkie doing the calls for a a square dance group
performing tunes like Sally Goodwin/ Waking Up Town/ Wagoner, etc. -
good but nothing special. A few of the earlier tracks are from worn 78s but
in general the sound is excellent. (FS)
ARKANSAS "ARKIE" WOODCHOPPER: A Hard Luck Guy/ Cowboy
Jack/ Frankie & Albert/ I'm A Texas Cowboy/ If Brother Jack Were Here/ If I
Could Only Blot Out The Past/ Light Foot Bill/ Little Ah Sid/ My Love Is But
A Lassie O/ Old & Only In The Way/ Sally Goodwin/ Soldier's Joy/ Sweet
Evalina/ Sweet Sunny South/ Take Me Back To Colorado/ The Habit/ The Little
Green Valley/ Wagoner/ Walking Up Town/ When It's Harvest Time, My Sweet
Angeline/ Zeb Turney's Gal
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| SHEB WOOLEY |
B.A.C.M. 090 |
Texas Tango |
● CD $13.98 |
26 early sides by this fine singer/ songwriter who is best
known for his novelty songs and there are quite a few songs here in that
spirit. In addition there are some fine uptempo numbers with a western swing
flavor as well as some honky tonk ballads. Sheb's vocals are complemented by
fine instrumental work from musicians like Porky Freeman, Speedy West, Jimmy
Bryant, Noel Boggs, Joe Maphis, Harold Hensley & others.
SHEB WOOLEY: 38-24-35/ A Cowboy Ought To Be Single/ A Fool
About You/ Air Castles/ Blue Guitar/ Country Kisses/ Don‘t Stop Kissing Me
Goodnight/ Down In The Toolies/ Freight Train Cinders In My Eyes/ Hillbilly
Mambo/ Hoot Owl Boogie/ I Flipped/ I Go Outa My Mind/ I‘ll Return The
Letters/ Knew I Had Lost/ Love Is Just Another Merry Go Round/ Mule Boogie/
Oklahoma Honky Tonk Girl/ Over The Barrel/ Panama Pete/ Rover Scoot Over/
Texas Tango/ Wha‘ Happen To Me Baby/ White Lightnin‘/ You Never Can Tell/
You‘re The Cat‘s Meow
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| THE YORK BROTHERS |
B.A.C.M. 160 |
Going Back To The Sunny South |
● CD $13.98 |
27 tracks, 75 mins, recommended
Complementing Collector 2861 and Cattle 251 this is another fine collection of early sides by this
Detroit based duo featuring sides recorded between 1939 and 1942 mostly for
the Mellow label and its predecessors Universal and Hot Wax along with two
sides from Decca. The earliest seven sides here features the duo Leslie &
George accompanying themselves on acoustic guitars - subsequently Leslie
switched to electric guitar which allowed him to provide some nice fills and
they were subsequently joined by bassist Jonnie Laneder who helps provide a
richer sound. Quite a few of the songs are rather similar sounding "heart
songs" with some bluesy titles providing some welcome variety and their fine
Home In Old Tennessee has a nice traditional feel. Good sound and
informative notes by Dave Sax. (FS)
THE YORK BROTHERS: A Merry Christmas To The Boys Over
There/ Blue Skies Turned To Gray [sic]/ Conscription Blues/ Gambler's Blues/
Going Back To The Sunny South/ Going Home/ Going To The Shindig/ Goodbye And
Luck To You/ Got To Get Rid Of My Worried Mind/ Hillbilly Rose/ Home In
Tennessee/ I Don't Want No Part Of You/ I'll Be Happy Again/ I'm Saying
Goodbye/ If I Would Never Lose You/ It Makes Me Jealous Hearted/ Just
Wanting You/ Kentucky's Calling Me/ Life Can Never Be The Same/ Long Gone/
Maybe Then You'll Care/ Mother's Sunny Smile/ My Little Honeysuckle Rose/
Not Over Thirty-five/ Sweetheart Darling/ That Nagging Young Husey [sic]/
We're Gonna Catch That Train
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