Genre: Country
The title says it all: this 10-CD-BOX presents the 26 most successful ORIGINAL ALBUMS by the great, world-famous country stars from the years 1947 to 1956. All the stars from this great era of Country & Western are represented here - MERLE TRAVIS, EDDY ARNOLD , HANK SNOW, HANK WILLIAMS, LEFTY FRIZZELL, ERNEST TUBB, WEBB PIERCE, JIM REEVES, THE LOUVIN BROTHERS, JIMMIE RODGERS, KITTY WELLS and MARTY ROBBINS. A particularly rare highlight is the "Memorial Album" by Jimmie Rodgers, the "FATHER OF COUNTRY MUSIC", who died in 1933 at the tender age of 35. All of the recordings on this album are from the 1920s. In this box set you can hear hits like "Sixteen Tons", "The Cattle Call", "Lost Highway", "Jambalaya", "The Golden Rocket", "In the Jailhouse Now", "I'm Movin 'On", "The Rovin Gambler”, “Red River Valley”, “Home on the Range”, “Waiting For A Train”, “Release Me” and many more. However, this unique documentary does not only include hits, but also many "gems" that did not make the charts. A rare treat not only for collectors, but also a journey of discovery through the realms of American country music.
Tracklist:
CD 1
■ MERLE TRAVIS
FOLKSONGS OF THE HILLS (1947)
AD-50
1. Nine Pound Hammer (Travis) 2.37
2. John Henry (Traditional) 3.03
3. Sixteen Tons (Travis) 2.49
4. Dark as a Dungeon (Travis) 2.46
5. That´s All (Travis) 2.58
6. Over by Number Nine (Travis) 3.06
7. I Am a Pilgrim (Travis) 2.50
8. Muskrat (Hensley / Travis / Ann) 2.33
■ THE TENNESSEE PLOWBOY
AND HIS GUITAR
EDDY ARNOLD SINGS (1949)
WP-260
9. The Cattle Call (Owens) 2.31
10. The Nearest Thing to Heaven 2.37
(Jolson / Russell)
11. You Know How Talk Gets Around 2.30
(Rose)
12. There´s No Wings on My Angel 2.34
(Coben / Arnold / Melsher)
13. I´m Throwing Rice 2.36
(At the Girl That I Love) (Nelson/Arnold/Nelson)
14. Just a Little Lovin´(Will Go a Long, 2.42
Long Way) (Arnold / Clemnts)
■ HANK SNOW
FAVOURITES (1950)
WP-295
15. You Broke the Chain That Held 2.38
Our Hearts (Snow)
16. No Golden Tomorrow Ahead(Snow) 3.18
17. Wasted Love (Snow) 3.17
18. My Two Timin´ Woman (Snow) 2.38
19. Somewhere Along Life´s Highway 3.06
(Snow)
20. Within This Broken Heart of Mine 2.45
(Walker / Stuart / Newman)
■ HANK WILLIAMS SINGS (1951)
E-202
21. I Saw the Light (Williams) 2.43
22. The Mansion on the Hill 2.33
(Rose / Williams)
23. Six More Miles (Williams) 2.44
24. Wedding Bells (Boone) 2.53
25. Lost Highway (Payne) 2.40
26. I´ve Just Told Mama Goodbye 2.54
(Sweet / Kinsey)
27. Wealth Won´t save Your Soul 2.45
(Williams)
28. A House without Love (Williams) 2.52
Total Time 78.53
CD 2
■ LEFTY FRIZZELL
SONGS OF JIMMIE RODGERS (1951)
HL-9019
1. Blue Yodel No. 2 2.27
(My Lovin´ Gal Lucille) (Rodgers)
2. Treasure Untold (Cozzens/Rodgers) 3.12
3. Brakeman ´s Blues (Rodgers) 2.07
4. My Old Pal (Rodgers / McWilliams) 2.44
5. Blue Yodel No. 6 (Rodgers) 3.09
6. Travellin´ Blues (Rodgers / Alley) 2.53
7. My Rough and Rowdy Ways 2.34
(Rodgers / McWilliams)
8. Lullaby Yodel (Rodgers / McWilliams) 2.41
■ ERNEST TUBB & THE TEXAS
TROUBADOURS
JIMMIE RODGERS SONGS (1951)
DL-5336
9. Mother, Queen of My Heart 3.04
(Rodgers / Bryant)
10. I´m Lonely and Blue 3.03
(Rodgers / McWilliams)
11. Why Did You Give Me Your Love? 3.05
(Rodgers)
12. I´m Free (From the Chain 3.08
Gang Now) (Rodgers / Herscher / Klein)
13. Why Should I Be Lonely? 3.09
(Rodgers / Lovell)
14. Hobo´s Meditation (Rodgers) 3.07
15. Any Old Time (Rodgers) 2.58
16. A Drunkard´s child 3.00
(Rodgers / Jenkins)
■ HANK WILLIAMS WITH HIS
DRIFTING COWBOYS
MOANIN´ THE BLUES (1952)
E-168
17. Moanin´ the Blues (Williams) 2.22
18. I´m So Lonesome I Could Cry 2.46
(Williams)
19. My Sweet Love Ain´t around 2.42
(Williams)
20. Honky Tonk Blues (Williams) 2.39
21. Lovesick Blues (Mills / Friend) 2.42
22. The Blues Come Around (Williams) 2.40
23. I´m a Long Gone Daddy (Williams) 2.49
24. Long Gone Lonesome Blues 2.37
(Williams)
Total Time 68.26
CD 3
■ LEFTY FRIZZELL
LISTEN TO LEFTY (1952)
H 4-17
1. If You´ve Got the Money – 2.54
I´ve Got the Time (Frizzell / Beck)
2. I Want to Be with You Always 2.59
(Frizzell / Beck)
3. Always Late (With Your Kisses) 3.04
(Frizzell / Crawford)
4. Don´t Stay Away (Till Love 2.55
Grows Cold) (Frizzell / Sutherland)
5. If You Can Spare the Time (I Won´t 2.27
Miss the Money) (Frizzell / Guidry / Passin)
6. Mom and Dad´s Waltz (Frizzell) 3.00
7. I Love You a Thousand Ways 2.43
(Frizzell)
8. Look What Thoughts Will Do 2.27
(Frizzell / Dickerson)
■ HANK SNOW
COUNTRY CLASSICS (1952)
LPM-3026
9. Marriage Vow (Carson) 2.37
10. The Golden Rocket (Snow) 2.44
11. The Rhumba Boogie (Snow) 2.46
12. Bluebird Island (Snow) & Anita Carter 2.39
13. Down the Trail of Achin´ Hearts 2.10
(Kennedy /Simon) & Anita Carter
14. Unwanted Sign upon Your Heart 2.21
(Snow)
15. Music Makin´ Mama from Memphis 2.24
(Snow)
16. I´m Movin´ on (Snow) 2.47
■ ERNEST TUBB
FAVOURITES (1952)
ED-5326 / ED-5327
17. Walkin´ the Floor over You (Tubb) 2.35
18. I´ll Always Be Glad to Take 2.30
You Back (Tubb)
19. I Don´t Blame You (Scott / Tubb) 2.35
20. Soldier´s Last Letter 3.09
(Tubb / Stewart)
21. Let´s Say Goodbye Like We Said 2.58
Hello (Tubb / Skinner)
22. Try Me One More Time (Tubb) 2.19
23. Rainbow at Midnight (Miller) 3.07
24. Have You Ever Been Lonely 2.56
(Have You Ever Been Blue) (deRose / Brown)
Total Time 65.51
CD 4
■ HANK WILLIAMS &
HIS DRIFTING COWBOYS
MEMORIAL ALBUM (1953)
E-202
1. Your Cheatin´ Heart (Williams) 2.41
2. Settin´ the Woods on Fire 2.34
(Nelson / Rose)
3. You Win Again (Williams) 2.34
4. Hey, Good Lookin´ (Williams) 2.53
5. Cold, Cold Heart (Williams) 2.42
6. Kaw-Liga (Williams / Rose) 2.32
7. I Could Never Be Ashamed of You 2.43
(Williams)
8. Half As Much (Williams) 2.41
■ HANK WILLIAMS
HONKY TONKIN (1954)
E-242
9. Honky Tonkin´ (Williams) 2.42
10. Howlin´ at the Moon (Williams) 2.42
11. My Bucket´s Got a Hole in It 2.32
(Williams)
12. Baby, We´re Really in Love 2.31
(Williams)
13. Jambalaya (On the Bayou) 2.51
(Williams)
14. I Won´t Be Home No More (Williams) 2.43
15. Honky Tonk Blues (Williams) 2.09
16. I´ll Never Get out of This 2.24
World Alive (Williams)
■ HANK SNOW´S COUNTRY
GUITAR
FAVOURITES (1954)
JPM-3267
17. Twelfth Street Rag 2.23
(Bowman / Sumner)
18. Rainbow Boogie (Snow) 2.12
19. Vaya Con Dios (My God Be 2.35
With You) (Russell / James / Pepper)
20. Madison Madness (Snow) 2.20
21. Wabash Blues (Mainken / Ringle) 1.58
22. In an Old Dutch Garden 2.15
(By an Old Dutch Mill) (Grosz / Gordon)
23. Hilo March (Glynn) 1.46
24. Sweet Marie (Snow) 2.07
Total Time 60.16
CD 5
■ WEBB PIERCE
THE WONDERING BOY (1954)
DL-8295
1. Wondering (Werner) 2.59
2. There Stands the Glass 2.23
(Hull / Shurtz / Greisham)
3. That´s Me without You (Miller) 2.19
4. Don´t Throw Your Life Away 2.36
(Wallace / Pierce)
5. Love, Love, Love (Jarrett) 2.51
6. If You Were Me (And I Were You) 2.54
(Pierce / Miller)
7. Back Street Affair (Wallace) 2.45
8. It´s Been so Long (Greisham) 2.19
9. Slowly (Pierce / Hill) 2.32
10. That Heart Belongs to Me (Pierce) 2.52
11. Yes I Know Why (Pierce) 2.27
12. I´m Gonna Fall out of Love 2.07
with You (Taylor / Hughes)
■ HANK WILLIAMS
RAMBLIN´ MAN (1955)
E-3219
13. Ramblin´ Man (Williams) 3.02
14. My Son Calls another Man Daddy 2.33
(Williams)
15. I Can´t Escape From You (Williams) 2.24
16. Nobody´s Lonesome for Me 2.30
(Williams)
17. I Can´t Help It (If I´m Still in Love 2.24
with You) (Williams)
18. There´ll Be No Tear-Drops Tonight 2.50
(Williams)
19. Lonesome Whistle (Davis / Williams) 2.26
20. I Just Don’t Like This Kind of Livin´ 2.47
(Williams)
21. Take These Chains from My Heart 2.37
(Heath / Rose)
22. Why Don´t You Love Me (Williams) 2.22
23. My Heart Would Know (Williams) 2.25
24. You´re Gonna Change 2.56
(Or I´m Gonna Leave) (Williams)
Total Time 62.19
CD 6
■ WEBB PIERCE (1955)
DL-8129
1. In the Jailhouse Now (Rodgers) 2.05
2. More and More (Kilgore) 2.19
3. Even Tho (Jones / Peeples / Pierce) 2.45
4. Your Good for Nothing Heart 2.21
(Pierce / Scalzi / Noto / Williams)
5. You´re Not Mine Anymore 2.34
(Pierce / Wilburn)
6. I Haven´t Got the Heart 2.04
(Winston / Pierce)
7. Sparkling Brown Eyes (Cox) 2.54
8. You Just Can´t Be True (Wilburn) 2.07
9. New Silver Bells (Pierce / Perry) 2.36
10. I´m Walking the Dog 2.24
(Grimsley / Grimsley)
11. I´ll Go on Alone (Robbins) 2.40
12. I Don´t Care (Walker / Pierce) 2.25
■ HANK WILLIAMS
AS LUKE THE DRIFTER (1955)
E-3267
13. Pictures from Life´s Other Side 2.50
(Williams)
14. Men with Broken Hearts (Williams) 3.08
15. Help Me Understand (Williams) 2.55
16. Too Many Parties and Too Many 2.58
Pals (Henderson / Rose / Dixon)
17. Please Make Up Your Mind 2.48
(Williams)
18. I´ve Been Down That Road before 2.54
(Williams)
19. Be Careful of Stones That You 2.58
Throw (Dodd)
20. I Dreamed About Mama Last Night 3.00
(Rose)
21. The Funeral (Rose) 3.04
22. Beyond the Sunset 3.00
(B. & V. Brock-Reswell)
23. Just Waitin´ (Williams / Gazzaway) 2.39
24. Everything´s Okay (Williams) 2.49
Total Time 65.05
CD 7
■ HANK SNOW
JUST KEEP A-MOVIN´ (1955)
LPM-1113
1. Just Keep A-Movin´ (Walker) 2.08
2. The Bill Is Falling Due 2.32
(Daffan / Snow)
3. Can´t Have You Blues (Snow) 2.15
4. A Scale to Measure Love 2.40
(Weiner / Crune)
5. The Owl and I (Bryant / Bryant) 2.54
6. I Can´t Control My Heart 2.30
(Morris / DiNapoli)
7. Cuba Rhumba (Coben) 2.04
8. Blossoms in the Springtime 2.50
(Horton)
9. Caribbean (Torok) 2.28
10. Blue Sea Blues (Snow) 2.14
11. Chattin´ with a Chick in 2.22
Chattanooga (Farnworth / Snow)
12. Love´s a Game of Let´s Pretend 2.42
(Snow)
■ WANDERIN´ WITH
EDDY ARNOLD (1955)
LPM-1111
13. Wanderin´(Traditional) 2.05
14. The Rovin´ Gambler (Traditional) 2.28
15. The Lonesome Road 2.26
(Austin / Shilkret)
16. Down In the Valley (Traditional) 2.47
17. Barbara Allen (Traditional) 3.39
18. On Top of Old Smoky (Traditional) 2.26
19. I Gave My Love a Cherry 2.12
(Traditional)
20. The Wayfaring Stranger 3.14
(Traditional)
21. Across the Wide Missouri 3.00
(Drake / Shirl)
22. Careless Love (Traditional) 2.28
23. Red River Valley (Traditional) 2.41
24. Sometimes I Feel Like a 1.51
Motherless Child (Traditional)
25. Sweet Betsy from Pike (Traditional) 2.07
26. Home on the Range (Traditional) 2.23
Total Time 65.28
CD 8
■ JIM REEVES SINGS (1955)
LP-5001
1. I´ll Follow You (Scott / Johnson) 2.34
2. Where Does a Broken Heart Go 2.19
(Reeves)
3. Drinking Tequila (Center) 2.43
4. Mexican Joe (Torok) 2.37
5. Give Me One More Kiss (Center) 2.32
6. Mother Went-A-Walkin´ (Bearden) 2.38
7. Penny Candy (Veale) 2.29
8. My Rambling Heart 2.17
(Dean / Reynolds / Rhodes)
9. Red Eyed and Rowdy 2.22
(Reeves / Perryman)
10. Beatin´ on the Ding Dong 2.15
(Shelton / Shelton)
11. The Wilder Your Heart Beats 2.39
(Meredith)
12. Are You the One (DeVal / Grashey) 2.33
■ JIMMIE RODGERS MEMORIAL ALBUM
NEVER NO MO´ BLUES (1956)
LPM-1232
13. Never No Mo´ Blues 2.29
(McWilliams / Rodgers)
14. Daddy and Home 2.42
(McWilliams / Rodgers)
15. Blue Yodel No. 4 (California Blues) 2.48
(Rodgers)
16. Waiting for a Train (Rodgers) 2.33
17. You and My Old Guitar 2.45
(McWilliams / Rodgers)
18. Prairie Lullaby (Brown / Rodgers) 2.58
19. Blue Yodel No. 6 (Rodgers) 2.53
20. Dear Old Sunny South by the Sea 2.32
(Cozzens /Rodgers) & The Three Southerners
21. Jimmie´s Mean Mama Blues 3.00
(Sawyer / O´Neal)
22. Pistol Packin´ Papa 2.40
(Rodgers / O´Neal)
23. Old Pal of My Heart 2.45
(Rodgers / Mason)
24. My Little Lady 2.50
(McWilliams / Rodgers)
Total Time 63.43
CD 9
■ THE LOUVIN BROTHERS
TRAGIC SONGS OF LIFE (1956)
T-769
1. Kentucky (Davis) 2.37
2. I´ll Be All Smiles Tonight (Carter) 3.12
3. Let Her Go – God Bless Her 2.52
(Traditional)
4. What Is Home Without Love 2.58
(Traditional)
5. A Tiny Broken Heart 2.31
(Louvin / Louvin-Hill)
6. In the Pines (Riggs) 3.13
7. Alabama (Louvin / Louvin-Hill) 2.41
8. Katie Dear (Bolick) 2.31
9. My Brothers Will (Nelson) 3.13
10. Knoxville Girl (Traditional) 3.46
11. Take the News to Mother 2.46
(Caloway / Callahan / Callahan)
12. Mary of the Wild Moor (Turner) 3.11
■ THE MERLE TRAVIS GUITAR (1956)
T-650
13. Blue Smoke (Travis) 2.26
14. Black Diamond Blues (Travis) 3.03
15. On a Bicycle Built for Two (Dacre) 2.08
16. Saturday Night Shuffle (Travis) 2.05
17. Bugle Call Rag 2.19
(Meyers / Schoebel / Pettis)
18. Tuck Me to Sleep in My Old 2.28
´Tucky Home (Meyer / Lewis / Young)
19. Walkin´ the Strings (Travis) 1.49
20. The Memphis Blues (Handy) 2.34
21. The Sheik of Araby 2.03
(Snyder / Smith / Wheeler)
22. Blue Bell (Morse / Madden) 2.18
23. The Waltz You Saved for Me 2.26
(King / Flindt / Kahn)
24. Rockabye Rag (Travis) 1.56
Total Time 63.54
CD 10
■ KITTY WELLS´
COUNTRY HIT PARADE (1956)
DL-8293
1. Makin´ Believe (Work) 2.30
2. Release Me (Williams/Miller/Yount) 2.48
3. Cheatin´s a Sin (Wallace) 2.49
4. There´s Poison in Your Heart 2.36
(Clements)
5. I´ve Kissed You My Last Time 2.27
(Carlisle / Cutrer / Suber)
6. Whose Shoulder Will You Cry On 2.14
(Wallace / Wells)
7. It Wasn´t God Who Made 2.31
Honky Tonk Angels (Miller)
8. The Things I Might Have Been 2.23
(Sherman / Sherman)
9. Paying for That Back Street Affair 2.36
(Wallace / Rule)
10. I Don´t Claim to Be an Angel 2.57
(Anglin / Anglin / Wright)
11. I´m Too Lonely to Smile (Smith) 2.22
12. Searching for a Soldier´s Grave 3.14
(Acuff)
■ KITTY WELLS
WINNER OF YOUR HEART (1956)
DL-8552
13. Each Day (Martin / Walker) 2.06
14. Dancing with a Stranger (Walker) 2.38
15. A Mansion on the Hill 2.27
(Rose / Williams)
16. Change of Heart (Bryant / Bryant) 2.38
17. Standing Room Only 2.19
(Carlisle / Wallace)
18. I Guess I´ll Go on Dreaming 2.24
(Bailes / Bailes)
19. The Winner of Your Heart(Masters) 1.56
20. The Pace That Kills (Howard) 2.21
21. Stubborn Heart (Masters) 2.37
22. Right or Wrong (Skye/James) 2.49
23. Broken Marriage Vows 2.16
(Bailes / Bailes) & Ray Crisp
24. She´s No Angel (Arnold / Ballman) 2.27
■ MARTY ROBBINS
ROCK´N ROLL´N ROBBINS (1956)
CL-2601
25. Long Tall Sally 2.06
(Johnson / Penniman / Blackwell)
26. Tennessee Toddy (Robbins) 3.15
27. Maybelline (Berry) 2.25
28. Respectfully Miss Brooks (Robbins) 2.58
29. Mean Mama Blues (Robbins) 2.11
30. Long Gone Lonesome Blues 2.30
(Williams)
Total Time 76.48