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Grandpa Jones: Country Music Hall of Fame 1978

1 CD / King / 2008-03-31

Tracks: Eight More Miles to Louisville; Mountain Dew; Old Rattler; How Many Buscuits Can You Eat; Five String Banjo Boogie; 15 Cents Is All I Got; Tragic Romance; Jenny Get Your Hoe Cakes Done; Old Rattler's...
Artists: Grandpa Jones

Includes liner notes by Chuck Young....continue...

Jim Reeves: Country Music Hall of Fame: 1967

2 CD / King / 2008-03-31

Tracks: Mexican Joe; Is It Really Over?; Welcome to My World; Bimbo; Adios Amigo; Am I Losing You; Am I That Easy to Forget?; When Two Worlds Collide; Love Is No Excuse; Missing You
Artists: Jim Reeves

Liner Note Author: Chuck Young....continue...

Various Artists: 20 Country Greats [Hollywood/Deluxe]

1 CD / King / 2007-01-30

Tracks: Heaven's Almost as Big as Texas - Johnny Paycheck; Green Grow the Lilacs - Tex Ritter; I Haven't Seen Mama in Years - Mac Wiseman; Beautiful Brown Eyes - Jimmy Wakely; Honey Hungry - Gary Puckett; I ...
Artists: Various Artists

Artists include: Johnny Paycheck, Wanda Jackson and Mac Wiseman....continue...

Various Artists: Gold Collection Artists

1 CD / King / 2007-01-23

Tracks: Hello Darlin' - Conway Twitty; Walk Through This World With Me - George Jones; For the Good Times - Ray Price; Something's Gotten Hold of My Heart - Gene Pitney; Mona Lisa Lost Her Smile - David Alla...
Artists: Various Artists

Personnel: George Jones (vocals)....continue...

Various Artists: Gold Collection Artists, Vol. 2

1 CD / King / 2007-01-23

Tracks: Walkin' After Midnight - Patsy Cline; You Never Even Called Me by My Name - David Allan Coe; Take This Job and Shove It - Johnny Paycheck; Dang Me - Roger Miller; Always Wanting You - Merle Haggard; ...
Artists: Various Artists

Merle Haggard: Workin' Man Blues

1 CD / King / 2006-08-22

Tracks: Workin' Man Blues; I Think I'll Just Stay Here and Drink; Misery and Gin; Everybody's Had the Blues; Bottle Let Me Down, The; Holdin' Things Together; Ramblin' Fever; Turnin' off a Memory; Always Wan...
Artists: Merle Haggard

Liner Note Author: Chuck Young.

This cut-price best-of contains some of Merle Haggard's best known drinking songs, like "I Think I'll Just Stay Here and Drink," "Misery and Gin," and "The Bottl...continue...

Crowe Brothers: The Winds Are Blowing

1 CD / King / 2006-03-07

Tracks: Winds Are Blowing in Maggie Valley, The; Little Time Out For Love; Somebody Loves You, Darling; Hoping That You're Hoping; Broken Heart Bound; Danced With an Angel; Don't Laugh; Where the Old Red Riv...
Artists: Crowe Brothers

Crowe Brothers: Wallace "Josh" Crowe (vocals, guitar); Wayne Crowe (vocals, bass instrument); Raymond Fairchild (banjo); Jesse McReynolds (mandolin); Glen Duncan (fiddle); Burt Hoffman (percussion); L...continue...

Lacy J. Dalton: Best of the Best

1 CD / King / 2005-09-27

Artists: Lacy J. Dalton

Merle Haggard: Sings Story Songs

1 CD / King / 2005-04-19

Tracks: Daddy Frank (The Guitar Man); Branded Man; Farmer's Daughter; Legend of Bonnie and Clyde; Mama's Hungry Eyes; Carolyn; Kentucky Gambler; Roots of My Raising; From Graceland to the Promised Land; I'm ...
Artists: Merle Haggard

This 10-track best-of gathers some of Merle Haggard's most vivid narrative material, including his semi-autobiographical "Branded Man" and the old-fashioned ballad-style "Legend of Bonnie and Clyde." ...continue...

The Maddox Brothers & Rose: A Collection of Standard Sacred Songs

1 CD / King / 2005-03-15

Tracks: Tramp on the Street; I Just Steal Away and Pray; I'd Rather Have Jesus; When God Dips His Love in My Heart; Farther Along; Unclouded Day, The; Flowers For the Master's Bouquet; I'll Fly Away; In the ...
Artists: The Maddox Brothers & Rose

In between their raucous and ribald proto-rockabilly recordings, the Maddox Bros. & Rose made a number of religious recordings, some of which were quite popular with their listeners. Twelve of their s...continue...

Reno & Smiley: 16 Greatest Gospel Hits [King]

1 CD / King / 2005-03-15

Artists: Reno & Smiley

16 Greatest Gospel Hits is a solid collection of traditional country gospel tunes -- "How I Miss My Darling Mother," "There's a Highway to Heaven," and "My Mother's Bible" -- as performed by Reno & Sm...continue...

The Stanley Brothers: 16 Greatest Hits [King]

1 CD / King / 2005-03-15

Artists: The Stanley Brothers

Raymond Fairchild: At Home in Maggie Valley

1 CD / King / 2005-03-15

Artists: Raymond Fairchild

Various Artists: Super Hits 1972

1 CD / King / 2005-03-15

Artists: Various Artists

Charlie Moore: Truckin' Favorites

1 CD / King / 2004-11-30

Tracks: Long White Line; Bluegrass Truck Driver; Hot Rod Kids and Women Drivers; Guitar Pickin' Truck Driver; Truck Driver's Queen; Pinball Blues; Lonesome Truck Driver; Truck Driver's Romance, A; This Truck...
Artists: Charlie Moore

Truckin' Favorites is an eight-track budget-priced collection that contains versions of songs like "Long White Line," "Bluegrass Truck Driver, " "Lonesome Truck Driver" and "Truck Driver's Romance" th...continue...

Various Artists: Country Super Hits of the 1980s

1 CD / King / 2004-09-28

Tracks: Mona Lisa Lost Her Smile - David Allan Coe; You're the Reason God Made Oklahoma - David Frizzell; It'll Come Back - Red Sovine; I'm Gonna Hire a Wino to Decorate Our Home - David Frizzell; Let's Go A...
Artists: Various Artists

Liner Note Author: Chuck Young....continue...

Merle Haggard/Merle Haggard & the Strangers: The Fightin' Side of Me [2004 King Compilation]

1 CD / King / 2004-08-03

Tracks: Fightin' Side of Me, The; Mam Tried; It's Not Love (But It's Not Bad); Swinging Doors; (All My Friends Are Gonna Be) Strangers; I Think I'll Just Stay Here and Drink; I'm a Lonesome Fugitive; Kentuck...
Artists: Merle Haggard/Merle Haggard & the Strangers

Includes liner notes by Chuck Young.

It's hard to disagree with the claim that Merle Haggard is one of few truly legendary country singers. This powerful nine-track set, a compilation of some o...continue...

Cowboy Copas: Best of the Best

1 CD / King / 2004-06-08

Tracks: Filipino Baby; Alabam; Signed, Sealed and Delivered; Tennessee Waltz; Candy Kisses; Tennessee Moon; 'Tis Sweet to Be Remembered; Flat Top; Signed, Sealed and Delivered; Hangman's Boogie
Artists: Cowboy Copas

Liner Note Author: Chuck Young.

King Records' budget discs practically defy criticism because they aren't designed to please critics or collectors. They're often churned out with little attenti...continue...

Jimmy Martin (Guitar): Greatest Hits

1 CD / King / 2004-06-08

Tracks: Widow Maker; Sunny Side of the Mountain; Uncloudy Day; Truck Drivin' Man; Play Me Some George Jones Songs; Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms; Knoxville Girl; Water the Flowers; Beautiful Brown Eyes; Will ...
Artists: Jimmy Martin (Guitar)

Liner Note Author: Chuck Young....continue...

Various Artists: Cabin on a Mountain

1 CD / King / 2004-04-06

Tracks: Blue Eyed Darling - Jimmy Martin/Bobby Osborne/Jimmy Martin & Bob Osborne; Cabin on a Mountain - Vern & Ray; Orange Blossom Breakdown - The Stoneman Family; You'll Never Be the Same - Jimmy Martin/Bo...
Artists: Various Artists

Personnel: Jimmy Martin (vocals, guitar); Charlie Cline (vocals, banjo); Vern Williams, Bobby Osborne (vocals, mandolin); Ray Park (vocals, fiddle); Van Stoneman (guitar, dobro); Clyde Williamson (gui...continue...

Grandpa Jones: 16 Sacred Gospel Songs

1 CD / King / 2004-02-24

Artists: Grandpa Jones

/Brown's Ferry Four.

Before Grandpa Jones (real name Louis Marshall Jones) became a worldwide personality through his association with the long-running TV show Hee Haw, gospel music was a signi...continue...

Kitty Wells: Sings Her Gospel Hits: Dust on the Bible

1 CD / King / 2004-02-24

Tracks: Dust on the Bible; How Far Is Heaven; Matthew 24; In the Sweet By and By; Amazing Grace; Gathering Flowers for the Master's Bouquet; Church in the Wildwood; Rank Strangers; He's Got the Whole World i...
Artists: Kitty Wells

Liner Note Author: Chuck Young....continue...

Wallace: Greatest King Hits

1 CD / King / 2004-02-24

Artists: Wallace

The Stanley Brothers: The King Years 1961-1965 [Box]

4 CD / King / 2003-11-11

Tracks: Little Bessie; Mother's Only Sleeping; Old Country Church; Campin' in Canaan Land; Mother Call My Name in Prayer; Working on a Building; Somebody Touched Me; Dying a Sinner's Death; Village Church Ya...
Artists: The Stanley Brothers

Virginians Ralph and Carter Stanley, the Stanley Brothers, took the traditional Appalachian string band songs of their home and updated them into a traditionally rooted modern bluegrass sound that was...continue...

The Stanley Brothers: Early Starday-King Years 1958-1961 [Box]

4 CD / King / 2003-11-11

Tracks: Holiday Pickin'; Gonna Paint the Town; That Happy Night; Christmas Is Near; Love Me, Darling, Just Tonight; She's More to Be Pitied; Heaven Seemed So Near; Your Selfish Heart; How Mountain Girls Can ...
Artists: The Stanley Brothers

The Stanley Brothers: Carter Stanley (vocals, guitar), Ralph Stanley (vocals, banjo).

Additional personnel: Curley Lambert (vocals, guitar, mandolin, bass); Bill Napier (vocals, guitar, mandoli...continue...

Ralph Stanley: Best of the Best

1 CD / King / 2003-11-11

Tracks: I'm a Man of Constant Sorrow; Oh Death; Shout Little Lulie; I Only Exist; Medicine Springs; Going up Home to Live in Green Pastures; Hills of Home; Little Maggie; Clinch Mountain Backstep; Little Bir...
Artists: Ralph Stanley

The Nashville Guitars: Play 30 Gospel All-Time Favorites *

1 CD / King / 2003-11-10

Tracks: What a Friend We Have in Jesus; He's Got the Whole World in His Hands; Swing Low, Sweet Chariot; Rock of Ages; Whispering Hope; Onward Christian Soldiers; Jesus Loves Me; Faith of Our Fathers; I Love...
Artists: The Nashville Guitars

Sandy Posey: American Country Bluegrass

1 CD / King / 2003-11-10

Tracks: Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy; Beautiful Isle of Somewhere; Down to the River to Pray; Put Your Arms Around Me; Didn't Leave Nobody But the Baby; Take Me Out to the Ball Game; When Johnny Comes Marching Ho...
Artists: Sandy Posey

Liner Note Author: Chuck Young.

Recording information: King Records Studios, Nash., TN....continue...

Various Artists: Country Gospel [King]

1 CD / King / 2003-11-10

Tracks: One Day at a Time - Wanda Jackson; Life's Railway to Heaven - Porter Wagoner; Just a Closer Walk With Thee - Patsy Cline; I Found My Jesus and He Wasn't Even Lost - Carl Smith; Deck of Cards - T. Tex...
Artists: Various Artists

Various Artists: 20 All Time Country Hits

1 CD / King / 2003-11-10

Tracks: Green Grow the Lilacs - Tex Ritter; I Haven't Seen Mama in Years - David Allan Coe; Beautiful Brown Eyes - Jimmy Wakely; Honey Hungry - Gary Puckett; I Can't Stop Now - Dobie Gray; I Just Loved Her f...
Artists: Various Artists

Liner Note Author: Chuck Young.

The title of this disc is a bit of an inflated claim. The tracks included on 20 All Time Country Hits are OK, but not essential for anyone but the most ardent fa...continue...

B.J. Thomas: All Time Greatest Hits [King]

1 CD / King / 2003-11-10

Tracks: Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head; Hooked on a Feeling; Rock & Roll Lullaby; Mama; I Can't Help It (If I'm Still in Love With You); I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry; I Just Can't Help Believin'; No Love a...
Artists: B.J. Thomas

Liner Note Author: Chuck Young.

Recording information: Gusto (1977); King (1977); Starday Studios, Nashville, TN (1977)....continue...

Lee Greenwood: God Bless the USA: At His Best

1 CD / King / 2003-11-10

Tracks: God Bless the USA; Hearts Aren't Made to Break (They're Made to Love); Touch and Go Crazy; How Great Thou Art; I. O. U.; Dixie Road; Ring on Her Finger, Time on Her Hands; Somebody's Gonna Love You
Artists: Lee Greenwood

Various Artists: Music For All Americans

1 CD / King / 2003-11-10

Tracks: Pledge of Allegiance - Red Sovine; When Johnny Comes Marching Home - Nashville Fiddles; What Is an American - Minnie Pearl; God Bless the U.S.A. - Lee Greenwood; Star Spangled Banner, The - Marc Alle...
Artists: Various Artists

Ralph Stanley: Poor Rambler [Box]

3 CD / King / 2003-11-10

Tracks: Sharecropper's Son; Hemlock and Primroses; That Beautiful Woman; Poor Rambler; Lonesome; Lost Train; Row Hoe; Wonderful World Outside; Sweet Sally Brown; Love Please Stay; I'm Better Off Now That You...
Artists: Ralph Stanley

Personnel: Ralph Stanley (banjo); Larry Sparks (vocals, guitar); Jimmy Martin (guitar, mandolin); Melvin Goins (guitar); Kenny Ingram (banjo); Earl Taylor (mandolin, harmonica); Vernon Derrick (mandol...continue...

Reno & Smiley: Play Bluegrass Instrumentals

1 CD / King / 2003-11-10

Tracks: Speedin'; Keep Your Skillet Good and Greasy; Goodbye Eliza Jane; Yes Sir, That's My Baby; Pretty Polly; Washington and Lee Swing; Seeing Nellie Home; Buffalo Gal; Dill Pickle Rag; Carry Me Back to Ol...
Artists: Reno & Smiley

Liner Note Author: Chuck Young....continue...

Merle Haggard: Today I Started Loving You Again [King]

1 CD / King / 2003-11-10

Tracks: Today I Started Loving You Again; Branded Man; If We Make It Through December; I Take a Lot of Pride in What I Am; Legend of Bonnie and Clyde; Daddy Frank (The Guitar Man); Always Wanting You; It's B...
Artists: Merle Haggard

This best-of comprises some of Merle Haggard's biggest hits, including his first smash, "Strangers," "The Legend of Bonnie and Clyde" (the latter of which capitalized on the popularity of the movie st...continue...

Johnny Darrell: The Complete Gusto/Starday/King Recordings *

1 CD / King / 2003-11-10

Tracks: With Pen in Hand; Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town; Why You Been Gone So Long; Son of Hickory Holler's Tramp; Was Yesterday That Long Ago; Green, Green Grass of Home; It's So Hard to Be Friends; Pr...
Artists: Johnny Darrell

Liner Note Author: Chuck Young.

Recording information: King Studios, Nashville, TN....continue...

The Delmore Brothers: Inducted into the Hall of Fame 2001

1 CD / King / 2003-11-10

Tracks: Blues Stay Away from Me; Freight Train Boogie; Pan American Boogie; Prisoner's Farewell; Midnight Special; Brown's Ferry Blues; You Can't Do Wrong and Get By; Dis Train; Red River Valley; Will the Ci...
Artists: The Delmore Brothers

Liner Note Author: Chuck Young....continue...

The Nashville Strings: Big Harp Country Classics *

1 CD / King / 2003-11-10

Tracks: Beautiful Dreamer; When Irish Eyes Are Smiling; Amazing Grace; Morning Has Broken; Scarlet Ribbons; Wayfaring Stranger; I Wonder as I Wander; Shenandoah; Aura Lee; Danny Boy
Artists: The Nashville Strings

Liner Note Author: Chuck Young....continue...

Nashville Fiddles: Play 16 Gospel All-Time Favorites

1 CD / King / 2003-11-10

Tracks: Nearer My God to Thee; Blessed Assurance; His Eye Is on the Sparrow; Whispering Hope; Jesus Loves Me; Mighty Fortress Is Our God, A; Sweet Hour of Prayer; Abide with Me; Rock of Ages; He's Got the Wh...
Artists: Nashville Fiddles

Liner Note Author: Chuck Young.

Recording information: King Records Studios, Nashville, TN....continue...

Nashville Banjos: Play 16 Gospel All-Time Favorites

1 CD / King / 2003-11-10

Tracks: He's Got the Whole World in His Hands; Old Rugged Cross, The; Jesus Loves Me; Kum-Ba-Yah; Let Us Break Bread Togther; Uncloudy Day; Swing Low, Sweet Chariot; Farther Along; What a Friend We Have in J...
Artists: Nashville Banjos

Liner Note Author: Chuck Young.

Recording information: King Records Studios, Nashville, TN....continue...

The Louvin Brothers: 40 Songs

CD / King / 2003-11-10

Tracks: I Don't Believe You've Met My Baby; Hoping That You're Hoping; You're Running Wild; When I Stop Dreaming; My Baby's Gone; I Love You Best of All; Knoxville Girl; Must You Throw Dirt in My Face; How's...
Artists: The Louvin Brothers

Personnel: Charlie Louvin (vocals, guitar); Ira Louvin (vocals, mandolin).

Liner Note Author: Chuck Young....continue...

David Frizzell: Takes to the Road

1 CD / King / 2003-11-10

Tracks: 6 Days on the Road; Truck Driver's Blues; I'm Gonna Hire a Wino to Decorate Our Home; 18 Wheels Hummin' Home Sweet Home; California Turnarounds; Ballad of the Bootlegger King; Set 'Em Up Joe; Endless...
Artists: David Frizzell

Liner Note Author: Chuck Young....continue...

The Stanley Brothers: Precious Memories

1 CD / King / 2003-11-10

Tracks: Precious Memories; This World Is Not My Home; Farther Along; Amazing Grace; Leaning on the Everlasting Arms; What a Friend We Have in Jesus; Are You Washed in the Blood; Rock of Ages; Over in the Glo...
Artists: The Stanley Brothers

Liner Note Author: Chuck Young....continue...

Nashville's Finest Instrumentalists: 16 Super Hits

1 CD / King / 2003-11-10

Tracks: Life's Railway to Heaven; Yellow Rose of Texas; Great Speckled Bird; Oh, Susannah; She'll Be Comin' 'Round the Mountain; Put Your Little Foot; I've Been Working on the Railroad; Oh Them Golden Slippe...
Artists: Nashville's Finest Instrumentalists

Liner Note Author: Chuck Young....continue...

Del Reeves: His Greatest Hits

1 CD / King / 2003-11-10

Tracks: Girl on the Billboard; Good Time Charlies; Belles of Southern Bell, The; Looking at the World Through a Windshield; Be Glad; Women Do Funny Things to Me; Philadelphia Fillies; Dime at a Time, A; Love...
Artists: Del Reeves

Recorded between 1965 and 1975. Includes liner notes by Jimmy Guterman.

Although brief (under 30 minutes), His Greatest Hits has been the only readily available collection of Del Reeves' '60s a...continue...

Nashville Harmonicas: Nashville Harmonicas: 30 Classics

1 CD / King / 2003-11-10

Artists: Nashville Harmonicas

Tee Vee Records' Nashville Harmonicas: 30 Classics is a budget-line collection of 30 instrumentals of such classic Americana tunes as "Fire on the Mountain," "Dixie," "My Old Kentucky Home," "Columbus...continue...

Reno & Smiley: Classic Bluegrass: Love Please Come Home

1 CD / King / 2003-11-10

Tracks: Love, Oh Please Come Home; Too Many Teardrops; Goodbye, Sweetheart, Goodbye; Cruel Love; Blues Is the Way That I Feel; Never Get to Hold You in My Arms Anymore; Road of Broken Hearts, The; Tragic Rom...
Artists: Reno & Smiley

Personnel includes: Don Reno (banjo); Red Smiley (guitar)....continue...

The Stanley Brothers: Lord I'm Coming Home

1 CD / King / 2003-11-10

Tracks: If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again; Lord I'm Coming Home; We Shall Meet Someday; Old Daniel Prayed; Precious Memories; Rock of Ages (Let Me Hide Myself in Thee); God's Highway; This World Is Not My...
Artists: The Stanley Brothers

Cowboy Copas: 20 Song Gospel Collection

1 CD / King / 2003-11-10

Tracks: I Saw the Light; From the Manger to the Cross; Satisfied Mind, A; Beyond the Sunset; I'm Glad I'm on the Inside Looking Out; Picture From Life's Other Side, A; King of Kings; Wherever He Leads, I'll ...
Artists: Cowboy Copas