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Various Artists: Fathers of Country Music

CD / Memory Lane / 2012-12-04

Artists: Various Artists

Jimmie F. Rodgers (Folk): Jimmie Rodgers/Jimmie Rodgers Sings Folk Songs *

CD / Ais / 2012-10-09

Tracks: Women from Liberia; Better Loved You'll Never Be; Girl in the Wood, The; Water Boy; Scarlet Ribbons (For Her Hair); Ballad of Black Gold, The; Hey Little Baby; Mating Call, The; Kisses Sweeter Than W...
Artists: Jimmie F. Rodgers (Folk)

Personnel: Jimmie F. Rodgers (vocals, guitar); Donnie Lanier, George Barnes (guitar); Dave Alldred (drums).

Liner Note Authors: Hugo Peretti; Gary Blailock; Luigi Creatore.

Recording inf...continue...

Various Artists: Wizards of Country Guitar: Selected Sides 1935-1955 [Box]

4 CD / JSP Records / 2011-06-14

Tracks: Chinatown My Chinatown; Some of These Days; Sheik of Araby, The - (featuring Bob Dunn); St. Louis Blues; Somebody's Been Using That Thing; Cheesy Breeze; Fan It; Taking Off; Kangaroo Blues; Draggin' ...
Artists: Various Artists

Liner Note Author: Pat Harrison.

Recording information: Amarillo, TX (01/06/1954); Chicago, IL (01/06/1954); Dallas, TX (01/06/1954); Fort Worth, TX (01/06/1954); Hollywood, CA (01/06/1954); Ho...continue...

Emmylou Harris: Original Album Series

CD / Warner Bros UK / 2011-03-29

Artists: Emmylou Harris

Various Artists: The Soundtrack To Garth Cartwright's Book: More Miles Than Money

CD / Ace (Label) / 2010-09-07

Tracks: Castanets - Alejandro Escovedo; Hey Leroy (Your Mama's Calling You) - Jimmy Castor; Bidi Bidi Bom Bom - Selena; I Don't Know - Linda Lyndell (mono); It's Alright - Bobby Rush; Traficantes De Michoaca...
Artists: Various Artists

Liner Note Authors: Garth Cartwright; Tony Rounce.

Photographers: Colin Escott; Kell Robertson; Dave Peabody; Garth Cartwright; Todd V. Wolfson; Jimmy Castor; David Yeats; Tony Rounce.

R...continue...

Various Artists: Classic Field Recordings: Landmark Country Sessions from a Lost Era [Slipcase]

4 CD / JSP Records / 2010-07-13

Tracks: Long Tongue Women; Ain't I Right?; Desert Lullaby; Heartaches and Tears; Don't Take My Memories; Love Me Only; Boogie Woogie; Everybody's Tryin' to Be My Baby; My Poodle Doodle Dog; That Little Shirt...
Artists: Various Artists

Liner Note Authors: Pat Harrison; Johnny Barfield.

First off, the songs collected on this four-CD, 100-track box of early country and old-time sides released in the 1930s and early '40s aren't ...continue...

Various Artists: Gennett Old Time Music: Classic Country Recordings 1927-1934 [Box]

4 CD / JSP Records / 2010-05-18

Tracks: When I Was Single My Pockets Would Jingle - Jesse James/John D. Foster; Good Bye, My Darlin' - John D. Foster; My Sarah Jane - Rutherford/John D. Foster; Storms May Rule the Ocean - Rutherford/John D...
Artists: Various Artists

Liner Note Author: Pat Harrison.

Recording information: Birmingham, AL (02/05/1927); New York, NY (02/05/1927); Richmond, IN (02/05/1927); Birmingham, AL (04/26/1927-02/13/1934); New York, NY (...continue...

Roy Acuff: The End of the World

CD / Righteous / 2010-03-16

Artists: Roy Acuff

Import only collection from the Country great, a specially selected 22 tracks taken from his time at the Hickory Records label in the late '50s...continue...
While it's hard to go wrong with a 23-song compilation of the work of a country great like Acuff, the threadbare packaging of this particular CD does neither him nor his listeners many favors. There a...continue...

Various Artists: The Golden Age of Country [Time-Life] [Box]

CD / Time/Life Music / 2009-07-23

Tracks: Hey, Good Lookin' - Hank Williams; White Lightning - George Jones; You Ain't Woman Enough - Loretta Lynn; Walk on By - Leroy Van Dyke; Waltz Across Texas - Ernest Tubb and His Texas Troubadours; Next...
Artists: Various Artists

Liner Note Author: Charles McCardell.

This expansive ten-disc set surveying country's modern era includes such classics as Patsy Cline's "Crazy," George Jones' "She Thinks I Still Care," Johnny...continue...

Roy Acuff: 20 All Time Favorites

1 CD / Gusto Records / 2006-04-04

Artists: Roy Acuff

Jimmie Rodgers (Country): The Singing Brakeman [Bear Family] [Box]

6 CD / Bear Family Records (Germany) / 1994-09-05

Tracks: Soldier's Sweetheartsleep, Baby, Sleep, The; Ben Dewberry's Final Run; Mother Was a Lady; Blue Yodel; Away Out on the Mountain; Dear Old Sunny South by the Sea; Treasures Untold; Brakeman's Blues, Th...
Artists: Jimmie Rodgers (Country)

This box set includes a 60-page booklet with unpublished photos and extensive notes by Nolan Porterfield.

The Singing Brakeman is a six-disc set that compiles every song that Jimmie Rodgers eve...continue...

Jimmie Rodgers (Country): The Singing Brakeman [Bear Family] [Box]

6 CD / Bear Family Records (Germany) / 1994-09-05

Tracks: Soldier's Sweetheart, The; Sleep, Baby, Sleep; Ben Dewberry's Final Run; Mother Was a Lady; T for Texas (Blue Yodel No. 1); Away Out on the Mountain; Dear Old Sunny South by the Sea; Treasures Untold...
Artists: Jimmie Rodgers (Country)

This box set includes a 60-page booklet with unpublished photos and extensive notes by Nolan Porterfield.

Personnel: Jimmie Rodgers (vocals, guitar, banjo); Mother Maybelle Carter (vocals, guit...continue...

Roy Acuff: King of Country Music [Bear Family Box Set]

2 CD / Bear Family Records (Germany) / 1993-05-05

Tracks: Tied Down; What Will It Do; Is It Love or Is It Lies; Lonesome Joe; Sweep Around Your Own Back Door; Don't Say Goodbye; Swamp Lily; Sixteen Chickens and a Tambourine; Rushing Around; Whoa Mule; Sunsh...
Artists: Roy Acuff

Roy Acuff: King of Country Music [Bear Family Box Set]

2 CD / Bear Family Records (Germany) / 1993-05-05

Tracks: Tied Down; What Will It Do; Is It Love or Is It Lies; Lonesome Joe; Sweep Around Your Own Back Door; Don't Say Goodbye; Swamp Lily; Sixteen Chickens and a Tambourine; Rushing Around; Whoa Mule; Sunsh...
Artists: Roy Acuff