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Mel Tillis: Walk On, Boy: The Early Years *

CD / Country Stars (USA) / 2012-09-04

Tracks: Honky Tonk Song; It Takes a Worried Man to Sing a Worried Blues; Case of the Blues; It's My Life; Juke Box Man; If You'll Be My Love; Take My Hand; This Heart; Teen Age Wedding; Lonely Street; Violet...
Artists: Mel Tillis

Liner Note Author: William Hogeland.

Mel Tillis' infamous speech impediment never affected his singing, which remained smooth, polished, and emotionally nuanced throughout his career, and throu...continue...

Chet Atkins/Jerry Reed/Suzy Bogguss: Live in Nashville

CD / Country Stars (USA) / 2011-02-08

Tracks: Sneakin' Around; All I Ever Need is You; Outbound Plane; Ain't Nobody's Business; Something; Three Little Words; Aces; Midnight; Muleskinner Blues; Summertime; Georgia on My Mind; Goin' Down the Road...
Artists: Chet Atkins/Jerry Reed/Suzy Bogguss

Personnel: Brent Mason (guitar); Jerry Douglas (dobro); Mark O'Connor (fiddle); John Jarvis (keyboards); Harry Stinson (drums).

Liner Note Author: William Hogeland.

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Dolly Parton: Love Always: Live from Texas

CD / Country Stars (USA) / 2009-02-17

Tracks: Train, Train; Little Sparrow; Shine; Mountain Angel; Marry Me; Tender Lie; I Don't Believe You've Met My Baby; Coat of Many Colors; I Will Always Love You; I Think I'll Just Stay Here and Drink; Quee...
Artists: Dolly Parton

2009 live release from the Country singer/songwriter and icon, joinrecorded live In Austin, Texas in 2001....continue...
Liner Note Author: William Hogeland.

Recording information: Austin, TX (2001)....continue...

Various Artists: Yodeling Memories

CD / Country Stars (USA) / 2008-06-17

Tracks: T for Texas (Blue Yodel, No. 1) - Jimmie Rodgers; My Swiss Moonlight Lullaby - Wilf Carter; Cowboy Rhythm - Patsy Montana; Happy Yodelin' Man - Rex Allen; That's How the Yodel Was Born - Elton Britt;...
Artists: Various Artists

Liner Note Author: William Hogeland....continue...

Sonny James: The Southern Gentleman: The Legend Begins

CD / Country Stars (USA) / 2008-06-17

Tracks: That's Me Without You; She's Done Give Her Heart to Me; For Rent (One Empty Heart); May God Be with You; Twenty Feet of Muddy Water; Cat Came Back, The; Can't Get Over Missing You; Cold, Cold Heart; ...
Artists: Sonny James

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The Louvin Brothers: The Family Who Prays

CD / Country Stars (USA) / 2008-06-17

Tracks: You'll Be Rewarded Over There; I'll Live with God (To Die No More); Robe of White; Broad Minded; Family Who Prays, The (Shall Never Part); Born Again; Preach the Gospel; If We Forget God; Satan and t...
Artists: The Louvin Brothers

This all-sacred album was completely written by the brothers themselves, with one exception ("Swing Low Sweet Chariot"). Country duos just don't come any better. George...continue...
Personnel: Charlie Louvin (vocals, guitar); Ira Louvin (vocals, mandolin); Eddie Hill, George McCormick, Paul Yandell, Ray Edenton (guitar); Chet Atkins (electric guitar); Don Helms (steel guitar); Ma...continue...

Chet Atkins: Mister Sandman: 22 Guitar Classics

CD / Country Stars (USA) / 2007-05-01

Artists: Chet Atkins

Porter Wagoner: Eat Drink & Be Merry

CD / Country Stars (USA) / 2007-03-27

Tracks: Settin' the Woods on Fire; Headin' for a Weddin'; I Can't Live with You (I Can't Live Without You); Bringing Home the Bacon; Takin' Chances; That's It; Trademark; Don't Play That Song; Dig That Crazy...
Artists: Porter Wagoner

Liner Note Author: William Hogeland....continue...

Ernest Tubb: Driftwood on the River

CD / Country Stars (USA) / 2007-02-27

Artists: Ernest Tubb

Collection of hits from the Country Music legend, whose successful and influential career lasted for more than 50 years. 23 tracks including 'G-I-R-L Spells Trouble',...continue...

Red Sovine: A Hard Road to Travel: 26 Early Recordings

1 CD / Country Stars (USA) / 2007-02-13

Tracks: Who's Lonely Now; Lifetime to Regret; Hard Road to Travel, A; I'll Worry You out of My Mind; Intoxicated Rat, The (My Little Rat); Groovy Boy; When I Get Rich; You're Barking Up the Wrong Tree Now; B...
Artists: Red Sovine

Collection of classic old-time Country from the one and only Red Sovine. Features 26 early recordings including 'I'll Worry You Out Of My Mind', 'When...continue...

George Jones: Legend Begins

CD / Country Stars (USA) / 2007-02-13

Tracks: No Money in This Deal; You're in My Heart; Play It Cool, Man; Let Him Know; You All Goodnight; Heartbroken Me; Hold Everything; Why Baby Why; Seasons of My Heart; What Am I Worth; Still Hurtin'; I'm ...
Artists: George Jones

Collection of the Country legend's early recordings (including a few released under the name Thumper Jones!. 23 including 'No Money In The Deal', 'Hold Everything',...continue...
Liner Note Author: William Hogeland....continue...

Loretta Lynn: Coal Miner's Daughter: Live

1 CD / Country Stars (USA) / 2006-12-19

Tracks: Hey Loretta; Coal Miner's Daughter; Let Your Love Flow; You're Lookin' at Country; Me and Bobby Mcgee; Medley: One's on the Way; Out of My Head and Back I; Somebody Somewhere (Don't; Medley: I Fall t...
Artists: Loretta Lynn

Unlike the song, autobiography and film of the same name, the album Coal Miner's Daughter isn't a reflection on Loretta Lynn's upbringing. Instead, it's merely...continue...

June Carter Cash: Early June *

1 CD / Country Stars (USA) / 2006-10-24

Artists: June Carter Cash

2006 compilation featuring early recordings that the future Mrs. Johnny Cash cut with her siblings as well as famous friends like Chet Atkins, Carl Smith...continue...

Ronnie Milsap: Kentucky Woman

1 CD / Country Stars (USA) / 2006-03-14

Tracks: Kentucky Woman; Never Had It So Good; Traces; Denver; End of the World, The; Let's Go Get Started; I Can't Tell a Lie; Ain't No Soul (In These Old Shoes); Love Will Never Pass Us By; Thousand Miles f...
Artists: Ronnie Milsap

Liner Note Author: William Hogeland....continue...
Personnel: Ronnie Milsap (vocals, piano).

Liner Note Author: William Hogeland.

Kentucky Woman contains 18 songs originally recorded by Ronnie Milsap in the '60s and '70s, before he signe...continue...

Various Artists: 24 Country Yodeling Classics

1 CD / Country Stars (USA) / 2006-03-14

Tracks: Yodeling Ranger, The - Jimmie Rodgers; Cattle Call - Eddy Arnold; Devil's Great Grand Son, The - The Sons of the Pioneers; Wide Rolling Plains - Rosalie Allen; Married Man Blues - Ernest Tubb; Yodeli...
Artists: Various Artists

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Various Artists: I'm a Man of Constant Sorrow

1 CD / Country Stars (USA) / 2006-03-14

Artists: Various Artists

Though it was obviously released simply to capitalize on the resurgence of interest in old-timey music occasioned by the success of O Brother, Where Art...continue...
Performers include: The Stanley Brothers, The Carter Family, Harry McClintock, Skip James, Jimmie Davis, The Humbard Family, Bill Monroe, Sanctified Group, Hoyt Ming & The Pepsteppers, Jimmie Rodgers,...continue...

Buck Owens: Greatest Hits, Vol. 2: The Streets of Bakersfield

1 CD / Country Stars (USA) / 2006-03-14

Tracks: Buckaroo; Cryin' Time; Think of Me; A-11; How Long Will My Baby Be; It Takes People Like You; Sweet Rosie Jones; Who's Gonna Mow Your Gras; Johnny B. Goode; Tall Dark Stranger; Big in Vegas; Kansas C...
Artists: Buck Owens

Import only 18-track Greatest Hits Collection. Country Stars....continue...

Waylon Jennings: Outlaws

1 CD / Country Stars (USA) / 2006-03-14

Tracks: Blame It on the Times; Big Mamou; December Days; Don't Think Twice It's Al; End of an Understanding; It's So Easy; Face of a Fighter; White Lightnin'; Is There Something on You; Sally Was a Good Old ...
Artists: Waylon Jennings

Dolly Parton: Little Things: 18 Great Country Songs

1 CD / Country Stars (USA) / 2006-03-14

Tracks: Dumb Blonde; Something Fishy; Fuel to the Flame; Little Things, The; Company You Keep, The; Why, Why, Why; Put It off Until Tomorrow; I'm in No Condition; Too Lonely Too Long; As Long as I Live; What...
Artists: Dolly Parton

Liner Note Author: Skip Voogd.

Little Things: 18 Great Country Songs is a decent Dolly Parton retrospective, encompassing her early country tracks from the '70s including "Too Lonely Too Long,"...continue...

Don Williams: Shelter of Your Eyes: Early Hits & More

1 CD / Country Stars (USA) / 2006-03-14

Tracks: Shelter of Your Eyes, The; Come Early Morning; Amanda; Atta Way to Go; We Should Be Together; Down the Road I Go; I Wouldn't Want to Live If You Didn't Love Me; I Recall a Gypsy Woman; Playing Around...
Artists: Don Williams

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Various Artists: Country Number Ones 25 Chart-Toppers

1 CD / Country Stars (USA) / 2006-03-14

Tracks: Divorce Me C.O.D. - Merle Travis; Slippin' Around - Ernest Tubb (live); Jambalaya (On the Bayou) - Hank Williams; It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels - Kitty Wells; Mexican Joe - Jim Reeves; In ...
Artists: Various Artists

Various Artists: Road to Bakersfield

1 CD / Country Stars (USA) / 2006-03-14

Tracks: Gone - Ferlin Husky; I Wish I Was a Single Girl Again - The Maddox Brothers & Rose; Wild Side of Life, The - Hank Thompson; Crying Steel Guitar Waltz - Jean Shepard; There'll Be No Other - Tommy Coll...
Artists: Various Artists

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Various Artists: Second Generation Bluegrass

1 CD / Country Stars (USA) / 2006-03-14

Tracks: Dooley - The Dillards; Gathering Flowers for the Master's Bouquet - Keith Whitley/Ricky Skaggs - (featuring Ralph Stanley); Poor Ellen Smith - The Country Gentlemen; Me and the Juke Box - Buzz Busby;...
Artists: Various Artists

Liner Note Author: William Hogeland....continue...
Liner Note Author: William Hogeland....continue...

Merle Haggard: Stars over Bakersfield: Early Recordings

1 CD / Country Stars (USA) / 2006-03-14

Tracks: (My Friends Are Gonna Be) Strangers; Sam Hill; Sing a Sad Song; Pleasa Mr. D.J.; You Don't Have Very Far to Go; Just Between the Two of Us; You Don't Even Try; Slowly But Surely; Down on the Corner o...
Artists: Merle Haggard

Buck Owens: Greatest Hits, Vol. 1: Act Naturally

1 CD / Country Stars (USA) / 2006-03-14

Tracks: Under Your Spell Again; Above and Beyond; Foolin' Around; Under the Influence of Love; Loose Talk; Nobody's Fool But Yours; Kickin' Our Hearts Around; You're for Me; Act Naturally; Love's Gonna Live ...
Artists: Buck Owens

Import only 18 track Greatest Hits compilation. Country Stars. 2006....continue...
The most remarkable thing -- save for the music itself -- on the first volume of Buck Owens' self-released singles overview of his mighty career is the success as both a singer and as a songwriter tha...continue...