The Best of Country
Various Artists
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Release Date: 15/11/2024
The songs that grace this comprehensive double vinyl package all come from the golden age of country music. For nearly a century now, country music has been captured on cylinder, vinyl, tape and compact disc. In America during the 1950s, while rock & roll battled calypso as the nation's favourite sound, meanwhile in the background, these classic country songs could be heard across the land - all the way from the Gulf of Mexico, right up to the frozen wastes of Minnesota. After the golden age of what might be called pure country, came country-rock, alt-country and Americana. But the century of songs gathered together here is plain and simple country music - at its best.
Disc 1
1: Crazy - Patsy Cline
2: Behind Closed Doors - Charlie Rich
3: Sea of Heartbreak - Don Gibson
4: Walk On By - Leroy Van Dyke
5: Big Bad John - Jimmy Dean
6: I'm a Honky Tonk Girl - Loretta Lynn
7: Rawhide - Frankie Laine
8: Funny How Time Slips Away - Willie Nelson
9: Welcome to My World - Jim Reeves
10: It's Four in the Morning - Faron Young
11: I Walk the Line - Johnny Cash
12: Single Girl - Sandy Posey
13: Sixteen Tons - Tennessee Ernie Ford
14: Hey Good Lookin' - Hank Williams
15: Alabama - Cowboy Copas
16: It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels - Kitty Wells
Disc 2
1: Rose Garden - Lynn Anderson
2: My Special Angel - Bobby Helms
3: I'm Sorry - Brenda Lee
4: Oh Lonesome Me - Don Gibson
5: He'll Have to Go - Jim Reeves
6: Dark Moon - Bonnie Guitar
7: Big Iron - Marty Robbins
8: Your Cheatin' Heart - Hank Williams
9: Harper Valley P.T.A. - Jeannie C. Riley
10: From a Jack to a King - Ned Miller
11: Six Days On the Road - Dave Dudley
12: I Fall to Pieces - Patsy Cline
13: Crazy - Willie Nelson
14: Don't Take Your Guns to Town - Johnny Cash
15: Singing the Blues - Marty Robbins
16: I Can't Stop Loving You - Ray Charles