Original-Aufnahmen von 15 weltbekannten Interpreten der Country-Szene

Haufenweise Hits sind auf diesen zehn CDs zu hören - und zwar aus einer Zeit, als sich in den Musikboxen noch Vinyl-Singles drehten, die in wenigen Minuten eine ganze Geschichte erzählten wie " El Paso" von Marty Robbins oder " The Battle Of New Orleans" von Johnny Horton. Sie sind zwei von 15 Country-Stars, deren größte Erfolge wir in dieser Box präsentieren. Johnny Cash und Roy Orbison, Jim Reeves oder Hank Williams - diese Namen und die damit verbundenen Songs sind jedem Musikfreund vertraut: Golden Favourites wie zum Beispiel " I walk the line" oder " Only the Lonely" nehmen uns mit auf eine musikalische Zeitreise, als Musik noch nicht am Computer zusammengemischt wurde. Neben den besten LPs der Sänger gibt es auch typische Country-Instrumentals von weltberühmten Gitarristen. Zu ihnen gehört Country-Gentleman Chet Atkins, seinerzeit eine der einflussreichsten Persönlichkeiten in der Musikszene: Mit dem Namen des genialen Musikers und Produzenten ist der Begriff " Nashville Sound" untrennbar verbunden. Einige Interpreten wie Roy Orbison oder Jim Reeves schafften mit ihren Aufnahmen auch den Übergang vom Country- ins Pop-Genre und sind bei ihren vielen Fans bis heute unvergessen.

Inhalt

CD 1 MERLE TRAVIS: "The Merle Travis' Guitar" (1956)

1. Blue Smoke (Travis) 2.26
2. Black Diamond Blues (Travis) 3.05
3. On a Bicycle Built For Two (Dacre) 2.08
4. Saturday Night Shuffle (Travis) 2.06
5. Bugle Call Rag (Pettis/Meyers/Schoebel) 2.19
6. Tuck Me Up in My Old 'Tucky Home (Reynolds) 2.28
7. Walkin' the Strings (Travis) 1.48
8. The Memphis Blues (Handy) 2.34
9. The Sheik of Araby (Snyder/Wheeler/Smith) 2.03
10. Blue Bell (Travis) 2.18
11. The Waltz You Saved For Me (Kahn/King/Flindt) 2.27
12. Rockabye Rag (Travis) 1.55
    BONUS TRACKS
13. Cincinnati Lou (Travis/Fisher) 1946 # 2 2.36
14. No Vacancy (Travis) 1946 # 3 2.43
15. Missouri (Penny/Duncan) 1946 # 5 2.43
16. Divorce Me C. O. D. (Travis/Stone) 1946 # 1 3.00
17. So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed (Travis/Kirk/Stone) 1947 #1 2.58
18. Steel Guitar Rag (Travis/McAuliffe/Stone) 1947 # 4 2.00
19. Three Times Seven (Travis/Stone) 1947 # 4 2.56
20. Sixteen Tons (Travis) 1946 2.51
    Total Time 50.49

CD 2 CHET ATKINS: "Mister Guitar" (1959)

1. I Know That You Know (Caldwell/Youmans)1.54
2. Rainbow (Wenrich/Bryan) 2.29
3. Hello Bluebird (Friend) 2.08
4. Siesta (Rich/Atkins) 2.28
5. Country Style (Burke/VanHeusen) 2.05
6. Show Me the Way to Go Home (King) 2.26
7. I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles (Kenbrovin/Kellette) 1.35
8. Backwoods (Rich) 2.12
9. Country Gentleman (Atkins/Bryant) 1.54
10. Slinkey (Atkins) 2.02
11. Jessie (Traditional/Atkins) 2.09
12. Piano Concerto in B-Flat Minor (Tchaikovsky) 2.30
    BONUS TRACKS
13. Jean's Song (Poor People of Paris) (Monnot) 1956 # 52 1.57
14. Boo Boo Stick Beat (Harman/Loudermilk) 1959 # 49 2.08
15. One Mint Julep (Toombs) 1960 # 82 2.06
16. Teensville (Cogswell) 1960 # 73 2.12
    Total Time 34.46

CD 3 LES PAUL: "The New Sound" (1950)

1. Brazil (Barrozo /Russell) 2.39
2. Hip Billy Boogie (Paul) 2.30
3. The Swiss Woodpecker (Traditional) 2.18
4. Caravan (Ellington/Mills/Tizol) 2.55
5. Sleep (Lebieg) 2.01
6. Lady of Spain (Evans/Hargreaves/Damerell/Tilsley) 1.51
7. Lover (Rodgers/Hart) 2.48
8. The Man on the Flying Trapeze (Lee/Leybourne) 2.43
9. By the Light of the Silvery Moon (Edwards/Madden) 3.02
10. What Is This Thing Called Love (Porter) 2.39
11. Nola (Arndt/Burns) 2.36
12. South (Hayes/Moten) 1.59
    BONUS TRACKS (& Mary Ford)
13. It's Been a Long Long Time (Chan/Styne) 1945 # 1 2.58
14. Tennessee Waltz (Stewart/King) 1950 # 8 3.08
15. How High the Moon (Lewis/Hamilton) 1951 # 1 2.04
16. Mockingbird Hill (Horton) 1951 #3 2.16?17. Hummingbird (Robertson) 1955 # 8 2.37
17. The World Is Waiting For the Sunrise (Seitz/Lockhart) 1951 # 3 2.09
18. Meet Mister Callaghan (Spear) 1952 # 5 1.49
19. Vaya Con Dios (James/Pepper/Russell) 1953 # 1 2.53
    Total Time 50.36

CD 4 HANK WILLIAMS: "Greatest Hits" (1961)

1. Cold, Cold Heart (Williams) 1951 # 1 2.42
2. Jambalaya (On the Bayou) (Williams) 1952 # 1 2.53
3. You Win Again (Williams) 1952 # 10 2.35
4. Kaw-Liga (Rose/Williams) 1953 # 1 2.33
5. Take These Chains from My Heart (Rose/Heath) 1953 # 1 2.37
6. There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight (Williams) 1949 2.47
7. Settin' the Woods on Fire (Rose/Nelson) 1952 # 2 2.35
8. Your Cheatin' Heart (Williams) 1953 # 1 2.41
9. Hey, Good Lookin' (Williams) 1951 # 1 2.54
10. Honky Tonkin' (Williams) 1948 # 14 2.42
11. I Can't Help It (If I'm Still In Love with You) (Williams) 1951 # 2 2.22
12. Why Don't You Love Me (Williams) 1950 # 1 2.23
13. I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry (Williams) 1949 2.47
14. Half as Much (C. Williams) 1952 # 2 2.42
    BONUS TRACKS
15. Move It On Over (Williams) 1947 # 4 2.44
16. Pan American (Williams) 1948 2.48
17. Lovesick Blues (Friend/Mills) 1949 # 1 2.42
18. Lost Highway (Payne) 1949 # 12 2.41
19. Moanin' the Blues (Williams) 1950 # 1 2.22
20. Honky Tonk Blues (Williams) 1952 # 2 2.10
    Total Time 52.40

CD 5 HANK SNOW: "Just Keep A-Movin'" (1955)

1. Just Keep A-Movin' (Walker) 2.08
2. The Bill Is Falling Due (Daffan/Snow) 2.35
3. Can't Have You Blues (Snow) 2.16
4. A Scale to Measure Love (Weiner/Crune) 2.43
5. The Owl and I (Bryant/Bryant) 2.57
6. I Can't Control My Heart (Morris/DiNapoli) 2.32
7. Cuba Rhumba (Coben)2.07
8. Blossoms in the Springtime (Horton) 2.53
9. Caribbean (Torok) 2.30
10. Blue Sea Blues (Snow) 2.14
11. Chattin' with a Chick in Chattanooga (Farnworth/Snow) 2.23
12. Love's a Game of Let's Pretend (Snow) 2.44
    BONUS TRACKS
13. I'm Moving On (Snow) 1950 # 1 2.48
14. The Golden Rocket (Snow) 1950 # 1 2.45
15. The Rhumba Boogie (Snow) 1951 # 1 2.48
16. The Gold Rush Is Over (Walker) 1952 # 2 2.16
17. I Don't Hurt Anymore (Robertson/Rollins) 1954 # 1 2.56
18. Mainliner (The Hawk with Silver Wings) (Hamblen) 1955 # 5 2.08
19. Hula Rock (Rose/Rose) 1956 # 5 2.00
20. The Last Ride (Daffan/Snow) 1959 # 3 2.35
    Total Time 50.56

CD 6 ERNEST TUBB: "Golden Favourites" (1961)

1. I'll Get Along Somehow (Tubb) 2.19
2. Slipping Around (Tillman) 2.50
3. Filipino Baby (Cox/VanNess) 1946 # 2 2.42
4. When the World Has turned you down (Tubb) 2.38
5. Have You Ever Been Lonely (Have You Ever Been Blue) (Brown/DeRose) 1948 # 2 2.41
6. There's a Little Bit of Everything in Texas (Tubb) 2.28
7. Walking the Floor over You (Tubb) 2.02
8. Driftwood on the River (Miller/Klenner) 1951 # 7 2.57
9. There's Nothing More to Say (Tubb) 2.41
10. Rainbow at Midnight (Miller) 3.08
11. I'll Always Be Glad to Take You Back (Tubb) 2.38
12. Let's Say Goobye Like We Said Hello (In a Friendly Sort of Way) (Tubb/Skinner) 2.27
    ROY ORBISON: "Lonely and Blue" (1961)
13. Only the Lonely (Orbison/Melson) # 2 2.25
14. Bye Bye Love (Bryant/Bryant) 2.13
15. Cry (Kohlman) 2.42
16. Blue Avenue (Orbison/Melson) 2.19
17. I Can't Stop Loving You (Gibson) 2.44
18. Come Back to Me (Orbison/Melson) 2.25
19. Blue Angel (Orbison/Melson) # 9 2.51
20. Raindrops (Melson) 1.52
21. (I'd Be) A Legend in My Time (Gibson) 3.09
22. I'm Hurtin' (Orbison/Melson) # 27 2.45
23. Twenty-Two Days (Pitney) 3.07
24. I'll Say It's My Fault (Orbison/Foster) 2.23
    Total Time 63.15

CD 7 JOHNNY CASH: "Sings the Songs That Made Him Famous" (1958)

1. Ballad of a Teenage Queen (Clement) # 1 2.11
2. There You Go (Cash) 1956 # 1 2.19
3. I Walk the Line (Cash) 1956 # 1 2.43
4. Don't Make Me Go (Cash) 2.27
5. Guess Things Happened That Way (Clement) # 1 1.48
6. Train of Love (Cash) 1956 # 7 2.…