VA - Country Classics The Absolutely Essential [2012] (3 x CDs)

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VA - Country Classics The Absolutely Essential [2012] (3 x CDs)

Great sounding European 2012 release. Three discs set packed with the classic original recordings from the greatest Country Music artists of the 1940s - 1960s with the majority from the 50s. Of the songs I checked, nearly all charted at #1 or 2 (most at #1), so if you’re a fan of real country, you should love this – I was tickled to get Leroy Van Dyke (Walk on By), Faron Young (Hello Walls), and Webb Pierce (I Ain’t Never) all in one collection!

 For anyone who enjoys country music, especially the songs by some of the front runners of country music! This collection will certainly trigger some fond memories and bring you smiles as you listen and remember when. (Amazon)

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Track lists

CD1

01 Johnny Cash - I Walk The Line 2:46

02 Marty Robbins - El Paso 4:40

03 Ferlin Husky & Jean Shepard - A Dear John Letter 2:20

04 Tennessee Ernie Ford - Mule Train 3:09

05 Red Foley - Tennessee Saturday Night 2:41

06 Ernest Tubb - Walking The Floor Over You 2:38

07 Al Dexter & His Troopers - Pistol Packin' Mama 2:47

08 Hank Snow - I'm Movin' On 2:51

09 Lefty Frizell - If You've Got The Money I've Got The Time 2:58

10 Hank Thompson - The Wild Side Of Life 2:44

11 Kitty Wells - It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels 2:35

12 Webb Pierce - Wondering 3:01

13 Carl Smith - When You Feel Like You're In Love (don't Just Stand There) 2:25

14 Faron Young - Live Fast, Live Hard, Die Young 2:21

15 Hank Locklin - Let Me Be The One 2:17

16 Kitty Wells - Making Believe 2:54

17 Ferlin Husky - Gone 2:55

18 Ray Price - Heartaches By The Number 2:59

19 Brenda Lee - I'm Sorry 2:40

20 Porter Wagoner - Loves Company 2:36

CD2

01 Hank Williams - Your Cheatin? Heart 2:41

02 Jim Reeves - Four Walls 2:52

03 Ray Price - Crazy Arms 2:32

04 Eddy Arnold - You Don't Know Me 2:34

05 Hank Williams - Lost Highway 2:43

06 Merle Travis - Sixteen Tons 2:50

07 Webb Pierce - In The Jailhouse Now 2:49

08 Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues 2:22

09 Hank Locklin - Send Me The Pillow That You Dream On 2:32

10 Patsy Cline - Walkin' After Midnight 2:34

11 Marty Robbins - The Story Of My Life 2:32

12 Don Gibson - I Can't Stop Loving You 2:41

13 Johnny Horton - When It's Springtime In Alaska (it's Forty Below) 2:37

14 Buck Owens - Under Your Spell Again 2:43

15 Lefty Frizell - The Long Black Veil 3:11

16 George Jones - White Lightning 2:35

17 Loretta Lynn - I'm A Honky Tonk Girl 2:18

18 Jimmy Dean - Big Bad John 3:03

19 Leroy Van Dyke - Walk On By 2:21

20 Patsy Cline - Crazy 2:45

CD3

01 Patsy Cline - I Fall To Pieces 2:49

02 Hank Locklin - Please Help Me I'm Falling 2:23

03 Jim Reeves - He'll Have To Go 2:20

04 Charlie Walker - Pick Me Up On Your Way Down 2:25

05 Johnny Cash - Cry Cry Cry 2:26

06 Hank Snow - (now And Then There's ) A Fool Such As I 2:50

07 Hank Williams - I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry 2:45

08 Merle Travis - Dark As A Dungeon 2:45

09 Lefty Frizell - Always Late (with Your Kisses) 3:08

10 Porter Wagoner - A Satisfied Mind 2:48

11 Ray Price - City Lights 2:58

12 Webb Pierce - I Ain't Never 1:53

13 Ferlin Husky - Wings Of A Dove 2:24

14 Johnny Horton - The Battle Of New Orleans 2:32

15 Floyd Cramer - Last Date 2:30

16 George Jones - Tender Years 2:24

17 Kitty Wells - Heartbreak U.s.a. 2:37

18 Don Gibson - Sea Of Heartbreak 2:35

19 Buck Owens - Foolin' Around 2:39

20 Faron Young - Hello Walls 2:09

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