History of Country & Western [Import]

History of Country & Western (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 1, 2008)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Phantom Sound & Vision
• ASIN: B00005QTI4
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #297,765 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Aint That Skippin And Flyin - The Allen Brothers

2. Train 45 (Traditional) - Grayson And Whitter

3. Omie Wise (Traditional) - G B Grayson

4. My Name Is John Jo Hannah - Kelly Harrell

5. Gonna Die With My Hammer (Traditional) - Williamson Brothers

6. Country Blues - Dock Boggs

7. Ben Dewberrys Final Run - Jimmie Rodgers

8. Called To The Foreign Field - Alfred Karnes

9. Pretty Polly - B F Shelton

10. The Ways Of The World - W M Stepp

11. Lullaby Yodel - Jimmie Rodgers

12. Frankie And Johnny (Traditional) - John Hurt

13. Old Country Stomp - Henry Thomas

14. My Little Old Home - Jimmie Rodgers

15. Railroad Blues - Sam Mc Gee

16. The Butchers Boy (Traditional) - Buell Kazee

17. Wildwood Flower - The Carter Family

18. The Days Of 49 - Jules Verne Allen

19. Treasures Untold - Jimmie Rodgers

20. Get Away From That Window - The Pickard Family

See all 99 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

Full title - History Of Country & Western Music. German digitally remastered box-set featuring 400 legendary songs from 185 famous artists including Roy Acuff, Merle Travis, Bill Monroe, Bob Wills, Chet Atkins, Hank Williams, Jimmie Rodgers, The Carter Fa

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a FANTASTIC value for a TREASURE TROVE of historic country music!, May 1, 2007

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Mister Charlie (Los Angeles, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: History of Country & Western (Audio CD)

One could argue with the inclusion or exclusion of certain songs or artists, but with this boxed set you get 20 CDS, 400 SONGS of mostly fantastic country & western (& a dash of bluegrass and "cowboy", and there's western swing and honky tonk, etc.) music from the late 1920s to the early 1950s. And you get it for an impossible-to-beat price.

From Jimmie Rodgers to Hank Williams, from Bob Wills to Tennessee Ernie Ford, from Gene Autry to Flatt & Scruggs, and on and on, this set is a superb way to jump-start your classic country collection. If you're already a fan of this music and have cds by many of the artists contained herein, you'll probably find some songs repeated from your current collection, but you'll also find a swath of songs by more obscure artists than those mentioned here... I certainly hadn't heard of Keith Loyd, Bill Strength or Andy Schroder, for instance, before buying this set, but I'm enjoying what I hear!

The mastering/recording quality is generally pretty good, the book containing the liner notes gives a lot of information on the myriad artists, but perhaps not as much as some fanatic info-hounds might want.

Thanks go to this German record label for offering up this great old American music so affordably.