Hitside! 1970-1980

Mel Tillis | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 3, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Raven [Australia]
• ASIN: B000E5KU9W
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (12 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #11,446 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #77 in Music > Country > Classic Country > Nashville Sound

Track Listings

1. Heaven Everyday

2. The Arms Of A Fool

3. Heart Over Mind

4. I Ain't Never

5. Neon Rose

6. Sawmill

7. Midnight, Me And The Blues

8. Stomp Them Grapes

9. Memory Maker

10. Woman In The Back Of My Mind

11. Good Woman Blues

12. Heart Healer

13. I Got The Hoss

14. What Did I Promise Her Last Night?

15. I Believe In You

16. Ain't No California

17. Send Me Down To Tucson

18. Charlie's Angel

19. Coca Cola Cowboy

20. Your Body Is An Outlaw

See all 25 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

Mel Tillis, Hitside! 1970-1980

Customer Reviews

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Worthy Mel Tillis Compilation is Here at Last!!!, April 4, 2006

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Ho Chi Minh (Texas) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hitside! 1970-1980 (Audio CD)

Several Tillis Compilations have been released over the Years, all of them SHORT, and all of them lacking many essential songs. FINALLY Raven Records has blessed us with this Treasure of Country Music...25 Wonderful Tunes, covering Multi Labels, and including all of Tillis' Greatest Sides, from His own #1 Country Hits to those He wrote that were Major Hits for others; An informative CD Booklet with some good Photos, and Excellent Remastered Sound. I am listening as I Type, it's very refreshing to Hear Old-Time Country, with Fiddles and Steel Guitar, and REAL Heartfelt Honky Tonk Vocals, unlike so many Rock-Oriented "Country" Songs of Today...Highest Reccomendation

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I've Been Waiting for this one, October 27, 2006

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Jess "Jess" (Coal Country, PA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Hitside! 1970-1980 (Audio CD)

If you've been looking for a definitive collection of one of Country Music's premier songwriters, well, here it is. This is a Raven Records release (Australian) and I admit to be a bit hesitant to order it. But, the sound and mixing is just fine and well worth the affordable price. This CD contains 25 songs (4 bonus tracks; including "Detroit City"). The earliest Mel hits are here, including "Sawmill", "Midnight....", and "Arms of a Fool". Best of all, they're Original, not lame re-recordings. There's also a fine set of liner notes which provide a detailed bio and quick-discography review of Mel for the decade of '70-'80. Get it while it's still available.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Eastwood Smile, Robert Redford Hair, July 12, 2006

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Kevin Fontenot (New Orleans, LA United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hitside! 1970-1980 (Audio CD)

I hate to sound like a broken record in my reviews, but here's another career retrospective that has been needed for years. Mel Tillis was a fine singer in that 1970s vein of country music, and he was an even better writer (Detroit City, now thats a song). Another victim of shoddy collections, Tillis gets his due in this nice lineup of hits and some lesser known interpretations of his compositions that hit for other singers. My favorite Tillis cut has to be "Send Me Down to Tuson," though "Coca Cola Cowboy" and "I've Got the Horse" are up there. And there are real nice liner notes. Why did an Australian company have to do this release, don't American labels understand what they have in the vaults? And again the broken record--dare we dream of a Bear Family box!