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Road Music: 23 Truckin Hits

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The reason the CD has 23 instead of 24 is a CD only holds 700 MB of information. If you put all 24 songs it runs just over the 700 MB threshhold. Unfortunate as that is, because I love "The Gear Jammer and the Hobo". However you can find that song on the 2 CD collection called "Legends of Road Music" , the record label is "King". That collection has all the songs from Road Music and then some.

Now onto the music. I found this on tape in the early 90's when I was still a truck driver. I wore the tape out because I listened to it so much. Without a doubt it is my favorite country album ever made. For lack of a better word it is nostalgic. I am in my early 30's so the times that these tracks were laid down were well before I was born, yet they paint pictures of time when the world was a lot slower and family was the heart of America.

When I listen I get the yearning for a slower pace. It makes me want to fire up my old CB and give a break one nine call.

My 1 year old daughter loves this album as well. She gets the biggest kick out of the old sound and wiggles and jiggles her [...] with every song.

This is some of the best music and rarely heard music one could hear in a life time.

Track Listing:

1. Teddy Bear - Red Sovine
2. Six Days On The Road - Dave Dudley
3. Girl On The Billboard - Del Reeves
4. Passing Zone Blues - Coleman Wilson
5. Truck Driving Son Of A Gun - Dave Dudley
6. Convoy - T. H. Music Festival
7. Give Me Forty Acres To Turn This Rig Agound - Willis Brothers
8. White Knight - T. H. Music Festival
9. Looking At The World Through A Windshield - Del Reeves
10. Giddyup Go Answer - Minnie Pearl
11. Truck Drivin' Queen - Moore & napier
12. Giddyup Go - Red Sovine
13. Endless Black Ribbon - Tiny Harris
14. C.B. Savage - Rod Hart
15. Truck Drivin' Man - Jimmy Martin
16. Overloaded Diesel - Jimmy Griggs
17. Pinball Machine - Lonnie Irving
18. Phantom 309 - Red Sovine
19. Truck Driver's Prayer - Red Sovine
20. How Fast Them Trucks Can Go - Claude Gray
21. Widowmaker - Jimmy Martin
22. Little Joe - Red Sovine
23. Freightliner Fever - Red Sovine

First of all the record was first released in 1978, also there are 24 tracks on the original album, I know this as I am sitting here looking at the cover of the album. The song your missing is The Gearjammer and the Hobo by Red Sovine with/Archie Campbell.
Other than that I can find no flaws in the listing that you have provided except for the lack of a picture of the album cover.
The music on this version of Road Music is great. I listened to this album (vinyl) when I was about 16 years old, and it does bring back a lot of good memories. Every now and then I pull out the record and listen to it. I was hoping to find it on CD.

I first heard this on an album way back when I was hardly old enough to know what a record was. I think it was about 1978. I have been wanting so bad to find it on a compact disk. I figured that it was out of print. It is nice to know that it is still in print. I have grown up around 18 wheelers most of my life and my mom used to drive a log truck for the company. So many of the songs remind me of the things I saw in the passenger set of that R model Mack. Which is one of the reasons I hate Troopers and Dot of the roads. If you have drove a truck you know what I am talking about. These songs are just the best. I am sure you will agree.

Hello
I want to thank you for the cd I bought it came in a timely manner and in good shape.....
Allen

I remember these old songs when I was a kid. It conjures up old memories of Smokey and The Bandit and B.J. and the Bear. This is a must have for anyone who owns a diesel pickup! I think the songs are hilarious, but I think my wife wants to strangle me!

I have been looking for this type of music lately,and I should have known AMAZON is the place to go to find all of my wants and needs when buying on line!!GREAT music,GREAT price,GREAT seller!!FAST shipping!!Thanks!!!!!

I'm 63 years old and drive semi on a part time bases now. I love listening to truckin songs and this is a good CD. Shipping and condition of the CD is very good.

I didn't like this CD at all. I thought of giving it away to a friend who likes truck driver songs, but I realized that he would probably be just as disappointed as I was. Many of the songs are not in the traditional country & western style -- some of them are downright brash and kinda sleezy.

If you're looking for really well-written and sung truck driver songs, pick up a CD by Red Sovine instead of this one. You'll be much happier!

and Norman, there is plenty of room on this CD for Gear Jammer and the Hobo... the 23 track cd is 72-73 minutes long, Gear Jammer and the Hobo is 4 or 5 minutes long, and I have seen commercially released CD's that are 79 and one half minutes long! so there is absolutely no reason they could not have put the entire original album on the CD!