Untamed Hawk: The Early Recordings of Merle Haggard [Box set]

Merle Haggard | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 2, 1995)
• Original Release Date: April 14, 1995
• Number of Discs: 5
• Format: Box set
• Note on Boxed Sets: During shipping, discs in boxed sets occasionally become dislodged without damage. Please examine and play these discs. If you are not completely satisfied, we'll refund or replace your purchase.
• Label: Bear Family
• ASIN: B000001B1W
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #249,655 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Sing a Sad Song

2. You Don't Even Try

3. Life in Prison (False Start)

4. Life in Prison

See all 29 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. I'll Take a Chance on Loving You

2. Our Hearts Are Holding Hands

3. Too Used to Being With You

4. That Makes Two of Us

See all 27 tracks on this disc

Disc: 3

1. Mary's Mine

2. If You Want to Be My Woman

3. Someone Told My Story

4. Piedras Negras (Go Home)

See all 27 tracks on this disc

Disc: 4

1. Where Does the Good Times Go

2. Good Times

3. News Break

4. My Past Is Present

See all 27 tracks on this disc

Disc: 5

1. Green, Green Grass of Home

2. I Could Have Gone Right

3. The Day the Rains Came

4. I Think We're Livin' in the Good Old Days

See all 23 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

5 CD box set of Merle's complete recordings for Tally and Capitol from 1962 to 1968 (except the Jimmie Rodgers tribute available separately). The classic early hits are here, like Strangers, Swinging Doors, The Bottle Let Me Down, I Threw Away The Rose, Branded Man, Sing Me Back Home, Lonesome Fugitive, and Mama Tried, but the importance of this set is that it shows Merle's developing artistry in the album tracks, abandoned cuts, and rare singles. Other sets skim the surface; this one tells the complete story. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Haggard at his BEST!!, July 27, 2001

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Fred Campbell "film fanatic" (Salem, VA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Untamed Hawk: The Early Recordings of Merle Haggard (Audio CD)

This box set is a MUST-HAVE for any music fan. If you think Garth Brooks and Shania Twain are country singers, then this box set will set you straight. You owe it to yourself. Haggard is one of the finest voices ever in ANY kind of music. In country music, I might rank him a close second to Johnny Cash, but now is not the time to entertain such silly debates. These songs are timeless and transcendental. They will lift you up to another place.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars For Hags Everywhere., February 19, 2006

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Classic Country Fan - See all my reviews

This review is from: Untamed Hawk: The Early Recordings of Merle Haggard (Audio CD)

I gave this set 5 stars only because it doesn't go higher.
This is an outstanding collection of the Hag's early work. Much of his Talley recordings are here as well as his capitol.It covers 1962-1968 It is a great companion to his "Down Every Road" Which focus on his later work. Some of the hightlights are the false starts which give you a tiny peak into the recording session. Hag's voice was just as rich then as it is now.

2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars For the true Haggard Fan, February 26, 2004

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J. Kelly "Jim Kelly" (Salem, OR United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Untamed Hawk: The Early Recordings of Merle Haggard (Audio CD)

This box set is a must have for the true Haggard and country music fan. Nashville has long turned it's collective back on Haggard - and he seems to have reciprocated. Unfortunately this has left a void in young people's appreciation of what has come before the Toby Keiths and Trace Adkins' of the world. This set gives not only a great insight into who Merle Haggard is, but also into the evolution of some of the many classics he's written and recorded. We get several inside glimpses into the recording process of the classics through the outtakes that are included here. Untamed Hawk shows you why Haggard will always be a legend in country music and why he's one of the "First Name" club members of country music along with Hank, Johnny and Lefty. The only drawback is that this is a Bear Family collection and as such the artist receives precious little, if any, of the money you pay out for it.