| Product Summary | | Label: TIME LIFE RECORDS | | UPC: 00610583173628 | | Release Date: 3/28/2006 | | Buy.com Sku: 202377658 | | Item#: M2V97J | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. I'm Moving On - Hank Snow ~ Various Artists |  | | 2. Always Late (With Your Kisses) - Lefty Frizzell ~ Various Artists | | | 3. Wild Side Of Life, The - Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys ~ Various Artists | | | 4. It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels - Kitty Wells ~ Various Artists | | | 5. Slowly - Webb Pierce ~ Various Artists | | | 6. Cold, Cold Heart - Hank Williams ~ Various Artists | | | 7. Crazy Arms - Ray Price ~ Various Artists | | | 8. Sixteen Tons - "Tennessee" Ernie Ford ~ Various Artists | | | 9. Cattle Call, The - Eddy Arnold ~ Various Artists | | | 10. I Walk The Line - Johnny Cash/The Tennessee Two ~ Various Artists | | | 11. Heartbreak Hotel - Elvis Presley ~ Various Artists | | | 12. Great Balls Of Fire - Jerry Lee Lewis ~ Various Artists | | | 13. Four Walls - Jim Reeves ~ Various Artists | | | 14. Oh Lonesome Me - Don Gibson ~ Various Artists | | | 15. White Lightning - George Jones ~ Various Artists | | | 16. El Paso - Marty Robbins ~ Various Artists | | | 17. Battle Of New Orleans, The - Johnny Horton ~ Various Artists | |
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Notes & Personnel Info |  | Liner Note Author: Charles McCardell. | | Modern country really began in the early '50s, which saw the country music genre increasingly centered in Nashville, where a ready pool of skilled session musicians and songwriters soon gathered. By understanding the pop charts (but not necessarily emulating pop itself -- that would come early in the next decade) and fighting off rock & roll by absorbing its key elements, the purveyors of the emerging modern country sound ended up crafting a true golden age of classic releases, several of which are assembled here. Like all Time Life collections, this one features the original hit single versions and not re-recorded facsimiles, which is a definite plus, and even a bit of a revelation, since several of these hits were quite strikingly recorded. Included are Hank Snow's versatile shuffle "I'm Moving On" from 1950, Hank Williams' timeless "Cold, Cold Heart" from 1951, Kitty Wells' astute "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels" from 1952, Tennessee Ernie Ford's hit version of Merle Travis' "Sixteen Tons" (complete with finger snaps and horns) from 1955, Don Gibson's haunting and stoic "Oh Lonesome Me" from 1958, and Johnny Horton's spirited take on a reconfigured old fiddle tune, "The Battle of New Orleans," from 1959. Also included here are a pair of songs generally considered to be central to the advent of rock & roll, Elvis Presley's "Heartbreak Hotel" from 1956 and Jerry Lee Lewis' "Great Balls of Fire" from 1958, both of which show how closely allied modern country and rock & roll actually were in the beginning. A solid set of timeless standards, Best of Classic Country: '50s doesn't miss the target once through 17 tracks. ~ Steve Leggett |
Producer: Charles McCardell (Compilation) |
| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 03/28/2006 | | Original Release Date : 2006 | | Catalog ID : 19174 | | Label : Time/Life Music | | Number of Discs : 1 | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00610583173628 |
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