Classic Country: Hard To Find Hits (2004)

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Product Summary Label: Time Life Music UPC: 00610583102727 Release Date: 2/24/2004 Buy.com Sku: 60626328 Item#: MPERP6 Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Kisses Sweeter Than Wine - Jimmie Rodgers ~ Various Artists 2. Blue Blue Day - Don Gibson ~ Various Artists 3. Let's Think About Living - Bob Luman ~ Various Artists 4. Gonna Find Me A Bluebird - Marvin Rainwater ~ Various Artists 5. From A Jack To A King - Ned Miller ~ Various Artists 6. Right Or Wrong - Wanda Jackson ~ Various Artists 7. It's Such A Pretty World Today - Wynn Stewart ~ Various Artists 8. Alone With You - Faron Young ~ Various Artists 9. Farulein - Bobby Helms ~ Various Artists 10. Talk Back Trembling Lips - Ernest Ashworth ~ Various Artists 11. I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know - The Davis Sisters ~ Various Artists 12. Old Lamplighter, The - The Browns ~ Various Artists 13. Little Bitty Tear, A - Burl Ives ~ Various Artists 14. You're The Reason - Bobby Edwards ~ Various Artists 15. Alabam - Cowboy Copas ~ Various Artists 16. Lonesome 7-7203 - Hawkshaw Hawkins ~ Various Artists 17. Don't Let Me Cross Over - Carl & Pearl Butler ~ Various Artists 18. Statue Of A Fool - Jack Greene ~ Various Artists 19. 500 Miles Away From Home - Bobby Bare ~ Various Artists 20. Easy Loving - Freddie Hart ~ Various Artists   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Liner Note Author: Charles McCardell. If one ascribes to the axiom that they don't make country music like they used to, then Classic Country: Hard to Find Hits provides ample evidence. The collection gathers together 20 country hits, most of which climbed the charts in the late '50s and early '60s. The spare accompaniment of these songs, highlighted by acoustic and electric guitars, steels, and bass, tastefully leaves the Davis Singers, Bobby Edwards, and Jack Greene front and center. A number of these oldies -- "Don't Let Me Cross Over," "500 Miles Away from Home," and "Easy Loving" -- will be fairly well known, but previous knowledge isn't a requirement to enjoy Jimmie Rodgers' upbeat version of "Kisses Sweeter Than Wine" or Wynn Stewart's "It's Such a Pretty World Today." The sum-total effect of Hard to Find Hits is a little like tuning into a static-filled AM station that plays nothing but classic 45-rpm records. For those unaccustomed to older country, these songs may be a bit too tame ("Don't Let Me Cross Over" is about as racy as things get), and the background singing on many cuts is a bit cheesy. But for everyone who longs for the days when loud electric guitars were relegated to rock & roll and country actually sounded like it might come from the country, Hard to Find Hits is a lo-fi blast from the past. ~ Ronnie D. Lankford Jr.   Technical Info Release Date : 02/24/2004 Original Release Date : 2004 Catalog ID : 18978 Label : Time/Life Music Number of Discs : 1 Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Mixed SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00610583102727    Related Videos Lost Highway: Willie Nelson