| Product Summary | | Label: Emd/capitol | | UPC: 00724383571123 | | Release Date: 4/2/1996 | | Buy.com Sku: 60135866 | | Item#: MCGNW5 | | Buy.com Sales Rank: 2060 | Format:  CD |
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Disc 1
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Skid Row ~ Merle Haggard |  | | 2. Sing A Sad Song ~ Merle Haggard | | | 3. You Don't Even Try ~ Merle Haggard | | | 4. Sam Hill ~ Merle Haggard | | | 5. Strangers, (My Friends Are Gonna Be) ~ Merle Haggard | | | 6. Just Between The Two Of Us ~ Merle Haggard | | | 7. If I Had Left It Up To You ~ Merle Haggard | | | 8. I'm Gonna Break Every Heart I Can ~ Merle Haggard | | | 9. Swinging Doors ~ Merle Haggard | | | 10. Bottle Let Me Down, The ~ Merle Haggard | | | 11. High On A Hilltop ~ Merle Haggard | | | 12. I'll Look Over You ~ Merle Haggard | | | 13. Fugitive, The ~ Merle Haggard | | | 14. House Of Memories ~ Merle Haggard | | | 15. All Of Me Belongs To You ~ Merle Haggard | | | 16. Mary's Mine ~ Merle Haggard | | | 17. Someone Told My Story ~ Merle Haggard | | | 18. Go Home ~ Merle Haggard | | | 19. Whatever Happened To Me ~ Merle Haggard | | | 20. Loneliness Is Eating Me Alive ~ Merle Haggard | | | 21. I Threw Away The Rose ~ Merle Haggard | | | 22. Branded Man ~ Merle Haggard | | | 23. You Don't Have Very Far To Go ~ Merle Haggard | | | 24. Somewhere Between ~ Merle Haggard | | | 25. Sing Me Back Home ~ Merle Haggard | | | 26. Son Of Hickory Holler's Tramp, The ~ Merle Haggard | | | 27. Seeing Eye Dog ~ Merle Haggard | | Disc 2
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Legend Of Bonnie And Clyde, The ~ Merle Haggard | | | 2. I Started Loving You Again ~ Merle Haggard | | | 3. Is This The Beginning Of The End? ~ Merle Haggard | | | 4. I'll Always Know ~ Merle Haggard | | | 5. Mama Tried ~ Merle Haggard | | | 6. In The Good Old Days (When Times Were Bad) ~ Merle Haggard | | | 7. Teach Me To Forget ~ Merle Haggard | | | 8. I'm Looking For My Mind - (previously unreleased) ~ Merle Haggard | | | 9. Day The Rains Came, The ~ Merle Haggard | | | 10. California Blues (Blue Yodel #4) ~ Merle Haggard | | | 11. I Take A Lot Of Pride In What I Am ~ Merle Haggard | | | 12. I'm Bringin' Home Good News ~ Merle Haggard | | | 13. I Can't Hold Myself In Line ~ Merle Haggard | | | 14. It Meant Goodbye To Me When You Said Hello To Him ~ Merle Haggard | | | 15. Hungry Eyes ~ Merle Haggard | | | 16. Silver Wings ~ Merle Haggard | | | 17. Waitin' For A Train ~ Merle Haggard | | | 18. Jimmie Rodgers' Last Blue Yodel (The Women Make A Fool Out Of Me) ~ Merle Haggard | | | 19. California Cottonfields ~ Merle Haggard | | | 20. White Line Fever - (previously unreleased) ~ Merle Haggard | | | 21. Workin' Man Blues ~ Merle Haggard | | | 22. Okie From Muskogee ~ Merle Haggard | | | 23. I Can't Stop Loving You - (previously unreleased) ~ Merle Haggard | | | 24. Huntsville ~ Merle Haggard | | | 25. Irma Jackson ~ Merle Haggard | | | 26. Fightin' Side Of Me, The ~ Merle Haggard | | | 27. I'll Be A Hero (When I Strike) - (previously unreleased) ~ Merle Haggard | | Disc 3
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. Right Or Wrong ~ Merle Haggard | | | 2. Trouble In Mind - (previously unreleased) ~ Merle Haggard | | | 3. Stay A Little Longer ~ Merle Haggard | | | 4. Farmer's Daughter, The ~ Merle Haggard | | | 5. Tulare Dust ~ Merle Haggard | | | 6. Carolyn ~ Merle Haggard | | | 7. Someday We'll Look Back ~ Merle Haggard | | | 8. Daddy Frank (The Guitar Man) ~ Merle Haggard | | | 9. Grandma Harp ~ Merle Haggard | | | 10. It's Not Love (But It's Not Bad) ~ Merle Haggard | | | 11. I Wonder If They Ever Think Of Me ~ Merle Haggard | | | 12. If We Make It Through December ~ Merle Haggard | | | 13. Emptiest Arms In The World, The ~ Merle Haggard | | | 14. Everybody's Had The Blues - (previously unreleased) ~ Merle Haggard | | | 15. Things Aren't Funny Anymore ~ Merle Haggard | | | 16. Honky Tonk Night Time Man ~ Merle Haggard | | | 17. Holding Things Together ~ Merle Haggard | | | 18. Here In Frisco ~ Merle Haggard | | | 19. Kentucky Gambler ~ Merle Haggard | | | 20. Always Wanting You ~ Merle Haggard | | | 21. Living With The Shades Pulled Down ~ Merle Haggard | | | 22. Running Kind ~ Merle Haggard | | | 23. It's All In The Movies ~ Merle Haggard | | | 24. Way It Was In '51, The ~ Merle Haggard | | | 25. I Never Go Around Mirrors ~ Merle Haggard | | | 26. What Have You Got Planned Tonight Diana ~ Merle Haggard | | Disc 4
| | Song Title | Sample | | 1. If We're Not Back In Love By Monday ~ Merle Haggard | | | 2. Ramblin' Fever ~ Merle Haggard | | | 3. It's Been A Great Afternoon ~ Merle Haggard | | | 4. Red Bandana ~ Merle Haggard | | | 5. Footlights ~ Merle Haggard | | | 6. My Own Kind Of Hat ~ Merle Haggard | | | 7. Misery And Gin ~ Merle Haggard | | | 8. Leonard ~ Merle Haggard | | | 9. I Think I'll Just Stay Here And Drink ~ Merle Haggard | | | 10. Rainbow Stew ~ Merle Haggard | | | 11. Big City ~ Merle Haggard | | | 12. Are The Good Times Really Over (I Wish A Buck Was Still Silver) ~ Merle Haggard | | | 13. You Take Me For Granted ~ Merle Haggard | | | 14. Pancho And Lefty - (with Willie Nelson) ~ Merle Haggard | | | 15. That's The Way Love Goes ~ Merle Haggard | | | 16. Someday When Things Are Good ~ Merle Haggard | | | 17. Let's Chase Each Other Around The Room ~ Merle Haggard | | | 18. Kern River ~ Merle Haggard | | | 19. Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Star ~ Merle Haggard | | | 20. In My Next Life ~ Merle Haggard | |
This Compilation (P) 1996 Capitol Records Nashville
(C) 1996 Capitol Records Nashville
| | Album Notes and Credits |
Notes & Personnel Info |  | DOWN EVERY ROAD covers Merle Haggard's entire career, culling material from the vaults of Capitol, MCA, Curb and Sony Records. | | Personnel includes: Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson. | | Recorded between 1962 and 1994. Includes liner notes by Daniel Cooper. | | Recording information: Anaheim, CA (1962-1993); Bakersfield, CA (1962-1993); Hollywood, CA (1962-1993); Las Vegas, NV (1962-1993); Los Angeles, CA (1962-1993); Muskogee, OK (1962-1993); Nashville, TN (1962-1993); New Orleans, LA (1962-1993); Palo Cedro, CA (1962-1993). | | Director: John Johnson. | | Photographers: Robert Wortham; Howard Risk; Norman Seeff; Roy Robinson; Brad Benedict. | | Country music has had a long and proud tradition of outlaws and hard men, but Merle Haggard is in a class by himself. A singer-songwriter regularly capable of heartbreaking emotional honesty, Haggard has also maintained an aura of danger, as if he'd be just as happy to punch your face in as to buy you a beer. The essential four-disc box set, DOWN EVERY ROAD 1962-1994, is a perfect overview of both sides of Hag's personality. Its 100 songs are spread over four solid discs, without an ounce of fat. Signature tunes like "Mama Tried" and the perpetually misunderstood "Okie From Muskogee" (a much more sardonic song than its reputation suggests) sit next to equally fine but lesser-known material from Haggard's later career, when the urban cowboy scene and the rock-oriented dilution of modern country music had unfairly turned him into a niche artist. EMI wisely licensed material from all of Haggard's various labels, making this the only truly comprehensive box set of the Bakersfield legend's work. | | Merle Haggard is a rarity: a complex artist whose rich scope can accurately be summarized through singles, but who has far more great material than can be fit on one or two discs. Which, of course, makes him the perfect candidate for a box set, and Capitol released the first comprehensive Hag retrospective in 1996 with the four-disc set Down Every Road. Since Haggard has such a rich, consistent body of his work -- the best of his MCA and Epic periods, two eras that are covered here, hold their own next to his seminal Capitol material -- even four discs leave behind many a great song, yet only those who already own all the albums would argue about omissions, because this offers a generous 100 songs, spanning from his earliest work for Talley in the early '60s to his Epic sides of the late '80s, containing all of his big hits and an expert selection of album tracks, such as "Tulare Dust," "Holding Things Together," and "Living With the Shades Pulled Down," that reveal the depth of his music. This is a body of work with few peers in all of popular music -- the variety of styles and sounds, his ease on freewheeling Western swing and plaintive ballads, his inventive, nuanced originals and expert ear for material, his supple voice and underrated guitar playing, and the support from his brilliant band, the Strangers, all add up to one of the greatest catalogs in 20th century music. And while you can get the basics from Razor & Tie's excellent double-disc set The Lonesome Fugitive, only Down Every Road captures the full extent of his gifts, in a way that is compulsively listenable as well. It's not just the perfect Merle Haggard box set, it's one of the greatest box sets ever released as well, since it truly presents all sides of its subject, while offering nothing but sheer pleasure in terms of mere listening. (Plus, this is the only place to find some of these great songs, including the aforementioned trio of album tracks, on CD, which makes it necessary for those who already own the albums.) ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine |
Producer: Chips Moman; Earl Ball; Rick Rankin; Grady Martin; Jimmy Bowen; Ken Nelson; Ken Suesov; Lewis Talley; Merle Haggard; Ray Baker; Willie Nelson; Chris Skinker (Compilation); Daniel Cooper (Compilation) |
Musical Guests | | Willie Nelson |
| | Compilation Appearances |
| | Associated Artists and Works | | Artists, Various | | Tulare Dust: A Songwriters' Tribute To Merle... ~ Artists, Various | | Hats Off! A Tribute To Merle Haggard ~ Artists, Various | | Jones, George | | Nelson, Willie | | Nelson, Willie | | Nelson, Willie | | Nelson, Willie | | Live from The Last of the Breed Tour ~ Nelson, Willie | | Pickin' on Merle Haggard: A Tribute ~ On, Pickin' | | Pickin' On Merle Haggard ~ Pickin' On | | Smith, Chester | | Twitty, Conway | | Twitty, Conway | | Twitty, Conway | | Twitty, Conway | | Various Artists | | Tulare Dust: Tribute to Merle Haggard ~ Various Artists | | Hats Off: A Tribute to Merle Haggard ~ Various Artists | | Old Loves Never Die ~ Williams, Leona | | Williams, Leona |
| | Technical Info | | Release Date : 04/02/1996 | | Original Release Date : 1996 | | Catalog ID : 35711 | | Label : Capitol Nashville Records | | Number of Discs : 4 | | Runtime : 301m : 27s | | Studio/Live : Mixed | | Mono/Stereo : Stereo | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00724383571123 |
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| | Professional Reviews | | Rolling Stone (5/2/96, p.54)
- 4 Stars - Excellent - "...offers the wide-angle view that the singer has long deserved...a rich portrait of one of America's most important and often misunderstood musical figures..."Entertainment Weekly (4/5/96, p.81)
- "...Not even his hero Lefty Frizzell produced a body of work this influential or satisfying." - Rating: A |
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