Disc 1
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| Song Title | Sample |
| 1. Nashville Jumps - Cecil Gant ~ Various Artists |  |
| 2. Buzzard Pie - Rudy Green & His Orchestra ~ Various Artists | |
| 3. Skip's Boogie - Kid King's Combo ~ Various Artists | |
| 4. L&N Special - Christine Kittrell ~ Various Artists | |
| 5. Sittin' Here Drinking - Christine Kittrell ~ Various Artists | |
| 6. Just Walkin' In The Rain - The Prisionaires ~ Various Artists | |
| 7. If You And I Could Be Sweethearts - The Varieteers ~ Various Artists | |
| 8. Baby Let's Play House - Arthur Gunter ~ Various Artists | |
| 9. Christene - Little Hank Crawford & The Rhythm Kings ~ Various Artists | |
| 10. It's Love Baby (24 Hours A Day) - Louis Brooks & His Hi-Toppers/Earl Gaines ~ Various Artists | |
| 11. Rollin' Stone - The Marigolds ~ Various Artists | |
| 12. You Can Make It If You Try - Gene Allison ~ Various Artists | |
| 13. Rockin' The Joint - Esquerita ~ Various Artists | |
| 14. Let's Trade A Little - Audrey Bryant ~ Various Artists | |
| 15. Say You Really Care - Roscoe Shelton ~ Various Artists | |
| 16. Somebody, Somewhere - Larry Birdsong ~ Various Artists | |
| 17. Pipe Dreams - Jimmy Beck & His Orchestra ~ Various Artists | |
| 18. WLAC Commercial - Little Richard (bonus track) ~ Various Artists | |
| 19. White Rose - Earl Gaines (bonus track) ~ Various Artists | | Disc 2
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| Song Title | Sample |
| 1. WLAC Air Check / Monkey Doin' Woman - John Richbourg/Shy Guy Douglas - (bonus track) ~ Various Artists | |
| 2. What'd I Say - Etta James (live) ~ Various Artists | |
| 3. Really (Part 1) - Johnny Jones & The Imperial 7 ~ Various Artists | |
| 4. Just Like Him - Frank Howard & The Commanders ~ Various Artists | |
| 5. Anna (Go To Him) - Arthur Alexander ~ Various Artists | |
| 6. Snap Your Fingers - Joe Henderson ~ Various Artists | |
| 7. Mama, He Treats Your Daughter Mean - Ruth Brown (Nashville version) ~ Various Artists | |
| 8. Something Tells Me - Sam Baker ~ Various Artists | |
| 9. Sunny - Bobby Hebb ~ Various Artists | |
| 10. I Want To (Do Everything For You) - Joe Tex ~ Various Artists | |
| 11. Bigger And Better - The Hytones ~ Various Artists | |
| 12. Since I Met You Baby - The Avons ~ Various Artists | |
| 13. Chokin' Kind, The - Joe Simon ~ Various Artists | |
| 14. She Shot A Hole In My Soul - Clifford Curry ~ Various Artists | |
| 15. Gotta Get Yourself Together - The Valentines ~ Various Artists | |
| 16. Soul Shake - Peggy Scott/Jo Jo Benson ~ Various Artists | |
| 17. Reconsider Me - Johnny Adams ~ Various Artists | |
| 18. Everlasting Love - Robert Knight ~ Various Artists | |
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| Album Notes and Credits |
Notes & Personnel Info |  | Compilation producers: Daniel Cooper, Michael Gray. | | Recorded between 1945 & 1970. Includes liner notes by Michael Gray. | | Though R&B is hardly the first thing that comes to mind when Nashville, Tennessee is mentioned, the town known worldwide as the cradle of country music does indeed have a long, rich tradition of blues, soul, and more. The revelatory two-disc collection NIGHT TRAIN TO NASHVILLE makes Nashville's R&B legacy clear by tracing it across four decades. The first disc abounds with delightful obscurities like Cecil Gant's jump-blues tune "Nashville Jumps" and convict vocal group the Prisonaires' haunting ballad "Just Walkin' in the Rain." The second disc contains more familiar fare, such as Joe Simon's soul gem "The Chokin' Kind" and Arthur Alexander's legendary Brill Building-goes-South lament "Anna (Go to Him)" (later covered by the Beatles). The context provided by NIGHT TRAIN's theme also serves to underscore the not-so-subtle connections that have always existed between country music and R&B; it's easy to imagine a great country singer sinking his teeth into virtually any of the soulful gems on offer here. |
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| Technical Info |
| Release Date : 02/24/2004 | | Original Release Date : 2004 | | Catalog ID : 0002100 | | Label : Lost Highway Records | | Number of Discs : 2 | | Studio/Live : Studio | | Mono/Stereo : Mixed | | SPAR Code : n/a | | UPC : 00602498618240 |
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| Professional Reviews |
| Rolling Stone (p.92)
- 3 1/2 stars out of 5 - "[I]nteresting on this collection are lesser-known artists such as Christine Kittrell, who shines on the depressive blues number 'Sittin' Here Drinking'..."Mojo (Publisher)
(p.112)
- 4 stars out of 5 - "The tunes here speak for themselves....NIGHT TRAIN TO NASHVILLE proves indispensable and irresistible." |
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