Country & Western Hit Parade - 1962

Regular price $19.00

After the volumes covering 1945-1960 were released, the word was out. This series is definitive, fabulously packaged, and faultlessly remastered! In short, everything you'd expect from Bear Family... and more! Jack Clement, who produced Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison, Waylon Jennings, Don Williams, Charley Pride, and many others, said, 'This is the best country series of all time. No doubt. No question. ' Robert Hilburn in the 'Los Angeles Times' said, 'An invaluable album project... enables fans to step back in time and listen to the radio just like Elvis Presley, Ray Charles, and Bob Dylan did. ' Producer Allen Reynolds (Garth Brooks, Emmylou Harris, and many others) stopped Bear Family's Richard Weize at the Country Music Hall of Fame to congratulate him on the series.

Now the story continues from 1961 until 1965. Every CD is generously full. Every booklet is extensive and chocked full of rare photos and illustrations, as well as complete stories behind the songs! In addition to the hits, the series contains rarities that went on to influence country music... and all music... in the years ahead. This series is designed to introduce new listeners to the very best that country music has to offer... while keeping longtime fans entertained. Every volume is a fabulous time capsule. This is the music that influenced the White Stripes, Gillian Welch, Gram Parsons, Nick Cave, and many, many others. This is the music that gave birth to California country rock. This is the music that influenced the Beatles and many other seminal bands. In other words, this is the true and uncensored history of country music. Everything you need to hear, year-by-year, as it happened!

Picking up the story in 1961 and continuing until 1965, this new batch includes original versions of classic hits and also includes neglected classics and shoulda been hits like Claude Gray's I'll Just Have A Cup Of Coffee...

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1-CD-Album deluxe with 72-page booklet, 31 tracks. Playing time approx. 82 mns

Track Listing

  • Lambert, Gloria - IÆve Been Everywhere

  • Snow, Hank - She Thinks I Still Care

  • Jones, George - Wolverton Mountain

  • King, Claude - SheÆs Got You

  • Cline, Patsy - Lonesome Number One

  • Gibson, Don - A Wound Time CanÆt Erase

  • Jackson, Stonewall - Devil Woman

  • Robbins, Marty - Mama Sang A Song

  • Anderson , Bill - The Ballad Of Jed Clampett

  • Flatt & Scruggs - (LoveÆs) Ring Of Fire

  • Carter, Anita - My Name Is Mud

  • Oægwynn, James - Another Day, Another Dollar

  • Stewart, Wynn - So Wrong

  • Cline, Patsy - Pride

  • Price, Ray - Misery Loves Company

  • Wagoner, Porter - DonÆt Go Near The Indians

  • Allen, Rex - Charlie's Shoes

  • Walker , Billy - DonÆt Let Me Cross Over

  • Butler , Carl - Success

  • Lynn, Loretta - From A Jack To A King

  • Miller, Ned - Touch Me

  • Nelson, Willie - Sally Was A Good Old Girl

  • Cochran, Hank - A Girl I Used To Know

  • Jones, George - KickinÆ Our Hearts Around

  • Owens, Buck - Crazy Wild Desire

  • Pierce, Webb - Adios Amigo

  • Reeves, Jim - Ruby Ann

  • Robbins, Marty - That's My Pa

  • Wooley, Sheb - PT 109

  • Dean, Jimmy - Release Me

  • Phillips, Little Esther - I've Been Everywhere (original Australian ver