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Disc 1:

1. There Goes My Everything - Frazier, Dallas
2. Rose Garden - South, Joe
3. Abilene - Brown, Les
4. Satin Sheets - Volinkaty, John
5. Help Me Make It Through the Night - Kristofferson, Kris
6. Harper Valley P.T.A. - Hall, Tom T.
7. Take This Job and Shove It - Coe, David Allan
8. It's Four in the Morning - Chesnut, Jerry
9. Funny Face - Fargo, Donna
10. No Charge - Howard, Harlan
11. Don't Break the Heart That Loves You - Davis, Benny
12. Laura (What's He Got That I Ain't Got) - Ashley, Leon

Disc 2:

1. Top of the World - Busby, Fred
2. Sea of Heartbreak - Hampton, Paul
3. Once a Day - Anderson, Bill [1]
4. My Elusive Dreams - Putman, Curly
5. Don't Touch Me - Cochran, Hank
6. (Don't Take Her) She's All I Got - Bonds, Gary 'U.S.'
7. Me and You and a Dog Named Boo - LaVoie, Kent
8. The Happiest Girl in the Whole U.S.A. - Fargo, Donna
9. Teddy Bear Song - Earl, Don
10. Big Bad John - Acuff, Roy
11. Hello Walls - Nelson, Willie
12. Wings of a Dove - Ferguson, Bob

Disc 3:

1. The End of the World - Dee, Sylvia
2. Almost Persuaded - Sutton, Glenn
3. It's Such a Pretty World Today - Noe, Dale
4. Skip a Rope - Moran, Jack
5. In the Misty Moonlight - Walker, Cindy
6. From a Jack to a King - Miller, Ned
7. Wolverton Mountain - Kilgore, Merle
8. Rednecks, White Socks and Blue Ribbon Beer - McDill, Bob
9. Young Love - Cartey, Rick
10. Gone - Rogers, Smokey
11. Misery Loves Company - Reed, Jerry
12. Six White Horses - Murray, Larry

Rating: - OK if you're into electronic drum kits...
As the other reviewer said, this is definitely not for the "purist" or anyone else who doesn't want to hear even more schmarmy versions of songs that, while great, tend toward the schmarmy. Great selection, but I couldn't take the same-sound, electronica organ backup for every cut. I much prefer "Classic Country: Great Story Songs" from Time Life. Just my $.02.

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Rating: - Great Classic Country Selections
This hard-to-find set of country songs has a good selection from the 1960s and 1970s. If you like that era and don't want to invest a lot of money in CDs by individual artists, this is a good choice. Unlike some country classic selections, it is not limited to songs produced by one company. There are plenty of great "somebody done somebody wrong songs." Several songs made the rock or pop charts (such as Skeeter Davis' "The End of the World") or run counter to the stereotype of country music as catering to the narrow-minded (Henson Cargill's version of "Skip a Rope"). Purists will not like the fact that all but two of the 36 songs are studio re-recordings. However, that does improve the sound quality and it's hard to see that any of the singers have lost much over the years. A more serious flaw is that the instruments seem to lack character, so this is geared more toward those who focus on the vocals. If you're more interested in original recordings, you may prefer something like Columbia's Country Classics Volume 3 --Americana.