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How Low Can You Go: Anthology of the String Bass (1925-1941)
:Album Description: This three-CD box set, the first ever anthology of the upright bass, explores the earliest recorded history of the instrument.
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Hillbilly Boogie
:Album Description:Boogie woogie became an international craze through the work of giants like Albert Ammons, Jimmy Yancy, Pete Johnston & Meade Lux Lewis. By the end of World War II the boogie craze had died down but it's fire was rekindled by white performers in the form of country boogie, here is the story of the hillbilly boogie boys. Just some of the legendary characters on this 100 track set are, Spade Cooley, The Delmore Brothers, Chet Atkins, Hank Snow, Merle Travis, The Maddox Brothers & Tennessee Ernie Ford. Includes 60 ...
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Tears of Fire: The 25th Anniversary Collection
: essential recording:Sometimes it is hard to be a woman. That, of course, is the central line in Tammy Wynette's signature song, and the message that she conveyed repeatedly over the course of her three-decades-long recording career. Wynette was uniquely suited to convey pathos with pluck. She, along with Loretta Lynn, pretty much defined country music from the female perspective from the late '60s through the '70s. But while Lynn presented a mostly amiable façade, Wynette was the more gripping and imposing artist. For starters, she possessed pipes that could tear ...
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Worried Blues
: essential recording:Sometimes it is hard to be a woman. That, of course, is the central line in Tammy Wynette's signature song, and the message that she conveyed repeatedly over the course of her three-decades-long recording career. Wynette was uniquely suited to convey pathos with pluck. She, along with Loretta Lynn, pretty much defined country music from the female perspective from the late '60s through the '70s. But while Lynn presented a mostly amiable façade, Wynette was the more gripping and imposing artist. For starters, she possessed pipes that could tear ...
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Bluegrass: Independent Label Sides 1951-1954
: essential recording:Sometimes it is hard to be a woman. That, of course, is the central line in Tammy Wynette's signature song, and the message that she conveyed repeatedly over the course of her three-decades-long recording career. Wynette was uniquely suited to convey pathos with pluck. She, along with Loretta Lynn, pretty much defined country music from the female perspective from the late '60s through the '70s. But while Lynn presented a mostly amiable façade, Wynette was the more gripping and imposing artist. For starters, she possessed pipes that could tear ...
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Johnny Horton - 1956-1960
:Album Details:4CD Box Set
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The Definitive Collection 1947-1966
:Album Description:On the 60th anniversary of their first studio recording, bluegrass legends the Stanley Brothers are being commemorated with The Stanley Brothers: The Definitive Collection (1947-1966). Released to stores on February 27, 2007, just two days after Ralph's 80th birthday, it is the first comprehensive box set to chronicle their entire career. The Definitive Collection comes at a time when bluegrass is in the midst of a surge in popularity, started by the hit film and soundtrack O Brother, Where Art Thou? and continuing on with artists such as Dolly Parton, ...
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The Legacy (1961-2002)
:Album Description:On the 60th anniversary of their first studio recording, bluegrass legends the Stanley Brothers are being commemorated with The Stanley Brothers: The Definitive Collection (1947-1966). Released to stores on February 27, 2007, just two days after Ralph's 80th birthday, it is the first comprehensive box set to chronicle their entire career. The Definitive Collection comes at a time when bluegrass is in the midst of a surge in popularity, started by the hit film and soundtrack O Brother, Where Art Thou? and continuing on with artists such as Dolly Parton, ...
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Daddy of Western Swing
:Album Description:With his Musical Brownies, Milton Brown was one of the first musicians to combine jazz, blues, & country music to come up with the exciting musical hybrid that was western swing. Milton Brown & his Musical Brownies will always remain the original source that informed this music, he was the true daddy of the genre. 106 slices of the man's art are on four CDs. Includes 60-page booklet. Proper. Standard jewel cases housed in a box. 2003.
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Masters 1949-1976
:Album Description:With his Musical Brownies, Milton Brown was one of the first musicians to combine jazz, blues, & country music to come up with the exciting musical hybrid that was western swing. Milton Brown & his Musical Brownies will always remain the original source that informed this music, he was the true daddy of the genre. 106 slices of the man's art are on four CDs. Includes 60-page booklet. Proper. Standard jewel cases housed in a box. 2003.
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