The Best Of Country - Vinyl

The songs that grace this comprehensive double vinyl package all come from the golden age of country music. For nearly a century now, country music has been captured on cylinder, vinyl, tape and compact disc. In America during the 1950s, while rock & roll battled calypso as the nation’s favourite sound, meanwhile in the background, these classic country songs could be heard across the land – all the way from the Gulf of Mexico, right up to the frozen wastes of Minnesota. After the golden age of what might be called pure country, came country-rock, alt-country and Americana. But the century of songs gathered together here is plain and simple country music – at its best

Vinyl 1

Side A:

1. Crazy – Patsy Cline
2. Behind Closed Doors – Charlie Rich
3. Sea Of Heartbreak – Don Gibson
4. Walk On By – Leroy Van Dyke
5. Big Bad John – Jimmy Dean
6. I’m A Honky Tonk Girl – Loretta Lynn
7. Rawhide – Frankie Laine
8. Funny How Time Slips Away – Willie Nelson .

Side B:

1. Welcome To My World – Jim Reeves
2. It’s Four In The Morning – Faron Young
3. I Walk The Line – Johnny Cash
4. Single Girl – Sandy Posey
5. Sixteen Tons – Tennessee Ernie Ford
6. Hey Good Lookin’ – Hank Williams
7. Alabam – Cowboy Copas
8. It Wasn’t God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels – Kitty Wells

Vinyl 2

Side C:

1. Rose Garden – Lynn Anderson
2. My Special Angel – Bobby Helms
3. I’m Sorry – Brenda Lee
4. Oh Lonesome Me – Don Gibson
5. He’ll Have To Go – Jim Reeves
6. Dark Moon – Bonnie Guitar
7. Big Iron – Marty Robbins
8. Your Cheatin’ Heart – Hank Williams

Side D:

1. Haper Valley T.A. – Jeannie C. Riley
2. From A Jack To A King – Ned Miller
3. Six Days On The Road – Dave Dudley
4. I Fall To Pieces – Patsy Cline
5. Crazy – Willie Nelson
6. Don’t Take Your Guns To Town – Johnny Cash
7. Singing The Blues – Marty Robbins
8. I Can’t Stop Loving You – Ray Charles