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Dim Lights, Thick Smoke and Hillbilly Music Country & Western Hit Parade 1956-1960 BEAR FAMILY RECORDS TEL +49(0)4748 - 82 16 16 • FAX +49(0)4748 - 82 16 20 • E-MAIL [email protected] Dim Lights, Thick Smoke And Hillbilly Music Country & Western Hit Parade 1956-1960 G After the volumes covering 1945-1955 were released, the word was out. This series is definitive, fabulously packaged, and faultlessly remastered! Everything you'd expect from BEAR FAMILY …and more! G Jack Clement, who produced Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison, Waylon Jennings, Don Williams, 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." G Now the story continues from 1956 until 1960. 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! G In addition to the hits, the series contains rarities that went on to influence country music… and all music… in the years ahead, like Wanda Jackson's original version of Silver Threads And Golden Needles, Carl Belew's original Lonely Street, and Chet Atkins' influential Walk, Don't Run. G 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. INFORMATION Here's the story. For many years, we'd received requests to do a truly definitive country series, but it wasn't until the success of our year-by-year R&B/Soul series, 'Blowin' The Fuse' (now 'Sweet Soul Music' and soon to be continued into the Funk era) that we decided we needed to do something comparable for country music. The first volumes of 'Dim Lights, Thick Smoke And Hill- billy Music' took us from 1945-1955, and now the story continues into the era of the Nashville Sound. The series has been compiled with today's fans in mind. Sure, the big hits are there, but so are the classic performances that we- ren't necessarily hits at the time, but became influential in the years ahead. Every volume has incredibly detailed behind-the- scenes stories, fabulously rare photos, and an ongoing history of country music set against the backdrop of the broader American music business. The booklets alone are 72 pages! Definitive? You bet! Superlatives are often overused, but we feel that this series is part of our mission to bring this incredible music to new fans... as well as entertaining older fans. We pick up the story in 1956... just as country music was coming to terms with the upset of rock 'n'roll! Bear Family Records • Grenzweg 1 • 27729 Holste-Oldendorf • Germany www.bear-family.de BEAR FAMILY RECORDS TEL +49(0)4748 - 82 16 16 • FAX +49(0)4748 - 82 16 20 • E-MAIL [email protected] ARTIST Various TITLE Dim Lights, Thick Smoke And Hillbilly Music Country & Western Hit Parade 1956 LABEL Bear Family Records CATALOG # BCD 16961 PRICE-CODE AR EAN-CODE ÆxAKABMRy169617z ISBN-CODE 978-3-89916-528-9 FORMAT 1 CD deluxe album with 72-page booklet GENRE Country TRACKS 30 PLAYING TIME 78:14 ARTIST Various TITLE Dim Lights, Thick Smoke And Hillbilly Music Country & Western Hit Parade 1957 LABEL Bear Family Records CATALOG # BCD 16962 PRICE-CODE AR EAN-CODE ÆxAKABMRy169624z ISBN-CODE 978-3-89916-529-6 FORMAT 1 CD deluxe album with 72-page booklet GENRE Country TRACKS 29 PLAYING TIME 76:22 Bear Family Records • Grenzweg 1 • 27729 Holste-Oldendorf • Germany www.bear-family.de BEAR FAMILY RECORDS TEL +49(0)4748 - 82 16 16 • FAX +49(0)4748 - 82 16 20 • E-MAIL [email protected] ARTIST Various TITLE Dim Lights, Thick Smoke And Hillbilly Music Country & Western Hit Parade 1958 LABEL Bear Family Records CATALOG # BCD 16963 PRICE-CODE AR EAN-CODE ÆxAKABMRy169631z ISBN-CODE 978-3-89916-530-2 FORMAT 1 CD deluxe album with 72-page booklet GENRE Country TRACKS 30 PLAYING TIME 74:10 ARTIST Various TITLE Dim Lights, Thick Smoke And Hillbilly Music Country & Western Hit Parade 1959 LABEL Bear Family Records CATALOG # BCD 16964 PRICE-CODE AR EAN-CODE ÆxAKABMRy169648z ISBN-CODE 978-3-89916-531-9 FORMAT 1 CD deluxe album with 72-page booklet GENRE Country TRACKS 32 PLAYING TIME 84:48 Bear Family Records • Grenzweg 1 • 27729 Holste-Oldendorf • Germany www.bear-family.de BEAR FAMILY RECORDS TEL +49(0)4748 - 82 16 16 • FAX +49(0)4748 - 82 16 20 • E-MAIL [email protected] ARTIST Various TITLE Dim Lights, Thick Smoke And Hillbilly Music Country & Western Hit Parade 1960 LABEL Bear Family Records CATALOG # BCD 16965 PRICE-CODE AR EAN-CODE ÆxAKABMRy169655z ISBN-CODE 978-3-89916-532-6 FORMAT 1 CD deluxe album with 72-page booklet GENRE Country TRACKS 32 PLAYING TIME 82:43 Bear Family Records • Grenzweg 1 • 27729 Holste-Oldendorf • Germany www.bear-family.de BEAR FAMILY RECORDS TEL +49(0)4748 - 82 16 16 • FAX +49(0)4748 - 82 16 20 • E-MAIL [email protected] COUNTRY AND WESTERN HIT PARADE 1956 WALL JACKSON: Life To Go • DON GIBSON: Blue, Blue Day • GEORGE JONES: Treasure Of Love • HANK LOCKLIN: It's A MARTY ROBBINS: Singing The Blues • EDDY ARNOLD: You Little More Like Heaven • JERRY LEE LEWIS: You Win Again • Don't Know Me • RAY PRICE: Crazy Arms • CARL BELEW: Lo- JAMES O'GWYNN: Talk To Me Lonesome Heart • WEBB nely Street • JOHNNY CASH & THE TENNESSEE TWO: Folsom PIERCE: Tupelo County Jail • RAY PRICE: City Lights • FARON Prison Blues • FARON YOUNG: Sweet Dreams • JOHNNY HOR- YOUNG: Alone With You • JIM REEVES: Billy Bayou • MARTY TON: Honky Tonk Man • HANK SNOW: Conscience I'm Guilty ROBBINS: Ain't I The Lucky One • CHARLIE WALKER: Pick Me •GEORGE JONES: What Am I Worth • BENNY BARNES: A Poor Up On Your Way Down • JOHNNY CASH: Guess Things Hap- Man's Riches • JIM EDWARD AND MAXINE BROWN AND BON- pen That Way • SIMON CRUM (FERLIN HUSKY): Country Music NIE: I Take The Chance • LOUVIN BROTHERS: I Don't Believe Is Here To Stay • WAYNE RANEY • RANEY FAMILY (WAYNE, You've Met My Baby • THE OSBORNE BROTHERS AND RED WANDA AND ZYNDALL): We Need A Whole Lot More Of Jesus ALLEN: Ruby, Are You Mad? • DON RENO & RED SMILEY: I (And A Lot Less Rock And Roll) Know You're Married • PORTER WAGONER: Eat, Drink And Be Merry (Tomorrow You'll Cry) • WEBB PIERCE: Yes I Know COUNTRY AND WESTERN HIT PARADE 1959 Why • JOHNNY CASH & THE TENNESSEE TWO: I Walk The Line BILLY GRAMMER: Gotta Travel On • JOHNNY HORTON: When •JOHNNY HORTON: I'm A One Woman Man • WANDA JACK- It's Springtime In Alaska (It's Forty Below) • JOHNNY CASH: SON: Silver Threads And Golden Needles • HANK THOMPSON: Don't Take Your Guns To Town • ROY ACUFF: So Many Times The Blackboard Of My Heart • RAY PRICE: I've Got A New He- •DONGIBSON: Who Cares (For Me)? • CARL BELEW: Am I artache • GEORGE JONES: Just One More • LOUVIN That Easy To Forget • WEBB PIERCE: I Ain't Never • FARON BROTHERS: Cash On The Barrelhead • WYNN STEWART: Waltz YOUNG: Country Girl • STONEWALL JACKSON: Waterloo • Of The Angels • JIM REEVES: According To My Heart • KITTY JOHNNY CASH: I Got Stripes • RAY PRICE: Heartaches By The WELLS: Searching (For Someone Else) • MARTY ROBBINS: I Number • FRANKIE MILLER: Blackland Farmer • LESTER FLATT Can't Quit (I've Gone Too Far) • HANK SNOW: These Hands • &EARL SCRUGGS: Cabin On The Hill • STONEWALL JACKSON: BILLY MIZE: Who Will Buy The Wine • CARL PERKINS: Dixie Smoke Along The Track • JOHNNY HORTON: The Battle Of Fried New Orleans • EDDY ARNOLD: Tennessee Stud • THE COUNTRY AND WESTERN HIT PARADE 1957 BROWNS: The Three Bells • MAC WISEMAN: Jimmy Brown The Newsboy • THE LOUVIN BROTHERS: Knoxville Girl • BILL MON- SONNY JAMES: Young Love • THE BROWNS: I Heard The Blue- ROE: Dark As The Night, Blue As The Day • WILMA LEE & STO- birds Sing • JIM REEVES: Am I Losing You? • WEBB PIERCE: I'm NEY COOPER: There's A Big Wheel • LEFTY FRIZZELL: Long Tired • JOHNNY CASH & THE TENNESSEE TWO: There You Go Black Veil • DON GIBSON: Don't Tell Me Your Troubles • • BOBBY HELMS: Fraulein • HANK LOCKLIN: Geisha Girl • JIM- GEORGE JONES: White Lightnin' • BUCK OWENS: Under Your MIE SKINNER: I Found My Girl In The U.S.A. • BONNIE GUITAR: Spell Again • JIMMIE SKINNER: Dark Hollow • RAY PRICE: The Dark Moon • FERLIN HUSKY: Gone • CARL SMITH: Why, Why Same Old Me • HANK SNOW: The Last Ride • JIM REEVES: • MARVIN RAINWATER: Gonna Find Me A Bluebird • EVERLY Home • KITTY WELLS: Amigo's Guitar • JOHNNY CASH: Five BROTHERS: Bye, Bye Love • JIMMY NEWMAN: A Fallen Star • Feet High And Rising • MARTY ROBBINS: El Paso MARTY ROBBINS WITH RAY CONNIFF: A White Sport Coat COUNTRY AND WESTERN HIT PARADE 1960 (And A Pink Carnation) • JOHNNY CASH & THE TENNESSEE TWO: Home Of The Blues • PATSY CLINE: Walkin' After Mid- JOHNNY HORTON: North To Alaska • BILL ANDERSON: The Tip night • MELVIN ENDSLEY: I Like Your Kind Of Love • FARON Of My Fingers • WEBB PIERCE: No Love Have I • GEORGE YOUNG: I Miss You Already • BOBBY HELMS: My Special Angel JONES: The Window Up Above • HANK LOCKLIN: Please Help •WEBB PIERCE: Honky Tonk Song • WARNER MACK: Is It Me, I'm Falling • SKEETER DAVIS: (I Can't Help You) I'm Fal- Wrong (For Loving You) • HANK SNOW: Tangled Mind • RAY ling Too • JOHNNY CASH: Smiling Bill McCall • BUCK OWENS: PRICE: My Shoes Keep Walking Back To You • MARTY ROB- Above And Beyond • CHARLIE RYAN & THE TIMBERLINE RI- BINS WITH RAY CONNIFF AND HIS ORCHESTRA: The Story Of DERS: Hot Rod Lincoln • HANK SNOW: Miller's Cave • DON My Life • JIM REEVES: Four Walls • PORTER WAGONER: I GIBSON: Just One Time • STONEWALL JACKSON: Why I'm Wal- Thought I Heard You Calling My Name • LEROY VAN DYKE: kin' • COWBOY COPAS: Alabam • MARTY ROBBINS: Big Iron Auctioneer • CHET ATKINS: Walk, Don't Run •LESTER FLATT & EARL SCRUGGS: Crying My Heart Out Over You•JOHN D.
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