40 Years Bear Family Records / Various

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For 40 years, boxed-set collectors have known where to go for the most pristine sound sources, exhaustive collections and sumptuous packaging: Germany’s Bear Family Records. Now, musicians and songwriters have come together to celebrate Bear Family’s birthday with 72 exclusive recordings made just for this set—all dedicated to this esteemed record label. A stunning 308-page hardcover book contains the lyrics, photos of each artist and an illustrated retrospective of Bear Family’s 40 years in the biz. You won’t find these anyplace else: "Bear Family Song" Ry Cooder; "Did You Ever See a Bear Do the Boogie" Swamp Dogg with Canned Heat; "I’ve Got to Have It All (Bear Family Gospel Quartet)" Deke Dickerson; "She Barely Said Hello" Chip Taylor; "Frankie’s Bear Song" Frankie Miller; "Big Bear in the Sky" Chuck Mead; "Bear Naked Woman" Rip Masters; "The Bear" John Paul Keith; "Wouldn’t You Like to Be a Bear" Shambles; "Bareback Ridin’ Cowboy" Ray Campi; "I Will Bare My All" Tom House; "More Than I Could Bear" Dan Montgomery 3; "Alabama Bear Chase" Hawkins Hawaii Trio…223 minutes on the CDs, 75 on the DVD! Bear Family.