Johnny pumped the energy of rockabilly into honky-tonk music, making him the perfect addition to the "Shake This Shack" series. These aren't his story-songs that hit the pop charts; these are his... more

The hottest picking by one of the coolest bands in the world, Ernest Tubb's Texas Troubadours! These 36 tracks (all their instrumentals together for the first time) chronicle the amazing sideline to... more

Bobbie Gentry's breakthrough Ode to Billie Joe; Robert Mitchum's Top 10 entry Little Ole Wine Drinker Me; the Waylon Jennings classic The Chokin' Kind, and the unforgettable George Jones #1 Walk... more

The Wayward Wind; Have I Stayed Away Too Long Tex Ritter; If You Ain't Loving You Ain't Living; Goin' Steady Faron Young; the Tijuana Jail Johnny Bond; Gotta Travel on Skeets McDonald; Steel Guitar... more

Gene Vincent stops by to rock Be-Bop-A-Lula; Rocky Road Blues; High School Confidential, and more; you'll also see Midnight Special Merle Travis; Oklahoma Waltz Johnny Bond; Ridin' Old Paint Tex... more

Long before those famous truck-driving hits, Red rocked roofs off with his up-tempo honky tonk and hillbilly boogie. Here are 31 of those energized gems from 1949–61, recorded for MGM and Decca and... more

Already a star since the late '50s, Buck Owens saw his star rise yet further in the late '60s, when he started co-hosting "Hee-Haw," sold out concert after concert and cracked the country Top 10... more

Around 1956-'57, the United States Armed Services filmed a series of recruitment videos with the top country stars of the day. Unseen for decades, these films capture the all-time greatest Nashville... more

On tour with Elvis in '55, Marty Robbins saw the future—and it rocked! Here are the rockabilly and rockin' country songs he went on to record (including his complete rare 1956 LP Rock 'n' Roll... more

Jump and rock along with the hottest sides by the honky-tonk hero who left us in November 2007. A 36-page booklet tells his remarkable tale as you hear seven songs from his greatest LP, "Songs for... more

Loretta Lynn's #1 Don't Come Home A'Drinkin' (with Lovin' on Your Mind); two versions of Jim Reeves' #1 Distant Drums (one dubbed, one undubbed), and three Merle Haggard Top 10s (Swinging Doors; The... more

The Texas Troubadour brought his honky tonk and country stylings to national television in the mid-1960s. Without a lot of fancy trappings, he showcased the music first and foremost. Now you can... more

Operating from a Hollywood Boulevard office near Capitol, Sage & Sand recorded an eclectic mix of country, Western and rockabilly. This 34-track CD collects their best up-tempo country cuts and tells... more

Johnny Cash's smash live version of Folsom Prison Blues and Tammy Wynette's immortal Stand by Your Man alone are worth the price of admission. Also beautifully remastered: Tammy's #1 D-I-V-O-R-C-E;... more

This honky-tonk hero issued an LP called The Fantastic Johnny Horton in '59, but that one contained his early Mercury sides. This comp collects the key Columbia cuts that followed—the rockin'-est... more

First-ever CD from one of the best—and most overlooked—country and rock 'n' roll singers. You'll hear his original version of the Jim Reeves smash He'll Have to Go; his rousing rockers Did We Have a... more

The "Greetings From..." series anthologizes classic Country & Western performances (and a few pop folks thrown in for good measure) by legendary artists who were popular in the golden era of the... more

This is the first collection in 52 years devoted to Hank's up-tempo cuts; a guitar-only demo of "Ten Little Numbers" and rockin' take of "Fool About You" join his hits "Jambalaya (On the Bayou),"... more

Ernest's son had a warm vocal style that was leagues away from his dad's dry Texas drawl. But he did inherit a whole lot of talent from his father, a talent best displayed on his 1953–59 Decca sides.... more

First anthology of the Dot sides by one of the greatest (and first) electric steel guitarists! Leon signed to Dot in '57 and stayed for just over a year; these hard-to-find tracks have long been... more

Spade Cooley's Shame on You and Dick Thomas's rarely reissued #1 hit Sioux City Sue join Boogie Woogie Boy Porky Freeman (featuring Merle Travis); Blue Ranger Hank Snow; Don't Fence Me In Gene Autry;... more

Mixing big hits with lesser-known, blues-edged gems, this CD brings you 87 minutes of what John Lennon called "the greatest voice of the rock 'n' roll era." Bigelow 6-200, recorded when she was 11,... more

Bear Family's terrific honky-tonk series Gonna Shake This Shack Tonight gives this great hillbilly vocal duo its first CD reissue: 29 tracks cut in Nashville, many with Hank Williams' band and the... more

There sure was a change in Eddy Arnold in the early '50s, the period covered in toto by this Bear Family boxed set. Eager to shed his "Tennessee Plowboy" image from the late-'40s, Eddy began telling... more

Bear Family already earned a Grammy nod for their Bristol Sessions set (the 1927 Victor Records sessions in Bristol, Tennessee known as "The Big Bang of Country Music"). This new set—a 4-CD LP-sized... more