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A 96-page booklet chronicles the formative years of country rock as you hear 41 tracks (nearly two hours of trailblazing music). Seminal rock 'n' rollers join the new breed: T. for Texas; I'm Movin'... more

"The single most important event in the history of country music"—Johnny Cash. Victor Records went to Bristol, Tennessee in '27 and made the first recordings of the Carter Family and Jimmie Rodgers... more

Rarely heard documentary audio material, including patriotic public service announcements, field news reports and even a plea for blood donations from Howdy Doody!A richly illustrated, colorfully... more

"The greatest female country singer that has ever stepped up to a microphone"—George Jones. That's some towering praise for Leona Williams, coming from country's greatest male singer. The ex-Mrs.... more

The last days of Gram Parsons (That's All It Took; She, and, with Emmylou Harris, Sleepless Nights) are documented here, and the Allman Brothers bring Southern rock to the table with Ramblin' Man.... more

So many hits, classics and seminal cuts among these 72 minutes of music, which join a 56-page booklet: Galveston Glen Campbell; The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down The Band; Lay, Lady, Lay Bob Dylan;... more

Patsy wasn't just a master of the seductive ballad—she cut a lot of catchy up-tempo stuff in her first five years of recording. Her bouncier tunes have been reissued scattershot on various... more

The warm, booming baritone growl of Jimmie Skinner emanated out of many a '50s jukebox. His first single-disc anthology brings you his most raucous Radio Artists, Capitol, Decca and Mercury sides... more

The last Columbia album from everybody's favorite country renegade, reissued with some AMAZING bonus tracks! Like, for instance, the track he recorded for Cabut Records in West Virginia while waiting... more

A pair of 1982 releases consisting of mostly Coe-penned tunes about the darker side of life, and featuring the hits Now I Lay Me Down to Cheat and Take Time to Know Her. Also here are the bonus... more

Two lost classics from 1983! Castles is a tribute to the two most misunderstood artists of his generation: Bob Dylan (with a version of Gotta Serve Somebody sung with Lacy Dalton) and Coe himself. It... more

Little Joe Carson is one of the great lost honky-tonkers, a wildly talented country singer who would have gone very, very far had he not died in a car crash in 1964 at the age of 27. Now, Bear... more

Bear Family's batch of vintage Western theme songs walks the line between recording artists and movie stars—check out this assortment: My Rifle Dean Martin; Bonanza Johnny Cash; Man Without a Star... more

A reissue of Fess' 1964 RCA Victor album! Includes a remake of his hit Ballad of Davy Crockett; Daniel Boone; Jim Bowie; Lewis and Clark, and more. Includes a 48-page booklet (but no coonskin cap).

The Colonial and Columbia work of this all-time great songwriter, including the hit he recorded as Johnny Dee, Sittin' in the Balcony, plus his original versions of Tobacco Road and The Red Headed... more

Peter La Farge, Indian activist, folksinger, Korean War veteran and rodeo bull rider, lived a lot in his 33 years. He is best remembered for writing Ballad Of Ira Hayes, a 1964 hit for Johnny Cash... more

Includes the Top 10 hit You Never Even Called Me by My Name and a Coe composition that became a #1 song for Tanya Tucker, Would You Lay with Me (In a Field of Stone).

23 tunes, including big hits like "A Week in a County Jail," "Ballad of Forty Dollars," "Homecoming," "Shoeshine Man" and more. Bear Family.

Two classics on one CD! Merle's 1947 Folksongs of the Hills LP features the original versions of Sixteen Tons; Dark As a Dungeon; I Am a Pilgrim; Nine Pound Hammer, and more. His 1963 follow-up LP,... more

All Music Guide calls this album "perhaps the most significant western album of the '60s," and you'd be hard-pressed to argue when you hear Eddy's ethereal takes on the Sons of the Pioneers' Cool... more

30 Dot tracks from this onetime session guitarist, label owner (of Dolphin/Dolton Records) and A&R Director for Dot and ABC-Paramount! Includes "Dark Moon," "Mister Fire Eyes," "If You'll Be the... more

Welcome to a new edition of Bear Family's popular series "Gonna Shake This Shack Tonight," this time featuring none other than Johnnie Lee Wills! |Johnnie was the younger brother of Bob Wills, for... more

This Canadian singer is best known around the world for his classic rockabilly sides Rockin' the Jukebox and Party Hop. Those are here, but this first collection of King's RCA recordings since 1963... more

Recent reissues have rewound to the era before Johnny's Epic-label hits (his Little Darlin' sides). This one hits the rewind button again to bring you his earliest cuts (as Donny Young)—his Decca... more

A 28-track overview of Tex's Capitol recordings, this collection spans from 1942 to 1957 and includes Rye Whiskey; Gunsmoke; I Got Spurs to Jingle Jangle Jingle; Blood on the Saddle; Remember the... more