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Waylon Jennings - Original Album Classics (2008) 5CD Box Set  Music

Posted by Designol at Feb. 19, 2023
Waylon Jennings - Original Album Classics (2008) 5CD Box Set

Waylon Jennings - Original Album Classics (2008) 5CD Box Set
EAC | FLAC | Tracks (Cue&Log) ~ 2 Gb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 462 Mb | Scans ~ 56 Mb
Label: RCA, Legacy, Sony BMG Music | # 88697234812 | Time: 03:20:36
Outlaw Country, Progressive Country, Country-Folk, Country-Pop

Waylon Jennings spent 20 years with RCA Records, signing with the label in 1965 and remaining with them until 1985, when he moved on to record for MCA Records. Needless to say, his key creative years were with RCA, particularly after 1972, when Jennings renegotiated his deal to give him more artistic control over what he produced. This box set package includes five of the resulting RCA albums that Jennings produced between 1973 and 1978, including 1973's Lonesome, On'ry and Mean, 1974's This Time and The Ramblin' Man, 1977's Ol' Waylon, and 1978's Waylon & Willie (with Willie Nelson), with whatever bonus tracks that were included on RCA's individual CD reissues of each album. It's a whole lot of Waylon, probably more than the casual listener would need and serious fans would most likely already have all of, but a big chunk of Jennings' legacy is here, so it makes an easy way to connect with his most creative period as an artist in one simple swoop.
Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson - Waylon & Willie (1978/2015) [Official Digital Download 24 bit/96 kHz]

Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson - Waylon & Willie (1978/2015)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time - 33:36 minutes | 658 MB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Front cover

Released in 1978, Waylon & Willie is a duet album that stayed at the top of the country album charts for 10 weeks, spending a total of 126 weeks on the country charts.

Waylon Jennings - Dreaming My Dreams (1975) Reissue 2001  Music

Posted by Designol at Oct. 28, 2022
Waylon Jennings - Dreaming My Dreams (1975) Reissue 2001

Waylon Jennings - Dreaming My Dreams (1975) Reissue 2001
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 202 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 84 Mb | Scans ~ 112 Mb
Label: Buddha Records | # 74465 99826 2 | Time: 00:36:45
Outlaw Country, Progressive Country, Country-Folk

Dreaming My Dreams was Waylon Jennings' first number one record, and deservedly so. He had created outlaw country with Honky Tonk Heroes, and then delivered two further albums that subtly developed its themes, even if they weren't quite as consistent. Dreaming My Dreams maintains the consistency, increasing the country quotient while subtly making it more sentimental than before. This is an unabashedly romantic album, not just in its love songs, but in its tributes to Waylon's heroes. "Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way" opens and "Bob Wills Is Still the King" closes the album – making Jennings an heir apparent to their legacies. Between those two extremes, Waylon appropriates Jimmie Rodgers ("Waymore's Blues"), covers Roger Miller ("I've Been a Long Time Leaving [But I'll Be a Long Time Gone]"), ups the outlaw ante ("Let's All Help the Cowboys [Sing the Blues]"), and writes and records as many sentimental tunes as possible without seeming like a sissy. At times, the emotional undertow may seem a bit much, yet the whole thing adds up as Waylon's best album since Honky Tonk Heroes, and one of the few of his prime outlaw period to deliver from beginning to end.

Waylon Jennings - The Journey: Six Strings Away (1999)  Music

Posted by Rtax at Feb. 16, 2022
Waylon Jennings - The Journey: Six Strings Away (1999)

Waylon Jennings - The Journey: Six Strings Away (1999)
XLD Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log) - 2.4 GB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 964 MB
6:57:52 | Country, Folk | Label: Bear Family

Bear Family's second Waylon Jennings box set covers the late '60s and early '70s, tracing Waylon's journey to outlaw country. Often, it's possible to hear him floundering as he tries to find the perfect balance between rock and country, sometimes flailing about admirably, other times feeling a little out of place. Still, this remains essential for any serious Jennings or country music fan. Even when Waylon wasn't quite sure of what he was doing, he made extraordinary music, from the wah-wah-inflected cover of "Lonely Weekends" to the undeniable brilliance of his Honky Tonk Heroes material. Six Strings Away is a travelogue of Waylon finding his voice – and the remarkable thing is, not only does it deliver some of the greatest country music of all time, but it winds up mirroring the evolution of the genre during those years.

Waylon Jennings - The Journey: Destiny's Child (1999)  Music

Posted by Rtax at Feb. 16, 2022
Waylon Jennings - The Journey: Destiny's Child (1999)

Waylon Jennings - The Journey: Destiny's Child (1999)
XLD Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log) - 2.05 GB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps- 911 MB
6:37:43 | Country, Folk, Outlaw Country, Country Rock | Label: Bear Family

Waylon Jennings begins here. One of the epochal careers in country music took root in September 1958 when Buddy Holly produced his first single. This 6-CD boxed set traces Waylon Jennings' early career from that first single to April 1968. After Holly's death, Waylon Jennings went to Arizona. His legendarily rare Phoenix album, 'Waylon at J.D.'s' is here, together with singles and demo's from the years in Arizona. The early folk-country recordings for A&M are also complete for the first time, including Four Strong Winds, Just To Satisfy You, and several unissued recordings.
Waylon Jennings - Folk-Country + Leavin' Town + Waylon Sings Ol' Harlan + Nashville Rebel (2022)

Waylon Jennings – Folk-Country + Leavin' Town + Waylon Sings Ol' Harlan + Nashville Rebel (2022)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 685 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 303 Mb | Covers included | 01:54:44
Country | Label: Morello Records

When Waylon Jennings passed away in 2002, he was rightfully hailed as one of country music's first true "Outlaws" alongside such artists and fellow Highwaymen as Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, and Kris Kristofferson. But Jennings paid his dues on the Nashville scene before "crossing over" to superstardom with such landmark records as Dreaming My Dreams (1975), Are You Ready for the Country (1976), Ol' Waylon (1977), and I've Always Been Crazy (1978). Cherry Red's country-focused Morello label has already released two collections of four albums apiece chronicling Jennings' pre-outlaw days at his longtime home of RCA Victor. On February 11 (in the U.K.) and February 18 (in North America), the label will turn the clock back to the singer's first four RCA long-players on one 2-CD set: Folk-Country (1966), Leavin' Town (1966), Nashville Rebel (1966), and Waylon Sings Ol' Harlan (1967). It affords a great opportunity to revisit these early recordings in which Jennings was still developing his true voice.
Waylon Jennings - Classic Albums Collection (2015) [Official Digital Download 24bit/96kHz]

Waylon Jennings - Classic Albums Collection (2015)
10 Albums | FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/96 kHz | Time - 327:19 minutes | 6,72 GB
Studio Master, Official Digital Download | Artwork: Front cover(s)

If any one performer personified the outlaw country movement of the '70s, it was Waylon Jennings. Though he had been a professional musician since the late '50s, it wasn't until the '70s that Waylon, with his imposing baritone and stripped-down, updated honky tonk, became a superstar. Jennings rejected the conventions of Nashville, refusing to record with the industry's legions of studio musicians and insisting that his music never resemble the string-laden, pop-inflected sounds that were coming out of Nashville in the '60s and '70s.
Waylon Jennings - Love Of The Common People + Hangin' On + Only The Greatest + Jewels (2022)

Waylon Jennings - Love Of The Common People + Hangin' On + Only The Greatest + Jewels (2022)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks+log+.cue) - 767 Mb | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 314 Mb | Covers included | 01:59:02
Country | Label: Morello Records

Alongside his close friend and frequent collaborator Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings was at the forefront of the 1970s outlaw country movement that sought to upset the apple cart of Nashville norms. Seeds of rebellion had begun to take root during the latter part of the previous decade, however, while the Texan troubadour was, to the outside world, still a clean-cut figure playing Music City’s traditional game.
Waylon Jennings - Are You Ready For The Country (1976) Reissue 2004

Waylon Jennings - Are You Ready For The Country (1976) Reissue 2004
EAC | FLAC | Image (Cue&Log) ~ 204 Mb | Mp3 (CBR320) ~ 84 Mb | Scans ~ 160 Mb | 00:36:51
Outlaw Country, Country Folk | Label: RCA Nashville, BMG Heritage | # 82876 59264 2

If the heavy-hitters of outlaw country were acting like rock stars during their mid-'70s peak, then perhaps it was inevitable that the outlaws would start singing rock songs – which is precisely what Waylon Jennings did on 1976's Are You Ready for the Country. Although the title is taken from Neil Young's song – which provides an absolutely storming opener for this ten-song record – there is a bit of a jibe to its sentiment as well, since Waylon not only sings Young, but also the Marshall Tucker Band and Dr. Hook, along with reviving Jimmy Webb's "MacArthur Park." That selection of material indicates not just the increasing rock-isms of Waylon and the outlaws, it also indicates that Jennings' focus was beginning to blur slightly as he lost the sense of purpose that propelled his records of the first half the '70s, from The Taker/Tulsa to Dreaming My Dreams. Here, the music hasn't really changed, but the flow is no longer seamless and the shifting tones can be a little jarring.
Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson - Waylon & Willie (1978) {1995, Remastered}

Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson - Waylon & Willie (1995) {1995, Remastered}
EAC Rip | WavPack (Img) + Cue + Log ~ 144 Mb | MP3 CBR320 ~ 68 Mb
Full Scans | 00:22:48 | RAR 5% Recovery
Country | RCA Records #07863 58401-2 / BMG Direct Marketing #D103040

It sat on the top of the country charts for 11 weeks and went double platinum, making it one of the biggest hits in either Waylon Jennings' or Willie Nelson's catalog. Years after its initial 1978 release, Waylon & Willie remains one of their biggest-selling albums, but its perennial popularity has more to do with their iconic status – something this album deliberately played up – than the quality of the music, which is, overall, merely good. Released in early 1978, a few months after Jennings' Ol' Waylon spent 13 weeks on the top of the charts in the summer of 1977, thanks in part to the hit single "Luckenbach, Texas" featuring a chorus sung by Nelson, the album was intended as a celebration of the peak of outlaw, but in retrospect, it looks like where the movement was beginning to slide into predictability, even if both singers are more or less in command of their talents here.