Country

Charley Pride - Country Charley Pride (1966) + Pride Of Country Music (1967) {2013 Music City Records Remaster}
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© 1966, 2013 RCA / Music City Records / Sony Music | 05310
Country / Country Pop / Nashville Sound

A few months back, in the British magazine Country Music People, someone asked why RCA now Sony did not do a complete albums set for Waylon Jennings and Charley Pride, just as has been done for Johnny Cash and John Denver. Waylon and Charley each recorded some 3 dozen original albums for RCA but whereas Waylon has had all but a half dozen or so reissued on CD, exactly the opposite is true for Charley and of the handful of albums reissued 3 were on the now defunct Koch label and are generally unavailable. This release of his first two albums from 1966 and 1967 is therefore immensely welcome. These were fantastic mid 60s period country albums, yes quite a few covers but great renditions of songs from great writers: Harlan Howard, Cindy Walker and Mel Tillis wrote the first 3 tracks. Co-producers were Chet Atkins, Bob Ferguson and Jack Clement who sadly passed away earlier this year. The latter wrote or co-wrote 7 of the songs.

Charley Pride - The Country Way (1967) + Make Mine Country (1968) {2014 Music City Records Remaster}
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© 1967-68, 2014 RCA / Music City Records / Sony Music | 05316
Country / Country Pop / Nashville Sound

There needs to be at least 5 more available stars for this cd set. Charley Pride's 3rd Album, "The Country Way" was the best album of his entire career! It could have been a Greatest Hits album - all of the songs are THAT good!! Charley is way over due for a boxed set on his entire RCA career, but - hopefully - that will happen soon. You cannot go wrong with this cd. In fact, buy 5 and give to your friends and neighbors. If there is a greater demand for these 60's country music super stars on cd, someone will put out more of all of the deserving artists.

This release includes not only the full length album “Why The Long Face”, but also their live 1996 album Eclectic, plus a huge array of bonus tracks and band demos, including alternative and acoustic versions of classic tracks such as ‘In A Big Country’ and ‘You Dreamer’, plus a whole load of rarities including Big Country’s cover versions of Alice Cooper’s ‘Teenage Lament’, Creedence Clearwater Revival’s ‘Down On The Corner’ and Neil Young’s ‘Hey Hey My My’.

Sony Music presents Top 40 Country Christmas - 48 holiday tracks from such artists as Elvis Presley, Connie Smith, Roy Orbison, Johnny Cash, Dolly Parton and many others.

Various Artists - Out Of Left Field: Where Soul Meets Country (2016) {Ace Records CDCHD 1464}
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© 2016 Ace Records | CDCHD 1464
Country / Soul

Not a set of country-styled soul music – as you might guess from the title – and instead a package that shows the undeniable influence that soul music songs had on the sound of country music in the 60s and 70s! The flipside of the scene has been well-documented on collections of western-tinged soul music we've stocked in the past – but this great set is the first we've ever heard to show the way that country singers were able to easily pick up hit soul songs of the time, then recraft them completely with a whole new sort of style!

Curly Putman - Lonesome Country & World Of Country Music (2013) {Omni Recording OMNI-172 rec 1967-1969}
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© 1967-69, 2013 ABC Music / Omni Recording Corporation | OMNI - 172
Country / Country-Folk / Country-Pop / Progressive Country / Singer–Songwriter

Curly Putman was, by most accounts, a songwriter and by no means was he a pike. He wrote several songs that are acknowledged standards, chief among them "Green Green Grass of Home," "He Stopped Loving Her Today," "My Elusive Dreams," "D-I-V-O-R-C-E," plus "Dumb Blonde," "Blood Red and Going Down," and "It's a Cheating Situation," songs that were big and defined eras for their respective artists. With this track record, it's no surprise that he was given a shot at his own recording career, and Omni's 2013 compilation, World of Country Music/Lonesome Country, combines his 1969 and 1967 albums for ABC Records, adding the 1968 single "Little Bitty Soldiers" for good measure.

Jerry Lee Lewis - Country Class (1976) & Country Memories (1977) {BGO Records BGOCD1222 rel 2016}
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© 1976-77, 2016 BGO Records | BGOCD1222
Rock & Roll / Country

Two fine Jerry Lee Lewis albums from 1976 and 1977 The recordings produced the US Country hits ‘Come On In’, ‘Let’s Put It Back Together Again’ and ‘Middle Age Crazy’. Jerry Lee’s longtime relationship with Mercury Records and producer Jerry Kennedy was coming to an end at the time of these recordings, and Lewis was being affected by health problems. However, Kennedy coaxed performances from Lewis, resulting in these very successful albums. Digitally remastered and slipcased, and with extensive new notes.