Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. There Goes My Everything - Jack Green
2. Rose Garden - Lynn Anderson
3. Abilene - Lynn Anderson, George Hamilton IV
4. Satin Sheets - Jeanne Pruett
5. Help Me Make It Through the Night [Original Recording] - Sammi Smith
6. Harper Valley P.T.A. - Jeannie C. Riley
7. Take This Job and Shove It - Johnny Paycheck
8. It's Four in the Morning - Faron Young
9. Funny Face - Donna Fargo
10. No Charge - Melba Montgomery
11. Don't Break the Heart That Loves You - Margo Smith
12. Laura (What's He Got That I Ain't Got) [Original Recording] - Leon Ashley

Disc 2:

1. Top of the World - Lynn Anderson
2. Sea of Heartbreak - Don Gibson
3. Once a Day - Connie Smith
4. My Elusive Dreams - David Houston
5. Don't Touch Me - Jeannie Seely
6. (Don't Take Her) She's All I Got - Johnny Paycheck
7. Me and You and a Dog Named Boo - Stonewall Jackson
8. Happiest Girl in the Whole U.S.A. - Donna Fargo
9. Teddy Bear Song - Barbara Fairchild
10. Big Bad John - Jimmy Dean
11. Hello Walls - Faron Young
12. Wings of a Dove - Ferlin Husky

Disc 3:

1. End of the World - Skeeter Davis
2. Almost Persuaded - David Houston
3. It's Such a Pretty World Today - Sly & Sal, Wynn Stewart
4. Skip a Rope - Henson Cargill
5. In the Misty Moonlight - Jerry Wallace
6. From a Jack to a King - Ned Miller
7. Wolverton Mountain - Claude King
8. Rednecks, White Socks and Blue Ribbon Beer - Johnny Russell
9. Young Love - Sandy Posey
10. Gone - Ferlin Husky
11. Misery Loves Company - Porter Wagoner
12. Six White Horses - Tommy Cash

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #323738 in Music
• Released on: 1997-06-03
• Number of discs: 3
• Format: Box set

Customer Reviews

Great Classic Country Selections
This hard-to-find set of country songs has a good selection from the 1960s and 1970s. If you like that era and don't want to invest a lot of money in CDs by individual artists, this is a good choice. Unlike some country classic selections, it is not limited to songs produced by one company. There are plenty of great "somebody done somebody wrong songs." Several songs made the rock or pop charts (such as Skeeter Davis' "The End of the World") or run counter to the stereotype of country music as catering to the narrow-minded (Henson Cargill's version of "Skip a Rope"). Purists will not like the fact that all but two of the 36 songs are studio re-recordings. However, that does improve the sound quality and it's hard to see that any of the singers have lost much over the years. A more serious flaw is that the instruments seem to lack character, so this is geared more toward those who focus on the vocals. If you're more interested in original recordings, you may prefer something like Columbia's Country Classics Volume 3 --Americana.

OK if you're into electronic drum kits...
As the other reviewer said, this is definitely not for the "purist" or anyone else who doesn't want to hear even more schmarmy versions of songs that, while great, tend toward the schmarmy. Great selection, but I couldn't take the same-sound, electronica organ backup for every cut. I much prefer "Classic Country: Great Story Songs" from Time Life. Just my $.02.