Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Tied Down
2. What Will I Do
3. Is It Love or Is It Lies
4. Lonesome Joe
5. Sweep Around Your Own Back Door
6. Don't Say Goodbye
7. Swamp Lily
8. Sixteen Chickens and a Tambourine
9. Rushing Around
10. Whoa Mule
11. Sunshine Special
12. I Closed My Heart's Door
13. I'm Planting a Rose
14. River of Crystal
15. Please Daddy Forgive
16. Streamline Heartbreaker
17. I Closed My Heart's Door
18. Six More Days
19. Thief Upon the Tree
20. Don't Judge Your Neighbor
21. Night Spots (Of the Town)
22. Great Speckled Bird
23. Lonely Mound of Clay
24. Pins and Needles (In My Heart)
25. Wabash Cannonball
26. Great Judgement Morning
27. Wreck on the Highway
28. Precious Jewel
29. Night Train to Memphis

Disc 2:

1. That's What Makes the Juke Box Play
2. Little Moses
3. What Do You Think About Me
4. Oh Those Thumbs
5. Come Back Little Pal
6. Fireball Mail
7. I'm Building a Home (In the Sky)
8. Great Titanic
9. Goodbye Mr. Brown
10. Mother Hold Me Tight
11. Crazy Worried Mind
12. Along the China Coast
13. It's Hard to Love
14. Plant Some Flowers by My Grave
15. I Wanta Be Loved
16. I Like Mountain Music
17. Jesus Died for Me
18. Thank God
19. Were You There When They Crucified My Lord?
20. How Beautiful Heaven Must Be
21. Uncloudy Day
22. Hold to God's Unchanging Hand
23. Lord Build Me a Cabin
24. Where the Soul Never Dies
25. Shake My Mother's Hand for Me
26. Take My Hand, Precious Lord
27. This World Is Not My Home
28. Where Could I Go But to the Lord

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #527468 in Music
• Released on: 1993-05-05
• Format: Box set

Customer Reviews

Classic Acuff !!!
This 2 cd set covers the years of 1954 to 1958. Although this is past his glory years of WWII, there is still enough to attract the ardent fan. Many of the songs on this set are rerecordings of his Columbia classics. The tempo's are a little slower on most and the band is more relaxed. These recordings are probably in the style that most fans would remember from his 50 + years on the Grand Ole Opry

Really Good, but............
This is awesome. Pure mountain music in huge amounts.

But, don't look at the track listing and think you are getting a sampling of his greatest hits. Well you are...sorta.

These are his recordings from the 1950's when he was on Decca and Capitol. Fantastic recordings, but the big songs, like "Wabash Cannonball" and "Great Speckle Bird" are all remakes. Fantastic remakes, but remakes.

The sound is crystal clear. And the notes are worth the price alone (maybe not that good!).

Now not all of these songs are remakes. For example, there are two songs with Kitty Wells that for some reason never hit the charts, and plenty of singles for Acuff in the 50's that never charted.

This looks to be out of print now, so if you see this, grab it.

Great collection of Acuff, This covers it all!
Teriffic record! The Bear family comes up with the best recordings. I especially like the rare "Along The China Coast". There is no need to get any other Acuff album. It's all here.