Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Flowers on the Wall
2. Ruthless
3. You Can't Have Your Kate and Edith, Too
4. Bed of Roses
5. Do You Remember These
6. Class of '57
7. Woman Without a Home
8. Carry Me Back
9. Whatever Happened to Randolph Scott
10. Thank You World
11. Susan When She Tried
12. I'll Go to My Grave Loving You
13. Your Picture in the Paper
14. Movies
15. Silver Medals and Sweet Memories
16. That Summer
17. Some I Wrote
18. Do You Know You Are My Sunshine
19. Who Am I to Say
20. Official Historian on Shirley Jean Berrell
21. How to Be a Country Star
22. (I'll Even Love You) Better Than I Did Then

Disc 2:

1. Charlotte's Web
2. Don't Wait on Me
3. Years Ago
4. We Got Paid by Cash
5. Child of the Fifties
6. (Oh Baby Mine) I Get So Lonely
7. Guilty
8. Elizabeth
9. Atlanta Blue
10. Hollywood
11. One Takes the Blame
12. My Only Love
13. Hello Mary Lou
14. Amazing Grace
15. Sweeter and Sweeter
16. Too Much on My Heart
17. Count on Me
18. Forever
19. I'll Be the One
20. More Like My Daddy Than Me

Disc 3:

1. Maple Street Memories
2. Best I Know How
3. More Than a Name on a Wall
4. Let's Get Started If We're Gonna Break My Heart
5. Moon Pretty Moon
6. Walking Heartache in Disguise [Live]
7. Tomorrow Never Comes [Live]
8. This Ole House [Live]
9. Nobody Else
10. Jealous Eyes
11. Small Small World
12. You've Been Like a Mother to Me
13. Fallin' in Love
14. He's Always There for You
15. Is It Your Place or Mine
16. It Only Hurts for a Little While
17. How Great Thou Art
18. Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy
19. Feeling Mighty Fine
20. What We Love to Do

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #17852 in Music
• Released on: 1995-12-05
• Number of discs: 3
• Format: Box set

Customer Reviews

Brilliant collection of a unique quartet
The line-up of the Statler brothers was Harold Reid, Lew DeWitt, Phil Balsley and Don Reid (Harold's brother) when they cut their first record, and the only line-up change since then was when Lew had to withdraw in 1982 because of vocal problems. Jimmy Fortune replaced him. Very few groups in any genre of popular music remain as stable over such a period of time, although there have been others - the Four Tops stayed together for over 40 years.

This collection is presented in chronological order, with my favorite Statler songs tending to be those from the first CD, although there are many excellent songs throughout the collection.

The Statlers sang about a variety of things, but nostalgia was one of their trademarks. Normally, when singers want to go back in time, they record covers of songs from the era they want to remember. The Statlers adopted a different approach - they wrote new songs about the old days - and about old movies. Good examples include The class of '57 (about the people they went to school with, and what happened to them), Silver medals and sweet memories (about a war widow), Whatever happened to Randolph Scott? (a song which prompted the actor to meet the Statlers), Carry me back and Do you remember these?

The Statlers also liked a good joke - several of their songs are very amusing. Among these are Small, small world (about two men who's girlfriends are very similar), How to be a country star (about the major country stars of 1979 - this may seem a bit dated now), You can't have your Kate and Edith too and Ruthless (about a man being rejected by Ruth).

The Statlers recorded other types of song too, including love songs and gospel songs - but whatever they chose to sing, their quartet harmony singing remains one of the most recognisable sounds in country music history, so even their cover versions sound distinctive - listen to their versions of Hello Mary Lou and Amazing Grace.

This box contains 62 songs and an interesting booklet, which includes track listings of all their original albums, many of which are now out of print. Because of that, this is the only way you can currently buy many of these songs, and it's much better value than their greatest hits collections.

With just 1 error of note, exceptional!
Truly a masterpiece, and a must for any Statler's fan. There is one error I must point out, on disc 4, the version of How Great Thou Art is actually the earlier version featuring the late Lew DeWitt, and not the Jimmy Fortune version as listed in the liner notes. I agree with one reviewer regarding Mr. Autry, that great tribute to cowboy star Gene Autry featured on the 1979 album The Originals, however to be fair, Mr. Autry was never released as a single. A song that was released on a single and is not included in this set is Whatever, a cute and peppy song with a great play on words, the type that the Statlers do so well. This song was on The Legend Goes On album, released in 1982, and is , I believe, the last album with Lew DeWitt as a member of the group. Regardless, the box set is a keeper! I challenge anyone over the age of 40 to listen to That Summer on Disc 1, a bittersweet narrative by Harold, without choking up! I originally purchased the cassette tape version, and as a cross country truck driver I wore out 2 copies before buying a CD player( on Amazon.com, of course!) for my truck, and the CD version of this set. I reccomend it to everyone!

All the best of the Statler Brothers...Well, Almost
This is a fantastic compilation of all their hits, with one exception. With all the great songs in this set, I can't understand why they left out "Don't Forget Yourself". (From the "10th Anniversary Album").

Not withstanding that exception, the 3 CD set is enjoyable beyond words!

It's hard to believe that it's already been 20 years since Jimmy Fortune stepped in for Lew DeWitt...I'm feeling VERY old!