 | Volume 2: 1935-1941 by The Carter Family
Buy new: $25.99 / Used from: $20.99 ROOTS: This is where Tweedy got No Depression. Listen to the original. By the way, Johnny Cash married one of the Carter daughters, June.
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 | Louvin Brothers - 20 All Time Greatest Hits by Louvin Brothers
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $7.00 Great harmonies from a hit-making duo of the 40s and 50s. Gram and Emmy covered lots of their stuff.
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 | Together Again/My Heart Skips a Beat by Buck Owens
Buy new: $13.98 / Used from: $7.19 The music coming from Bakersfield in the 50s and 60s had a big impact on Gram Parsons.
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 | Merle Haggard - 20 Greatest Hits by Merle Haggard
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $4.93 The Original Honky Tonk Hero. Major influence on the Burritos.
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 | The Essential Johnny Cash by Johnny Cash
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $6.99 One of the first to bring the punch of rock to country.
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 | Safe at Home by The International Submarine Band
Buy new: $13.98 / Used from: $9.89 TRUNK: GP's first album, a blueprint for non-Nashville country.
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 | Aereo-Plain by John Hartford
Buy used from: $65.95 John Hartford brought folk, bluegrass and other kinds of grass together.
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 | Workingman's Dead by Grateful Dead
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $6.46 The Dead go back to their roots.
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 | New Riders of the Purple Sage by The New Riders of the Purple Sage
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $4.48 Garcia played pedal-steel for these guys. Listen to Glendale Train.
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 | Sweetheart of the Rodeo by The Byrds
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $4.56 Often called the first country-rock album (though Parsons hated that term). GP and Hillman hook up McGuinn.
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 | The Moray Eels Eat the Holy Modal Rounders by The Holy Modal Rounders
Buy new: $18.49 / Used from: $10.66 Folk music on LSD.
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 | Hot Burritos! The Flying Burrito Bros. Anthology 1969-1972 by The Flying Burrito Brothers
Buy new: $14.97 / Used from: $12.99 You get all of the essential Gilded Palace, plus lots of Sleepless Nights and some outtakes.
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 | G.P./Grievous Angel by Gram Parsons
Buy new: $12.99 / Used from: $4.89 High spots and low spots, but the low spots aint bad and the high spots raise the hair on yer neck.
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 | Live 1973 by Gram Parsons & the Fallen Angels
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $5.79 Many cuts from GP and Grievous, but great live versions with Gram talking between cuts.
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 | Will the Circle Be Unbroken (30th Anniversary Edition) by The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
Buy new: $23.99 / Used from: $9.50 The Dirt Band, Vasser Clements, John Hartford, Earl Scruggs, and friends blend folk, bluegrass, and rock. Another essential album.
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 | Elite Hotel by Emmylou Harris
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $3.97 The beautiful Emmy Lou keeps the torch burning. Several GP songs with great harmonies featuring Rodney Crowell.
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 | Rear View Mirror by Townes Van Zandt
Buy used from: $6.00 Most of his best songs performed live and unplugged by the legendary Texas songwriter.
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 | Guitar Town (Remastered)(Bonus Track) by Steve Earle
Buy new: $8.99 / Used from: $4.92 BRANCHES: New kid comes out of the gate hard.
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 | The Best Of The Long Ryders by The Long Ryders
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $7.35 Great blend of punk and country, and the singer sound a lot like GP.
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 | Just Lookin' for a Hit by Dwight Yoakam
Buy new: $11.98 / Used from: $0.25 Merle and Hank would like this album. Great duet with KD Lainge on Sin City.
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 | Being There by Wilco
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $3.74 LEAVES: Wilco was a lot better with farrar, for my money.
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 | Hollywood Town Hall by The Jayhawks
Buy used from: $7.94 Great songs, harmonies, and guitars!
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 | Begonias by Caitlin Cary
Buy new: $16.98 / Used from: $6.74 Great harmony duets for those who loved Gram and Emmy Lou together. Check out Please Break my Heart, or It's Party Time.
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 | Livin', Lovin', Losin': Songs of the Louvin Brothers by Various Artists
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $1.44 The Louvin's tunes revisited by the like of Emmy Lou, Vince Gill, Allison Krauss. Check out I Don't Believe you've met my Baby, or I can't Keep you in Love.
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 | No Depression by Uncle Tupelo
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $3.90 Bringing it all back home.
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