 | The Complete Hank Williams by Sr. Hank Williams
Buy new: $98.97 / Used from: $84.49 Hank's the King in my list(you might disagree with some of my choices, but it isn't easy to narrow down the field)
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 | Cup of Loneliness: The Classic Mercury Years by George Jones
Buy used from: $16.09 The reigning king of country-everybody else has passed on to the heavenly band!
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 | The Essential Roy Acuff: 1936-1949 by Roy Acuff
Buy used from: $3.27 He's called the King-and he's one of them for sure (sidenote-Fred Rose, who didn't make this list but wrote great songs, teamed up with Acuff later to really get "country" music going)
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 | Look What Thoughts Will Do by Lefty Frizzell
Buy new: $15.93 / Used from: $11.22 One of my all-time favorite's in any kind of music-one hell of a guy
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 | The Essential Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys by Bill Monroe
Buy used from: $9.49 You can't exclude the bluegrass guys, in my mind
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 | The Essential Jimmie Rodgers by Jimmie Rodgers
Buy new: $8.98 / Used from: $5.32 This is who Hank was listening to-cowboy music
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 | The Carter Family: 1927-1934 by The Carter Family
Buy new: $25.99 / Used from: $20.99 THE classic country music family
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 | The Essential Johnny Cash 1955-1983 by Johnny Cash
Buy used from: $12.98 The best of the best of people
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 | God's Honky Tonk Angel: The First Queen of Country Music by Kitty Wells
Buy used from: $55.97 Aside from the Carter Family, she was the first real female voice in popular country and a great influence to other artists
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 | The Ultimate Collection by Patsy Cline
Buy used from: $9.37 Patsy Cline is not only one of the most beloved female country singers, she's reached out, much like Johnny Cash, to a broad audience of music fans
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 | Red Headed Stranger by Willie Nelson
Buy new: $7.98 / Used from: $5.00 The next fifteen were impossible to pick, so I might have to make another list
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 | When I Stop Dreaming: The Best of the Louvin Brothers by The Louvin Brothers
Buy new: $17.98 / Used from: $11.68 One of my favorites...These guys had harmony (I'm finding myself picking MY favorites)
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 | Hot Pickin by Merle Travis
Buy used from: $12.49 Finger-pickin'! Yeh, he's a guitar god AND a good singer/songster
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 | Texas Troubadour by Ernest Tubb
Buy new: $25.98 / Used from: $9.20 One of my favorites of the mid-range-not-as-famous country classics-his voice and style are really what I think of as country
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 | Legendary by Hank Snow
Buy used from: $49.19 I have yet to really dig in to his stuff, but I know he deserves to be on this list
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 | Take Me Back to Tulsa by Bob Wills
Buy new: $25.98 / Used from: $13.82 King of the western swing and Texas-thing
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 | Vintage Collections by Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys
Buy new: $5.98 / Used from: $1.25 He's got some classics
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 | King Of The Road: The Genius Of Roger Miller by Roger Miller
Buy new: $28.47 / Used from: $15.00 Roger is hilarious and life is too short to not listen to his stuff
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 | Coal Miner's Daughter by Loretta Lynn
Buy used from: $4.63 She's great...Her life has been a great inspiration to many, many people and the movie "Coal Miner's Daughter" is a classic, my girlfriend's favorite of all time
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 | The Essential Carl Smith (1950-1956) by Carl Smith
Buy new: $9.98 / Used from: $4.99 One of the most popular in the 50's-has a nice-tight Nashville sound
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 | The Essential Ray Price (1951-1962) by Ray Price
Buy used from: $2.95 Has some of the most classic songs in country
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 | The Stanley Brothers and The Clinch Mountain Boys: The Complete Mercury Recordings by The Stanley Brothers
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $18.99 One of the great and classic bluegrass acts
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 | The Essential Flatt & Scruggs: 'Tis Sweet to Be Remembered by Flatt & Scruggs
Buy new: $15.93 / Used from: $7.64 Many actually prefer these two to their old pal, Bill Monroe-they ARE country, just think about the Beverly Hillbillies theme song, or Petticoat Junction
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 | Jolene by Dolly Parton
Buy used from: $2.88 We love you, Dolly...
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 | Tears of Fire: The 25th Anniversary Collection by Tammy Wynette
Buy used from: $28.90 Had to fit her in...I left out some big ones-like Merle Haggard and Grandpa Jones- from this list, so look for another one soon
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