Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. Hidin� Out
2. Turn The Cards Slowly
3. A Church, A Courtroom, And Then Goodbye
4. Honky Tonk Merry-Go-Round
5. I Love You Honey
6. Come On In
7. I Cried All The Way To The Altar
8. Stop, Look And Listen
9. I�ve Loved And Lost Again
10. Dear God
11. He Will Do For You
12. Walkin� After Midnight
13. The Heart You Break May Be Your Own
14. Pick Me Up On Your Way Down
15. A Poor Man�s Roses
16. Today, Tomorrow And Forever
17. Fingerprints
18. A Stranger In My Arms
19. Don�t Ever Leave Me
20. Try Again
21. Too Many Secrets
22. Then You�ll Know
23. Three Cigarettes In An Ashtray

Disc 2:

1. That Wonderful Someone
2. In Care Of The Blues
3. Hungry For Love
4. I Can�t Forget
5. I Don�t Wanta
6. Ain�t No Wheels On This Ship
7. Stop The World
8. Walking Dream
9. Cry Not For Me
10. If I Could See The World
11. Just Out Of Reach
12. I Can See An Angel
13. Come On In
14. Let The Teardrops Fall
15. Never No More
16. If I Could Only Stay Asleep
17. I�m Moving Along
18. I�m Blue Again
19. Love Me, Love Me Honey Do
20. Yes I Understand
21. Gotta Lot Of Rhythm In My Soul
22. Life�s Railway To Heaven
23. Just A Closer Walk With Thee
24. Lovesick Blues
25. How Can I Face Tomorrow
26. There She Goes
27. Crazy Dreams

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #179998 in Music
• Released on: 2006-03-28
• Number of discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered

Album Description
Perhaps the greatest voice that ever graced a country record, Patsy Cline left her unique impression on the music world and inspired reverence in her millions of adoring fans. Her popularity has only grown over the years - new artists have covered the songs that she made famous and each year more music lovers of all genres are turned on by her incredible voice.

Presented here are the legendary Everest / Four Star recordings in their un-altered entirety finally available on a superbly remastered 2 CD set. These classic recordings will also be a big hit among the alt-country set as they are the rootsiest recordings Patsy ever made.

Classic country - pure Patsy.

Customer Reviews

Every song from the first half of her career
Please note that this is a re-issue of a long-out-of print double CD (Crazy dreams - the Four Star years) with exactly the same track listing but different packaging.

Patsy's recording career lasted from 1956 to 1963 and was divided between two record labels - Four Star and Decca, the switch occurring in 1960. Most of her success came with Decca but this collection focuses on the Four Star recordings, for which this is the best ever released, containing every song she ever recorded for the label, superbly re-mastered. There are extensive liner notes including session details for these recordings, even including an outline of her career with Decca. The style of Patsy's music on Four Star was solidly traditional country with none of the strings that were used on her Decca recordings.

Patsy's only hit during her time with Four Star was Walking after midnight, a song that Patsy later re-recorded for Decca. Part of the reason for Patsy's limited success (and the main reason that she eventually left Four Star) was that she was only allowed to record songs for which the record label held the publishing copyright. Despite this limitation, there are many excellent songs here.

Apart from Walking after midnight, the most famous original song here is the classic ballad, Just out of reach, a song that has often been covered by country, pop and soul singers. Now, why wasn't Patsy's recording a hit? Among the other great songs here are Pick me up on your way down, A poor man's roses (later covered by Reba McEntire, a huge fan of Patsy's music), In care of the blues and Come on in.

Towards the end of Patsy's contract with Four Star, the label relented and she was able to record some other songs including covers of Lovesick blues, Life's railway to heaven and Just a closer walk with thee. It was too late. Patsy moved to Decca and suddenly became a major star by recording some of the best original songs available.

If you are new to Patsy's music, I recommend that you should first look for a collection of her Decca music including such classics as I fall to pieces, Crazy and She's got you. If you want to explore further, you will enjoy this.

Patsy Cline 50 golden greats:complete early years
Patsy's powerful voice transends Country Music. Everyone I know has a Patsy song that brings special memories good or bad. This cd set ties the knot in performances that I can listen to anytime.

never heard the early Patsy
This CD was a revelation to me. I have long known and enjoyed the well-known Cline songs (Walking After Midnight, Crazy, etc) but sort of thought of her as arriving full-blown. This fall I read a biography of her ("Patsy" by Margaret Jones, Da Capo Press, 1999) that spoke of many early iconic Cline songs such as A Church, a Courtroom, and Then Goodbye; Three Cigarettes in an Ashtray. These sound like (and are) self-explanatory storylines but hearing the songs was a knockout. Had all the songs I wanted to hear after reading the bio.Patsy: The Life and Times of Patsy Cline