 | A Tribute to Tradition by Various Artists
Buy used from: $1.50 THE THREE BELLS(The Jimmy Brown Song). The version I love the best is Mac Davis' on his vinyl LP Burnin' Thing. But clip of ALISON KRAUSS rendition sounds good to me.On my list: Christian Music For Those Who Find It Boring.
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 | Old Rivers/Twas the Night Before Christmas...Back Home by Walter Brennan
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $8.55 OLD RIVERS. Also high on my Listmania: 'Christian Music For Those That Find It Boring.
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 | The Road Goes on Forever by The Highwaymen
Buy new: $22.99 / Used from: $13.48 HERE COMES THAT RAINBOW AGAIN.....BUT this is not the best version. Best is the solo version by Johnny Cash on his Rainbow LP, currently not on Amazon. Kristofferson composition which Cash, shortly before dying, said was John's favorite all-time song.
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 | Kris Kristofferson - All Time Greatest Hits by Kris Kristofferson
Buy new: $16.98 / Used from: $8.98 ME AND BOBBIE McGEE, JODY AND THE KID, SUNDAY MORNING COMIN' DOWN would be in my top 15 here,and STRANGER and CASEY'S LAST RIDE would crack my top 50. Notice how many Kris songs are on this list, here and below.
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 | Glen Campbell - In Concert
Buy used from: $79.99 STREETS OF LONDON. On this DVD, but also on his vinyl 'live' concert LP, 'Live with the Royal Philharmonic'
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 | The Best of Bobbie Gentry by Bobbie Gentry
Buy new: $12.99 / Used from: $2.44 MY ELUSIVE DREAMS, duet with Glen Campbell. Best version of the Curly Putman classic.(On my list of Heartbreaking Songs. And much farther down on THIS list would be ODE TO BILLIE JOE
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 | No Big Surprise: Anthology by Steve Goodman
Buy new: $24.99 / Used from: $19.25 YELLOW COAT would be in my top five, THE DUTCHMAN in the top 40 and MY OLD MAN(part of which I read at my dad's funeral) would crack the top 20.
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 | The Very Best of Sylvia Tyson by Sylvia Tyson
Buy used from: $31.04 REGINE, written by Sylvia is only available on her vinyl LP Woman's World. Worth seeking out. Sylvia also wrote another decent story song HE WAS WRONG(Not sure which album) and RIVER ROAD below, which both she and Crystal Gayle recorded.
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 | Highwayman by The Highwaymen
Buy used from: $2.50 BIG RIVER, a much improved version over the original hit by Cash alone. LAST COWBOY SONG a little farther down this list.
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 | Best of Leo Kottke by Leo Kottke
Buy new: $21.98 / Used from: $15.75 PAMELA BROWN. Also somewhere in my top ten would be a #1 hit song JOHNNY WILLOW, a super patriotic military song by Fred Darian. Can't find it anywhere on Amazon, but I have the 45 (from the dinosaur days...)
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 | 20 Greatest Hits by Kenny Rogers
Buy used from: $4.98 THE GAMBLER......LUCILLE
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 | Highwayman 2 by The Highwaymen
Buy used from: $1.49 BORN AND RAISED IN BLACK AND WHITE. Kris' compo LIVING LEGEND would be a little farther down this list. Both on my
list 'Christian Music For Those Who Find It Boring, Part Two.'
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 | The Way I Feel by Gordon Lightfoot
Buy new: $18.98 / Used from: $49.65 HOME FROM THE FOREST...and Gord's epic CANADIAN RAILROAD TRILOGY. Another Lightfoot song, THE WRECK OF THE EDMUND FITZGERALD would be at the bottom of this list if I had room.
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 | Till the Rivers All Run Dry by Don Williams
WHERE THE ARKANSAS RIVER LEAVES OKLAHOMA.(On my list of HEARTBREAKING SONGS). Another good story song is SENORITA on Don's album New Moves, unavailable on Amazon right now.
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 | I've Always Been Crazy by Waylon Jennings
Buy used from: $16.97 BILLY, written by Tony Joe White.
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 | The Eagle by Waylon Jennings
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $3.26 RENO AND ME.... and ... WHERE CORN DON'T GROW
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 | Super Hits by Merle Haggard
Buy used from: $0.47 KERN RIVER. Another on my listmania: HEARTBREAKING SONGS
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 | What a Friend We Have in Jesus by Merle Haggard
Buy new: $6.98 / Used from: $1.94 WHEN GOD COMES TO GATHER HIS JEWELS. MAMA'S PRAYERS on another Merle Album would be on this list if I could find it.Both on my list 'Christian Music For Those Who Find It Boring, part 2'.
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 | Borrowed Tales by Don Williams
Buy used from: $2.91 LONG BLACK VEIL, far superior to the original hit by Johnny Cash(who also wrote it).
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 | Who Knows Where the Time Goes by Judy Collins
Buy new: $7.99 / Used from: $3.49 FIRST BOY I LOVED
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 | Sinatra - A Man Alone: The Words and Music of McKuen by Frank Sinatra
Buy used from: $47.94 LOVE'S BEEN GOOD TO ME
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 | Breakaway by Kris Kristofferson & Rita Coolidge
Buy used from: $2.37 SLOW DOWN, duet by Kris and his then wife Rita Coolidge.
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 | Me and Bobby McGee by Kris Kristofferson
Buy used from: $18.93 TO BEAT THE DEVIL
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 | Back Home Again by John Denver
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $4.58 MATTHEW.On my Listmania: 'Christian Music For Those That Find It Boring'.
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 | For the Record: 43 Legendary Hits by Merle Haggard
Buy used from: $5.30 ROOTS OF MY RAISIN'. Also on my list : Christian Music For Those Who Find It Boring.
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 | Diamonds & Rust by Joan Baez
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $4.56 Title song written by Baez about her former relationship with Bob Dylan. A beautiful love song too.
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 | Super Hits of the '70s: Have a Nice Day, Vol. 11 by Various Artists
Buy used from: $22.94 DAISY A DAY by Jud Strunk
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 | Glenn Yarbrough - All Time Favorites, Vol. 1
Buy new: $9.99 / Used from: $28.00 SCARLETT RIBBONS. This classic has been covered by many artists. Take your pick.It seems only a few are available on CD though.Another from my list of 'Christian Music For Those That Find It Boring, Part Two'.
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 | The Winning Hand by Kris Kristofferson
Buy used from: $14.94 BADLANDS OF BEVERLY HILLS, by Kris Kristofferson
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 | Yesterday's Wine 1981-1988 by Merle Haggard
Buy used from: $68.68 OUT AMONG THE STARS
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 | Highwayman Collection by Cash
Buy new: $11.98 / Used from: $6.09 HIGHWAYMAN ..... comeback songs for writer Jimmy Webb.
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 | Who's to Bless and Who's to Blame by Kris Kristofferson
Buy used from: $29.98 ROCKET TO STARDOM
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 | River of Time by Michael Martin Murphey
Buy used from: $3.23 TALKIN' TO THE WRONG MAN
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 | Marty Robbins - All-Time Greatest Hits by Marty Robbins
Buy new: $6.99 / Used from: $3.96 EL PASO
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 | The Best of Crystal Gayle by Crystal Gayle
Buy new: $10.99 / Used from: $4.81 RIVER ROAD, written and originally performed by Sylvia Tyson. Speaking of Tysons, her ex-husband Ian does the vocal on BARNEY, a well-written story song that's often too emotional for horse lovers like me. Can't find the LP, but I'll get back to you.(Maybe when they were still the folk duo Ian & Sylia?.
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 | To the Bone by Kris Kristofferson
Buy used from: $31.68 STAR-CROSSED
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 | Clean Shirt by Waylon Jennings
Buy used from: $2.73 I COULD WRITE A BOOK ABOUT YOU
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 | Jimmy Dean - Greatest Hits by Jimmy Dean
Buy used from: $1.89 BIG BAD JOHN
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 | Best Of Peter, Paul & Mary: Ten Years Together by Paul and Mary Peter
Buy used from: $2.41 PUFF THE MAGIC DRAGON. Squeezing in an 'honorable mention', Paul Simon's GRACELAND could be considered a story song, not to mention a poetic spiritual allegory.
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 | The Essential Kingston Trio by The Kingston Trio
Buy new: $17.99 / Used from: $14.94 THE REVEREND MR. BLACK......and I'll squeeze in OLD DOGS AND CHILDREN AND WATERMELON WINE from the Definitive Collection: Tom T. Hall and SIX BLOCKS AWAY from Lucinda Williams' Sweet Old World CD.
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