A 4-CD set in book style packaging complete with beautifully illustrated 64 page booklet on acountry music, but not just any country music. This is the dirty, low down hard edged country from the depression years of the late 1920s and early 1930s through to the the mid 50s, the point at which the honky lost its tonk and the syrup arrived. From Bob Wills and Hank Williams to Johnny Cash and Patsy Cline this is probably the best country collection there’s ever been, featuring 100 tracks from the classic period when country was the soundtrack to everyday life. Tracklist 1. Puttin' on the Style - Vernon Dalhart 2. Sail Away Ladies - Uncle Dave Macon 3. Hallelujah I'm a Bum - Harry McClintock 4. Tramp's Mother - Goebel Reeves 5. Wonderful City - Sara Carter, Jimmie Rodgers 6. Ain't We Crazy - Bradley Kincaid 7. Yodelling Bagman - Tex Morton 8. Will the Circle Be Unbroken - Roy Acuff 9. Peach Picking Time in Georgia - Riley Puckett 10. Have I Told You Lately That I Love You - Gene Autry 11. When the Rains Tumble Down in July - Slim Dusty 12. Song of the Water Wheel - Buddy Starcher 13. Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! That Cigarette - Tex Williams 14. Bouquet of Roses - Eddy Arnold 15. Chime Bells - Elton Britt 16. Tramp on the Street - Bill Carlisle 17. Signed Sealed and Delivered - Cowboy Copas 18. Deck of Cards - T. Texas Tyler 19. Candy Kisses - George Morgan 20. I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry - Hank Williams 21. San Antonio Rose - Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys 22. Little White Church - Mac Wiseman 23. I'll Go on Alone - Marty Robbins 24. Turn Around - Carl Perkins 25. You Win Again - Jerry Lee Lewis CD2 1. T for Texas (Blue Yodel No. 1) - Jimmie Rodgers 2. Muscle Shoal Blues - DeFord Bailey 3. Wildwood Flower - The Carter Family 4. Lovesick Blues - Emmett Miller 5. If the River Was Whiskey - Charlie Poole 6. Keyhole in the Door - Jimmie Davis 7. My Mary - Milton Brown 8. Are You from Dixie - The Blue Sky Boys 9. Orange Blossom Special - The Rouse Brothers 10. Walking the Floor Over You - Ernest Tubb 11. Divorce Me C.O.D. - Merle Travis 12. (Our Own) Jole Blon - Roy Acuff 13. Life Gets Tee-Jus, Don't It - Carson Robison 14. Tennessee Waltz - Pee Wee King & His Golden West Cowboys 15. Guitar Boogie - Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith 16. Blues Stay Away from Me - The Delmore Brothers 17. I Love You Because - Leon Payne 18. I Never See Maggie Alone - Kenny Roberts 19. White Dove - The Stanley Brothers 20. Take It Away Leon - Leon Mcauliffe & His Western Swing Band 21. If You've Got the Money, I've Got the Time - Lefty Frizzell 22. Setting the Woods on Fire - Porter Wagoner 23. Jambalaya (On the Bayou) - Hank Williams 24. Folsom Prison Blues - Johnny Cash 25. Walking After Midnight - Patsy Cline CD3 1. Wreck of the Old '97 - Vernon Dalhart 2. In the Jailhouse Now - Jimmie Rodgers 3. Little Red Caboose Behind the Train - Paul Warmack & His Gully Jumpers 4. Wabash Cannonball - The Carter Family 5. Old Shep - Red Foley 6. They Took the Stars Out of Heaven - Floyd Tillman 7. Oklahoma Hills - Jack Guthrie 8. Kentucky Waltz - Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys 9. Move It on Over - Hank Williams 10. I'm My Own Grandpa - Lonzo And Oscar 11. Pan American - Hank Williams 12. I'll Sail My Ship Alone - Moon Mullican 13. Chicken Hearted - Jim Reeves 14. Vision of My Mother - The Stanley Brothers 15. Gathering Flowers for the Master's Bouquet - The Stanley Brothers 16. Slipping Around - Jimmy Wakely, Margaret Whiting 17. Roses Are Red - Don Gibson 18. Slippin' Around with Jole Blon - Bud Messner And His Sky Line Boys 19. Missing in Action - Jim Eanes And The Shenandoah Valley Boys 20. Beers and Pinballs - Claude King 21. Back Street Affair - Webb Pierce 22. Heart's Hall of Fame - Marvin Rainwater 23. Wild Side of Life - Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys 24. It Wasn't God Who Mad Honky Tonk Angels - Kitty Wells 25. Satisfied Mind - Porter Wagoner CD4 1. When Teh Work's All Done This Fall - Carl T. Sprague 2. Little Joe the Wrangler - Jules Verne Allen 3. Goodbye Old Paint - Harry McClintock 4. Lone Star Trail - Ken Maynard 5. Cowhand's Last Ride - Jimmie Rodgers 6. Strawberry Roan - Bill Boyd & His Cowboy Ramblers 7. Cattle Call - Tex Owens 8. I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart - Patsy Montana 9. Cool Water - The Sons of the Pioneers 10. Back in the Saddle Again - Gene Autry 11. Texas Cowboy - Hank Snow 12. Sitting by the Old Corral - Wilf Carter 13. Pistol Packing Mama - Al Dexter 14. Last Round Up - Johnny Bond 15. I've Sold My Saddle for an Old Guitar - Eddie Dean 16. Riding Down the Canyon - Jesse Rogers 17. Tumbling Tumbleweeds - The Sons of the Pioneers 18. Don't Fence Me In - Roy Rogers 19. Dim Narrow Trail - Texas Ruby 20. There's an Empty Cot in the Bunkhouse - Jimmy Wakely 21. Arizona Waltz - Rex Allen 22. Mule Train - Tennessee Ernie Ford 23. High Noon - Tex Ritter 24. Four-Legged Friend - Roy Rogers 25. Indian Love Call - Slim Whitman
