White Lightnin —
Fresh Air ... LP Polydor, 1970. Very Good Gatefold ...
$2.994.99
Totally great work from White Lighnin – a group with a bluegrass duo at the core, but who are open to all sorts of great country rock touches! Obray Ramsey plays banjo, Byard Ray plays fiddle, and both sing together – with help from Eric Anderson, Dave Frishberg, Judy Collins, Herbie ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has surface wear, name in pen, small splits on top & bottom seams.)
Classic Hank Williams – with titles that include "Too Many Parties & Too Many Pals", "I Dreamed About Mama Last Night", "Beyond The Sunset", "The Funeral", "Be Careful Of Stones You Throw", and "Pictures From Life's Other Side". LP, Vinyl record album
(Yellow label pressing with deep groove. Cover has heavy surface wear & aging, half split top seam with wear.)
Original mono recordings, remastered and presented in chronological order, with 21 titles in total – includes "Calling You", "Wealth Won't Save Your Soul", "Cool Water", "Honky Tonkin", "I Saw The Light", "Battle Of Armageddon", ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(Mid 80s issue in an "August 1947" cover – still sealed with 'Sound Savers' sticker.)
Probably the best package of Hank's work we've ever seen! The set collects 42 of Hank's tracks from the late 40s and early 50s on 2 CDs, along with a thick book of biographical notes and photos. Pretty much all of the essential tunes are here, including "I Saw The Light", "Cold, ... read moreCD
(Includes a DVD with the feature length documentary: Honky Tonk Blues)
The spiritual side of Hank Williams – titles that include "Ready To Go Home", "Wait For The Light To Shine", "Going Home", "Devil's Train", "Thy Burdens Are Greater Than Mine", and "Last Night I Dreamed Of Heaven". LP, Vinyl record album
(Black label mono pressing, with rainbow MGM logo and deep groove. Cover has partially split seams, light surface wear, and some aging.)
Elise Witt & Small Family Orchestra —
Holding On ... LP EMWorld, 1987. Near Mint- ...
$7.99
... LP, Vinyl record album
(Cover has some ringwear.)
Woodbine —
Roots ... LP Blue Hour, 1971. Very Good+ ...
$24.99
An obscure album by a group from Milwaukee – recorded at a time when that city didn't have much of a scene at all – which left these guys to perform in a coffee house for all the songs on the album! The set's got a vibe that's up-close, and more tightly produced than just a local live ... (Rock, Folk/Country)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A mix of folk and country, presented in soundtrack form – with tracks from Sheb Wooley, The Gateway Trio, Cathie Taylor, Chris Crosby, and Joe & Eddie. (Soundtracks, Folk/Country)LP, Vinyl record album
Yonder Mountain String Band & Benny Galloway —
Old Hands ... CD Frog Pad, 2003. Used ...
$2.99
... CD
Steve Young —
To Satisfy You ... CD Rounder/Ace (UK), 1981. New Copy ...
$11.9918.98
A different slice of music from Steve Young than you might know from his classic Seven Bridges Road – but a set that's equally great in its own sort of way! The album's from a time when Young was really stepping out of the shadows a bit – maybe feeling himself more as a singer, but ... read moreCD
Youngbloods —
Ride The Wind ... LP Warner/Raccoon, 1971. Near Mint- ...
$9.9911.99
Beautiful work from the Youngbloods – a mixture of folk rock and jazzy phrasing, very much in the same spirit of Tim Hardin or Tim Buckley, with a depth and complexity that's quite surprising, and which has held up surprisingly well over the years – almost more appealing now than when ... (Rock, Folk/Country)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
(White label promo. Cover has light ring wear, splitting on spine.)
An excellent collection – with rare work by Johnny Dollar, George Jones, Willie Nelson, Fitz Morris, Neal Jones, Glen Barber, Gene Tabor, and others! LP, Vinyl record album
Music from Southern Journeys, the Caribbean Collection, the English, Scottish and Irish Recordings, the Spanish Collection, the Italian Collection, the Columbia World Library, Deep River Of Song, and Portraits. CD
(Includes 70 page booklet, outer slipcover is not included.)
Music from Vess Ossman, Bert Williams, Al Jolson, Mammie Smith, Sissle & Blake, Kid Ory, Jelly Roll Morton, Blind Lemon Jefferson, Red Nichols, Duke Ellington, Ethel Waters, Louis Armstrong, Billie Holiday & more. (Blues, Folk/Country)CD
(Out of print, outer slipcover has some edgewear including a one inch tear on the bottom.)
Various —
Bean Blossom ... LP MCA, 1973. Near Mint- 2LP Gatefold ...
Just Sold Out!
Includes performances by Bill Monroe & The Blue Grass Boys, Jim & Jesse & The Virginia Boys, James Monroe & The Midnight Ramblers, Jimmy Martin & The Sunny Mountain Boys, Lester Flatt & The Nashville Grass, Carl Jackson, Gordon Terry, Howdy Forrester, Tex Logan, Buck Ryan, ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
One of the most unique country collections we've ever heard – in part because the artists aren't from Nashville, nor Bakersfield, and instead hail from the British scene of the 60s! The tunes here are all country-styled numbers – and some are country music classics – but they get ... read moreCD
You might know Ace Records as home to a fair bit of jazz, funk, and soul reissues over the years – but right from the start, the label's also had a keen ear for rockabilly – and can boast a decades-long devotion to the music, with releases that have really blown us away! This set digs ... (Rock, Folk/Country)read moreLP, Vinyl record album
A wonderful compilation of Lee Hazlewood songs performed by others in the 60s – magnificent pulp pop, girl groups, starlets, rockers and more covering prime era Lee tunes – songs about lovers, fools, rebels and heartbroken examples of all of the above! There's little we can add to the ... (Rock, Folk/Country)read moreCD
A fabulous look at a new wave of music that hit the American scene at the end of the 60s – sophisticated songs with a deep sense of narrative that went way beyond the usual – first sprung by the world of country music, but with an influence that went on to touch all other styles too! ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Music from Sticks McGhee, Doc Watson, John Jackson, Bill Williams, Pink Anderson, Brownie McGhee, Archie Edwards, Lesley Riddle, Peg Leg Sam Jackson, Roscoe Holcomb and more. (Blues, Folk/Country)CD
Includes music from Loretta Lynn, Mel Tillis, George Jones, Merle Haggard, Ray Price, Dottie West, Tom T Hall, Billy Swan, Sonny James, Charlie Rich, Tanya Tucker and more. 30 tracks in all. CD
Southern soul galore – a wonderful range of tracks that are done in that best deep soul mode that borrowed heavily from country music – but also really transformed things to fit their own righteous needs! Make no mistake, the collection is all soul music all the way through – but ... (Soul, Folk/Country)read moreCD
A great criss-crossing of modes at the end of the 60s – music that has roots in country, but which comes off with plenty of funk and soul as well – in styles that were burning strong from LA on eastward, all the way across the south at the time! Some of the grooves here might fall into ... (Funky Compilations, Folk/Country)read moreCD
With selections by Hank Thompson, Ferlin Husky, Tex Ritter, Jean Shepard, Freddie Hart, Faron Young, Louvin Brothers, Wanda Jackson, Tommy Collins, Wynn Stewart, and Skeets McDonald. LP, Vinyl record album
(Mono rainbow label pressing. Includes the Capitol inner sleeve. Cover has light ringwear and some splitting in the top seam.)
A surprisingly strong collection of country cuts from a very unusual scene – material recorded for the tiny Cuca Records label in Wisconsin – a company who was more likely to open their doors to just about anyone, than they were to carefully pick who got to record in their studio! Yet ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Early 70s Chicago folk scene featuring Jim Post, Steve Goodman, Ed Holstein, Ginni Clemmens, Fred Holstein, and Aliotta Haynes & Jeremiah. LP, Vinyl record album
Includes 6 discs and a 200-page book in a hand-crafted cedar box! Music from the Alabama Sacred Harp Singers, the Chuck Wagon Gang, Arizona Dranes, the Carter Family, the Stanley Brothers, Skip James, the Virginia Dandies, Louis Washington, Thomas A Dorsey, Laura Henton, Blind Willie McTell, ... (Gospel, Folk/Country)read moreCD
(Comes in a cool wooden box – in good shape with the cotton pieces!)
The shadow of Hank Williams still looms large in country music well into the 21st Century – but it had an especially strong force in the years after his too-early death – as you'll hear here in a great selection of covers, tributes, and other songs that continue the short-but-strong ... read moreCD
Harry Smith's much revered efforts to compile the deepest early-to-mid 20th Century American folk music resulted in the monumental Anthology Of American Folk Music box set – plus this later volume that didn't make it into the original set or the celebrated reissue – and sadly went ... read moreCD
That's "bards" of prey, not birds of pray – a great selection of country singers, really doing their best on a well-chosen batch of unusual material! There's some of the slight doom/gloom themes going on here that you'll find in other material from the Hillbillies In Hell series ... read moreLP, Vinyl record album
Some of the more hillbilly-oriented work from the Mar-Vel label – with tracks by Shorty Ashford, Jim Gatlin, Jack Bradshaw, Stony Calhoun, Billy Hall, Bill Lillpop, Basil Smith, Harold Allen & JT Watts, Bob Burton, Tex Justus, and Ronnie Durbin. (Rock, Folk/Country)LP, Vinyl record album
Includes music by Mac Wiseman, the Stonemans, Chubby Wise, Don Reno, the Shelton Brothers, Grandpa Jones, Gene Autry, Fiddlin' Red Heron, Asa Martin, and Lester Flatt – 20 tracks total. CD
With selections by Osborne Brothers, Merle Travis, Bluegrass Cardinals, Lester Flatt & The Nashville Grass, Buddy Spicher, Josh Graves, Jim & Jesse & The Virginia Boys, Mac Wiseman, Grandpa Jones, Johnny Gimble & The Texas Swing Pioneers, and others. LP, Vinyl record album
(Brown woodgrain label pressing. Cover has a cut corner.)
Fantastic work from the Columbia/Epic vaults – rare early rockers by Link Wray, The Collins Kids, Carl Perkins, Mac Curtis, Scotty Moore, Carl Smith, Ersel Hickey, Billy Brown, and the Town Hall Party! (Rock, Folk/Country)LP, Vinyl record album
A heavy dose of rare TV performances – pulled from a Cali program that focused strongly on hillbilly sounds of the 50s, but also took time to feature some up-and-coming rockabilly acts too! The quality's about what you'd expect from 1950s TV, but the performances are great – and there's ... (DVDs & Videos, Folk/Country)read moreDVD
The cover looks like a soundtrack – but the set's filled with early gems from Hickory Records – tracks from Bob Luman, Dan Folger, Mark Dinning, Bobby Lord, Earl Sinks, and others! (Rock, Folk/Country)LP, Vinyl record album
Rare rockers, early soul, and cool classic country – all the sorts of cuts you'd expect to hear from the mighty Bear Family Records label – but brought together here with school and the classrooms as the theme! A few of the cuts are familiar, but most are nice and obscure – in ... (Rock, Folk/Country)read moreCD
A great little set, even if it's not what you might expect – not the kind of cuts that heralded the early years of country soul – and instead an even cooler batch of tracks from those years when R&B and hillbilly records often crossed paths on the postwar scene! Many of the small ... (Soul, Folk/Country)read moreCD
One of the most comprehensive sets we've ever seen to look at the legacy of the legendary Lee Hazlewood – and one of the few to focus on the impact he's had on the 21st Century! Lee's songs have become the stuff of legend over the years – not just his own recordings, but classic tracks ... (Rock, Folk/Country)read moreCD
"A high fidelity guide to the enchantment that awaits you in Japan, Bangkok, Hong Kong, and Singapore" – brought to you by Japan Air Lines. (Global Grooves, Folk/Country)LP, Vinyl record album
(In the booklet cover, with light wear and aging.)
With selections by Johnny Paycheck of course, Lacy J Dalton, Bobby Bare, Steve Davis, David Allan Coe, Charlie Rich, and Billy Sherill. (Soundtracks, Folk/Country)LP, Vinyl record album
Allstar Records was a great Texas indie back in the day – and although not as well-known as Sun or Starday, the company issued some killer singles in the late 50s! As you might guess from their location in Houston, Allstar often has a bit of country in the mix – and this collection is ... (Rock, Folk/Country)read moreCD
The mighty Imperial Records was home to a fair bit of pop, blues, and R&B in the postwar years – but the label also had a slightly secret history as a hotbed for raw rock and hard-edged singles during the same stretch of time! Imperial was an indie, and one that kept an ear to the ground ... (Rock, Folk/Country)read moreCD
The legendary Chess Records is best known as a home to important blues, soul, and gospel records from the postwar years – but back in the 50s, the label also did a pretty great job with the harder side of the rock and roll spectrum too! Maybe that's no surprise, given that the Chess Brothers ... (Rock, Folk/Country)read moreCD
Music from Reverend Gary Davis, Yvonne Hunter, Muddy Waters, Bob Dylan, Roscoe Holcomb, Doc Watson & Gaither Carlton, Carter Stanley, Mary Townsley, Bill Monroe, Eck Robertson, Last Forever, Elizabeth Cotton, Woody Guthrie & more. CD
With selections by Georgia Brown, Chas & Dave, Hilka Cornelius, Steve Alaimo, Eddie Blazonczyk, Bonnie Gallie, Frankie Station, and The DJ Fontana Band. LP, Vinyl record album
Features selections by Alan Jabbour, Charles Hawks, Thomas Holland, Terry Baucom, Buck Mountain Band, Leake Caudle, Smokey Ridge Boys, Mole Hill Highlanders, and more! LP, Vinyl record album
Vintage recordings by Texas Troubadours, Roanoke Jug Band, Roanoke Entertainers, Johnnie Autrey, Dixie Playboys, Wanderers Of The Wasteland, Roy Hall & The Blue Ridge Entertainers, and Tommy Magness & The Orange Blossom Boys. LP, Vinyl record album
Music from Sweet Honey In The Rock, Bob Dylan, John Mellencamp, Bruce Springsteen, U2, Little Richard With Fishbone, Arlo Guthrie, Willie Nelson, Emmylou Harris, Taj Mahal, Brian Wilson, and more. CD
A collection of classic country that's got way more to offer than the "depressing" in the title might make you think – not tracks that are purposely over the top and full of bad feeling – but instead the kind of well-crafted work that makes postwar country some of the most ... read moreCD