Seminal work by one of the first big figures in country music – the great Roy Acuff, whose early material was the second force putting the sound on the map after the work of Jimmie Rodgers! Roy was one of the greatest stars of the early years – a hell of a singer, an important composer ... read moreCD
Four of the more obscure RCA albums from the great Bobby Bare – all brought together here in a single set! First up is the very unusual English Countryside album – a special set that has the vocals of Bobby Bare paired with a group from the UK – Liverpool's Hillsiders, who sing ... read moreCD
A trio of early records from the great Bobby Bare – presented here in one 2CD set! First up is The Travelin Bare – on which the young Bobby Bare hits the road – taking on a whole host of travel-themed tunes on this gem of a record from 1964 – and although the approach is ... read moreCD
A perfect illustration of the genius of guitarist Robbie Basho – a set recorded early in his career, but with music that's light years ahead of most of his contemporaries! Although a set of solo acoustic guitar tracks, the music isn't really folk – nor is it the sort of acoustic ... read moreCD
An excellent introduction to the work of one of the more interesting singer-songwriter avant folksters of the 60s. Tracks include "She Is", "Song Slowly Song", "No Man Can Find The War", "Morning Glory", "Goodbye And Hello", "Buzzin Fly", ... (Rock, Folk/Country)read moreCD
Johnny Cash —
Legend (4CD/DVD & book) ... CD Columbia/Legacy, Late 50s/1960s/1970s/1980s/1990s/Early 2000s. Used 4CD/DVD & book ...
$39.99
Includes 4 CDs, a DVD, and bonus CD with previously unreleased radio material from the mid 50s – all packaged in a beautiful, oversized, hardcover coffee table book. CD
(Limited edition of 20,000 copies – includes the original backing sheet.)
The great Patsy Cline left this planet all too soon – so soon that she never got a chance to record in the full length album mode that would soon be such a big part of country music expression in the 60s – which left it up to the labels to put together albums of her work after she died ... read moreCD
Earthy work from Don Crawford – a very unique artist who works in a mix of soul and folk modes – a bit like Terry Callier at points, but with some more unusual touches as well! This album's got a pretty full set of arrangements, which makes for more of a Callier-like quality than some ... (Soul, Folk/Country)read moreCD
A wonderful set from the early 70s – a record that has John Fahey opening up even more than before, on three very long tracks that really extend his ideas into a much more open space! The territory is maybe a bit more in the mode of Robbie Basho or Sandy Bull – and the pieces ... read moreCD
A fantastic late 70s album from guitar genius John Fahey – his first after a number of years away from the recording studio – and a real back to basics effort overall! There's none of the "orchestra" trappings of other 70s records – nor some of Fahey's more longer-form ... read moreCD
The first, second & third albums by Julie Felix – a California born folk singer who made her name in the UK – her complete mid 60s Decca oeuvre in a 2 CD set! Julie's work was the first contemporary folk releases that Decca ever issued – and a fine portrait of the voice and ... read moreCD
A set that's way more than just a "best of" sort of anthology – as the package features three full albums by the group, plus other material too! The set begins with the classic debut, Gilded Palace Of Sin – a true late 60s rock masterpiece – and like albums by Love and ... (Rock, Folk/Country)read moreCD
A stunning tribute to the wonderful Bobbie Gentry – and maybe the first package to really show the world how much she has to offer past her one classic crossover hit! Bobbie started out like a rocket with the country gem "Ode To Billie Joe" – a tune she wrote herself, and ... read moreCD
A trio of early classics from the great Merle Haggard – served up here in a single set! Branded Man is a key early album in the career of the legendary Merle Haggard – a set that's open about his time behind bars, and which resonates beautifully with all the themes of loss and ... read moreCD
Merle's always great – even post-Capitol, recording here for MCA! Titles include the great title cut – plus Haggard originals "The Immigrant", "The Dream", "It's Been A Great Afternoon", and "Love Me When You Can". CD
Two mid-80s sets from Merle Haggard – back to back on a single CD! First up is Kern River – a real classic from the Epic Records years of Merle Haggard – a set that has both the singer and the label realizing that one of the strongest suits of Hag's style at the time was his ... read moreCD
One of the most compelling larger projects put together by Merle Haggard during his "concepts" years at Capitol Records – a double-length set that has the country legend dipping into the spiritual side of the spectrum, with key recordings at a number of different locations! The ... read moreCD
One of the highest moments of genius from the great Merle Haggard – a set that kicks off with the incredible title hit, then keeps on staying strong all the way through! Merle's still in his early Capitol themes here – with lots of songs about regret, loss, and times of mistakes – ... read moreCD
A really special album in the career of the great Merle Haggard – a moment when he really started looking back to give credit to those who inspired him – and when he was also really able to express himself in a longer format too! Part of the credit might go to Capitol Records, who ... read moreCD
Two great albums from Merle Haggard and the Strangers on a single CD – ones that have been woefully under appreciated since the CD revolution! Hag appears here mostly in one of his sweeter voices, with a lot of romantic yearning and sadness thrown in with his emerging outlaw and regretful ... read moreCD
Merle's debut album, and a benchmark in the history of country and popular music! Hag's role as country's most mournful outlaw hadn't fully evolved at this early point in his career but the seeds are planted, with the single "(My Friends Are Gonna Be) Strangers" and "The Worst Is ... read moreCD
Some of the earliest music ever from The Holy Modal Rounders – a rare live performance from 1965, recorded at the Chess Mate nightclub in Detroit, and featuring only the duo of Peter Stampfel and Steve Weber! The music here is a bit more folksy and a bit less trippy than some of the Rounders' ... (Rock, Folk/Country)read moreCD
A beautiful early 70s debut LP from a then 20 year old, Halifax-reared Catherine Howe – produced and arranged by US jazz pianist Bobby Scott in a mode that manages to feel lush and opulent while never belying Catherine's warmth, intimacy and maturity! The sound is warmly baroque, and ... read moreCD
A record issued in the 70s, but one that documents the legacy of 60s folk in which Peter Isaacson was a part – working as a singer and guitarist in the Village scene at the time, where he honed his skills on songs by Bob Dylan, Tim Hardin, and other contemporaries! The album was recorded ... read moreCD
A quadruple package of late 60s albums from Waylon Jennings – served up here in a single set! First up is Love Of The Common People – a tremendous late 60s album from Waylon Jennings – a set that really has the singer finally finding his groove, and working that amazing vocal ... read moreCD
Four fantastic early 70s albums from Waylon Jennings – all brought together in a single set! First up is Singer Of Sad Songs – a real career-changing record from Waylon Jennings – a set that's a few years before his big burst of fame, but which already shows him exploring the ... read moreCD
A trio of pre-stardom albums from Waylon Jennings – brought together here in a single set! First up is Just To Satisfy You – fantastic early work from Waylon Jennings – exactly the kind of record that shows how the singer could burst out of the pack, even in a familiar setting! ... read moreCD
Four full albums from Waylon Jennings – served up here in one double CD set! First up is What Goes Around Comes Around – Waylon Jennings' last album of the 70s, and a set that continues the superstar run he forged during the decade – delivered with that increasing power and focus ... read moreCD
A trio of tremendous albums by The Johnstons – all recorded right around the start of the 70s, at a time when the group was moving into some even more heady territory than before! The Johnstons got their start as a more traditional Irish folk group, but like most of their British Isles ... read moreCD
Great work from The Johnstons – an Irish group centered around the wonderful vocals of Adrienne and Lucy Johnston – a male/female pair who have a really fantastic sound when they sing together! Given their harmonies, The Johnstons' approach is a bit of a later take on some of the folk ... read moreCD
Fern Jones —
Glory Road ... CD Dot/Numero, 1959. New Copy ...
$7.9915.98
Southern hillbilly soul from Fern Jones – a minister, church singer and songwriter with a real feel for the secular shake of 50s Sun Records, honky tonk, and shout blues – a pure evangelical with a worldly groove! Fern worked the gospel circuit of tent and church shows for many, many ... read moreCD
A startlingly great mid 70s loner folk record by Scott Key – with some of the finest, most artful fingerstyle guitar we've heard on a self-recorded album from the period – and a really strong record that would be right at home on the Takoma label! Recorded in Colorado by Key himself, ... read moreCD
Manfred Leuchter & Ian Melrose —
Kein Schoner Land ... CD Acoustic Music (Germany), 2011. Used ...
$2.996.99
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Manfred Leuchter & Ian Melrose —
vis-a-vis ... CD Acoustic Music (Germany), 2009. Used ...
$2.99
The one and only album from Linda Martell – one of the first African-American women to dip into the genre of country music! The album's got a pretty straight country feel overall – none of the country soul you might hear from deep soul singers of the time – or those later modes ... (Soul, Folk/Country)read moreCD
Nitty Gritty Dirt Band —
Dirt, Silver, & Gold ... CD United Artists/BGO (UK), Late 60s/Early 70s. New Copy 2CD ...
$14.9920.99
A really great collection of work from the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band – a set that's a collection of mostly older tracks, but which also includes a dozen unissued numbers – all put together with that special flair that always made the group's mid-70s records so different than work of their ... (Rock, Folk/Country)read moreCD
Caroline Peyton —
Intuition ... CD Bar-B-Q/Asterisk, 1977. New Copy ...
$7.9914.98
A pretty amazing album from vocalist Caroline Peyton – a eclectic set from '77 that manages to cohesively blend pop, country, soul, folk and even a touch of disco-styled funk – but it all holds together masterfully thanks to credible craftsmanship and especially to Caroline's lovely ... read moreCD
A treasure trove of greatness from British folk rock legend John Renbourn – all of his late 60s solo work, done before moving on to greater fame in Pentangle! First up is There You Go – a rare one from singer Dorris Henderson and future Pentangle founder John Rensbourn! Florida born, ... read moreCD
Sweet folksy pop from the glory days of A&M! Evie Sands has a voice that's emotive in a folk rock way, but which is here produced with smoother west coast arrangements that are more in an LA mode – which makes for a very cool mix of modes! The overall sound of the album is very hip ... (Rock, Folk/Country)read moreCD
An album that's really out of time, and done by a group who are maybe out of place as well! Sandstone hail from early 70s Pennsylvania, but they've got an instantly-ancient vibe that places them much more in the company of the UK acid folk giants of the time – almost as if the groups ... (Rock, Folk/Country)read moreCD
Jody Stecher & Krishna Bhatt —
Rasa ... CD Rooster/Don Giovanni, 1981. New Copy ...
$14.9915.99
A really unusual record – part global, part folk – but maybe that's what you'd expect when you match the sitar of Krishna Bhatt with the acoustic guitar of Jody Stecher! There's definitely a lot of sitar on the record, and some tabla too – but those sounds are balanced by more ... (Global Grooves, Folk/Country)read moreCD
Sun Also Rises —
Sun Also Rises ... CD Village Thing/Lion, 1970. New Copy ...
Just Sold Out!
A really weird little set from The Sun Also Rises – a British folksy duo who sound like they might have been raised in the village from The Wicker Man! The songs are spare, but somewhat eerie – a blend of Anne Hemmingway's odd vocals and gentle guitar, dulcimer, glockenspiel, and ... (Rock, Folk/Country)read moreCD
A great British folk set from Steve Tilston – featuring all acoustic and all original material that gives it a pretty wonderful and timeless feel! Tilston has a warm voice and melodic style that's pretty darn great – which sounds to us like it'll have a pretty broadly reaching appeal. ... read moreCD
Ilya Truhanov —
Far & Wide ... CD Sketis (Russia), 2009. Used ...
$0.99
Four classic RCA albums from the team of Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton – all brought together in a single set! Once More is a pivotal moment in the duo career of Porter Wagoner and Dolly Parton – both solo singers who'd worked together on earlier records, but really seemed to hit ... read moreCD
Four fantastic albums from Charlie Walker – one of the lesser-remembered talents of the late 60s country scene, but a singer whose work on albums like these can match the best of the bunch! As you'd guess by some of the titles, the tunes are heavy on references to barrooms and drinking ... read moreCD
Speedy West may be the greatest pedal steel slinger in the history of the instrument, and together with ace guitarist Jimmy Bryant they bridged the gap between the 50s Western swing of Bob Wills and the soon to arrive Sun Records sound with their pioneering country-jazz instrumentals. This is ... read moreCD
A key slice of work from the too-short career of the legendary Hank Williams – recordings he did for a regular radio show sponsored by Mother's Best Flour in Nashville during the year 1951 – a time when Hank was riding high with his talents, before leaving our planet all too soon! The ... read moreCD
Five really inventive albums from the great Mason Williams – presented here in a single package! First up is the Mason Williams Phonograph Record – amazing stuff, one of those records you see for years, and always pass by – but which yields some real surprises once you dig in! ... (Rock, Folk/Country)read moreCD
An overdue collection of work from the very young brother of the great Bob Wills – an artist who recorded for the same MGM label as Bob in the 50s, but who made some very different music overall! Billy Jack is much more of a rocker than his brother – and the cuts here do a really good ... read moreCD
A classic collection of Bob Wills' famous Tiffany recordings for radio! CD
(Out of print.)
Woods Band —
Woods Band ... CD Greenwich Gramophone Company/Esoteric (UK), 1971. New Copy ...
$14.9920.99
The debut album from The Woods Band – a group formed by Terry and Gay Woods after leaving Steeleye Span – and one who've got a very similar blend of folksy roots and more contemporary instrumentation! The Woods Band might be a distant branch on the Fairport Convention family tree ... (Rock, Folk/Country)read moreCD
Four classic early albums from Tammy Wynette – all served up here in a single collection! On Ways To Love A Man, Tammy Wynette's maybe a bit less brash on the cover than some of her earlier records, but she's still completely sublime – really in that standard-setting mode that made her ... read moreCD
The lasting classic from underground legend Steve Young – a set that features his famous original version of the title track, which was recorded by a number of key talents in the 70s – but which is even more important as a testament to Steve's unique place in music! Young had country ... (Rock, Folk/Country)read moreCD
A really great document of a unique musical moment – one that happened overseas, but which started a wave of protest that's continued to this day! In the late 50s, London was a hotbed of nuclear protest – one of the first cities to express a strong resistance to the arms race that was ... read moreCD
Music from The Stanley Brothers & The Clinch Mountain Boys, Carl Story & The Rambling Mountaineers, The Osborne Brothers & Red Allen, The Country Gentlemen, Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs & The Foggy Mountain Boys, The Lonesome Pine Fiddlers, Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs & The Foggy ... read moreCD
Music from The Stanley Brothers And The Clinch Mountain Boys, Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs & The Foggy Mountain Boys, Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys, Ricky Skaggs, Flatt & Scruggs, Roy Acuff, Ricky Skaggs, Little Jimmy Dickens, Jim & Jesse, and Marty Stuart. CD
Music from Uncle Eck Dunford, BF Shelton, Blind Alfred Reed, Jimmie Rodgers, Henry Whitter, West Virginia Coon Hunters, the Carter Family, Johnson Brothers,JP Nester, Bull Mountain Moonshiners, El Watson, Tenneva Ramblers, and more. CD
A really well-done overview of the rising sound of Louisiana music in the postwar years – one that follows the development of cajun styles well past the 78rpm years, but ends before things were maybe a bit to formulaic for the tourists! If you're not hip to the real sound of cajun here, you'l ... 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 moreCD
Music from the Iron Mountain String Band, the New Lost City Ramblers, Dock Boggs, Clarence Ashley, Clark Kessinger, Maybelle Carter & Sara Carter Bayes, Doc Watson & Fred Price, Lee Sexton, Mike Seeger, John W. Summers & more. CD
An unusual blend of classic country and original music – served up here in support of the Netflix film of the same name! We really dig the classic cuts – work that includes "Young Love" by Sonny James, "Hillbilly Boogie" by The Delmore Brothers, "The Three ... (Soundtracks, Folk/Country)read moreCD
A really cool collection, even if you want nothing to do with Elvis Presley at all! The set's got way more to offer than just some covers in the mode of Elvis – and instead, it brings together all sorts of weird and wonderful singles from the late 50s and early 60s – some that are very ... (Rock, Folk/Country)read moreCD
Mad music that you might never have heard otherwise – the fantastic fifth installment in this excellent series inspired by The Cramps – and maybe the deepest-digging so far! There's no holds barred here – both in the source of the material, and the style – and the main ... (Rock, Folk/Country)read moreCD
Music from Omar Coleman, Henry Gray, Lil' Buck Sinegal, Carol Fran, Little Freddie King, Percy Sledge, Sonny Landreth, Dwayne Dopsie And The Zydeco Hellraisers, Larry Garner, Buddy Flett, and Charlene Howard. (Blues, Folk/Country)CD
Music from Chanterelle, Rodney Miller & Anne Percival, Les Franco-Americains, Martha Pellerin, Bernie Oiumet, Maria Perrault, Dudley & Jacqueline Laufman, Paul Baril, Lucie Therrien, Chanterelle & more. CD
There's plenty of rare tracks here – so much so that the set is way different than some of the other rockabilly sets on the market, which often seem to keep on including the same on tunes! Instead, this one definitely takes the party in the title seriously – and serves up over two ... (Rock, Folk/Country)read moreCD
Includes music by Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrard, Mississippi Fred McDowell, the Johnson Mountain Boys, Alison Krauss, Etta Baker, the Wild Magnolias, Buckwheat Zydeco, Clarence Gatemouth Brown, Jimmie Dale Gilmore, JB Hutto, and others. CD
A really weird little collection – and we mean that in the best way possible – not the sea shanties you might guess from the title, and instead a whole host of ocean and ship-themed tracks from the glorious days of postwar music! The styles here are heavy on modes from folk music, but ... (Rock, Folk/Country)read moreCD