Folk/Country — In Stock — CDs 
A huge range -- from pre-war string bands, to hillbilly music, Bakersfield country, bluegrass, Nashville hits, jug bands, Folkways records, and work from the acoustic underground!
CDs (233) new/used, Vinyl (336) new/used, LPs (330) new/used, 12-inch (2 used), 7-inch (4) new/used, DVDs (2), All (571)
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Woodpecker, 2004. Used ... $1.99
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(Inner pages of the booklet have a bit of pen.)
Proper (UK), 1950s/Early 60s. Used 4 CDs ... $11.99
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Real Gone, Late 50s/Early 60s. Used 4CD ... $9.99
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RCA/Raven (Australia), 1974/1980. Used ... $18.99
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(Out of print.)
Columbia/BGO (UK), Late 70s. New Copy 2CD ... $14.99
Four late 70s albums from Bobby Bare – all brought together in a single set! First up is Me & McGill – a really special sort of album from the great Bobby Bare – a set that's a collaborative effort with songwriter Bob McDill, as you can probably guess from the title! Bob ... read more CD
Steffen Basho Junghans —
Late Summer Morning ... CD Strange Attractors Audio House, 2006. Used ... $3.99
Takoma, 1976/1978. Used ... $9.99
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(Out of print.)
Rory Block —
Gone Woman Blues – The Country Blues Collection ... CD Rounder, 1997. Used ... $3.99
Delmore, Early 70s. New Copy ... $14.99 18.98
A fantastic addition to the all-too-small catalog of recordings by Jay Bolotin – a Kentucky songwriter whose compositions were recorded by bigger names down in Nashville, even if Jay never fully got his due! Bolotin is hardly country, though – much more a songpoet, in the manner of ... read more CD
Kama Sutra/Elemental (Spain), 1969. New Copy ... $7.99
The duo of Michael Brewer and Tom Shipley are mostly remembered for their one big radio hit – but the pair have a wonderful sound that's ripe for rediscovery – right up there with much more frequently-lauded contemporaries from the west coast scene! The pair harmonize in this great ... (Rock, Folk/Country) read more CD
(Limited edition!)
Columbia/Sony (Japan), 1972. Used ... $13.99
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(Includes obi.)
Fantasy, Late 70s. Used ... $6.99
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Capitol/BGO (UK), 1972/1973. New Copy 2CD ... $8.99 16.99
A trio of early 70s albums from Glen Campbell – all of them a lot more obscure than his hits! Glen Travis Campbell has a cover proclaiming that the set is "a new musical path" – and producer Jimmy Bowen works with bigger backings from Larry Muhuberac to use soaring strings ... (Rock, Folk/Country) read more CD
Vanguard, 1963. Used ... $9.99
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(Out of print, booklet has some light wear.)
Martin Carthy & Dave Swarbrick —
Byker Hill ... CD Polygram/Topic, 1967. Used ... Just Sold Out!
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(Out of print.)
American, 2002. Used ... $4.99
Cash's fourth volume of stark, sparely-arranged studio recordings for producer/set list provider Rick Rubin. As Johnny gets on in the years his always haunting voice, like Bob Dylan's, is weighted by age, but the heavily-breathed delivery only adds to the ghostly quality of the increasingly dark ... read more CD
Columbia/Legacy, 1967. New Copy ... $4.99 7.99
Johnny first album collaboration with his soon-to-be wife June Carter, and it's a nice one! Carryin' On has it's share of sweet, lovely moments shared by the two, but also has a lot more cool 60s oddball touches than one would expect. The couple cover Dylan's "It Ain't Me Babe" and two ... read more CD
Columbia/Legacy, 1950s/1960s/1970s/1980s/1990s. Used 2 CDs ... $6.99
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(Out of print.)
Capitol/Bear Family (Germany), Early 50s. New Copy ... $13.99 24.99
Cool Capitol Records hillbilly sessions from Leon Chappel – but music that's done with a very different vibe than some of the other 50s work on the label! Most of the tunes here are pretty stripped-down – rootsy country, but with an ear for jazz, which comes through both in the ... read more CD
York/Big Pink (Japan), 1973. Used ... $14.99
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(Out of print, includes obi.)
Sundazed, 1972. New Copy ... $12.99 16.98
A warm, wonderful set of Gene Clark recordings from the early 70s – material that probably should have been issued as a proper album in the States back in the day, as sounds pretty much as solid to us as some of his great work in preceding years – but was issued only in Europe at the ... (Rock, Folk/Country) read more CD
Bear Family (Germany), Late 50s/Early 60s. New Copy ... $13.99 18.99
A fantastic collection of early material by Patsy Cline – one that offers up a nice change from the usual greatest hits package, and really digs deep into some of the harder work of her early years! The set's heavy on original recordings done for the Four Star label before Patsy rose to fame ... read more CD
Columbia/Bear Family (Germany), Late 50s. New Copy ... $13.99 18.99
A killer collection from one of the coolest rockin acts of the 50s – a pair of younger kids, but who work together with a fire and frenzy that honestly beats most of the bigger rockabilly acts of the time! The Collins Kids are the stuff of legend – the kind of act that could hardly ... (Rock, Folk/Country) read more CD
RCA/BGO (UK), 1970/1981. New Copy ... $13.99
The first-ever album from Jessi Colter – paired here with a famous duet set with husband Waylon Jennings! First up is A Country Star Is Born – the fantastic debut of Jessi Colter – done at a time when the lady had already hitched up with Waylon Jennings at a personal level, and ... read more CD
Dawn/BGO (UK), Late 60s/Early 70s. New Copy 3CD ... $16.99
An amazing legacy in music from Mike Cooper – a British musician who started out in the world of folk blues, but never ended up moving towards some of the rockish modes of his contemporaries – instead finding his very own sort of special space in the freedom allowed by the Dawn Records ... (Rock, Folk/Country) read more CD
United Artists/BGO (UK), 1972/1973. New Copy ... $8.99 14.99
A pair of overlooked gems from Country Gazette – a hip country-styled band from the start of the 70s! First up is Traitor In Our Midst – a pretty great set from a country rock group who clearly have a sense of humor – but one who also have some surprisingly great chops as well! ... read more CD
Sony/Collectables, Late 70s/Early 80s. Used ... $1.99
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Okeh/Bear Family (Germany), Mid 50s. New Copy ... $15.99 26.99
Link Davis is holding a saxophone on the cover, but he's also a hell of a fiddler too – and this huge collection of his music follows a strong shift in his style over the course of the 50s – from a rootsy cajun musician to one that's got more of a rocking vibe overall! The package ... read more CD
Hightone, 1998. Used ... $2.99
Hannibal/Ryko, Late 60s/Early 70s. Used ... $3.99
Smithsonian Folkways, 1955. Used ... $1.99
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(Punch through barcode.)
Takoma (UK), 1979. New Copy ... $11.99 18.99
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 more CD
Takoma, 1967. Used ... $9.99
John Fahey just got deeper and deeper with each new record of his early years – and this sublime sixth set is a unique blend of his amazing work on guitar, his timeless sense of music, and his growing ear for odd elements and atmospherics that make his records far more than just the usual ... read more CD
(Out of print.)
John Fahey —
Old Girlfriends & Other Horrible Memories ... CD Varrick/Rounder, 1992. Used ... $6.99
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Island (UK), 1970. New Copy ... $11.99
A full house, and a strong change for Fairport Convention – working here without founder Ashley Hutchings or vocalist Sandy Denny – but finding their way forward through the new strengths of Richard Thompson! Thompson contributed more songs to this album than before, and also joins the ... read more CD
A&M, Late 60s/Early 70s. Used 2 CDs ... $12.99
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(Out of print.)
Vanguard, 1960s. Used ... $5.99
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(Out of print.)
Southern Routes, 1959. Used ... $6.99
One of the best-remembered albums from the legendary Lefty Frizzell – a late 50s set that features sparkling re-recordings of some of his classics from the previous decade, and a few new cuts too! The sound is wonderful – with a clarity that really shows the shift that Frizzell had ... read more CD
Southern Routes, 1950s. Used ... $6.99
A superb collection of early Columbia Records material from Lefty Frizzell – all pulled from that time when Lefty was helping revolutionize country music with his unique vocal approach! Frizzell was one of the first to really bend and inflect his vocals – in the way that so many other ... read more CD
RCA/Bear Family (Germany), Late 50s/Early 60s. New Copy ... $13.99 24.99
A killer collection that really gets right to the heart of the genius of the young Don Gibson – a singer who was raised up during the early years of rock (as you might guess form his hair on the cover) – but who was steadfastly country in his delivery, as part of a legacy that went on ... read more CD
Columbia/BGO (UK), Late 70s/Early 80s. New Copy 2CD ... $14.99
Four full albums from the biggest years on record for Mickey Gilley – a time when he'd risen from an almost-accidental country singer, to become a great crossover talent who could still hold on to his roots! Gilley was a childhood relative and close associate of Jerry Lee Lewis – and ... read more CD
MGM/Bear Family (Germany), Mid 70s. New Copy ... $13.99 24.99
Two seminal 70s albums from Tompall Glaser – both recorded during the time he was one of the real outlaws working on the Nashville scene! On Sings The Songs Of Shel Silverstein, Tompall takes a page from the book of Bobby Bare – singing songs penned by the always-witty Shel, who'd made ... read more CD
Rising Son, 2005. Used 2CD ... Just Sold Out!
Smithsonian Folkways, 1940s. New Copy 3 CDs & Book ... $52.99 102.99
A fittingly elegiac set devoted to folk hero Woody Guthrie from Smithsonian Folkways! This 2012 set celebrates the long-departed icon's 100th birthday, and it's a real treasure – with 57 tracks on 3CDs (21 of which are previously unreleased performances) – and it comes in a beautiful, ... read more CD
Capitol/BGO (UK), 1966/1970. New Copy ... $8.99 14.99
Two very different albums from Merle Haggard – both of them pretty darn great – one a duet with 60s wife Bonnie Owens, the other a great live album! Just Between The Two Of Us is one of the greatest albums that Bonnie Owens ever recorded for Capitol Records – and not just because ... read more CD
Ted Hawkins —
Next Hundred Years (gold CD) ... CD Geffen/Mobile Fidelity, 1994. Used ... $18.99
Drag City, 1973. Used ... $8.99
The lone early 70s masterpiece from Gary Higgins! Red Hash is monumental on a few fronts, one huge one being how far his influence reached despite the album spending so many years as a rarity, beloved by the relative few who've heard it. Seriously. . .we can think of a few icons of the indie folk ... read more CD
(Out of print.)
Sony/Collectables, Late 50s. Used ... $2.99
Classic work by one of the biggest country stars of the 50s! CD
Island/BGO (UK), 1976. New Copy ... $8.99 14.99
One of the strangest records ever from Ashley Hutchings – a set that's even more ancient-sounding and enigmatic than his music with Fairport Convention and Albion Band! In a sense, the album follows the spirit of both groups, and their effort to plumb the past and fuse it with the present ... read more CD
Columbia/Jasmine (UK), Late 50s/Early 60s. New Copy ... $13.99
Stonewall Jackson may not be one of the best-remembered singers of his generation, but during the time covered in this set he really delivered a fantastic string of singles for Columbia Records – the kind of classic country gems that are often equally great on both sides of the record! ... read more CD
Vanguard, Mid 60s. Used ... $7.99
Skip plays both guitar and piano along with his vocals – and titles include "Special Rider Blues", "Crow Jane", "All Night Long", "Cypress Grove", "My Gal", and "Look Down The Road". (Blues, Folk/Country) CD
RCA/Bear Family (Germany), Late 60s/Early 70s. Used 6CDs ... $119.99
Pivotal work from the great Waylon Jennings – all of his RCA Records material from the years right before he exploded intou outlaw fame in the 70s – a huge amount of tracks that really showcase Jennings as a journeyman country artist, with a hell of a range and an incredible voice! ... read more CD
(Out of print.)
Ace (UK), 1965. New Copy ... $12.99 18.98
Fantastic work from the young George Jones – working here at the height of his powers, and in a raw live setting that's a nice change from some of the polish of his studio recordings of the 60s! George's voice is great – already hitting that wider range that marked his Musicor material ... read more CD
Southern Routes, Late 50s/Early 60s. Used ... $3.99
Stunning early sounds from the legendary George Jones – material recorded in the years before his bigger fame on the Musicor and Epic labels – and tracks that show that Jones was already a hell of a well-developed talent right from the start! The cuts here sparkle with that trademark ... read more CD
(Still sealed.)
Southern Routes, Late 50s/Early 60s. Used ... $3.99
Tremendous early work from George Jones – the full White Lightning album for Mercury Records, stacked here with a huge amount of bonus tracks too! George is wonderful throughout – already a standout in the shifting country scene of the 50s – with one ear that understands the ... read more CD
(Still sealed.)
Epic/BGO (UK), Mid 70s. New Copy 2CD ... $14.99
Four great 70s albums from George Jones – all back to back in a single collection! First up is the self-titled George Jones – tremendous work from George Jones' 70s years at Epic Records – a record that maybe hides behind an understated title, but which offers all the power of ... read more CD
Epic/BGO (UK), 1980s/Early 90s. New Copy 2CD ... $14.99
Four later albums from the great George Jones – packed together in a 2CD set! First up is Still The Same Ole Me – and on the set, George Jones is still definitely the same old me – even if his voice has aged and changed over the years! The album's got some great songs that ... read more CD
Southern Routes, Early 60s. Used ... $5.99
Excellent early work from the legendary George Jones – easily one of the best singers to ever grace the field of country music, heard here at a seminal turning point when he was really starting to find his sound! The collection brings together early Mercury and United Artists recordings by ... read more CD
ARC, 1995. Used ... $3.99
Normandy Farms, 1997. Used ... $1.99
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(Out of print, some writing in pen on traycard artwork.)
Bear Family (Germany), Late 50s/Early 60s. Used 10CDs ... $99.99
A huge collection of rare material by The Kingston Trio – all their earliest work for Capitol, when Dave Guard was a member of the group – complete with rare tracks too! Also comes with a fantastic 108 page hardcover book! CD
(Box and book are in great shape.)
Pinecastle, 1993. Used ... $2.99
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(Out of print.)
Capitol/BGO (UK), 1972. New Copy ... $8.99 14.99
A really fantastic album from Leo Kottke – the kind of 70s material that really set him apart from the rest, and which really gave him a special place away from the acoustic underground of the time! Kottke started out with a album on Takoma Records that was every bit as great a guitar ... (Rock, Folk/Country) read more CD
Also available My Feet Are Smiling ... LP 2.99
Green Pastures, 1992. Used ... $5.99
Miranda Lambert —
Weight Of These Wings ... CD RCA, 2016. Used 2 CDs ... $5.99
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(Punch through barcode.)
Decca/Ace (UK), Late 50s/Early 60s. New Copy ... $11.99 18.99
Rocking early work from Brenda Lee – a set that's filled with groovers all the way through, making for a nice change from some of the mellower sounds of her bigger hits! The package does a great job of sifting through early Lee 45s recorded for Decca and Brunswick – material that ... read more CD
Ace (UK), Late 50s/Early 60s. New Copy ... $12.99 18.99
Really great work from Margaret Lewis – a Louisiana singer/songwriter from the glory days of the indie label 45 scene – and one who works here with a very unique blend of rock, soul, and country modes! It's a bit hard to sum of Margaret's music in words – but lots of this ... (Rock, Folk/Country) read more CD
Bear Family (Germany), Mid 50s. New Copy ... $13.99 24.99
The complete works of Jimmie Logsdon – one of those 50s country singers who also recorded rockabilly material under a different name – working on some of these tracks as Jimmie Lloyd, and following a pattern that was similar to two-name recordings at the time by giants like George Jones ... read more CD
Bear Family (Germany), Late 50s/Early 60s. New Copy 8 CDs & Book ... $165.99 229.99
Whoa! An incredible, gargantuan 8 CD box set of the Louvin Brothers complete catalog for the Capitol, Apollo, Decca, and MGM labels in the late 50s and early 60s! Ira and Charlie are probably the greatest country harmony duo of all time – and the set is way too huge to even think about ... read more CD
Rural Routes, Early 50s. Used ... $5.99
Sublime sounds from the legendary Louvin Brothers – heard here on a collection of tracks recorded before their more famous years at Capitol Records – for labels that include Decca, Apollo, and MGM! Yet even at this early point, the brothers are fantastic – graced with a harmony ... read more CD
Starday/Gusto, Early 60s. New Copy ... $3.99 9.99
Joe Maphis was definitely the king of the strings back in the day – a guitarist who was so tight, he had to play a double-necked electric just to give his fingers enough to do – something that wouldn't come into vogue much later, until the 70s arena rock guitarists started to showcase ... read more CD
Island/Universal (UK), 1971. New Copy ... $9.99 11.98
An album that may well be John Martyn's crowning moment of genius – a time when he soared forward from his spare sound of a few short years ago – and found a way to bring in all these jazzy currents to his music, but all without ever going for a style that was ever over-arranged or ... (Rock, Folk/Country) read more CD
Island (UK), 1973. New Copy ... $8.99 11.98
A really beautiful little record from John Martyn – a set in which he's really perfected his talents, and found a way to stand out from just about anyone else in the pack – including the best of his British folk rock contemporaries! Martyn plays acoustic guitar, but the record's hardly ... (Rock, Folk/Country) read more CD
Buddah/BGO (UK), 1972. New Copy 2CD ... $8.99 16.99
A classic double-length set from folk rock crossover giant Melanie – a special package that features material from some of her previous Buddah albums, mixed with some new material too! The record features four different sides of the singer's talents – her formative years, her hits, her ... (Rock, Folk/Country) read more CD
Cree (Germany), 1981. New Copy ... $10.99 11.99
The rough-cut image on the front cover is a perfect accompaniment to the music on the disc – the first-ever issue of recordings made by Namibian guitarist/singer Ben Molatzi – tracks recorded both in the studio and out in the field, with a wonderfully stripped-down sound overall! ... (Global Grooves, Folk/Country) read more CD
Bill Monroe —
Blue Grass 1959 to 1969 (4CD set) ... CD Decca/Bear Family (Germany), 1960s. Used 4CDS ... $58.99
Fantastic 60s work from one of the founding fathers of bluegrass – including 7 never-issued tracks from his Decca years! CD
(Box and book are in great shape.)
Natural Gas, 1997. Used ... $1.99
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(Out of print.)
Tompkins Square, Late 60s. New Copy ... $13.99 14.99
Sublime solo guitar work from Kinloch Nelson – a figure who's spent decades working as a musician and teacher in upstate New York, but who made these recordings when he was just a pretty young guy! The music here fits in perfectly with some of the archival releases on Tompkins Square – ... read more CD
Rick Nelson —
Best Of Rick Nelson 1963 to 1975 ... CD Decca/MCA, 1960s/Early 70s. Used ... Just Sold Out!
Prestige/Wounded Bird, 1965. New Copy ... $10.99 11.98
Very early work from singer Tracy Nelson – done years before her greater fame in the group Mother Earth, and with a folksy, stripped-down style that's mighty nice! The set's one of a handful of folk classics that Prestige Records issued in the 60s – material that's way hipper than some ... (Rock, Folk/Country) read more CD
Liberty, 1970. Used ... $9.99
Bear Family (Germany), Late 40s/Early 50s. New Copy 2CD ... $22.99 39.99
Very nice late 40s female country vocals from Molly O' Day! Molly only recorded for a handful of years for Columbia Records, and most of that output is collected on this fine 2 CD set from Bear Family featuring close to 40 tracks. Molly had the way down home twang and soulful wail of the first ... read more CD
