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CADILLACS
THE COMPLETE JOSIE SESSIONS 4-CD & BOOK
BCD 15648-DI 

CD-1:-Gloria-I Wonder Why-Wishing Well-Carelessly-I Want To Know About Love-No Chance-No Chance (alt.)-Sympathy-Sympathy (alt.)-Party For Two (alt.)-Party For Two -Corn Whiskey-Down The Road-Window Lady (alt.)-Window Lady-Speedo (alt.)-Speedo-Zoom Boom Zing-Let Me Explain (alt.)-Let Me Explain-You Are (version 1)-Zoom (version 3)-Zoom (version 3) (alt.)-Oh! Whatcha Do-Shock-A-Doo-
CD-2:-Shock-A-Doo-Zoom (version 2)-Zoom (version 1)-You Are (version 2)-Why Why -Why, Why (alt.)-(That's) All I Need (alt.)-(That's) All I Need-Baby's Comin' Home To Me-Baby's Comin' Home To Me (alt.)-The Girl I Love (alt.)-The Girl I Love-Betty My Love (alt.)-Betty My Love-Woe Is Me (alt.)-Woe Is Me-Rudolph, The Red Nosed Reindeer (alt.)-Rudolph, The Red Nosed Reindeer-Don't Take Your Love From Me-If You Want To Be A Woman Of Mine-About That Girl Named Lou (alt.)-About That Girl Named Lou-Sugar Sugar (alt.)-Sugar Sugar-Broken Heart-
CD-3:-C'mon Home Baby-Hurry Home-Lucy-From This Day On-My Girlfriend-My Girlfriend (undubbed)-Don't Be Mad With My Heart-Buzz Buzz Buzz-Yea Yea Baby-Holy Smoke Baby-I Want You To Know-Ain't You Gonna-It's Spring-Speedo Is Back (alt.) -Speedo Is Back-A Looka Here-Great Googly Moo-Copycat-Oh Oh Lolita-Peek-A-Boo-Jelly Bean-Please Mr. Johnson (alt.)-Please Mr. Johnson-Your Heart Is So Blind-Your Heart Is So Blind (alt.)-Cool It, Fool (alt.)-Cool It, Fool-
CD-4:-Jay Walker-Who Ya Gonna Kiss-The Vow-Naggity Nag-You're Not In Love With Me-Bad Dan McGoon-Romeo-Romeo (alt.)-Always My Darling-Always My Darling -Dumbell-Still You Left Me Baby-Dum Dee Dum Dum-Dum Dee Dum Dum (alt.)-Frankenstein-I Want To Be Loved-I'm In Love-Tell Me Today (alt.)-Tell Me Today-Let Me Down Easy-It's Love-That's Why-Louise-Rock & Roll Is Here To Stay-The Boogie Man-I'll Never Let You Go-The Wayward Wanderer
 

RAY CAMPI
TAYLOR, TEXAS 1988
BCD 15486-AH 

Curtain Of Tears-Haunted Hungry Heart-The Woods Are Full Of Them Now-Dessau Waltz-When They Operated On Papa-Butterball Bounce-Wild Side Of Life-That's That-A Million Tears-Honk Your Horn-Love For Sale-Honky Tonk Women-Bermuda Grass Waltz With Jon EMERY, Rosie FLORES, Kimmie RHODES

RAY CAMPI
THE EAGER BEAVER BOY
BCD 15501-AH  30.00 DM 

Hot Dog/All The Time-Boogie Boogie Boo-Rock It-The Thought Of Losing You-Waffle Stompin' Mama-Blue Ranger-Ballin' Keen-Let 'Er Roll-Dobro Daddio From Del Rio-Born To Be Wild-How Low Can You Feel-Where My Sweet Baby Goes (Spoken Word From Ji-Tribute To `You Know Who'-Eager B-B-Beaver Boy-Pretty Mama-One Parts Stops Where The Other Begins-Pinball Millionaire-When Two Ends Meet-Good Time Woman-It Ain't Me (piano version)-Chug-A-Lug-Parts Unknown-Wicked Wicked Woman-Shelby Country Penal Farm-Don't Give Your Heart To A Rambler-Play Anything-Major Label Blues.

 

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THE CARLISLES
Gonna Shake This Shack Tonight- Busy Body Boogie
BCD 15980 AH

Busy Body Boogie - Rattlesnake Daddy - Love, Love, Love (That's What It Is) - No Help Wanted - Something Different - Knot Hole - T'ain't Nice - Too Old To Cut The Mustard - Is Zat You Myrtle? - I Need A Little Help - Doggie Joe - Feet Don't Fail Me (This Time) - Shake A Leg - If You Don't Want It - Female Hercules - Honey Love - New Liza Jane - I Don't Want To Run - Money Tree - Ladder Of Love - Old Fashioned Love - I'm Rough Stuff - Dumb Bunny - Who's A-Gonna Stop Me - Uncle Bud - Bessie Lou - How Will I Know - Tiny Space Man - Down Boy - Air Brakes - John Came Home - Monkey Business - A Mouse Been Messing Around - Woman Driver


 

JENKS TEX CARMAN
HILLBILLY HULA
BCD 15574-AH 

Hillbilly Hula-Another Good Dream Gone Wrong-Hilo March-Gosh I Miss You All The Time-Locust Hill Rag-The Caissons Go Rolling Along-Samoa Stomp-Dixie Cannon Ball -Sweet Luwanna-My Lonely Heart And I-Indian Polka-I'm A Poor Lonesome Fellow-Don't Feel Sorry For Me-My Trusting Heart-Gonna Stay Right Here-A Penny Postcard -Ten Thousand Miles-I Could Love You Darling-You Tell Her, `Cause I Stutter-Blue Memories 

JENKS TEX CARMAN - 2 CDs and 1 DVD:

Jenks 'Tex' Carman was a true American original. His unique style of hillbilly hula music would never have made a dent in Nashville, but on the west coast he was embraced. Playing a bizarre style of Hawaiian steel  guitar, with little sense of timing, tuning, meter or rhythm, Jenks 'Tex' Carman was on a musical island all of his own. Jenks 'Tex' Carman brought such diverse  influences as Hawaiian steel guitar, vaudeville, cowboy ballads, the 'punk' attitude  of rockabilly and acoustic country blues together in an act that was as novel as it was perverse.

These two new CDs contain the complete recordings that Carman did for Sage & Sand Records in the late 1950s, 63 tracks in all!
On the DVD, you will see many of Carman’s live performances on the 'Town Hall Party' television show backed by such legends as Joe Maphis, Merle Travis,  Quincy Snodgrass and the rest of the 'Town Hall Party' band. You will see how real West Coast country music used to be played - loose, on the edge, ragged but right. Rockabilly fans will be pleased to note that Carman is backed by  the 'Town Hall Party' television show musicians on these CDs and DVD. Amazing rockabilly guitarists Joe Maphis and Roy Lanham (both of whom have their own solo  Bear Family CDs) contribute some amazingly hot rockabilly guitar solos to these recordings.
If you’re a fan of the other 'Town Hall Party' artists such  as the Collins Kids, Joe Maphis, Johnny Bond and Skeets McDonald then these CDs and DVD are a must!

 

The Old Guitar And Me (CD)
BCD 16652 AH

Hillbilly  Hula - Casey Jones - Heartache And Tears - They Had To Say Goodbye - You'll Come A Crawlin' Back - Krish A Boom Ba - Walking And Crying For You - My Broken Heart  Won't Let Me Sleep - Honk, Honk, Honk - Silver Rails Leading Westward - The Old  Guitar And Me - Love Me Darlin' - Spanish Dancer - I Feel Like I Feel - This Lonely Road - Little May - Ozark Rose - To Win, To Place, To Show - Fire In The Teepee  - Learning To Do Without You - Little Black Jack Davey - My Darling La Roue -  Valley Of The Sun - Ho-Down 1000 - Maggie's Twist - I'll Go On Lovin' You - Aungalala  - Somewhere In This World - Lobo Of The Border - Indian Love Song - Custer's Massacre

 

Cow Punk (CD)
BCD 16668 AH

Hilo March - Beverly Ann - Wreck Of The Number 9 - The Wild And Woolly West  - Pal Of My Heart - Wondering - Wildwood Flower - Wolf Creek - Get Along Pony - My Baby I'll Be There - Bordertown - My Hawaii Calls - I'm Going Crazy - The Wild Rose Of Tennessee - My Dog, My Everything - Prairie Fire - Wholehearted - Your Only Love - Lonesome Train - Make Love To Me Baby  - My Heart's A Lonely Ghost Town - You Didn't Stay - Baby, Me Baby - Thinking Of You - Possum Twist - There's No Use Pretending - Tickle Foot Rag - I'll  Never Go On Without You - Following The Trail Of The Rainbow - Wait For Me, Angelina - My Darling Silverbell - Sadie, Oh Do

 

At 'Town Hall Party' (DVD)
BVD 20006 AT

Introduction by Jay Stewart - Dixie Cannonball - Hillbilly Hula - Wildwood Flower - El Rancho Grande - Wabash Cannonball - Beach  Of Waikiki - Don't Feel Sorry For Me - Tijuana Rose - Hillbilly Hula (& Quincy  Snodgrass: vocal) - Wabash Cannonball - Hillbilly Hula - Dixie Cannonball - Tijuana  Rose - My Pretty Snow Dear - Geisha Girl - Build A Highway To Your Heart -  Hillbilly Hula (& Quincy Snodgrass: vocal)


 

JOHNNY CARROLL
ROCK BABY, ROCK IT (1955-1960)
BCD 15928-AH 

Hearts Of Stone-Why Cry-Love Is A Merry-Go-Round-Stingy Thing-Crazy Little Mama-Sexy Ways-Cut Out-You Two-Timed Me Two Times Too Often-You Made Me Love You-Hot Rock-Rock 'N' Roll Ruby-Wild Wild Women-Corrine, Corrina-Crazy, Crazy Lovin'-Tryin' To Get To You-That's The Way I Love-I'll Wait-Rock Baby, Rock It-You Made Me Love You-The Swing-Bandstand Doll-Sugar-Lost Without You-Rag Mop-Little Otis-Trudy-Run Come See-The Sally Ann-Run Come See-Crazy Crazy Lovin'-Wild Wild Women-Rockin' Maybelle-Sugar Baby 

 

JOE CARSON
Hillbilly Band From Mars
BCD 15757 AH

A reassessment of the career of 1950s-60s honky-tonk singer Little Joe Carson has long been overdue. Carson died at 27 following an automobile accident in 1964, just as he was starting to have major chart success with songs like I Gotta Get Drunk (And I Shore Do Dread It) and Helpless. For that reason, he's largely forgotten today. But he was one of the best country singers of his era and could have been one of the best of any era had he lived long enough. From the first notes he sang on record, at age sixteen on his own remarkably assured song I Don't Have A Contract With You, to his last recording, a moving dead-perfect rendering of the standard Fraulein, Joe Carson had an indefinable something that set him apart from most others. Pitifully little of his legacy has been reissued over the years. Bear Family has remedied that at last with this collection, which gathers all of Carson's commercial recordings from 1953 to his death ten years later. It includes not only every commercial release, for Mercury, Capitol, D and Liberty, but also includes an unissued master from his final session and several songs he cut as an audition prior to signing to Capitol in 1956.

I Don't Have A Contract With You - I'd Give Anything (To Be With You) - I'll Do The Dishes - I Could Love The Devil Out Of You - Show Me Now - I'm Not Allergic To Love - Don't Enter - Just A Little While - Crazy Dream - Take Me In Your Arms - Love Transfusion - Passion And Pride - Careless Words - Time Lock - Shoot The Buffalo - I'll Never Love No One But You - Three Little Words Too Late - Forbidden Wine - I Did It And I'm Glad - Who'll By My Memories - I Gotta Get Drunk - Helpless - The Last Song (I'm Ever Gonna Sing) - Double Life - Fort Worth Jail - Be A Good Girl - Guess You Don't Love Me Anymore - Release Me - Who'll Buy The Wine - I'll Be There - Fraulein - Don't Be Afraid To Laugh When You Love - Hillbilly Band From Mars

 

Click here for Anita Carter, Sara & Maybelle Carter, June Carter, and the Original Carter Family

 

 

WILF CARTER
Dynamite Trail
BCD 15507-AH

One Golden Curl - My Mountain High Yodel Song - I´m Gonna Tear Down The Mailbox - Maple Leaf Waltz - There´s A Tree On Every Road - I Bought A Rock For A Rocky Mountain Gal - Shoo Shoo Sh´La La - The Sunshine Bird - Kissin´ On The Sly - The Alpine Milkman - Dynamite Trail - Strawberry Roan - Ragged But Right - There´s A Padlock On Your Heart - The Yodelin´ Song - On A Little Two Acre Farm - Strawberry Roan (2) - My Little Lady - Silver Bell Yodel - Away Out On The Mountain - The Blind Boy´s Prayer - X´s From Down In Texas - Let A Little Sunshine In Your Heart - There´s A Bluebird On Your Windowsill - My French Canadian Girl - Sick, Sober And Sorry - A Sinner´s Prayer - My Prairie Rose - Yodeling My Babies To Sleep - Born To Lose
 

WILf CARTER
A Prairie Legend 4-CD-Box & 24-Page Book
BCD 15754-DI

 CD-1: Farewell, Sweetheart, FarewellOld Shep - I´ve Hung Up My Chaps And Saddle - You´ll Get Used To It - I Ain´t Gonna Hobo No More - Don´t Be Mean, I Wasn´t Mean To You - A Sinner´s Prayer - Plant Some Flowers By My Graveside - There´s A Goldstar In Her Window - My Blue Skies - Put Me In Your Pocket - Smilin´ Through Tears - Born To Lose - No Letter Today - Our Canadian Flag - So Hard To Start All Over Again - I´ll Never Die Of A Broken Heart - Dreaming Of My Blue Eyes - Memories Bring Heartaches To Me - My Queen Of The Prairies - Rye Whiskey - One Golden Curl - Hang The Key On The Bunkhouse Door - I´m A Fool For Foolin´ Around -
CD-2: There´s A Loveknot In My LariatIt´s Later Than You Think - Too Many Blues - Singing On Borrowed Time - Just An Old Forgotten Letter - She Lost Her Cowboy Pal - Ol´ Lonely - If We Can´t Be Sweethearts Why Can´t We Be... - Don´t Cry Over Me - Sharing Your Love With Somebody New - Don´t Wait Till Judgement Day - Cowboy Days Ain´t Ramblin´ Days No More - `Neath A Blanket Of Stars - I Never Knew That I Could Be So Blue - It´s Just A Wild Rose I´m Sending - Where The Sleepy Rio´s Flowing - You´ll Be Sorry You Turned Me Down - Dreamy Lullaby Yodel - It´s Hard To Forget You - The Tramp´s Mother - Take Away Those Blues Around My Heart - The Midnight Train - I´m Gonna Tear Down The Mailbox - It Can´t Be Done - All I Need Is Some More Lovin´ - (There´s A) Bluebird On Your Windowsill - When The Iceworms Nest Again - Shackles And Chains -
CD-3: No! No! Don´t Ring Those Bells - Give A Little, Take A Little - Unfaithful One - The Little Shirt My Mother Made For Me - Guilty Conscience - Take It Easy Blues - My Heart´s Closed For Repairs - My Wife Is On A Diet - Let´s Go Back To The Bible - She´ll Be There (What A Friend We Have In...) - I Wish There Were Only Three Days In The Year - When That Love Bug Bites You - Just A Woman´s Smile - Rudolph, The Red Nosed Reindeer - Apple, Cherry, Mince And Choc´late Cream - Jolly Old St. Nicolas - The KP Blues - The Blue Canadian Rockies - Dear Evalina - My Oklahoma Rose - What Cigarette Is Best - Sick, Sober And Sorry - Teardrops Don´t Always Mean A Broken Heart - Wha Hoppen? - Punkinhead (The Little Bear) - The Night Before Christmas In Texas That Is -
CD-4: Goodbye Maria (I´m Off To Korea)Driftwood On The River - Manhunt - (All You Gave Me Was) Mockingbird Love - Square-Dance Boogie - Sweet Little Lover - Huggin´, Squeezin´, Kissin´, Teasin´ - Sleep Little One Sleep - Alabama Saturday Night - Hot Foot Boogie - I Remember The Rodeo - Pete Knight, The King Of The Cowboys - When The Iceworms Nest Again - My Little Grey Haired Mother In The West - He Rode The Strawberry Roan - Rattlin´ Cannonball - The Calgary Roundup - That Silver Haired Daddy Of Mine - The Smoke Went Up The Chimney Just The Same - The Capture Of Albert Johnson - Beautiful Girl Of The Prairie - Singing In My Last Roundup -
 


WILF CARTER
Cowboy Songs 8-CD-Box & 48-Page Book
BCD 15939  HI

 CD-1:My Swiss Moonlight Lullaby - The Capture Of Albert Johnson - The Hobo´s Blues - Twilight On The Prairie - The Roundup In The Fall - A Cowboys´s Best Friend Is His Pony - He Rode The Strawberry Roan - Little Silver Haired Sweetheart Of Mine - Take Me Back To Old Montana - Sway Back Pinto Pete - The Yodelling Trailrider - Cowboy, Don´t Forget Your Mother - Cowboy Blues - The Smoke Went Up The Chimney Just The Same - Moonlight Prison Blues - Prairie Blues - Down The Old Cattle Trail - I Miss My Swiss - The Cowboy´s High Toned Dance - The Hobo´s Dream Of Heaven - My Little Swiss And Me - Lover´s Lullaby Yodel -
CD-2:Awaiting The Chair - The Life And Death Of John Dillinger - The Cowhand´s Guiding Star - Hobo´s Song Of The Mounties - By The Silvery Moonlight Trail - The Dying Mother´s Prayer - I Long For Old Wyoming - How My Yodelling Days Began - I´m Hittin´ The Trail - Lonesome For My Baby Tonight - I´m Gonna Ride To Heaven On A Streamlined T. - Sundown Blues - Cowboy Lullaby - Yodelling Hillbilly - Two-Gun Cowboy - Hillbilly Valley - Returning To My Old Prairie Home - Pete Knight, The King Of The Cowboys - Cowboy´s Mother - Calgary Roundup - Trail To Home Sweet Home - My Blues Have Turned To Sunshine - Dear Old Daddy Of Mine - My Little Grey Haired Mother In The West - A Little Log Shack I Can Always Call My Home -
CD-3:Rescue From The Moose River Goldmine - Keep Smiling Old Pal - Don´t Let Me Down Old Pal - Won´t You Be The Same Old Pal - The Last Ride Down Lariat Trail - Rose Of My Heart - Memories Of My Grey Haired Mother In The West - Broken Down Cowboy - That Tumbledown Shack By The Trail - Covered Wagon Headed West - Midnight, The Unconquered Outlaw - The Fate Of Old Strawberry Road - The Cowboy´s Wedding In May - Sweetheart Of My Childhood Days - Ridin´ A Maverick - There´ll Be No Blues Up Yonder - Goodbye Little Pal Of My Dreams - I Loved Her Till She Done Me Wrong - Under The Light Of The Texas Moon - I´m Still Waiting For You - Longing For My Mississippi Home - Old Alberta Plains - The Cowboy´s Heavenly Dream - My Old Montana Home (My Old Montana Blues) - Why Did I Ever Start Roaming/Roaming My Whole -
CD-4:The Hobo´s Yodel - The Yodelling Cowgirl - The Fate Of Sunset Trail - Prairie Sunset - I Just Can´t Forget You Old Pal - Roundup Time In Heaven - Put My Little Shoes Away - When The Bright Prairie Moon Is Rolling By - Roll On Dreamy Texas Moon - The Old Barn Dance - Dreamy Prairie Moon - Roundup Time In Sunny Old Alberta - Roll Along Moonlight Yodel - My Faithful Pinto Pal - The Preacher And The Cowboy - When The Sun Says Goodnight To The Prairie - Where Is My Boy Tonight - There´s A Loveknot In My Lariat - My Little Yoho Lady - How My Yodelling Days Began - Answer To ´My Swiss Moonlight Lullaby´ - The Hindenburg Disaster -
CD-5: Pete Knight´s Last RideI Wish I Had Never Seen Sunshine - Everybody´s Been Some Mother´s Darling - You´ll Always Be Mine In My Dreams - Dusty Trails - By The Grave Of Nobody´s Darling - What A Friend We Have In Mother - Martins And McCoys/Nobody´s Darling But Mine/ - Yodelling Hillbilly - The Little Red Patch On The Seat Of My Trous. - Golden Memories Of Mother And Dad - My Honeymoon Bridge Broke Down - Down The Yodelling Trail At Twilight - I´m Only A Dude In Cowboy Clothes - My Lulu - Rootin´ Tootin´ Cowboy - I´m Hittin´ The Trail - The Little Red Patch On The Seat Of My Trou. - We´ll Meet Again In Peaceful Valley - My Brown Eyed Prairie Rose - I´ll Meet You At The Roundup In The Spring - Dawn On The Prairie - My Yodelling Sweetheart - Yodelling Memories - Cowboy´s Airplane Ride - Memories Of My Little Old Log Shack - My Last Old Yodel Song -
CD-6:My Yodelling Days Are Through - Headin´ For That Land Of Gold - Wilf Carter Blues - Golden Lariat - A Cowboy Who Never Returned - When It´s Twilight Over Texas - My Only Memories Of You - When I Say Hello To The Rockies - When I Bid The Prairie Goodbye - My Dreams Came True - You Left Your Brand On My Heart - Yodelling Love Call - It Makes No Difference Now - What Difference Does It Make? - Answer To It Makes No Difference Now - Roll Along Kentucky Moon - Blue Ridge Mountain Blues/Birmingham Jail/ - Rootin´ Tootin´ Cowboy - Red River Valley Blues - When The White Azales Start Blooming - My Ramblin´ Days Are Through - I Still Think Of You, Sweet Nellie Dean - He Left The One Who Loved Him For Another - When It´s Roll-Call In The Bunk-House - My True And Earnest Prayer - Beautiful Girl Of The Prairie - It´s All Over Now -
CD-7:Rattlin´ Cannonball - My Old Canadian Home - I´ll Get Mine Bye And Bye - Dad´s Little Texas Lad - Thinking - What A Wonderful Mother Of Mine - You Are My Sunshine - My Texas Sweetheart - Echoing Hills Yodel Back To Me - You Were With Me In The Waltz Of My Dreams - When That Somebody Else Were You - My Missoula Valley Moon - Old Chuck Wagon Days - It´s A Cowboy´s Night To Howl - Back Ridin´ Old Trails Again - Let´s Go Back To The Bible - Why Should I Feel Sorry For You Now - I Bought A Rock For A Rocky Mountain Gal - It´s Great To Be Back In The Saddle Again - If You Don´t Really Care -
CD-8:Why Did We Ever Part? - La Verne, My Brown Eyed Rose - The Last Letter - Ride For The Open Range - Call Of The Range - Streamlined Yodel Song - My Old Lasso Is Headed Straight For You - Memories That Never Die - I´m Thinking Tonight Of My Blue Eyes - The Prisoner´s Song - I May Be Wrong - Old Buddies - Sweetheart´s Farewell - Sittin´ By The Old Corral - I´ll Always Keep Smiling For You - That First Love Of Mine - Waiting For A Train - West Of Rainbow Trail - Yodelling My Babies To Sleep - Just One More Ride - Rescue From The Moose River Goldmine

 

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ERNIE CHAFFIN
Laughin' & Jokin' - The Sun Years
CD with 44-page booklet
BCD 16780 AH

Sun Records had some certifiable good-ole-boys on its roster of artists -- men like Carl Perkins, Charlie Feathers and Warren Smith. They never outgrew their love of country music but, one way or another, each of them made the transition to rockabilly and won wide acclaim for doing so.

The easy transition from country to rockabilly doesn’t always work. At Sun Records, that exception was named Ernie Chaffin. Chaffin was another good ole country boy, born in Northern Mississippi. He traveled to the Gulf coast as a teenager to get his start in the music business. By 1956, he had found his way to 706 Union Avenue in Memphis. But despite pressure from Sam Phillips, Jack Clement and Bill Justis, Chaffin never found his way to full-bore rockabilly.

What he did find was a country sound so unique and starkly beautiful that Sam Phillips -- a big fan of originality -- had no choice but to let Ernie Chaffin go his own way in the studio. Chaffin’s first two records for Sun are as haunting and unusual as anything recorded for the label. Nothing sounds like them -- before or since. The reissue of these four sides would be reason enough to rejoice, but we have also brought you previously unissued alternate takes of these songs, along with a sample of every title Chaffin recorded for or at Sun. These include previously unreleased Gulfport demos and undubbed bed tracks that were later cluttered with voices for release, as Sun moved its focus to crossover pop/country hits.

This long-awaited disc comes with a detailed biography of Chaffin by Sun historian Hank Davis. It includes previously unpublished interviews shedding new light on Chaffin’s life and career. We also include vintage photos of Chaffin and his mentor Pewee Maddux. As a special bonus, the CD contains a previously unissued interview with Ernie Chaffin, himself, originally recorded as research for the Sun Country box (BFX 15211). You’ll hear about Ernie’s musical background and experiences at Sun -- in his own voice!

If, like many Sun fans and collectors, you were haunted by Feelin’ Low and I’m Lonesome, this will be a Bear Family release you’ve got to own: The ultimate and long -overdue Ernie Chaffin Sun collection.

Feelin' Low - Lonesome For My Baby - I'm Lonesome - Laughin' And Jokin' - Born To Lose - (Nothing Can Change) My Love For You - Don't Ever Leave Me - Miracle Of You - The Heart Of Me - Linda - I Walk Alone - Born To Lose (alt) - Feelin' Low (alt -1) - My Heart Tells Me - No Fool Like An Old Fool - Be Faithful To Me - I'm Lonesome (alt -1) - Laughin' And Jokin' (alt) - Miracle Of You (undubbed master) - I Walk Alone (alt) - Got You On My Mind - The Heart of Me (alt) - My Love For You (undubbed master) - Lonesome For My Baby (alt) - Born To Lose (undubbed master) - I'm Lonesome (alt-2) - Feelin' Low (alt-2) - Interview

 

LEON CHAPPEL
AUTOMATIC MAMA
BCD 16254 AH

Leon Chappel (1909-1962) is one of the most compelling and unusual major label recording artists of the early 1950s, a hard-to-classify, almost anachronistic artist whose, spare and loose, blues- dominated recordings were perfect for beer joint jukeboxes. There was an earthy feel of prewar hokum and early western swing to Chappel’s 1950-1953 Capitol sides , and no wonder: his recording career went back to 1932, when he performed under his real name, Leon Chappelear. With Bob and Joe Shelton, performing as the Lone Star Cowboys, he cut seminal versions of classics like Deep Elem Blues and Just Because, then recorded extensively for Decca with his own band, Leon’s Lone Star Cowboys, one of the earliest and jazziest western swing groups.

Chappel’s postwar recordings combined his sophisticated background with a rural East Texas feel for spare, lowdown blues. The results have continued to fascinate country, western swing, hillbilly boogie, even rockabilly fans almost a half century on. Collected here are all of Chappel’s 1950-1953 Capitol recordings, including six unissued tracks and such memorable sides as True Blue Papa (later covered by Texas honky-tonker Frankie Miller), True Detective and Double Up And Catch Up.

You Hear Me Talkin’ - True Blue Papa - Keep Him Satisfied - Slow Down Sweet Mama - Streamlined Gal - Tell Me Mama - I’m A Do-Right Daddy - Take Your Time Mama -  (I’m A) Long Gone Doggie - Gonna Turn You Loose - You’re A Lovin’ Woman - Little Bitty Blues - Don’t Dog Me ‘Round - True Detective - Automatic Mama - Lowdown Lonesome Blues - Booger Blues - Just A Blue-Eyed Blonde - Double Up And Catch Up - What Makes You Hesitate - Sweethearts Or Friends - How Come You Do Me Like You Do - New Do-Right Daddy - I’m Gettin’ Mighty Tired - A True Man’s Hard To Find - I’m Checkin’ You Out

 

HARRY CHOATES
Devil In The Bayou - The Gold Star Recordings, plus
--- Double-CD ---
BCD 16355 BH

Here's one of the great untold stories in American music, revealed at last! Harry Choates was a natural-born musician. He's famous as a Cajun fiddle player, but he could play matchless Western Swing fiddle and jazz guitar to rival Django Reinhardt. His fellow musicians say he played piano and mandolin superbly, too. In 1946, Harry Choates recorded the Cajun classic Jolie Blonde, forever mistitled Jole Blon. It was cut for a tiny local label, but became a nationwide smash, inspiring numerous cover versions, sequels, and prequels. For the first time, the story is revealed here. Jole Blon was just a small part of the Harry Choates story. He played the roadhouses of Louisiana and Texas, drinking, whoring, marrying, divorcing. His music was part Western Swing, part Cajun, part Jazz. His records were on poorly-recorded and poorly-pressed local labels, and some of his music was unreissued altogether. Finally, the story is complete. All of the surviving Gold Star masters are together for the first time, plus Choates' earliest recordings, made with Happy Fats and the Rayne-Bo Ramblers in 1940, as well as the sides he made for the Cajun Classics and O. T. label in 1947. His fiddle sings with the joy of making music. Untutored, he was one of the instrument's great natural talents.  The 112-page-booklet accompanying this set contains a comprehensive, newly-researched biography of Choates by Andrew Brown, and contains many rare and previously unpublished photos and illustrations.

CD 1: Jole Blon - Louisiana Boogie - Poor Hobo [Gold Star version] - Port Arthur Waltz - Dragging The Bow - Tonderlay - Basile Waltz - It Won’t Be Long [a/k/a ‘Opelousas Waltz’ ] - Louisiana - Cajun Hop - Allons A Lafayette - Harry Choates Special - Wrong Keyhole - San Antonio Waltz - Honky Tonking Days [unissued version] - Wednesday Night Waltz - Outskirts Of Town - Have You Heard The News - Joe Turner Blues - Nobody Cares For Me - Old Cow Blues - Devil In The Bayou - Chere Meon - Bayou Pon Pon - Harry Choates Blues - Te Petite - Fais-De-Do Stomp - Rubber Dolly - Jole Blon [English Version]
CD 2: Honky Tonking Days (Gold Star 1350) - Lawtell Waltz - Maggie Waltz - Mari Jole Blon - Gulf Coast Waltz - Missing You - Rye Whiskey - Sidewalk Waltz - Oh-Meon - Corpus Christi Waltz - Jolie Blon's Gone - Valse de Lake Charles - Hackberry Hop - Je Pase Durvan Ta Port - Tip-E-Te Tip-E-Ta Ameon - Poor Hobo (Cajun Classics version) - Jole Brun - Yes I Love You Rayne Bo Ramblers: OST Gal - A Little High Chair - The Old Ice Man - I Know You Feel The Way I Do - Lake Charles Shuffle (instr.) - I've Grown So Lonely For You - Gran P'rairie (Cajun Hop) - La Polka A Gilbert - Le Veuve De La Coulee - Les Tete Fille Lafayette

Also available: Jole Blon, BCD 16618 AJ

 

 

 

PETULA CLARK
THE INTERNATIONAL COLLECTION
BCD 16212-DI 4CD Boxset

Best known for such 1960s hits as Downtown, My Love and This Is My Song, British pop singer Petula Clark has spent five decades as an international superstar, with worldwide sales of over 70 million records. In addition to her English and French recordings, Petula recorded many songs in German, Italian and a few in Spanish.

Many of these songs are available for the first time on compact disc, including the hits Monsieur and Chariot (the original version of Will Follow Him), the 1965 San Remo Festival entry Invece No, the German and Italian versions of Downtown, and over a dozen previously unreleased songs and alternate takes. 

This lavish 4-CD box contains all of Petula’s German, Italian and Spanish recordings. There is also a deluxe full-color book with an essay by Jim Pierson, the stories behind the recordings, dozens of rarely seen photos, and memorabilia. 

CD 1 (GERMAN): St. Tropez - Du bist mein Anfang und mein Schluss - Moniseur - Kapitän, Kapitän - Warum muss man auseinandergeh’n (Mit weissen Perlen) - Unser Liebestraum - Casanova Baciami - Petula’s Twist (Ich suche einen Mann) - Dancing In The Moonlight - Hula Hawaiiana - Cheerio - Padam Padam - Mille Mille Grazie - Gigolo Gigolino - Eso Beso - Luna Rossa Bossa Nova - Darling Chéri - Alles was ich will - Es ist vorbei - Deine Liebe ist wunderbar - Warum darf mein Herz nur träumen - Coeur Blessé - Vis À Vis - Alles ist nun vorbei - Mister wunderbar
CD 2 (GERMAN): Wie ein Mann - Downtown - Come On My Boy - Darling verzeih - Kann ich dir vertrauen - Es steht in den Sternen - Happy Journey, Bon Voyage (alternate version) - Verzeih’ die dummen Tränen - Deine Liebe ist wunderbar - So wunderbar verliebt zu sein - Wunderschön wie heut - Es kann kein Wunder grösser sein - Komm tanz mit mir - Love, so heisst mein Song - Happy Journey, Bon Voyage - Alle Leute wollen in den Himmel - Schade - Träume, die niemand verbieten kann - Kiss Me Goodbye - Lass keinen Tag vergeh’n - Vom Wind verweht - Du bist für mich ein Mann - Melody Man - studiotalk to: Nimm dir die Zeit - Nimm dir die Zeit - Das ist mein Leben, Chéri - Wie du
CD 3 (ITALIAN): Sul Mio Carro - Darling Chéri - Monsieur - Se Mi Vuoi Amare - La Nostra Storia - Sto Volentieri Con Te - Quelli Che Hanno Un Cuore - E’ Finito Tutto - Pagherai - La Frontiera - Invece No - false start to: Non Mi Guardi Mai - Non Mi Guardi Mai - Ciao Ciao - Se Te Ne Vai - Io Resto Qui - Ma ... - Gocce Di Mare - Un Giorno Mi Hai Sorriso - L’amore E’ Il Vento - La Terra - Cosa Cerchi Nel Mondo - false start to: Cara Felicita’ - Cara Felicita’ (plus spoken ending for the promotion single Cara Felicita’ by Herbert Pagani) - Kiss Me Good-Bye - E’ Stato Il Vento - Il Sole Nel Cuore - La Dove Muore Il Sole - Quando Un Grillo Cantera’
CD 4: ITALIAN: Un Girasole - Questo Amore Mai - Splendido - Piccolo Baby - Melody Man - Settembre Mi Riportera’ - E Una Canzone Cosi - Amor - Monsieur (alternate take/single vocal) - Ciao Ciao (stereo version without Italian vocal chorus) - Kiss Me Good-Bye (stereo version without Italian vocal chorus) - Splendido (alternate TV version) - SPANISH: Qué Tal, Dolly - Pequeña Flor - Tú No Tienes Corazón - Cantando Al Caminar - GERMAN ALTERNATE VERSIONS: St. Tropez (alternate take) - Du bist mein Anfang und mein Schluss (alternate take) - Moniseur (stereo version/single vocal) - Hula Hawaiiana (alternate take/single vocal)  - Mille Mille Grazie (alternate take) - false start to: Es steht in den Sternen - Es steht in den Sternen (alternate version) - Love, so heisst mein Song (alternate version) - studio discussion to: Love so heisst mein Song - Alle Leute wollen in den Himmel (alternate version; without German chorus) - Schade (alternate version; without German chorus)
 

 

SANFORD CLARK
THE FOOL
BCD 15549-AH

The Fool - Lonesome For A Letter - Don't Care - Usta Be My Baby - Nine Pound Hammer - Darling Dear - Ooo Baby - Ain't Nobody Here But Us Chicken - A Cheat (master) - Every Minute Of The Day - Promise Me Baby - A Cross Eyed Alley Cat - The Glory Of Love - Lou Be Dou - Love Charms - Don't Cry - Modern Romance - That's The Way I Feel - The Man Who Made An Angel Cry - Till My Baby Comes Home - Why Did I Choose You - Swanee River Rock - Travelin' Man - A Cheat (with snare overdub) - Sing `Em Some Blues - Still As The Night - Sun Of A Gun - I Can't Help It - Bad Luck - Run Boy Run - My Jealousy - New Kind Of Fool - Go On Home - Pledging My Love

 

SANFORD CLARK
SHADES
BCD 15731-AH

Better Go Home (Throw That Blade Away) - Pledging My Love - The Girl On Death Row - Step Aside - (They Call Me) Country - Shades - The Fool - Climbin' The Walls - Once Upon A Time - It's Nothing To Me - Where's The Door - The Big Lie - Calling All Hearts - Black Jack County Chain - Big, Big Day Tomorrow - Bad Case Of You - Wind Will Blow (Demo) - Streets Of San Francisco (Demo) - Oh Julie - Kung Fu U - Mother Texas (You've Been A Mother To Me) - A Taste Of You - Movin' On - Wind Will Blow - Feathers - Now I Know I'm Not In Kansas - Nine Pound Hammer
 

 

JOE CLAY
DUCKTAIL
BCD 15516-AH 

Ducktail - Get On The Right Track - You Look That Good To Me - Did You Mean Jelly Bean - Cracker Jack - Goodbye, Goodbye - Sixteen Chicks - Slipping Out And Sneaking In - Get On The Right Track - You Look That Good To Me - Doggone It
 

BILL CLIFTON
Around The World To Poor Valley
BCD 16425 HK   DM 300.00

Bill Clifton has taken bluegrass music around the world, uniting folk and country music, and preserving songs and styles that might otherwise have been forgotten. Although born into a wealthy Maryland family, he always loved early country music, in particular the Carter Family and other musicians of the rural South. Starting at a time when music was mostly passed down within families, Bill realized that change was on the horizon and decided to preserve some of the early country songs in what became known as ‘The Bill Clifton Song Book -150 Old Time Folk and Gospel Songs’. He did it first and he did it because it needed to be done.

In the Fifties and Sixties, Bill Clifton’s warm, accessible voice linked the traditional Southern music he loved and the new musicians who were to change the music in the future. He organized the first ever bluegrass festival in Luray, Virginia, in 1961, and was a founding director for the ‘63 Newport Folk Festival. Most importantly, he took the music abroad. His influence on musicians and fans around the world cannot be overestimated. He lived in western Europe and in Asia, traveled eastern Europe, Australia, and Africa, doing more than anyone else to spread bluegrass and traditional country music around the world.

This 8 CD-box contains more than 225 recordings from 1954 - 1991, among them are Bill Clifton’s original Blue Ridge, Starday, Decca, Kapp, and Elf recordings. Plus, as a special bonus, there’s the legendary and ultra-rare Musikladen recordings with Alexis Korner, I Saw The Light. The set contains an LP-sized book including many previously unseen photographs , a biography by Rienk Janssen, and a complete discography by Richard Weize.

CD 1: Burglar Man - Flower Blooming In The Wildwood - Bury Me Beneath The Willow - Down Where The River Bends - Wake Up Susan - Leaning On The Everlasting Arms - Railroading On The Great Divide - Take Back The Heart - Gathering Flowers From The Hillside - All The Good Times Are Past And Gone - Pal Of Yesterday - Little White Washed Chimney - Lonely Heart Blues - Take Back The Heart - When You Kneel At Mother’s Grave - All The Good Times Are Past And Gone - Gathering Flowers From The Hillside - Little White Washed Chimney - Railroading On The Great Divide - Take Back The Heart - Little White Washed Chimney - Pal Of Yesterday - Lonely Heart Blues - Mary Dear - Dixie Ramble - Livin’ The Right Life - Cedar Grove - Blue Ridge Mountain Blues
CD 2: You’ll Go To Your Church - Are You Alone - Another Broken Heart - When You Kneel At Mother’s Grave - Corey - Dixie Mountain Express - When Autumn Leaves Begin To Fall - Walking In My Sleep - Dixie Darling - Springhill Disaster - The Girl I Left In Sunny Tennessee - You Don’t Think About Me When I’m Gone - I’ll Wander Back Someday - You Don’t Think About Me When I’m Gone - Mail Carrier’s Warning - Little Darling Pal Of Mine - Railroading On The Great Divide - Bed On The Floor - Give Me Your Love And I’ll Give You Mine - Little Joe - March Winds - No Hiding Place Down Here - Old Cottage Home - Green Fields Of Virginia - Give Me The Roses - In The Land Where We’ll Never Grow Old - Light In Your Soul - Mother Will Be Waiting There - Are You Lonesome Tonight - Bring Back My Blue Eyed Boy To Me
CD 3: Stern Old Bachelor - I’ll Be All Smiles Tonight - My Clinch Mountain Home - Cannonball Blues - I’ll Be All Smiles Tonight - My Clinch Mountain Home - March Winds - Bring Back My Blue Eyed Boy To Me - I’m Rolling On - No Hiding Place Down Here - There’s A Star Spangled Banner - A White Cross Marks The Grave - Spanish Flandang - Jimmy Will Be Slain - Drink Your Glasses Dry - The Battle Of Quebec - This Old Cold War - The Sinking Of The Maine - I Want To Go Home - The Sailor On The Deep Blue Sea - Faded Coat Of Blue - Uniforms Of Grey - Tim - San Juan Hill - The Marine’s Hymn - Uniforms Of Grey - Standing Outside - Columbus Stockade Blues
CD 4: Going Back To Dixie - Mother Still Prays For You - Moonshiner - Just A Smile - Lonely Little Cabin - Dream Of The Miner’s Child - Groundhog Hunt - Engine 23 - Jim Hatfield’s Son - Saturday Night - Lonesome For You - Lazy Courtship - Across The Shining River - Roll The Cotton Down - Take Me Back - Lonesome Field - Little Green Valley - When I Lay My Burdens Down - At My Window - Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar - Where The Willow Gently Sways - When I’m With You - My Nights Are Lonely - Lamp In The Window - Louis Collins - I’ll Be Satisfied - Old Ruben - My Cindy Girl - Dixie Ramble (Bluegrass Ramble)
CD 5: Bringing Mary Home - Big Bill - Beatle Crazy - Little Girl Dressed In Blue - Jug Of Punch - Keep That Wheel A-Turning - Baby Lie Easy - Green To Gray - Mother Where Is Your Daughter Tonight - Prisoner’s Dream - Sweet Fern - Forsaken Love - Sales Tax On The Women - Peach Pickin’ Time In Georgia - Hobo Bill’s Last Ride - Intoxicated Rat - Methodist Pie - When They Baptized Sister Lucy Lee - When The Work’s All Done This Fall - Mark’s Tune - Happy Days - Two Sweethearts - The Storms Are On The Ocean - Sunny Side Of The Mountain - Dust On The Bible - Ranger’s Command - Charles Guiteau - Chilly Scenes Of Winter - Gathering Up The Shells From The Sea-Shore
CD 6: Blue Eyed Elaine - Come By The Hills - Fast Express - Going Down The Valley - Going To Scotland - Honey I’m Rambling Away - I Love You Best - I’ve Got My One Way Ticket - Little Poplar Log House On The Hill - Mark’s Tune - There’s A Little Pine Log Cabin - This World Can’t Stand Long - Pretty Flowers - Happy Days - I’ll Be True While You’re Gone - I Wonder If You Feel The Way I Do - Love And Wealth - Plant Some Flowers By My Graveside - Remember Me - Shame On You - Silence Or Tears - We Parted By The Riverside - When The Springtime Comes Again - Will There Be Any Stars In My Crown - Won’t It Be Wonderful There
The Musikladen Recordings: Walking In My Sleep (& The Echo Mountain Band) - Sunny Side Of Life (& The Echo Mountain Band) - Lonely Heart Blues (& The Echo Mountain Band) - I Saw The Light (& Alexis Korner)
CD 7:  Bill Clifton & Red Rector: Are You From Dixie - Ashdown Waltz - Dixie Cannonball - Down In My Old Cabin Home - Fourteen Days In Georgia - It Takes A Long Tall Brown Skin Gal To Make A Preacher Lay His Bible Down - Keep That Wheel A-Turning - On The Sea Of Galilee - She Has Forgotten - Sugartree Stomp - Tall Pines - The Old Man’s Story - There’s No Other Love For Me - The Spirit Of Love Watches Me - Valley Of Peace - You’re My Best Friend
Bill Clifton: - Blue Dreams - Country Is A Feeling In Your Soul - From Jerusalem To Jericho - I Need The Prayers Of Those I Love - Let Me Make You Smile Again - Maybe You Will Miss Me When I’m Gone - Night In June - Over The Hill - Rainin’ On The Mountain - Six Bells - When Autumn Leaves Begin To Fall - Will The Angels Have A Sweetheart - Jumpin’ Old Rattler
CD 8: Silver Bell - Darling Nellie Gray - Plumtree Cakewalk - Gray Dawn - Liberty - This Land Is Your Land - Under The Double Eagle - Mist Over Poor Valley - Celebration - Tea At Half-Five - Wildwood Flower - Gathering Up The Shells From The Sea-Shore - Barefoot Days - Beautiful - Where The Rainbow Finds Its End - Mississippi Sawyer - Somebody’s Waiting For You - First Ole Restless Wind - Kitty And I - My Blue Ridge Mountain Home - Be On Time - Come Be My Rainbow - Sunshine And Rain - Winkin’ At Me - Southern Moon - Silver Dew On The Bluegrass Tonight - Waltzing With Bears