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HANK LOCKLIN
Send Me The Pillow You Dream On
3-CD Boxset with Book
BCD 15953-CI

Hank Locklin’s early recording years (1948-55), dominated by his tenure with the Four Star label, have generally been underappreciated, even misundertood. Critics have tended to place them only in the broader context of his later Nashville-RCA years, to see them as a meandering, tentative preliminary to his more fully-realized Nashville Sound pop hits of the late fifties and beyond.The Four Star/Decca years were more important and distinctive than that, however - a successful mingling of Locklin’s engaging, unique singing with a jukebox -friendly Texas dance hall sound. This collection gathers all of Locklin’s early material, from his earliest release on Gold Star and the singles released by Paris, Texas’ Royalty label, through his prolific stay with Four Star and Decca. It includes the original versions of such hits as The Same Sweet Girl, Send Me The Pillow You Dream On, Pinball Millionaire and Let Me Be The One, among many others. Many of these sides have never seen reissue, while others have been reissued only with altered sound and added instrumentation. 

Bear Family collects these here in their original sound - a fascinating document of a period in Hank Locklin’s career too often given short shrift in the past. A lavishly illustrated 32-page book with a biographical essay and discography by Kevin Coffey is included.

CD-1: Rio Grande Waltz- You’ve Been Talking In Your Sleep- Please Come Back And Stay- I’ve Got A Feeling Somebody’s Falling- I Worship You- You’ve Been Talking In Your Sleep- The Same Sweet Girl- The Last Look At Mother- One More Mistake- Knocking At Your Door- Born To Ramble- I’m Lonely Darling- Send Me The Pillow (You Dream On)- Are You Treating Your Neighbor As Yourself- Fifty Miles Of Elbow Room- Crazy Over You- Our Love Will Show The Way- Tho I’ve Lost- Midnight Tears- It’s So Hard To Say I Love You- The Place And The Time- You Burned A Hole In My Heart
CD-2: Pinball Millionaire- Paper Face- Come Share The Sunshine With Me- No One Is Sweeter Than You- A Year Of Time- To Whom It May Concern- The Song Of The Whispering Leaves- Won’t You Change Your Mind- The Holy Train- Is There Room For Me- Who Is Knocking At My Heart- The Harvest Is Ripe (The Laborers Are Few)- I Could Love You Darling- Rio Grande Waltz- Your House Of Love Won’t Stand- Who Do You Think You’re Fooling- Send Me The Pillow (You Dream On) (2)- I Always Lose- Stumpy Joe- I’m Going To Copyright Your Kisses- Down Texas Way- Tomorrow’s Just Another Day To Cry- Tell Me You Love Me- Could You
CD-3: Picking Sweethearts- I Like To Play With Your Kisses- Golden Wristwatch- (Sittin’) Alone At A Table For Two- I Can’t Run Away- Shadows- The Red Rose- Lessons In Love- Let Me Be The One- I’m Tired Of Bummin’ Around- I’ll Be Blue Till Then- In The House Of The Lord- Mysteries Of Life- Queen Of Hearts- Empty Bottles, Empty Heart- Who Will It Be- Whispering Scandal- Baby You Can Count Me In- Let Me Confess- I’ll Always Be Standing By

HAL LONE PINE & BETTY CODY
On The Trail Of The Lonesome Pine
BCD 16787-AH

Long before George Jones & Tammy Wynette were singing duets about marital life and strife, another husband-wife team were working that territory to perfection. Nevertheless, Hal 'Lone Pine' and Betty Cody are better known today for being the parents of guitar virtuoso, Lenny Breau, than for their pioneering country records. When Lenny was barely 12 years old, his parents were successful recording artists for RCA Victor and headlined the WWVA Jamboree in Wheeling, West Virginia.

Today, these records are barely remembered. The sessions featured some of the finest pickers Nashville and New York had to offer, including Chet Atkins, Jerry Byrd, George Barnes and Billy Mure. This disc reissues - in many cases for the first time - these all-but -forgotten sides that include some decidedly hot picking in a style light years removed from the commercial product manufactured by Nashville today.

The accompanying book features liner notes by Hank Davis, based on his recent interviews with Betty Cody and some of the original sidemen of the Pine/Cody show. They offer an honest look at the real-life marital strife that fuelled the recording sessions, and also provide insight into the development of young Lenny Breau’s talent and the role played by mentors like Chet Atkins. The book is generously illustrated with vintage photographs, many of them previously unpublished.

On The Trail Of The Lonesome Pine (& Betty) - I'm Talkin', Start Walkin' (& Betty) - Lipstick On Your Collar - From One O'Clock To Midnight - Pretty As A Queen - Little Jeannie - Prince Edward Island Is Heaven To Me - From Paree To Tennessee - Honey, Honey Mine - Come Back To This Heart Of Mine (& Betty) - In Sunny Tennessee (& Betty) - She Took - Don't Stop - I Like It! (& Betty) - Fuzzy-Wuzzy Teddy Bear - Pale Moon (Betty) - The Waltz Of The Bride (& Betty) - Yes I Do, No I Don't (The Question Song) (& Betty) - When It's Appleblossomtime In Annapolis Valley - Lord Please Tell Me, Do - I'll Be Waiting Patiently - One Poor Lonely Heart - Mama Come Home - Tom-Tom Yodel (Betty) - Jealous Love (Betty) - No Heart At All - Add A Name - Gonna Build A Fence Around You (& Betty) - Tell It Right (Betty) - I Heard The Bluebirds Sing - It's Good-bye And So Long To You (& Betty)

THE LONESOME PINE FIDDLERS
Windy Mountain
BCD 16351 AH

Bluegrass music is hotter than ever, and Bear Family was reissuing Bluegrass back when no one else cared! This set originally appeared on one of their subsidiary labels in 1991. Now it makes a welcome return on Bear Family! The Lonesome Pine Fiddlers heard here feature several kings of Bluegrass at their peak: Bobby Osborne, Larry Richardson, Ezra Cline, Curley Ray Cline, Charlie Cline, Paul Williams, and Melvin Goins. These sides take us back to the dawn of Bluegrass recording, 1950-1954, and capture early Bluegrass at its best: fiery picking, high lonesome harmonies, and glorious songs of heartbreak and redemption. Twenty -six titles include Lonesome Sad And Blue, Pain In My Heart, Dirty Dishes Blues, as well as instrumentals like Five String Rag and Lonesome Pine Breakdown.

Pain In My Heart - Lonesome, Sad And Blue - Don't Forget Me - Will I Meet Mother In Heaven - You Broke Your Promise - I'm Left Alone - Nobody Cares (Not Even You) - Twenty One Years - My Brown Eyed Darling - You Left Me To Cry - That's Why You Left Me So Blue - I'll Never Make You Blue - Honky Tonk Blues - You're So Good - I'll Never Change My Mind - Dirty Dishes Blues - Lonesome Pine Breakdown (Instrumental) - Five String Rag (Instrumental) - Don't Forget Me - Baby You're Cheatin' - I'm Feeling For You (But I Can't Reach You) - Some Kinda Sorry - Windy Mountain - No Curb Service - A New Set Of Blues - There's Just One You

JOHN D. LOUDERMILK
It’s My Time
BCD 15422-AH

It's My Time - No Playing In The Snow Today - The Little Grave - I'm Looking For A World - What Is It - Bubble, Please Break - Ma Baker's Little Acre - Mary's No Longer Mine - To Hell With Love - Talkin' Silver Cloud Blues - Joey Stays With Me - The Lament Of The Cherokee Reservation Indian - The Jones' - You're The Guilty One - Where Have They Gone - The Little Bird - Brown Girl - Givin' You All My Love - I Chose You - Honey - That Ain't All - Interstate 40 - Do You - Tobacco Road
 

JOHN D. LOUDERMILK
Sittin’ In The Balcony
BCD 15875-AH

Sittin' In The Balcony - A-Plus In Love - It's Gotta Be You - Teenage Queen - 1000 Concrete Blocks - In My Simple Way - That's All I've Got - Asiatic Flu - Somebody Sweet - They Were Right - Yearbook - Susie's House - Yo Yo - Lover's Lane - Goin' Away To School - This Cold War With You - Please Don't Play No.9 - The Angel Of Flight 509 - Midnight Bus - The Red-Headed Stranger - Tobacco Road - The Happy Wanderer - March Of The Minute Men

JOE HILL LOUIS
Be-Bop Boy
BCD 15524-AH

She Treats Me Mean And Evil - Dorothy Mae - Sweetest Gal In Town - Keep Your Arms Around Me - Got Me A New Woman - I'm A Poor Boy WALTER HORTON : In The Mood - West Winds Are Blowin' - Little Walter's Boogie - We All Got To Go - We All Gotta Go Sometime WALTER HORTON : Little Walter's Boogie - Tiger Man MOSE VINSON : 44 Blues - My Love Has Gone MOSE VINSON : Mistreatin' Boogie - My Love Has Gone - Worry You Off My Mind - Reap What You Sow WALTER HORTON : Walter's Instrumental - Hydramatic Woman - Tiger Man - Keep Your Arms Around Me - She Comes To See Me Sometime - We All Gotta Go Sometime - Shine Boy

Bob Luman
Let's think About Living - His Recordings 1955 - 1967
4-CD Boxed Set (LP-size) with 104-page hardcover book
BCD 16259 DL

His complete recordings (1955 - 1967) with rockabilly classics like Red Cadillac And A Black Mustache, Red Hot, Svengali, and many more, plus the Top 10 pop hit Let’s Think About Living.
8 previously unissued performances, and many in stereo for the first time.
A 104-page-hardcover book with many rare and previously unpublished pictures.
Together with 'Bob Luman 1968 - 1977' all of his recordings are finally available.
and don’t forget his DVD, At Town Hall Party.

From the moment he discovered Elvis in August 1955 and followed the King across the Texas Plains, Bob Luman's career as a rocker was set in stone. It was just a matter of time before he would follow in Presley's footsteps. Although Bob Luman has become an icon to rockabilly collectors today, his earliest recordings are scattered across dozens of obscure or out-of-print LPs and CDs, with sound quality often leaving much to be desired.

Finally, Bear Family has released the box set that Bob Luman's fans have eagerly awaited. This box gathers together all of Luman's earliest records, including his 1955 Texas recordings and his contribution to that cinematic classic, 'Carnival Rock.' Also included are Luman's Abbott, Imperial and Capitol recordings (1957/58) from Texas and Los Angeles and his entire output for Warner Bros. (and 1959 - 1962) Hickory Records (1963-1967). Many of these recordings appear in stereo for the very first time. Although Bob Luman's Hickory recordings show a strong country influence, Luman never left his rockin' roots for very long. As Texas legend Mac Curtis observed, "Bob Luman was a rocker right to the end."

 These four CDs are accompanied by a lavishly illustrated book by music historian Hank Davis. It includes previously unpublished interviews with Luman's guitarist James Burton, songwriter John D. Loudermilk, and running buddies Bobby Bare and Mac Curtis. Taken together with Bear Family's 5 CD set of Luman's later work for Epic and Polydor (BCD 15898), Bob Luman's life and recording career have now been given the full Bear Family treatment. A companion piece to these box sets is a DVD of exciting 1958/59 Luman performances from Town Hall Party (BVD 20004), which feature James Burton, Joe Maphis and Merle Travis. The wait is over. The ultimate Bob Luman experience is finally here for his legion of fans as well as for collectors of '50s rockabilly.

CD 1: Stranger Than Fiction - You're The Cause Of It All - That's Alright - Hello Baby - In The Deep Dark Jungle - Let Her Go - Let It Happen - No Use in Lying - That's Alright - Hello Baby - Shadow Rock - Jumping With The Shadows - The Creep - All Night Long - Amarillo Blues - Wild Eyed Woman - Red Cadillac And A Black Mustache - Blue Days, Black Nights - This Is The Night - The Creep - All Night Long - Whenever You're Ready - Your Love - Make Up Your Mind Baby - Make Up Your Mind Baby (wild version) - Red Hot - Guitar Picker - Your Love - Red Cadillac And A Black Moustache - Your Love - Make Up Your Mind Baby
CD 2: Everybody's Talkin' - Chain Of Love - I Know My Baby Cares - Try Me - A Lover's Prayer - Precious - Svengali - My Baby Walks All Over Me - Class of '59 - Loretta - Loretta - Class of '59 - You're Like A Stranger In My Arms - Boom Boom Boom Yippy Yi Ya - Boom Boom Boom Yippy Yi Ya (alt) - My Baby Walks All Over Me - Dreamy Doll - Lonely Road - Buttercup - Love Creator - Let's Think About Living - You've Got Everything - Meet Mr. Mud - Throwin' Kisses - Oh Lonesome Me - Everytime The World Goes 'Round - Why, Why, Bye, Bye - You Win Again - Jealous Heart
CD 3: Bad Bad Day - I Love You So Much It Hurts - I Love You Because - The Great Snowman - The Pig Latin Song - You Turned Down The Lights - Boston Rocker - Old Friends - Private Eye - Lousiana Man - Rocks Of Reno - Big River Rose - Belonging To You - You're Everything - The Fool - Envy - Hey Joe - You're Welcome - I'm Gonna Write A Song About You - (Can't Get You) Off My Mind - Interstate Forty - Too Hot To Dance (& Sue Thompson) - I Like Your Kind Of Love (& Sue Thompson) - The File - Can't Take The Country From The Boy - (Empty Walls) A Lonely Room - Run On Home Baby Brother - Bigger Men Than I (Have Cried) - (I Get So) Sentimental
CD 4: Old George Dickel - Tears From Out Of Nowhere - Fire Engine Red - Go On Home Boy - Freedom Of Living - Freedom Of Living (overdub) - Love Worked A Miracle - Poor Boy Blues - Poor Boy Blues (instrumental overdub) - Poor Boy Blues (alternate vocal) - Five Miles Away From Home (Soon I'll See Mary) - The Best Years Of My Wife - So Happy For You - Hardly Anymore - Yes Dear, There Is A Virginia - Come On And Sing - Come On And Sing (alt) - Something Special - Love Stay Away From Me - It's A Sin - It's A Sin (alt) - Almost Persuaded - Saving It For You - Night Without End - Running Scared - It's All Over (But The Shouting) - Still Loving You - If You Don't Love Me (Then Why Don't You Leave Me Alone)