Here's a new Jasmine 2CD compilation that will stir a memory or two in the minds of all long-term lovers of what used to be called 'Country And Western'. Back in the 1950s, the 'Country Guitar' series of EPs introduced UK record buyers to many of Country's biggest artists of the period - most of whom subsequently went on to become true legends of the genre. Artists such as Jim Reeves, Porter Wagoner, Skeeter Davis, Hank Locklin and Don Gibson received their first regular exposure here via 'Country Guitar', which eventually ran to 16 volumes over a six-year period (1957-63). This double Jasmine CD brings together many of the finest moments from the series, and features just about all of the artists who featured on the original Eps - with information in the booklet as to which volume each track appeared on originally. Truly an important documentation of the Golden Age of the Nashville Sound as well as a bunch of great country tracks by great country artists. Though almost all of the featured performers have passed away now, it's performances such as those heard here that helped to establish their reputations as all-time Country greats. Many of these tracks have never been previously available on any UK CD. A few have never been reissued in any format. Remastered from the best available sources and featuring as much music as could fit onto two CDs. A copiously annotated booklet gives much detail about the history of the series. Even the cover image is designed to look like one of the original EPs! With all this in mind, what else could we call it but "Country Guitar Revisited"?

Tracklist:

I Heard the Bluebirds Sing - Jim Ed, Maxine and Bonnie Brown
Anna Marie - Jim Reeves
Lost to a Geisha Girl - Skeeter Davis
Unfaithful - Hank Snow
Oh Lonesome Me - Don Gibson
Blue Grass Skirt - Hank Locklin
Nobody's Child - Hank Snow
Lonely Island Pearl - Johnnie ; Jack
Real Love - Eddy Arnold 1
Tell Her Lies and Feed Her Candy - Porter Wagoner 1
The Trot - the Browns 1
I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know - Skeeter Davis 1
A Woman Captured Me - Hank Snow 1
Chip Off the Old Block - Eddy Arnold 1
This Time I Would Know - the Browns 1
Me and Fred and Joe and Bill - Porter Wagoner 1
That's the Way the Cookie Crumbles - Johnnie ; Jack 1
Doggone That Train - Hank Snow 1
Home - Jim Reeves 2
She Was Here - Hawkshaw Hawkins 2
A Fool Such As I - Hank Snow 2
Lonesome Old House - Don Gibson 2
Billy Bayou - Jim Reeves 2
I Don't Hurt Anymore - Hank Snow 2
The Battle of New Orleans - Jimmie Driftwood 2
The Golden Rocket - Hank Snow 2
Overnight - Jim Reeves 2
Walk Softly Darling - Skeeter Davis 2
Border of the Blues - Hank Locklin 3
Wabash Cannon Ball - Gail Davis 3
Freedom - Hawkshaw Hawkins 3
Slave - Skeeter Davis 3
A Fiddle, a Rifle, An Axe and a Bible - Sons of the Pioneers 3
I Wish I Was the Moon - Hank Snow 3
Stop the World and Let Me Off - Johnnie ; Jack 3
Sittin' By Sittin' Bull - Eddy Arnold 3
Ain't No Way in This World - the Browns 3
Edge of Town - Jack Clement 3
Marriage and Divorce - Hank Snow 4
The Battle of the Little Big Horn - Porter Wagoner 4
Guilty of Dreaming - Hawkshaw Hawkins 4
Whole Lotta Lookin' - Jack Clement 4
Rockin' Rollin' Ocean - Hank Snow 4
Old Joe Clark - Jimmie Driftwood 4
It's a Little More Like Heaven - Hank Locklin 4
Are You Ready - Gail Davis 4
Unfortunate Man - Jimmie Driftwood 4
Everywhere You Go - Jim Reeves 4
Big Wheels - Hank Snow 5
The Other Side of the Door - Hank Locklin

UPC: 604988368826
Label: Jasmine Records
Release Date: 2.25.21
Format: CD

Country Guitar Revisited / Various - Country Guitar Revisited / Various (CD)