Essential Country (3CD SET)

Artist: Various Artists
Format: 3CD
Bar-code: 5060428913325
Cat No: NOT3CD332

£7.99

Even today, every aspiring country singer has one location locked into their Satnav. Not for nothing is Nashville, Tennessee, known as Music City USA – which explains why every country star of the past 90 years has made a beeline for this legendary town. Celebrated by aficionados of great music and commemorated in print, on film and on record, even spread over three CDs and 75 songs, this collection can only hint at the classic country music that has emerged from Nashville.

Disc 1

1. Funny How Time Slips Away – Willie Nelson
2. Crazy – Patsy Cline
3. Blue Train (Of The Heartbreak Line) – John D. Loudermilk
4. A White Sport Coat (And A Pink Carnation) – Marty Robbins
5. Folsom Prison Blues – Johnny Cash
6. Wabash Cannonball – Roy Acuff
7. Gonna Pack My Troubles – Loretta Lynn
8. She Thinks I Still Care – George Jones
9. The 3:10 To Yuma – Frankie Laine
10. Heartaches By The Number – Ray Price
11. Gunslinger (A Ballad For Adult Westerns) – Katie Lee
12. Big Bad John – Jimmy Dean
13. Send Me The Pillow You Dream On – Johnny Tillotson
14. Excuse Me (I Think I’ve Got A Heartache) – Kitty Wells
15. I’ve Made Enough Mistakes Today – Lee Hazlewood
16. Foolin’ Around – Buck Owens
17. When It’s Springtime In Alaska (It’s Forty Below) – Johnny Horton
18. Oh Lonesome Me – Don Gibson
19. I’ve Been Everywhere – Hank Snow
20. The Wall – Freddie Hart
21. How’s The World Treating You – Goldie Hill
22. A World So Full Of Love – Faron Young
23. Death Valley – Glen Campbell
24. Sea Of Heartbreak – Leroy Van Dyke
25. Welcome To My World – Jim Reeves

Disc 2

1. Rawhide – Frankie Laine
2. It Keeps Right On A-Hurtin’ – Johnny Tillotson
3. Rovin’ Gambler – Hank Thompson
4. I Fall To Pieces – Patsy Cline
5. North To Alaska – Johnny Horton
6. One Step Beyond – Willie Nelson
7. My Name Is Mud – Porter Wagoner
8. I Don’t Hurt Anymore – Goldie Hill
9. Delia’s Gone – Johnny Cash
10. Lonesome Old House – Don Gibson
11. The Story Of My Life – Marty Robbins
12. The Great Speckled Bird – Roy Acuff
13. Heart To Heart Talk – Kitty Wells
14. The Long Black Veil – Lefty Frizzell
15. Jambalaya (On The Bayou) – Hank Williams
16. Whole Lotta Lookin’ – Jack Clement
17. I’m A Fool To Care – Connie Francis
18. Walk On By – Leroy Van Dyke
19. Bummin’ Around – Hank Thompson
20. Run – Stonewall Jackson
21. The Heel – June Carter
22. Bowie Knife – Frankie Laine
23. You Done Me Wrong – Ray Price
24. Under The Double Eagle – Hank Snow
25. Tender Years – George Jones

Disc 3

1. From A Jack To A King – Ned Miller
2. Hello Walls – Willie Nelson
3. My Special Angel – Bobby Helms
4. He’ll Have To Go – Jim Reeves
5. She’s Got You – Patsy Cline
6. That Lucky Old Sun – Frankie Laine
7. Sixteen Tons – Tennessee Ernie Ford
8. I’ll Be There (If Ever You Want Me) – Goldie Hill
9. Cocaine Blues – Hank Thompson
10. I Still Miss Someone – Johnny Cash
11. I’ll Hold You In My Heart – Kitty Wells
12. I’ll Go On Alone – Faron Young
13. El Paso – Marty Robbins
14. A Satisfied Mind – Jean Shepard
15. Smoke Along The Track – Stonewall Jackson
16. Beggar To A King – George Jones
17. Night Train To Memphis – Roy Acuff
18. Tennessee Teardrops – Marion Worth
19. Misery Loves Company – Porter Wagoner
20. The Same Old Me – Ray Price
21. Can’t Let Her See Me Cry – Lee Hazlewood
22. Strange – Patsy Cline
23. Please Help Me, I’m Falling – Hank Locklin
24. I’m Free From The Chain Gang Now – Johnny Cash
25. Let’s Say Goodbye Like We Said Hello – Ernest Tubb