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Dim Lights, Thick Smoke And Hillbilly Music Country & Western Hit Parade 1956-1960 After the volumes covering 1945-1955 were released, the word was out. This series is definitive, fabulously packaged, and faultlessly remastered! Everything you'd expect from BEAR FAMILY …and more! Jack Clement, who produced Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison, Waylon Jennings, Don Williams, and many others, said, "This is the best country series of all time. No doubt. No question." Robert Hilburn in the 'Los Angeles Times' said, "An invaluable album project… enables fans to step back in time and listen to the radio just like Elvis Presley, Ray Charles, and Bob Dylan did." Now the story continues from 1956 until 1960. Every CD is generously full. Every booklet is extensive and chocked full of rare photos and illustrations, as well as complete stories behind the songs! In addition to the hits, the series contains rarities that went on to influence country music… and all music… in the years ahead, like Wanda Jackson's original version of Silver Threads And Golden Needles, Carl Belew's original Lonely Street, and Chet Atkins' influential Walk, Don't Run. This series is designed to introduce new listeners to the very best that country music has to offer… while keeping longtime fans entertained. Every volume is a fabulous time capsule. INFORMATION Here's the story. For many years, we'd received requests to do a truly definitive country series, but it wasn't until the success of our year-by-year R&B/Soul series, 'Blowin' The Fuse' (now 'Sweet Soul Music' and soon to be continued into the Funk era) that we decided we needed to do something comparable for country music. The first volumes of 'Dim Lights, Thick Smoke And Hill- billy Music' took us from 1945-1955, and now the story continues into the era of the Nashville Sound. The series has been compiled with today's fans in mind. Sure, the big hits are there, but so are the classic performances that we- ren't necessarily hits at the time, but became influential in the years ahead. Every volume has incredibly detailed behind-the- scenes stories, fabulously rare photos, and an ongoing history of country music set against the backdrop of the broader American music business. The booklets alone are 72 pages! Definitive? You bet! Superlatives are often overused, but we feel that this series is part of our mission to bring this incredible music to new fans... as well as entertaining older fans. We pick up the story in 1956... just as country music was coming to terms with the upset of rock 'n'roll! BEAR FAMILY RECORDS TEL +49(0)4748 - 82 16 16 FAX +49(0)4748 - 82 16 20 E-MAIL [email protected] Bear Family Records Grenzweg 1 27729 Holste-Oldendorf Germany www.bear-family.de

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Page 1: Dim Lights, Thick Smoke And Hillbilly Music

Dim Lights, Thick Smoke And Hillbilly Music

Country & Western Hit Parade 1956-1960

� After the volumes covering 1945-1955 were released, the word was out. This series is definitive, fabulously

packaged, and faultlessly remastered! Everything you'd expect from BEAR FAMILY …and more!

� Jack Clement, who produced Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison, Waylon Jennings, Don Williams, and many others,

said, "This is the best country series of all time. No doubt. No question." Robert Hilburn in the 'Los Angeles

Times' said, "An invaluable album project… enables fans to step back in time and listen to the radio just like

Elvis Presley, Ray Charles, and Bob Dylan did."

� Now the story continues from 1956 until 1960. Every CD is generously full. Every booklet is extensive and

chocked full of rare photos and illustrations, as well as complete stories behind the songs!

� In addition to the hits, the series contains rarities that went on to influence country music… and all music…

in the years ahead, like Wanda Jackson's original version of Silver Threads And Golden Needles, Carl Belew's

original Lonely Street, and Chet Atkins' influential Walk, Don't Run.

� This series is designed to introduce new listeners to the very best that country music has to offer… while

keeping longtime fans entertained. Every volume is a fabulous time capsule.

INFORMATION

Here's the story. For many years, we'd received requests to do a truly definitive country series, but it wasn't until the success ofour year-by-year R&B/Soul series, 'Blowin' The Fuse' (now 'Sweet Soul Music' and soon to be continued into the Funk era) thatwe decided we needed to do something comparable for country music. The first volumes of 'Dim Lights, Thick Smoke And Hill-billy Music' took us from 1945-1955, and now the story continues into the era of the Nashville Sound.

The series has been compiled with today's fans in mind. Sure, the big hits are there, but so are the classic performances that we-ren't necessarily hits at the time, but became influential in the years ahead. Every volume has incredibly detailed behind-the-scenes stories, fabulously rare photos, and an ongoing history of country music set against the backdrop of the broader Americanmusic business. The booklets alone are 72 pages! Definitive? You bet!

Superlatives are often overused, but we feel that this series is part of our mission to bring this incredible music to new fans... aswell as entertaining older fans. We pick up the story in 1956... just as country music was coming to terms with the upset of rock'n'roll!

BEAR FAMILY RECORDSTEL +49(0)4748 - 82 16 16 • FAX +49(0)4748 - 82 16 20 • E-MAIL [email protected]

Bear Family Records • Grenzweg 1 • 27729 Holste-Oldendorf • Germanywww.bear-family.de

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ARTIST VariousTITLE Dim Lights, Thick Smoke And Hillbilly

MusicCountry & Western Hit Parade 1956

LABEL Bear Family RecordsCATALOG # BCD 16961PRICE-CODE AREAN-CODE ÆxAKABMRy169617zISBN-CODE 978-3-89916-528-9FORMAT 1 CD deluxe album with 72-page bookletGENRE CountryTRACKS 30PLAYING TIME 78:14

ARTIST VariousTITLE Dim Lights, Thick Smoke And Hillbilly

MusicCountry & Western Hit Parade 1957

LABEL Bear Family RecordsCATALOG # BCD 16962PRICE-CODE AREAN-CODE ÆxAKABMRy169624zISBN-CODE 978-3-89916-529-6FORMAT 1 CD deluxe album with 72-page bookletGENRE CountryTRACKS 29PLAYING TIME 76:22

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BEAR FAMILY RECORDSTEL +49(0)4748 - 82 16 16 • FAX +49(0)4748 - 82 16 20 • E-MAIL [email protected]

Bear Family Records • Grenzweg 1 • 27729 Holste-Oldendorf • Germanywww.bear-family.de

ARTIST VariousTITLE Dim Lights, Thick Smoke And Hillbilly

MusicCountry & Western Hit Parade 1958

LABEL Bear Family RecordsCATALOG # BCD 16963PRICE-CODE AREAN-CODE ÆxAKABMRy169631zISBN-CODE 978-3-89916-530-2FORMAT 1 CD deluxe album with 72-page bookletGENRE CountryTRACKS 30PLAYING TIME 74:10

ARTIST VariousTITLE Dim Lights, Thick Smoke And Hillbilly

MusicCountry & Western Hit Parade 1959

LABEL Bear Family RecordsCATALOG # BCD 16964PRICE-CODE AREAN-CODE ÆxAKABMRy169648zISBN-CODE 978-3-89916-531-9FORMAT 1 CD deluxe album with 72-page bookletGENRE CountryTRACKS 32PLAYING TIME 84:48

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ARTIST VariousTITLE Dim Lights, Thick Smoke And Hillbilly

MusicCountry & Western Hit Parade 1960

LABEL Bear Family RecordsCATALOG # BCD 16965PRICE-CODE AREAN-CODE ÆxAKABMRy169655zISBN-CODE 978-3-89916-532-6FORMAT 1 CD deluxe album with 72-page bookletGENRE CountryTRACKS 32PLAYING TIME 82:43

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COUNTRY AND WESTERN HIT PARADE 1956

MARTY ROBBINS: Singing The Blues • EDDY ARNOLD: YouDon't Know Me • RAY PRICE: Crazy Arms • CARL BELEW: Lo-nely Street • JOHNNY CASH & THE TENNESSEE TWO: FolsomPrison Blues • FARON YOUNG: Sweet Dreams • JOHNNY HOR-TON: Honky Tonk Man • HANK SNOW: Conscience I'm Guilty• GEORGE JONES: What Am I Worth • BENNY BARNES: A PoorMan's Riches • JIM EDWARD AND MAXINE BROWN AND BON-NIE: I Take The Chance • LOUVIN BROTHERS: I Don't BelieveYou've Met My Baby • THE OSBORNE BROTHERS AND REDALLEN: Ruby, Are You Mad? • DON RENO & RED SMILEY: IKnow You're Married • PORTER WAGONER: Eat, Drink AndBe Merry (Tomorrow You'll Cry) • WEBB PIERCE: Yes I KnowWhy • JOHNNY CASH & THE TENNESSEE TWO: I Walk The Line• JOHNNY HORTON: I'm A One Woman Man • WANDA JACK-SON: Silver Threads And Golden Needles • HANK THOMPSON:The Blackboard Of My Heart • RAY PRICE: I've Got A New He-artache • GEORGE JONES: Just One More • LOUVINBROTHERS: Cash On The Barrelhead • WYNN STEWART: WaltzOf The Angels • JIM REEVES: According To My Heart • KITTYWELLS: Searching (For Someone Else) • MARTY ROBBINS: ICan't Quit (I've Gone Too Far) • HANK SNOW: These Hands •BILLY MIZE: Who Will Buy The Wine • CARL PERKINS: DixieFried

COUNTRY AND WESTERN HIT PARADE 1957

SONNY JAMES: Young Love • THE BROWNS: I Heard The Blue-birds Sing • JIM REEVES: Am I Losing You? • WEBB PIERCE: I'mTired • JOHNNY CASH & THE TENNESSEE TWO: There You Go• BOBBY HELMS: Fraulein • HANK LOCKLIN: Geisha Girl • JIM-MIE SKINNER: I Found My Girl In The U.S.A. • BONNIE GUITAR:Dark Moon • FERLIN HUSKY: Gone • CARL SMITH: Why, Why• MARVIN RAINWATER: Gonna Find Me A Bluebird • EVERLYBROTHERS: Bye, Bye Love • JIMMY NEWMAN: A Fallen Star •MARTY ROBBINS WITH RAY CONNIFF: A White Sport Coat(And A Pink Carnation) • JOHNNY CASH & THE TENNESSEETWO: Home Of The Blues • PATSY CLINE: Walkin' After Mid-night • MELVIN ENDSLEY: I Like Your Kind Of Love • FARONYOUNG: I Miss You Already • BOBBY HELMS: My Special Angel• WEBB PIERCE: Honky Tonk Song • WARNER MACK: Is ItWrong (For Loving You) • HANK SNOW: Tangled Mind • RAYPRICE: My Shoes Keep Walking Back To You • MARTY ROB-BINS WITH RAY CONNIFF AND HIS ORCHESTRA: The Story OfMy Life • JIM REEVES: Four Walls • PORTER WAGONER: IThought I Heard You Calling My Name • LEROY VAN DYKE:Auctioneer • CHET ATKINS: Walk, Don't Run

COUNTRY AND WESTERN HIT PARADE 1958

DON GIBSON: Oh Lonesome Me • KITTY WELLS: I Can't StopLoving You • JOHNNY CASH: Ballad Of A Teenage Queen •JIM REEVES: Blue Boy • LOUVIN BROTHERS: My Baby's Gone• ROY ACUFF: Once More • JOHNNIE & JACK: Stop The World(And Let Me Off) • GEORGE JONES: Color Of The Blues •EDDIE NOACK: Have Blues Will Travel • HANK LOCKLIN: SendMe The Pillow You Dream On • MARTY ROBBINS: Just Mar-ried • LEFTY FRIZZELL: Cigarettes And Coffee Blues • RAYPRICE: Invitation To The Blues • ERNEST TUBB: Half A Mind •JOHNNY CASH & THE TENNESSEE TWO: Big River • STONE-

WALL JACKSON: Life To Go • DON GIBSON: Blue, Blue Day •GEORGE JONES: Treasure Of Love • HANK LOCKLIN: It's ALittle More Like Heaven • JERRY LEE LEWIS: You Win Again •JAMES O'GWYNN: Talk To Me Lonesome Heart • WEBBPIERCE: Tupelo County Jail • RAY PRICE: City Lights • FARONYOUNG: Alone With You • JIM REEVES: Billy Bayou • MARTYROBBINS: Ain't I The Lucky One • CHARLIE WALKER: Pick MeUp On Your Way Down • JOHNNY CASH: Guess Things Hap-pen That Way • SIMON CRUM (FERLIN HUSKY): Country MusicIs Here To Stay • WAYNE RANEY • RANEY FAMILY (WAYNE,WANDA AND ZYNDALL): We Need A Whole Lot More Of Jesus(And A Lot Less Rock And Roll)

COUNTRY AND WESTERN HIT PARADE 1959

BILLY GRAMMER: Gotta Travel On • JOHNNY HORTON: WhenIt's Springtime In Alaska (It's Forty Below) • JOHNNY CASH:Don't Take Your Guns To Town • ROY ACUFF: So Many Times• DON GIBSON: Who Cares (For Me)? • CARL BELEW: Am IThat Easy To Forget • WEBB PIERCE: I Ain't Never • FARONYOUNG: Country Girl • STONEWALL JACKSON: Waterloo •JOHNNY CASH: I Got Stripes • RAY PRICE: Heartaches By TheNumber • FRANKIE MILLER: Blackland Farmer • LESTER FLATT& EARL SCRUGGS: Cabin On The Hill • STONEWALL JACKSON:Smoke Along The Track • JOHNNY HORTON: The Battle OfNew Orleans • EDDY ARNOLD: Tennessee Stud • THEBROWNS: The Three Bells • MAC WISEMAN: Jimmy Brown TheNewsboy • THE LOUVIN BROTHERS: Knoxville Girl • BILL MON-ROE: Dark As The Night, Blue As The Day • WILMA LEE & STO-NEY COOPER: There's A Big Wheel • LEFTY FRIZZELL: LongBlack Veil • DON GIBSON: Don't Tell Me Your Troubles •GEORGE JONES: White Lightnin' • BUCK OWENS: Under YourSpell Again • JIMMIE SKINNER: Dark Hollow • RAY PRICE: TheSame Old Me • HANK SNOW: The Last Ride • JIM REEVES:Home • KITTY WELLS: Amigo's Guitar • JOHNNY CASH: FiveFeet High And Rising • MARTY ROBBINS: El Paso

COUNTRY AND WESTERN HIT PARADE 1960

JOHNNY HORTON: North To Alaska • BILL ANDERSON: The TipOf My Fingers • WEBB PIERCE: No Love Have I • GEORGEJONES: The Window Up Above • HANK LOCKLIN: Please HelpMe, I'm Falling • SKEETER DAVIS: (I Can't Help You) I'm Fal-ling Too • JOHNNY CASH: Smiling Bill McCall • BUCK OWENS:Above And Beyond • CHARLIE RYAN & THE TIMBERLINE RI-DERS: Hot Rod Lincoln • HANK SNOW: Miller's Cave • DONGIBSON: Just One Time • STONEWALL JACKSON: Why I'm Wal-kin' • COWBOY COPAS: Alabam • MARTY ROBBINS: Big Iron• LESTER FLATT & EARL SCRUGGS: Crying My Heart Out OverYou • JOHN D. LOUDERMILK: Tobacco Road • CLAUDE GRAY:Family Bible • CARL SMITH: Cut Across Shorty • JIM REEVES:He'll Have To Go • FERLIN HUSKY: Wings Of A Dove • ROYDRUSKY: Another • BOB LUMAN: Let's Think About Living •DON GIBSON: (I'd Be) A Legend In My Time • WYNN STE-WART: Wishful Thinking • BUCK OWENS: Excuse Me (I ThinkI've Got A Heartache) • LORETTA LYNN: I'm A Honky Tonk Girl• ROGER MILLER: You Don't Want My Love • RAY PRICE: OneMore Time • GEORGE MORGAN: You're The Only Good Thing(That's Happened To Me) • HANK THOMPSON: A Six Pack ToGo • FARON YOUNG: Riverboat • FLOYD CRAMER: Last Date

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PREVIOUSLY AVAILABLE

Dim Lights, Thick Smoke And Hillbilly MusicCountry & Western Hit Parade 1945

BCD 16950 AR1 CD deluxe album with 72-page bookletISBN: 978-3-89916-401-5

BOB WILLS: SmokeOn The Water •GENE AUTRY: AtMail Call Today •SPADE COOLEY:Shame On You •PHIL HARRIS: That'sWhat I Like AboutThe South • JENNYLOU CARSON: Jea-lous Heart • DICKTHOMAS: SiouxCity Sue • ERNESTTUBB: TomorrowNever Comes • JIMMIE DAVIS: There's A New Moon Over MyShoulder • LULU BELLE & SCOTTY WISEMAN: Have I Told YouLately That I Love You • TED DAFFAN: Headin' Down TheWrong Highway • JACK GUTHRIE: Oklahoma Hills • 'PORKY'FREEMAN TRIO - vocal by Merle Travis: Boogie Woogie Boy •GENE AUTRY: Don't Fence Me In • EDDY ARNOLD: The CattleCall • AL DEXTER: I'm Losing My Mind Over You • FLOYD TILL-MAN: Each Night At Nine • RED FOLEY: Hang Your Head InShame • TEX RITTER: You Two Timed Me One Time Too Often• MERLE TRAVIS: That's All • WESLEY TUTTLE: With Tears InMy Eyes • BOB WILLS: Stars And Stripes On Iwo Jima • ERNESTTUBB: It's Been So Long Darling • JERRY IRBY: Nails In My Cof-fin • JIMMY WALKER: Detour • ROY ACUFF: We Live In TwoDiff'rent Worlds • HANK SNOW: Blue Ranger • THE RAMBLERTRIO feat. Arthur Smith (Guitar): Guitar Boogie

Dim Lights, Thick Smoke And Hillbilly MusicCountry & Western Hit Parade 1946

BCD 16951 AR1 CD deluxe album with 72-page bookletISBN: 978-3-89916-402-2

THE BUCHANAN BROTHERS: Atomic Power • ERNEST TUBB:Rainbow At Midnight • EDDY ARNOLD: That's How Much ILove You • COWBOY COPAS: Filipino Baby • AL DEXTER:Wine, Women, And Song • BOB WILLS: New Spanish Two Step• ELTON BRITT: Someday • MERLE TRAVIS: No Vacancy • ROYACUFF: No One Will Ever Know • BRAD BRADY (OWEN BRAD-LEY): Zeb's Mountain Boogie • GENE AUTRY: I Wish I HadNever Met Sunshine • COWBOY COPAS: Tragic Romance •DELMORE BROTHERS: Hillbilly Boogie • THE BAILESBROTHERS: As Long As I Live • BILL MONROE: Rocky RoadBlues • GRANDPA JONES: Eight More Miles To Louisville •

MERLE TRAVIS: DarkAs A Dungeon • THEMORRIS BROTHERS:Salty Dog Blues •HARRY CHOATES:Jole Blon (PrettyBlond) • COUSINEMMY: Ruby • BILLMONROE: KentuckyWaltz • DELMOREBROTHERS: MidniteSpecial • FLOYD TILL-MAN: Some OtherWorld • HANK PEN-NY: Steel Guitar Stomp • T. TEXAS TYLER: Black Jack David •TEX RITTER: You Will Have To Pay • BOB WILLS: Stay A LittleLonger • SPADE COOLEY: Three Way Boogie

Dim Lights, Thick Smoke And Hillbilly MusicCountry & Western Hit Parade 1947

BCD 16952 AR1 CD deluxe album with 72-page bookletISBN: 978-3-89916-403-9

TEX WILLIAMS: Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette) •EDDY ARNOLD: It's A Sin • BOB WILLS: Sugar Moon • SONS OFTHE PIONEERS: Cigarettes, Whusky, And Wild, Wild Women •BILLY HUGHES: Cocaine Blues • MADDOX BROTHERS & ROSE:Milk Cow Blues •MOON MULLICAN:Foggy River • ER-NEST TUBB: I'll StepAside • ROY ACUFF:Blue Eyes Crying InThe Rain • DELMOREBROTHERS: FreightTrain Boogie •MERLE TRAVIS: SoRound, So Firm, SoFully Packed •COWBOY COPAS: Si-gned, Sealed AndDelivered • EDDYARNOLD: I'll Hold You In My Heart (Till I Can Hold You In MyArms) • HANK WILLIAMS: Move It On Over • RED FOLEY:Never Trust A Woman • CLYDE MOODY: Shenandoah Waltz •JACK GUTHRIE: Oakie Boogie • MOON MULLICAN: New PrettyBlonde (New Jole Blon) • BILL CARLISLE: Rockin' Chair Money• THE CUMBERLAND MOUNTAIN FOLKS; vocal by MollyO'Day: The Tramp On The Street • HAWKSHAW HAWKINS:Sunny Side Of The Mountain • FAIRLEY HOLDEN: Keep ThemCold Icey Fingers Off Of Me • BILL MONROE: Blue Moon OfKentucky • CHARLIE MONROE: Bringin' In The Georgia Mail •BAILES BROTHERS: Dust On The Bible • CARL STORY: I'veFound A Hiding Place • CHET ATKINS: Canned Heat

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Dim Lights, Thick Smoke And Hillbilly MusicCountry & Western Hit Parade 1948

BCD 16953 AR1 CD deluxe album with 72-page bookletISBN: 978-3-89916-404-6

RED FOLEY: Tennessee Saturday Night • LEON PAYNE: LostHighway • ROY ACUFF: Waltz Of The Wind • THE MADDOXBROTHERS & ROSE: New Muleskinner Blues • EDDIE HILL: So-meday You'll Call My Name • JOHNNY BOND: Bartender'sBlues • EDDY ARNOLD: Anytime • BILL MONROE: Little CabinHome On The Hill • COWBOY COPAS: Breeze • BILL CARLISLE:Wedding Bells • HAWKSHAW HAWKINS: Dog House Boogie •PEE WEE KING: Ten-nessee Waltz •DOYE O'DELL: DearOakie • MOONMULLICAN: SweeterThan The Flowers •WAYNE RANEY:Lost John Boogie •JIMMIE SKINNER:Doin' My Time •BILL MONROE: IHear A Sweet VoiceCalling • STANLEYBROTHERS: MollyAnd Tenbrook •HANK WILLIAMS: A Mansion On The Hill • JIMMY WORK: Ten-nessee Border • T. TEXAS TYLER: Deck Of Cards • FLOYD TILL-MAN: I Love You So Much It Hurts • MERLE TRAVIS: Merle'sBoogie Woogie • JIMMY WAKELY: One Has My Name (TheOther Has My Heart) • CARSON ROBISON: Life Gits Tee-jus,Don't It? • BOB WILLS: Bubbles In My Beer • EDDY ARNOLD:Bouquet Of Roses • LONZO & OSCAR: I'm My Own Grandpa

Dim Lights, Thick Smoke And Hillbilly MusicCountry & Western Hit Parade 1949

BCD 16954 AR1 CD deluxe album with 72-page bookletISBN: 978-3-89916-405-3

VAUGHN MONROE:Riders In The Sky •SONS OF THE PIO-NEERS: Room FullOf Roses • JIMMYWAKELY: I Wish IHad A Nickel •HANK WILLIAMS:Lovesick Blues •EDDY ARNOLD:Then I Turned AndWalked SlowlyAway • LITTLEJIMMY DICKENS:

Take An Old Cold Tater (And Wait) • DELMORE BROTHERS:Blues Stay Away From Me • BOB WILLS: Don't Be Ashamed OfYour Age • GEORGE MORGAN: Candy Kisses • LEON McAU-LIFFE: Panhandle Rag • FLOYD TILLMAN: Slippin' Around •PEE WEE KING: Bonaparte's Retreat • BILL NETTLES: HadacolBoogie • LEON PAYNE: I Love You Because • HANK THOMP-SON: Whoa Sailor • ERNEST TUBB: Let's Say Goodbye Like WeSaid Hello • WAYNE RANEY: Why Don't You Haul Off AndLove Me • JIMMIE SKINNER: Will You Be Satisfied That Way •BILL MONROE: The Old Cross Road • JOHNNIE & JACK: WhatAbout You • THE STANLEY BROTHERS: The White Dove •MADDOX BROTHERS & ROSE: Philadelphia Lawyer • FLOYDTILLMAN: This Cold War With You • T. TEXAS TYLER: My Buk-ket's Got A Hole In It • HANK WILLIAMS: I'm So Lonesome ICould Cry • BOB WILLS: Warm Red Wine • EDDY ARNOLD: I'mThrowing Rice Tennessee • ERNIE FORD: Mule Train

Dim Lights, Thick Smoke And Hillbilly MusicCountry & Western Hit Parade 1950

BCD 16955 AR1 CD deluxe album with 72-page bookletISBN: 978-3-89916-406-0

RED FOLEY: Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy • GENE AUTRY: BlueCanadian Rockies • OLE RASMUSSEN: Sleepy Eyed John •LEFTY FRIZZELL: IfYou've Got TheMoney I've Got TheTime • HANK WIL-LIAMS: Long GoneLonesome Blues •CARL SMITH: I Over-looked An Orchid(While Searching ForA Rose) • LITTLEJIMMY DICKENS:Hillbilly Fever • BOBWILLS: Faded Love •RED FOLEY: Sugar-foot Rag • TED DAF-FAN: I've Got FiveDollars And It's Saturday Night • TENNESSEE ERNIE FORD &KAY STARR: I'll Never Be Free • HANK PENNY: Bloodshot Eyes• LEFTY FRIZZELL: I Love You A Thousand Ways • HARDROCKGUNTER: Birmingham Bounce • STUART HAMBLEN: Remem-ber Me (I'm The One Who Loves You) • MOON MULLICAN: I'llSail My Ship Alone • JOHNNIE LEE WILLS: Rag Mop • BILLYSTARR: Steppin' Out • SKEETS McDONALD: The Tattooed Lady• ERNEST TUBB: Letters Have No Arms • ARKIE SHIBLEY: HotRod Race • JIMMIE SKINNER: You Don't Know My Mind • BILLMONROE: I'm Blue, I'm Lonesome • WEBB PIERCE: DriftingTexas Sand • FLOYD TILLMAN: I've Got The Craziest Feeling •HANK SNOW: I'm Movin' On • STANLEY BROTHERS: The FieldsHave Turned Brown • FLATT & SCRUGGS: Foggy MountainBreakdown

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Dim Lights, Thick Smoke And Hillbilly MusicCountry & Western Hit Parade 1951

BCD 16956 AR1 CD deluxe album with 72-page bookletISBN: 978-3-89916-451-0

TENNESSEE ERNIE: The Shot Gun Boogie • ELTON BRITT ANDTHE SKYTOPPERS: Rotation Blues • HANK SNOW: The GoldenRocket • HANK WILLIAMS: Cold Cold Heart • JOHNNIE & JACKAND THEIR TENNESSEE MOUNTAIN BOYS: Poison Love • EDDYARNOLD: I Wanna Play House With You • LEFTY FRIZZELL:Mom And Dad's Waltz • CARL SMITH: Let's Live A Little • THEPINETOPPERS (Vocal by the BEAVER VALLEY SWEETHEARTS):Mockin' Bird Hill • JOHNNY BOND: Sick, Sober And Sorry •MOON MULLICAN: I Was Sorta Wonderin' • BIG JEFF: Step ItUp And Go • LEFTY FRIZZELL: Always Late (With Your Kisses)• THE CARLISLES: Too Old To Cut The Mustard • EDDIE HILL:The Hot Guitar • CURLEY WILLIAMS: Half As Much • BILLHALEY AND THESADDLEMEN: Rok-ket '88' • PEE WEEKING AND HIS GOL-DEN WEST COW-BOYS: Slow Poke •HANK SNOW (THESINGING RANGER)AND HIS RAINBOWRANCH BOYS: TheRhumba Boogie •THE STEWART FA-MILY: Just Out OfReach (Of My TwoOpen Arms) • ZEBTURNER WITH STRING BAND: Chew Tobacco Rag • CARLSMITH: Let Old Mother Nature Have Her Way • RED FOLEYWITH THE SUNSHINE BOYS QUARTET: (There'll Be) Peace InThe Valley • JIMMY MURPHY: Electricity • HANK WILLIAMS:Hey Good Lookin' • BILL MONROE AND HIS BLUE GRASSBOYS: Uncle Pen • MAC WISEMAN: 'Tis Sweet To Be Remem-bered • JESS WILLARD: Honky Tonk Hardwood Floor • DELWOOD: Down Yonder

Dim Lights, Thick Smoke And Hillbilly MusicCountry & Western Hit Parade 1952

BCD 16957 AR1 CD deluxe album with 72-page bookletISBN: 978-3-89916-452-7

TEX RITTER: High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me) (from the UnitedArtists picture 'High Noon') • HANK THOMPSON: Wild Side OfLife • KITTY WELLS: It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk An-gels • JOHNNIE & JACK: Ashes Of Love • EDDY ARNOLD: EasyOn The Eyes • LEFTY FRIZZELL: Give Me More, More, More (OfYour Kisses) • JIMMIE DEAN: Bumming Around • JIMMYSWAN: I Had A Dream • LATTIE MOORE: Juke Joint Johnny •BILL HALEY: Rock The Joint • DOYE O'DELL: Diesel Smoke •CARL SMITH: Are You Teasing Me • HANK WILLIAMS: Jamba-

laya (On The Bayou)• WEBB PIERCE:Wondering • JIMEANES: I Cried Again• JIMMY DICKENS:They Locked GodOutside The IronCurtain • HANKSNOW: The GoldRush Is Over • RENO& SMILEY: I'm UsingMy Bible For A Road-map • BILL MON-ROE: Raw Hide •SLIM WHITMAN: Indian Love Call • SLIM WILLET AND THEBRUSH CUTTERS: Don't Let The Stars (Get In Your Eyes) •GEORGE MORGAN: Almost • BIG BILL LISTER: There's A Tear InMy Beer • WEBB PIERCE: Back Street Affair • HANK WILLIAMS:Honky Tonk Blues • RED FOLEY: Midnight

Dim Lights, Thick Smoke And Hillbilly MusicCountry & Western Hit Parade 1953

BCD 16958 AR1 CD deluxe album with 72-page bookletISBN: 978-3-89916-453-4

JACK CARDWELL:The Death Of HankWilliams • FARONYOUNG: Goin' Stea-dy • HANK WIL-LIAMS: Your Cheatin'Heart • JOHNNIE &JACK: South In NewOrleans • WEBBPIERCE: It's Been SoLong • JOHNNYBOND: Let Me Go,Devil • RED COOK -JIMMY RICHARDS &HIS WESTERNERS: Playin' Dominoes And Shootin' Dice • HANKSNOW & THE RAINBOW RANCH BOYS: (Now And Then The-re's) A Fool Such As I • THE CARLISLES: No Help Wanted •MARTY ROBBINS: I'll Go On Alone • ARLIE DUFF: You All Come• THE DAVIS SISTERS: I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know •LEFTY FRIZZELL: California Blues (Blue Yodel #4) • LINK DA-VIS WITH BENNIE LEADER'S BAYOU BILLIES: Big Mamou •TOMMY DUNCAN: Hound Dog • ONIE WHEELER: Run 'em Off• DARRELL GLENN: Crying In The Chapel • JIM REEVES ANDTHE CIRCLE O RANCH BOYS: Mexican Joe • HANK LOCKLIN -THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN BOY: Let Me Be The One • JOE &ROSE LEE MAPHIS: Dim Lights, Thick Smoke (And Loud, LoudMusic) • RUDY GRAYZELL: Looking At The Moon And WishingOn A Star • WEBB PIERCE: There Stands The Glass • CARLSMITH: Hey Joe! • MERRILL MOORE: Red Light • CHET ATKINS:Country Gentleman • HANK WILLIAMS: Take These ChainsFrom My Heart • MITCHELL TOROK: Caribbean • JEAN SHE-PARD & FERLIN HUSKY: A Dear John Letter

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Dim Lights, Thick Smoke And Hillbilly MusicCountry & Western Hit Parade 1954

BCD 16959 AR1 CD deluxe album with 72-page bookletISBN: 978-3-89916-454-1

STUART HAMBLEN: This Ole House • SLIM WHITMAN: RoseMarie • JIM REEVES: Bimbo • JOHNNIE & JACK: Oh Baby Mine(I Get So Lonely) • EDDY ARNOLD: I Really Don't Want ToKnow • RAY PRICE: Release Me • WADE RAY: Idaho Red •WEBB PIERCE: Slowly • THE BROWNS: Looking Back To See •LITTLE JIMMY DICKENS: Take Me As I Am (Or Let Me Go) •CARL BUTLER: I Wouldn't Change You If I Could • TOMMYCOLLINS: You BetterNot Do That • REDFOLEY & KITTYWELLS: One By One• RAY PRICE: I'll BeThere (If You EverWant Me) • ROYACUFF: I Closed MyHeart's Door •FARON YOUNG: IfYou Ain't Lovin(You Ain't Livin') •HANK SNOW: IDon't Hurt Any-more • AL TERRY:Good Deal, Lucille • WEBB PIERCE & THE WILBURN BROTHERS:Sparkling Brown Eyes • JIMMY NEWMAN: Cry, Cry Darling •SONNY BURNS: Too Hot To Handle • JIMMY LEE & JOHNNYMATHIS: If You Don't Somebody Else Will • SHEB WOOLEY:Blue Guitar • ERNEST TUBB: Two Glasses Joe • TERRY FELL:Truck Drivin' Man • EDDIE NOACK: Take It Away, Lucky • CARLSMITH: Loose Talk • ELVIS PRESLEY, SCOTTY & BILL: That's AllRight

Dim Lights, Thick Smoke And Hillbilly MusicCountry & Western Hit Parade 1955

BCD 16960 AR1 CD deluxe album with 72-page bookletISBN: 978-3-89916-455-8

FESS PARKER: Ballad Of Davy Crockett • FERLIN HUSKY: I FeelBetter All Over (More Than Anywheres Else) • JIMMY WORK:Makin' Believe • WEBB PIERCE: In The Jailhouse Now • EDDYARNOLD: Just Call Me Lonesome • JIMMY MARTIN & THE OS-BORNE BROTHERS: 20/20 Vision • BUD DECKELMAN WITH THEDAYDREAMERS: Daydreamin' • CHARLIE FEATHERS: Peepin'Eyes • LOUVIN BROTHERS: When I Stop Dreaming • JIMMYDEAN AND HIS TEXAS WILDCATS: Big Blue Diamonds •GEORGE JONES: Why Baby Why • JOHNNY CASH AND TEN-NESSEE TWO: Cry! Cry! Cry! • RAY PRICE: Run Boy • LITTLEJIMMY DICKENS: We Could • FLATT & SCRUGGS: Before I MetYou • HYLO BROWN: Lost To A Stranger • CARL SMITH: ThereShe Goes • FARON YOUNG: Live Fast, Love Hard, Die Young •TENNESSEE ERNIE FORD: Sixteen Tons • EDDY ARNOLD &HUGO WINTERHALTER: The Cattle Call • JIM REEVES: YonderComes A Sucker • HANK SNOW - THE SINGING RANGER ANDHIS RAINBOW RANCH BOYS: Let Me Go, Lover! • ERNESTTUBB: The Yellow Rose Of Texas • WEBB PIERCE: I Don't Care• PORTER WAGONER: A Satisfied Mind • WEBSTER BROTHERS& CARL BUTLER: Angel Band • ARTHUR SMITH & DON RENO:Feudin' Banjos • RUSTY & DOUG : So Lovely Baby • ELVIS PRES-LEY-SCOTTY & BILL: IForgot To RememberTo Forget • MARTYROBBINS: Maybel-lene • BONUS: JIM-MIE RODGERS & THERAINBOW RANCHBOYS: In The Jail-house Now No. 2