• Little Texas’ first four studio albums are available for the first time together on a 2CD set.
• The album ‘First Time’ achieved Gold Disc status.
• ‘Big Time’ achieved Double Platinum status with sales of over 3 million copies.
• ‘Kick A Little’ went Platinum.
• Combined, these four albums achieved 236 weeks on the Billboard Country Music chart.
• Clay Walker’s first four Platinum-selling albums from 1993 to 1997 available on this great value 2CD set.
• Contains 16 hit singles including six Number Ones.
• Combined, these albums spent a total of 276 weeks on the American country charts.
• Four albums on two CDs were recorded between 1966 and 1967, available for the first time in this format.
• One of the finest country singers of all time, Waylon Jennings ranked No. 7 in Rolling Stone magazine’s poll of 100 greatest country artists. In a 37 year recording career Waylon achieved 100 country chart singles and 60 chart albums.
• Produced by Chet Atkins who billed Waylon as “Folk Country”
• Four albums on 2 CDs from Country Music Hall of Fame inductee (2001), the late, great
Waylon Jennings
• Recorded between 1967 and 1969 and available for the first time in this format.
• One of the finest country singers of all time, Waylon Jennings ranked No.7 in Rolling Stone magazine’s poll of 100 greatest country artists. In a 37 year recording career Waylon achieved 100 country chart singles and 60 chart albums.
There are few artists in country music more highly praised, or influential, as Lefty Frizzell. With a vocal styling often imitated but never matched, he found one of his greater advocates in Merle Haggard though musicians such as Keith Whitley, Johnny Rodriguez and Randy Travis were amongst others who also acknowledged his influence on their work.
· Released in 1980 “Dreams” was the second and most successful of Grace Slick’s four solo albums.
· Considering Grace’s popularity as vocalist with Jefferson Airplane and Starship, it is surprising that this fantastic album only charted at No. 32 in the United States and No. 28 in the UK.
· With epic productions and arrangements by Ron Frangipane this album is something special and was nominated for a Grammy award.
RE-PRESS: CD ORIGINALLY RELEASED IN 2018 .The four albums contained in this collection were released consecutively during the period 1977-1980, the productions broadened the boundaries of country music with their musicianship and song content, creating a framework in which Milsap’s vocals fitted perfectly.“It Was Almost Like A Song” (1977), was Ronnie Milsap’s eighth album for RCA and produced two No. 1 singles, the title track and ‘What A Difference You Made In My Life’. It won the CMA “Album of the Year” award.
David Blue was born on 18th February 1941. He wasn’t born David Blue, of course, but Stuart David Cohen and he came from Providence, Rhode Island. He moved to Greenwich Village in the early ‘60s and one day saw Bob Dylan writing the song that would become the great folk anthem ‘Blowin’ In The Wind’. Bob asked David to play the chords while he would create the verses. It was performed that night at Gerde’s Folk City.
Tammy was born Virginia Wynette Pugh on May, 5th 1942 in Tremont, Mississippi and always dreamed of being a country singer. No doubt success also had a place in that dream although great superstardom may not have figured in her imagination.
The three albums that Glen Campbell made for the Atlantic American label between 1982 and 1985 are on this 2CD set together with a rarity – the bonus track ‘They Still Dance To Waltzes In England’. This track was specially recorded for British release to coincide with his appearance at the 1984 International Festival of Country Music held in Wembley.
This collection comprises four original albums on 2 CDs that represent the diversity of the singer’s recordings, with the first two being his final country albums to be released by Columbia.
Here we have the four albums that Tanya Tucker recorded for Columbia Records available for the first time in one package: “Delta Dawn” (1972), “What’s Your Mama’s Name” (1973), “Would You Lay With Me (In A Field Of Stone)” (1974) and “You Are So Beautiful” (1977).
Bobby Bare, and what was to become known as The Nashville Sound, go hand in hand. He was one of the most successful exponents of the sound and it opened up the doorway for his success in Nashville.