Five Classic Albums (Songs Of The Brazos Valley / Dance Ranch / Songs For Rounders / Most Of All / An Old Love Affair)

Five Classic Albums (Songs Of The Brazos Valley / Dance Ranch / Songs For Rounders / Most Of All / An Old Love Affair) cover $25.00 Low Stock add to cart more by this artist

Hank Thompson
Five Classic Albums (Songs Of The Brazos Valley / Dance Ranch / Songs For Rounders / Most Of All / An Old Love Affair)

[ Avid / 2 CD ]

Release Date: Friday 19 June 2020

Should this item be out of stock at the time of your order, we would expect to be able to supply it to you within 2 - 5 business days.

AVID Country continues with its Five Classic Album series with a re-mastered 2CD release featuring country legend Hank Thompson, complete with original artwork, liner notes and personnel details.

'Songs Of The Brazos Valley'; 'Dance Ranch'; 'Songs For Rounders' 'Most Of All' and 'An Old Love Affair'.

Maybe the reason Hank Thompson isn't thought of in the same breath as that other famous country music Hank, Hank Williams, is that possibly he continued playing into his eighties long after his musical heyday in the fifties and sixties. He didn't die young? He was, however, a huge country music star inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1989 and the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1997. His band, The Brazos Valley Boys were the top country 'n' western band on Billboard for 14 years straight! Developing his style on a lighter version of Bob Wills' western swing with more emphasis on melody and arrangements, Hank had a ton of hits in the 1950s and 1960s. Perhaps his most famous being 'Wild Side Of Life' which spent three months at Number 1 in the charts and gave rise to a response record from Kitty Wells called 'It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels' which sold a million records and made her the first million selling female country artist. Check her albums out on AMSC1328. Our five fine selections include two acknowledged country masterpieces in 'Dance Ranch' and 'Songs For Rounders' where Hank puts together well thought out albums with proper themes rather than just a collection of hit singles.

Tracks:

CD1

1. The Wild Side Of Life (Songs Of The Brazos Valley)
2. Rub-A-Dub-Dub (Songs Of The Brazos Valley)
3. Yesterday's Girl (Songs Of The Brazos Valley)
4. When You're Lovin', You're Livin' (Songs Of The Brazos Valley)
5. John Henry (Songs Of The Brazos Valley)
6. I Saw My Mother's Name (Songs Of The Brazos Valley)
7. The New Green Light (Songs Of The Brazos Valley)
8. Simple Simon (Songs Of The Brazos Valley)
9. The Letter Edged In Black (Songs Of The Brazos Valley)
10. Mother, Queen Of My Heart (Songs Of The Brazos Valley)
11. You Don't Have The Nerve (Songs Of The Brazos Valley)
12. At The Rainbow's End (Songs Of The Brazos Valley)
13. Beaumont Rag (Dance Ranch)
14. Headin' Down The Wrong Highway (Dance Ranch)
15. After All The Things I've Done (Dance Ranch)
16. Woodchoppers' Ball (Dance Ranch)
17. Drivin' Nails In My Coffin (Dance Ranch)
18. Klishama Klingo (Dance Ranch)
19. Bartenders' Polka (Dance Ranch)
20. Bubbles In My Beer (Dance Ranch)
21. Make Room In Your Heart (Dance Ranch)
22. Summit Ridge Drive (Dance Ranch)
23. I Wouldn't Miss It For The World (Dance Ranch)
24. Lawdy, What A Gal (Dance Ranch)
25. Three Times Seven (Songs For Rounders)
26. I'll Be A Bachelor Till I Die (Songs For Rounders)
27. Drunkards' Blues (Songs For Rounders)
28. Teach 'Em How To Swim (Songs For Rounders)
29. Dry Bread (Songs For Rounders)
30. Cocaine Blues (Songs For Rounders)

CD2

1. Deep Elm (Songs For Rounders)
2. Bummin' Around (Songs For Rounders)
3. Little Blossom (Songs For Rounders)
4. Rovin' Gambler (Songs For Rounders)
5. Left My Gal In The Mountains (Songs For Rounders)
6. May I Sleep In Your Barn Tonight Mister? (Songs For Rounders)
7.. Most Of All (Most of All)
8. The Blackboard Of My Heart (Most of All)
9. Tears Are Only Rain (Most of All)
10. Wake Up, Irene (Most of All)
11. Breakin' The Rules (Most of All)
12. Squaws Along The Yukon (Most of All)
13. The Green Light (Most of All)
14. We've Gone Too Far (Most of All)
15. I Was The First One (Most of All)
16. A Girl In The Night (Most of All)
17. Waiting In The Lobby Of Your Heart (Most of All)
18. Rockin' In The Congo (Most of All)
19. I Dreamed Of An Old Love Affair (An Old Love Affair)
20. It's My Fault (An Old Love Affair)
21. Just An Old Faded Photograph (An Old Love Affair)
22. Sing Me Something Sentimental (An Old Love Affair)
23. I'll Be Around (An Old Love Affair)
24. I've Convinced Everybody But Myself (An Old Love Affair)
25. Paying Off The Interest With My Tears (An Old Love Affair)
26. I'd Like To Tell You (An Old Love Affair)
27. I Keep Meeting Girls Like You (An Old Love Affair)
28. Just A Little While (An Old Love Affair)
29. I Gotta Have My Baby Back (An Old Love Affair)
30. My Old Flame (An Old Love Affair)