Acuff,Roy & Smoky Mountain Boys King Of Country Music: Foundation Recordings Comp CD

He's the biggest singer this music ever knew. You booked him and you didn't worry about crowds. For drawing power in the South, it was Roy Acuff, then God.' (Hank Williams) Roy Acuff's recordings for Vocalion/ARC/Columbia Records, 1936-1951, complete for the first time! The records that revolutionized country music from the artist who took the Grand Ole Opry coast-to-coast, and played a major role in launching the Nashville music industry. Many songs that now form part of bedrock American music, including Great Speckle Bird, Wabash Cannon Ball, Freight Train Blues, The (House of the) Rising Sun, Will The Circle Be Unbroken, Beneath That Lonely Mound Of Clay, The Precious Jewel, Wreck On The Highway, Fireball Mail, Night Train To Memphis, The Prodigal Son, Low And Lonely, Pins And Needles In My Heart, I Saw The Light, We Live In Two Diff'rent Worlds, and Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain. Nine CDs plus a DVD! 184-page book, including hundreds of photos, many previously unseen! These nine CDs comprise every surviving 'take' of every surviving recording he made for ARC/Columbia. A total of 228 performances. A bonus DVD includes the complete Grand Ole Opry movie from 1940. The recordings feature stellar work from Acuff?s Smoky Mountain Boys, including Clell ?Cousin Jody? Summey, Tommy Magness, Tommy Jackson, Benny Martin, and of course Pete 'Bashful Brother Oswald' Kirby. The Smoky Mountain Boys' 1948 instrumental LP, 'Old Time Barn Dance,' is included complete as well.

1. Singing My Way to Glory 2. Charmin' Betsy 3. The Great Speckled Bird 4. My Mountain Home Sweet Home 5. Gonna Raise a Ruckus Tonight 6. Wabash Cannon Ball 7. Freight Train Blues 8. You've Gotta See Mama Every Night 9. Gonna Have a Big Time Tonight 10. Yes Sir, That's My Baby 11. You're the Only Star (In My Blue Heaven) 12. Please Don't Talk About Me, When I'm Gone 13. All Night Long 14. New Greenback Dollar 15. Steamboat Whistle Blues 16. She No Longer Belongs to Me 17. When Lulu's Gone 18. Doin' It the Old Fashioned Way 19. An Old Three Room Shack 20. Red Lips (Kiss My Blues Away) 21. Trouble Trouble (Take 1) 22. Trouble Trouble (Take 2) 23. Sailing Along 24. Steel Guitar Chimes 25. Lonesome Valley 26. Sad Memories 27. Steel Guitar Blues 28. Old Fashioned Love 29. My Gal Sal 30. The Great Speckled Bird #2 (Take1) 31. Tell Mother I'll Be There 32. Down in Union Country 33. The Rising Sun 34. What Would You Do with Gabriel's Trumpet 35. Shout, Oh Lulu 36. Goodbye Brownie 37. Blue Ridge Sweetheart 38. One Old Shirt 39. Bonnie Blue Eyes 40. The Automobile of Life 41. Smoky Mountain Rag (Instrumental) 42. Wabash Blues (Instrumental) 43. That Beautiful Picture 44. The Great Shining Light 45. Honky Tonk Mammas 46. Haven of Dreams 47. Answer to 'Sparkling Blue Eyes' 48. Smoky Mountain Moon 49. Fly, Birdie, Fly 50. Ida Red 51. Beautiful Brown Eyes 52. Mother's Prayers Guide Me 53. Living on the Mountain, Baby Mine 54. A Vagabond's Dream 55. Old Age Pension Check 56. Eyes Are Watching You 57. I'm Building a Home 58. Railroad Boomer (Take 1) 59. Railroad Boomer (Take 2) 60. Walkin' in My Sleep 61. Wonder Is All I Do 62. Drifting Too Far from the Shore 63. Come Back Little Pal 64. Will the Circle Be Unbroken 65. Coming from the Ball 66. When I Lay My Burden Down 67. Beneath That Lonely Wound of Clay 68. The Streamlined Cannonball 69. Weary River 70. Just to Ease My Worried Mind 71. Farther Along (Take 1) 72. Farther Along (Take 2) 73. Blue Eyed Darling (Take 1) 74. Blue Eyed Darling (Take 2) 75. The Precious Jewel (Take 1) 76. The Precious Jewel (Take 2) 77. The Broken Heart 78. Would You Care 79. Lonesome Old River Blues (Take 1) 80. Lonesome Old River Blues (Take 2) 81. What Good Will It Do 82. Mule Skinner Blues 83. Be Honest with Me 84. Worried Mind 85. Things That Might Have Been 86. You're My Darling 87. It Won't Be Long (Till I'll Be Leaving) 88. Just Inside the Pearly Gates 89. I Know We're Saying Goodbye 90. Brother Take Warning 91. The Great Judgement Morning 92. Stuck Up Blues 93. Lying Woman Blues 94. You Are My Love 95. Branded Wherever I Go 96. No Letter in the Mail 97. Are You Thinking of Me Darling 98. I Called and Nobody Answered 99. Wreck on the Highway 100. Fire Ball Mail 101. I'll Reap My Harvest in Heaven 102. Night Train to Memphis 103. The Prodigal Son 104. Low and Lonely 105. Write Me Sweetheart 106. I Didn' T Want You to Know 107. Roll on Buddy 108. Weary Lonesome Blues 109. Come Back Little Darling 110. They Can Only Fill One Grave 111. Live and Let Live 112. Don't Make Me Go to Bed and I'll Be Good 113. The Heart That Was Broken for Me 114. Not a Word from Home 115. Do You Wonder Why 116. I'll Forgive You But I Can't Forget 117. Blues in My Mind 118. (I Heard a) Silver Trumpet 119. Easy Rockin' Chair 120. It's Too Late Now to Worry Anymore 121. Wait for the Light to Shine 122. Radio Station S - a 123. We Planted Roses on Our Darling's Grave 124. Money Won't Buy This Soul of Mine 125. No One Will Ever Know 126. I Think I'll Go Home and Cry 127. We Live in Two Different Worlds 128. Pins and Needles (In My Heart) 129. Golden Treasure 130. I Gambled and Lost - 1 131. I Gambled and Lost - 2 132. Let Me Be the First to Say I'm Sorry (Bd+Take 1) 133. Let Me Be the First to Say I'm Sorry (Take 2) 134. All the World Is Lonely Now (2 Breakdowns) 135. All the World Is Lonely Now (Take) 136. That Glory Bound Train 137. Waiting for My Call to Glory 138. Gone, Gone, Gone (But Not Forgotten) 139. Tell Me Now or Tell Me Never - 1 140. Tell Me Now or Tell Me Neve R - 2 141. I Talk to Myself About You - 1 142. I Talk to Myself About You - 2 143. Freight Train Blues (Fs+Take) 144. (Our Own) Jole Blon (Fs+Bd+Take) 145. (Our Own) Jole Blon (2 Bd+Take) 146. Tennessee Central (Number Nine) 147. Wabash Cannon Ball (2 Bd+Take) 148. Wabash Cannon Ball (Fs+Take) 149. There's a Big Rock in the Road (Take 1) 150. There's a Big Rock in the Road (Take 2) 151. Po' Folks (All the Time) (Take 1) 152. Po' Folks (All the Time) (Take 2) 153. I Wish I Had Kissed You Goodbye (Bd+Take) 154. Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain (FS+BD) 155. Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain (Bd+Take) 156. Don't Wait 'Til Judgement Day 157. The Devil's Train (Take 1) 158. The Devil's Train (Fs+Take) 159. Short Changed in Love (Bd+Fs+Take) 160. When They Take That Last Look at Me (Take 1) 161. When They Take That Last Look at Me (Take 2) 162. This World Can't Stand Long (Take 1) 163. This World Can't Stand Long (Take 2) 164. I Saw the Light 165. Heartaches and Flowers 166. The Songbirds Are Singing in Heaven (BD) 167. The Songbirds Are Singing in Heaven (2 FS+BD) 168. The Songbirds Are Singing in Heaven (Take 1) 169. Unloved and Unclaimed (Fs+Take) 170. Unloved and Unclaimed (Take 2) 171. I Had a Dream 172. Thank God (Bd+Take) 173. You'll Reap These Tears 174. It's Just About Time 175. I'll Always Care 176. It's So Hard to Smile 177. The Waltz of the Wind 178. A Sinner's Death 179. The Midnight Train (Take 1) 180. The Midnight Train (Fs+Take 2) 181. The Midnight Train (Take 3) 182. Where You There When They Crucified My Lord (TK 1) 183. Where You There When They Crucified My Lord (+Bd+Take) 184. Sweeter Than the Flowers 185. Tennessee Waltz (Bd+Take) 186. The Pale Horse and His Rider 187. Gray Eagle 188. Dance Around Molly 189. Black Mountain Rag 190. Pretty Little Widow (Bd+Take) 191. Smoky Mountain Rag 192. Lonesome Indian 193. Bully of the Town 194. Polk County Breakdown 195. Jesus Died for Me 196. If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again (Take 1) 197. If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again (Fs+Take) 198. The Day They Laid Mary Away (Take 1) 199. The Day They Laid Mary Away (Take 2) 200. It's All Right Now 201. Baldknob Arkansas (Fs+Take) 202. Baldknob Arkansas (Take 2) 203. A Plastic Heart (Take 1) 204. A Plastic Heart (Take 2) 205. Advice to Joe (Take 1) 206. Advice to Joe (Take 2) 207. When My Money Run Out (I Lost All My Friends) (TK 1) 208. When My Money Run Out (I Lost All My Friends) (TK 2) 209. When My Money Run Out (I Lost All My Friends) (TK 3) 210. Your Address Unknown 211. The Southbound Train 212. Pliney Jane 213. Waltz of the Wind 214. Waltz of Broken Vows (Bd+Take) 215. Cheating 216. Don't Hang Your Dirty Linen Ony My Line (Take 1) 217. Don't Hang Your Dirty Linen Ony My Line (Take 2) 218. Don't Hang Your Dirty Linen Ony My Line (Take 3) 219. I'll Be Alone (Bd+Take) 220. Doug MacArthur 221. In the Shadow of the Smokies 222. She Isn't Guaranteed 223. Thy Burdens Are Greater Than Mine 224. Ten Little Numbers 225. Just a Friend 226. My Tears Don't Show