BEAR FAMILY

In celebration of Alan Freed's 100th birthday, Bear Family Records½ presents this historic compilation in the 'Memorial Series'! This issue tells the story of one of the most legendary disc jockeys...

Meticulous British vinyl collector (45RPM singles), rockabilly expert, author and musician, living in the USA since the early 2000s. Recordings made in his private studio during the 2022 lockdown,...

Nostalgic summer dreams on 33 musical jewels from three decades! Including an early Rock'n'Roll recording by Latin artist Herb Alpert, then still named Herbie Alpert! And the ice cream song Tutti...

In 1959, RCA Nashville producer-guitarist Chet Atkins brought Jimmie Driftwood's Tennessee Stud to Eddy Arnold and gave 'The Tennessee Plowboy' his first major hit in three years. That success,...

Time was when the Louisiana Hayride show at the Municipal Auditorium in Shreveport, Louisiana was the place for country music fans to be on a Saturday night. Just sixty cents for adults (thirty for...

Marty Robbins was a reticent television performer. His appearances during the early part of his career were few, so this DVD is a treasure trove. Here are performances and interviews dating from...

Think of Bear Family's 2014 ATOMIC PLATTERS: SINGLE WARHEAD EDITION as a musical Manhattan Project on a budget. On one jam packed disc you get 32 of the wildest, most radioactive Cold War tracks ever...

5 CDs and one DVD (NTSC, region code 0) box set (LP sized) with a 250 page hardcover book. 'Atomic Platters' is the result of a years in the making musical 'Manhattan Project' that collects over 100...

What was autumn like in earlier decades? This question is answered here nostalgically. Yes, this is about falling leaves, but also about Thanksgiving, the rain, wind and storms and of course the...

Including a larger number of previously unreleased studio and live recordings, radio recordings and demos. A treasure trove of Bakersfield history presenting country music stars Merle Haggard and...

-It was Hank Ballard who, with his band, created The Twist in the late '50s, the greatest dance theme yet invented. -Bear Family Records½ now dedicates a CD album to Hank Ballard & The Midnighters in...

-A double CD with recordings by Rev. Robert Ballinger kicks off the new gospel CD series on Bear Family!-Mostly with a trio, accompanied by bass and drums, the pianist and singer recorded some of the...