Carlisles Carlisles Collection 1951-61 CD

The Carlisles were a hillbilly country group formed in the early 1950s by Bill Carlisle, who had previously recorded with his brother Cliff as The Carlisle Brothers during the 1930s and '40s until Cliff retired in 1950. Bill, who was known as Jumpin' Bill Carlisle, because of his habit of leaping around the stage, formed a new group under the name The Carlisles, that included singer/guitarists Betty Amos and Roy Sneed and bass player Ernie Newton, and they had several hits during the 1950s, continuing to record into the 1960s as their style evolved. This excellent-value 61-track 2-CD set comprises most of their A & B sides for the Mercury and Columbia labels from era, along with EP and LP tracks, with guitarist Chet Atkins featured on many of the recordings. Also included are some Bill Carlisle solo releases for RCA. It features all their country hits as a group, including the No. 1 "No Help Wanted" and the Top 10 hits "Too Old To Cut The Mustard", "Knothole", "Is Zat You, Myrtle", and "Tain't Nice (To Talk Like That)", many of them typical of what Bill Carlisle called his "crazy songs". It's a reasonably comprehensive overview of their recording career during this era, and is a thoroughly entertaining slice of unalloyed hillbilly country music, which makes few compromises even as they adapt their music to the pot rock 'n' roll era.

1. Too Old to Cut the Mustard 2. My Happiness Belongs to Somebody Else 3. Patch Up Our Old Love Affair 4. I Would If I Could (But I Can't) 5. True Love 6. Love, Love, Love (That's What It Is) 7. Woman Driver 8. No Help Wanted 9. This Heart Is Not for Sale 10. Knothole 11. Leave That Liar Alone 12. Is Zat You Myrtle? 13. Something Different 14. Tain't Nice (To Talk Like That) 15. Unpucker 16. I Need a Little Help 17. I'll Never Love Again 18. Shake-A-Leg 19. Moody's Goose 20. If You Don't Want It (The Salesman's Song) 21. Rattlesnake Daddy 22. Feet Don't Fail Me 23. Women 24. Doggie Joe 25. Honey Love 26. Female Hercules 27. Busy Body Boogie 28. The Mainest Thing 29. Rusty Old Halo 30. It's Bedtime, Bill 31. Nine Have Tried 32. Bargain Day, Half Off 33. Lil' Liza Jane 34. Teletouch 35. Middle Age Spread 36. On My Way to the Show 37. Dangerous Crossing 38. Run, Boy 39. Goo-Goo Da Da (Baby Latin Meaning "Daddy") 40. Pickin' Peas (Down the Long Pea Row) 41. Money Tree 42. Poor Man's Riches 43. I'm Rough Stuff 44. Wouldn't You Like to 45. Ladder of Love 46. Gettin' Younger 47. I Don't Want to Run 48. Old Fashioned Love 49. Uncle Bud 50. I've Waited Too Long 51. How Will I Know 52. Dumb Bunny 53. Who's A-Gonna Stop Me 54. Down Boy 55. Union Suit 56. Air Brakes 57. Home Sweet Home 58. John Came Home 59. Skin 'Im Quick 60. Have a Drink on Me 61. Too Old to Cut the Mustard