Haggard,Merle Down Every Road 1962-1994 CD

2016 four CD anthology. Merle Haggard is a rarity: a complex artist whose rich scope can accurately be summarized through singles, but who has far more great material than can be fit on one or two discs. Which, of course, makes him the perfect candidate for a box set of four CDs It's not just the perfect Merle Haggard box set, it's one of the greatest box sets ever released as well, since it truly presents all sides of it's subject, while offering nothing but sheer pleasure in terms of mere listening. Haggard helped create the Bakersfield sound with his Fender Telecaster, stripped-down arrangements and lyrics that often reflect the hardscrabble and tragic sides of life. His long, storied and influential career began shortly after his release from San Quentin Prison in 1960 and ended with his death earlier this year. This set covers 30 of those years and includes 100 of his greatest songs. Tracks include "(My Friends Are Gonna Be) Strangers," "The Bottle Let Me Down," "Sing Me Back Home," "Mama Tried," "Okie from Muskogee," "If We Make It Through December" and many more.

1. Skid Row 2. Sing a Sad Song 3. You Don't Even Try 4. Sam Hill 5. (My Friends Are Gonna Be) Strangers 6. Just Between the Two of Us 7. If I Had Left It Up to You 8. I'm Gonna Break Every Heart I Can 9. Swinging Doors 10. Bottle Let Me Down, the 11. High on a Hilltop 12. I'll Look Over You 13. Fugitive, the 14. House of Memories 15. All of Me Belongs to You 16. Mary's Fine 17. Someone Told My Story 18. Go Home 19. Whatever Happened to Me 20. Loneliness Is Eating Me Alive 21. I Threw Away the Rose 22. Branded Man 23. You Don't Have Very Far to Go 24. Somewhere Between 25. Sing Me Back Home 26. Son of Hickory Holler's Tramp, the 27. Seeing Eye Dog 28. Legend of Bonnie and Clyde, the 29. I Started Loving You Again 30. Is This the Beginning of the End? 31. I'll Always Know 32. Mama Tried 33. In the Good Old Days (When Times Were Bad) 34. Teach Me to Forget 35. I'm Looking for My Mind 36. Day the Rains Came, the 37. California Blues (Blue Yodel #4) 38. I Take a Lot of Pride in What I Am 39. I'm Bringin' Home Good News 40. I Can't Hold Myself in Line 41. It Meant Goodbye to Me When You Said Hello to Him 42. Hungry Eyes 43. Silver Wings 44. Waitin' for a Train 45. Jimmie 46. Rodgers' Last Blue Yodel (The Women Make a Fool Out of Me) 47. California Cottonfields 48. White Line Fever 49. Workin' Man Blues 50. Okie from Muskogee 51. I Can't Stop Loving You 52. Huntsville 53. Irma Jackson 54. Fightin' Side of Me, the 55. I'll Be a Hero (When I Strike) 56. Right or Wrong 57. Trouble in Mind 58. Stay a Little Longer 59. Farmer's Daughter, the 60. Tulare Dust 61. Carolyn 62. Someday We'll Look Back 63. Daddy Frank (The Guitar Man) 64. Grandma Harp 65. It's Not Love (But It's Not Bad) 66. I Wonder If They Ever Think of Me 67. If We Make It Through December 68. Emptiest Arms in the World, the 69. Everybody's Had the Blues [Live Rehearsal] 70. Things Aren't Funny Anymore 71. Honky Tonk Night Time Man 72. Holding Things Together 73. Here in Frisco 74. Kentucky Gambler 75. Always Wanting You 76. Living with the Shades Pulled Down 77. Running Kind 78. It's All in the Movies 79. Way It Was in '51, the 80. I Never Go Around Mirrors 81. What Have You Got Planned Tonight Diana 82. If We're Not Back in Love By Monday 83. Ramblin' Fever 84. It's Been a Great Afternoon 85. Red Bandana 86. Footlights 87. My Own Kind of Hat 88. Misery and Gin 89. Leonard 90. I Think I'll Just Stay Here and Drink 91. Rainbow Stew 92. Big City 93. Are the Good Times Really Over (I Wish a Buck Was Still Silver) 94. You Take Me for Granted 95. Pancho and Lefty 96. That's the Way Love Goes 97. Someday When Things Are Good 98. Let's Chase Each Other Around the Room 99. Kern River 100. Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Star 101. In My Next Life