Mack,Warner Return Of The Mack CD

UK collection. This Jasmine collection covers phase one of Warner Mack's career, and the hits he made in the '50s. It also features two complete 'concept albums' that Mack recorded in 1961 and 1962, featuring updated treatments of predominantly Country classics of the 1940s and 1950s. These are being released on CD for the first time ever. A real-life, born and bred, native son of Nashville, Warner Mack enjoyed two significant spells of popularity and hits - on both the country and pop charts - almost a decade apart. In the first period self-penned tracks like 'Is It Wrong (For Loving You) and 'Roc-A-Chicka' showed that Mack's was a talent to be reckoned with. However a serious car accident put him out of action for two years in the early-mid 60s and it wasn't till 1966 that he returned to the top with 'The Bridge Washed Out'. Some of the earlier tracks are among the first to feature what would become known as 'The Nashville Sound' in the late 1950s. However there are also a number of more traditional hillbilly tracks which were closer to the artist's own heart than the commercialised sound of his hits. Remastered as always from the finest available sources, this is as fine an overview of Warner Mack's early career as you could hope to find. Happily Warner is still with us at the time of writing, and it's to be hoped that he will feel "Return Of The Mack" does him full justice.

1. Have I Told You Lately That I Love You 2. A Satisfied Mind 3. You're Not Easy to Forget 4. My Shoes Keep Walking Back to You 5. Don't Worry 6. Bonaparte's Retreat 7. Room Full of Roses 8. The Wild Side of Life 9. Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes 10. Send Me the Pillow You Dream on 11. Take These Chains from My Heart 12. Fire Ball Mail 13. When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold Again 14. Have You Ever Been Lonely (Have You Ever Been Blue) 15. My Love for You 16. Walk on By 17. Someday (You'll Want Me to Want You) 18. Crazy Arms 19. Chime Bells 20. Four Walls 21. I Wonder Where You Are Tonight 22. I Fall to Pieces 23. In the Pines 24. San Antonio Rose 25. Roc-A-Chicka 26. Is It Wrong (For Loving You) 27. Lonesome for You Now 28. Baby Squeeze Me 29. Since I Lost You 30. Your Fool 31. Honky Tonk Song 32. I'll Run Back to You