Strange,Billy Guitar For Hire 1952-1962 CD

Although Billy Strange is perhaps best remembered as an integral member of The Wrecking Crew, his name synonymous with men like Phil Spector and Brian Wilson, there was more to him than his guitar-for-hire heroics of the 60s and 70s. An established recording artist in his own right, with a discography which stretched back to the early 1950s, he was also a highly regarded Country singer with a distinctive baritone voice and a bona-fid? Rockabilly legend, an inductee into the "Rockabilly Hall Of Fame". This compilation traces Billy's story from his early Hillbilly and Honky-Tonk recordings, through to his emergence in the early 60s in The Wrecking Crew. Disc One comprises virtually all his singles between 1952-62. Disc Two features a number of sessionman/sideman appearances, alongside a killer 45rpm issued under a pseudonym, and a pair of almost unfeasibly rare and collectable LPs, included herein in their entirety.

1. Diesel Smoke, Dangerous Curves 2. Almanac Song 3. I Love You 24 Hours a Day 4. Hell Train 5. Kiss, Kiss, Kiss 6. Crazy Quilt Rag 7. New Carroll County Blues 8. Just Bummin' Around 9. Red 10. Half a Photograph 11. Let Me Be the One 12. I'm Still a Prisoner 13. Catsup and Honey 14. A Lonesome Lover's Lie 15. Am I Seeing Things 16. The Devil in Me 17. You're the Only Good Thing (That's Happened to Me) 18. I Gotta Be Gittin' Home 19. Let Me in There, Baby 20. My Buddy's Girl 21. Say You're Mine, Porcupine 22. Big Man 23. It Wasn't Much of a Town 24. Sadness Done Come 25. Where Your Arms Used to Be 26. Long Steel Road 27. Soft Chains of Love 28. Life of Pretend 29. I'll Remember April 30. Mooncussers 31. Johnny Shiloh 32. Day By Day 33. Tennessee Ernie Ford ; Ella Mae Morse - I'm Hog-Tied Over You 34. Moon Mullican - Ooglie Ooglie Oogie (The Tokyo Boogie) 35. Jim Malloy ; His Range Riders - When Payday Rolls Around 36. Jim Malloy ; His Range Riders - Ridin' Down the Canyon 37. Jim Malloy ; His Range Riders - Pistol Packin' Mama 38. Jim Malloy ; His Range Riders - Cool Water 39. Jim Malloy ; His Range Riders - Tumbling Tumbleweeds 40. Jim Malloy ; His Range Riders - Deep in the Heart of Texas 41. Jim Malloy ; His Range Riders - Take Me Back to My Boots and Saddle 42. Jim Malloy ; His Range Riders - Home on the Range 43. Jim Malloy ; His Range Riders - Beside the Rio Grande 44. Jim Malloy ; His Range Riders - a Cowboy Has to Sing 45. Jim Malloy ; His Range Riders - Red River Valley 46. Jim Malloy ; His Range Riders - El Rancho Grande 47. Sweetpea Johnson - Crawdad Scene 48. Sweetpea Johnson - How Come My Dog Don't Growl at You 49. Jeanne ; Janie - Long Week-End 50. Barbara Dane - Mama Don't Allow No Twistin' 51. The Fencemen - Sunday Stranger 52. The Fencemen - Sour Grapes 53. The Avalanches - Avalanche 54. The Avalanches - Baby It's Cold Outside 55. Billy Strange - Walk Right in 56. Billy Strange - Blowin' in the Wind 57. Billy Strange - Wabash Cannonball 58. Billy Strange - 16 Tons 59. Billy Strange - Silver Threads and Golden Needles 60. Billy Strange - Battle of New Orleans 61. Billy Strange - Green Green 62. Billy Strange - Tom Dooley 63. Billy Strange - Wildwood Flower 64. Billy Strange - If I Had a Hammer 65. Billy Strange - Stranger in Your Town 66. Billy Strange - Cotton Fields