VA - Dim Lights, Thick Smoke & Hillbilly Music: Country & Western Hit Parade - 1953 (2009)
Artist: VA
Title: Dim Lights, Thick Smoke & Hillbilly Music: Country & Western Hit Parade - 1953
Year Of Release: 2009
Label: Bear Family Records
Genre: Oldies, Country
Quality: Flac (tracks, .cue, log)
Total Time: 01:15:04
Total Size: 215 Mb (scans)
WebSite: Album Preview
Title: Dim Lights, Thick Smoke & Hillbilly Music: Country & Western Hit Parade - 1953
Year Of Release: 2009
Label: Bear Family Records
Genre: Oldies, Country
Quality: Flac (tracks, .cue, log)
Total Time: 01:15:04
Total Size: 215 Mb (scans)
WebSite: Album Preview
Tracklist:
01. Jack Cardwell - The Death Of Hank Williams
02. Faron Young - Goin' Steady
03. Hank Williams - Your Cheatin' Heart
04. Johnnie & Jack - South In New Orleans
05. Webb Pierce - It's Been So Long
06. Johnny Bond - Let Me Go, Devil
07. Red Cook - Playin' Dominoes And Shootin' Dice
08. Hank Snow - (Now And Then There's) A Fool Such As I
09. The Carlisles - No Help Wanted
10. Marty Robbins - I'll Go On Alone
11. Arlie Duff - You All Come
12. The Davis Sisters - I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know
13. Lefty Frizzell - California Blues (Blue Yodel #4)
14. Link Davis - Big Mamou
15. Tommy Duncan - Hound Dog
16. Onie Wheeler - Run 'Em Off
17. Darrell Glenn - Crying In The Chapel
18. Jim Reeves - Mexican Joe
19. Hank Locklin - Let Me Be The One
20. Joe & Rose Lee Maphis - Dim Lights, Thick Smoke (And Loud, Loud Music)
21. Rudy Grayzell - Looking At The Moon And Wishing On A Star
22. Webb Pierce - There Stands The Glass
23. Carl Smith - Hey Joe!
24. Merrill Moore - Red Light
25. Chet Atkins - Country Gentlemen
26. Hank Williams - Take These Chains From My Heart
27. Mitchell Torok - Caribbean
28. Jean Sheppard & Ferlin Husky - A Dear John Letter
The middle volume of Bear Family’s five-album Dim Lights, Thick Smoke and Hillbilly Music series covers the year 1953, collecting 28 classic tracks from that wild year -- the year after Hank Williams’ monumental passing -- and showcasing the kinds of innovation that were occurring in hardcore woolly hillbilly music released regionally as well as nationally. Some of the set’s highlights include a posthumous release from Williams in "Take These Chains from My Heart," Jim Reeves' hit "Mexican Joe," Carl Smith’s rollicking "Hey Joe!," Joe and Rose Lee Maphis’ hardcore honky tonk "Dim Lights, Thick Smoke (And Loud Loud Music)," Lefty Frizell’s beautiful reading of Jimmie Rodgers’ "California Blues (Blue Yodel #4)," Faron Young’s "Goin' Steady," and the Davis Sisters' gorgeous "I Forgot More Than You’ll Ever Know." That said, there isn’t a dud on the set and the annotation -- in typical Bear Family style -- is exhaustive, while the entire package is utterly attractive and fit for the collector’s shelf. This entire series is faultless and worth owning by any traditional country music fan.
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