VA - The Bakersfield Sound: Country Music Capital of the West 1940-1974 (2019)

Tracklist:

1. Lloyd Stalcup – The Cotton Picker's Song
2. Homer Pierce – Darlin' Baby
3. Jack Bryant – Sunny Cal
4. Mary Sullivan – Sunny California
5. Wayne Dinwiddie – Home In The Government Camp
6. The King Family – Get Along Down To Town
7. Lloyd Reading – Home In San Antone
8. Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys – Opening Theme/Seven Come Eleven
9. Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys – Get Along Home Cindy
10. Elwin Cross And His Arizona Wranglers – Back In Dear Old Oklahoma
11. Maddox Brothers and Rose – Okie Boogie
12. Bob Manning – Reading Your Letter With Tears In My Eyes
13. Leon Payne – Lost Highway
14. Tex Marshall & Bill Woods – Hittin' The Trail
15. Leo Butler – When The Leaves Come Tumbling Down
16. Bill Woods And His Orange Blossom Playboys – Have I Got A Chance With You
17. Maddox Brothers and Rose – Water Baby Blues [Aka Water Baby Boogie]
18. Terry Preston – (A Pretty Woman Is A) Deadly Weapon
19. Terry Preston – I Want You So
20. Herb Henson – Funny Book
21. Jimmy Thomason – Honey Baby
22. Jimmy Thomason – Your Love Was Like The Weather
23. Hillbilly Barton – You Made Me Love You
24. Ebb Pilling & His Ozark Squirrel Shooters – Ozark Polka
25. Bill Woods And His Orange Blossom Playboys – A Heart Break Ago
26. Fuzzy Owen & Bonnie Owens – A Dear John Letter
27. Bill Woods & Rita Goodwin – A Dear John Letter
28. Billy Mize & Bill Woods And His Orange Blossom Playboys – Pusan
29. Ferlin Husky – Hank's Song
30. Joe & Rose Lee Maphis – Dim Lights, Thick Smoke (And Loud, Loud Music)
31. Jean Shepard & Ferlin Husky – Dear John Letter

Disc 2
1. Tommy Collins – You Better Not Do That
2. Dallas Frazier – Ain't You Had No Bringin' Up At All
3. Bud Hobbs – Louisiana Swing
4. Forrest Lee & Clete Stewart – When I Hold You
5. Buck Owens – Down On The Corner Of Love
6. Dave Stogner And His Western Rhythmaires – Stepping Stones
7. Herb Henson & Joyce Yours – Out Of Line
8. Semie Moseley – When The Saints Go Marching In
9. Jean Shepard – Take Possession
10. The Farmer Boys – It Pays To Advertise
11. Wynn Stewart – Why Do I Love You So
12. Tommy Duncan – Crazy Mixed Up Kid
13. Johnny Taylor – Sad Sad Saturday Night
14. Wanda Jackson – I Gotta Know
15. Billy Mize – Who Will Buy The Wine
16. Al Coker & The Coker Family – Baby I Like Your Style
17. Louise Duncan – Wherever You Are
18. Sid Silver – Bumble Rumble
19. Andy Morris – I Need Her Love
20. Dusty Payne – I Want You
21. Fuzzy Owen – Your Every Thing (I Wish That She Could Be)
22. Bonnie Blue Bell – I Never Thought
23. Jan Howard – What Time Tomorrow
24. George Rich – Drivin' Away My Blues
25. Bill Woods – Ask Me No Questions
26. Fuzzy Owen – Beware Of A Stranger
27. Skeets McDonald – Keep Her Off Your Mind
28. Dave Stogner – Yes Sir
29. Harlan Howard – Fun On The Freeway
30. Cliff Crofford – A Night For Love
31. The Farmer Boys – Someone To Love
32. Buck Owens – Come Back To Me

Disc 3
1. Reuben Chapman & Coy Baker & His Band – I'm Sorry Too
2. Don Thompson & Coy Baker & His Band – Empty Days And Lonely Nights
3. Phil Brown – You're A Luxury
4. Skeets McDonald – Steady Lovin'
5. Johnny Bond – I Like That Kind
6. Henry Sharpe – Crazy Moon
7. Gene Martin & The Desert Stars – Pair Of Empty Arms
8. Herb Henson – You'al Come
9. Lewis Talley – Letters Have No Arms
10. Buck Owens – Second Fiddle
11. Billy Mize & Cliff Crofford – When
12. Billy Mize – You Can't Take Your Love Out Of This Boy
13. Billy Kaundart – I Removed Your Ring
14. Larry Bryant – Keep Right On Tryin'
15. Buck Owens – Tired Of Livin'
16. Joe Hall – Cold Hearted Woman
17. Charles Owen – Stage Coach
18. Rip Goodman & Marcia – If I Could Only Tell You
19. George Latta – Our Hearts
20. Buck Owens – Til These Dreams Come True
21. Billy Mize & Cliff Crofford – Living Up To My Name
22. Don Markham & The Marksmen – Goose, Pt. 1
23. Bonnie Owens – Just For The Children's Sake
24. Wally Lewis – My Baby Walks All Over Me
25. Wynn Stewart – Playboy
26. Al Brumley – Someone's Gonna Get Hurt
27. Jackie Kelley – Door Of Temptation
28. Jelly Sanders – Fiddlin' Country Style
29. Buck Owens & Rose Maddox – Loose Talk
30. Jimmy Patton – What Will I Do (With All These Memories)
31. Tommy Dee – Loving You (On Someone Else's Time)
32. Custer Bottoms & Jack And Jerry – Why Tell Me

Disc 4
1. Buck Owens – King Of Fools
2. The Marksmen – Scratch
3. Jerry Cornelius & The Golden Eagles – It's My Turn To Cry
4. Wayne Morris – I Can't Stop Lovin'
5. Wayne Morris – I Pretend
6. Bill Woods – Truck Drivin' Man
7. Billy Bledsoe – My Last Night In Town
8. Leon Hart – New Home Sweet Home
9. Kenny Hays – Crossing My Fingers
10. Kenny Hays – Foolish Notions
11. Georgia Lynn – On Your Wedding Day
12. Tommy Lewis – Go Where You Wanna Go
13. Vancie Flowers – Private Party
14. Buck Owens – There's Gonna Come A Day
15. Anita Cross – Why Should I Cry Again
16. Bonnie Owens – Waggin' Tongues
17. Rollie Webber – Painting The Town
18. Johnny Barnett – Second Fiddle
19. Johnny Barnett – Too Old To Hurt
20. Merle Haggard – Skid Row
21. Bill Meyers – Good-Bye Mr. Blues
22. Buck Owens – If You Ain't Lovin' You Ain't Livin'
23. Billy Bledsoe – Tell Me Why
24. Bob Morris – Put Your Arms Around Him
25. Roy Nichols – Silver Bells (live)
26. Buck Owens – Act Naturally (live)
27. Merle Haggard – Life In Prison
28. Bobby Durham – My Past Is Present
29. Bobby Durham – Queen Of Snob Hill
30. Vancie & Rita – Tears In My Beer
31. Rose Stassi – Out Of My Mind

Disc 5
1. Buck Owens – Close Up The Honky Tonks
2. Merle Haggard & Bonnie Owens – Slowly But Surely
3. Bob Hortter – Working Overtime
4. Jim Whitlock – S.O.S.
5. Buck Owens – Fallin' For You
6. Merle Haggard – If I Had Left It Up To You
7. Merle Haggard – I'm Gonna Break Every Heart I Can (Tally Records Version)
8. Merle Haggard – I'm Gonna Break Every Heart I Can (Capitol Records Version)
9. Tommy Duncan & Larry Thornton – I Wish I Hadn't Called You
10. Jim Ward – Red Wine
11. Lewis Talley – More Wine, More Women, More Song
12. Merle Haggard & Bonnie Owens – I'll Take A Chance
13. Don Rich & The Buckaroos – I'm Layin' It On The Line
14. Buck Owens – There Never Was A Fool
15. Doyle Holly & The Buckaroos – After You Leave Me
16. Dee Mize – Just Leave My World Alone
17. Billy Mize – Walking My Fool
18. Liz Anderson – (My Friends Are Gonna Be) Strangers
19. Tommy Collins – If You Can't Bite Don't Growl
20. Jeanie O'Neal – Alcohol And Tears
21. Bobby Durham – Home Is Where I Hang My Head
22. Red Simpson – Jeannie With The Light Brown Cadillac
23. Merle Haggard – Swinging Doors (Alternate Take)
24. Kay Adams – Roll Out The Red Carpet
25. Dick Curless & Kay Adams – Old Standby
26. Buck Owens – House Of Memories
27. Buck Owens – Tiger By The Tail (live)
28. Vicki Lester – Fool Me Again
29. Ray Salter – The Bad Guy Gets The Girl
30. Billy Mize – Pappy Was A Clever Man
31. Jeanie O'Neal – Correspondence Course In Love

Disc 6
1. Bobby Austin – Apartment #9
2. Buck Owens – Open Up Your Heart
3. Dick Curless – A Good Job - Huntin' And Fishin'
4. Gary Paxton – Goin' Thru The Motions
5. Red Simpson – I'm Actin' Like My Old Self Again
6. Kay Adams – Little Pink Mack
7. Doyle Holly – The Dumb Thing
8. Merle Haggard – Someone Told My Story
9. Red Simpson – Diesel Smoke, Dangerous Curves
10. Barbara Mandrell – Queen For A Day
11. Ronnie Sessions – I Guess You're Finally Satisfied
12. Merle Haggard – Mixed Up Mess Of A Heart
13. Joe & Rose Lee Maphis – A Lifetime Of Love
14. Del And Sue Smart – I'm So Mad At Me
15. Merle Haggard – Drink Up And Be Somebody
16. The Buckaroos – You'll Never Miss The Water (Til The Well Runs Dry)
17. Bob Morris – The First Thing I Think Of
18. Faye Hardin – Only The Strong Can Survive
19. Merle Haggard – You Don't Have Very Far To Go
20. Bobby Austin – I'm Not Looking For An Angel
21. The Buckaroos – Chicken Pickin'
22. Doyle Holly & The Buckaroos – A Foolish Notion
23. Merle Haggard – I Made The Prison Band
24. Oscar Whittington – 50 Year Waltz
25. Del And Sue Smart – Love That Just Won't Stop
26. The Gosdin Brothers – Hangin' On
27. Suzi Arden – Who Do You Go To
28. Ronnie Sessions – There Never Was A Fool
29. Merle Haggard – Where Does The Good Times Go
30. Joe Maphis – Pickin' And Guitin'
31. Rose Lee Maphis – Country Girl Courtship
32. Wayne Wilson – I'd Rather Be Hurt By You

Disc 7
1. Buck Owens – The Heartaches Have Just Started
2. Gene Moles – Fingerlickin'
3. Al Brumley – I'm Goin' Crazy
4. Bill Handy & Jelly Sanders Combo – Don't Leave Me Cryin'
5. Leo Stephens – Walking In My Sleep Crying Over You
6. Tom Rose – It's Over
7. Buck Owens & Buddy Alan – Let The World Keep On A Turnin'
8. Merle Haggard – Too Many Bridges To Cross Over
9. Dean Sanford – Too Young To Grow Old Over You
10. Tommy Wiggins – Calling All Lovers
11. Larry Daniels & The Buckshots – Buckshot
12. Bonnie Owens – Lead Me On
13. Leon Copeland – I'm Out Of My Mind
14. Clarence White – Buckaroo
15. The Sanland Brothers – Vaccination For The Blues
16. Red Simpson – You Put My World Back Together
17. The Strangers – Hammin' It Up
18. Bob Ross – Lucy Clowers
19. Ronnie Sessions – (I Used To Live) The Life Of Riley
20. Barbara Cheatwood – Married Man
21. Billy Mize – Make It Rain
22. Cliff Crofford – Mention My Name
23. Buck Owens – Sam's Place (live)
24. Merle Haggard – California Cotton Fields
25. Rodney Lay – Not Going Back To Jackson
26. Glenda Blackwell – I Want To Live In Your House
27. Tom Tall – Pitty Pitty Patter
28. Judy Hall – My Old Used To Be
29. Ira Allen – Love Is Me
30. Faye Hardin – Mistakes I've Made
31. Harold Cox & The Sooners – Pumpkin Center
32. Jerry Dallas – Tears Of Joy (Are A-Croppin' Out On Me)
33. Stan Farlow – Devil River

Disc 8
1. Merle Haggard – Mama Tried (live)
2. The Strangers – Stealin' Corn
3. Truitt Cunningham – Forgive And Forget
4. Buck Owens & Susan Raye – Cryin' Time
5. Buck Owens – Bring Back My Peace Of Mind
6. The Sanland Brothers – Cowboy Convention
7. Don Rich & The Buckaroos – Guitar Pickin' Man
8. Don Rich – Your Heart Turned Left (And I Was On The Right)
9. Buddy Alan – A Whole Lot Of Somethin'
10. Merle Haggard – I'm A Good Loser
11. Bobby Wayne & The Strangers – California On My Mind
12. Buck Owens – Reno Lament
13. The Hagers – Your Tender Loving Care
14. Henry Sharpe – There Is No Easy Way
15. Lewis Talley – Because You Can't Be Mine
16. Mike Beagles – She Don't Care Now
17. Dave Rich – Night Life Is My Weakness
18. Merle Haggard – Daddy Frank (The Guitar Man)
19. Sharon Haley – Heartbreak Mountain
20. Mayf Nutter – Never Ending Song Of Love
21. Tony Booth – Cinderella
22. Red Simpson – I'm A Truck
23. Johnny Campbell – Mr. Conscience
24. Vancie Flowers – How Dark Is My Journey
25. Merle Haggard – Bring It On Down To My House
26. Kenni Huskey – Number One Heel
27. Sonny Anglin – Today's Tomorrow's Yesterday
28. Merle Haggard – I'm Tired Of Your Understanding Ways
29. Kenny Vernon – I Bought The Shoes (That Just Walked Out On Me)

Disc 9
1. Buck Owens – Arms Full Of Empty
2. Susan Raye – Love Sure Feels Good In My Heart
3. Homer Joy – Streets Of Bakersfield
4. Merle Haggard – I Know An Ending When It Comes
5. Buck Owens – Something's Wrong
6. Doyle Singer & The Buckaroos – Young Widow Brown
7. Tide Cartwright – Cheater's Ground
8. Blackjack Duran – I Laid Back Down
9. Arlo Guthrie – This Troubled Mind Of Mine
10. Merle Haggard – The Emptiest Arms In The World
11. Kenneth Johnson – Beer Drinkers Of America Unite
12. Buck Owens & Susan Raye – Sweethearts In Heaven
13. Laurel Lee – Mountain Of Fortune And Fame
14. Red Simpson – Bill Woods From Bakersfield
15. Thad Tillotson – Good Ole Country Sound
16. Freddie Hart – If You Can't Feel It (It Ain't There)
17. Carlyle Graham – Foolish Man
18. Kay Austin – The Lord Rested On Sunday
19. Cliff Crofford – Every Time I Hear The Fiddle Play
20. Merle Haggard – Holding Things Together
21. David Frizzell – I'm The Bartender's Best Friend
22. Lawanda Lindsey – I Ain't Hangin' Around
23. Toby Keeney – Going Back To Oklahoma
24. Walt Pascoe – That Little Glass Of Milk
25. Roger Spanke – Betty Jane
26. Sandy Thomas – Antique In My Closet
27. Dennis Payne – Do You Believe In Me
28. Debi Hawkins – Teach Me How To Love
29. Merle Haggard – Mirrors Don't Lie
30. Tony Booth – A Different Kind Of Sad

Disc 10
1. Buck Owens – Y'All Come/Tall Dark Stranger (Live)
2. Tony Booth – Lonesome 7-7203 (Live)
3. Buddy Alan – Fishin' On The Mississippi (Live)
4. Susan Raye – L.A. International Airport (Live)
5. Buck Owens And His Buckaroos – Johnny B. Goode (Live)
6. Bonnie Owens – Number One Heel (Take 14)
7. Merle Haggard – If I Had Left It Up To You (Take 4 With False Start)
8. Merle Haggard – If I Had Left It Up To You (False Starts)
9. Merle Haggard – If I Had Left It Up To You (False Starts)
10. Merle Haggard – I'n Not Looking For An Angel
11. Merle Haggard – Second Fiddle
12. Vancie Flowers & Rita Lane – Strange
13. Vancie Flowers & Rita Lane – Tears In My Beer
14. Billy Mize – Misery
15. Billy Mize – The Name Of The Game Is Heartaches
16. Red Simpson – I'd Be A Good Time Charlie
17. Red Simpson – Fit For A King
18. Johnny Barnett – Which One Is To Blame
19. Junior Stonebarger & Jelly Sanders Band – Release Me
20. Fuzzy Owen & Bill Wood's Band – My Ears Should Burn (When Fools Are Talked About)
21. Bill Woods & Don Rich – Truck Drivin' Man
22. Tommy Collins – Be Serious Ann
23. Joe & Rose Lee Maphis – Christmas Time's A Comin'
24. Lewis Talley – Blue Christmas
25. Louise Lovett – Lonely Christmas Call
26. Merle Haggard – I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus