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ROY ACUFF New Sealed Ltd COMPLETE 1936 -51 DVD & 9 CD BOXSET
Hes the biggest singer this music ever knew. You booked him and you didnt worry about crowds. For drawing power in the South, it was Roy Acuff, then God. (Hank Williams)
Roy Acuffs recordings for Vocalion/ARC/Columbia Records, 1936-1951, complete for the first time in this new and limited BOXSET! The records that revolutionized country music from the artist who took the Grand Ole Opry coast-to-coast, and played a major role in launching the Nashville music industry. Many songs that now form part of bedrock American music, including Great Speckle Bird, Wabash Cannon Ball, Freight Train Blues, The (House of the) Rising Sun, Will The Circle Be Unbroken, Beneath That Lonely Mound Of Clay, The Precious Jewel, Wreck On The Highway, Fireball Mail, Night Train To Memphis, The Prodigal Son, Low And Lonely, Pins And Needles In My Heart, I Saw The Light, We Live In Two Diffrent Worlds, and Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain. Nine CDs plus a DVD! 184-page book, including hundreds of photos, many previously unseen! These nine CDs comprise every surviving take of every surviving recording he made for ARC/Columbia. A total of 228 performances. A bonus DVD includes the complete Grand Ole Opry movie from 1940. The recordings feature stellar work from Acuffs Smoky Mountain Boys, including Clell, Cousin Jody, Summey, Tommy Magness, Tommy Jackson, Benny Martin, and of course Pete Bashful Brother Oswald Kirby. The Smoky Mountain Boys 1948 instrumental LP, Old Time Barn Dance, is included complete as well.
Disc 1: Singing My Way To Glory, Charmin Betsy, The Great Speckled Bird, My Mountain Home Sweet Home, Gonna Raise A Ruckus Tonight, Wabash Cannon Ball, Freight Train Blues, Youve Gotta See Mama Every Night, Gonna Have A Big Time Tonight, Yes Sir, Thats My Baby, Youre The Only Star (In My Blue Heaven), Please Dont Talk About Me, When Im Gone, All Night Long, New Greenback Dollar, Steamboat Whistle Blues, She No Longer Belongs To Me, When Lulus Gone, Doin It The Old Fashioned Way, An Old Three Room Shack, Red Lips (Kiss My Blues Away), Trouble Trouble (take 1), Trouble Trouble (take 2), Sailing Along, Steel Guitar Chimes, Lonesome Valley
Disc 2: Sad Memories, Steel Guitar Blues, Old Fashioned Love, My Gal Sal, The Great Speckled Bird #2 (take1), Tell Mother Ill Be There, Down In Union Country, The Rising Sun, What Would You Do With Gabriels Trumpet, Shout, Oh Lulu, Goodbye Brownie, Blue Ridge Sweetheart, One Old Shirt, Bonnie Blue Eyes, The Automobile Of Life, Smoky Mountain Rag (instrumental), Wabash Blues (instrumental), That Beautiful Picture, The Great Shining Light, Honky Tonk Mammas, Haven Of Dreams, Answer To Sparkling Blue Eyes, Smoky Mountain Moon, Fly, Birdie, Fly, Ida Red, Beautiful Brown Eyes, Mothers Prayers Guide Me, Living On The Mountain, Baby Mine, A Vagabonds Dream
Disc 3: Old Age Pension Check, Eyes Are Watching You, Im Building A Home, Railroad Boomer (take 1), Railroad Boomer (take 2), Walkin In My Sleep, Wonder Is All I Do, Drifting Too Far From The Shore, Come Back Little Pal, Will The Circle Be Unbroken, Coming From The Ball, When I Lay My Burden Down, Beneath That Lonely Wound Of Clay, The Streamlined Cannonball, Weary River, Just To Ease My Worried Mind, Farther Along (take 1), Farther Along (take 2), Blue Eyed Darling (take 1), Blue Eyed Darling (take 2), The Precious Jewel (take 1), The Precious Jewel (take 2), The Broken Heart, Would You Care, Lonesome Old River Blues (take 1), Lonesome Old River Blues (take 2), What Good Will It Do, Mule Skinner Blues
Disc 4: Be Honest With Me, Worried Mind, Things That Might Have Been, Youre My Darling, It Wont Be Long (Till Ill Be Leaving), Just Inside The Pearly Gates, I Know Were Saying Goodbye, Brother Take Warning, The Great Judgement Morning, Stuck Up Blues, Lying Woman Blues, You Are My Love, Branded Wherever I Go, No Letter In The Mail, Are You Thinking Of Me Darling, I Called And Nobody Answered, Wreck On The Highway, Fire Ball Mail, Ill Reap My Harvest In Heaven, Night Train To Memphis, The Prodigal Son, Low And Lonely, Write Me Sweetheart, I Didn t Want You To Know, Roll On Buddy, Weary Lonesome Blues, Come Back Little Darling, They Can Only Fill One Grave
Disc 5: Live And Let Live, Dont Make Me Go To Bed And Ill Be Good, The Heart That Was Broken For Me, Not A Word From Home, Do You Wonder Why, Ill Forgive You But I Cant Forget, Blues In My Mind, (I Heard A) Silver Trumpet, Easy Rockin Chair, Its Too Late Now To Worry Anymore, Wait For The Light To Shine, Radio Station S-A-V-E-D, We Planted Roses On Our Darlings Grave, Money Wont Buy This Soul Of Mine, No One Will Ever Know, I Think Ill Go Home And Cry, We Live In Two Different Worlds, Pins And Needles (In My Heart), Golden Treasure, I Gambled And Lost-1, I Gambled And Lost-2, Let Me Be The First To Say Im Sorry (BD+take 1), Let Me Be The First To Say Im Sorry (take 2), All The World Is Lonely Now (2 Breakdowns), All The World Is Lonely Now (take)
Disc 6: That Glory Bound Train, Waiting For My Call To Glory, Gone, Gone, Gone (But Not Forgotten), Tell Me Now Or Tell Me Never -1, Tell Me Now Or Tell Me Neve r-2, I Talk To Myself About You -1, I Talk To Myself About You -2, Freight Train Blues (FS+take), (Our Own) Jole Blon (FS+BD+take), (Our Own) Jole Blon (2 BD+take), Tennessee Central (Number Nine), Wabash Cannon Ball (2 BD+take), Wabash Cannon Ball (FS+take), Theres A Big Rock In The Road (take 1), Theres A Big Rock In The Road (take 2), Po Folks (All The Time) (take 1), Po Folks (All The Time) (take 2), I Wish I Had Kissed You Goodbye (BD+take), Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain (FS+BD), Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain (BD+take), Dont Wait Til Judgement Day, The Devils Train (take 1), The Devils Train (FS+take), Short Changed In Love (BD+FS+take)
Disc 7: When They Take That Last Look At Me (take 1), When They Take That Last Look At Me (take 2), This World Cant Stand Long (take 1), This World Cant Stand Long (take 2), I Saw The Light, Heartaches And Flowers, The Songbirds Are Singing In Heaven (BD), The Songbirds Are Singing In Heaven (2 FS+BD), The Songbirds Are Singing In Heaven (take 1), Unloved And Unclaimed (FS+take), Unloved And Unclaimed (take 2), I Had A Dream, Thank God (BD+take), Youll Reap These Tears, Its Just About Time, Ill Always Care, Its So Hard To Smile, The Waltz Of The Wind, A Sinners Death, The Midnight Train (take 1), The Midnight Train (FS+take 2), The Midnight Train (take 3)
Disc 8: Where You There When They Crucified My Lord (tk 1), Where You There When They Crucified My Lord (+BD+take), Sweeter Than The Flowers, Tennessee Waltz (BD+take), The Pale Horse And His Rider, Gray Eagle, Dance Around Molly, Black Mountain Rag, Pretty Little Widow (BD+take), Smoky Mountain Rag, Lonesome Indian, Bully Of The Town, Polk County Breakdown, Jesus Died For Me, If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again (take 1), If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again (FS+take), The Day They Laid Mary Away (take 1), The Day They Laid Mary Away (take 2), Its All Right Now
Disc 9: Baldknob Arkansas (FS+take), Baldknob Arkansas (take 2), A Plastic Heart (take 1), A Plastic Heart (take 2), Advice To Joe (take 1), Advice To Joe (take 2), When My Money Run Out (I Lost All My Friends) (tk 1), When My Money Run Out (I Lost All My Friends) (tk 2), When My Money Run Out (I Lost All My Friends) (tk 3), Your Address Unknown, The Southbound Train, Pliney Jane, Waltz Of The Wind, Waltz Of Broken Vows (BD+take), Cheating, Dont Hang Your Dirty Linen Ony My Line (take 1), Dont Hang Your Dirty Linen Ony My Line (take 2), Dont Hang Your Dirty Linen Ony My Line (take 3), Ill Be Alone (BD+take), Doug MacArthur, In The Shadow Of The Smokies, She Isnt Guaranteed, Thy Burdens Are Greater Than Mine, Ten Little Numbers, Just A Friend, My Tears Dont Show
Disc 10: Grand Ole Opry (DVD)
A MUST HAVE DVD/9 CD BOXSET for any fan!