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San Antonio Rose Beyond influential. Beyond seminal. That’s Bob Wills’ Columbia recordings, complete for the first time. In the quarter-century since his death, Bob Wills has become recognized as a seminal American artist, innovator, rebel, and synthesizer of many musical genres into an adventurous style that he called ‘Texas Fiddle Music’ and the world called ‘Western Swing.’ It’s a measure of his influence that he is a member of both the Country Music Hall of Fame and the Rock ‘n’ Roll Hall of Fame. Here is the music that turned the world on its ear: the first fifteen years (1932-1947) of Bob Wills’ career. This momentous body of music has never been available in its totality, and has never been packaged with the care and attention to detail it merits, nor has the music been as carefully restored as it is here. This epochal anthology begins with Bob Wills’ 1932 Victor recordings with Milton Brown as the Fort Worth Doughboys, then includes the complete Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys’ 1935-1947 sessions for ARC and Columbia. Tommy Duncan left the Doughboys at the same time as Wills and is the featured vocalist on the majority of these recordings. The recordings in this anthology include the original versions of songs that have become American music classics, such as San Antonio Rose, New San Antonio Rose, Spanish Two Step, Maiden’s Prayer, Steel Guitar Rag, Take Me Back To Tulsa, Roly Poly, Stay A Little Longer, Hang Your Head In Shame, Right Or Wrong, Trouble In Mind, Home In San Antone and Miss Molly. A fresh search of the vaults has also yielded rare alternate takes, unreleased (and previously unknown) material, studio chatter and a few rare mid-’40s radio airshots. In addition, all the recordings have been carefully remastered for optimum sound quality, vastly better than any previous anthology. Depth, presence and subtleties rarely heard on the original 78s and subsequent reissues are heard here. This is how Wills and the Playboys sounded onstage: daring, witty, moving and charismatic. This 11-CD/1 DVD box, which features the movie ‘Take Me Back To Oklahoma’ includes a book with a biography and musical analysis by Rich Kienzle, based on unpublished interviews with various Playboys. It also includes Bob Pinson’s revised discography, an introduction from ‘Asleep at the Wheel’ founder Ray Benson, as well as rare photos and Wills memorabilia from the archives of collector Glenn P. White.
CD 1:Sunbonnet Sue - Nancy Jane - Osage Stomp - Get With It - I Can’t Give You Anything But Love - Spanish Two Step - Maiden’s Prayer - Wang Wang Blues - St. Louis
Blues - Good Old Oklahoma - Blue River - Mexicali Rose - I Ain’t Got Nobody - Never No More Blues - Who Walks In When I Walk Out - Old Fashioned Love - Oklahoma Rag
- Black And Blue Rag - Sittin’ On Top Of The World - Four Or Five Times - I Can’t Be Satisfied - Smith’s Reel - Harmony - Tulsa Waltz - Waltz In D
THE LONGHORN RECORDINGS Sooner Or Later - Buffalo Twist - All Night Long - You Can't Break A Heart - If He's Movin' In - Let's Get It Over And Done With - Faded Love - Wills Junction - San Antonio Rose - Betty's Waltz - You'll Never Walk Out Of My Heart - Big Taters In The Sandy Land - Mayflower Waltz - Billy In The Low Ground - Beaumont Rag - Faded Love - Dian Waltz - Done Gone - Put Your Little Foot - Bob's First Fiddle Tune - Bob's Schottische - Gone Indian - No Disappointments In Heaven
BOB WILLS In 2000, Bear Family released the monumental 11 CD/1 DVD collection devoted to the years when Bob Wills & his Texas Playboys literally invented Western Swing. That collection, 'San Antonio Rose' (BCD 15933), covered Wills' recording career up to the end of his association with Columbia in 1947, and was hailed by critics and fans as one of the essential releases of the year...or any year. Now 'Faded Love' picks up where 'San Antonio Rose' closed. Just as essential, it covers the remainder of Bob Wills's amazing career. We see Wills coming to terms with changing times. The end of the western swing era, the onslaught of rock 'n' roll, and then the revival beginning to take shape in the years before Wills' death....thanks to Merle Haggard and newcomers like Asleep At The Wheel. The new collection begins with Bob Wills' first sessions for MGM in 1947 and continues to his last sessions of 1973 for United Artists. In between, it covers all of Wills' recordings for Decca, Liberty, Longhorn and Kapp, including the justly acclaimed reunion records with Tommy Duncan. It also includes hits and timeless classics like Faded Love, Bubbles In My Beer, Ida Red Likes The Boogie, Heart To Heart Talk, and Wills' terrific original recording of My Shoes Keep Walking Back To You. In addition to every surviving commercial recording and a number of tracks never before released, there are unissued songs from the original safety tapes of Wills's final recording session, which produced his classic 'For The Last Time' album. There are also twenty tracks from the amazing 1971 reunion session between Wills and his Playboys orchestrated by and featuring Merle Haggard. 'Faded Love', 13 CDs plus 1 DVD of Wills' 1951 Snader Telescriptions, is an essential and important release. It boasts the usual impeccable sound quality that is the hallmark of Bear Family, and includes a 136-page hardcover-book that contains dozens of classic photos, many of them never before published, a comprehensive, newly researched discography by Bob Pinson and others, and a detailed, insightful history of the period penned by Rich Kienzle. CD 1: Silver Lake Blues - Little Cowboy Lullaby - Closed For Repairs - Dog House Blues - Bubbles In My Beer - 'Neath Hawaiian Palms - Papa's Jumpin' - Don't Be Ashamed Of Your Age - Blackout Blues - Spanish Fandango - I Want To Be Near You - Sally Goodin' - She's Gone - I Had A Little Mule - Go Home With The Girls In The Mornin' - Still The Water Run The Deepest - Cotton Patch Blues - Nothin' But The Best For My Baby - Blues For Dixie - Cross My Heart I Love You - Keeper Of My Heart - I'll Have Somebody Else - Thorn In My Heart - Playboy Chimes - Hop, Skip And Jump Over Texas - Texas Drummer Boy - I Married The Rose Of San Antone - Ida Red Likes The Boogie - The Warm Red Wine - I Ain't Got Nobody CD 2: Boot Heel Drag - Nothing But Trouble - Anything - Bob Wills' Square Dance, No. I - Bob Wills' Square Dance, No. II - A King Without A Queen - Hold Your Tears - Bob Wills' Square Dance, No. III - Bob Wills' Square Dance, No. IV - When It's Christmas On The Range - Santa's On His Way - Mean Woman With Green Eyes - My Little Rock Candy Baby - Jolie Blond Likes The Boogie - Pastime Blues - Faded Love - Awake But Dreaming - I Betcha' My Heart I Love You - I Laugh When I Think How I Cried Over You - I'll Be Lucky Some Day - I Didn't Realize - Rock-A-Bye Baby Blues - I'm Dotting Each 'I' With A Teardrop - The End Of The Line - 'Tater Pie - Little Girl, Little Girl - I'm Tired Of Living This Lie - Pliney Jane CD 3: Twinkle Star - Brown Skin Gal - Sittin' On Top Of The World - Silver Bell - The Last Goodbye - Just To Be Loved - Send Me A Red Rose - Hubbin' It - I Can't Stand This Loneliness - Yodel Mountain - Three Miles South Of Cash - Fiddlin' Man - Ida Red - Deep Water - Sittin' On Top Of The World - Blue Prelude - You Always Keep Me In Hot Water - 'Cause I'm In Love - Three Miles South Of Cash In Arkansas - I'm All Alone - Three Little Kittens - I Won't Be Back Tonight - Charlie Changed His Mind - I'm Only A Friend (Why Do You Call Me Your Sweetheart) - Steamboat Stomp - I Want To Be Wanted - Snatchin' And Grabbin' - A Red Hot Needle (And A Burning Thread) - Trouble, Trouble Blues - Trouble, Trouble Blues CD 4: A Broken Heart For A Souvenir - (Everyone Is Calling You A) Fallen Angel - She's The Quarter Horse Type (Of A Gal) - B. Bowman Hop - As I Sit Broken-Hearted - Bottle Baby Boogie - I Want To Go To Mexico - I'm Human, Same As You - I Hit The Jackpot (When I Won You) - A Maiden's Prayer - (Me And My Baby) Doin' The Bunny Hop - St. Louis Blues - So Long, I'll See You Later - Cadillac In Model 'A' - Waltzing In Old San Antone - I've Got A New Road Under My Wheels - Texas Blues - I Live For You - New Osage Stomp - Carnations For The Memory - Too Much Mambo - Echo Yodel - New Dreamy Eyed Waltz - Black And Blue Rag - Sincerely - Cornball Rag CD 5: Beaumont Rag - Don't Let The Deal Go Down - I'll Follow You Wherever You Go - Four Or Five Times - San Antonio Rose - Spanish Two-Step - Lone Star Rag - The Boston Fancy - Hoopaw Rag - Don't Keep It A Secret - Roll Your Own - My Shoes Keep Walking Back To You - I Wonder If You Feel The Way I Do - Sugar Baby - So Let's Rock - The Bunny With The Powder Puff Tail - Texas Fiddler - Billy's Bounce - Midnight In Old Amarillo - Coquette - New Roadside Rag - Orange Blossom Special - Little Star Of Heaven - It's The Bottle Talkin' - Gotta Walk Alone - Lily Dale - New Faded Love – Toodleumbo - Bob's Breakdown CD 6: Betty's Waltz - Wills Breakdown - La Golondrina - Texas Two Step - Wait'll You See - An Old Flame - Oh Monah - I'll Always Be In Love With You - With Tears In My Eyes - Take Me Back To Tulsa - The Kind Of Love I Can't Forget - Time Changes Everything - Stay A Little Longer - You Don't Love Me But I'll Always Care - San Antonio Rose - Spanish Two Step - Dusty Skies - Keeper Of My Heart - A Maiden's Prayer - Ida Red - Goodnight Little Sweetheart - The Image Of Me - Goodbye Liza Jane - What's The Matter With The Mill - Heart To Heart Talk CD 7: The Convict And The Rose - My Confession - Silver Bell - Playboy Medley - Right Or Wrong - It Makes No Difference Now - Trouble In Mind - Wabash Blues - I Wonder If You Feel The Way I Do - Li'l Liza Jane - Hang Your Head In Shame - Nancy Jane - After All - Cryin' Won't Make Me Stay - Dry Your Darlin's Eyes - It May Be Too Late - Oklahoma Gals - I'm Cryin' My Heart Out - Tomorrow I'll Cry - Siesta - Snow Deer - Mississippi River Blues - Deep Water - Blues For Dixie - Bubbles In My Beer - Tie Me To Your Apron Strings Again - Good Ole Oklahoma - Roly Poly - Walkin' In The Shadow Of The Blues - The Jobob Rag - Cindy - She's Killin' Me CD 8: Maiden's Prayer - Boot Heel Drag - Don't Let The Deal Go Down - Blues In 'A' - Big Beaver - Yearning (Just For You) - My Mary - Rosetta - Sittin' On Top Of The World - My Confession - Snap Your Fingers - Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone - St. Louis Blues - South - Heart Strings - Sooner Or Later (You'll Fall) - Buffalo Twist - All Night Long - You Can't Break A Heart - If He's Movin' In - Let's Get It Over And Done With CD 9: Big Taters In The Sandy Land - Mayflower Waltz - Billy In The Low Ground - Beaumont Rag - Faded Love - Dian Waltz - Done Gone - Put Your Little Foot - Bob's First Fiddle Tune - Bob's Schottische - Gone Indian - No Disappointments In Heaven - Faded Love - Wills Junction - You'll Never Walk Out Of My Heart - Betty's Waltz - (Old) San Antonio Rose - She Won't Let Me Forget Her - I Just Can't Take It Anymore - She's Killin' Me - If No News Is Good News - You're The Only Star In My Blue Heaven - A Big Ball In Cowtown - Where Do I Go From Here - Gone Indian - Pinto Beans - Guess I'll Move On Down The Line - My Adobe Hacienda - What's Fort Worth - Deep In The Heart Of Texas - Kansas City CD 10: Big Beaver - San Antonio Rose - Eight'r From Decatur - Comanche Hit And Run - I Needed You - If You'll Come Back To Me - Somewhere South Of San Antone - Faded Love - Let's Be Sure We Know - Memphis - Sugarfoot Rag - I Wish I Felt This Way At Home - Looking Over My Shoulder - Cimarron - Riders In The Sky - Here's That Man Again - Canadian Sunset - Born To Love You - Lily Dale - Fiddle Bird - Carolina In The Morning - Rain Drops In The River - Way Down In Texas - Don't Send Him Back To Me - Betcha My Heart I Love You - Big Taters In The Sandy Land CD 11: Running Bear- If I Just Had A Home To Go Home To - Across The Alley From The Alamo - Time Changes Everything - Texas Double Eagle - Southwestern Waltz - Cherokee Maiden - There's Not A Hundred Miles Left In Me - I'm Living In The Middle Of Nowhere - Silver Bells (That Ring In The Night) - Limehouse Blues - Memory #1 - South Of The Border (Down Mexico Way) - Song Of The Wanderer (Where Shall I Go?) - Slow Poke - Pan Handle Rag - No Letter Today - Shame On You - Whose Heart Are You Breaking Now - My Mary - It's A Good World - What Kind Of Girl Are You - Milk Cow Blues - Talkin' Bout You - Look What Trouble Left Behind - Brown Skin Gal CD 12: Blue Bonnet Lane - What Makes Bob Holler - When You Leave Amarillo - Comin' Down From Denver - Goin' Away Party - My Shoes Keep Walking Back To You - Silver Lake Blues - La Golondrina - Twinkle Twinkle Little Star - Big Ball's In Cowtown - Bob Wills Special - Miss Molly - Keeper Of My Heart - Bubbles In My Beer - Twin Guitar Special - I Can't Go On This Way - I Wonder If You Feel The Way I Do - Yearning - Crippled Turkey - She's Really Gone - Playboy Theme - Baby, That Would Sure Go Good - Stay All Night (Stay A Little Longer) - Faded Love - San Antonio Rose - Milk Cow Blues - That's What I Like 'Bout The South CD 13: (Merle Haggard's Housewarming Party) Intro - Osage Stomp - Talkin' - Bubbles In My Beer - Don't Let The Deal Go Down - Deep Water - South - The Kind Of Love I Can't Forget - Talkin' - Corrine, Corrina - Talkin' - Sittin' On Top Of The World - Talkin' - Twin Guitar Special - Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star - Faded Love - Talkin' - Medley Of Fiddle Tunes - My Mother's Eyes - Steel Guitar Rag - My Mary - Dreamy Eyes Waltz - Miss Molly - Misery - I Never Knew - Sugar Moon DVD 1: Yodel Mountain - Three Miles South Of Cash - Fiddlin' Man - Ida Red - Deep Water - Sittin' On Top Of The World - Blue Prelude
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