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Country & Western Hit Parade - Dim Lights, Thick Smoke & Hillbilly Music 1949 - BCD 16954 - 5 van 21



Germany's Bear Family is well known for its stellar box set reissues of country, rock, and rhythm & blues recordings, as well as for single titles by deserving if not necessarily remembered American artists. Their mastering, production, and packaging set the industry standard for excellence. The six-volume Dim Lights, Thick Smoke series was released on CD in December of 2008 and covered the years 1945-1950, a strange and wonderful time in country music history born from of the end of the War Department's restrictions on shellac and the end of the recording ban, all near the end of the second world war. These discs all contain either 27 or 28 tracks, and are lavishly annotated with historical essays and track by track annotation by the esteemed Colin Escott, and contain with photographs of performers and record sleeves where available. The 1949 volume in the Bear Family's Dim Lights, Thick Smoke series is one of the strongest. Country music became a true hotbed of activity as the '40s ended, with labels both major and independent recording and manufacturing titles in record numbers. The music on this 28-track set offers a small example of the wealth that was flooding jukeboxes, small independent radio stations, and even ending up in record shops across the nation. Some of the selections here, such as "Ghost Riders in the Sky" by Vaughn Monroe, and Hank Williams' "Lovesick Blues" are equaled by those of Leon McAuliffe's "Panhandle Rag," Bill Nettles' "Hadacol Boogie," and Johnnie & Jack's "What About You." Leon Payne's brilliant,. "I Love You Because," and Tennessee Ernie Ford's "Mule Train" are here as well. None of these cuts are necessarily rare, but placed in sequence like this makes for an amazing mix reproduced in almost uniformly excellent sound quality. Highly recommended.




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   1. (00:03:03) Vaughn Monroe - Riders In The Sky
   2. (00:03:08) Sons Of The Pioneers - Room Full Of Roses
   3. (00:03:03) Jimmy Wakely - I Wish I Had A Nickel
   4. (00:02:44) Hank Williams - Lovesick Blues
   5. (00:02:57) Eddy Arnold - Then I Turned And Walked Slowly Away
   6. (00:02:51) Little Jimmy Dickens - Take An Old Cold Tater (And Wait)
   7. (00:02:50) Delmore Brothers - Blues Stay Away From Me
   8. (00:02:30) Bob Wills - Dont Be Ashamed Of Your Age
   9. (00:02:54) George Morgan - Candy Kisses
  10. (00:02:50) Leon McAuliffe - Panhandle Rag
  11. (00:02:50) Floyd Tillman - Sllipping Around
  12. (00:02:49) Pee Wee King - Bonaparte's Retreat
  13. (00:02:52) Bill Nettles - Hadacol Boogie
  14. (00:02:45) Leon Payne - I Love You Because
  15. (00:02:21) Hank Thopson - Whoa Sailor
  16. (00:03:00) Ernest Tubb - Let's Say Goodbye Like We Said Hello
  17. (00:03:00) Wayne Raney - Why Don't You Haul Off And Love Me
  18. (00:02:43) Jimmie Skinner - Will You Be Satisfied That Way
  19. (00:02:44) Bill Monroe - The Old Cross Road
  20. (00:03:02) Johnnie & Jack - What About You
  21. (00:03:17) The Stanley Brothers - The White Dove
  22. (00:03:15) Maddox Brothers & Rose - Philadelphia Lawyer
  23. (00:02:53) Floyd Tillman - This Cold War With You
  24. (00:03:01) T Texas Tyler - . My Bucket's Got A Hole In It
  25. (00:02:47) Hank Williams - I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
  26. (00:02:57) Bob Wills - Warm Red Wine
  27. (00:02:41) Eddy Arnold - I'm Throwing Rice
  28. (00:03:03) Tennessee Ernie Ford - Mule Train




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