Post Description

Country & Western Hit Parade - Dim Lights, Thick Smoke & Hillbilly Music 1946 - BCD 16951 - 2 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. 1946 was a stellar year for all forms of country music as this volume attests. It kicks off with the original version of "Atomic Power" by the Buchanan Brothers that walks a fine line between Western swing, hillbilly boogie, and proto-bluegrass vocal harmonies. Of course, Bob Wills was still at the pinnacle of his mighty run and is represented here by "New Spanish Two Step" and "Stay a Little Longer." Eddy Arnold's classic charting "That's How Much I Love You" is in this mix, as is Bill Monroe's "Kentucky Waltz," with entries by Merle Travis, Gene Autry, the Delmore Brothers, Al Dexter with his groovy "Wine, Women and Song," and Cowboy Copas' "Tragic Romance." Some of the true standouts, though, are reserved for Hank Penny's "Steel Guitar Stomp," Spade Cooley's "Three Way Boogie," and Grandpa Jones' "Eight More Miles to Louisville." The sound quality is not to be beat, making this an essential collection if there ever was one





CD: Various - Dim Lights, Thick Smoke And Hillbilly Music - Country & Western Hit Parade 1946

01. The Buchanan Brothers / Atomic Power    [0:02:43.32]
02. Ernest Tubb / Rainbow At Midnight    [0:03:13.17]
03. Eddy Arnold / That's How Much I Love You    [0:03:10.24]
04. Cowboy Copas / Filipino Baby    [0:02:46.05]
05. Al Dexter / Wine, Women And Song    [0:02:51.71]
06. Bob Wills / New Spanish Two Step    [0:02:34.68]
07. Elton Britt / Someday    [0:02:51.46]
08. Merle Travis / No Vacancy    [0:02:43.15]
09. Roy Acuff / No One Will Ever Know    [0:02:31.41]
10. Brad Brady (Owen Bradley) / Zeb's Mountain Boogie    [0:02:37.20]
11. Gene Autry / I Wish I Had Never Met Sunshine    [0:02:54.45]
12. Cowboy Copas / Tragic Romance    [0:02:53.05]
13. The Delmore Brothers / Hillbilly Boogie    [0:02:47.23]
14. The Bailes Brothers / As Long As I Live    [0:02:54.29]
15. Bill Monroe / Rocky Road Blues    [0:02:38.18]
16. Grandpa Jones / Eight More Miles To Louisville    [0:02:44.46]
17. Merle Travis / Dark As A Dungeon    [0:02:50.36]
18. The Morris Brothers / Salty Dog Blues    [0:02:40.55]
19. Harry Choates / Jole Blon (Pretty Blond)    [0:02:47.41]
20. Cousin Emmy / Ruby    [0:02:44.01]
21. Bill Monroe / Kentucky Waltz    [0:02:49.73]
22. The Delmore Brothers / Midnite Special    [0:03:02.01]
23. Floyd Tillman / Some Other World    [0:02:44.33]
24. Hank Penny / Steel Guitar Stomp    [0:02:53.52]
25. T. Texas Tyler / Black Jack David    [0:02:51.40]
26. Tex Ritter / You Will Have To Pay    [0:02:54.25]
27. Bob Wills / Stay A Little Longer    [0:02:50.02]
28. Spade Cooley / Three Way Boogie    [0:02:41.36]




Er word 10 % pars mee gepost moet voldoende zijn.

Hou het netjes, want ik doe het ook voor mijn plezier.
Als er iets fout aan de spot is, laat het mij dan weten.
Kan ik nagaan wat er fout is gegaan en eventueel een repost doen.

Berichtjes zijn altijd van harte welkom,en worden zeer op prijs gesteld. 
Heel veel luister plezier toegewenst.

Groetjes Pimpelpaars.