CCD 337 VARIOUS ARTISTS - 30 STEEL GUITAR HONKY TONK FAVORITES................. F

AL PETTY: STEEL GUITAR SPECIAL/AL'S STEEL GUITAR WOBBLE/DOC MARTIN: STEELING THE BLUES/JIMMIE'S JUMP/DON HELMS: HEY, GOOD LOOKIN'/BIG BEN KEITH: STEELIN' AWAY/ ROADSIDE RAG/THE HUSHPUPPIES: TEXAS PLAYBOY RAG/SONNY BURNETTE: PANHANDLE RAG/MARVIN CARROLL: SWEET LEILANI/TEXAS PLAYBOY RAG/SWEET BUNCH OF DAISIES/STEEL GUITAR STOMP/NOEL BOGGS: STEEL GUITAR RAG/ON THE ALAMO/SPEEDIN' WEST/STAINLESS STEEL/ CURLY COLDIRON: REMINGTON RIDE/LEON McAULIFFE: STEEL GUITAR JUBILEE/ALVINO REY: STEEL GUITAR RAG/BAR X COWBOYS: JAMMIN' ON THE STEEL/MERL LINDSAY: SLIDIN' STEEL/CECIL CAMPBELL: STEEL GUITAR RAMBLE/STEEL GUITAR DIG/STEEL GUITAR WIGGLE/LES ANDERSON: THIS IS SOUTHLAND/JACK THROCKMORTON: STEEL GUITAR BOUNCE/UNIVERSAL COWBOYS: STEEL GUITAR HONKY TONK/HANK PENNY: STEEL GUITAR POLKA/DICKIE HARRIS: STEEL GUITAR STOMP.

All items but two were recorded in the 1940s and 1950s and feature some of the most popular plus some lesser known but great steelers. Most of the tracks are taken from rare transcriptions.

CCD 338 VARIOUS ARTISTS - COUNTRY GIRLS SING 30 HILLBILLY & WESTERN SONGS......... F

BONNIE SLOAN: DON'T CALL ME A TRAMP/ALONE I CRY/THE NEXT WALTZ WITH YOU/HONKY TONK WORLD/HOG TIED AND BRANDED/NOBODY BUT YOU/AFTER THE WEDDING/POOR PAPER KITE/ IDLE HOURS/SILLY BOY/JEANNIE ACKERS of the Colorado Hillbillies: IN MY ADOBE HACIENDA/I LOST YOU/WILMA LEE COOPER: TRAMP ON THE STREET/JUNE CARTER: SWEET TEMPTATION/ THE LITTLE COUNTRY GIRLS: PALS OF THE SADDLE/SALLY BRIGGS: I COULDN'T KEEP FROM CRYING/GOLDIE HILL: A WASTED LOVE AFFAIR/ THE CARTER SISTERS: POOR OLD HEARTSICK ME/CINDY WALKER: PUT YOUR ARMS AROUND ME/I LOVE EVERYTHING ABOUT YOU/MOLLY BEE: TOO YOUNG TO TANGO/JUDY HAYDEN: I'M GOING BACK TO WHUR I COME FROM/THE BEAVER VALLEY SWEETHEARTS: YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR/BETTY FOLEY: SLOWLY/DALE EVANS: COWGIRL POLKA/TEXAS U.S.A./RAGTIME COWBOY JOE/RITA ROBBINS: I'M WALKING THE FLOOR OVER YOU/SKEETER DAVIS: SET HIM FREE/JEAN SHEPARD: HE LOVED ME ONCE AND HE'LL LOVE ME AGAIN.

Fabulous collection of great female C&W vocals from the 1940s and 1950s. Most items were taken from rare transcriptions. Even the lesser knowns have great voices. Some simply haven't been lucky to make it big in their era. For instance, there is Bonnie Sloan accompanied by the Town Hall Party Gang who could have been as big as Jean Shepard or Rose Maddox if she had been luckier.

CCD 339 SPEEDY WEST MEETS JIMMY BRYANT IN HOLLYWOOD (Transcriptions ca. 1954) (30 tracks).............................................................. F

JIMMY BRYANT: BRYANT'S BOOGIE/LIMEHOUSE BLUES/MIDNIGHT RAMBLE/OLD JOE CLARKE/RED HEAD POLKA/JIMMY BRYANT & SPEEDY WEST: COUNTRY CAPERS/T-BONE RAG/WHISTLE STOP/ SPEEDY WEST: BLUE BONNET RAG/BUSTIN' THRU/HOP, SKIP AND JUMP/I'M CONFESSIN' (That I Love You)/LET THE REST OF THE WORLD GO BY/ MOON OF MANAKOORA/MY LITTLE GRASS SHACK IN KEALAKEKU, HAWAII/MY TANE/ON THE ALAMO/ PARADISE ISLAND/RAILROADIN'/ ROADSIDE RAG/ SKIDDLE-DEE-BOO/ SPEEDIN' WEST/STEEL GUITAR JUBILEE/STEEL GUITAR RAG/ SUNSET/ OUR PARADISE/SWINGIN' ON THE STRINGS/TAG ALONG/THIS AIN'T THE BLUES/YOURS.

The music style of this CD release can compare with Bronco Buster CD 9054. Thirty more great transcriptions from the same source.

CCD 340 VARIOUS ARTISTS - HILLBILLY SONGS & WESTERN SWING BY VARIOUS BROTHER TEAMS (24 tracks)........................................... F

THE COLWELL BROTHERS: LET ME KNOW/COME ON FOLKS/A SPANKIN' NEW DAY/IT'S ALL OVER BUT THE SHOUTIN'/MORGAN POISONED THE WATER HOLE/NO DOWN PAYMENT - EASY TERMS/THE ANDREWS BROTHERS: STORE BOUGHT/BLUE MISSISSIPPI/WHAT COULD I DO/HOT TO TROT/THE BRITT BROTHERS: ALPINE MILKMAN YODEL/SWISS YODEL/THE WILLIS BROTHERS: HONEY-BEE/HILLBILLY GAUCHO/THE LUCKY BROTHERS: IT AIN'T QUIT HURTIN' YET/I'LL DANCE AT YOUR WEDDING/THE SMITH BROTHERS: KNEEL AT THE CROSS/LOST BUT NOT FORGOTTEN/THE MILLER BROTHERS: ALLIGATOR RAG <Inst.>/BROKEN HEARTED GIRL <voc. Bill Taylor>/THE WILBURN BROTHERS: TEMPTATION GO AWAY/NO SEE, NO TALK, NO HEAR/MISTER LOVE/TILL I'M THE ONLY ONE.

A mixture of mainly vocal duets nearly all from the 1950s with some almost forgotten but marvelous brother teams. Three of the Wilburn Brothers song versions can be heard for the first time on record.