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Various - Country & Western Hit Parade: 1957 - Dim Lights, Thick Smoke And Hillbilly Music

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This was the year that the Nashville Sound was born, Music City's fightback to rock 'n' roll with strings and vocal choruses, providing a pop market appeal, although Eddy Arnold had shown this way some years earlier. RCA Victor - with Arnold on its roster, was about to set recent signing Jim Reeves on take a similar vocal route -  ,became the first major label to open its own Nashville studio (and equipped for the next innovation: stereo), with Chet Atkins overseeing productions as well as occasionally recording himself.  ,

Top songs of the year, all breaking through to the pop charts, included Young Love (Sonny James), A White Sport Coat And A Pink Carnation (Marty Robbins), Walkin' After Midnight (Patsy Cline), Gonna Find Me A Bluebird (Marvin Rainwater), The Auctioneer (Leroy Van Dyke) and My Special Angel (Bobby Helms), all possessed that "pop" ingredient. Felice and Boudleaux Bryant were the most prolific of Nashville's songwriters, with many of their songs finding a home with the Everly Brothers, the first rock 'n' roll act to be produced and managed out of Nashville. Meanwhile Hank Snow, Ray Price, Ferlin Husky, Carl Smith and Jimmie Skinner continued recording in their usual styles.  ,

After the volumes covering 1945-1955 were released, the word was out. This series is definitive, fabulously packaged, and faultlessly remastered! Everything you'd expect from Bear Family...and more!
Jack Clement, who produced Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison, Waylon Jennings, Don Williams, and many others, said, 'This is the best country series of all time. No doubt. No question.' Robert Hilburn in the 'Los Angeles Times' said, 'An invaluable album project...enables fans to step back in time and listen to the radio just like Elvis Presley, Ray Charles, and Bob Dylan did.'

Now the story continues from 1956 until 1960. Every CD is generously full. Every booklet is extensive and chocked full of rare photos and illustrations, as well as complete stories behind the songs!
In addition to the hits, the series contains rarities that went on to influence country music...and all music...in the years ahead, like Wanda Jackson's original version of Silver Threads And Golden Needles,
Carl Belew's originalLonely Street, and Chet Atkins' influential Walk, Don't Run. This series is designed to introduce new listeners to the very best that country music has to offer... while keeping longtime fans entertained. Every volume is a fabulous time capsule.

Here's the story. For many years, we'd received requests to do a truly definitive country series, but it wasn't until the success of our year-by-year R&,B/Soul series, 'Blowin' The Fuse' (now 'Sweet Soul Music' and soon to be continued into the Funk era) that we decided we needed to do something comparable for country music. The first volumes of 'Dim Lights, Thick Smoke And Hillbilly Music' took us from 1945-1955, and now the story continues into the era of the Nashville Sound.

The series has been compiled with today's fans in mind. Sure, the big hits are there, but so are the classic performances that weren't necessarily hits at the time, but became influential in the years ahead. Every volume has incredibly detailed behind-the-scenes stories, fabulously rare photos, and an ongoing history of country music set against the backdrop of the broader American music business. The booklets alone are 72 pages! Definitive You bet!

Superlatives are often overused, but we feel that this series is part of our mission to bring this incredible music to new fans ... as well as entertaining older fans. We pick up the story in 1956....just as country music was coming to terms with the upset of rock 'n' roll!


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Various - Country & Western Hit Parade - 1957 - Dim Lights, Thick Smoke And Hillbilly Music CD 1
01Young LoveJames, Sonny
02I Heard The Bluebirds SingBrowns, The
03Am I Losing YouReeves, Jim
04I'm TiredPierce, Webb
05There You GoCash, Johnny û Tennessee Two
06FrauleinHelms, Bobby
07Geisha GirlLocklin, Hank
08I Found My Girl In The U.S.A.Skinner, Jimmie
09Dark MoonGuitar, Bonnie
10GoneHusky, Ferlin
11Why, WhySmith, Carl
12Gonna Find Me A BluebirdRainwater, Marvin
13Bye, Bye LoveEverly Brothers
14A Fallen StarNewman, Jimmy
15A White Sport Coat (And A Pink Carnation)Robbins, Marty & Ray Conniff
16Home Of The BluesCash, Johnny û Tennessee Two
17Walkin' After MidnightCline, Patsy
18I Like Your Kind Of LoveEndsley, Melvin
19I Miss You AlreadyYoung, Faron
20My Special AngelHelms, Bobby
21Honky Tonk SongPierce, Webb
22Is It Wrong (For Loving You)Mack, Warner
23Tangled MindSnow, Hank
24My Shoes Keep Walking Back To YouPrice, Ray
25The Story Of My LifeRobbins, Marty & Ray Conniff &
26Four WallsReeves, Jim
27I Thought I Heard You Calling My NameWagoner, Porter
28AuctioneerVan Dyke, Leroy
29Walk, Don't RunAtkins, Chet
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Dim Lights, Thick Smoke And Hillbilly Music

Country & Western Hit Parade

“Collecting an anarchic mix of sex and sentimentality, earnest paeans to family and fanciful tales of drinking and cheating, DIM LIGHTS… affords a fascinating glimpse into black-and-white ‘50s polemics… Established stars, inspired wannabes proffer an intoxicating brew of dancefloor honky tonk, hillbilly boogie, bluegrass, western swing, incipient rockabilly, goofball novelty, and sentimental country-pop.” (UNCUT magazine)

 

The reviews are in and everyone from Australia to Los Angeles to London is raving about Bear Family’s definitive year-by-year country series. Starting in 1945, DIM LIGHTS, THICK SMOKE, AND HILLBILLY MUSIC (COUNTRY & WESTERN HIT PARADE)tells the real story of country music record-by-record. The hits are here, but so are groundbreaking records that went nowhere at the time. This is the true and uncensored history of country music. Everything you need to hear, year-by-year. Stars like Hank Williams, Bob Wills, Eddy Arnold, Ray Price, and Hank Snow are here, but so are beerhall legends like Eddie Noack and Sonny Burns, and roots music mavens like Charlie Feathers and the Stanley Brothers, as well as overlooked giants like Carl Belew and Floyd Tillman. You’ll also hear the incredible original versions of songs like Duelin’ Banjos, Release Me, Lonely Street,and many more!  Every CD is full to the brim with great music, and they’re all individually packaged in hardcover 72-page books by Colin Escott that tell the story of every song as well as the broader music history of the time. Fabulous photos, original record labels, and period advertisements round out the packages.

Bear Family began its journey into year-by-year anthologies with its groundbreaking and award-winning BLOWIN’ THE FUSE/SWEET SOUL MUSICseries that tells the story of R&B from 1945-1970. Look for the series to continue into the Funk era. And look for a year-by-year Rock ‘n’ Roll anthology coming soon.

# After the volumes covering 1945-1955 were released, the word was out. This series is definitive, fabulously packaged, and faultlessly remastered! Everything you'd expect from Bear Family…and more!

# Jack Clement, who produced Johnny Cash, Roy Orbison, Waylon Jennings, Don Williams, and many others, said, "This is the best country series of all time. No doubt. No question."Robert Hilburn in the 'Los Angeles Times'said, "An invaluable album project…enables fans to step back in time and listen to the radio just like Elvis Presley, Ray Charles, and Bob Dylan did."

# Now the story continues from 1956 until 1960. Every CD is generously full. Every booklet is extensive and chocked full of rare photos and illustrations, as well as complete stories behind the songs!

# In addition to the hits, the series contains rarities that went on to influence country music…and all music…in the years ahead, like Wanda Jackson's original version of Silver Threads And Golden Needles,Carl Belew's original Lonely Street,and Chet Atkins' influential Walk, Don't Run.

# This series is designed to introduce new listeners to the very best that country music has to offer… while keeping longtime fans entertained. Every volume is a fabulous time capsule.

 

Here's the story

For many years, we'd received requests to do a truly definitive country series, but it wasn't until the success of our year-by-year R&B/Soul series, 'Blowin' The Fuse' (now 'Sweet Soul Music' and soon to be continued into the Funk era) that we decided we needed to do something comparable for country music. The first volumes of 'Dim Lights, Thick Smoke And Hillbilly Music' took us from 1945-1955, and now the story continues into the era of the Nashville Sound.

The series has been compiled with today's fans in mind. Sure, the big hits are there, but so are the classic performances that weren't necessarily hits at the time, but became influential in the years ahead. Every volume has incredibly detailed behind-the-scenes stories, fabulously rare photos, and an ongoing history of country music set against the backdrop of the broader American music business. The booklets alone are 72 pages! Definitive? You bet!

Superlatives are often overused, but we feel that this series is part of our mission to bring this incredible music to new fans ... as well as entertaining older fans. We pick up the story in 1956....just as country music was coming to terms with the upset of rock 'n' roll!

And, keeping in the spirit of the releases, some of the artists' listings are as they originally appeared - like Jim Edward and Maxine Brown and Bonnie, Wayne Raney - Raney Family (Wayne, Wanda and Zyndall) and Marty Robbins with Ray Conniff -  while the cd in each set is stored in a reproduction of a 45 rpm record label bag appropriate to that year.

Country music author and historian Colin Escott is responsible for these remarkable releases, an obvious labour of love that has taken considerable research effort, offering a valuable insight into the development of country music over the years. Many of country music's foremost entertainers are included alongside others who may have only earned a place in the footnotes of country music history, but all present a variety of voices and differing musical styles that have virtually disappeared, over half a century later, in contemporary country music's conveyor belt output. The songs were also different back then: sometimes relating to current events, they also regularly centred upon themes like boozin', honky-tonking and slippin' around, now generally considered non-pc in these over sensitive times.

Country & Western Hitparade - CD-Album-Series by Bear Family

Read more at: https://www.bear-family.com/bear-family/country-series/country-und-western-hitparade/
Copyright © Bear Family Records

 

 

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Various - Country & Western Hit Parade - 1957 - Dim Lights, Thick Smoke And Hillbilly Music CD 1
01 Young Love
02 I Heard The Bluebirds Sing
03 Am I Losing You
04 I'm Tired
05 There You Go
06 Fraulein
07 Geisha Girl
08 I Found My Girl In The U.S.A.
09 Dark Moon
10 Gone
11 Why, Why
12 Gonna Find Me A Bluebird
13 Bye, Bye Love
14 A Fallen Star
15 A White Sport Coat (And A Pink Carnation)
16 Home Of The Blues
17 Walkin' After Midnight
18 I Like Your Kind Of Love
19 I Miss You Already
20 My Special Angel
21 Honky Tonk Song
22 Is It Wrong (For Loving You)
23 Tangled Mind
24 My Shoes Keep Walking Back To You
25 The Story Of My Life
26 Four Walls
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