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It’s Country Music Time! 

When we talk about classical country music at Bear Family Records, we mean country music from the 1940s to the 1970s, which includes the different modes of playing the Honky Tonk Sound, the Nashville Sound, and the Bakersfield Sound.

Honky Tonk Sound:

Honky Tonk Sound was created in Texas in the late 1940s, primarily in the areas where oil was mined, and was mostly represented in the local dance halls, bars and clubs, which were often very busy. To make the music audible, they began to amplify it electrically and accompanied with drums. Thematically it was often about everyday problems and the lyrics were very direct. Popular topics in the 'Honky Tonk Music' are for example ‚women‘ (Honky Tonk had mostly male performers), beer, singing and dancing. Among the most popular representatives of the 'Honky Tonk Sound‘ are Hank Williams Sr., George Jones, Waylon Jennings, Ernest Tubb, Loretta Lynn and Webb Pierce,

Nashville Sound:

The so-called 'Nashville Sound' was produced as the name implies in Nashville, Tennessee. In the 1950s, country music lost ground to Rock 'n' Roll and Pop music. The producers tried to counteract by smoothing out the 'raw' sound of Country music and for example underscored the songs with choirs. Among the most well-known and successful producers of the 'Nashville Sound‘ are Chet Atkins and Owen Bradley, who are well known for the success of artists like Jim Reeves, Skeeter Davis, Tammy Wynette, Eddy Arnold.

Bakersfield Sound:

The 'Bakersfield Sound' was created in Bakersfield, California in the late 1950s, and is strongly inspired by the classic ‚Honky Tonk Sound' and the ’Rockabilly Music' of the 1950s. The classic features of the 'Bakersfield Sounds' include the electrically amplified instruments and the hard and high-pitched guitars. Among the best known representatives of the Bakersfield Sounds include Buck Owens, Wynn Stewart and Merle Haggard.

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Country CDs, Western CDs and Vinyl online bear-family.com

It’s Country Music Time! 

When we talk about classical country music at Bear Family Records, we mean country music from the 1940s to the 1970s, which includes the different modes of playing the Honky Tonk Sound, the Nashville Sound, and the Bakersfield Sound.

Honky Tonk Sound:

Honky Tonk Sound was created in Texas in the late 1940s, primarily in the areas where oil was mined, and was mostly represented in the local dance halls, bars and clubs, which were often very busy. To make the music audible, they began to amplify it electrically and accompanied with drums. Thematically it was often about everyday problems and the lyrics were very direct. Popular topics in the 'Honky Tonk Music' are for example ‚women‘ (Honky Tonk had mostly male performers), beer, singing and dancing. Among the most popular representatives of the 'Honky Tonk Sound‘ are Hank Williams Sr., George Jones, Waylon Jennings, Ernest Tubb, Loretta Lynn and Webb Pierce,

Nashville Sound:

The so-called 'Nashville Sound' was produced as the name implies in Nashville, Tennessee. In the 1950s, country music lost ground to Rock 'n' Roll and Pop music. The producers tried to counteract by smoothing out the 'raw' sound of Country music and for example underscored the songs with choirs. Among the most well-known and successful producers of the 'Nashville Sound‘ are Chet Atkins and Owen Bradley, who are well known for the success of artists like Jim Reeves, Skeeter Davis, Tammy Wynette, Eddy Arnold.

Bakersfield Sound:

The 'Bakersfield Sound' was created in Bakersfield, California in the late 1950s, and is strongly inspired by the classic ‚Honky Tonk Sound' and the ’Rockabilly Music' of the 1950s. The classic features of the 'Bakersfield Sounds' include the electrically amplified instruments and the hard and high-pitched guitars. Among the best known representatives of the Bakersfield Sounds include Buck Owens, Wynn Stewart and Merle Haggard.

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Almost Persuaded
David Houston: Almost Persuaded Art-Nr.: CDCTS55416

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Greatest Hits (CD)
Ronnie McDowell: Greatest Hits (CD) Art-Nr.: CDD277676

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(1994/Curb) 10 tracks 1981-1987 featuring Conway Twitty on the stunning 'It's Only Make Believe'
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Welcome To My World (16-CD Deluxe Box Set)
Jim Reeves: Welcome To My World (16-CD Deluxe Box Set) Art-Nr.: BCD15656

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16-CD boxed set (LP-size) with 124-page book, 447 tracks. Playing time approx. 1104 mns. Here's the main course for Jim Reeves fans. It has taken us five years of tape research, photo research, interviews, and painstaking double- and...
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Guitar Rags And A Too Fast Past (5-CD Deluxe Box Set)
Merle Travis: Guitar Rags And A Too Fast Past (5-CD Deluxe... Art-Nr.: BCD15637

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5-CD boxed set (LP-size) with 80-page book, 145 tracks. Playing time approx. 387 mns. What a guy! What a picker! What a set! A seminal, and hugely-praised set from one of the most influential musicians in country music. It not only...
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Drums Of Passion (4-CD Deluxe Box Set)
Babatunde Olatunji: Drums Of Passion (4-CD Deluxe Box Set) Art-Nr.: BCD15747

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We hear so much about world music these days, and so little about Olatunji who single-handedly popularised African percussion in North America. Originally from Nigeria, he cut a series of LPs for Columbia between 1959 and 1966. As...
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Live - From The Lone Star Cafe & The Great Southeast Music Hall (CD)
James Talley: Live - From The Lone Star Cafe & The Great... Art-Nr.: BCD15704

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1-CD with 32-page booklet, 17 tracks. Playing time approx. 72 mns. Live recordings featuring the Oklahoma-born folk, country, and blues singer/songwriter and guitarist, James Talley. The recordings were made in 1979 at the Great...
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Live At Tamworth
Slim Dusty: Live At Tamworth Art-Nr.: CDP714042

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(1996/EMI) 16 tracks 1973
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20 Country Hits (CD)
Various: 20 Country Hits (CD) Art-Nr.: CDRCD9005

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​(Sony - Rainbow) 20 tracks
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Singing Ranger Vol.4 (9-CD Deluxe Box Set)
Hank Snow: Singing Ranger Vol.4 (9-CD Deluxe Box Set) Art-Nr.: BCD15787

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9-CD box (LP-size) with 32-page book, 219 tracks. Playing time approx. 664 mns. These nine CDs bring our Hank Snow anthology up to 1984, which marked 50 years of recording. The emphasis here is on Hank's recordings from the 1970s, when...
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Blue Grass 1970-1979 (4-CD Deluxe Box Set)
Bill Monroe: Blue Grass 1970-1979 (4-CD Deluxe Box Set) Art-Nr.: BCD15606

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4-CD boxed set (LP-size) with 31-page book, 99 tracks. Playing time approx. 277 mns. Later the elder statesman of bluegrass, Bill Monroe 's stature was universally recognized by the '70s. He was still making fine music, and attracting...
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TEXAS TORNADOS: Best Art-Nr.: CD45511

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(1994/WEA) 11 tracks
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Dankeschön, Bitteschön, Wiedersehen (2-CD)
Eddie Wilson: Dankeschön, Bitteschön, Wiedersehen (2-CD) Art-Nr.: BCD15615

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(Bear Family Records) 53 tracks - 36 page booklet Deutsch/English Eddie Wilson, born Armin Edgar Schaible, was one of the few Europeans who mastered US country music and knew how to convey it. He had his own, very purist 'hardcore'...
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Queen Of Country Music 1949-1958 (4-CD Deluxe Box Set)
Kitty Wells: Queen Of Country Music 1949-1958 (4-CD Deluxe... Art-Nr.: BCD15638

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Everything that the Queen of Country Music cut between 1949 and 1958, including such epochal hits It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels, Release Me, Lonely Side Of Town , ( I'll Always Be Your ) Fraulein , Makin' Believe, Paying For...
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1960-66 Singer, Songwriter (4-CD Deluxe Box Set)
Don Gibson: 1960-66 Singer, Songwriter (4-CD Deluxe Box Set) Art-Nr.: BCD15664

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4-CD boxed set (LP-size) with 24-page book, 123 tracks. Playing time approx. 311 mns. We pick up where '1949-1960' leaves off, and although the hits were growing smaller, Don Gibson was cutting some of the most strikingly original music...
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20 Greatest Hits
Tammy Wynette: 20 Greatest Hits Art-Nr.: CDTVC6002

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The President And The First Lady
George Jones & Tammy Wynette: The President And The First Lady Art-Nr.: CDTVC6005

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20 All Time Super Hits
Johnny Cash: 20 All Time Super Hits Art-Nr.: CDTVC6006

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21 Tracks! Great compilation! Guter Querschnitt, 21 Titel!
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The Yodelling Ranger (5-CD Deluxe Box Set)
Hank Snow: The Yodelling Ranger (5-CD Deluxe Box Set) Art-Nr.: BCD15587

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5-CD boxed set (LP-size) with 47-page book, 101 tracks. Playing time approx. 340 mns. Our Hank Snow retrospective has been one of the most widely applauded projects we've undertaken. Here is the beginning of one of the most amazing...
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The Thin Man From The West Plains (4-CD Deluxe Box Set)
WAGONER, Porter: The Thin Man From The West Plains (4-CD Deluxe... Art-Nr.: BCD15499

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Ol' Porter may be a joke in some people's eyes, but he was very much for real here. These are his early recordings when he was the last great voice of the hillbilly era. This is raw, uncomprising country music from one of the masters....
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Walls, Hearts & Heroes (CD)
Lesley Schatz: Walls, Hearts & Heroes (CD) Art-Nr.: BCD15674

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CD with 32-page booklet, 22 tracks. Playing time approx. 78 mns. Songwriter Lesley Schatz collected a lot of material for these 1989-92 recordings while traveling in Europe, where she seems to have been especially moved by her...
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I Witness Life - 100 Children - 2 Original LP's (CD)
Tom T. Hall: I Witness Life - 100 Children - 2 Original LP's... Art-Nr.: BCD15658

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1-CD with 24-page booklet, 22 tracks. Playing time approx. 60 mns. "Lost summers are usually the winding-down periods... like the first light that fades back into darkness before dawn, lost summers have a way of ending what needed to be...
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Classic Recordings (4-CD Box Set)
Marvin Rainwater: Classic Recordings (4-CD Box Set) Art-Nr.: BCD15600

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4-CD boxed set (LP-size) with 35-page book, 120 tracks. Playing time approx. 291 mns. Marvin Rainwater was a quarter Cherokee Indian, a country singer of a special kind and also the somewhat different rock 'n' roller. His greatest...
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Lullabys, Legends & Lies (CD)
Bobby Bare: Lullabys, Legends & Lies (CD) Art-Nr.: BCD15683

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1-CD with 32-page booklet, 14 tracks. Playing time approx. 58 mns. Soon after Bobby returned to RCA in 1972, he recorded an entire LP of songs by the legendary songwriter, cartoonist and humorist Shel Silverstein. The album yielded three...
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Leonard (5-CD Deluxe Box Set)
Tommy Collins: Leonard (5-CD Deluxe Box Set) Art-Nr.: BCD15577

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5-CD box (LP-size) with 35-page book, 144 tracks. Playing time approx. 720 mns. Buck Owens has got his due, Merle Haggard too, so surely it must be time for Tommy Collins to get some recognition. Tommy Collins was the Godfather of the...
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Desperados Waiting For The Train
TEXAS LONE STAR: Desperados Waiting For The Train Art-Nr.: BCD15692

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1-CD with 24-page booklet, 11 tracks. Playing time approx. 42 mns. -- 'Desperados Waiting For The Train' features songs by such Texas luminaries as Willie Nelson, Guy Clark, Waylon Jennings, Willis Allan Ramsey and others. On release,...
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