Various Artists - Country Gold / Various - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

The songs that grace this comprehensive 3CD package all come from the golden age of country music... Often called Inchwhite man's bluesInch, there is a strong case to be made for country music being the authentic beating-heart of the United States. For nearly a century now, country music has been captured on cylinder, vinyl, tape and compact disc. In America during the 1950s, while rock & roll battled calypso as the nation's favourite sound, meanwhile in the background, these classic country songs could be heard across the land - all the way from the Gulf of Mexico, right up to the frozen wastes of Minnesota. After the golden age of what might be called pure country, came country-rock, alt-country and Americana. But the 60 songs gathered together here are plain and simple country music - at it's best Album Tracks 1. Rose Garden - Lynn Anderson 2. Crazy - Patsy Cline 3. Hello Walls- Faron Young 4. Big Bad John - Jimmy Dean 5. Harper Valley P.T.A. - Jeannie C. Riley 6. Walk on By - Leroy Van Dyke 7. Behind Closed Doors - Charlie Rich 8. I Walk the Line - Johnny Cash 9. Please Help Me, I'm Falling - Hank Locklin 10. She Thinks I Still Care - George Jones 11. Battle of New Orleans - Johnny Horton 12. Oh Lonesome Me - Don Gibson 13. The Story of My Life - Marty Robbins 14. You Win Again - Jerry Lee Lewis 15. It Keeps Right on A-Hurtin' - Johnny Tillotson 16. Hey Good Lookin' - Hank Williams 17. He'll Have to Go - Jim Reeves 18. Foolin' Around - Buck Owens 19. The Wild Side of Life - Hank Thompson 20. Funny How Time Slips Away - Willie Nelson 1. I'm Sorry - Brenda Lee 2. Folsom Prison Blues - Johnny Cash 3. Welcome to My World - Jim Reeves 4. The Auctioneer - Leroy Van Dyke 5. Crazy Arms - Ray Price 6. I Fall to Pieces - Patsy Cline 7. Wings of a Dove - Ferlin Husky 8. El Paso - Marty Robbins 9. Misery Loves Comp