Western / Western Swing

2022 - Acuff joined Hickory Records, the label he co-owned, in 1957 and this is the first time his releases for the label between 1957 and 1962 have been compiled in such a comprehensive way. 26 tracks covering every Hickory label 7' single released by the artist between 1957 and 1962. The accompanying booklet contains the recording dates, the original catalogue numbers, all writers' credits and a detailed history of Acuff's life and career, together with scans of adverts and record labels

2015er Album im 6-seitigem Klappcover inkl. informativem Booklet - On this 22-track release, Asleep at the Wheel is joined once again by Nelson along with the likes of The Avett Brothers, George Strait, The Time Jumpers, Robert Earl Keen, Old Crow Medicine Show and many more to celebrate the music of Bob Wills, known as the King of Western Swing, and his band. 

2021 - Asleep At The Wheel is an American country music group that was formed in 1969 in Paw Paw, West Virginia by Ray Benson and Lucky Oceans. The band has won eight Grammy Awards and released over twenty albums with more than 21 singles on the Billboard country charts. There have been countless personnel changes over the years but founder member Ray Benson has remained at the helm throughout. These recordings brought to you are taken from radio broadcasts of concerts in 1973 and 1980.

2016 - Country and western swing band Asleep at the Wheel live in concert at The Sellersville Theatre, Pennsylvania in February 2006. The band perform many of their best known songs including HOUSE OF BLUE LIGHTS, THE LETTER THAT JOHNNY WALKER READ, ROUTE 66 and BUMP, BOUNCE, BOOGIE. DVD bonus features include a behind-the-scenes look at the band’s rehearsal and an interview with the band..

rare 3 CD Longbox von 1997 - "The Gene Autry Collection" - enthalten sind 84 Cowboy Klassiker aus den Jahren 1937-1955, darunter 8 rare Titel von Autry's Columbia Sessions sowie rare und bis dato unveröffentlichte Aufnahmen von seiner "Melody Ranch" Radio Show

2019 - Canada's own real yodelling cowboy, Wilf grew up around farms, horses and rodeos and is remembered in the Calgary Horsemen's Hall Of Fame. Known in the USA as 'Montana Slim' he developed a huge following around the world. These recordings were made in the late 1950s and feature him with some of Nashville's best musos as well as some tracks with just his own guitar accompaniment. If you like fiddle, steel, a yodel and a powerful voice, then Wilf's your man. Most of the tracks here never previously released in the UK.

2019 - Spade Cooley was for several years one of the biggest stars of the subgenre of Country music called 'Western Swing'. This collection of some of his single releases is named after his greatest hit, 'Shame On You' The recordings, the hits and the jukebox favourites feature other artists who worked through Cooley's band to become stars on their own. These 28 wonderful recordings are amongst his greatest recordings between 1945 and1952. The fully detailed liner notes explain in detail his downfall as a popular entertainer.

2018 - Dom Flemons presents Black Cowboys pays tribute to the music, culture, and the complex history of the golden era of the Wild West. In this single volume of music, the first of its kind, Flemons explores and re-analyzes this important part of our American identity. The songs and poems featured on the album take the listener on an illuminating journey from the trails to the rails of the Old West. This century-old story follows the footsteps of the thousands of African American pioneers who helped build the United States of America. Dom Flemons (vocals, banjo, guitar & resonatot guitar), Brian Farrow (fiddle), Jimbo Mathus (mandolin) and others. 60 minutes, 40-page booklet with extensive notes and photos. (In 2005, Flemons co-founded the Carolina Chocolate Drops...) 

Album aus dem Jahr 1992 mit 10 Western Titeln wie AMARILLO - ROSE OF CIMARRON oder CATTLE CALL

2022 - On twelve all original songs, Leigh's supple winking voice and multi-instrument fluency, her interplay with Ray Benson, and the undeniable chops of the Wheel serve up a treat on Leigh's seventh album. With cameos from Emily Gimble and Katie Shore, and all the players getting their moments in the sun… “Obsessed With The West”, is a showcase not just for the Bob Wills fans, but for anyone who's ever curled up with Loretta Lynn, Hank Sr., Cindy Walker, Billie Holiday, or Willie Nelson…

1996 - "Their first recorded radio broadcasts" KFBK 1940 & KGDM 1945; enthalten sind 32 Titel wie I'M TALKING ABOUT YOU - LET ME RIDE MY PONY DOWN THE SUNSET TRAIL und BREATHLESS LOVE 1940s"

1998 - The Maddox brothers’ first radio appearance was in 1937 with 11-year-old sister Rose as their lead singer. The band enjoyed success as a “hillbilly” band playing country, cowboy (western), folk, and religious songs until disbanding in 1956. This collection features radio performances recorded during 1953. It captures the energy and spontaneity of their live performances and includes four “Mr. Know It All” comic routines.

2021 - Not for nothing were Rose Maddox and her 'Four Big Brothers' known as 'The Most Colourful Hillbilly Band In America'. Their audio legacy is preserved in part in 'You Won't Believe This', an anthology of the later years of their career, which covers their 1950s output and also includes the best recordings the Brothers made without Rose and vice versa… As always, the audio is remastered from the best possible sources and the booklet features a comprehensive biography of this fabulous family band, for whom every session sounded like a party and frequently was!

2018 - The first networked TV Western series to be filmed in colour, BONANZA ran on NBC from 1959 to 1973 and ranks among the Top 10 longest-running, live-action American TV series. Both Ponderosa Party Time, a cast recording, and David Rose's Bonanza, Original Television Soundtrack LP, made the US album charts in 1962 and 1961, respectively. This compilation comprises these two albums plus a handful of bonus tracks, which include a previously unissued cast recording of the show's title tune, plus Al Caiola's and Johnny Cash's hit versions, and the original television soundbed.

2023 - Mit einer goldenen, tiefen Stimme gesegnet, bekam er einen Job als singender Cowboy im Radio und wurde von RCA eingeladen, für ihr legendäres Bluebird-Label aufzunehmen. In den 1940er und 1950er Jahren genoss er eine produktive Aufnahmekarriere. Hier sind 28 wunderschön remasterte Tracks, 24 davon in echtem Stereo, viele von ihnen wurden zum ersten Mal außerhalb der USA veröffentlicht. Mit Country-Begleitung von Gitarre, Geige usw., finden Sie goldene Favoriten aus den Federn von Lefty Frizzell, Floyd Tillman, Jimmie Davis, A. P. Carter usw. neben beliebten traditionellen Favoriten, die alle mit Texas Jim Robertsons goldener, tiefer Stimme gesungen werden.

2021 - Roy Rogers & Dale Evans waren große Hollywood-Westernstars, deren Karrieren sich durch Hollywood-Filme und das Fernsehen zogen. 28 Klassiker aus den Gesangbüchern, einige Lieder von Dale Evans selbst geschrieben, sind enthalten, die meisten erscheinen zum ersten Mal auf CD. THE OLD RUGGED CROSS - I LOVE TO TELL THE STORY - JUST A CLOSER WALK WITH THEE - AMAZING GRACE - PEACE IN THE VALLEY und viele mehr.

2017 - Westward Ho! - Song Wagon of the West' is the definitive collection of their most successful songs and rare gems. Featured are a whopping 61 tracks. The set is introduced with the full album 'The Song Wagon' featuring The Norman Luboff Choir and authentic Mitch Miller arrangements, in pristine high fidelity. Many brilliant RCA singles are debuting on CD, including 'River Of No Return', 'Cowboy's Never Cry' 'A Little White Cross on the Hill', 'Hazy Mountains' and 'Happy Trails to You'. Several titles feature the backing of the fabulous Sons of the Pioneers: 'Home On The Range', 'Stampede', 'Blue Shadows On The Trail' and more.

2002 - Die vier Männer (Rice, Rowan, Edwards und Blake), die das Cover von High Lonesome Cowboy zieren, sehen eher aus wie Bauern als wie Musiker. Der Albumtitel ist mehr als passend für dieses Album, das den ehemaligen Blue Grass Boy Peter Rowan mit einem der führenden Vertreter der Westernmusik, Don Edwards, zusammenbringt. Das Ergebnis ist eine wunderbare Sammlung überwiegend traditioneller Cowboy-Songs, die die Gesangs- und Instrumentalbemühungen dieser beiden Roots-Musik-Giganten auf sehr angenehme und unterhaltsame Weise miteinander verbinden.

2015 - "A Ballad Of The West" - Tom Russells Folk Oper "The Rose of Roscrae" entstand unter Mitwirkung einer Vielzahl legendärer Americana Ikonen wie  Jimmie Dale Gilmore, David Olney, Johnny Cash, Joe Ely, Augie Meyers, Fats Kaplin, Barry Walsh, Jimmy LaFave, Gretchen Peters, Ramblin’ Jack Elliott, Walt Whitman, Moses »Clear Rock« Platt, Jack Hardy, David Massengill... 50 Songs

2012 - mit ausführlichem Booklet; ausgezeichnete Sänger, Instrumentalisten und Songschreiber mit einer gelungenen Mischung von Country, Western & Folk Musik; 11 Titel wie RIDIN' ON THE NIGHT TRAIN oder NEW WAY OUT und als Gast Marty Stuart (mandolin).

2015 - die beiden Original Alben "Lure Of The West" und "Tumbleweed Trail" aus den Jahren 1961 und 1962 hier auf einer CD veröffentlicht mit 24 Titeln, darunter u.a. SADDLE UP - PECOS BILL - A COWBOY HAS TO SING - EL PASO und THE CATTLE CALL

2012 - Die Band besteht aus 11 Musikern, darunter Vince Gill, "Ranger Doug" Green, Paul Franklin, Dennis Crouch und Dawn Sears und sie spielen eine großartige Mischung aus Texas, Honky Tonk und Western Swing Musik; 12 Titel wie TEXOMA BOUND - RIDIN' ON THE RIO - TEXAS ON A SATURDAY NIGHT oder NEW STAR OVER TEXAS

Album aus dem Jahr 1991 mit 11 Titeln, darunter SPRINGTIME IN ALBERTA und LIGHTS OF LARAMIE

1992er Album eingespielt u.a. mit Reggie Young (lead guitar) und Buddy Emmons (steel guitar); 11 Songs, darunter NEWTONVILLE WALTZ – TEXAS, I MISS YOU und LONE STAR AND COORS

1999 - inzwischen ganz rar !!! - mit 44seitigem Booklet; "The Golden Years Of Western Swing" This box tell the story of Western & Swing the vibrant music that blended jazz with stringband music, took in pop music & the blues and pioneered amplification. 99 Titel wie CORRINE CORRINA - LONESOME ROAD BLUES oder RANGE RIDER STOMP interpretiert von Patsy Montana & Prairie Ramblers, Cliff Brunner & Texas Wanderers, Bill Boyd & Cowboy Ramblers, Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys u.v.a.

2019 - An Academy Award-winner and the veteran of 200-odd movies, well over half of which were Westerns, JOHN WAYNE - aka 'DUKE' - was America's most loved, treasured, admired and respected star. This unique compilation features the main themes, title themes and signature music from thirty-five of his biggest movies, kicking off with 'Stagecoach' (1939), the film which first made him a household name. Also included are the theme tunes from epic movies like 'She Wore A Yellow Ribbon' (1949), 'Rio Grande' (1950), 'The Quiet Man' (1952), 'The Searchers' (1956), 'Rio Bravo' (1959), 'How The West Was Won' (1962), and many more     A truly unique compilation, this is a must-have for fans of the golden cinematic era.

2018 - With Cahalen Morrison, Ethan Lawton and Jim Miller (former lead guitarist with Donna The Buffalo) all taking lead vocals, writing the songs (each providing four of the 12 tracks) and switching between instruments, Songs from the Deluge harmonizes three distinct songwriting voices into a sound that pulls from the great expanse of American music: Delta blues, Appalachian string band music, Texas fiddle traditions, cowboy songs. This record will levitate heavy hearts, turn spilled beer into ballads, and reclaim the multifaceted roots of country.

2016 - legendäre Doppel LP hier auf CD veröffentlicht - Seite 1: "Bob Wills Special" HS 11358 (1957), electronically re-recorded to simulate stereo / Seite 2:  "Asleep At The Wheel" KE 33097 (1974)... 21 Songs, darunter von Bob Wills And The Texas Playboys u.a.  TROUBLE IN MIND und TAKE ME BACK TO TULSA; von Asleep At The Wheel u.a. CHOO CHOO CH'BOOGIE - LAST LETTER und MISS MOLLY

2021 - Die Tiffany-Transkriptionen sind allgemein bekannt als die großartigsten - und seltensten – Aufnahmen des Königs des Western Swing, Bob Wills. Ursprünglich nur für die Radioausstrahlung vorgesehen, sind viele der Songs, die Bob Wills und seine Texas Playboys aufnahmen, lange nicht mehr aufgetaucht. Einige der fehlenden und bisher unveröffentlichten Aufnahmen wurden kürzlich im Warner Music Archive wiederentdeckt. Dieses neue 2-CD-Set enthält 50 Songs, 49 davon wurden bisher noch nie auf irgendeinem Format neu aufgelegt und einige wurden noch nie veröffentlicht.

2010 - contains 27 rare tracks, never before released on CD in digitally remastered form and out of print for several decades on vinyl - several only ever released on 78s!! One of two famous Kiwi brothers, both of whom sang their way to fame with a combination of western music and country music. Brother Cole Wilson became lead vocalist with New Zealand's leading country band, The Tumbleweeds. Les Wilson became famous for his western singing and his ability to paint pictures through the words of his songs. He wrote several songs that are still much recorded today.