2019 - 5-CD Deluxe Edition (7inch Format) - Country Music, der achtteilige, 16-stündige Film von Ken Burns zeichnet die Entstehung eines Ur-Amerikanischen Musikgenres anhand der Songs und Geschichten seiner größten Wegbereiter auf. Insgesamt acht Jahre lang hat die Produktion der "Country Music"- Reihe gedauert; Mitte September 2019 startete die Serie in den USA, einen Sendetermin in Deutschland gibt es noch nicht. Kurz vor der US-Premiere der achtteiligen PBS-Dokumentarfilm-Reihe "Country Music - A Film by Ken Burns" veröffentlichte Legacy Recordings ein gewaltiges 5-CD-Set, das als XXL-Soundtrack über 100 zeitlose Klassiker enthält, die im Film zu hören sind… mit Songs von The Carter Family, Jimmie Rodgers, Bill Monroe, Bob Wills, Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, Loretta Lynn, Willie Nelson, Ricky Skaggs und vielen mehr…. dieses 5CD Deluxe Set enthält weiter 68 Seiten Liner Notes sowie selten gesehene Archivfotos, Dokumente und Memorabilien… Ken Burns hat sich in seinen meist ausführlichen Dokumentarfilmen unter anderem mit dem Bürgerkrieg und dem Vietnamkrieg beschäftigt, aber ebenso über Persönlichkeiten wie Mark Twain und Thomas Jefferson gedreht. Musik nimmt dabei eine wichtige Rolle ein.
105 Songs
- CD 1:
- 01 Can the Circle Be Unbroken (Bye and Bye) – The Carter Family
- 02 Mule Skinner Blues (Blue Yodel No. 8) – Jimmie Rodgers
- 03 Barbara Allen – Bradley Kincaid
- 04 I'll Fly Away – James and Martha Carson
- 05 If the River Was Whiskey – Charlie Poole with the North Carolina Ramblers
- 06 Fox Chase – DeFord Bailey
- 07 Blue Yodel Number 9 (Standin' On The Corner) – Jimmie Rodgers
- 08 Wildwood Flower – The Carter Family
- 09 In the Jailhouse Now – Jimmie Rodgers
- 10 Comin' Round the Mountain – Uncle Dave Macon and Sam McGee
- 11 Pretty Polly – The Coon Creek Girls
- 12 T.B. Blues – Jimmie Rodgers
- 13 Mountain Dew – Grandpa Jones and His Grandchildren
- 14 Home on the Range – Gene Autry
- 15 I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart – Patsy Montana and the Prairie Ramblers
- 16 Tumbling Tumbleweeds – Sons of the Pioneers
- 17 Keep on the Sunny Side /I'm Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes – The Carter Family
- 18 The Great Speckled Bird – Roy Acuff
- 19 Whoa Babe – Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
- 20 New San Antonio Rose – Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
- 21 Wabash Cannon Ball – Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys
- 22 Mule Skinner Blues – Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys
- CD 2:
- 01 Honky Tonkin' – Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys
- 02 It's Mighty Dark to Travel – Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys
- 03 New Mule Skinner Blues – Maddox Brothers and Rose
- 04 I'll Hold You in My Heart (Till I Can Hold You in My Arms) – Eddy Arnold and his Tennessee Playboys
- 05 Foggy Mountain Breakdown – Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs and the Foggy Mountain Boys
- 06 Molly and Tenbrook – The Stanley Brothers
- 07 Lovesick Blues – Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys
- 08 I Saw the Light – Hank Williams
- 09 Hey, Good Lookin' – Hank Williams
- 10 It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels – Kitty Wells
- 11 I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry – Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboys
- 12 Jambalaya – Little Brenda Lee
- 13 New Step It Up and Go – Maddox Brothers and Rose
- 14 I Walk the Line – Johnny Cash & the Tennessee Two
- 15 Crazy Arms – Ray Price
- 16 Bye, Bye Love – The Everly Brothers
- 17 The Long Black Veil – Lefty Frizzell
- 18 El Paso – Marty Robbins
- 19 Night Life – Ray Price
- 20 Hello Walls – Faron Young
- 21 I Fall to Pieces – Patsy Cline
- 22 Ring of Fire – Johnny Cash
- 23 Crazy – Patsy Cline
- 24 I Can't Stop Loving You – Ray Charles
- CD 3:
- 01 Dang Me – Roger Miller
- 02 I've Got a Tiger by the Tail – Buck Owens
- 03 Don't Come Home A' Drinkin' (With Lovin' On Your Mind) – Loretta Lynn
- 04 Coal Miner's Daughter – Loretta Lynn
- 05 Kiss an Angel Good Mornin' – Charley Pride
- 06 Hungry Eyes – Merle Haggard and the Strangers
- 07 Mama Tried – Merle Haggard and the Strangers
- 08 Harper Valley P.T.A. – Jeannie C. Riley
- 09 Don't Touch Me – Jeannie Seely
- 10 Folsom Prison Blues – Johnny Cash
- 11 Stand by Your Man – Tammy Wynette
- 12 She Thinks I Still Care – George Jones
- 13 You Ain't Going Nowhere – The Byrds
- 14 Me and Bobby McGee – Kris Kristofferson
- 15 Help Me Make It Through the Night – Sammi Smith
- 16 Sunday Morning Coming Down – Kris Kristofferson
- 17 Okie From Muskogee – Merle Haggard and the Strangers
- 18 Man in Black – Johnny Cash
- 19 Girl from the North Country – Bob Dylan with Johnny Cash
- 20 Grand Ole Opry Song – The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
- 21 Will the Circle Be Unbroken – The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
- CD 4:
- 01 Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way – Waylon Jennings
- 02 Mule Skinner Blues (Blue Yodel No. 8) – Dolly Parton
- 03 Jolene – Dolly Parton
- 04 I Will Always Love You – Dolly Parton
- 05 We're Gonna Hold On – George Jones and Tammy Wynette
- 06 Texas Cookin' – Guy Clark
- 07 If I Needed You – Townes Van Zandt
- 08 I Can't Stop Loving You – Johnny Rodriguez
- 09 I've Been a Long Time Leaving (But I'll Be A Long Time Gone) – Waylon Jennings
- 10 Love Hurts (Live) – Gram Parsons and the Fallen Angels
- 11 Boulder to Birmingham – Emmylou Harris
- 12 Bluebird Wine – Emmylou Harris
- 13 Whiskey River – Willie Nelson
- 14 Miles and Miles of Texas – Asleep at the Wheel
- 15 Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain – Willie Nelson
- 16 Good Hearted Woman – Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson
- 17 Family Tradition – Hank Williams, Jr.
- 18 Seven Year Ache – Rosanne Cash
- 19 Pancho and Lefty – Willie Nelson and Merle Haggard
- 20 He Stopped Loving Her Today – George Jones
- CD 5:
- 01 Don't Get Above Your Raisin' – Ricky Skaggs
- 02 On the Road Again – Willie Nelson
- 03 Amarillo by Morning – George Strait
- 04 Somebody Should Leave – Reba McEntire
- 05 Diggin' Up Bones – Randy Travis
- 06 Why Not Me – The Judds (Wynonna and Naomi)
- 07 Honky Tonk Man – Dwight Yoakam
- 08 Streets of Bakersfield – Dwight Yoakam with Buck Owens
- 09 Where've You Been – Kathy Mattea
- 10 I'm No Stranger to the Rain – Keith Whitley
- 11 Go Rest High on That Mountain – Vince Gill
- 12 Guitar Town – Steve Earle
- 13 She's In Love With the Boy – Trisha Yearwood
- 14 Tennessee Flat Top Box – Rosanne Cash
- 15 Get Up John – Emmylou Harris & the Nash Ramblers
- 16 Uncle Pen – Ricky Skaggs
- 17 I Still Miss Someone – Rosanne Cash
- 18 Will the Circle Be Unbroken – The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
