Country: The Essential Album

Product Description:
A 2 CD set featuring over 40 all times hits form the stars of Country Music. Essentials. 2005.

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Average customer rating: The Essential Bob Dylan is essential Essential To American Culture Complete Dylan Like The Old Days, Only Better "She wrote me a letter and she wrote it so kind" from Not Dark Yet.

Essential Bob Dylan Bob Dylan Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Folk Rock | Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Country Rock | Rock | Styles | Music Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Styles | Music General | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Box Sets at 30% Off | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Pop | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Classic Rock | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Rock | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music All Blowout Music | Blowout Music | Stores | Music More Titles at Least 25% Off | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Modern Times Greatest Hits Experience Hendrix: The Best of Jimi Hendrix The Best of Simon & Garfunkel The Who: The Ultimate Collection ASIN: B000050HTO Release Date: 2000-10-31

Tracks:

1. Blowin' In The Wind
2. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
3. The Times They Are A-Changin'
4. It Ain't Me, Babe
5. Maggie's Farm
6. It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
7. Mr. Tambourine Man
8. Subterranean Homesick Blues
9. Like A Rolling Stone
10. Positively 4th Street
11. Just Like A Woman
12. Rainy Day Women #12 & 35
13. All Along The Watchtower
14. Quinn The Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn)
15. I'll Be Your Baby Tonight

Tracks:

1. Lay, Lady, Lay
2. If Not For You
3. I Shall Be Released
4. You Ain't Goin' Nowhere
5. Knockin' On Heaven's Door
6. Forever Young
7. Tangled Up In Blue
8. Shelter From The Storm
9. Hurricane
10. Gotta Serve Somebody
11. Jokerman
12. Silvio
13. Everything Is Broken
14. Not Dark Yet
15. Things Have Changed

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Two discs of music don't exactly provide for a thorough overview of four decades of recording, particularly if the subject of the retrospective is one of the most important and prolific performers of his time. So The Essential Bob Dylan definitely skates over the leagues-deep oeuvre of Dylan, summarizing his monumental first half-dozen years in disc one and skirting over the following 34 years in disc two. Delving into Columbia's three Dylan greatest-hits packages (though curiously purging "I Want You," a genuine hit single in its day), Essential offers only a few surprises, opting for The Basement Tapes version of "Quinn the Eskimo" over the Self Portrait remake that made it onto Greatest Hits Volume II and tossing in "Things Have Changed" from the Wonder Boys soundtrack for completists. But this 30-track overview is designed with newcomers, not Dylanologists, in mind. --Steven Stolder

Customer Reviews:

The Essential Bob Dylan is essential.......2007-03-01

Glad I bought this. I'm trying to replace the old vinyl albums I once had and this is a good start to my new collection of Dylan CDs. It satisfies the immediate need until I can afford all of the replacements.

Essential To American Culture.......2007-02-23

Bob Dylan is the greatest living American composer. As essential to his generation as Irving Berlin and Cole Porter were to theirs and sure to be remembered with the same reverence. This is a great collection of most of his finest work -- all remastered. An avid Dylan fan, I can't help but notice the absence of some of my favorites, like Tonight I'll Be Staying Here With You, from Nashville Skyline and One More Cup Of Coffee, from Desire. I guess I would have liked to see a three disk Essential -- he certainly deserves one. That said, it is hard to argue with the song selections. For example, other than the original Greatest Hits collection, which was originally released in the '60's, this is the only other place you can find Positively 4th Street -- his follow-up single to Like A Rolling Stone.

If you want to purchase one disk for your CD collection that best represents Bob Dylan's body of work, this is the one to get.

Complete Dylan.......2007-01-16

This is the most complete of all the Dylan recordings I have and that dates back to the 60's.

Like The Old Days, Only Better.......2006-12-03

This is an excellent collection for those who were Dylan fans back in the sixties. Those of us in the room the first time I played these CDs could sing along with every single song. There isn't a bum tune in the bunch. But unlike those old records I have boxed up in the garage, all cuts sound clean.

I don't have anything profoud to say. I just want to recommend this collection to any old Dylan fans who want to hear it all again -- without the scratches.

"She wrote me a letter and she wrote it so kind" from Not Dark Yet........2006-09-15

I'm new to Bob Dylan's music and I must say I really loved this cd. I was unsure about listening to it since I wasn't all that enamoured with Dylan's voice but when you listen to music it just clicks into place. Dylan is a master at lyrics and mood. Each song has a unique mood or message that he conveys in what seems like an effortless manner. I fell in love with some of his songs of heartbreak and change.

This compilation is broken into two disks. disk one covers music originally recorded from 1962-1967 and disk two covers music originally recorded from 1969-1999. Bob Dylan life time of music is rather prolific so creating a compilation of his music into two disks must have been a huge undertaking but from a novice Dylan fan I think a great job was done.

I can say with out a doubt that disk one, which covers `62-67, is my favorite from the two although I loved both but I find myself listening to disk one over and over. I have been very moved by his deep emotion on unrealized love with "Don't think twice, It's all Right" and his reflection on every day struggles with "Subterranean Homesick Blues". So many of the songs on the first disc most people have heard recorded by other artists like "Mr. Tambourine Man", "All Along the Watchtower", and "Quinn The Eskimo" which speaks to his wonderful writing and appeal to other musical artists.

Disk two brought more great songs but they have a different feel to them, some how more impassioned and sensual with a touch of humility on life. You see the sensual side in "Lay Lady Lay" and impassioned views on justice with "Hurricane". There is even a little sadness in the second disc, you have to wonder how difficult the 1970's were for Dylan to be able to write so many songs that echoed in the hearts of others. Maybe that's why I like disc one.....less sad. I have to give a big shout out for songs like "I Shall be Released", "Tangled Up In Blue", and "Jokerman".

As I said before, I'm new to Bob Dylan's music but I can also say I am now a huge fan. I'd also like to mention the song "Not Dark Yet" from the second disc, it speaks of a soulful reflective Bob Dylan that I find quite nice.

Great writing, great feeling, great music.

girldiver:)

Average customer rating: loving it!! Essential or a fair collection Essential Bob Dylan Import, Six Reviews in One Pick this one over the American version A Great Introduction To Dylan

Essential Bob Dylan Bob Dylan Manufacturer: Sbme Import ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Folk Rock | Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Country Rock | Rock | Styles | Music Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Styles | Music General | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Folk | Imports | Stores | Music Classic Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: Knocked Out Loaded Modern Times World Gone Wrong Time Out of Mind "Love and Theft" ASIN: B00006830P Release Date: 2002-07-09

Tracks:

1. Blowin' in the Wind
2. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
3. Times They Are A-Changin'
4. It Ain't Me Babe
5. Maggie's Farm
6. It's All over Now, Baby Blue
7. Mr. Tambourine Man
8. Subterranean Homesick Blues
9. Like a Rolling Stone
10. Positively 4th Street
11. Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window?
12. I Want You
13. Just Like a Woman
14. Rainy Day Women #12 & 35
15. All Along the Watchtower
16. Mighty Quinn (Quinn the Eskimo)
17. I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
18. Lay Lady Lay
19. If Not for You
20. I Shall Be Released
21. You Ain't Going Nowhere
22. Knockin' on Heaven's Door

Tracks:

1. Forever Young
2. Tangled Up in Blue
3. Shelter from the Storm
4. Hurricane
5. Changing of the Guards
6. Gotta Serve Somebody
7. Blind Willie McTell
8. Jokerman
9. Tight Connection to My Heart (Has Anybody Seen My Love?)
10. Silvio
11. Everything Is Broken
12. Dignity [Original Version]
13. Not Dark Yet
14. Things Have Changed

Album Description

Every ebb and flow in popular music over the past 40 years can be heard here! Career spanning collection of 36 tracks. Digitally remastered. Columbia. 2002.

Album Details

Includes Six Tracks that Differ from the USA Version.

Customer Reviews:

loving it!!.......2007-03-12

bought this for a friend of mine.. He flipped when he saw it and had to play it right away..
Still loving it.. Dylan rocks!!
thanks for the quick service and great quality.

Essential or a fair collection.......2005-03-10

The key word is essential in many ways. It was a smart move not to call it "The best of" or any of those hokey catch phrases for someone's idea of sample mix.
There is enough Dylan to satisfy just about anyone. The first hand full of songs were also made famous by other singers and you have to get over trying to compare, unless like me it has always been Dylan first. Later you get to the good songs; He may not have personally thought so, but many of the songs struck a cord with me such as "Subterranean Homesick Blues."
To understand most of theses songs it would be best to buy a biography or watch one fro A&E. However with out knowing the man behind the song they will still standout in your mind for years.
Still "The Times They Are A-Changin"

Essential Bob Dylan Import, Six Reviews in One.......2003-10-01

Throughout the years the suits at Columbia, then Sony have tried to make more money of Mr. D by mixing and matching his material, not just in a Greatest Hits compilation, but as a "Best of Import" from Japan, Holland, Sweden, or some other far away place. They tout them as better, different, remastered, a gold version and lots of times they'll build these compilations around a song that hadn't appeared on any other album.

The current favorite is the wonderful song, "Things have changed," which shows up on five different sets available today.

"The Best of series Vol. 1 and Vol. 2" Imports are the only one of the 5 sets that you can get separately and, since they couldn't put "Things Have Changed on both CDs, they put "Shelter From The Storm," from the Tom Cruise, Cuba Gooding move "Jerry Maguire" on the first disc. If you were to buy both discs in this set you'd be out over fifty bucks. Of course, there isn't a bad song on the discs, but if you're like me, you already own most of them.

"The Very Best of Vol. 1 & 2" Swedish version has 33 songs on it, all available elsewhere except, of course "Things Have Changed." The songs are about the same as on the other compilations and this one will set you back thirty-three dollars.

"The Ultimate Collection," is of course not the ultimate collection, but it is a collection of 33 songs, very similar in scope to the songs in the other collection and built around, "Things Have Changed." This version will shrink you wallet by thirty-nine dollars.

"The Essential Bob Dylan" double CD set has 30 songs on it and has a nice flow to it. Like the other compilations mentioned here it features "Things Have Changed." You'll have to fork over twenty-one dollars to get this one. It's the most reasonably priced of the bunch, and so it's the only one I'm giving five stars to.

"The Essential Bob Dylan" Import has six more songs on it and it'll cost you 16 more dollars. That's a lot of money to pay to get those extra six songs.

Okay after rounding them up and telling you a little about them, I have to say that I'm pretty disappointed in Sony about this group. Unlike "Greatest Hits, Vol. 2" which like these isn't really a Greatest Hits compilation, these CDs cost a whole gang of money and give us only one new song. "GH 2" gave us a half dozen new tunes, so we (not me, cuz I wasn't born yet) didn't feel ripped off when we bought it. Also, the "Biograph" compilation was stuffed with new songs. Ah well, my recommendation would be to buy the American version of "The Essential Bob Dylan" for twenty-one dollars and shine the rest of them on. Five stars for that one, four for the rest.

Reviewed by Stephanie Sane

Pick this one over the American version.......2003-02-27

Pay the extra $...bucks and get this version over the American one. The American version is skimpy, with less than an hour on disc 1, and just barely over an hour on disc 2, while this Australian version has over 77 minutes per disc, and includes more of his best material, including "I Want You", a hit that was left off of the American version.

A Great Introduction To Dylan.......2003-01-01

Featuring six bonus tracks (Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window?, I Want You, Changing Of The Guards, Blind Willie McTell, Tight Connection To My Heart (Has Anybody Seen My Love?), Dignity (Original Version)) this is obviously the superior version.

The haunting Blind Willie McTell, recorded in 1983, stands out better than anything else he did in that era. The original version of Dignity is a much livelier mix than the one on Greatest Hits Vol 3. The snare and the lead guitar are now brought froward, which gives the song more of a groove, and everything sounds cleaner than the sludgy mix on the earlier version.

Average customer rating: Essential

Essential Bob Dylan Bob Dylan ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Folk Rock | Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Country Rock | Rock | Styles | Music Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Styles | Music General | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Folk | Imports | Stores | Music Classic Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B00005K3IT Release Date: 2002-11-04

Tracks:

1. Blowin' in the Wind
2. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
3. Times They Are A-Changin'
4. It Ain't Me Babe
5. Maggie's Farm
6. It's All over Now, Baby Blue
7. Mr. Tambourine Man
8. Subterranean Homesick Blues
9. Like a Rolling Stone
10. Positively 4th Street
11. Just Like a Woman
12. Rainy Day Women #12 & 35
13. All Along the Watchtower
14. Mighty Quinn (Quinn the Eskimo)
15. I'll Be Your Baby Tonight

Tracks:

1. Lay Lady Lay
2. If Not for You
3. I Shall Be Released
4. You Ain't Going Nowhere
5. Knockin' on Heaven's Door
6. Forever Young
7. Tangled Up in Blue
8. Shelter from the Storm
9. Hurricane
10. Gotta Serve Somebody
11. Jokerman
12. Silvio
13. Everything Is Broken
14. Not Dark Yet
15. Things Have Changed

Album Description

International pressing of this digitally remastered career-spanning two CD compilation featuring six additional tracks: 'Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window', 'I Want You', 'Changing Of The Guard', 'Blind Willie McTell', 'Tight Connection To My Heart' and 'Dignity' (Original Version). Every ebb and flow in popular music over the past 40 years can be heard here! 36 tracks total including 'Blowin' In The Wind', 'Like A Rolling Stone', 'All Along The Watchtower', 'Maggie's Farm', 'Lay Lady Lay', 'Jokerman' and many more. Columbia.

Customer Reviews:

Essential.......2007-02-17

The key word is essential in many ways. It was a smart move no to call it "The best of" or any of those hokey catch phrases for someone's idea of sample mix.
There is enough Dylan to satisfy just about anyone. The first hand full of songs were also made famous by other singers and you have to get over trying to compare, unless like me it has always been Dylan first. Later you get to the good songs; He may not have personally thought so, but many of the songs struck a cord with me such as "Subterranean Homesick Blues."
To understand most of theses songs it would be best to buy a biography or watch one fro A&E. However with out knowing the man behind the song they will still standout in your mind for years.
Still "The Times They Are A-Changin"

Average customer rating:

The Essential Bluegrass Album Osborne Brothers and Mac Wiseman Manufacturer: Cmh Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Traditional | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Traditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music ASIN: B00008V60U Release Date: 2003-04-29

Tracks:

1. Midnight Flyer
2. Shackels and Chains
3. Four Walls Around Me
4. I'm a Stranger Here
5. You're the Girl of My Dreams
6. Family Bible
7. Mother Maybelle
8. Poison Love
9. Take Me Back to Renfro Valley
10. Mountain Fever
11. 'Tis Sweet to Be Remembered
12. Keep on the Sunny Side [*]
13. It's Goodbye and So Long to You
14. Shenandoah Waltz
15. I'll Still Write Your Name in the Sand
16. Pins and Needles (In My Heart)
17. Are You Coming Back to Me
18. Bluebirds Are Singing for Me
19. Old Brush Arbors [*]
20. Don't Let Your Sweet Love Die
21. Travelin' This Lonesome Road
22. I Wonder How the Old Folks Are at Home
23. I've Always Wanted to Sing (In Renfro Valley)
24. Little White Chruch

Product Description

1. Midnight Flyer
2. Shackles And Chains
3. Four Walls Around Me
4. I'm A Stranger Here
5. You're The Girl Of My Dreams
6. Family Bible
7. Mother Maybelle
8. Poison Love
9. Take Me Back To Renfro Valley
10. Mountain Fever
11. 'Tis Sweet To Be Remembered
12. Keep On The Sunny Side
13. It's Goodbye And So Long To You
14. Shenandoah Waltz
15. I'll Still Write Your Name In The Sand
16. Pins And Needles (In My Heart)
17. Are You Coming Back To Me
18. The Bluebirds Are Singing For Me
19. Old Brush Arbors
20. Don't Let Your Sweet Love Die
21. Travelin' This Lonesome Road
22. I Wonder How The Old Folks Are At Home
23. I've Always Wanted To Sing (In Renfro Valley)
24. Little White Church

Format: CD

Average customer rating: Great Bluegrass album

The Essential Bluegrass Album Osborne Brothers and Mac Wiseman Manufacturer: Cmh Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Traditional | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Traditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music General | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music Bluegrass | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Most Requested Bluegrass Favorites 20 Old-Time Country Favorites The Essential Osborne Brothers Collection The Bluegrass Collection ASIN: B0000010UI Release Date: 1995-04-16

Tracks:

1. Midnight Flyer
2. Shackles And Chains
3. Four Walls Around Me
4. I'm A Stranger Here
5. You're The Girl Of My Dreams
6. Family Bible
7. Mother Maybelle
8. Poison Love
9. Take Me Back To Renfro Valley
10. Mountain Fever
11. 'Tis Sweet To Be Remembered
12. Keep On The Sunny Side
13. It's Goodbye And So Long To You
14. Shenandoah Waltz
15. I'll Still Write Your Name In The Sand
16. Pins And Needles (In My Heart)
17. Are You Coming Back To Me
18. The Bluebirds Are Singing For Me
19. Old Brush Arbors
20. Don't Let Your Sweet Love Die
21. Travelin' This Lonesome Road
22. I Wonder How The Old Folks Are At Home
23. I've Always Wanted To Sing In Renfro Valley
24. Little White Church

Customer Reviews:

Great Bluegrass album.......2007-03-08

This is one of the best bluegrass albums I have ever heard. Mac Wiseman's voice just seems to float on the air and the Osborne brothers are perfect. I highly recommend this album to anyone

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Country: The Essential Album Various Artists Manufacturer: Essentials ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music Nashville Sound | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Compilations | Country | Styles | Music General | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music ASIN: B00076SJGE Release Date: 2005-02-21

Tracks:

1. Lucille - Kenny Rogers, Kenny Rogers
2. Rhinestone Cowboy - Glen Campbell, Glen Campbell
3. Girls With Guitars - Wynonna Judd,
4. Harper Valley P.T.A. - Jeannie C. Riley
5. Stand by Your Man - Tammy Wynette
6. Coalminer's Daughter - Loretta Lynn
7. Wasted Days & Wasted Nights - Freddy Fender
8. Take Me for Longing - Alison Krauss, Union Station
9. Ode to Billie Joe - Bobbie Gentry
10. Time in a Bottle - Jim Croce
11. End of the World - Skeeter Davis
12. Love Can Build a Bridge - The Judds
13. Cheating Kind - Billie Jo Spears
14. For the Good Times - Ray Price
15. Welcome to My World - Jim Reeves
16. Help Me Make It Through the Night - Sammi Smith
17. If I Said You Had a Beautiful Body (Would You Hold It Against Me?) - The Bellamy Brothers
18. Your Cheatin' Heart - Razzy Bailey
19. I Can't Stop Loving You - Kitty Wells
20. I Will Always Love You - Deborah Allen

Tracks:

1. Jolene - Dolly Parton
2. Angel of the Morning - Rita Remington
3. Blue - LeAnn Rimes
4. Behind Closed Doors - Charlie Rich
5. Have I Told You Lately That I Love You - Stonewall Jackson
6. Rose Garden - Lynn Anderson
7. You Can't Put the City in a Country Girl - Barbara Fairchild
8. My Special Angel - Bobby Helms
9. Oh Lonesome Me - Don Gibson
10. Poor Man's Roses (Or a Rich Man's Gold) - Patti Page
11. Funny Face - Donna Fargo
12. King of the Road - Roger Miller
13. Walkin' After Midnight - Patsy Cline
14. Folsom Prison Blues - Johnny Cash
15. Burning Memories - Waylon Jennings
16. I Saw the Light - Hank Williams
17. Broken Promises - Willie Nelson
18. Jambalaya - Jerry Lee Lewis
19. Six Days on the Road - Dave Dudley
20. Devil Went Down to Georgia - The Charlie Daniels Band

Album Description

A 2 CD set featuring over 40 all times hits form the stars of Country Music. Essentials. 2005.

Album Details

A Who's who of Classic Country Artists Join Together for Over Two Hours of Superb Country Music.

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House of Blues: Essential Southern Rock Various Artists Manufacturer: A&M ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Alt-Country & Americana | Country | Styles | Music General | Country | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music 1970s | By Decade | Pop | Styles | Music 1980s | By Decade | Pop | Styles | Music Compilations | Pop | Styles | Music | Dance Pop | Easy Listening | General | Oldies | Traditional Vocalists Blues Rock | Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Rockabilly | Oldies & Retro | Rock | Styles | Music Country Rock | Rock | Styles | Music Roots Rock | Rock | Styles | Music General | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Hard Rock | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music Southern Rock | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Arena Rock | Classic Rock | Styles | Music General | Compilations | Blues | Styles | Music Electric Blues Guitar | Blues | Styles | Music Modern Blues | Blues | Styles | Music 1970-1979 | Decades | Compilations | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music 1980-1989 | Decades | Compilations | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Similar Items: Livin' in the House of Blues: Smokey Blues Livin' in the House of Blues: Roadhouse Blues House of Blues: Essential Chicago Blues House of Blues Sampler: Hot Biscuits V.2 House of Blues Sampler: Hot Biscuits V.1 ASIN: B000003QY4 Release Date: 1997-02-25

Tracks:

1. Ramblin' Man - The Allman Brothers Band
2. Heart It in a Love Song - The Marshall Tucker Band
3. Hold on Loosely - .38 Special
4. Too Much Pork for Just One Fork - Southern Culture on the Skids
5. Train Kept A Rollin' - Johnny Burnette
6. Don't Misunderstand Me - Rossington Collins Band
7. Rumble - Link Wray
8. B Movie Boxcar Blues - Delbert McClinton
9. Going Back to Miami - Wayne Cochran
10. Tiger Rose - Sonny Burgess
11. Kiss the Blues Goodbye - Grinderswitch
12. One Way Out - The Allman Brothers Band
13. Memphis - Lonnie Mack
14. Fooled Around and Fell in Love - Elvin Bishop
15. Please Be With Me - Cowboy
16. Susie-Q - Dale Hawkins

Tracks:

1. Keep Your Hands to Yourself - The Georgia Satellites
2. Guitar Town - Steve Earle
3. Flirtin' With Disaster - Molly Hatchet
4. Hey! Baby - Bruce Channel
5. So into You - Atlanta Rhythm Section
6. No Money Down - Duane Allman
7. Walk Softly on This Heart of Mine - The Kentucky Headhunters
8. Keep on Smilin' - Wet Willie
9. Matchbox - Ronnie Hawkins
10. As Long as Harley Gets to Play - Steve Azar, Steve Azar
11. Union Man - The Cate Brothers
12. And Fools Shine On - Brother Cane
13. Jim Dandy - Black Oak Arkansas
14. Free Bird - Lynyrd Skynyrd

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American Roots: The Essential Album Various Artists Manufacturer: Manteca ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Alt-Country & Americana | Country | Styles | Music General | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music General | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B00006F7XY Release Date: 2002-09-17

Tracks:

1. Man Of Constant Sorrow - Ralph Stanley & The Clinch Mountain Boys
2. The Big Rock Candy Mountain - Harry McClintock
3. You Are My Sunshine - Gene Autry
4. Get In Line Brother (If You Want To Go Home) - Flatt & Scruggs
5. Keep On The Sunny Side - The Carter Family
6. This Land Is Your Land - Woody Guthrie
7. In The Jailhouse Now - Jimmie Rodgers
8. Hard Time Killing Floor Blues - Skip James
9. Hooray, Hooray, This Woman Is Killing Me - Sonny Terry
10. Blue Moon Of Kentucky - Bill Monroe And The Blue Grass Boys
11. Take Me Back To Happy Valley - The Bailey Brothers
12. Here I Am, Oh Lord, Send Me - Mississippi John Hurt
13. Freight Train Boogie - The Delmore Brothers
14. Take Me To The Mountains - Del McCoury & The Dixie Pals
15. My Better Years - The Johnson Mountain Boys
16. Leaving Cottondale - Alison Brown
17. I Walk The Line - Johnny Cash

Tracks:

1. Duelling Banjos - Eric Weissberg
2. Girl From The North Country - Bob Dylan
3. Fishin' Blues - Taj Mahal
4. If I Could Only Win Your Love - The Louvin Brothers
5. Deeper Well - Emmylou Harris
6. Fools Gold - Poco
7. Penny To My Name - Eva Cassidy
8. Tomorrow I'll Be Gone - The Johnson Mountain Boys
9. Banks Of The Pontchartrain - Nanci Griffith
10. Trouble I've Had It All My Days - Mississippi John Hurt
11. I Ain't Broke But I'm Badly Bent - Dave Grisman
12. West Virginia My Home - Hazel Dickens
13. Weeping Willow - The Country Gentlemen
14. You'll Get No More Out Of Me - The Lynn Morris Band
15. Foggy Mountain Breakdown - Earl Scruggs
16. I Fought The Law - Hank Williams Jr.
17. Orange Blossom Special - The Charlie Daniels Band

Album Description

Subtitled - The Essential Album. 2002 compilation featuring 34 tracks of the best in bluegrass, folk, blues & old time country. Artists include Bob Dylan, Emmylou Harris, Woody Guthrie, Bill Monroe, The Carter Family, Flatt & Scruggs, Nanci Griffith, Johnny Cash, Ralph Stanley & many more. Sleevenotes include a detailed track by track commentary. Slipcase.

Album Details

Since the Soundtrack to the Movie "o Brother, Where Art Thou?" Became a Surprise and Massive Hit Album Selling Over Two Million CDs and Winning a Grammy to Boot, There Has Been a Multitude of Average Bluegrass Compilation Albums Released Without Thought Or Reason to Cash in on this Newly Created Demand. Here at Last is a Quality Compilation that Fulfils the Expectations of Both the Casual and More Knowing Consumer Perfectly that Not Only Traces the Early Pioneers of this Now Popular American Genre but also their Influence on Some of Today's Biggest Names in Modern Day American Music. "American Roots: The Essential Album" is a Well Balanced Mix of the Old and the More Recent that Serves Not Only as a Perfect Introduction to this Expanding Genre but also a Must have Purchase for the Collector. However Most Importantly this Release Makes Both Interesting and Enjoyable Listening to all Those who have it in their CD Player!

Average customer rating: The Ultimate Collecton, Six Reviews in One It Is What Is Says It Is

Essential Bob Dylan Bob Dylan Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Folk Rock | Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Country Rock | Rock | Styles | Music Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Styles | Music General | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Folk | Imports | Stores | Music Classic Rock | Imports | Stores | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B00005JICE Release Date: 2001-05-28

Tracks:

1. Blowin' in the Wind
2. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
3. Times They Are A-Changin'
4. It Ain't Me Babe
5. Maggie's Farm
6. It's All over Now, Baby Blue
7. Mr. Tambourine Man
8. Subterranean Homesick Blues
9. Like a Rolling Stone
10. Positively 4th Street
11. Just Like a Woman
12. Rainy Day Women #12 & 35
13. All Along the Watchtower
14. Mighty Quinn (Quinn the Eskimo)
15. I'll Be Your Baby Tonight

Tracks:

1. Lay Lady Lay
2. If Not for You
3. I Shall Be Released
4. You Ain't Going Nowhere
5. Knockin' on Heaven's Door
6. Forever Young
7. Tangled Up in Blue
8. Shelter from the Storm
9. Hurricane
10. Gotta Serve Somebody
11. Jokerman
12. Silvio
13. Everything Is Broken
14. Not Dark Yet
15. Things Have Changed

Album Description

Limited edition digitally remastered 2 CD collection includes 'Blowin' in the Wind', 'Knockin' on Heaven's Door', 'Jokerman', 'Hurricane', 'Not Dark Yet' and more. 36 tracks.

Album Details

All the Tracks of the Us Essential Collection plus Eight More: 'it's Alright Ma, I'm Only Bleeding', Highway 61 Revisted', 'can You Please Crawl Out Your Window', 'i Want You', 'i Threw it all Away', 'on a Night Like This' and 'baby Stop Crying'.

Customer Reviews:

The Ultimate Collecton, Six Reviews in One.......2003-10-01

Throughout the years the suits at Columbia, then Sony have tried to make more money of Mr. D by mixing and matching his material, not just in a Greatest Hits compilation, but as a "Best of Import" from Japan, Holland, Sweden, or some other far away place. They tout them as better, different, remastered, a gold version and lots of times they'll build these compilations around a song that hadn't appeared on any other album.

The current favorite is the wonderful song, "Things have changed," which shows up on five different sets available today.

"The Best of series Vol. 1 and Vol. 2" Imports are the only one of the 5 sets that you can get separately and, since they couldn't put "Things Have Changed on both CDs, they put "Shelter From The Storm," from the Tom Cruise, Cuba Gooding move "Jerry Maguire" on the first disc. If you were to buy both discs in this set you'd be out over fifty bucks. Of course, there isn't a bad song on the discs, but if you're like me, you already own most of them.

"The Very Best of Vol. 1 & 2" Swedish version has 33 songs on it, all available elsewhere except, of course "Things Have Changed." The songs are about the same as on the other compilations and this one will set you back thirty-three dollars.

"The Ultimate Collection," is of course not the ultimate collection, but it is a collection of 33 songs, very similar in scope to the songs in the other collection and built around, "Things Have Changed." This version will shrink you wallet by thirty-nine dollars.

"The Essential Bob Dylan" double CD set has 30 songs on it and has a nice flow to it. Like the other compilations mentioned here it features "Things Have Changed." You'll have to fork over twenty-one dollars to get this one. It's the most reasonably priced of the bunch, and so it's the only one I'm giving five stars to.

"The Essential Bob Dylan" Import has six more songs on it and it'll cost you 16 more dollars. That's a lot of money to pay to get those extra six songs.

Okay after rounding them up and telling you a little about them, I have to say that I'm pretty disappointed in Sony about this group. Unlike "Greatest Hits, Vol. 2" which like these isn't really a Greatest Hits compilation, these CDs cost a whole gang of money and give us only one new song. "GH 2" gave us a half dozen new tunes, so we (not me, cuz I wasn't born yet) didn't feel ripped off when we bought it. Also, the "Biograph" compilation was stuffed with new songs. Ah well, my recommendation would be to buy the American version of "The Essential Bob Dylan" for twenty-one dollars and shine the rest of them on. Five stars for that one, four for the rest.

Reviewed by Stephanie Sane

It Is What Is Says It Is.......2002-07-12

Hands down, this import version is the best Dylan comp you'll find on the market today (but why couldn't they find it in them to include, "All I Really Want To Do?").

Average customer rating: Import is the true Essential Dylan!

The Essential Bob Dylan Bob Dylan Manufacturer: Sbme Import ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Folk | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music Singer-Songwriters | Pop | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Folk Rock | Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Country Rock | Rock | Styles | Music Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Rock | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B0000WN03W Release Date: 2003-12-30

Tracks:

1. Blowin' in the Wind
2. Don't Think Twice, It's All Right
3. Times They Are A-Changin'
4. It Ain't Me, Babe
5. Maggie's Farm
6. It's All Over Now, Baby Blue
7. Mr. Tambourine Man
8. Subterranean Homesick Blues
9. Like a Rolling Stone
10. Positively 4th Street
11. Can You Please Crawl Out Your Window?
12. I Want You
13. Just Like a Woman
14. Rainy Day Women #12 & 35
15. All Along the Watchtower
16. Quinn the Eskimo (The Mighty Quinn)
17. I'll Be Your Baby Tonight
18. Lay, Lady, Lay
19. If Not for You
20. I Shall Be Released
21. You Ain't Goin' Nowhere
22. Knockin' on Heaven's Door

Tracks:

1. Forever Young
2. Tangled Up in Blue
3. Shelter from the Storm
4. Hurricane
5. Changing of the Guards
6. Gotta Serve Somebody
7. Blind Willie McTell
8. Jokerman
9. Tight Connection to My Heart (Has Anybody Seen My Love?)
10. Silvio
11. Everything Is Broken
12. Dignity [Original Version]
13. Not Dark Yet
14. Things Have Changed

Tracks:

1. John Wesley Harding
2. I Threw It All Away
3. Wigwam
4. Watching the River Flow
5. George Jackson
6. On a Night Like This

Album Description

Limited 3 CD version features 42 tracks including 6-track tour edition bonus disc featuring 'John Wesley Harding', 'I Threw It All Away', 'Wigwam', 'Watching The River Flow', 'George Jackson' & 'On A Night Like This'. Includes 20-page booklet with liner notes, discography, photos & more. Packaged in a standard double jewel case. Sony. 2003.

Album Details

Digitally Remastered Best of the Bard from 1963-2003 that Includes a Limited Edition Six Song Bonus Disc!

Customer Reviews:

Import is the true Essential Dylan!.......2004-04-02

I own both the american and this import version and this collection is far superior with excellent liner notes and pictures-the tracklisting and sequencing are great as well. While the US 2 cds are about 2 hrs total in running time-Each disc here is around 76 minutes...and the additional tracks are fantastic-Please Crawl Out Your Window is a gem- a single in btw Highway 61 and Blonde on Blonde sessions with The Band, THIS TRACK IS worth the price alone as it cant be found outside the Biograph box set. It is simply prime Dylan at the peak of his powers. I Want You was a top 10 hit even in the states, so it baffles me why it isnt on the american version...while on the 2nd disc-you get prime cuts from his often overlooked Street Legal, some gems from the 80's that you wouldnt like own unless you have all of his albums and Dignity. While It is impossible to get the essential Dylan done in less than at least 4 to 6 cds for a proper overview(one could use more from his early works and a few more from highway 61, john wesley harding, blood on the tracks, desire and time out of mind)-as a primer this is truly essential if one wants to get introduced to the 20th century's answer to Shakespeare or Wordsworth.

Music Album:

1. Cream of Country, Vol. 8 [Import]
2. Crocus in the Snow
3. Dreaming Of Home
4. Drivin' Sideways
5. East Tennessee Christmas
6. Essentials [Original recording remastered]
7. Even Stevens
8. Everybody Knows [Import]
9. Follow Your Heart
10. Gonna Shake This Shack Tonight: I'm Little But I'm Loud [Import]

Music Album