Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys [Box set] [Import]

Product Description:
12 CD Box Set with an 84 Page Hardcover Book.

Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys,Hank Thompson,Bear Family,Country,Country/Bluegrass

Average customer rating: The authentic original 40's & 50's Country + TRUE Country Top Grade Honky Tonk Vintage/Hank Thompson Great 40's and 50's Country Vintage Hank Thompson

Vintage Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys Manufacturer: EMI Special Products ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music Honky-Tonk | Country | Styles | Music Western Swing | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music CDs Under $7 | Country General | Country | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Country General | Country | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs Under $7 | Honky-Tonk | Country | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Honky-Tonk | Country | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music 4-for-3 Country | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Rock | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Essential Carl Smith (1950-1956) The Essential Hank Snow The Essential Ray Price (1951-1962) Hank Thompson - All-Time Greatest Hits Ferlin Husky - Greatest Hits ASIN: B000002U39 Release Date: 1996-06-11

Tracks:

1. (I've Got A) Humpty Dumpty Heart
2. Whoa Sailor
3. Swing Wide Your Gate Of Love
4. The Wild Side Of Life
5. Wake Up, Irene
6. Cryin' In The Deep Blue Sea
7. A Fooler, A Faker
8. Wildwood Flower (Instrumental)
9. Honky-Tonk Girl
10. How Cold Hearted Can You Get
11. This Train
12. Yesterday's Girl
13. The New Green Light
14. Big Beaver (Instrumental)
15. Total Stranger
16. A Six Pack To Go
17. Drivin' Nails In My Coffin
18. I Cast A Lonesome Shadow
19. Too In Love
20. Oklahoma Hills

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Best known for 1951's "The Wild Side of Life," Thompson wed prewar Western swing to postwar honky-tonk and created a sound that proved viable both on the radio (where swing was usually ignored) and in the dance halls. He kept it up with a steady string of hits that included beer-drinking ballads, heart songs, folkish material, and flat-out novelties; though he plied a distinctly Texas sound, he was never shy about looking to the Southeast for material. His bands, often joined in the studio by guitarist Merle Travis, framed his vocals perfectly without ever taking the spotlight off the singer (and also cut instrumental hits such as "Wildwood Flower" on their own). With 20 tracks, this is the best single-CD sampler of Thompson's early work. --John Morthland

Customer Reviews:

The authentic original 40's & 50's Country + TRUE Country.......2007-05-28

I remember him from way back there in the late 40's to now. And whenever I couldn't buy anymore of his albums. That's ok, I just listened to my LPs and cassettes. Now I'm loading up on CDs. It's got everything: swing, western, honky tonk, blues and even twang(y) and "through the nose." I LOVE IT. I know better than to hope it'll come back. Because: it can NEVER be improved upon. I can live very well with what I've got. I've never seen the first thing bad written about him. He always seemed to be a very likable fella when I'd see him on TV (rarely), but we did use to get the Grand Ole Opry on Saturday nights on TV and the radio. And then there were the individual shows, like Porter, The Wilburn Brothers, and Hee Haw, etc, that he would be on.

Top Grade Honky Tonk.......2007-04-17

This is a real cracker of an album and at the price it's a true bargain. Some call Hank a Western Swing artist however I cannot agree with this moniker. He's much more in the honky tonk mould and quick listen to this album confirms such. Apart from the monster (in depth and price) Bear Family set this is the best Hank Thompson album out there. It covers his period with Capitol Records (1947 - 1961) and, while he made some excellent music after this time, he had his biggest hits with Capitol under the production guidance of Ken Nelson. This album covers just about all those hits plus a couple of Brazos Valley Boys instrumentals (which are more in the Bob Wills Western Swing mould). Hank wrote or co-wrote 12 of the numbers here and shows he was not only a great singer and arranger but a superb songwriter. Another interesting aspect to this album is the obvious development of the artist over time and the improvement in recording technology and techniques. Also, the Brazos Valley Boys were one hot band that could swing it out when required and throughout supply complex, interesting and sympathetic support. Merle Travis supplies his trademark guitar work to many of the songs and he is in fine form indeed. The CD comes with a very informative booklet and the sound/mastering is top shelf making it an essential purchase. I encourage anyone looking for an album of 50's honky tonk in the, then, more "commercial" style at an absolute bargain low price to pop this in the trolley when next ordering music from Amazon. Highly Recommended.

Vintage/Hank Thompson.......2007-02-25

I sincerely recommend this cd Vintage/Hank Thompson I can tell you it's not very hard to get your toes tapping,every song is a Winner!If you don't have this cd for heavens sake buy it!!! All of Hank Thompson's cd are [...]

Great 40's and 50's Country.......2007-01-03

This is a respectable collection of popular songs by Hank Thompson and The Brazos Valley Boys, with release dates going from the 1940's to 1960. In my opinion, he hit his peak in the 60's, but this collection clearly shows the progression of early country music, in both style and lyric development. I recall Hank and his band as huge, but my view may have been skewed by my rural Texas surroundings. The later songs exhibit the honky tonk influence, which I consider the golden era of country. If you collect vintage country, this is indeed essential. I had all these on vinyl but the years took their toll, so it was great to have another chance at them.

Vintage Hank Thompson.......2006-11-10

This is a really great CD for those who appreciate the old timey country-western.............it is primarily swing and toe-tappin! If you enjoy Hank Williams, you will love this CD. I highly recommend it! I am very pleased with the CD....the fast service and the continued excellence of Amazon.....................

Average customer rating: Great Texas swing music at it's best Best Hank Thompson Great Music A fine collection

Hank Thompson - All-Time Greatest Hits Hank Thompson Manufacturer: Curb Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music Honky-Tonk | Country | Styles | Music Western Swing | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Country General | Country | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Country General | Country | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Honky-Tonk | Country | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Honky-Tonk | Country | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music 4-for-3 Country | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Vintage The Essential Hank Snow The Essential Carl Smith (1950-1956) The Best of Hank Thompson: 1966-1979 RCA Country Legends ASIN: B000000CUA Release Date: 1990-08-20

Tracks:

1. The Wild Side Of Life
2. Humpty Dumpty Heart
3. Waiting In The Lobby Of Your Heart
4. Rub-A-Dub-Dub
5. Yesterday's Girl
6. Wake Up Irene
7. Honky-Tonk Girl
8. Hangover Tavern
9. The Balckboard Of My Heart
10. Squaws Along The Yukon
11. A Six Pack To Go
12. Oklahoma Hills

Customer Reviews:

Great.......2007-07-03

Any one as old as me (60) will like this if they like country at all.

Texas swing music at it's best.......2007-05-26

This is an excellent sampling of Hank Thompson's best. "Oklahoma Hills", "Squaws Along The Yukon", "Six Pack To Go", "Rub-a-dub-dub" are all first-rate country songs that could hold up well today if sung by the right person (George Strait, for example). H.T. has a unique style and a voice that is instantly recognizable by country music fans.

Best Hank Thompson.......2007-01-11

My husband has been looking for years for a Hank Thompson CD. He is so happy with this one because it has all his greatest hits.

Great Music.......2006-02-26

These songs are classics and still hold up just as well for this generation of listeners as they did for my parents and grandparents.

A fine collection.......2005-10-05

If you take away the cigarettes and whiskey from the voice of Ernest Tubb, and add the smoothness of Charlie Walker, you end up with Hank Thompson. This greatest hits compilation is a "must have" for fans of true country & western music. Hank rarely strayed from the 2 1/2 minute song, and on this album are 12 of his best, including the infamous "Wild Side of Life" and "A Six Pack to Go". I'm not sure if you'll ever hear the politically incorrect "Squaws along the Yukon" on today's wussy Country Radio, but there was a time when country music was not force fed to the masses of the great unwashed. Thank God for Hank Thompson's contribution.

Average customer rating: LEAVE THE AUDIENCE BEGGING FOR MORE... Plenty of swing and sting left this ol' bee

Seven Decades Hank Thompson Manufacturer: Hightone Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music Honky-Tonk | Country | Styles | Music Western Swing | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Best of Hank Thompson: 1966-1979 Vintage Hank Thompson and Friends The Essential Ray Price (1951-1962) ASIN: B00004U02P Release Date: 2000-07-18

Tracks:

1. Sting In This Ole Bee
2. In The Jailhouse Now
3. Condo In Hondo
4. Triflin' Gal
5. Dinner For One, Please James
6. The Night Miss Nancy Ann's Hotel For Single Girls Burned Down
7. I'll Start Believing In You
8. Abdul Abulbul Amir
9. Lobo The Hobo
10. New Wine In Old Bottles
11. Medicine Man
12. Scotch And Soda
13. Wreck Of The Old '97

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Ever since rock rose to dominate popular music, it has fallen upon country music to deal with matters of maturity. While rock rings with anthems of young love and angst, country croons about marriage, kids, and holding on to the farm. Who better, then, to bring us joyfully engaging tales of aging than country legend Hank Thompson, who's got a half-century of honky-swing classics behind him? Is there sex after 60? Check out "Sting in This Ole Bee," where he sings, "I may be in retirement, on Social Security, but if there's honey in that hive there's a sting in this ole bee." Tunes such as "Condo in Hondo" and "New Wine in Old Bottles" continue the theme in similar lighthearted fashion. Only jazz artist Mose Allison writes and sings about growing old with as much warmth and wit. Rounding out the program are some novelty tunes and some pop ("Scotch and Soda") and country ("In the Jailhouse Now") standards. Wherever Thompson wanders, Lloyd Maines's perky production and Thom Bresh's terrific Travis-style fingerpicking (he's Merle Travis's son, after all) keep the proceedings as honest and weathered as a desert roadhouse. --Michael Ross

Customer Reviews:

LEAVE THE AUDIENCE BEGGING FOR MORE..........2000-07-29

Hank Thompson can do NO WRONG! With that unabashed admission from this Thompson fan of thirty years, I can get on to my thoughts on "Seven Decades." My thirty years are just over half of this astounding legend's 54-year recording career, leading me to disbelieve anyone can sound this good at 74. Believe me, I tried to find flaws in the generous variety of country songs new and old, but except for a rare scratchiness on maybe two high notes, I couldn't find anything. Hank's selection of music for this CD illuminates all the corners of this man's wonderful career, but much of the material is "New Wine" to his followers. Hank continues to write and sing with a rich and tender love for the music that he has created, while preserving his humorous edge.Unlike the critically acclaimed and marvelous "Hank and Friends" CD from '97, this effort concentrates on the voice and, for the most part, lyrics of Hank Thompson, with a just-right seasoning of a pair of female background singers, plus a romping Western Swing track led by guitarist Tom Bresh. Still,Thompson has always been willing to venture out of the friendly confines of his own material, and gives us a sensitive, tear-inducing treatment of "Dinner For One,Please James." I think the best-written song on the CD is "New Wine In Old Bottles," but my personal favorites are "Wreck of the Old '97" and "Nancy Ann's Hotel."Don't overlook the liner notes,either, articulately written by the Hall of Famer himself. Then, when a young person tells you he likes country music, hand him this CD. After he hears a few tracks of "Seven Decades," if he responds with a broad smile and begs for more....he is truly a country music fan.

Plenty of swing and sting left this ol' bee.......2000-07-23

Fifty-three years after his first waxing for Capitol, Country Hall of Famer Hank Thompson is making some of the most vital Western Swing and Honky-Tonk around. Now in his 70s, Thompson's bravado is fully intact (if not more than a bit piqued by the ravages of age), and the hand-picked backing band (including guitarist Thom Bresh picking brilliantly in the style of his father - and one-time Thompson band member - Merle Travis) keep step nicely with the old man.

In addition to the steel-laden honky-tonk tunes (including the superb lead track, "Sting in This Ole Bee"), Thompson stretches out on his cover selections. Jimmie Rodgers' "In the Jailhouse Now" and Cindy Walker's "Triflin' Girl" are mated with less obvious picks such as the Kingston Trio's "Scotch and Soda" and Nat King Cole's pop oddity, "Dinner for One, Please James." Eduardo Lopez's accordion adds a Tejano flavor to the retirement themed "Condo in Hondo," and the tales of "Abdul Abulbul Amir" and "The Night Miss Nancy Ann's Hotel for Single Girls Burned Down" brings to mind the stories of Tom T. Hall and U. Utah Phillips.

Thompson has the same drive (and ability) to make great music that he had for his first session in 1947. Lucky for us he can find players that can keep up and a record label that's not hung up on radio hits.

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The Many Sides of Country (Reader's Digest Music) The Statler Brothers , George Jones and Tammy Wynette , Floyd Cramer , Eddy Arnold and The Needmore Creek Singers , Dolly Parton , Boots Randolph , Charley Pride and The Jordanaires , Kenny Rogers , Hank Thompson and The Brazoa Valley Boys , and Conway Twitty Manufacturer: Reader's Digest Music ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000MEURH0

Product Description

4 CD set released by Reader's Digest Music in 1998. The greatest country stars of all time add their distinctive down-home flavor to everything from pop to swing, movie themes to folk ballads, inspirational classics and more! Here, in one exclusive treasury, are 56 country legends performing 75 of your favorites...(Ghost) Riders in the Sky, Johnny Cash; How Great Thou Art, Dolly Parton; Dang Me, Roger Miller; The Hawaiian Wedding Song, Jim Reeves; Love Letters in the Sand, Patsy Cline; Could I Have This Dance? from "Urban Cowboy", Floyd Cramer; Blowin' in the Wind, Eddy Arnold; Vaya Con Dios, Freddy Fender; Cool Water, Marty Robbins; It Don't Mean a Thing (If It Ain't Got That Swing), Chet Atkins with Les Paul; Bridge Over Troubled Water, Waylon Jennings & Jessi Colter; Blue Skies, Willie Nelson; Moments to Remember, The Statler Brothers; Mister Sandman, Emmylou Harris; Somewhere, My Love (Lara's Theme from "Doctor Zhivago"), Danny Davis & The Nashville Brass; Boogie Grass Band, Conway Twitty; She Got the Goldmine (I Got the Shaft), Jerry Reed; Wings of a Dove, Charley Pride with The Jordanaires; Coal Miner's Daughter, Loretta Lynn; Sincerely, The Forester Sisters; Mule Train, Tennessee Ernie Ford; Just a Closer Walk with Thee, B.J. Thomas; Near You, George Jones & Tammy Wynette; My Adobe Hacienda, Burl Ives; Shriner's Convention, Ray Stevens; South of the Border (Down Mexico Way), Slim Whitman; Rainy Night in Georgia, Hank Williams, Jr.; Unchained Melody from "Unchained"/"Ghost", Kenny Rogers; Shenandoah, The Browns; San Antonio Rose, Charlie Walker; Yakety Sax, Boots Randolph; and much, much more!

Average customer rating: Einstien's student outswings Spade Cooley Ultra Western Lounge

Dance Ranch/Songs for Rounders Hank Thompson Manufacturer: Koch Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music Honky-Tonk | Country | Styles | Music Western Swing | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music ASIN: B00000JWCF Release Date: 1999-09-21

Tracks:

1. Beaumont Rag
2. Headin' Down The Wrong Highway
3. After All The Things I've Done
4. Woodchopper's Ball, The
5. Drivin' Nails In My Coffin
6. Kilshama Klingo
7. Bartender's Polka
8. Bubbles In My Beer
9. Make Room In Your Heart (For A Memory)
10. Summit Ridge Drive
11. I Wouldn't Miss It For The World
12. Lawdy, What A Gal
13. Three Times Seven
14. I'll Be A Bachelor Till I Die
15. Drunkard's Blues
16. Teach 'Em How To Swim
17. Dry Bread
18. Cocaine Blues
19. Deep Elm
20. Bummin' Around
21. Little Blossom
22. Rovin' Gambler
23. Left My Gal In The Mountains
24. May I Sleep In Your Barn Tonight, Mister

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If they're in print at all, recordings from honky-tonk's golden age have usually been presented as patchworks of greatest hits while original albums get consigned to oblivion. That trend has been reversed: witness these two platters from Hank Thompson's prime Capitol years. Dance Ranch, recorded in September 1957, features a lively (albeit Merle Travis-less) band, distinguished by Western swing fiddler Harold Hensley, takeoff guitarist Joe Maphis, and underappreciated steel-guitar savant Bobbie White. Stellar cuts include the 1940s classic "Drivin' Nails in My Coffin," the regretful weeper "Headin' Down the Wrong Highway," and four big-band-inspired instrumentals, all bubbling with spontaneity. Songs for Rounders, on the other hand, lingers in the seediest honky-tonk corners, a remorseless document of lying, killing, drinking, gambling, and all manner of ramblin' round. This 1959 album presents Thompson at his bluesiest--riveting yet still playful. With his affable, precisely tuned baritone, he lends "Drunkard's Blues" (a reworking of "St. James Infirmary") a dry gallows humor and turns traditionals like "Rovin' Gambler" and "Deep Elm" into wry jaunts. Both albums are welcome and essential--they rarely repeat material from available compilations--and together they neatly capture Thompson's dual personality: the spirited Western swinger and the masterful honky-tonk showman. --Roy Kasten

Customer Reviews:

Einstien's student outswings Spade Cooley.......2004-02-10

Hank Thompson's web site boasts that Hank Thompson studied in Princeton's Physics Department when Albert Einstien department chair!!!!

Three instrumental tunes here are worth the whole price: Summit Ridge Drive and Woodchopper's Ball, two swing hits and the old time Texas fiddle tune, Beaumont Rag which the band turns into a great swing hit. The arrangements with the strong hard fiddles, the rocking drummer, and the tightness of the arrangments and the walls of swinging song with great solos coming through compare to anything anyone in Western Swing ever put together. They give you a feeling what could have happened with the ideas of the Spade Cooley (Hank's real teacher not Einstien) Orchestra if Sapde hadn't degenerated it off into businessman's beat pop irrelvancy but had been allowed to ferment the way the musicians wanted it.

Hanks voice is strong, deep, and powerful, full of humor and jive. There's no phoney country cowboy BS here, just straight strong Western pop singing. Of course, this cd is filled with Honky Tonk favorites like Bubbles in My Bear, Driving Nails in my Coffin, and Headin Down that Wrong Highway. He's got those sentimental folk songs like Can I sleep in your barn Tonight Mister, a gem from the turn of the century that was a revival tune when Charlie Poole recorded it in the twenties.

However, what really works is the strong hard core singing and swinging here. It isn't about the macho Honky Tonk image, a lot of it is about a very high standard of singing, a higher standard of musicianship, and a band that was meticulously arranged, and perfectly recorded.

Go get em Hank

Ultra Western Lounge.......2000-08-15

Two great albums on one CD! Dance Ranch the first album is a definitive western swing album maybe a bit glossy in production at times but the pickin is superb. Songs for Rounders is just an amazing album if there was a western swing equal to Sinatra's Swingin Lovers this is it. Ii's as if Dean Martin had possesed Bob Wills, songs like "Teach em how to swim" Bachelor til I die and Cocaine Blues are awesome. Yes, alcohol gambling drugs and smoking are evil but if done with a western beat it can be cool.

Average customer rating: The best of "Honky Tonk" Honky Tonk Heroes Lineup all wrong.

Classic Country: Honky Tonk Heroes Hank Williams , Hank Thompson , and Johnny Horton Manufacturer: Time Life Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music Honky-Tonk | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Compilations | Country | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Rockabilly | Oldies & Retro | Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Pure Country Classics: The #1 Hits Classic Country: Hard to Find Hits Classic Country: Great Duets Columbia Country Classics, Vol. 2: Honky Tonk Heroes Columbia Country Classics, Vol. 3: Americana ASIN: B0002SPPLY Release Date: 2004-09-28

Tracks:

1. Your Cheatin' Heart - Hank Williams
2. Always Late (With Your Kisses) - Lefty Frizzell
3. Singing The Blues - Marty Robbins
4. Folsom Prison Blues - Johnny Cash
5. Why Baby Why - George Jones
6. The Wild Side Of Life - Hank Thompson And His Brazos Valley Boys
7. I Can't Stop Loving You - Don Gibson
8. Crazy Arms - Ray Price
9. Life To Go - Stonewall Jackson
10. Honky Tonk Man - Johnny Horton
11. There Stands The Glass - Webb Pierce
12. Walking The Floor Over You - Ernest Tubb
13. If You've Got The Money, I've Got The Time - Willie Nelson
14. Pop A Top - Jim Ed Brown
15. Hank Williams, You Wrote My Life - Moe Bandy
16. Misery Loves Company - Porter Wagoner
17. Pick Me Up On Your Way Down - Charlie Walker
18. Charlie's Shoes - Billy Walker
19. Together Again - Buck Owens
20. Wasted Days And Wasted Nights - Freddy Fender

Customer Reviews:

The best of "Honky Tonk".......2006-12-27

"Classic Country: Honky Tonk Heroes" is a 2-cd set from Time Life Music. I really appreciate the huge "Classic Country" collection of cds which this is a part. It is really hard to find the great old country music songs. Honky Tonk is definitely a special niche within country music, sad songs about guys who spend way to much time in barrooms. The artists on this set are true greats: Hank Williams Sr., Webb Pierce, Red Foley, Buck Owens, Conway Twitty, and many others. Some of these songs will be familiar old favorites to fans of "Country Gold Saturday Night", such as "Crazy Arms" by Ray Price, "I Can't Stop Loving You" by Don Gibson, and "Wasted Days and Wasted Nights" by Freddy Fender. My husband, born during the Great Depression in a family of Okies and Arkies, absolutely loves these sad cheatin' songs, and even I got a kick out of hearing the original "Honky Tonk Man" by Johnny Horton which was remade by my favorite, Dwight Youkum.

Honky Tonk Heroes.......2005-08-31

I loved this album! It has so many good songs and artists - just wish that I could find the other volumes.

Lineup all wrong........2005-07-26

I tried to listen to samples of the songs and you have them all wrong. I click on one song and get another from on the list. What gives anyway?

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Country Music Legends Hank Thompson Manufacturer: Castle ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music General | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Country | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B000OMD2W2 Release Date: 2007-06-04

Tracks:

1. The Wild Side Of Life
2. California Women
3. Humpty Dumpty Heart (1948 Version)
4. Yesterday's Mail
5. The Green Light
6. What Are We Gonna Do About The Moonlight
7. Whoa Sailor
8. Tomorrow Night
9. Soft Lips
10. A Broken Heart And A Glass Of Beer
11. She's A Girl Without A Sweetheart
12. If I Cry
13. Daddy Blues
14. Hangover Heart
15. Cryin' In The Deep Blue Sea
16. The New Wears Off Too Fast
17. How Cold Hearted Can You Get
18. Waiting In The Lobby Of Your Heart
19. No Help Wanted
20. Yesterday's Girl
21. Rub-A-Dub-Dub
22. Wake Up, Irene
23. When You're Lovin', You're Livin'
24. A Fooler, A Faker
25. Breakin' The Rules
26. Honky Tonk Girl
27. We've Gone Too Far
28. The New Green Light
29. If Lovin' You Is Wrong
30. Annie Over
31. Breakin' In Another Heart
32. Most Of All
33. Don't Take It Out On Me
34. Swing Wide Your Gate Of Love
35. Standing On The Outside Looking In Now
36. My Front Door Is Open
37. The Grass Looks Greener Over Yonder (1956 Version)
38. Humpty Dumpty Heart (1956 Version)
39. I'm Not Mad Just Hurt
40. The Blackboard Of My Heart

Album Details

Hank Thompson's Million-selling "The Wild Side of Life" was the Biggest Country Hit of 1952 (No. One for Fourteen Weeks). Thompson Has Been Recording for Seven Consecutive Decades, Selling Over 60 Million Records. Elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1989. The First Country Artist to Travel with Sound and Lighting Systems, the First to Record a Live Album in Las Vegas, and the First to Star in a Music-based Colour TV Show.

Average customer rating: BRIDGING THE GENERATIONS Brings back good ol' memories of Texas and Oklahoma! Modern versions of a venerable song writer's music. Modern versions of a venerable song writer's music.

Hank Thompson and Friends Hank Thompson Manufacturer: Curb Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music Honky-Tonk | Country | Styles | Music Western Swing | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Country General | Country | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Country General | Country | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Honky-Tonk | Country | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Honky-Tonk | Country | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Oldies | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music 4-for-3 Country | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Pop | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 Rock | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music 4-for-3 All Music | 4-for-3 Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Seven Decades ASIN: B000000DIU Release Date: 1997-11-11

Tracks:

1. Six Pack To Go
2. Get The Hell Out Of Dodge
3. Gotta' Sell Them Chickens
4. I Picked A San Antonio Rose
5. Sobering up
6. Green Light
7. I'll Still Be Here Tomorrow
8. Hooked On Honky Tonk
9. Hey George, Hey Hank
10. Total Stranger
11. The Wild Side Of Life/It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels
12. Dry Bread

Customer Reviews:

BRIDGING THE GENERATIONS.......2000-05-03

I have been a Thompson fan since finding one of his Greatest Hits albums in a radio station where I was working in 1969. I know I played his stuff more than was justified by his popularity at the time,but The King of Western Swing made me a devotee of the music for life. Hearing this CD reaffirmed several feelings on Hank's music. It still sounds great,as does Hank; the modern musicians and recording techniques only serve to enhance a nearly pefect product,and whether the material is new or old,it just feels beter when Hank sings it. Frankly, I could have done just fine without the "Friends",but it was particularly pleasing to hear the likes of Vince Gill,David Ball,Tanya Tucker,Lyle Lovett,and other contemporary stars singing with one of the Masters,and sounding as though they loved every minute of it.

Brings back good ol' memories of Texas and Oklahoma!.......1999-08-13

As an old Okie who grew up in the '50s listening to the Texas/Oklahoma variety of western swing music, Hank Thompson always stood out as the best ever. His band was always top notch, tight and tasteful, with a sound that made people want to dance. Hank's singing, with that warm sincere voice, always pleased the ear. On this new CD he sounds exactly the same, if not better, and the band is great. His unique songs like "Green Light" and "I'll Still be Here Tomorrow" show his mix of humor and simple sincerity, with musical taste.

Modern versions of a venerable song writer's music........1999-08-07

For those of you who don't know who Hank Thompson is, this is a great chance to get to know this CMA Hall of Famer.

The album opens with a rendition of the classic Thompson song "Six Pack to Go." Thompson is accompanied on this number by Vince Gill, who lends a high and lonesome sound that adds dimension to this, one of my personal favorite songs by this Texas songwriter.

Hank is accompanied on this album by stars from a variety of backgrounds, such as Delaney and Bonnie who do a great rendention of "Dry Bread", as well as by their daughter Bekka Bramlett who lends her booming voice to fill out "I Picked a San Antonio Rose." "Hooked on Honky Tonk" features Brooks and Dunn lending that bar room feel to the song. And then there is the treat of listening to Hank's traditonal western voice weaving in and out with the velvet throated Lyle Lovett on the humorous number "Total Stranger," a treat that alone is worth buying this cd for.

The performers that Hank sounds most at home with are Junior Brown, who lends both voice and guit-steel to "Sell Them Chickens", and George Jones featured on the song Hank wrote especially for them, "Hey George, Hey Hank."

But the coup de grace on this album has to be Hank performing his classic "Wild Side of Life", only to be answered, as he was in real life, by Kitty Wells and Tanya Tucker doing the song that made Wells a household name, "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels".

Buy this album! Listen to this album! Enjoy this album! Have your faith restored in the music biz!

Modern versions of a venerable song writer's music........1999-08-07

For those of you who don't know who Hank Thompson is, this is a great chance to get to know this CMA Hall of Famer.

The album opens with a rendition of the classic Thompson song "Six Pack to Go." Thompson is accompanied on this number by Vince Gill, who lends a high and lonesome sound that adds dimension to this, one of my personal favorite songs by this Texas songwriter.

Hank is accompanied on this album by stars from a variety of backgrounds, such as Delaney and Bonnie who do a great rendention of "Dry Bread", as well as by their daughter Bekka Bramlett who lends her booming voice to fill out "I Picked a San Antonio Rose." "Hooked on Honky Tonk" features Brooks and Dunn lending that bar room feel to the song. And then there is the treat of listening to Hank's traditonal western voice weaving in and out with the velvet throated Lyle Lovett, a treat that alone is worth buying this cd for.

But the coup de grace on this album has to be Hank performing his classic "Wild Side of Life", only to be answered, as he was in real life, by Kitty Wells and Tanya Tucker doing the song that made Wells a household name, "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels".

Buy this album! Listen to this album! Enjoy this album! Have your faith restored in the music biz!

Average customer rating: Christmas swings, Texas style! What a joy to find this great album on a CD! HO HO HO!! Gather round: it's a hillbilly holiday gem!

It's Christmas Time Hank Thompson Manufacturer: Sundazed Music Inc. ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music Honky-Tonk | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Opera & Vocal | Holiday | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music General Christmas | Holiday Music | Special Features | Music Similar Items: Christmas With Buck Trucker's Christmas Christmas Shopping Christmas Truck Stop A Little Darlin Christmas ASIN: B0000AYLIL Release Date: 2003-10-07

Tracks:

1. White Christmas
2. Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town
3. I'd Like To Have An Elephant For Christmas
4. Gonna Wrap My Heart In Ribbons
5. Blue Christmas
6. Mr. & Mrs. Snowman
7. It's Christmas Time
8. Rudolph, The Red-Nosed Reindeer
9. Silver Bells
10. Here Comes Santa Claus (Right Down Santa Claus Lane)
11. Little Christmas Angel
12. It's Christmas Every Day In Alaska
13. We Wish You A Merry Christmas

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Hank Thompson was a honky tonk and Western swing singer from Texas and his 1964 Sundazed reissue will be a true gift to lovers of both genres. Thompson wraps most of his tunes in pedal steel, trimmed by the fiddles and piano of the Brazos Valley Boys, but it's his big, no-frills personal vocal style and handful of originals that make It's Christmas Time memorable and collectible. For this effort, Thompson penned "I'd Like To Have An Elephant For Christmas" (a perfect novelty flipside for "I Want A Hippopotamus For Christmas") and the even more charming "Mr. And Mrs. Snowman." For the more adult minded, there's his "Gonna Wrap My Heart In Ribbons" and a lovable oddity titled "Its Christmas Every Day In Alaska." Thompson's style has long gone out of favor in Nashville and LA, but for those with an ear for cowboy sincerity and a hankering for country and western music before it became Country, here's a little overlooked gem ready to be gift-wrapped. --Martin Keller

Album Description

Hank Thompson and the Brazos Valley Boys bring us 13 down-home Christmas songs from 1964 produced by Ken Nelson (Buck Owens, Merle Haggard etc.). Sundazed. 2003.

Customer Reviews:

Christmas swings, Texas style!.......2007-01-13

If you like Texas swing, you'll like this one. I would have preferred a few more traditional songs, though. The Brazos Valley Boys are a fantastic band and really prove it on this one.

What a joy to find this great album on a CD!.......2003-11-21

Hank Thompson is one of country music's all time greats and I can't tell you how delighted I was to see this reissue of this fantastic 1964 Christmas album. I highly recommend this album to not only Hank Thompson fans, but it should be in everybody Christmas collection in my opinion. You will love Hank's beautiful and smoothe voice and my favorite song from this album is Mr and Mrs. Snowman. You will love the sound of the Brazos Valley Boys. My darling Nafisah Anif will always be my Christmas angel.

HO HO HO!! Gather round: it's a hillbilly holiday gem!.......2003-10-27

A fine, fun holiday record, western swing with a honkytonk beat, with Thompson's jovial touch added to standards such as "White Christmas," "Silver Bells," "Rudolph," and "Santa Claus Is Coming To Town," as well as loopy Thompson originals like "I'd Like To Have An Elephant For Christmas" and "It's Christmas Every Day In Alaska." Thompson and longtime producer Ken Nelson bend the songs to their will, moulding each one to match Thompson's distinctive, instantly recognizable, bouncy hillbilly swing style. Best of all, is the gusto with which Thompson tackles each tune -- his delivery is vibrant and heartfelt; it may be just another goofy, cornball Christmas record, but it's lively and enjoyable, a cut or two above similar efforts by other artists. Plus, guitar whiz Joe Maphis provides a sparkling counterpoint to the band's infectious beat. Hey, even a curmudeonly country Scrooge like myself can get into this one!

Average customer rating: The Best Of Hank Thompson: 1966-1979

The Best of Hank Thompson: 1966-1979 Hank Thompson Manufacturer: Varese Sarabande ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music Honky-Tonk | Country | Styles | Music Western Swing | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Similar Items: Vintage Hank Thompson - All-Time Greatest Hits Seven Decades The Essential Carl Smith (1950-1956) The Essential Hank Snow ASIN: B0000014ZK Release Date: 1996-10-22

Tracks:

1. Where Is The Circus
2. He's Got A Way With Women
3. On Tap, In The Can, Or In The Bottle
4. Next Time I Fall In Love (I Won't)
5. The Mark Of A Heel
6. Smoky The Bar
7. I've Come Awful Close
8. Most Of All
9. I See Them Everywhere
10. Oklahoma Home Brew
11. Wildwood Flower
12. Who Left The Door To Heaven Open
13. The Older The Violin,The Sweeter The Music
14. Mama Don't 'Low
15. I Hear The South Callin' Me
16. The King Of Western Swing

Customer Reviews:

The Best Of Hank Thompson: 1966-1979.......2006-03-22

Another rewarding collection from this Country Music Hall-of-Famer. This set features a couple of remakes from his legendary Capitol records tenure accompanied by the best of his recordings from his affiliation with Warner Bros. and ABC-Dot.Hank is in fine, clear voice as he has been from the beginning of his recording career in 1947 and is accompanied by the usual western swing sounds highlighted by twin fiddles and steel guitar. This collection features several selections not generally available on CD including such novelty sounds for which he has been associated with over the years such as "Where Is The Circus" and "I See Them Everywhere." Also included is another of Hank's long-standing associations with drinking songs as evidenced by "On Tap, In The Can, Or In The Bottle." Other highlights include the slower paced "The Mark Of A Heel" and "The Older The Violin, The Sweeter The Music" which is somewhat akin to Hank's performing and recording career exceeding seven decades, a feat accomplished by only one or two others. Another highlight is an updated version of the instrumental "Wildwood Flower" featuring the Brazos Valley Boys showcasing why they have in the past been named as the top country instrumental band for fourteen consecutive years. A worthwhile collection for the personable Hank Thompson!- Bob Bernd

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