Galloping Guitar: The Early Years, 1945-1954

Compilation by Chet Atkins

Released 1993

Tracklist

  • CD 1
  • 1
    Guitar Blues
    2:50
  • 2
    Brown Eyes Cryin’ in the Rain
    2:49
  • 3
    Ain’tcha Tired of Makin’ Me Blue
    2:45
  • 4
    I’m Gonna Get Tight
    2:55
  • 5
    Canned Heat
    2:35
  • 6
    Standing Room Only
    2:54
  • 7
    Don’t Hand Me That Line
    2:37
  • 8
    Big Dance
    2:57
  • 9
    (I Know My Baby Love Me) In Her Own Peculiar Way
    2:27
  • 10
    The Nashville Jump
    2:32
  • 11
    My Guitar Is My Sweetheart
    2:40
  • 12
    I’m Pickin’ the Blues
    2:50
  • 13
    Gone, Gone, Gone
    2:40
  • 14
    Barnyard Shuffle
    2:52
  • 15
    Save Your Money
    2:34
  • 16
    (I May Be Color Blind but) I Know When I’m Blue
    2:33
  • 17
    I’ve Been Working on the Guitar
    2:30
  • 18
    Dizzy Strings
    2:45
  • 19
    Money, Marbles and Chalk
    2:54
  • 20
    Wednesday Night Waltz
    2:32
  • 21
    Guitar Waltz
    3:04
  • 22
    Telling My Troubles to My Old Guitar
    2:46
  • 23
    Dance of the Golden Rod
    2:41
  • 24
    Galloping Guitar
    2:29
  • 25
    Barber Shop Rag
    2:50
  • 26
    Centipede Boogie
    2:38
  • CD 2
  • 1
    Under the Hickory Nut Tree
    2:58
  • 2
    I Was Bitten by the Same Bug Twice
    2:31
  • 3
    One More Chance
    2:49
  • 4
    The Old Buck Dance
    2:27
  • 5
    Boogie Man Boogie
    2:49
  • 6
    Main Street Breakdown
    2:18
  • 7
    Confusin’
    2:14
  • 8
    Music in My Heart
    2:17
  • 9
    Indian Love Call
    2:39
  • 10
    Birth of the Blues
    2:33
  • 11
    Mountain Melody
    2:10
  • 12
    You’re Always Brand New
    2:39
  • 13
    My Crazy Heart
    2:41
  • 14
    Hybrid Corn
    2:15
  • 15
    Jitterbug Waltz
    2:37
  • 16
    One Man Boogie (take H)
    2:40
  • 17
    Crazy Rhythm (instrumental)
    2:25
  • 18
    Crazy Rhythm (vocal)
    2:23
  • 19
    Rustic Dance
    2:06
  • 20
    Rainbow
    2:38
  • 21
    In the Mood
    2:29
  • 22
    Spanish Fandango
    2:40
  • 23
    Midnight
    2:53
  • 24
    Good-Bye Blues
    2:29
  • 25
    Your Mean Little Heart
    2:33
  • 26
    Sweet Bunch of Daisies
    2:05
  • 27
    Blue Gypsy
    2:19
  • 28
    The Third Man Theme
    2:26
  • 29
    One Man Boogie (take D)
    2:38
  • CD 3
  • 1
    St. Louis Blues
    2:17
  • 2
    Nobody’s Sweetheart
    2:16
  • 3
    Lover, Come Back to Me
    2:26
  • 4
    Stephen Foster Medley
    2:26
  • 5
    Hangover Blues
    2:36
  • 6
    Imagination
    2:13
  • 7
    Black Mountain Rag
    2:18
  • 8
    Guitar Polka
    2:06
  • 9
    Dream Train
    2:13
  • 10
    Meet Mr. Callaghan
    2:42
  • 11
    Chinatown, My Chinatown
    2:01
  • 12
    High Rockin’ Swing
    2:20
  • 13
    Pig Leaf Rag
    2:31
  • 14
    Oh By Jingo!
    2:14
    3.0 ★
  • 15
    Hello My Baby
    2:09
  • 16
    The Bells of St. Mary’s
    2:15
  • 17
    Country Gentleman
    2:15
  • 18
    Memphis Blues
    2:11
  • 19
    Alice Blue Gown
    2:06
  • 20
    12th Street Rag
    2:22
  • 21
    Peeping Tom
    2:22
  • 22
    Three O’Clock in the Morning
    2:19
  • 23
    Georgia Camp Meeting
    2:14
  • 24
    City Slicker
    2:23
  • 25
    Dill Pickle Rag
    2:25
  • 26
    Rubber Doll Rag
    2:15
  • 27
    Beautiful Ohio
    2:17
  • 28
    Kentucky Derby
    2:03
  • 29
    Wildwood Flower
    2:13
  • 30
    Guitars on Parade
    2:22
  • 31
    Simple Simon
    2:11
  • 32
    Rubber Doll Rag (alt)
    2:24
  • CD 4
  • 1
    Get Up and Go
    2:54
  • 2
    Pagan Love Song
    2:07
  • 3
    Beautiful Ohio (version 2)
    2:09
  • 4
    Downhill Drag
    2:23
  • 5
    Avalon
    2:20
  • 6
    Sunrize Serenade
    2:45
  • 7
    San Antonio Rose
    2:29
  • 8
    Set a Spell
    2:27
  • 9
    Mister Misery
    2:29
  • 10
    Get Up and Go
    2:53
  • 11
    South
    2:49
  • 12
    Alabama Jubilee
    2:36
  • 13
    Corrine Corrina
    2:20
  • 14
    Back Home in Indiana
    3:22
  • 15
    Red Wing
    2:27
  • 16
    Frankie and Johnnie
    2:35
  • 17
    A Gay Ranchero
    2:34
  • 18
    Ballin’ the Jack
    2:58
  • 19
    Honeysuckle Rose
    2:42
  • 20
    Darktown Strutters Ball
    2:01
  • 21
    The Old Spinning Wheel
    2:27
  • 22
    Silver Bells
    2:17
  • 23
    Under the Double Eagle
    2:35
  • 24
    The Birth of the Blues
    3:23
  • 25
    Have You Ever Been Lonely
    2:43
  • 26
    Caravan
    3:28
  • 27
    Old Man River
    2:35
  • 28
    Mister Sandman
    2:17
  • 29
    New Spanish Two Step
    2:09

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