The Early Years 1946 - 1957

Tracklist

• CD 1
• 1
  Guitar Blues (Picking the Blues)
  2:47
• 2
  Brown Eyes
  2:45
• 3
  Ain'Tcha Tired of Makin' Me Blue
  2:41
• 4
  I'm Gonna Get Tight
  2:52
• 5
  Canned Heat
  2:31
• 6
  Standing Room Only
  2:50
• 7
  Don't Hand Me That Line
  2:32
• 8
  Bug Dance
  2:53
• 9
  (I Know My Baby Loves Me) In Her Own Peculiar Way
  2:25
• 10
  The Nashville Jump
  2:28
• 11
  My Guitar Is My Sweetheart
  2:36
• 12
  I'm Pickin' the Blues
  2:46
• 13
  Gone, Gone, Gone
  2:36
• 14
  Barnyard Shuffle
  2:49
• 15
  Save Your Money
  2:29
• 16
  (I May Be Color Blind but) I Know When I'm Blue
  2:30
• 17
  I've Been Working on the Guitar
  2:27
• 18
  Dizzy Strings
  2:40
• 19
  Money, Marbles and Chalk
  2:50
• 20
  Wednesday Night Waltz
  2:29
• 21
  Guitar Waltz
  3:01
• 22
  Tellin' My Troubles to My Old Guitar
  2:43
• 23
  Dance of the Goldenrod
  2:38
• 24
  Galloping on the Guitar
  2:26
• 25
  Barber Shop Rag
  2:46
• 26
  Centipede Boogie
  2:38
• 27
  Under the Hickory Nut Tree
  2:54
• 28
  I Was Bitten by the Same Bug Twice
  2:28
• 29
  One More Chance
  2:45
• 30
  The Old Buck Dance
  2:24
• CD 2
• 1
  Boogie Man Boogie
  2:50
• 2
  Main Street Breakdown
  2:17
• 3
  Confusin'
  2:13
• 4
  Music in My Heart
  2:16
• 5
  Indian Love Call
  2:39
• 6
  Birth of the Blues
  2:33
• 7
  Mountain Melody
  2:09
• 8
  You're Always Brand New
  2:38
• 9
  My Crazy Heart
  2:41
• 10
  Hybrid Corn
  2:15
• 11
  Jitterbug Waltz
  2:37
• 12
  Old Man Boogie
  2:40
• 13
  Crazy Rhythm
  2:23
• 14
  Crazy Rhythm
  2:22
• 15
  Rustic Dance
  2:05
• 16
  Rainbow
  2:36
• 17
  In the Mood
  2:28
• 18
  Spanish Fandango
  2:39
• 19
  Midnight
  2:52
• 20
  Good-Bye Blues
  2:28
• 21
  Your Mean Little Heart
  2:33
• 22
  Sweet Bunch of Daisies
  2:04
• 23
  Blue Gypsy
  2:18
• 24
  The Third Man Theme
  2:25
• 25
  St. Louis Blues
  2:16
• 26
  Nobody's Sweetheart
  2:15
• 27
  Lover Come Back to Me
  2:26
• 28
  Stphen Foster Melody
  2:26
• 29
  Hangover Blues
  2:36
• 30
  Imagination
  2:13
• 31
  Black Mountain Rag
  2:16
• 32
  Guitar Polka
  2:05
• CD 3
• 1
  Dream Train
  2:13
• 2
  Meet Mister Callaghan
  2:42
• 3
  Chinatown, My Chinatown
  2:00
• 4
  High Rockin' Swing
  2:20
• 5
  Pig Leaf Rag
  2:30
• 6
  Oh by Jingo
  2:14
  3.0 ★
• 7
  Hello Ma Baby
  2:09
• 8
  The Bells of St. Mary's
  2:13
• 9
  Country Gentlemen
  2:15
• 10
  Memphis Blues
  2:09
• 11
  Alice Blue Gowm
  2:05
• 12
  Twelfth Street Rag
  2:20
• 13
  Peeping Tom
  2:20
• 14
  Three O' Clock in the Morning
  2:17
• 15
  Georgia Camp Meeting
  2:13
• 16
  City Slicker
  2:21
• 17
  Dill Pickle Rag
  2:24
• 18
  Rubber Doll Rag
  2:12
• 19
  Beautiful Ohio
  2:17
• 20
  Kentucky Derby
  2:03
• 21
  Wildwood Flower
  2:12
• 22
  Guitars on Parade
  2:21
• 23
  Simple Simon
  2:11
• 24
  Get Up and Go
  2:53
• 25
  Pagan Love Song
  2:06
• 26
  Beautiful Ohio
  2:09
• 27
  Downhill Drag
  2:22
• 28
  Avalon
  2:18
• 29
  Sunrise Serenade
  2:45
• 30
  San Antonio Rose
  2:29
• 31
  Set a Spell
  2:26
• 32
  Mister Misery
  2:27
• CD 4
• 1
  Get Up and Go
  2:52
• 2
  South
  2:46
• 3
  Alabama Jubilee
  2:34
• 4
  Corinne, Corinna
  2:19
• 5
  Indiana
  3:20
• 6
  Red Wing
  2:26
• 7
  Frankie and Johnnie
  2:34
• 8
  A Gay Ranchero
  2:32
• 9
  Ballin' the Jack
  2:56
• 10
  Honeysuckle Rose
  2:40
• 11
  Darktown Strutters Ball
  2:00
• 12
  The Old Spinning Wheel
  2:26
• 13
  Silver Bell
  2:15
• 14
  Under the Double Eagle
  2:33
• 15
  The Birth of the Blues
  3:21
• 16
  Have You Ever Been Lonely
  2:42
• 17
  Caravan
  3:26
• 18
  Old Man River
  2:32
• 19
  Mister Sandman
  2:16
• 20
  New Spanish Two Step
  2:11
• 21
  Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White
  2:05
• 22
  Dance With Me Henry
  2:20
• 23
  Darling, Je Vous Aime Beaucoup
  2:20
• 24
  Tweedle Dee
  2:22
• 25
  Hey Mr. Guitar
  2:01
• 26
  Unchained Melody
  2:26
• 27
  Blues in the Night
  2:23
• 28
  Somebody Stole My Gal
  2:10
• 29
  Shine on Harvest Moon
  2:08
• 30
  Intermezzo
  2:31
• 31
  Tenderly
  3:23
• CD 5
• 1
  Minute Waltz
  1:47
• 2
  Minuet
  2:29
• 3
  Schön Rosmarien
  2:01
• 4
  Tip Toe Through the Tulips
  2:20
• 5
  Arkansas Traveler
  2:21
• 6
  Little Rock Getaway
  2:18
• 7
  Ochi Chornya
  2:45
• 8
  Londonderry Air
  2:46
• 9
  La Golondrina
  2:46
• 10
  Black Mountain Rag
  2:29
• 11
  Cecilia
  2:27
• 12
  Poor People of Paris
  1:58
• 13
  Honey
  2:16
• 14
  The Lady Loves Me
  2:21
• 15
  Memphis Blues
  2:46
• 16
  Oh Boy Jingo
  1:53
• 17
  Hello Ma Baby
  2:34
• 18
  Indian Love Call
  2:57
• 19
  Alice Blue Gown
  2:20
• 20
  Third Man Theme
  3:05
• 21
  Blue Gypsy
  2:58
• 22
  St. Louis Blues
  3:00
• 23
  Dance of the Golden Road
  2:01
• 24
  Gavotte in D
  1:42
• 25
  Malaguena
  2:46
• 26
  Glow Worm
  2:14
• 27
  In the Mood
  2:18
• 28
  Heartaches
  2:07
• 29
  Swedish Rhapsody
  2:33
• 30
  Waltz in A-Flat
  1:48
• 31
  Adelita
  1:38
• 32
  Petite Waltz
  2:48
• 33
  Liza
  2:46

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Release credits

• Bob Moore
  bass [17]
• Bud Isaacs
  steel guitar [17]
• Buddy Harman
  membranophone [17]
• Chet Atkins
  electric guitar [17]
• Dale Potter
  fiddle [17]
• “Papa” John Gordy
  celesta [17], piano [17]

Issues

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  The Early Years 1946 - 1957

  5x CD
  2007