The Anthology, Part 1: The First Five Years

Compilation by Garth Brooks

Released 14 November 2017

country pop

Tracklist

CD 1: Year One | 1989
1
Not Counting You (master)
2:34
2
I’ve Got a Good Thing Going (master)
2:54
3
If Tomorrow Never Comes (day‐write)
3:21
4
If Tomorrow Never Comes (master)
3:41
5
Everytime That It Rains (master)
4:12
6
Alabama Clay (master)
3:38
7
Much to Young (To Feel This Damn Old) (first take)
3:12
8
Much to Young (To Feel This Damn Old) (master)
2:58
9
Cowboy Bill (master)
4:33
10
The Dance (Tony Arata day‐write)
Tony Arata
2:28
11
The Dance (master)
3:38
4.4 ★
CD 2: Year Two | 1990
1
The Thunder Rolls (day‐write)
3:40
2
The Thunder Rolls (master)
3:42
3
Two of a Kind, Workin’ on a Full House (master)
2:33
4
Victim of the Game (master)
3:08
5
Unanswered Prayers (day‐write)
3:45
6
Unanswered Prayers (master)
3:26
7
Same Old Story (Tony Arata day‐write)
Tony Arata
2:38
8
Same Old Story (master)
2:53
9
Which One of Them (demo)
2:36
10
Which One of Them (master)
2:38
CD 3: Year Three | 1991
1
Against the Wind (master)
2:21
2
Miss Rodeo (Joanne Stephen demo)
Joanne Stephen
3:16
3
Rodeo (master)
3:54
4
What She’s Doing Now (day‐write)
3:01
5
What She’s Doing Now (master)
3:26
6
Burning Bridges (master)
3:36
7
Shameless (master)
4:16
8
We Bury the Hatchet (master)
3:06
9
In Lonesome Dove (master)
4:50
4.0 ★
10
The River (demo)
3:00
11
The River (master)
4:24
CD 4: Year Four | 1992
1
Sometimes You Need the Rain (demo)
3:26
2
Somewhere Other Than the Night (master)
3:10
3
Mr. Right (demo)
1:58
4
Mr. Right (master)
2:01
5
Dixie Chicken (master)
4:21
6
That Summer (first take)
3:44
7
That Summer (master)
4:46
8
Night Rider’s Lament (master)
4:04
9
Face to Face (Tony Arata day‐write)
Tony Arata
2:48
10
Face to Face (master)
4:18
CD 5: Year Five | 1993
1
Standing Outside the Fire (master)
3:54
2
One Night a Day (master)
4:05
3
Kickin’ and Screamin’ (Tony Arata day‐write)
Tony Arata
2:49
4
Kickin’ and Screamin’ (master)
4:03
5
The Red Strokes (master)
3:44
6
Leon (demo)
3:35
7
Tomorrow and Today (demo)
3:39
8
I Guess You Had to Be There (Trisha Yearwood demo)
Trisha Yearwood
3:38
9
Like We Never Had a Broken Heart (day‐write)
3:16
10
The Cowboy Song (master)
3:52

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Release credits

Allen Reynolds
producer [2.2, 1.11, 4.2]
Bobby Wood
keyboard [3.9, 1.11]
Bruce Bouton
lap steel guitar [9], resonator guitar [9], steel guitar [3.9, 1.11]
Carl Gorodetzky
strings [11]
Chris Leuzinger
electric guitar [1.11, 3.9]
Dennis Molchan
strings [11]
Edgar Meyer
acoustic bass guitar [9]
Gary Vanosdale
strings [11]
George Binkley
strings [11]
Jerry Douglas
resonator guitar [9]
John E. Borg
strings [11]
Kenny Malone
percussion [9]
Mark Casstevens
acoustic guitar [1.11, 3.9]
Mark Miller
mix [9], recording [1.11, 3.9]
Mike Chapman
bass [9], electric bass guitar [11]
Milton Sledge
drums (drum set) [3.9, 1.11], percussion [9]
Nashville String Machine
strings [11]
Pam Sixfin
strings [11]
Rob Hajacos
fiddle [1.11, 3.9]
Roy Christensen
strings [11]
Sam Bush
mandolin [9]

Issues

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The Anthology, Part 1: The First Five Years
5x CD (limited first edition)
14 November 2017