The Very Best of Willie Nelson

Tracklist

• CD 1
• 1
  Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain
  2:19
  4.0 ★
• 2
  Remember Me (When the Cradle Lights are Gleaming)
  2:51
• 3
  If You’ve Got the Money, I’ve Got the Time
  2:05
  4.0 ★
• 4
  Georgia on My Mind
  4:20
  4.0 ★
• 5
  Heartbreak Hotel
  3:01
  2.0 ★
• 6
  All of Me
  3:53
  4.0 ★
• 7
  Last Thing I Needed First Thing This Morning
  4:19
• 8
  My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys
  3:05
  4.0 ★
• 9
  On the Road Again
  2:33
  4.2 ★
• 10
  Angel Flying Too Close to the Ground
  4:26
  5.0 ★
• 11
  Always on My Mind
  3:31
  4.6 ★
• 12
  Everything Is Beautiful (In Its Own Way)
  3:15
• 13
  Let It Be Me
  3:30
• 14
  Blue Skies
  3:33
• 15
  Pancho and Lefty
  4:46
  4.6 ★
• CD 2
• 1
  Whiskey River (live)
  2:45
• 2
  Forgiving You Was Easy
  2:49
• 3
  To All the Girls I’ve Loved Before
  3:33
  2.0 ★
• 4
  Why Do I Have to Choose
  3:54
• 5
  Stardust
  3:52
  4.0 ★
• 6
  Good Hearted Woman
  2:57
  3.5 ★
• 7
  What a Wonderful World
  2:15
• 8
  After the Fire Is Gone
  3:04
• 9
  Help Me Make It Throught the Night
  4:01
  5.0 ★
• 10
  City of New Orleans
  4:51
  4.6 ★
• 11
  Pretty Paper
  2:25
  3.5 ★
• 12
  Living in the Promised Land
  3:22
  3.0 ★
• 13
  Nothing I Can Do About It Now
  3:17
• 14
  Mamas Don’t Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys
  3:28
• 15
  Uncloudy Day
  4:40
  4.0 ★

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Release credits

• Ambrose Campbell
  percussion [5]
• Andy Black
  background vocals [10]
• Arif Mardin
  producer [15]
• Bee Spears
  bass [2.9, 2.12, 2.15, 1.1, 1.3, 1.9-10]
• Billy English
  drums (drum set) [1]
• Billy Ray Reynolds
  guitar [6]
• Bobbie Nelson
  piano [1.1, 1.3, 1.9-10, 2.9, 2.12, 2.15]
• Bobby Arnold
  engineer [12]
• Bobby Emmons
  keyboard [2.7, 2.10, 1.11, 1.15]
• Bobby Wood
  background vocals [1.15, 2.7, 2.10], keyboard [2.7, 2.10, 1.11, 1.15]
• Booker T. Jones
  arranger [1.4, 1.6, 2.5], producer [1.4, 1.6, 2.5]
• Bradley Hartman
  engineer [1.4, 1.6, 1.9-10, 2.5, 2.9], mix [2.9, 1.9-10]
• Bucky Meadows
  guitar [1]
• Chet Atkins
  producer [11]
• Chips Moman
  background vocals [7, 10], guitar [2.7, 2.10, 1.15], producer [2.7, 2.10, 1.11, 1.15]
• Chris Ethridge
  bass [1.5, 2.9]
• Dan Wallin
  recording [1.8, 2.14]
• Dave Grusin
  producer [2.14, 1.8]
• David Lynn Jones
  guitar [12]
• Dee Moeller
  background vocals [15]
• Dolly Parton
  performer [12]
• Don Markham
  saxophone [15]
• Donald Sanders
  baritone saxophone [10]
• Donivan Cowart
  engineer [2.5, 1.4, 1.6]
• Doug Sahm
  background vocals [15], fiddle [15]
• Duke Goff
  bass [6]
• Gene Chrisman
  drums (drum set) [1.11, 1.15, 2.7, 2.10]
• Grady Martin
  guitar [15]
• Harold Lee
  engineer [9]
• J. R. Cobb
  guitar [10]
• James Clayton Day
  pedal steel guitar [15], resonator guitar [15]
• Jeff Gutcheon
  organ [15]
• Jim Boatman
  background vocals [5]
• Jody Payne
  background vocals [5], guitar [1.1, 1.3, 1.5, 1.9-10, 2.9, 2.12], mandolin [1]
• John Gallie
  organ [5]
• Johnny Christopher
  background vocals [2.7, 1.15], guitar [1.11, 1.15, 2.7]
• Johnny Gimble
  fiddle [15], guitar [9-10], mandolin [15]
• Jon Marett
  alto saxophone [10]
• Julio Iglesias
  performer [3], vocal [3]
• Kris Kristofferson
  background vocals [9]
• Larry Gatlin
  guitar [15]
• Larry Greenhill
  engineer [12]
• Larry Rosen
  producer [1.8, 2.14], remixer [2.14, 1.8]
• Larry Whitmore
  guitar [6]
• Leon Russell
  keyboard [5], performer [5], producer [5], vocal [5]
• Lewis Talley
  guitar [15]
• Marty Grebb
  saxophone [5]
• Merle Haggard
  background vocals [15], guitar [15], producer [15], vocal [15]
• Mickey Raphael
  harmonica [1.1, 1.5, 1.8-11, 1.15, 2.7, 2.9-10, 2.12], instrument [3]
• Mike Leech
  bass [1.11, 1.15, 2.10], bass guitar [7]
• Monique Moman
  background vocals [7]
• Ollie Cotton
  assistant [1.8, 2.14]
• Paul English
  drums (drum set) [2.9, 2.15, 1.1, 1.5, 1.9-10], percussion [1.3, 1.9-10, 2.12]
• Phil York
  engineer [1, 3]
• Ralph Mooney
  steel guitar [6]
• Ramón Arcusa
  producer [3]
• Ray Pennington
  producer [6]
• Reggie Young
  guitar [2.7, 2.10, 1.11, 1.15]
• Rex Ludwig
  drums (drum set) [2.9, 2.12, 1.3, 1.5, 1.9-10]
• Richard Perry
  producer [3]
• Richie Albright
  drums (drum set) [6]
• Rick Yancey
  background vocals [10]
• Roger Crabtree
  harmonica [6]
• Sammi Smith
  background vocals [15]
• Sherrill Parks
  background vocals [10]
• Sydney Pollack
  producer [1.8, 2.14]
• The “A” Strings
  strings [10]
• Toni Wine
  background vocals [7, 10]
• Waylon Jennings
  guitar [6], producer [6], vocal [6]
• Wayne Jackson
  trumpet [10]
• Willie Nelson
  arranger [1.1, 2.15], background vocals [15], guitar [2.7, 2.9-10, 2.12, 2.15, 1.1, 1.3, 1.5, 1.8-11, 1.15], lead vocals [7, 15], performer [1.12, 2.3], producer [1.1, 1.3, 1.5, 1.8-10, 1.15, 2.9, 2.12, 2.14], vocal [1.1, 1.3-6, 1.8-11, 1.15, 2.3, 2.5-6, 2.9-10, 2.12, 2.14]
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Issues

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  T
  The Very Best of Willie Nelson

  2x CD
  1998
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  The Very Best of Willie Nelson

  Unknown format
  2 March 1999