Bob Wills - The Essential Bob Wills 1935-1947

Artist:

Wills, Bob

UPC:

074644895827

See Also:

Foley, Red Tubb, Ernest Carter Family (The) Snow, Hank

Description:

THE ESSENTIAL BOB WILLIS 1935-1947 contains 6 previously unreleased tracks and includes track annotations and rare photos.
Personnel includes: Bob Wills (fiddle); Tommy Duncan, Danny Alguire (vocals); Salatheil, Leon Huff, Jimmy Wyble, Cameron Hill, Junior Barnard (guitar); Noel Boggs, Herb Remington (steel guitar); Johnnie Lee Wills, Jimmy Widener, Ocie Stockard (banjo); Tiny Moore (electric mandolin); Louis Tierney (fiddle, saxophone); Jessie Ashlock, Joe Holley (fiddle); Ray DeGreer (tenor saxophone); Joe Ferguson (saxophone, bass); Zeb McNally, Tiny Mott, (saxophone); Everett Stover, Alex Brashear (trumpet); Art Haines (trombone); Al Stricklin (piano); Darrell Jones, Ted Adams, Billy Jack Wills (bass); Smokey Dacus, Gene Tomlins (drums).
Producer: Art Satherley.
Compilation producer: Bob Irwin.
Includes liner notes by Rich Kienzle.
Digitally remastered by Vic Anesini (1992, Sony Music Studios, New York).
This is part of the Columbia Country Classics series.
THE COMPLETE PUBLISHED SIDES VOLUME 1: 1935-1940 is one of the British budget reissue label JSP Records` trademark 4-disc, 100-track box sets, and it shows why this label has become one of the leading lights of the reissue scene. As the title indicates, THE COMPLETE PUBLISHED SIDES VOLUME 1: 1935-1940 features both sides of all 50 singles Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys released in their first five years. It`s the birth of Western swing in precise chronological order, from Wills`s first trademark "Ah-haaa!" yelp on "Sunbonnet Sue" to the band`s swinging take on the ballad standard "Let Me Call You Sweetheart" a half-decade later. The remastering job is more than serviceable, as are the liner notes and packaging.

Track Listing:

DISC 1

1. Osage Stomp
2. Steel Guitar Rag - (previously unreleased, alternate take)
3. Right or Wrong
4. Time Changes Everything
5. New San Antonio Rose
6. Bob Wills` Special - (previously unreleased, alternate take)
7. Twin Guitar Special - (previously unreleased, alternate take)
8. Take Me Back to Tulsa
9. Maiden`s Prayer, A - (previously unreleased, alternate take)
10. Home in San Antone
11. Miss Molly
12. Texas Playboy Rag
13. Stay a Little Longer
14. Roly Poly
15. New Spanish Two Step
16. Sugar Moon - (previously unreleased, alternate take)
17. Brain Cloudy Blues
18. Fat Boy Rag
19. Deep Water - (previously unreleased, alternate take)
20. Bob Wills` Boogie

Album Information

Release Date:

10/06/1992

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Country

Subgenre:

Western Swing

Label:

Legacy

Catalog Number:

48958

Original Release Year:

1992

# of Discs:

1

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Mono

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