Zoom Karaoke - Country Superhits Box Set - 50 Songs - Triple CD+G Set
Karaoke disc CDG format:
Disc 1:
1) Coward of the County - Kenny Rogers
2) Stand by your man - Tammy Wynette
3) 9 to 5 - Dolly Parton
4) Blanket on the ground - Billie Jo Spears
5) Folsom prison blues - Johnny Cash
6) Big Iron - Marty Robbins
7) Achy breaky heart - Billy Ray Cyrus Harper valley pta - Jeannie C. Riley
9) Islands in the stream - Kenny Rogers And Dolly Parton
10) Crystal chandeliers - Charley Pride
11) I recall a gypsy woman - Don Williams
12) D.I.V.O.R.C.E. - Tammy Wynette
13) Rose garden - Lynn Anderson
14) Don’t it make my brown eyes blue - Crystal Gayle
15) Rhinestone cowboy - Glen Campbell
16) If I said you had a beautiful body - Bellamy Brothers
17) Take me home country roads - John Denver

Disc 2:
1) Your cheatin’ heart - Hank Williams
2) The gambler - Kenny Rogers
3) Let your love flow - Bellamy Brothers
4) The most beautiful girl - Charlie Rich
5) Sweet dreams - Patsy Cline
6) Hello Mary Lou - Ricky Nelson
7) Arms of Mary - Sutherland Brothers And Quiver What I’ve got in mind - Billie Jo Spears
9) A boy named Sue - Johnny Cash
10) El Paso - Marty Robbins
11) Crazy - Patsy Cline
12) Hey good lookin’ - Hank Williams
13) King of the road - Roger Miller
14) I can help - Billy Swan
15) Behind closed doors - Charlie Rich
16) Everybody’s talkin’ - Nilsson

Disc 3:
1) Coal Miner’s daughter - Loretta Lynn
2) I fall to pieces - Patsy Cline
3) Sing me an old-fashioned song - Billie Jo Spears
4) Annie’s song - John Denver
5) Lucille - Kenny Rogers
6) Wichita linesman - Glen Campbell
7) Ring of fire - Johnny Cash 57 Chevrolet - Billie Jo Spears
9) Don’t close your eyes - Keith Whitley
10) Sylvia’s mother - Dr. Hook
11) Walkin’ after midnight - Patsy Cline
12) Redneck woman - Gretchen Wilson
13) Jolene - Dolly Parton
14) Margaritaville - Jimmy Buffett
15) Ruby, don’t take your love to town - Kenny Rogers
16) I walk the line - Johnny Cash
17) Talking in your sleep - Crystal Gayle

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The Essential Marty Robbins 1951-1982: Columbia Country Classics
Country’s jack-of-all-trades, Marty Robbins handled so many musical styles so well. The common threads were his shivering, fragile tenor; an ability to tastefully emote; and of course, an uncanny knack for appealing to popular tastes. From his earliest heart-rending ballads to his Western sagas, rockabilly romps, country-politan crooning, standards, and even his kitschy pop, Robbins lent them all a grace and civility that was simply hard to resist because he never (well, rarely) confused accessibility with shallowness. Though best known for bringing the cowboy uptown, Robbins helped expand the parameters of what a “country” artist could do, his choices defined by quality of material and performance, not genre. –Marc Greilsamer

Customer Review: An extremely versatile performer
Marty Robbins was a major country singer over three decades, beginning his recording career and establishing himself quickly. He maintained a high level of consistent success throughout the fifties and sixties and also had some notable successes in the seventies. This set covers his entire recording career. Originally released in America in a long box format with two separate CD jewel boxes and a large booklet inside, it was released in Europe in a two-door jewel case and later in a slimline double-CD case. I imported the original boxed set many years ago. I don’t know which packaging is current in America, but the music remains the same.

Marty’s early recordings often became successful in both the country and pop charts in America. He only had limited success in the UK pop charts but he was the first to record Singing the blues, Knee deep in the blues and Story of my life, all of which became massive UK hits for other singers. On this set, you can hear further evidence of his ability to rock’n'roll via That’s all right, Maybelline and A white sport coat and a pink carnation.

I love Marty’s rock’n'roll music but he was even better singing western songs. His biggest success came with El Paso, one of the best western songs ever recorded. This collection also features a couple of sequels - Feleena from El Paso and El Paso city. Plenty of other examples of Marty’s western songs are included here, though if you are really keen there are plenty of compilations devoted exclusively to Marty’s western music including a Bear family boxed set including all of them.

Marty was also capable of doing excellent versions of pop standards, as shown here by his versions of September in the rain, All the way and Unchained melody. He also recorded Hawaiian music and that is also represented here. Listen to his interpretations of Beyond the reef and Hawaiian wedding song. Marty also did his share of conventional country songs, including Devil woman, Ruby Ann, Tonight Carmen, You gave me a mountain and My woman my woman my wife.

This set (in whatever packaging) shows that Marty was a man of many talents, able to sing any type of song. If you only want one Marty Robbins collection, this is the one to go far, but be warned - you may end up buying more of his music to explore some aspects of his career in greater depth.

Customer Review: It`s outstanding,essential says it all.
This set has Marty`s big hits and also has some I had not heard before.Whether, you like Marty Robbins,or you like country, you can`t go wrong.

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The Golden Age Of American Rock’n'Roll - Special Country Edition
Customer Review: How Country Music lived with Rock n’ Roll.
In the mid ’50s, Country Music was in real danger of going out of business. Its niche markets were overwhelmed by the new raw sounds of Rock n’ Roll demanded by of all things, by teenagers.

The first track on this superb compilation, White Lightnin’ by George Jones captures the way Country Music blended the new sound into a distinct beat, keeping the lyrics distinctly Country. That sound just about kept Country alive long enough for the tunes and melodies to grow back, and the successive tracks are distinctive in that they have something to say, and a memorable sound that could catch the ear on radio or get a quarter into a jukebox.

What the songs said wasn’t new, but it was now more evocative because the songs linked in with things like urbanisation, and the loss of rural roots. Detroit City echoes the loss with its great line “by day I make the cars, and by night I make the Bars”, even El Paso, with it’s Mexican sounds hints of the old lost West.

Also crowding in were songs that spoke of unrequited love or adultery. Heavy stuff. Wrapped up in a great arrangement is the classic Walk on By, not the Dionne Warwick bit of fluff, but the darker Leroy Van Dyke track of adulterous love.

Whatever the theme, and they weave around the usual mix, the arrangement, tempo and delivery matches. Jim Reeves on the telephone with He’ll Have To Go, and the frenetic Flowers On the Wall with the Statlers one step ahead of descending into a nervous breakdown caused by the loss of a woman.

The tracks range from 1956 to 1965, a long time in any music.From Ray Prices classic shuffle Crazy Arms to Roger Millers scat in King of the Road.

Country Music is often portrayed as samey, boring and trite. These songs sold in their hundreds of thousands, tackling issues other genres wouldn’t touch. And they did it in a way that meant as soon as you heard the guitar chords of I Fall To Pieces you stop and remember that it’s Patsy. Country Music can evoke memory and emotion.

This ACE collection is a very worthy entrant in the Golden Age of Rock ‘n’ Roll Series. Buy it now.

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Country Classics
Customer Review: As smooth as always!
Don Williams stands for smooth easy going country songs and can be

considered as one of the purest interpreters. All the songs presented

here are from the late 80’s and these 20 little “stories” sum up one

of the longest carreers in Country music. Don started out in 1957

in Texas and became the lead singer of the Pozo-Seco Singers who had

several hits during the 60’s on the POP charts. In the early 70’s he

went on solo and scored another 56 hits on the C&W charts totalizing

17 number one hits. Today he’s the # 35 most important country singer

in history. This CD is just one of the many available and like all

others it at least deserves 5 stars. His unique voice makes any kind

of song just a beauty. Superb collection!

Customer Review: The Capitol albums
Following Don’s long and successful career with MCA (during which time he recorded most of his famous songs including You’re my best friend), he recorded for a couple of other labels. He never achieved quite the same level of success but he recorded some fine albums and had several major hits on the American country charts.

This collection contains all the tracks from the two albums that Don recorded for Capitol (New moves, Traces). There are no British hits here, but Heartbeat in the darkness was an American country number one hit while two other songs (We’ve got a good fir going, Then it’s love) both made the country top three. Other notable tracks include Shot full of love, Light in your eyes, Senorita and Old coyote town, but there are plenty of other great songs here.

If you are new to Don’s music, start with a compilation of his MCA hits - there are plenty to choose from - but if you’ve already got one of those, this mill make a nice addition to your collection.

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Killer Country
Customer Review: Must Have! And as soon as possible!
If you're a fan of the killer and you don't have this, get it! This selection of Mercury recordings finds the Killer on top form. His 'Me and Bobby McGhee' still has to be a classic rendition. Not every song is a strong one but they all get grabbed by the crotchets and given the fullblown Jerry Lee makeover. Genius, or what? No, not 'or what', just GENIUS.

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The Country Collection
Customer Review: Refreshingly polemic
An album titled “the country collection” is the last thing that you expect to have a radical political message. Perhaps this is an intended irony, I don’t know. I actually believe that this is a very apt title for this collection of songs because in my view, people like Kris Kristofferson represent what country music should be about. A music of the people. Compare this to the tripe that is nomally seen on CMTV, the commercialisation of country music that has turned it into another bland, uninspired, politically safe and correct genre where the distinction between it and pop music is constantly being eroded. Instead, Kris sees country music as a medium for dealing with issues that are important and things we would rather forget and ignore.

This album is a collection of songs that reflect what Kris is about. His left-wing views as well as Christian views. His commentary about social issues within America (civil rights, neglected veterans of an unpopular war), his condemnation of Reagan-ite foreign policy which has brought misery to millions of people in Latin America and elsewhere, his understanding that sometimes people just have to fight when denied a democratic voice coupled with his emphasis on peacemaking being the responsibility of the strong. He also also being personally refelctive in a number of tracks. The following for me stand out for distinction:
Shipwrecked in the eighties
Mal Sacate
Third World Warrior
What about me

Fantastic.

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Goodbye Country (Hello Nightclub)
Customer Review: I never know if this one is GA’s best or Vertigo. OK. I’ll go for this
One of those albums that never saturates your ears. I am a big GA fan and I believe this is their best. It has the best track to dig your wardrobe before going out: Superstylin, the best one to drift away while partying: Drifted, the best one for an after party mellow chillout: Lazy Moon, the best one for the cabride home: Raisin the Stakes and the best one to clean your toilet next morning: Fogma. You will not be disappointed!

Customer Review: You will never tire of this album
I received this CD as a Christmas present from my brother.

The first time through, I was intrigued. The more I listened, the more I felt it had something yet further to offer. Several advertisers and commercial video producers have picked up on “Edge Hill” and “Lazy Moon” - for me, as for them, stand-out tracks that keep bringing me back to this album years after first hearing it.

This album relaxes and inspires at the same time. Brilliant!

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