Johnny Horton - The Early Years

Tracklist

1	Smokey Joe's Barbecue
2	Devilish Love Light
3	Shotgun Boogie
4	In My Home In Shelby County
5	Coal Smoke, Valve Oil And Steam
6	Bob Sullivan Stomp (Piano Instrumental)
7	Plaid And Calico
8	Done Rovin'
9	Candy Jones
10	Mean, Mean Son Of A Gun
11	Shadows On The Old Bayou
12	Talk Gobbler Talk (Old Gobbler, The Hound Dog)
13	Go And Wash Your Dirty Feet (Barefoot Boy Blues)
14	Birds And Butterflies
15	Happy Millionare
16	It's A Long Rocky Road
17	On The Banks Of The Beautiful Nile
18	Stompin' At The KWKH (Piano Instr.)
19	Words
20	Rythm In My Baby's Walk
21	Bawlin' Baby
22	Somebody's Rockin' My Broken Heart
23	Betty Lorraine (Betty Lou)
24	Devilish Love Light (Exerpt)
1	First Train Headin' South
2	The Rest Of Your Life
3	(I Wished For An Angel) The Devil Sent Me You
4	This Won't Be The First Time
5	Child's Side Of Life
6	I Won't Forget
7	S.S. Lureline
8	The Mansion You Stole
9	I Won't Get Dreamy Eyed
10	Tennessee Jive
11	Another Woman Wears My Wedding Ring
12	You, You, You
13	All For The Love Of A Girl
14	Two Red Lips And Warm Red Wine
15	Back To My Back Street
16	Broken Hearted Gypsy
17	Move Down The Line
18	The Train With The Rhumba Beat
19	There'll Never Be Another Mary
20	No True Love
21	The Devil Made A Masterpiece
22	Ha Ha And Moonface
23	You Cry In The Door Of Your Mansion
24	Where Are You
25	Meant So Little To You
26	Ridin' The Sunshine Special
27	Hey, Sweet Thing
28	Journey With No End
29	Big Wheels Rollin'
30	You Don't Move Me Baby Anymore
1	Won't You Love Me, Love, Love Me
2	Why Did It Happen To Me
3	You, You, You (Caused This Heartache)
4	Broken Hearted Gypsy
5	All For The Love Of A Girl
6	My Heart Stopped, Trembled And Died
7	I'm A Fishin' Man
8	Where Do You Think You Would Stand
9	The Devil Made A Masterpiece
10	Because I'm A Jealous Man
11	I'm The One That Breaks In Two
12	The Train With The Rhumba Beat
13	'Cause You're The One For Me
14	None Of You But All Of Me
15	Dark Haired Beauty From Cuba
16	Honky Tonk Jelly Roll Blues
17	Love And Tell
18	I Wish Heartaches Were Strangers
19	Confusion
20	Shadows On The Bayou
21	Somebody's Rockin' My Broken Heart (Duet)
22	Talk Gobbler Talk
23	Two Eyed Sunday Pants
24	Down That River Road
25	Egg Money
26	Confusion
27	First Train Headin' South
28	Somebody's Rockin' My Broken Heart
29	Smokey Joe's Barbecue
30	Betty Lorrain
31	Honkey Tonk Jelly Roll Blues
1	Plaid And Calico
2	Coal Smoke, Valve Oil And Steam
3	Devilish Love Light
4	Done Rovin'
5	Mean, Mean Son Of A Gun
6	Talk Gobbler Talk (Old Gobbler, The Hound Dog)
7	Shadows On The Old Bayou
8	In My Home In Shelby County
9	Go And Wash Your Dirty Feet (Barefoot Boy Blues)
10	Smokey Joe's Barbecue
11	It's A Long Rocky Road
12	Words
13	Done Rovin'
14	It's A Long Rocky Road
15	Smokey Joe's Barbecue
16	Mean, Mean Son Of A Gun
17	Devilish Love Light
18	Coal Smoke, Valve Oil And Steam
19	Words
20	Shadows On The Old Bayou
21	On The Banks Of the Beautiful Nile
22	In My Home In Shelby County
23	Go And Wash Your Feet (Barefoot Boy Blues)
24	Talk Gobbler Talk (Old Gobbler, The Houd Dog)
25	Rudy Thacker: Ballad Of Johnny Horton

Notes

The Early Years was the first extensive Johnny Horton collection that Bear Family assembled. Spanning seven LPs, the set includes all of Horton's recordings for the Cormac, Abbott, and Mercury labels, as well as two albums' worth of demos and two albums' worth of overdubbed Abbott recordings issued on the Briar and Dot labels. Though these early recordings aren't quite as accomplished as his later, better-known work for Columbia, there's a lot of exciting of material here -- including proto-rockabilly and off-center honky tonk like "On the Banks of the Beautiful Nile," "I'm a Fishin' Man," and "The Train With the Rhumba Beat" -- especially for dedicated fans. Of course, the sheer size of the set means that only dedicated fans will ever pick up the box, but it is worth the investment for those fans, since these obscurities are often more interesting than the more polished recordings that followed later in his career. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine 4-CD box set w. book, feat. his complete early output from 1951-55, inc. Dot & Briar overdubs, demos, never before released performances, inc. "Shotgun Boogie" & "Bob Sullivan Stomp"

Barcode and Other Identifiers

• ASIN (B000009NX5): B000009NX5