The Bakersfield Sound: Country Music Capital of the West 1940-1974

Album by Various Artists

CountryHonky Tonk

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Disc 1

  1. 1.
    The Cotton Picker’s Song
    0:55
  2. 2.
    Darlin’ Baby
    1:36
  3. 3.
    Sunny Cal
    1:35
  4. 4.
    Sunny California
    0:59
  5. 5.
    Home in the Government Camp
    1:05
  6. 6.
    Get Along Down to Town
    3:01
  7. 7.
    Home in San Antone
    2:35
  8. 8.
    Opening Theme / Seven Come Eleven
    3:24
  9. 9.
    Get Along Home Cindy
    2:47
  10. 10.
    Back in Dear Old Oklahoma
    3:38
  11. 11.
    Okie Boogie
    2:21
  12. 12.
    Reading Your Letter With Tears in My Eyes
    2:01
  13. 13.
    Lost Highway
    2:42
  14. 14.
    Hittin’ the Trail
    3:02
  15. 15.
    When the Leaves Come Tumbling Down
    2:49
  16. 16.
    Have I Got a Chance With You
    2:48
  17. 17.
    Water Baby Blues (aka Water Baby Boogie)
    2:09
  18. 18.
    (A Pretty Woman Is a) Deadly Weapon
    2:19
  19. 19.
    I Want You So
    2:29
  20. 20.
    Funny Book
    2:21
  21. 21.
    Honey Baby
    1:47
  22. 22.
    Your Love Was Like the Weather
    3:01
  23. 23.
    You Made Me Love You
    2:21
  24. 24.
    Ozark Polka
    2:29
  25. 25.
    A Heart Break Ago
    2:35
  26. 26.
    A Dear John Letter
    2:37
  27. 27.
    A Dear John Letter
    2:38
  28. 28.
    Pusan
    2:16
  29. 29.
    Hank’s Song
    3:14
  30. 30.
    Dim Lights, Thick Smoke (and Loud, Loud Music)
    2:58
  31. 31.
    Dear John Letter
    2:31

Disc 2

  1. 1.
    You Better Not Do That
    2:30
  2. 2.
    Ain’t You Had No Bringin’ Up at All
    2:46
  3. 3.
    Louisiana Swing
    2:25
  4. 4.
    When I Hold You
    1:49
  5. 5.
    Down on the Corner of Love
    2:22
  6. 6.
    Stepping Stones
    2:32
  7. 7.
    Out of Line
    2:36
  8. 8.
    When the Saints Go Marching In
    3:18
  9. 9.
    Take Possession
    2:43
  10. 10.
    It Pays to Advertise
    2:52
  11. 11.
    Why Do I Love You So
    2:06
  12. 12.
    Crazy Mixed Up Kid
    2:36
  13. 13.
    Sad Sad Saturday Night
    3:04
  14. 14.
    I Gotta Know
    2:30
  15. 15.
    Who Will Buy the Wine
    2:36
  16. 16.
    Baby I Like Your Style
    2:06
  17. 17.
    Wherever You Are
    2:32
  18. 18.
    Bumble Rumble
    2:02
  19. 19.
    I Need Her Love
    1:42
  20. 20.
    I Want You
    2:23
  21. 21.
    Your Every Thing (I Wish That She Could Be)
    2:20
  22. 22.
    I Never Thought
    2:17
  23. 23.
    What Time Tomorrow
    2:25
  24. 24.
    Drivin’ Away My Blues
    2:10
  25. 25.
    Ask Me No Questions
    2:20
  26. 26.
    Beware of a Stranger
    2:19
  27. 27.
    Keep Her Off Your Mind
    2:33
  28. 28.
    Yes Sir
    2:18
  29. 29.
    Fun on the Freeway
    2:44
  30. 30.
    A Night for Love
    2:07
  31. 31.
    Someone to Love
    2:41
  32. 32.
    Come Back to Me
    2:18

Disc 3

  1. 1.
    I’m Sorry Too
    2:24
  2. 2.
    Empty Days and Lonely Nights
    3:00
  3. 3.
    You’re a Luxury
    2:07
  4. 4.
    Steady Lovin’
    1:45
  5. 5.
    I Like That Kind
    2:12
  6. 6.
    Crazy Moon
    1:55
  7. 7.
    Pair of Empty Arms
    2:51
  8. 8.
    You’al Come
    2:10
  9. 9.
    Letters Have No Arms
    2:46
  10. 10.
    Second Fiddle
    2:07
  11. 11.
    When
    1:26
  12. 12.
    You Can’t Take Your Love Out of This Boy
    1:44
  13. 13.
    I Removed Your Ring
    2:04
  14. 14.
    Keep Right on Tryin’
    2:00
  15. 15.
    Tired of Livin’
    2:03
  16. 16.
    Cold Hearted Woman
    2:26
  17. 17.
    Stage Coach
    2:20
  18. 18.
    If I Could Only Tell You
    2:49
  19. 19.
    Our Hearts
    2:19
  20. 20.
    Til These Dreams Come True
    2:30
  21. 21.
    Living Up to My Name
    2:49
  22. 22.
    Goose, pt. 1
    2:19
  23. 23.
    Just for the Children’s Sake
    2:21
  24. 24.
    My Baby Walks All Over Me
    2:29
  25. 25.
    Playboy
    2:22
  26. 26.
    Someone’s Gonna Get Hurt
    2:18
  27. 27.
    Door of Temptation
    2:05
  28. 28.
    Fiddlin’ Country Style
    1:49
  29. 29.
    Loose Talk
    2:34
  30. 30.
    What Will I Do (With All These Memories)
    2:33
  31. 31.
    Loving You (on Someone Else’s Time)
    2:55
  32. 32.
    Why Tell Me
    2:32

Disc 4

  1. 1.
    King of Fools
    2:53
  2. 2.
    Scratch
    2:11
  3. 3.
    It’s My Turn to Cry
    2:43
  4. 4.
    I Can’t Stop Lovin’
    2:12
  5. 5.
    I Pretend
    2:42
  6. 6.
    Truck Drivin' Man
    2:19
  7. 7.
    My Last Night in Town
    2:04
  8. 8.
    New Home Sweet Home
    2:23
  9. 9.
    Crossing My Fingers
    2:18
  10. 10.
    Foolish Notions
    2:16
  11. 11.
    On Your Wedding Day
    2:55
  12. 12.
    Go Where You Wanna Go
    2:25
  13. 13.
    Private Party
    2:06
  14. 14.
    There’s Gonna Come a Day
    2:17
  15. 15.
    Why Should I Cry Again
    2:05
  16. 16.
    Waggin’ Tongues
    2:23
  17. 17.
    Painting the Town
    2:05
  18. 18.
    Second Fiddle
    2:21
  19. 19.
    Too Old to Hurt
    2:31
  20. 20.
    Skid Row
    1:45
  21. 21.
    Good-Bye Mr. Blues
    2:08
  22. 22.
    If You Ain’t Lovin’ You Ain’t Livin’
    2:04
  23. 23.
    Tell Me Why
    2:39
  24. 24.
    Put Your Arms Around Him
    2:24
  25. 25.
    Silver Bells (live)
    2:12
  26. 26.
    Act Naturally (live)
    2:55
  27. 27.
    Life in Prison
    2:26
  28. 28.
    My Past Is Present
    2:53
  29. 29.
    Queen of Snob Hill
    2:21
  30. 30.
    Tears in My Beer
    2:11
  31. 31.
    Out of My Mind
    2:20

Disc 5

  1. 1.
    Close Up the Honky Tonks
    2:52
  2. 2.
    Slowly but Surely
    2:23
  3. 3.
    Working Overtime
    2:05
  4. 4.
    S.O.S.
    1:50
  5. 5.
    Fallin’ for You
    1:59
  6. 6.
    [silence]
    0:04
  7. 7.
    [silence]
    0:04
  8. 8.
    I’m Gonna Break Every Heart I Can (Capitol Records version)
    2:02
  9. 9.
    I Wish I Hadn’t Called You
    2:55
  10. 10.
    Red Wine
    3:10
  11. 11.
    More Wine, More Women, More Song
    2:01
  12. 12.
    I’ll Take a Chance
    2:03
  13. 13.
    I’m Layin’ It On the Line
    2:29
  14. 14.
    There Never Was a Fool
    2:13
  15. 15.
    After You Leave Me
    2:28
  16. 16.
    Just Leave My World Alone
    1:42
  17. 17.
    Walking My Fool
    1:58
  18. 18.
    (My Friends Are Gonna Be) Strangers
    2:29
  19. 19.
    If You Can’t Bite Don't Growl
    2:03
  20. 20.
    Alcohol and Tears
    2:58
  21. 21.
    Home Is Where I Hang My Head
    2:32
  22. 22.
    Jeannie With the Light Brown Cadillac
    2:20
  23. 23.
    Swinging Doors (alternate take)
    2:55
  24. 24.
    Roll Out the Red Carpet
    2:13
  25. 25.
    Old Standby
    2:28
  26. 26.
    House of Memories
    2:59
  27. 27.
    Tiger by the Tail (live)
    2:27
  28. 28.
    Fool Me Again
    2:29
  29. 29.
    The Bad Guy Gets the Girl
    3:02
  30. 30.
    Pappy Was a Clever Man
    2:53
  31. 31.
    Correspondence Course in Love
    2:26

Disc 6

  1. 1.
    Apartment #9
    2:52
  2. 2.
    Open Up Your Heart
    2:31
  3. 3.
    A Good Job - Huntin’ and Fishin’
    1:59
  4. 4.
    Goin’ Thru the Motions
    2:21
  5. 5.
    I’m Actin’ Like My Old Self Again
    2:49
  6. 6.
    Little Pink Mack
    2:12
  7. 7.
    The Dumb Thing
    2:12
  8. 8.
    Someone Told My Story
    2:34
  9. 9.
    Diesel Smoke, Dangerous Curves
    2:37
  10. 10.
    Queen for a Day
    2:28
  11. 11.
    I Guess You’re Finally Satisfied
    3:17
  12. 12.
    Mixed Up Mess of a Heart
    2:10
  13. 13.
    A Lifetime of Love
    2:45
  14. 14.
    I’m So Mad at Me
    2:11
  15. 15.
    Drink Up and Be Somebody
    2:31
  16. 16.
    You’ll Never Miss the Water (Til the Well Runs Dry)
    2:18
  17. 17.
    The First Thing I Think Of
    2:18
  18. 18.
    Only the Strong Can Survive
    2:41
  19. 19.
    You Don’t Have Very Far to Go
    2:20
  20. 20.
    I’m Not Looking for an Angel
    2:38
  21. 21.
    Chicken Pickin’
    2:09
  22. 22.
    A Foolish Notion
    2:35
  23. 23.
    I Made the Prison Band
    2:32
  24. 24.
    50 Year Waltz
    1:39
  25. 25.
    Love That Just Won’t Stop
    2:13
  26. 26.
    Hangin’ On
    2:53
  27. 27.
    Who Do You Go To
    2:37
  28. 28.
    There Never Was a Fool
    2:10
  29. 29.
    Where Does the Good Times Go
    2:05
  30. 30.
    Pickin’ and Guitin’
    1:44
  31. 31.
    Country Girl Courtship
    2:21
  32. 32.
    I’d Rather Be Hurt by You
    2:28

Disc 7

  1. 1.
    The Heartaches Have Just Started
    2:13
  2. 2.
    Fingerlickin’
    1:46
  3. 3.
    I’m Goin’ Crazy
    2:34
  4. 4.
    Don’t Leave Me Cryin’
    2:25
  5. 5.
    Walking in My Sleep Crying Over You
    2:20
  6. 6.
    It’s Over
    2:21
  7. 7.
    Let the World Keep on a Turnin’
    2:03
  8. 8.
    Too Many Bridges to Cross Over
    2:28
  9. 9.
    Too Young to Grow Old Over You
    2:19
  10. 10.
    Calling All Lovers
    2:05
  11. 11.
    Buckshot
    2:50
  12. 12.
    Lead Me On
    2:33
  13. 13.
    I’m Out of My Mind
    2:16
  14. 14.
    Buckaroo
    1:59
  15. 15.
    Vaccination for the Blues
    1:51
  16. 16.
    You Put My World Back Together
    1:58
  17. 17.
    Hammin’ It Up
    2:33
  18. 18.
    Lucy Clowers
    2:15
  19. 19.
    (I Used to live) The Life of Riley
    1:57
  20. 20.
    Married Man
    2:54
  21. 21.
    Make It Rain
    2:45
  22. 22.
    Mention My Name
    2:11
  23. 23.
    Sam’s Place (live)
    1:57
  24. 24.
    California Cotton Fields
    2:49
  25. 25.
    Not Going Back to Jackson
    2:20
  26. 26.
    I Want to Live in Your House
    2:33
  27. 27.
    Pitty Pitty Patter
    2:21
  28. 28.
    My Old Used to Be
    2:29
  29. 29.
    Love Is Me
    1:59
  30. 30.
    Mistakes I’ve Made
    2:16
  31. 31.
    Pumpkin Center
    2:15
  32. 32.
    Tears of Joy (Are a-Croppin’ Out On Me)
    2:11
  33. 33.
    Devil River
    2:06

Disc 8

  1. 1.
    Mama Tried [live]
    2:16
  2. 2.
    Stealin’ Corn
    2:04
  3. 3.
    Forgive and Forget
    2:15
  4. 4.
    Cryin’ Time
    2:48
  5. 5.
    Bring Back My Peace of Mind
    2:41
  6. 6.
    Cowboy Convention
    3:01
  7. 7.
    Guitar Pickin’ Man
    2:27
  8. 8.
    Your Heart Turned Left (and I Was on the Right)
    2:10
  9. 9.
    A Whole Lot of Somethin’
    2:49
  10. 10.
    I’m a Good Loser
    2:42
  11. 11.
    California on My Mind
    2:47
  12. 12.
    Reno Lament
    2:46
  13. 13.
    Your Tender Loving Care
    2:39
  14. 14.
    There Is No Easy Way
    2:34
  15. 15.
    Because You Can’t Be Mine
    2:25
  16. 16.
    She Don’t Care Now
    3:16
  17. 17.
    Night Life Is My Weakness
    2:35
  18. 18.
    Daddy Frank (The Guitar Man)
    3:14
  19. 19.
    Heartbreak Mountain
    2:24
  20. 20.
    Never Ending Song of Love
    2:37
  21. 21.
    Cinderella
    2:21
  22. 22.
    I’m a Truck
    3:11
  23. 23.
    Mr. Conscience
    1:50
  24. 24.
    How Dark Is My Journey
    2:47
  25. 25.
    Bring It On Down to My House
    2:38
  26. 26.
    Number One Heel
    2:14
  27. 27.
    Today’s Tomorrow’s Yesterday
    2:13
  28. 28.
    I’m Tired of Your Understanding Ways
    2:21
  29. 29.
    I Bought the Shoes (That Just Walked Out On Me)
    2:31

Disc 9

  1. 1.
    Arms Full of Empty
    2:25
  2. 2.
    Love Sure Feels Good in My Heart
    2:54
  3. 3.
    Streets of Bakersfield
    2:29
  4. 4.
    I Know an Ending When It Comes
    3:12
  5. 5.
    Something’s Wrong
    2:49
  6. 6.
    Young Widow Brown
    2:56
  7. 7.
    Cheater’s Ground
    2:13
  8. 8.
    I Laid Back Down
    2:15
  9. 9.
    This Troubled Mind of Mine
    2:29
  10. 10.
    The Emptiest Arms in the World
    2:56
  11. 11.
    Beer Drinkers of America Unite
    2:21
  12. 12.
    Sweethearts in Heaven
    2:31
  13. 13.
    Mountain of Fortune and Fame
    2:55
  14. 14.
    Bill Woods From Bakersfield
    2:36
  15. 15.
    Good Ole Country Sound
    2:20
  16. 16.
    If You Can’t Feel It (It Ain’t There)
    2:07
  17. 17.
    Foolish Man
    2:37
  18. 18.
    The Lord Rested on Sunday
    2:30
  19. 19.
    Every Time I Hear the Fiddle Play
    3:00
  20. 20.
    Holding Things Together
    3:01
  21. 21.
    I’m the Bartender’s Best Friend
    2:38
  22. 22.
    I Ain’t Hangin’ Around
    2:35
  23. 23.
    Going Back to Oklahoma
    1:39
  24. 24.
    That Little Glass of Milk
    2:43
  25. 25.
    Betty Jane
    2:01
  26. 26.
    Antique in My Closet
    2:49
  27. 27.
    Do You Believe in Me
    2:15
  28. 28.
    Teach Me How to Love
    3:17
  29. 29.
    Mirrors Don’t Lie
    3:07
  30. 30.
    A Different Kind of Sad
    2:35

Disc 10

  1. 1.
    Y’all Come / Tall Dark Stranger (live)
    3:25
  2. 2.
    Lonesome 7-7203 [live]
    2:06
  3. 3.
    Fishin’ on the Mississippi (live)
    2:42
  4. 4.
    L.A. International Airport (live)
    2:03
  5. 5.
    Johnny B. Goode (live)
    4:44
  6. 6.
    Number One Heel (take 14)
    2:13
  7. 7.
    [silence]
    0:04
  8. 8.
    [silence]
    0:04
  9. 9.
    [silence]
    0:04
  10. 10.
    [silence]
    0:04
  11. 11.
    [silence]
    0:04
  12. 12.
    Strange
    2:29
  13. 13.
    Tears in My Beer
    1:58
  14. 14.
    Misery
    2:24
  15. 15.
    The Name of the Game Is Heartaches
    3:02
  16. 16.
    I’d Be a Good Time Charlie
    1:56
  17. 17.
    Fit for a King
    1:45
  18. 18.
    Which One Is to Blame
    3:34
  19. 19.
    Release Me
    2:38
  20. 20.
    My Ears Should Burn (When Fools Are Talked About)
    3:04
  21. 21.
    Truck Drivin’ Man
    2:32
  22. 22.
    Be Serious Ann
    4:14
  23. 23.
    Christmas Time’s a Comin’
    2:42
  24. 24.
    Blue Christmas
    2:49
  25. 25.
    Lonely Christmas Call
    2:32

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