Bob Wills And His Texas Playboys 11 CD + 1 DVD Boxset San Antonio Rose BCD-15933 LL

Bob Wills And His Texas Playboys

San Antonio Rose BCD-15933 LL

Boxset contains Eleven (11) CD's plus One (1) DVD $299.99 plus shipping/handling for US

Beyond influential. Beyond seminal. That's Bob Wills' Columbia recordings, complete here for the first time. In the quarter-century sincd his death, Bob Wills has become recognized for the innovative way he synthesized many American musical genres into an adventurous style that he called 'Texas Fiddle Music' and the world called 'Western Swing'. It's a measure of his influence that he is a member of both the Country Music Hall of Fame and the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame.

Here is the music that turned the world on its ear: the first fifteen years (1932-1947) of Bob Wills' recording career. This momentous body of music has never been available in its totality, and has never bee packaged with the care and attention to detail it merits, nor has the music been as carefully restored as it is here.

This special anthology begins with Bob Wills' 1932 Victor recordings with Milton Brown as The Fort Worth Doughboys, then includes the complete Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys' 1935-1947 sessions for ARC and Columbia. Tommy Duncan is the featured vocalist on the majority of these recordings. This anthology includes the original versions of songs that have become American music classics, such as San Antonio Rose, New San Antonio Rose, Spanish Two Step, Maiden's Prayer, Steel Guitar Rag, Take Me Back To Tulsa, Roly Poly, Stay A Little Longer, Hang Your Head In Shame, Right Or Wrong, Trouble In Mind, Home In San Antone and Miss Molly.

A fresh search of the vaults has also yielded rare alternate takes, unreleased (and previously unknown) material, studio chatter and a few rare mid- '40's radio airshots. In addition, all the recordings hae been carefully remastered for optimum sound quality, vastly better than any previous anthology. Depth, presence and subtleties rarely heard on the original 78's and subsequent reissues are heard here. This is how Bob Wills and the Playboys sounded onstage: daring, witty, moving and charismatic.

This 11-CD / 1 DVD box, which features the movie 'Take Me Back To Oklahoma', includes a book with a biography and musical analysis by Rich Kienzle, based on unpublished interviews with various Playboys. It also includes Bob Pinson's revised discography, an introduction from 'Asleep at the Wheel' founder Ray Benson, as well as rare photos and Wills memorabilia from the archives of collector Glenn P. White.

Producer: Art Satherley

Re-Issue Producer: Bob Pinson

Disc/Metal Part Transfer: Michael Brooks & Matt Cavaluzzo. Alan Stoker, Mark Wilder

Disc Research: Michael Brooks, Richard Weize

Mastering: Jurgen Crasser

Biography: Rich Kienzle

Introduction: Ray Benson, Asleep at the Wheel

Discography: Bob Pinson

Photos & Illustrations: R.A. Andreas, Kevin Coffey, Jurgen Koop, Michael Ochs Archives, The Showtime Music Archive, Toronto, Packy Smith, Glenn Sutton, Marilyn & Wesley Tuttle, Glenn White

Art Direction: Holger von Bargen

Artwork: Esha & Wolfgang Toubenauer

Thanks To: Luther Carden, Kevin Coffey, Colin Escott, Marc Kirkeby, Jurgen Koop, Bea Poling Perry, Russell Wapensky

Original Columbia recordings, licensed from Sony Music Entertainment Germany GmbH

BCD-16933 LL

Boxset contains Eleven (11) CD's plus One (1) DVD $299.99 plua shipping/handling for US

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Disc: 1 1. Sunbonnet Sue 2. Nancy Jane 3. Osage Stomp 4. Get With It 5. I Can't Give You Anything But Love 6. Spanish Two Step 7. Maiden's Prayer 8. Wang Wang Blues 9. St. Louis Blues 10. Good Old Oklahoma 11. Blue River 12. Mexicali Rose 13. I Ain't Got Nobody 14. Never No More Blues 15. Who Walks in When I Walk Out 16. Old Fashioned Love 17. Oklahoma Rag c 18. Black and Blue Rag 19. Sitting on Top of the World 20. Four or Five Times 21. I Can't Be Satisfied 22. Smith's Reel 23. Harmony 24. Tulsa Waltz 25. Waltz in D

Disc: 2 1. She's Killing Me 2. Weary of the Same Ol' Stuff 3. No Matter How She Done It 4. Steel Guitar Stomp 5. Rosetta 6. Bleeding Hearted Blues 7. Blue Yodel No. 1 8. Tulsa Stomp 9. Tie Me to Your Apron Strings Again 10. Never No More Hard Times Blues 11. Sunbonnet Sue 12. New St. Louis Blues 13. Loveless Love 14. I'm a Ding Dong Daddy 15. Oozlin' Daddy Blues 16. Black Rider 17. Everybody Does It in Hawaii 18. Alexander's Ragtime Band 19. Blue Prelude 20. Downhearted Blues 21. Little Heaven of the Seven Seas 22. Sophisticated Hula 23. Pray for the Lights to Go Out 24. Gambling Polka Dot Blues 25. Keep Knockin' (But You Can't Come In) 26. Loveless Love 27. Oh, Lady Be Good 28. Way Down Upon the Swanee River 29. Don't Stop Loving Me 30. Oh You Beautiful Doll

Disc: 3 1. White Heat ListenMusic 2. Dedicated to You 3. Playboy Stomp 4. Steel Guitar Stomp 5. Rosetta 6. Bleeding Hearted Blues 7. Blue Yodel No. 1 8. Tulsa Stomp 9. Tie Me to Your Apron Strings Again 10. Never No More Hard Times Blues 11. Sunbonnet Sue 12. New St. Louis Blues 13. Loveless Love 14. I'm a Ding Dong Daddy 15. Oozlin' Daddy Blues 16. Black Rider 17. Everybody Does It in Hawaii 8. Alexander's Ragtime Band 19. Blue Prelude 20. Downhearted Blues 21. Little Heaven of the Seven Seas 22. Sophisticated Hula 23. Pray for the Lights to Go Out 24. Gambling Polka Dot Blues 25. Keep Knockin' (But You Can't Come In) 26. Loveless Love 27. Oh, Lady Be Good 28. Way Down Upon the Swanee River 29. Don't Stop Loving Me 30. Oh You Beautiful Doll

Disc: 4 1. Moonlight and Roses 2. William Tell 3. I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate 4. Mississippi Delta Blues 5. Tulsa Stomp 6. Empty Bed Blues 7. Little Red Head 8. I'll See You in My Dreams 9. San Antonio Rose 10. Little Girl, Go Ask Your Mama 11. Carolina in the Morning 12. Convict and the Rose 13. Silver Bells (That Ring in the Night) 14. Dreamy Eyes Waltz 15. Beaumont Rag 16. Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star 17. If I Could Bring Back My Buddy 18. Whoa Babe 19. Ida Red 20. Yearning (Just for You) 21. I Wonder if You Feel the Way I Do 22. Prosperity Special 23. Drunkard's Blues 24. You're Okay 25. Liza Pull Down the Shades 26. That's What I Like About the South 27. My Window Faces the South 28. Waltz You Saved for Me 29. Don't Let the Deal Go Dow

Disc: 5 1. You Don't Love Me (But I'll Always Care) 2. No Wonder 3. Lone Star Rag 4. There's Going to Be a Party (For the Old Folks) 5. I Don't Love Nobody 6. That Brownskin Gal 7. Corrine, Corrina 8. Let Me Call You Sweetheart 9. Blue Bonnet Rag 10. Time Changes Everything 11. Medley of Spanish Waltzes: La Golondrina/Lady of Spain/Cielito Lindo 12. Bob Wills Special 13. Big Beaver 14. New San Antonio Rose 15. Wait 'Til You See 16. Liebestraum 17. Lyla Lou 18. New Worried Mind 19. Paloma 20. Maiden's Prayer 21. Oh! You Pretty Woman 22. I Found a Dream 23. Girl I Left Behind Me 24. I Knew the Moment I Lost You 25. Done and Gone 26. Twin Guitar Special c 27. Mississippi Delta Blues 28. Take Me Back to Tulsa 29. Takin' It Home

Disc: 6 1. I'm Sorry We Said Goodbye 2. Honey What You Gonna Do? 3. Blue Bonnet Lane 4. Bob Wills Stomp 5. Li'l Liza Jane 6. Please Don't Leave Me 7. Don't Count Your Chickens 8. Cherokee Maiden 9. New San Antonio Rose 10. Ride On! (My Prairie Pinto) 11. Got a Letter from My Kid Today 12. It's All Your Fault 13. Goodnight Little Sweetheart 14. Dusty Skies 15. My Life's Been a Pleasure c 16. We Might as Well Forget It 17. Drop Us Off at Bob's Place 18. Home in San Antone 19. That Hot Lick Fiddlin' Man 20. Liberty 21. Miss Molly 22. It Never Can Be 23. Honeymoon Trail 24. It Seems Like Yesterday 25. You're from Texas 26. Goodbye Liza Jane

Disc: 7 1. My Confession 2. Ten Years 3. This Little Rosary 4. When It's Honeysuckle Time in the Valley 5. Let's Ride With Bob 6. My Laddie 7. Whose Heart Are You Breaking Now? 8. Hang Your Head in Shame 9. Smoke on the Water 10. Texas Playboy Rag 11. Bluer Than Blue 12. Hang Your Head in Shame 13. Smoke on the Water 14. Texas Playboy Rag 15. Bluer Than Blue 16. Roly Poly 17. Roly Poly 18. Frankie Jean 19. You Don't Care What Happens to Me 20. Stay a Little Longer 21. You Should Have Thought of That Before 22. I Can't Go on This Way 23. I'm Thru Wastin' Time on You 24. Easy Rockin' Chair 25. Just a Plain Old Country Boy

Disc: 8 1. Stars and Stripes on Iwo Jima 2. Silver Dew on the Bluegrass Tonight 3. I'm So Glad I Met You 4. New Spanish Two-Step 5. Empty Chair at the Christmas Table 6. I'm Feelin' Bad 7. White Cross on Okinawa 8. This Is Southland 9. Cotton Eyed Joe 10. Cotton Eyed Joe 11. Staccato Waltz 12. Punkin' Stomp 13. Sugar Moon 14. Rose of Old Pawnee 15. How Can It Be Wrong 16. Brain Cloudy Blues 17. Bob Wills Boogie 18. There's a Big Rock in the Road 19. I Got a Cinder in My Eye 20. Go to Sleep Our Baby 21. Virginia 22. I'm Gonna Be Boss from Now On 23. Fat Boy Rag 24. Drum Test - Bob Wills 25. Kind of Love I Can't Forget 26. There's Two Sides to Every Story

Disc: 9 1. Devil Ain't Lazy 2. Sweet Kind of Love 3. Hometown Stomp 4. Cowboy Stomp 5. Misery 6. Down in My Neck of the Woods 7. Bob Wills Schottische 8. I Just Don't Want That Kind of Love 9. Texarkana Baby 10. Good Time Cake-Walk 11. Can't Get Enough of Texas 12. You're There 13. Thanks for the Heartaches (Thanks for the Tears) 14. New Texas Playboy Rag 15. What's the Use to Take You Back Again 16. Deep Water 17. Have I Stayed Away Too Long? 18. Cimarron 19. Stardust 20. My Buddy 21. Tears on My Pillow

Disc: 10 1. Steel Guitar Rag 2. Swing Blues No. 1 3. Steel Guitar Stomp 4. Tulsa Stomp 5. Never No More Hard Times Blues 6. Oozlin' Daddy Blues 7. Black Rider 8. Everybody Does It in Hawaii 9. Alexander's Ragtime Band 10. Gambling Polka Dot Blues 11. Oh, Lady Be Good 12. Way Down Upon the Swanee River 13. Oh You Beautiful Doll 14. Lone Star Rag 15. There's Going to Be a Party (For the Old Folks) 16. I Don't Love Nobody 17. That Brownskin Gal 18. Corrine, Corrina 19. Bob Wills Special 20. Big Beaver 21. Big Beaver 22. Liebestraum 23. Lyla Lou 24. New Worried Mind 25. Girl I Left Behind Me 26. I Knew the Moment I Lost You 27. Twin Guitar Special 28. Twin Guitar Special29. Takin' It Home

Disc: 11 1. Blue Bonnet Lane 2. Blue Bonnet Lane 3. Li'l Liza Jane 4. Ride On! (My Prairie Pinto)5. It's All Your Fault 6. Miss Molly 7. Miss Molly 8. It Never Can Be 9. Roly Poly 10. You Don't Care What Happens to Me 11. Stay a Little Longer 12. You Should Have Thought of That Before 13. New Spanish Two-Step 14. I'm Feelin' Bad 15. This Is Southland 16. Punkin' Stomp 17. How Can It Be Wrong 18. Brain Cloudy Blues 19. Virginia 20. I'm Gonna Be Boss from Now On 21. There's Two Sides to Every Story 22. Devil Ain't Lazy 23. Hometown Stomp 24. Misery 25. Down in My Neck of the Woods 26. I Just Don't Want That Kind of Love 27. Good Time Cake-Walk 28. Can't Get Enough of Texas 29. New Texas Playboy Rag 30. Village Blacksmith - Slim Andrews 31. Good Old Oklahoma - The Texas Playboys 32. Kalamity Kate - Tex Ritter 33. Lone Star Rag/Playboy Special - The Texas Playboys 34. Gone Indian - The Texas Playboys 35. Take Me Back to Tulsa - Tex Ritter 36. You Are My Sunshine - Tex Ritter

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