Various Artists - Country & Western Hit Parade 1967 / Various (CD)

Details: EU-only collection of true Country classics from 1967. Dim Lights, Thick Smoke, and Hillbilly Music (Country & Western Hitparade) tells the real story of Country music record-by-record, year-by-year. The hits are here, but they're only half the story. The set goes beyond chart books to include groundbreaking records that went nowhere at the time, but influenced generations yet to come. This is the music that influenced the White Stripes, Gillian Welch, Gram Parsons, Nick Cave, the Beatles and many others. In other words, this is the true and uncensored history of Country music. Everything you need to hear, year-by-year, as it happened! Bear Family.

Tracklist:

1. Ode to Billie Joe
2. Ruby (Don't Take Your Love to Town)
3. Mental Revenge
4. I Won't Come in While He's There
5. Break My Mind
6. Laura (What's He Got That I Ain't Got)
7. Branded Man
8. What Kind of Girl (Do You Think I Am)?
9. Pop a Top
10. Danny Boy
11. Little Ole Wine Drinker Me
12. Gentle on My Mind
13. By the Time I Get to Phoenix
14. Tonight Carmen
15. Life Turned Her That Way
16. Where Does the Good Times Go
17. What Does It Take (To Keep a Man Like You Satisfied)
18. The Chokin' Kind
19. Jackson
20. Sing Me Back Home
21. Tears Will Be the Chaser for Your Wine
22. Guitar Man
23. Jackson Ain't a Very Big Town
24. Walk Through This World with Me
25. My Elusive Dreams
26. It's Such a Pretty World Today
27. Sam's Place
28. I Don't Wanna Play House
29. Does My Ring Hurt Your Finger?
30. Cold Hard Facts of Life
31. Nashville Cats