Various Artists - Iconic Country Originals In Stereo (CD)

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Who said you can't improve on perfection? These country classics are not only some of the most iconic songs from country music's Golden Age but now they're in jaw-dropping stereo for the first time ever! Listen for yourself - we've freed these already incredible mono recordings from their narrow one-track existence to give you a remarkable audio experience that is more true-to-life than ever before. Our expert sound engineers have reached all the way back to 1928 with cutting-edge DES technology to separate voices, drums and other elements of original mono hit recordings and mix them into true stereo without adding or subtracting anything.

Imagine hearing country's premier songwriter - one of the most celebrated figures in American music - in stereo for the first time! We're talking Hank Williams here, and his indelible classics "Jambalaya" and "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" come alive like never before in stereo. You don't have to imagine it anymore, because it's here, and the new sound is a revelation!

And what about hearing definitive #1 country smashes of the '50s and '60s finally in glorious stereo mixes? It's an entirely new experience listening to all-time favorites by the kings and queens of country music, like Patsy Cline, Kitty Wells, Wanda Jackson, Hank Snow, Jim Reeves, Don Gibson and Faron Young.

This 29-track imported collection rounds up great originals from every corner of the country music tradition. Hear the King of Western Swing, Bob Wills, on his breakthrough 1940 hit "New San Antonio Rose," dramatically reborn in stereo! And Vaughn Monroe's "Riders in the Sky," that timeless cowboy tale that went to #2 on the country chart in 1949!

Fourteen #1 classics make their stereo debuts, including "A White Sport Coat (And A Pink Carnation)" by Marty Robbins, "Four Walls" by Jim Reeves, "Sixteen Tons" by Tennessee Ernie Ford, "Young Love" by Sonny James and "If You've Got The Money I've Got The Time" by Lefty Frizzell (what a great hook this one has!).

And we have to mention how terrific early Sun recordings sound in stereo with proper EQ: check out the three classics by Mr. Cash and Mr. Presley (his first recording).

For serious collectors, we've included "Waiting for a Train" by one of the earliest pioneers of country, Jimmie Rodgers, to show what a 1928 recording would sound like in stereo.

ICONIC COUNTRY ORIGINALS IN STEREO!

Tracklist:

1. New San Antonio Rose - Bob Wills ; His Texas Playboys [Stereo Debut]
2. Walking the Floor Over You - Ernest Tubb [Stereo Debut]
3. Waiting for a Train - Jimmie Rodgers [Stereo Debut]
4. If You've Got the Money I've Got the Time - Lefty Frizzell [Stereo Debut]
5. Jambalaya (On the Bayou) - Hank Williams [Stereo Debut]
6. I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry - Hank Williams [Stereo Debut]
7. It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels - Kitty Wells [Stereo Debut]
8. That's All Right - Elvis Presley [Stereo Debut]
9. Folsom Prison Blues - Johnny Cash [Stereo Debut]
10. I Walk the Line - Johnny Cash [Stereo Debut]
11. Sixteen Tons - Tennessee Ernie Ford [Stereo Debut]
12. Big Iron - Marty Robbins
13. Riders in the Sky (A Cowboy Legend) - Vaughn Monroe [Stereo Debut]
14. I've Been Everywhere - Hank Snow
15. This Ole House - Stuart Hamblen [Stereo Debut]
16. Oh Lonesome Me - Don Gibson [Stereo Debut]
17. Gotta Travel on - Billy Grammer [Stereo Debut]
18. A White Sport Coat (And a Pink Carnation) - Marty Robbins [Stereo Debut]
19. Young Love - Sonny James [Stereo Debut]
20. A Little Bitty Tear - Burl Ives
21. Wings of a Dove - Ferlin Husky
22. Funnel of Love - Wanda Jackson
23. Ballad of Jed Clampett - Flatt ; Scruggs
24. You're the Reason - Bobby Edwards [Stereo Debut]
25. Walkin' After Midnight - Patsy Cline [Stereo Debut]
26. She's Got You - Patsy Cline
27. Hello Walls - Faron Young
28. Four Walls - Jim Reeves [Stereo Debut]
29. Welcome to My World - Jim Reeves