2024 compilation dedicated to the charismatic musician and author who revolutionized folk and rock music like no other in the '60s and became the worldwide figurehead of a cultural upheaval in youth... more

Jim Croce's debut album, recorded with his wife Ingrid and never on CD before! A fascinating find from Bear Family.

Ranging from the '20s to 1957, the first set in this series features the great early icons of American folk and the original versions of dozens of classics. A 152-page booklet joins 75 tracks: "I... more

The 1958 smash that sparked the folk revival—the Kingston Trio's "Tom Dooley"— begins this set: 70 tracks and a 120-page booklet. You'll encounter the dawn of the singer-songwriter age and the great... more

Ancient ballads and new politics come together in set three. The towering songwriters of the day offer their own slant on the issues of their time, and the trailblazing folk-rockers forge a whole new... more

You'll find poets, pop stars, country-rockers, old-school folkies and forward-looking singer-songwriters in the very eclectic (and extensive) fourth set of the series: 80 tracks and a 140-page... more

Ian Tyson and Sylvia Fricker's long-lost debut album for Columbia, recorded in 1971 and here reissued by Bear Family with notes and bonus tracks! Includes Love Is Strange; Summer Wages; Give It to... more

1973's Cannons in the Rain features the hottest Nashville cats; 1974's Wingless Angels was recorded with Hollywood's top session stars. Includes Armstrong; Durango, and 18 more.

18 tracks of energized country rock, recorded live at Phoenix Symphony Hall in March 1974. Includes The Runaway Fool of Love; California Bloodlines; Roll Away the Stone; Kansas; Wheatfield Lady;... more

Gordon's classic fifth UA release: his March 30, 1969 Massey Hall performance in Toronto. Here are great live versions of Lightfoot fan favorites like Ribbon of Darkness and rare songs like Ballad of... more

Maybelle's youngest daughter had a voice perfectly suited to folk music—these 1962–64 Mercury recordings really bridged the gap between folk and country. This 24-track collection features Anita's... more

California Bloodlines is John's 1969 solo debut, recorded with a killer Nashville band (Fred Carter, Jr., Lloyd Green, et al). And all but two tracks of 1970's Willard, his Peter Asher-produced... more

This 26-song collection features his 1965 debut album and his 1967 folk-infused follow-up and includes Gordon's original versions of Early Morning Rain and Ribbon of Darkness.

"The single most important event in the history of country music." That's not us or Bear Family talking—that's what Johnny Cash called this matchless storehouse of traditional American music. Victor... more

Norman Petty recorded this 1965 concert at New York City's Town Hall—Carolyn's voice soars over George Tomsco's guitar on 24 songs, including 2:10 Train; Water Is Wide; Outward Bound; Summertime;... more

It's easier to find Kinky's books than his records these days—so we thank Jesus for this twofer! Actually, we thank Bear Family, who bring together this country iconoclast's Kinky Friedman (1974) and... more

The German label Bear Family once again boldly goes where no label has ever gone before, offering an 11-CD-plus-DVD record of the recordings made in Berlin by the Judischer Kulturbund (Jewish... more

John Simon, producer of albums for Leonard Cohen and the Band, produced Gordon's third United Artists release in New York in 1968. Gordon returned to Nashville later that year to record the heavily... more

Includes Your Sweet Lovel; A Collection of Sorrows; Up from Georgia, and more.

It took a while for Bear Family to find and restore the sound of all these classic Cajun recordings made by legendary producer J.D. Miller in the '40s and '50s—and to track down as many survivors and... more