These 6 CDs chronicle Sun's country output from 1950–59: big stars plus artists who never made it but sure sound like they should've. You'll hear newly restored audio and newly discovered tracks, and... more

Bear Family already wowed collectors with "The Bristol Sessions" and "The Johnson City Sessions." Now, the venerable German label completes its sweeping survey of '20s/early-'30s East Tennessee... more

Bear Family already earned a Grammy nod for their Bristol Sessions set (the 1927 Victor Records sessions in Bristol, Tennessee known as "The Big Bang of Country Music"). This new set—a 4-CD LP-sized... more

That price might seem steep if you ever had the good fortune to attend a Louisiana Hayride show at the Municipal Auditorium in Shreveport, Louisiana; after all, it only cost 60 cents for adults (30... more

In 1945, the town we now know as Music City U.S.A. had no pro-quality studios, no career session men, no record companies and only one or two music publishers. But then the independent-label scene... more

EU-only six CD collection. This set is a full, long overdue anthology of the music and musicians who created Skiffle. From the African American forebears of the 1920s and '30s like the Memphis Jug... more

In April 1964, right at the beginning of Beatlemania, RCA Nashville took the audacious step of sending its biggest stars to Europe. Those making the trip were Jim Reeves, Bobby Bare, the Anita Kerr... more

5 CD boxset with booklet.

The sixth and final volume of Bear Family's monumental series of boxed sets devoted to the legendary Texas honky tonk label, D Records! This last volume is especially noteworthy because it contains... more

We pick up the story in 1955 and head straight into the golden age of the label with 100 more classic sides.

For 40 years, boxed-set collectors have known where to go for the most pristine sound sources, exhaustive collections and sumptuous packaging: Germany's Bear Family Records. Now, musicians and... more

5 CD boxset with booklet.

Rarely heard documentary audio material, including patriotic public service announcements, field news reports and even a plea for blood donations from Howdy Doody!A richly illustrated, colorfully... more

Here on 4 CDs and in a 52-page booklet is a fabulous portrait of East Texas honky tonk, captured in 1959–1960 by Pappy Daily's "D" Records. Along with unissued takes of young Willie Nelson (Night... more

A 96-page booklet chronicles the formative years of country rock as you hear 41 tracks (nearly two hours of trailblazing music). Seminal rock 'n' rollers join the new breed: T. for Texas; I'm Movin'... more

Townes Van Zandt's unissued Delta Mama Blues joins Midnight Rider Allman Brothers Band; Living on the Open Road Delaney & Bonnie and Friends; Just Another Whistle Stop the Band; Me and Bobby McGee... more

The first British bands to play country-rock—Head, Hands and Feet (Country Boy) and Cochise (Lost Hearts)—sit alongside country-rock gems by North America's rockers, bluesmen and country stars here.... more

Singer-songwriters and bands from California, Texas, Nashville, New York and New England are all to be found across these 37 tracks that chronicle the early-'70s country-rock diaspora. Big names and... more

The last days of Gram Parsons (That's All It Took; She, and, with Emmylou Harris, Sleepless Nights) are documented here, and the Allman Brothers bring Southern rock to the table with Ramblin' Man.... more

The luminous Return of the Grievous Angel by Gram Parsons and Emmylou Harris kicks off these 43 tracks, which end with Willie Nelson's unforgettable Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain. In between: Life's... more

Boy, did our German friends at Bear Family have some fun with this compilation! First off, there's the title, which we can't print in full. Then there's the songs, 25 of the most maudlin "tragedy"... more

Bear Family's batch of vintage Western theme songs walks the line between recording artists and movie stars—check out this assortment: My Rifle Dean Martin; Bonanza Johnny Cash; Man Without a Star... more

They were played at dance-hops and on the radio: romantic songs that helped American soldiers—and their foreign lovers—forget their problems a few minutes at a time. Here are 26 of these nostalgic... more

20 Western ballads recorded during the Golden Age of the TV Western! Includes The Man Who Robbed the Bank at Santa Fe Hank Snow; Bonanza Johnny Cash; Jimmy Martinez Marty Robbins; Jim Wore a Tie... more

Even with all the Western swing fans begging for more, there still remain some prime unissued recordings. Leave it to Bear Family to sniff 'em out; here are 31 lost treasures (and look at those big... more