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 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

We usually think "red-hot rockabilly" when we think Sun Records—but this 78-track set spotlights their seldom-revisited softer side. The first-ever in-depth look at Sun's ballads is chock-full of... more

This grizzly of a Bear Family box packs 307 tracks into 10 CDs, bringing together their best (and rarest) blues, R&B and gospel sides plus Sam Phillips productions that were issued by Chess, RPM,... more

EU-only eight disc (seven CDs + PAL/Region 2 DVD) box. The fall of Madrid in March 1939 and Franco's subsequent dictatorship marked the bloody conclusion of almost three years of civil war in Spain.... 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.

The fifth volume takes us through the last releases on Sun Records and the first on Phillips International, covering the Sun singles from 1962–1968 and the Phillips singles from 1957–1959.

Over 120 tracks from Joe Leonard's Lin Records label! Based in Gainesville, Texas, from 1954–1968, Lin and its Kliff subsidiary had just one national hit (Ken Copeland's Pledge of Love, included... more

It was 1966, and the success of the American Folk & Blues festivals in Europe led to an American Festival of *Country* Music. But not the slick, Nashville stuff—instead, European audiences were... more

(3-CD + 88 page booklet) Bear Family's essential 44-CD set 'Black Europe' follows the lives of more than 100 musicians, dancers and entertainers across Europe and tells their amazing stories through... more

The early history of electric blues springs to life in the 160-page book and 77 tracks here: Call It Stormy Monday T-Bone Walker; That's All Right Arthur "Big Boy" Crudup; Let Me Play with Your... more

The blues starts to get nice 'n' nasty here in the '50s and '60s…79 tracks and a 172-page booklet! Includes You Upset Me Baby B.B. King; I'm Ready; Got My Mojo Working Muddy Waters; Hard-Hearted... more

The most comprehensive history EVER of electric blues continues with this 3-CD set, this time taking us from the mid-'70s to the new millennium. This was compiled and annotated by Bill Dahl: a... more

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

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