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

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

Including a larger number of previously unreleased studio and live recordings, radio recordings and demos. A treasure trove of Bakersfield history presenting country music stars Merle Haggard and... 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

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 single most important event in the history of country music"—Johnny Cash. Victor Records went to Bristol, Tennessee in '27 and made the first recordings of the Carter Family and Jimmie Rodgers... 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

So many hits, classics and seminal cuts among these 72 minutes of music, which join a 56-page booklet: Galveston Glen Campbell; The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down The Band; Lay, Lady, Lay Bob Dylan;... more

Success by Loretta Lynn, covered decades later by Sinead O'Connor, is among the 31 tracks on this collection of C&W classics! Also included are Anita Carter's original version of Ring of Fire plus... 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

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

Some very interesting hits here: Stuart Hamblen's original This Ole House; Eddy Arnold's original I Really Don't Want to Know; Ray Price's early version of Release Me, and Hank Snow's I Don't Hurt... more

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

Great country hits of the Sixties and their answer songs: Hank Williams' Jambalaya, followed by Goldie Hill and I'm Yvonne (From The Bayou); Bobby Helms' Fraulein followed by Kitty Wells' I'll Always... 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

Extensive liner notes by Hank Davis, carefully remastered for the best possible sound. Hank Williams died too soon to know about Sun Records, but the folks at Sun surely knew about him. This CD... 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

Both Johnny Cash's controversial Native American song Ballad Of Ira Hayes and Peter LaFarge's original version appear on this 31-track compilation that also includes Dang Me by Roger Miller; Saginaw,... more

Released in August 2019 in conjunction with the 90th Anniversary celebration of the Johnson City sessions, 'Tell It To Me: Revisiting the Johnson City Sessions, 1928-1929' is intended to demonstrate... more