Double vinyl LP pressing. Original soundtrack to the Ken Burns documentary series. "If you write the truth and you're writing about your life, it's going to be country. It'll be country 'cause you're writing what's happening. And that's all a good song is." - Loretta Lynn. Country Music, the eight-part, 16-hour film by Ken Burns, chronicles the creation of a truly American genre of music through the songs and stories of it's greatest trailblazers. The Country Music: A Film By Ken Burns soundtrack includes more than 28 timeless classics as heard in the film, including songs by The Carter Family, Jimmie Rodgers, Bill Monroe, Bob Wills, Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, Loretta Lynn, Charley Pride, Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton and many more. This deluxe set includes 68 pages of liner notes and rarely seen archival photos, documents and memorabilia.
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1 Can the Circle Be Unbroken (78RPM Version) the Carter Family 3:07
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2 Blue Yodel No. 8 (Mule Skinner Blues) Jimmie Rodgers 2:57
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3 Fox Chase Bailey, Deford 1:09
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4 New San Antonio Rose (78RPM Version) - Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys - 2:36
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5 Wabash Cannonball (Album Version) - Roy Acuff - 2:36
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6 It's Mighty Dark to Travel - Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys - 2:49
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7 Foggy Mountain Breakdown (Album Version) - Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs; Foggy Mountain Boys - 2:39
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8 It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels - Kitty Wells - 2:27
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1 I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry (Single Version) - Hank Williams with His Drifting Cowboy - 2:46
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2 Crazy Arms - Ray Price - 2:30
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3 Ring of Fire - Johnny Cash - 2:35
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4 Crazy - Patsy Cline - 2:42
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5 Coal Miner's Daughter - Loretta Lynn - 2:58
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6 Kiss An Angel Good Mornin' - Pride, Charley Pride - 2:02
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7 Hungry Eyes - Merle Haggard & the Strangers - 3:26
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8 Stand By Your Man - Tammy Wynette - 2:37
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1 You Ain't Goin' Nowhere - the Byrds - 2:33
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2 Me and Bobby McGee - Kris Kristofferson - 4:20
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3 Girl from the North Country - Bob Dylan with Johnny Cash - 3:41
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4 Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way - Waylon Jennings - 2:55
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5 Jolene - Dolly Parton - 2:40
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6 Boulder to Birmingham - Emmylou Harris - 3:33
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7 Whiskey River (Live) - Willie Nelson - 3:39
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1 Pancho and Lefty - Merle Haggard and Willie Nelson - 4:47
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2 He Stopped Loving Her Today (Album Version) - George Jones - 3:17
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3 Streets of Bakersfield - Dwight Yoakam with Buck Owens - 2:48
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4 Where've You Been - Mattea, Kathy - 3:44
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5 Go Rest High on That Mountain - Vince Gill - 5:14
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6 I Still Miss Someone (Live) - Rosanne Cash - 2:41
Double vinyl LP pressing. Original soundtrack to the Ken Burns documentary series. "If you write the truth and you're writing about your life, it's going to be country. It'll be country 'cause you're writing what's happening. And that's all a good song is." - Loretta Lynn. Country Music, the eight-part, 16-hour film by Ken Burns, chronicles the creation of a truly American genre of music through the songs and stories of it's greatest trailblazers. The Country Music: A Film By Ken Burns soundtrack includes more than 28 timeless classics as heard in the film, including songs by The Carter Family, Jimmie Rodgers, Bill Monroe, Bob Wills, Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, Loretta Lynn, Charley Pride, Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton and many more. This deluxe set includes 68 pages of liner notes and rarely seen archival photos, documents and memorabilia.
