Why have these early Willie Nelson demos, recorded soon after he moved to Nashville in 1960, only come out in bits and pieces and with little care or documentation? This was one of the most fertile creative periods in country history and these are the first recordings of many legendary songs: Crazy, Funny (How Time Slips Away), Good Times, Hello Walls, Night Life, Pretty Paper, Half a Man, Healing Hands of Time and more. These 28 beyond-historic recordings of Willie and Nashville’s A-list musicians include songs never compiled before and arrive here on 2 CDs. The remastered sound is top-notch, you’ll see some stellar photos of young Willie and Colin Escott’s notes take us back to those early days of one of the most singular talents in American music.
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1 Healing Hands of Time
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2 Where Were You Yesterday
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3 More Than One Way to Cry
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4 I Just Can't Let You Say Goodbye
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5 A Broken Promise
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6 I'm Gonna Lose a Lotta Teardrops
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7 Little Things
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8 Will You Remember Mine
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9 My Own Peculiar Way
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10 I Gotta Get Drunk
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11 Half a Man
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12 You Left a Long Time Ago
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13 Undo the Right
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14 I've Just Destroyed the World
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15 Are You Sure
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16 Country Willie
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17 Three Days
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18 You Wouldn't Cross the Street
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19 Pretty Paper
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20 Night Life
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21 Hello Walls
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22 Good Times
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23 Funny (How Time Slips Away)
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24 Crazy
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25 Within Your Crowd
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26 Save Your Tears
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27 A Moment Isn't Very Long
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28 Things to Remember
Why have these early Willie Nelson demos, recorded soon after he moved to Nashville in 1960, only come out in bits and pieces and with little care or documentation? This was one of the most fertile creative periods in country history and these are the first recordings of many legendary songs: Crazy, Funny (How Time Slips Away), Good Times, Hello Walls, Night Life, Pretty Paper, Half a Man, Healing Hands of Time and more. These 28 beyond-historic recordings of Willie and Nashville’s A-list musicians include songs never compiled before and arrive here on 2 CDs. The remastered sound is top-notch, you’ll see some stellar photos of young Willie and Colin Escott’s notes take us back to those early days of one of the most singular talents in American music.
