The First 10 Years: 1956-1966

Original Release Date:  November 15, 2011

Track Listing

• 1. Empty Room
• 2. Take Me
• 3. City Lights
• 4. No Song to Sing
• 5. That's What It's Like to Be Lonesome [Single Version] [Version]
• 6. The Thrill of My Life
• 7. Ninety-Nine
• 8. Back Where I Started From
• 9. It's Not the End of Everything
• 10. Dead or Alive
• 11. No Man's Land
• 12. The Tip of My Fingers
• 13. Walk Out Backwards
• 14. Best of Strangers
• 15. Flowing Waters and Shifting Sands
• 16. Goodbye Cruel World
• 17. Po' Folks
• 18. As Long as I Live
• 19. It Takes a Worried Man
• 20. City Lights
• 21. Columbus Stockade Blues
• 22. Mama Sang a Song
• 23. Wedding Bells
• 24. Yonder Comes a Sucker
• 25. Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain
• 26. On and On and On
• 27. Get a Little Dirt on Your Hands
• 28. Down Came the Rain
• 29. Still
• 30. You Made It Easy
• 31. I Wish It Was Mine
• 32. That's What It's Like to Be Lonesome [Lp Version] [Version]
• 33. From a Jack to a King
• 34. Little Band of Gold
• 35. Restless
• 36. Happiness
• 37. Reverend Mr. Black
• 38. It's Been So Long, Darlin'
• 39. Take These Chains from My Heart
• 40. Molly
• 41. 8 X 10
• 42. I'll Be Somewhere
• 43. One Mile Over - Two Miles Back
• 44. Take Me Home
• 45. Candy Apple Red
• 46. Cincinnati Ohio
• 47. Easy Come Easy Go
• 48. Five Little Fingers
• 49. Me
• 50. 500 Miles Away from Home
• 51. You Don't Have to Be a Baby to Cry
• 52. Abilene
• 53. Green, Green
• 54. I'm Leaving It All Up to You
• 55. I Love You More and More Every Day
• 56. Memory #1
• 57. In Case You Ever Change Your Mind
• 58. In the Misty Moonlight
• 59. 3 A.M.
• 60. Then and Only Then
• 61. Worry
• 62. You Can Have Her
• 63. Then I'll Stop Loving You
• 64. Mountain Dew
• 65. 3 a.M. [Remake]
• 66. Twist of the Wrist
• 67. Certain
• 68. I Love You Drops
• 69. Once a Day
• 70. I Missed Me
• 71. I've Enjoyed as Much of This as I Can Stand
• 72. Saginaw Michigan
• 73. I Don't Love You Anymore
• 74. Riverboat
• 75. I Know You Are Married (But I Love You Still)
• 76. Time Out
• 77. I'll Be Waiting
• 78. Bright Lights and Country Music
• 79. Born
• 80. The Freighter
• 81. Wild Side of Life
• 82. Truck Drivin' Man
• 83. I'll Go Down Swinging
• 84. The Strangers Story
• 85. Walking the Dog
• 86. How the Other Half Lives
• 87. Wine
• 88. All Nite Cafe
• 89. Cocktails
• 90. Golden Guitar
• 91. Think I'll Go Somewhere (And Cry Myself to Sleep)
• 92. In the Summertime
• 93. Used To
• 94. I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
• 95. Lovin' Pains
• 96. When Liking Turns to Loving
• 97. Talkin' to the Wall
• 98. Next Time You're in Tulsa
• 99. I Get the Fever [Remake]
• 100. Nail My Shoes to the Floor
• 101. The First Mrs. Jones
• 102. Papa
• 103. For Loving You
• 104. The Untouchables
• 105. Get While the Gettin's Good
• 106. Something to Believe In
• 107. Ride Ride Ride
• 108. My Daddy and My Mama and Me
• 109. A Satisfied Mind
• 110. Bad Seed
• 111. Remember Me
• 112. The Wheel of Hurt
• 113. Open Up Your Heart
• 114. Homesick
• 115. I'm Ashamed of You
• 116. If It's All the Same to You
• 117. Here Lies the Heart of Amos Brown
• 118. Once a Day
• 119. The Cold Hard Facts of Life
• 120. Think I'll Go Somewhere (And Cry Myself to Sleep)
• 121. I Love You Drops
• 122. I'll Go Down Swingin'
• 123. You and Your Sweet Love
• 124. The Lord Knows I'm Drinkin'
• 125. Slippin' Away
• 126. Nobody But a Fool

Credits

• Buddy Emmons: Guitar (Steel)
• Roy Acuff: Composer
• Bill Anderson: Composer, Guitar (Rhythm), Vocals, Producer, Engineer, Reissue Producer, Photography, Illustrations, Quotation Author
• Bobby Bare: Composer
• Floyd Cramer: Organ, Piano
• Jimmie Davis: Composer
• Buck Owens: Composer
• Dolly Parton: Vocals
• Jim Reeves: Composer
• Mel Tillis: Composer
• The Jordanaires: Vocals
• Roger Miller: Guitar, Composer
• Pete Drake: Guitar, Guitar (Steel)
• Roy Drusky: Engineer
• Barry McGuire: Composer
• Chip Taylor: Composer
• Dewey Terry: Composer
• Jim Glaser: Composer
• Jan Howard: Vocals
• Billy Edd Wheeler: Composer
• Jimmy Day: Guitar (Steel)
• Ned Miller: Composer
• Ernest Tubb: Composer
• Cindy Walker: Composer
• Don Robertson: Composer
• Martin Katahn: Violin
• Don Reno: Composer
• The Anita Kerr Singers: Vocals
• George Binkley III: Violin
• Owen Bradley: Leader, Producer, Contractor, Quotation Author
• Jack Clement: Composer
• Skeeter Davis: Composer
• Ray Edenton: Guitar
• Terry Fell: Composer
• Sonny Garrish: Guitar (Steel)
• Buddy Harman: Drums
• Walter Haynes: Composer, Guitar (Steel)
• Hy Heath: Composer
• Harlan Howard: Composer
• Buddy Killen: Composer
• Red Lane: Composer
• John D. Loudermilk: Composer
• Wayne Moss: Guitar
• Weldon Myrick: Guitar (Steel)
• Doug Pomeroy: Transfers
• Jimmy Riddle: French Harp
• Hargus "Pig" Robbins: Piano
• Fred Rose: Composer
• Jerry Shook: Guitar, Leader
• Wayne Walker: Composer
• Hedy West: Composer
• Hank Williams: Composer
• Alex Zanetis: Composer
• Cecil Brower: Violin, Vocals
• Roy Huskey Jr.: Bass
• Jimmy Colvard: Guitar (Acoustic), Guitar
• Winifred S. Breast: Vocals
• Bob Merrill: Composer
• Solie Isaac Fott: Violin, Vocals
• Jerry Reed Hubbard: Guitar
• Morris Palmer: Drums
• Liz Anderson: Composer
• Mae Boren Axton: Liner Notes
• Claude Boone: Composer
• Jimmy Gateley: Fiddle, Guitar, Composer, Fid, Liner Notes
• James Gilreath: Composer
• Floyd Robinson: Vocals (Background)
• Terry Shand: Composer
• Eddie Snyder: Composer
• Thomas Lee Jackson Jr.: Fiddle
• Norbert Putman: Bass
• Jerry Glenn Kennedy: Guitar
• Les Leverett: Photography, Illustrations
• R.A. Andreas: Photography, Illustrations
• Richard Weize: Reissue Producer, Discography
• Dave Samuelson: Liner Notes
• Jurgen Koop: Engineer
• William K. McElhiney: Trumpet, Arranger
• Mack Magaha: Composer
• Jack Rhodes: Composer
• Eva Sargent: Composer
• Pete Stamper: Composer
• Jerry Todd: Composer
• Red Williams: Guitar (Acoustic)
• William S. Cook: Composer
• Charlie Williams: Composer
• Steve Karliski: Composer
• Bobby Garrett: Guitar
• Christian Zwarg: Mastering, Transfers
• Jim Bell: Fiddle
• Walter L. "Hank Sugarfoot" Garland: Guitar
• Andreas Merck: Photo Scanning
• Cameron Lavelle Mullins: Arranger
• Brenda Colladay: Photography, Illustrations
• Bob Myers: Guitar
• Reinhard Pietsch: Engineer
• E. Reinald Schumann: Engineer
• Eddie Miller: Composer
• David Briggs: Piano
• Jim Lance: Guitar, Guitar (Bass), Leader
• Red Hayes: Composer
• Johnny Webb: Drums
• Howard Ralph Carpenter: Violin
• Chuck Atha: Bass, Vocal Harmony
• Chuck Goddard: Guitar (Rhythm)
• Billy Cole: Composer
• Spider Wilson: Guitar
• Mychael Gerstenberger: Artwork
• Thomas Grady Martin: Organ, Guitar, Leader
• Brenton Bolden Banks: Violin, Vocals
• N. Owens: Composer
• Joseph S. Zinkan: Bass
• Norman L. Blake: Guitar
• Bob L. Moore: Bass
• Lillian Vann Hunt: Violin, Vocals
• Mildred Kirkham: Vocals
• Warner McPherson: Composer
• Charles Singleton: Composer
• Harold Ray Bradley: Guitar
• Jerry D. Smith: Piano
• Douglas G. Kirkham: Drums
• Murrey M. "Buddy" Harman Jr.: Drums
• Scott Wiseman: Composer
• William D. "Buddy" Killen: Vocals, Vocals (Background)
• Sam Malbuch: Photo Restoration
• Richard E. Johnson: Composer
• Mohns Mohnsen: Engineer
• Michael Gattozzi: Violin
• Maureen Carpenter: Composer
• Martha Ferber: Bass
• Leonard "Len" Miller: Drums
• Lee Allen Reynolds: Composer
• Kenny Young: Composer
• Irwin Stambler: Quotation Author
• Grelun Landon: Quotation Author
• Encinc Mandalau: Composer
• Donny "Johnny Paycheck" Young: Guitar, Vocals, Vocals (Background)
• Don Harris: Composer
• Charles Wynn: Piano
• Bobby Snipes: Guitar (Electric)
• Bobby Farlow: Guitar (Steel)
• Bob Ritter: Producer, Engineer
• Bob Lee Johnson: Banjo
• Billy Dilworth: Liner Notes
• Bill Montague: Composer
• Alton W. Leadbetter: Guitar