***RELEASE DATE: 03/04/26..TO PLACE A PRE-ORDER PLEASE PHONE THE OFFICE ON 01923 281281***
AVID Country presents the latest release in our Five Classic Albums series with a remastered 2CD release from Ernest Tubb, complete with original artwork, liner notes and personnel details.
"Favorites"; "Daddy Of 'Em All"; "The Importance Of Being Ernest", "Ernest Tubb Record Shop" and "Ernest Tubb And His Texas Troubadours" plus two bonus tracks including an early version from 1948 of Blue Christmas, recorded way before the Elvis version!
True country music recording legend and country music pioneer, The Texas Troubadour, Ernest Tubb, finally takes his place in the AVID Music country hall of fame. Long overdue of course, but if you take a look below at the other country legends in our catalogue, perhaps we may be forgiven for taking our time. We wanted to get the selection right and we think we did by featuring five of the great man's classic early recordings starting way back in the 1940s! As you will see from the writing credits Ernest Tubb was one of the earliest country singer songwriters who wrote many of his own songs. This was partly due to the detrimental effect a tonsillectomy had had on his vocal chords. With the help of the widow of his great hero and inspiration Jimmie Rodgers, Ernest had signed to RCA records as a country singer, however with a weakened voice he decided to leave RCA and sign up to Decca records primarily as a songwriter where in 1941 he wrote his most famous song, the million selling 'Walking The Floor Over You' which was also to see the emergence of the honky tonk style of country music. Still performing right up to his death in 1984 at the relatively youthful age of 70 he was a fixture at the Grand Ole Opry and was proudly known to have taken his many fans along with him throughout his career.
As with all AVID releases, we hope you enjoy them and check out our extensive catalogue for more great music across country, rock n roll, easy listening, jazz and many other musical genres.
Check out:- Chet Atkins (AMSC1335); Jimmie Rodgers (AMSC1362); Webb Pierce (AMSC1378); Kitty Wells (AMSC1328); Patsy Cline (AMSC1313); Jean Shepard (AMSC1355); Hank Snow (AMSC1393); Marty Robbins (AMSC1281); Hank Thompson (AMSC1371); Jim Reeves (AMSC1294); Hank Williams (AMSC1267); Johnny Cash (AMSC1410 & 1252); Slim Whitman (AMSC1346); Johnny Horton (AMSC1421); George Jones (AMSC1415); Hank Locklin (AMSC1404); Buck Owens (AMSC1426); Ray Price
CD1
1-8: 'Favorites'
1. Walking The Floor Over You
2. I'll Always Be Glad To Take You Back
3. Rainbow At Midnight
4. I Don't Blame You
5. Have You Ever Been Lonely, Have You Ever Been Blue
6. Let's Say Goodbye Like We Said Hello
7. Try Me One More Time
8. Soldier's Last Letter
9-20: 'Daddy Of `Em All'
9. You're Breaking My Heart
10. I Dreamed Of An Old Love Affair
11. (I Know My Baby Loves Me) In Her Own Peculiar Way
12. Mississippi Girl
13. When A Soldier Knocks And Finds Nobody Home
14. Daisy May
15. I've Got The Blues For Mammy
16. This Troubled Mind O' Mine
17. I Knew The Moment I Lost You
18. You're The Only Good Thing (That's Happened To Me)
19. My Hillbilly Baby
20. There's No Fool Like A Young Fool
21-26: 'The Importance Of Being Ernest'
21. I'm A Long Gone Daddy
22. All Those Yesterdays
23. San Antonio Rose
24. That, My Darlin', Is Me
25. Educated Mama
26. The Next Voice You Hear
27. Blue Christmas (Bonus Track)
28. Slipping Around (Bonus Track)
CD2
1-6: 'The Importance Of Being Ernest'
1. I Wonder Why I Worry Over You
2. Your Cheatin' Heart
3. It Makes No Difference Now
4. I'm Waiting For Ships That Never Come In
5. Don't Trade Your Old Fashioned Sweetheart (For A Honky Tonk Queen)
6. It's The Age That Makes The Difference
7-18: 'Ernest Tubb Record Shop'
7. Do It Now
8. He'll Have To Go
9. Mister Blues
10. You Win Again
11. I Believe I'm Entitled To You
12. Who Will Buy The Wine
13. White Silver Sands
14. Am I That Easy To Forget
15. A Guy Named Joe
16. The Kind Of Love She Gave To Me
17. Pick Me Up On Your Way Down
18. Why I'm Walkin'
19-30: 'Ernest Tubb And His Texas Troubadours'
19. The Yellow Rose Of Texas
20. I'll Step Aside
21. Drivin' Nails In My Coffin
22. Till We Two Are One
23. Jealous Loving Heart
24. Kansas City Blues
25. Don't Forbid Me
26. Two Glasses, Joe
27. Journey's End
28. It's A Lonely World
29. You Don't Have To Be A Baby To Cry
30. There's A Little Bit Of Everything In Texas
***RELEASE DATE: 03/04/26..TO PLACE A PRE-ORDER PLEASE PHONE THE OFFICE ON 01923 281281***
