The year 1948 saw the price of a first class stamp at three cents and unemployment in post-war America was at a low 3.9%. The Hollywood Ten were jailed for contempt of Congress when they refused to disclose Communist affiliations. And Columbia Records introduced the 33 1/3 LP at New York’s Waldorf-Astoria Hotel. The LP is still the standard by which physical listening is measured with album sales booming, with LPs sold rising 108% in the first six months of 2020. But we’re going to be sharing the music of 1948 this week: Eddy Arnold, Peggy Lee, Dick Haymes, Louis Jordan, Blue Lu Barker and Mahalia Jackson are just but a few we’ll be hearing from in this week’s episode on KOWS Community Radio.
| No. | Artist |
Title |
Album |
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| 1 | Mahalia Jackson |
Move On Up A Little Higher |
Jubilation! Great Gospel Performances, Vol. 1: Black Gospel |
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| 2 | Lonnie Johnson |
Tomorrow Night |
Bob Dylan Presents: Radio Radio, Theme Time Radio Hour, Vol. 3 |
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| 3 | Blue Lu Barker |
A Little Bird Told Me |
From The Vaults, Vol 2. 1943-1944 |
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| 4 | Julia Lee & Her Boyfriends |
King Size Papa |
Capitol Records' From The Vaults, Volume 3 – Capitol Jumps – 1944-53 |
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| 5 | Amos Milburn |
Chicken-Shack Boogie |
Down The Road Apiece -The Best Of Amos Milburn |
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| 6 | Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five |
Run, Joe |
Louis Jordan And His Tympany Five / 1947 – 1949 |
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| 7 | Bull Moose Jackson |
I Love You Yes I Do |
Bad Man Jackson |
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| 8 | Bull Moose Jackson |
I Can't Go On Without You |
Bull Moose Jackson 1947-1950 |
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| 9 | Wynonie Harris |
Good Rockin' Tonight |
Complete Jazz Series 1947 – 1949 |
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| 10 | Hal Singer |
Cornbread |
Living The Blues – Jump Blues & Boogie |
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| 11 | Eddy Arnold |
Bouquet Of Roses |
Artist's Choice: Willie Nelson: Music That Matters To Him |
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| 12 | Eddy Arnold |
Then I Turned And Slowly Walked Away |
Eddy's Song: Bouquet of Roses |
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| 13 | Eddy Arnold |
Just A Little Lovin' (Will Go A Long, Long Way) |
Eddy's Song: Bouquet of Roses |
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| 14 | Eddy Arnold |
What A Fool I Was |
Eddy's Song: Bouquet of Roses |
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| 15 | Floyd Tillman |
I Love You So Much It Hurts |
Columbia Country Classics Volume 2: Honky Tonk Heroes |
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| 16 | Jimmy Wakely |
One Has My Name (The Other Has My Heart) |
Country & Western Hit Parade 1948 |
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| 17 | Tex Williams & His Western Caravan |
Don't Telephone, Don't Telegraph, Tell A Woman |
That's What I Like About The West |
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| 18 | Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys |
Bubbles in My Beer |
Legends of Country Music Disc 4 |
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| 19 | Hank Thompson |
Humpty Dumpty Heart |
The Western Swing: Doughboys, Playboys, and Cowboys – Oakie Boogie [Disc 4] |
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| 20 | Roy Rogers & The Sons Of The Pioneers |
Blue Shadows On The Trail (From Walt Disney's "Melody Time") |
Country Legends |
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| 21 | Dinah Shore |
Buttons and Bows |
Your Hit Parade – 1948 |
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| 22 | Nat King Cole |
Nature Boy |
Nat King Cole [Disc 1] |
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| 23 | Doris Day |
Love Somebody (With Buddy Clark) |
The Vintage Years (Part One) |
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| 24 | Peggy Lee |
Manana |
Your Hit Parade – 1948 |
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| 25 | Art Mooney |
I'm Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover |
Your Hit Parade – 1948 |
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| 26 | Evelyn Knight & The Stardusters |
Powder Your Face With Sunshine |
Good Old Summertime |
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| 27 | Frankie Yankovic And His Yanks |
Just Because |
Greatest Hits |
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| 28 | Dick Haymes & Gordon Jenkins |
Little White Lies |
Your Hit Parade – 1948 |
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| 29 | Jo Stafford, The Pied Pipers |
My Happiness |
Capitol Collectors Series |
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| 30 | Doris Day |
It's Magic |
Your Hit Parade: 1948 |
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| 31 | The Andrews Sisters |
Toolie Oolie Doolie (The Yodel Polka) |
Your Hit Parade – 1948 |
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| 32 | Bing Crosby |
Now is the Hour |
Your Hit Parade – 1948 |
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This week, we pay a long overdue tribute to John Prine while celebrating the 75th year of his birth which came up on the calendar this week. One of the losses that reverberates among us all is the loss of John Prine to COVID in April, 2020, at the beginning of this long and painful pandemic. We’re paying our tributes at the same time that a his label Oh Boy Records releases Broken Hearts and Dirty Windows, Volume 2, a collection of Prine covers that hits the marks and follows the first volume, released over ten years ago. Our show will feature a chronological look back at the legacy of this national treasure, a songwriter whose bite followed along on the arc of his storytelling that looked into matters of the human heart. We’ll hear covers from Nanci Griffith, Yarn, and a few others but we’ll follow the path along John’s career in performances especially selected for a two hour journey of John’s music.
| No. | Artist |
Title |
Album |
Buy |
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| 1 | Joan Baez |
Hello In There |
Diamonds & Rust |
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| 2 | Justin Townes Earle |
Far From Me |
Broken Hearts & Dirty Windows: Songs of John Prine |
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| 3 | Sturgill Simpson |
Paradise |
Broken Hearts & Dirty Windows: Songs of John Prine, Vol. 2 |
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| 4 | John Prine |
Donald And Lydia |
John Prine Live |
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| 5 | John Prine |
Sweet Revenge |
Great Days: The John Prine Anthology Disc 1 |
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| 6 | John Prine |
The Great Compromise |
Great Days: The John Prine Anthology Disc 1 |
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| 7 | John Prine |
He Was in Heaven Before He Died |
Great Days: The John Prine Anthology Disc 1 |
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| 8 | John Prine |
If You Don't Want My Love |
Bruised Orange |
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| 9 | Yarn |
Christmas in Prison |
Stray Dog Christmas Compilation |
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| 10 | John Prine |
The Sins of Memphisto |
The Missing Years |
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| 11 | Nanci Griffith |
Speed Of The Sound Of Loneliness |
Winter Marquee [Live] |
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| 12 | John Prine |
Let's Talk Dirty in Hawaiian |
German Afternoons |
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| 13 | John Prine |
Lulu Walls |
German Afternoons |
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| 14 | John Prine |
Lake Marie |
Lost Dogs and Mixed Blessings |
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| 15 | John Prine |
In Spite Of Ourselves |
In Person & On Stage |
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| 16 | John Prine |
Dear John (I Sent Your Saddle Home) |
In Spite Of Ourselves |
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| 17 | John Prine |
Glory of True Love |
Fair & Square |
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| 18 | John Prine |
Who's Gonna Take The Garbage Out (Featuring Iris Dement) |
For Better, Or Worse |
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| 19 | John Prine |
Summers End |
The Tree of Forgiveness |
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| 20 | John Prine |
The Lonesome Friends Of Science |
The Tree Of Forgiveness |
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| 21 | John Prine |
Caravan Of Fools |
The Tree Of Forgiveness |
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| 22 | John Prine |
When I Get To Heaven |
The Tree Of Forgiveness |
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| 23 | Fiona Prine/John Prine |
My Happiness |
For Better, Or Worse |
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| 24 | John Prine |
I Remember Everything |
I Remember Everything |
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| 25 | Bonnie Raitt |
Angel from Montgomery |
Broken Hearts & Dirty Windows: Songs of John Prine, Vol. 2 |
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A bit of a departure this week as we celebrate a mix of mayhem from the fuzzed out garage bands, greasy ducktails, oddball instrumentalists and mostly mondo misses tempered with a good dose of surf confection this week. We’re celebrating the three chord sensibilities of mid-century rock and roll rockabilly, surf, and proto-punk spit-ballers. They’re pulling out some wailing sax solos, fuzzed out bass beach thumpers, and some tongue-in-cheek easy listening to spin you around in your chair on an October Friday morning. You’ll be entertained by the likes of Tony Casanova, Sparkle Moore, Little Carolyn Sue, and Wild Bill and the Blue Denims…a forgotten list of lost culture that will take you down a rabbit hole that you hope might never end…or maybe just the opposite. This week’s show is dynamite from the dustbin of minor labels and first time producers that can only make the grade on Community Radio. Tune in for some mondo fuzz mayhem.
| No. | Artist |
Title |
Album |
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| 1 | Ronnie Dee |
Action Packed |
Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 2 |
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| 2 | Bobby Troup |
Seventh Son |
Make Mine Mondo |
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| 3 | Rock-A-Tones |
One More Chance |
Wild Streak, Vol. 1 |
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| 4 | Annette Funicello |
Bikini Beach Party |
Good Old Summertime |
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| 5 | Red Prysock |
Hand Clappin' |
Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 2 |
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| 6 | Jim Backus & Friend |
Delicious |
Destination Lust – The World Of Love, Sex And Violence |
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| 7 | The Interiors |
Voodoo Doll |
Songs From The Crazy Cramps Collection Disc 01 |
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| 8 | The Bikinis |
Crazy Vibrations |
Songs From The Crazy Cramps Collection Disc 01 |
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| 9 | Gary Warren |
Midnight Rain |
Songs From The Crazy Cramps Collection Disc 01 |
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| 10 | The Three Suns |
Tequila |
Songs From The Crazy Cramps Collection Disc 01 |
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| 11 | The Invaders |
Shock Treatment |
Songs From The Crazy Cramps Collection Disc 01 |
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| 12 | Freddie & The Hitch Hikers |
Sinners |
Songs From The Crazy Cramps Collection Disc 01 |
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| 13 | The Duals |
Lover's Satellite |
Songs From The Crazy Cramps Collection Disc 01 |
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| 14 | Sparkle Moore |
Skull & Crossbones |
Songs From The Crazy Cramps Collection Disc 01 |
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| 15 | Mamie Van Doren |
Seperate The Men From The Boys |
Destination Lust – The World Of Love, Sex And Violence |
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| 16 | Davie Allan & Arrows (Issued As By The Zanies) |
Camel Walk |
Make Mine Mondo |
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| 17 | Rusty Draper & Lola Dee |
Scratch My Back |
Destination Lust – The World Of Love, Sex And Violence |
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| 18 | Tarheel Slim |
Number Nine Train |
Loud, Fast & Out of Control: The Wild Sounds of the '50s [Box] Disc 4 |
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| 19 | Robin Hood Brians |
Dis A Itty Bit |
Wild Streak, Vol. 1 |
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| 20 | Tony Casanova |
Boogie Woogie Feeling |
Make Mine Mondo |
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| 21 | Don & The Galaxiex |
Avalanche |
Killer Rhythms & Red Hot Beats – The Definitive Rare Rock & Roll Instrumentals Collection |
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| 22 | Jan & Dean |
Surf Route 101 |
Popsicle |
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| 23 | Bobby Fry |
Grandchus |
Make Mine Mondo |
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| 24 | Si Zentner |
Walk on the Wild Side |
Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 7: The Crime Scene |
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| 25 | Johnny Durain & The Cytones |
Shang-Dang-Doo |
Make Mine Mondo |
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| 26 | The Surfaris |
Surfer Joe [Long Version] |
Cowabunga! The Surf Box Disc 1 |
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| 27 | Voice Farm |
Come On-A My House |
Bigger Cooler Weirder |
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| 28 | Mouse |
A Public Execution |
Texas Music Vol. 3 Garage Bands And Psychedelia |
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| 29 | The Bobbettes |
I Don't Like It Like That (pt. 1) |
War Paint – The Gone Records Story |
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| 30 | 13th Floor Elevators |
You're Gonna Miss Me |
Texas Music Vol. 3 Garage Bands And Psychedelia |
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| 31 | Bob Callaway |
Tick Tock |
Wild Streak, Vol. 1 |
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| 32 | The Tornadoes |
Maleguena |
Bustin' Surfboards |
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| 33 | Little Carolyn Sue |
I Hate Men |
Twisted Tales From The Vinyl Wastelands Volume 1 |
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| 34 | Martin Denny |
Cool |
Ultra-Lounge, Vol. 16: Mondo Hollywood |
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| 35 | Ann-Margret |
Let Me Entertain You |
Destination Lust – The World Of Love, Sex And Violence |
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It’s a deep dive we’re taking today into the digital dustbin of the past century with the focus being on fretwork, string bending, bottlenecks and tripping the lap steel fantastic. That’s right…a collection of fascinating tonal embellishments that cross the genres of country, jazz, blues, folk and pop. Our show this morning will feature some Lonnie Johnson, Les Paul, Chet Atkins, John Fahey, Grady Martin and a few others. It’s a trip with a few well knowns but more not so much and you’ll just have to make room in your day because the sounds can’t be ignored. We’ll hear standards like Guitar Rag, Riders in the Sky, Black Mountain Rag, Indiana March, and a special playlist highlighting the work of Grady Martin in both country and rock. We’re once again hoping for the best as October and November approach.
| No. | Artist |
Title |
Album |
Buy |
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| 1 | Truett & George |
Ghost Dance |
Diabolical Hoodoo: Vintage Songs Of Devilry, Doom & Hellfire 1920-1952 |
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| 2 | Lonnie Johnson |
Swing Out Rhythm |
Complete Recorded Works, Vol:1 |
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| 3 | Blind Lemon Jefferson |
See That My Grave Is Kept Clean |
Black Swan Sampler |
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| 4 | Blind Blake |
Southern Rag |
Bill Wyman's Blues Odyssey |
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| 5 | Robert Johnson |
Stop Breakin' Down Blues |
The Complete Recordings [Columbia] Disc 2 |
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| 6 | Robert Lockwood, Jr. |
Little Queen Of Spades |
Blues Routes: Heroes And Tricksters |
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| 7 | Les Paul Trio |
Guitar Boogie |
Trio's Complete Decca Recordings Plus (1936-47) [Disc 2] |
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| 8 | Roy Smeck and His Paradise Serenaders |
Indiana March |
Hawaiian Steel Guitar Classics |
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| 9 | Slim Gaillard |
Minuet In Vout |
Hittin' On All Six: New Guitar Concepts |
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| 10 | Leon McAuliffe & His Western Swing Band |
Blue Guitar Stomp |
Hillibilly Boogie! |
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| 11 | Merle Travis |
Guitar Rag |
The Guitar Picker CD2 (1947-51) |
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| 12 | Les Paul |
Hip Billy Boogie (feat. Mary Ford) [Remastered] |
100 (100 Original Tracks – Remastered) |
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| 13 | Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant |
Railroadin' |
Swingin' On The Strings: The Speedy West & Jimmy Bryant Collection Volume 2 |
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| 14 | Chet Atkins |
Carolina Shout |
Guitar Legend – RCA Years (Disc 2) |
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| 15 | Richard Thompson |
New-Fangled Flogging Reel/Kerry Reel |
Strict Tempo! |
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| 16 | Richard Thompson |
Rockin' in Rhythm |
Strict Tempo! |
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| 17 | John Fahey |
I'm Gonna Do All I Can for My Lord |
The Legend of Blind Joe Death |
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| 18 | John Fahey |
Requiem for John Hurt |
Essential John Fahey |
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| 19 | Bert Jansch |
On The Edge Of A Dream [Rock Baby Rock Remix] |
Running From Home – An Introduction to Bert Jansch |
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| 20 | Leo Kottke |
Little Martha |
Instrumentals: Best of the Chrysalis Years |
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| 21 | Roy Clark |
Riders in the Sky |
The Roy Clark Anthology |
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| 22 | Doc Watson |
Dill Pickle Rag |
The Best of Doc Watson: 1964-1968 |
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| 23 | Doc Watson |
Black Mountain Rag |
American Roots Music (Disc One-Country) |
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| 24 | Jorma Kaukonen |
There's A Table Sitting In Heaven |
Stars In My Crown |
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| 25 | Red Foley |
Chattanoogie Shoe Shine Boy |
Hillbilly Fever [Disc 3] |
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| 26 | Marty Robbins |
El Paso |
All-Time Greatest Hits |
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| 27 | Loretta Lynn |
Coal Miner's Daughter |
Coal Miner's Daughter |
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| 28 | Marty Robbins |
Devil Woman |
All-Time Greatest Hits |
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| 29 | Elvis Presley |
(You're The) Devil in Disguise |
Artist of the Century Disc 2 |
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| 30 | Johnny Burnette Rock n Roll Trio |
Honey Hush |
Tear It Up |
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| 31 | Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble |
Texas Flood |
Texas Flood |
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| 32 | Gary Moore |
Parisienne Walkways |
While My Guitar Gently Weeps [Disc 2] |
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A Century of America's Music