Contemporary Country: The Early ’80s

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Tracklist

▼ CD 1
#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Somewhere Between Right and Wrong
recording of:
Somewhere Between Right and Wrong
lyricist and composer:
Earl Thomas Conley
Earl Thomas Conley4:07
2Wild and Blue
recording of:
Wild and Blue
lyricist, writer and composer:
John Scott Sherrill (American country songwriter)
publisher:
Candy Cane Music and Sweet Baby Music
John Anderson2:43
3Seven Year Ache
recording of:
Seven Year Ache (in 1981)
lyricist and composer:
Rosanne Cash
Rosanne Cash3:15
4You’re Gonna Ruin My Bad Reputation
Ronnie McDowell3:07
5Love in the First Degree
recording of:
Love in the First Degree
writer:
Tim DuBois (music executive) and Jim Hurt (country music songwriter)
Alabama3:14
6Houston (Means I’m One Day Closer to You)
Larry Gatlin & the Gatlin Brothers Band2:57
7Slow Hand
cover recording of:
Slow Hand
lyricist:
John Bettis
composer:
Michael Clark (songwriter, composer)
publisher:
Flying Dutchman Music Co., Sweet Harmony Music Inc. (US work publisher), Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996), Warner–Tamerlane Publishing Corp. (publisher; do NOT use as release label), ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (holding company – do not use as release label) and ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部
Conway Twitty52:56
8(There’s) No Gettin’ Over Me
recording of:
(There's) No Gettin' Over Me
writer:
Walt Aldridge and Tom Brasfield
Ronnie Milsap3:15
9Crying My Heart Out Over You
Ricky Skaggs3:01
10I Will Always Love You
engineer:
Tom Pick
producer:
Bob Ferguson
banjo:
Bobby Thompson (guitar & banjo player) (on 1973-06-13) and Buck Trent (on 1973-06-13)
bass:
Bobby Dyson (on 1973-06-13)
drums (drum set):
Ralph Gallant (on 1973-06-13)
fiddle:
Johnny Gimble (on 1973-06-13) and Mack Magaha (Bluegrass Fiddler) (on 1973-06-13)
guitar:
Jimmy Colvard (American session guitarist) (on 1973-06-13), Dave Kirby (US country singer/songwriter) (on 1973-06-13) and Dolly Parton (on 1973-06-13)
piano:
Hargus "Pig" Robbins (on 1973-06-13)
steel guitar:
Stu Basore (on 1973-06-13)
background vocals:
Joe Babcock (on 1973-06-13), Dolores Edgin (on 1973-06-13), June Page (on 1973-06-13) and Hurshel Wiginton (on 1973-06-13)
vocals:
Dolly Parton (on 1973-06-13)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Corporation of America since Oct 1, 2008; operates worldwide except in JP) (in 1974)
recorded at:
RCA Studio B (Nashville, TN) in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1973-06-13)
part of:
Helsingin Sanomat: 100 maailman parasta laulua (2022-1-15) (number: 34)
recording of:
I Will Always Love You (on 1973-06-13)
lyricist and composer:
Dolly Parton
publisher:
Carlin Music Corporation, Owepar Publishing Inc. and Velvet Apple Music
Dolly Parton4.353:08
11A Country Boy Can Survive
recording of:
A Country Boy Can Survive
Hank Williams, Jr.4:17
12Big City
recording of:
Big City
writer:
Merle Haggard (US country singer, guitarist, fiddler & songwriter) and Dean Holloway (American country songwriter, producer)
Merle Haggard3:01
13Lookin’ For Love
recording of:
Lookin’ for Love
writer:
Bob Morrison (US songwriter), Wanda Mallette and Patti Ryan (US singer and songwriter)
publisher:
Patti Ryan Music, Southern Days Music Division and Wanda Mallette Music
Johnny Lee3:32
14You’re the First Time I’ve Thought About Leaving
recording of:
You’re the First Time I’ve Thought About Leaving
writer:
Kerry Chater and Dickey Lee
Reba McEntire42:55
15You’re the Reason God Made Oklahoma
David Frizzell & Shelly West3:26
16He Stopped Loving Her Today
part of:
The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 142) and Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 270)
recording of:
He Stopped Loving Her Today
lyricist and composer:
Bobby Braddock and Claude “Curly” Putman, Jr.
George Jones3:19
17I Love a Rainy Night
recording of:
I Love a Rainy Night
writer:
David Malloy, Eddie Rabbitt (US country singer & songwriter) and Even Stevens (singer / songwriter)
Eddie Rabbitt53:11
18American Made
recording of:
American Made
writer:
Bob DiPiero (Award-winning American country music songwriter) and Pat McManus (American singer/songwriter and producer)
The Oak Ridge Boys2:41
19Islands in the Stream
vocals:
Dolly Parton and Kenny Rogers (US country singer, songwriter, actor, record producer & entrepreneur)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Corporation of America since Oct 1, 2008; operates worldwide except in JP) (in 1983)
recording of:
Islands in the Stream
writer:
Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb and Robin Gibb
publisher:
BMG Music, Careers Music, Inc., Careers‐BMG Music Publishing, Inc., Crompton Songs, Gibb Brothers Music, Screen Gems–EMI Music, Summerhill Songs, Universal Music Publishing International MGB Ltd., シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント and ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部
Kenny Rogers & Dolly Parton4.354:11
20I Believe in You
recording of:
I Believe in You
writer:
Roger Cook (singer, songwriter, producer) and Sam Hogin
Don Williams4:06
21Could I Have This Dance
recording engineer:
Ken Friesen (engineer with Eastern Sound, active 1960s–1990s)
producer:
Jim Ed Norman
mixer:
Eric Prestidge
acoustic guitar:
Aidan Mason
bass:
Mike Bowden
electric guitar:
George Hebert
electric piano:
Brian Gatto
percussion:
John Anderson (percussionist)
piano [acoustic piano]:
Pat Riccio, Jr.
steel guitar:
Jay Dee Maness (American pedal steel guitarist)
strings:
Alan Broadbent
lead vocals:
Anne Murray (Canadian pop/country singer)
conductor:
Alan Broadbent
recording of:
Could I Have This Dance
writer:
Wayland Holyfield and Bob House (songwriter)
publisher:
Sony/ATV Tree Publishing and Universal PolyGram International Publishing, Inc. (existed only since ca. 1998)
Anne Murray4.53:16
22On the Road Again
recorded in:
Austin, Texas, United States (in 1979)
engineer and mixer:
Bradley Hartman
producer:
Willie Nelson
bass:
Bee Spears (in 1979)
drums (drum set):
Paul English (US drummer for Willie Nelson) (in 1979) and Rex Ludwick (US drummer) (in 1979)
guitar:
Johnny Gimble (in 1979), Willie Nelson (in 1979) and Jody Payne (in 1979)
harmonica:
Mickey Raphael (in 1979)
percussion:
Paul English (US drummer for Willie Nelson) (in 1979)
piano:
Bobbie Nelson (in 1979)
vocals:
Willie Nelson (in 1979)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (not for release label use! company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP) (in 2003)
engineered at:
The Enactron Truck in Los Angeles, California, United States (in 1979)
part of:
Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 471)
live recording of:
On the Road Again (in 1979)
lyricist and composer:
Willie Nelson
publisher:
EMI Full Nelson Music
part of:
The 53rd Academy Award for Best Original Song (number: 2)
Willie Nelson4.152:30

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Release group

part of:Contemporary Country (Time-Life Music) (number: 3) (order: 3)