2016 four CD anthology. Merle Haggard is a rarity: a complex artist whose rich scope can accurately be summarized through singles, but who has far more great material than can be fit on one or two discs. Which, of course, makes him the perfect candidate for a box set of four CDs It's not just the perfect Merle Haggard box set, it's one of the greatest box sets ever released as well, since it truly presents all sides of it's subject, while offering nothing but sheer pleasure in terms of mere listening. Haggard helped create the Bakersfield sound with his Fender Telecaster, stripped-down arrangements and lyrics that often reflect the hardscrabble and tragic sides of life. His long, storied and influential career began shortly after his release from San Quentin Prison in 1960 and ended with his death earlier this year. This set covers 30 of those years and includes 100 of his greatest songs. Tracks include "(My Friends Are Gonna Be) Strangers," "The Bottle Let Me Down," "Sing Me Back Home," "Mama Tried," "Okie from Muskogee," "If We Make It Through December" and many more.
41 It Meant Goodbye to Me When You Said Hello to Him
42 Hungry Eyes
43 Silver Wings
44 Waitin' for a Train
45 Jimmie
46 Rodgers' Last Blue Yodel (The Women Make a Fool Out of Me)
47 California Cottonfields
48 White Line Fever
49 Workin' Man Blues
50 Okie from Muskogee
51 I Can't Stop Loving You
52 Huntsville
53 Irma Jackson
54 Fightin' Side of Me, the
55 I'll Be a Hero (When I Strike)
56 Right or Wrong
57 Trouble in Mind
58 Stay a Little Longer
59 Farmer's Daughter, the
60 Tulare Dust
61 Carolyn
62 Someday We'll Look Back
63 Daddy Frank (The Guitar Man)
64 Grandma Harp
65 It's Not Love (But It's Not Bad)
66 I Wonder If They Ever Think of Me
67 If We Make It Through December
68 Emptiest Arms in the World, the
69 Everybody's Had the Blues [Live Rehearsal]
70 Things Aren't Funny Anymore
71 Honky Tonk Night Time Man
72 Holding Things Together
73 Here in Frisco
74 Kentucky Gambler
75 Always Wanting You
76 Living with the Shades Pulled Down
77 Running Kind
78 It's All in the Movies
79 Way It Was in '51, the
80 I Never Go Around Mirrors
81 What Have You Got Planned Tonight Diana
82 If We're Not Back in Love By Monday
83 Ramblin' Fever
84 It's Been a Great Afternoon
85 Red Bandana
86 Footlights
87 My Own Kind of Hat
88 Misery and Gin
89 Leonard
90 I Think I'll Just Stay Here and Drink
91 Rainbow Stew
92 Big City
93 Are the Good Times Really Over (I Wish a Buck Was Still Silver)
94 You Take Me for Granted
95 Pancho and Lefty
96 That's the Way Love Goes
97 Someday When Things Are Good
98 Let's Chase Each Other Around the Room
99 Kern River
100 Twinkle, Twinkle Lucky Star
101 In My Next Life
2016 four CD anthology. Merle Haggard is a rarity: a complex artist whose rich scope can accurately be summarized through singles, but who has far more great material than can be fit on one or two discs. Which, of course, makes him the perfect candidate for a box set of four CDs It's not just the perfect Merle Haggard box set, it's one of the greatest box sets ever released as well, since it truly presents all sides of it's subject, while offering nothing but sheer pleasure in terms of mere listening. Haggard helped create the Bakersfield sound with his Fender Telecaster, stripped-down arrangements and lyrics that often reflect the hardscrabble and tragic sides of life. His long, storied and influential career began shortly after his release from San Quentin Prison in 1960 and ended with his death earlier this year. This set covers 30 of those years and includes 100 of his greatest songs. Tracks include "(My Friends Are Gonna Be) Strangers," "The Bottle Let Me Down," "Sing Me Back Home," "Mama Tried," "Okie from Muskogee," "If We Make It Through December" and many more.
