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Newly-researched biography and discography!- Many previously unseen photos from the Frizzell family!- A new designed 264 page hardcover book!- Newly remastered!- Many previously unissued recordings!- Bonus: audio book on 8 CDs with Lefty's life history, written and read by his brother David. This is the cornerstone of every Country music collection! - Colin Escott, May 2018Who was the greatest Country singer of all time? Some might say Merle Haggard, but Merle disagreed. 'There's no way I can describe the effect Lefty Frizzell had,' Merle told us. 'The soul of Hank Williams, the appeal of Johnny Cash and the charisma of Elvis Presley. He had it all. He was dressed all in white - heroes usually are. The impact he had on Country Music, and on me is not even measurable.' George Jones began his career almost as a Lefty tribute act. Much of Willie Nelson's phrasing comes from Lefty Frizzell. When Roy Orbison joined the Traveling Wilburys, it was as Lefty Wilbury. Lefty's songs brought newfound poetry to Country music. Lefty Frizzell's influence is incalculable.A little history. We at Bear Family have always championed Lefty Frizzell. Back in 1984, when Lefty had almost been written out of the Country music story, we issued a comprehensive 14-LP box, 'His Life, His Music,' comprising all his known recordings. It wasn't one of our best-sellers, but it needed to be done because Lefty was that important. Then Merle Haggard's new recordings began shading closer to Lefty, and so did Keith Whitley's records. People began talking about Lefty again. Willie Nelson recorded a tribute album, From Willie to Lefty, and Lefty's younger brother, David, brought the Frizzell name back into the charts. Lefty was finally inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. And then the CD era arrived, so in 1992 we reissued our LP box as a 12-CD set, 'Life's Like Poetry,' adding many newly-discovered non-session recordings, and redesigning the book to include many newly-found photos. So now it's more than 25 years after the CD edition. Even more recordings and many more photos have been found together with much more information about Lefty's brief, incendiary life. Now it's time for Bear Family to release the last word on the first name in Country music. This time it's TWENTY CDs, including David Frizzell's audio biography that was not on our original LP box, and many that weren't on the first CD box! The book is now a hardcover and greatly expanded in every way.
CONDITION: NEW
TRACK LISTING
- Disc 1 -
1 I Love You a Thousand Ways
2 If You've Got the Money, I've Got the Time
3 Shine, Shave, Shower (It's Saturday)
4 Cold Feet
5 Don't Think It Ain't Been Fun Dear
6 When Payday Comes Around
7 My Baby's Just Like Money
8 Look What Thoughts Will Do
9 You Want Everything But Me
10 I Want to Be with You Always
11 Give Me More, More, More (Of Your Kisses)
12 How Long Will It Take (To Stop Loving You)
13 Always Late (With Your Kisses)
14 Mom and Dad's Waltz
15 You Can Go on Your Way Now
16 Treasure Untold
17 Blue Yodel #6
18 Travellin' Blues
19 My Old Pal
20 Blue Yodel, #2
21 Lullaby Yodel
22 Brakeman's Blues
23 My Rough and Rowdy Ways
24 I Love You (Though You're No Good)
25 It's Just You (I Could Love Always)
26 (Darling Now) You're Here So Everything's Alright
27 I've Got Reasons to Hate You
- Disc 2 -
1 Don't Stay Away (Till Love Grows Cold)
2 If You Can Spare the Time (I Won't Miss the Money)
3 A King Without a Queen
4 Forever (And Always)
5 I Know You're Lonesome (While Waiting for Me)
6 Lost Love Blues*
7 That's Me Without You*
8 Send Her Here to Be Mine*
9 Lost Love Blues
10 That's Me Without You
11 I Won't Be Good for Nothin'
12 If I Lose You (I'll Lose My World)
13 I'm An Old Old Man (Tryin' to Love While I Can)
14 You're Just Mine (Only in My Dreams)
15 I'll Try
16 (Honey, Baby, Hurry) Bring Your Sweet Self Back to Me
17 Time Changes Things
18 All of Me Loves All of You
19 California Blues (Blue Yodel, #4)
20 Never No' Mo' Blues
21 We Crucified Our Jesus
22 When It Comes to Measuring Love
23 Sleep Baby Sleep
24 (I'm) Lonely and Blue
- Disc 3 -
1 Before You Go, Make Sure You Know
2 Two Friends of Mine in Love
3 Hopeless Love
4 Then I'll Come Back to You
5 The Tragic Letter (The Letter That You Left)
6 Two Hearts Broken Now
7 You Can Always Count on Me
8 I've Been Away Way Too Long
9 Run 'Em Off
10 The Darkest Moment (Is Just Before the Light of Day)
11 You're Too Late
12 My Little Her and Him
13 I Love You Mostly
14 You're There, I'm Here
15 Let It Be So
16 Mama!
17 Making Believe
18 Moonlight, Darling and You
19 I'll Sit Alone and Cry
20 A Forest Fire (Is in Your Heart)
21 Sweet Lies
22 Your Tomorrows Will Never Come
23 It Gets Late So Early
24 I'm Lost Between Right and Wrong
25 Promises (Promises, Promises)
26 Today Is That Tomorrow (I Dreamed of Yesterday)
27 My Love and Baby's Gone
28 First to Have a Second Chance
- Disc 4 -
1 These Hands
2 You Can't Divorce My Heart
3 Treat Her Right
4 Heart's Highway
5 I'm a Boy Left Alone
6 Just Can't Live That Fast (Anymore)
7 The Waltz of the Angels
8 Lullaby Waltz
9 Glad I Found You
10 Now That You Are Gone
11 From An Angel to a Devil
12 Lover By Appointment
13 Sick, Sober and Sorry
14 No One to Talk to (But the Blues)
15 Is It Only That You're Lonely
16 Mailman Bring Me No More Blues
17 You've Still Got It
18 Tell Me Dear
19 To Stop Loving You (Means Cry)
20 The Torch Within My Heart
21 Time Out for the Blues
22 If You've Got the Money I've Got the Time
23 (Darling) Let's Turn Back the Years
24 You Win Again
25 Why Should I Be Lonely
26 Signed, Sealed and Delivered
27 Nobody Knows But Me
- Disc 5 -
1 If You're Ever Lonely Darling
2 Silence
3 Release Me
4 Our Love's No Bluff
5 You're Humbuggin' Me
6 She's Gone
7 Cigarettes and Coffee Blues
8 I Need Your Love
9 My Bucket's Got a Hole in It
10 Sin Will Be the Chaser for the Wine
11 Knock Again, True Love
12 The Long Black Veil
13 One Has-Been to Another
14 Farther Than My Eyes Can See
15 My Blues Will Pass
16 Ballad of the Blue and Grey
17 That's All I Can Remember
18 So What! Let It Rain
19 What You Gonna Do, Leroy'
20 I Feel Sorry for Me
21 Heaven's Plan
22 Looking for You
- Disc 6 -
1 Stranger
2 A Few Steps Away
3 Forbidden Lovers
4 Just Passing Through
5 That Reminds Me of Me
6 Don't Let Her See Me Cry
7 Through the Eyes of a Fool
8 James River
9 Preview of Coming Attractions
10 Lonely Heart
11 What Good Did You Get (Out of Breaking My Heart)
12 When It Rains the Blues
13 I'm Not the Man I'm Supposed to Be
14 Saginaw Michigan
15 There's No Food in This House
16 The Rider
17 The Nester
18 I Was Coming Home to You
19 Hello to Him (Goodbye to Me)
20 I Can Tell
21 Make That One for the Road a Cup of Coffee
22 'Gator Hollow
23 It Costs Too Much to Die
24 She's Gone, Gone, Gone
25 Running Into Memories of You
26 Confused
27 How Far Down Can I Go
- Disc 7 -
1 It's Bad (When It's Thataway)
2 I Don't Trust You Anymore
3 A Little Unfair
4 Woman Let Me Sing You a Song
5 Preparations to Be Blue
6 Love Looks Good on You
7 Mama
8 It's Hard to Please You
9 You Don't Want Me to Get Well
10 Writing on the Wall
11 I Just Couldn't See the Forest (For the Trees)
12 I'm Not Guilty
13 It Couldn't Happen to a Nicer Guy
14 Everything Keeps Coming Back (But You)
15 Heart (Don't Love Her Anymore)
16 You Don't Have to Be Present to Win
17 My Feet Are Getting Cold
18 Is There Anything I Can Do
19 The Old Gang's Gone
20 A Song from a Lonely Heart
21 You Gotta Me Puttin' Me on
22 There in the Mirror
23 Get This Stranger Out of Me
24 Money Tree
25 Hobo's Pride
- Disc 8 -
1 When the Rooster Leaves the Yard
2 Anything You Can Spare
3 Only Way to Fly (Original Vocal)
4 Only Way to Fly (Laughing Version)
5 A Prayer on Your Lips Is Like Freedom in Your Hands
6 Little Old Winedrinker Me
7 A Word or Two to Mary
8 Almost Persuaded
9 Have You Ever Been Untrue
10 When the Grass Grows Green Again
11 The Marriage Bit
12 I'll Remember You
13 Wasted Way of Life
14 Keep Them Flowers Watered While I'm Gone
15 An Article from Life (With Chorus)
16 Blind Street Singer
17 Honky Tonk Hill
18 My Baby Is a Tramp
19 She Brought Love Sweet Love
20 Watermelon Time in Georgia
21 I Must Be Getting Over You
22 Out of You
23 It's Raining All Over the World
24 There's Something Lonely in This House
25 Three Cheers for the Good Guys
26 An Article from Life (Without Chorus)
27 Honky Tonk Hill (Without Overdub)
- Disc 9 -
1 Honky Tonk Stardust Cowboy
2 What Am I Gonna Do
3 You Babe
4 This Just Ain't a Good Day for Leavin'
5 Down By the Railroad Track
6 Let Me Give Her the Flowers
7 If I Had Half the Sense (A Fool Was Born with)
8 Somebody's Words
9 Lucky Arms
10 True Love Needs to Be in Touch
11 My House Is Your Honky Tonk
12 I Buy the Wine
13 If She Just Helps Me to Get Over You
14 Falling
15 Railroad Lady
16 I Can't Get Over You to Save My Life
17 I Never Go Around Mirrors (I've Got a Heartache to Hide)
18 That's the Way Love Goes
19 She Found the Key
20 I Wonder Who's Building the Bridge
21 My Wishing Room
22 I'm Gonna Hang Out My Mind Today
23 Sittin' and Thinkin'
24 I'm Not That Good at Goodbye
25 Yesterday Just Passed My Way Again
26 Life's Like Poetry
- Disc 10 -
1 I Hope You're Not Lonely When I'm Gone
2 Darling I'm Missing You (Please Belive Me)
3 I'll Never Cry Over You
4 My Confession
5 Intro
6 My Baby and My Wife
7 It's All Over Now
8 Worried Mind
9 You May Have Your Picture (Excerpt)
10 I Ain't Goin' Honky-Tonkin' Anymore (Theme)
11 Maiden's Prayer
12 Wasting My Life Away
13 You Nearly Lose Your Mind
14 I'll Always Be Glad to Take You Back
15 My Old Pal of Yesterday
16 Jimmie the Kid
17 California Blues
18 Mean Mama Blues
19 I'll Be a Bachelor 'Til I Die
20 I'm a Long Gone Daddy
21 Yesterday's Mail
22 Last Night I Heard You Crying in Your Sleep
23 There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight
24 Please Be Mine, Dear Blue Eyes
25 I'm Yours If You Want Me
26 Lost Love Blues (Fragment)
27 If You've Got the Money
28 Steppin' Out (Take 1)
29 Steppin' Out (Take 2)
30 Always in Love
- Disc 11 -
1 Don't Stay Away (Till Love Grows Cold) (Take 1)
2 Don't Stay Away (Till Love Grows Cold) (Take 2)
3 You Have Never Been Known to Be Wrong
4 Why Didn't You Tell Me Our Love Was Wrong
5 I Love You So
6 Just Little Things Like That
7 You're the Reason Why I'm in Mysery
8 I Won't Be Good for Nothin' (Take 1)
9 I Won't Be Good for Nothin' (Take 2)
10 I Won't Be Good for Nothin' (Take 3)
11 Backdoor Boogie
12 Every Little Thing Rolled Into One
13 I Love Yo Mostly
14 Believe Me (It's True)
15 I Just Can't Live That Fast Anymore (Take 1)
16 I Just Can't Live That Fast Anymore (Take 2)
17 I'll Make It Up to You
18 Too Much Love
19 My Abandoned Heart
20 Wait Till I'm Asleep
21 Not This Time
22 Intro #1
23 Intro #2
24 Always Late
25 Intro #3
26 Interview with Frank Jones
- Disc 12 -
1 Intro #5
2 Intro #9
3 Ida Red Boogie
4 Intro #14
5 Sunday Down in Tennessee
6 King Without a Queen
7 Travelin' Blues
8 Intro #144
9 Chain Gang
10 Desert Blues
11 Intro #296
12 Things
13 Woodchopper's Ball
14 Intro #237: Stay All Night, Stay a Little Longer
15 Somebody's Pushin'
16 Mona Lisa
- Disc 13 -
1 Chapter 1: Mom and Dad's Waltz
2 Chapter 2: I'm Gonna Sing Like Jimmie
3 Chapter 3: Lefty
- Disc 14 -
1 Chapter 4: Please Be Mine, Dear Blue Eyes
2 Chapter 5: Travelin' Blues
- Disc 15 -
1 Chapter 6: I Love You a Thousand Ways
2 Chapter 7: Time Changes Things
- Disc 16 -
1 Chapter 8: If You've Got the Money, I've Got the Time
2 Chapter 9: Hank & Lefty
- Disc 17 -
1 Chapter 10: Always Late
2 Chapter 11: Lefty Meets Merle
- Disc 18 -
1 Chapter 12: California Blues
2 Chapter 13: Long Black Veil
- Disc 19 -
1 Chapter 13: Long Black Veil (Cont. from Disc 6)
2 Chapter 14: Saginaw Michigan
- Disc 20 -
1 Chapter 15: That's the Way Love Goes
2 Chapter 16: The Last Session
3 Chapter 17: Forever and Always
4 Epilogue
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