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1 Atomic Power Kirby 2:43
2 Rainbow at Midnight Miller/Miller 3:13
3 That's How Much I Love You Arnold/Fowler/Grayd 3:10
4 Filipino Boy Cox/VanNess 2:46
5 Wine, Women and Song Poindexter/Gass/Gas 2:51
6 New Spanish Two Step Wills/Duncan 2:34
7 Someday Hodges 2:51
8 No Vacancy Travis 2:43
9 No One Will Ever Know Rose/Foree 2:31
10 Zeb's Mountain Boogie Turner 2:37
11 I Wish I Had Never Met Sunshine Evans/Haldeman/Autr 2:54
12 Tragic Romance Jones 2:53
13 Hillbilly Boogie Delmore/Alton & 2:47
14 As Long as I Live Acuff 2:54
15 Rocky Road Blues Monroe 2:38
16 Eight More Miles to Louisville Jones 2:44
17 Dark as a Dungeon Travis 2:50
18 Salty Dog Blues Morris/Morris 2:40
19 Jole Blon [Pretty Blond] Traditional 2:47
20 Ruby Crasey/Creasy 2:44
21 Kentucky Waltz Monroe 2:49
22 Midnight Special Scott 3:02
23 Some Other World Tillman 2:44
24 Steel Guitar Stomp Boggs 2:53
25 Black Jack David Tyler/Tyler 2:51
26 You Will Have to Pay Dodd/Ritter/Cooper 2:54
27 Stay a Little Longer Duncan/Wills 2:50
28 Three Way Boogie Cooley/Bambi/Murphy 2:41
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Dim Lights, Thick Smoke and Hillbilly Music: 1946

Audio Compact Disc

Label: Bear Family Records

Style: Traditional Country

Dim Lights, Thick Smoke and Hillbilly Music: 1946

UPC: 790051695125

Release Date: 12/23/2008

Original Release Date: 12/23/2008

Number of Discs: 1

Tracks: [Atomic Power, Rainbow at Midnight, That's How Much I Love You, Filipino Boy, Wine, Women and Song, New Spanish Two Step, Someday, No Vacancy, No One Will Ever Know, Zeb's Mountain Boogie, I Wish I Had Never Met Sunshine, Tragic Romance, Hillbilly Boogie, As Long as I Live, Rocky Road Blues, Eight More Miles to Louisville, Dark as a Dungeon, Salty Dog Blues, Jole Blon [Pretty Blond], Ruby, Kentucky Waltz, Midnight Special, Some Other World, Steel Guitar Stomp, Black Jack David, You Will Have to Pay, Stay a Little Longer, Three Way Boogie]
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Thom Jurek

Germany's Bear Family is well known for its stellar box set reissues of country, rock, and rhythm & blues recordings, as well as for single titles by deserving if not necessarily remembered American artists. Their mastering, production, and packaging set the industry standard for excellence. The six-volume Dim Lights, Thick Smoke series was released on CD in December of 2008 and covered the years 1945-1950, a strange and wonderful time in country music history born from of the end of the War Department's restrictions on shellac and the end of the recording ban, all near the end of the second world war. These discs all contain either 27 or 28 tracks, and are lavishly annotated with historical essays and track by track annotation by the esteemed Colin Escott, and contain with photographs of performers and record sleeves where available. 1946 was a stellar year for all forms of country music as this volume attests. It kicks off with the original version of "Atomic Power" by the Buchanan Brothers that walks a fine line between Western swing, hillbilly boogie, and proto-bluegrass vocal harmonies. Of course, Bob Wills was still at the pinnacle of his mighty run and is represented here by "New Spanish Two Step" and "Stay a Little Longer." Eddy Arnold's classic charting "That's How Much I Love You" is in this mix, as is Bill Monroe's "Kentucky Waltz," with entries by Merle Travis, Gene Autry, the Delmore Brothers, Al Dexter with his groovy "Wine, Women and Song," and Cowboy Copas' "Tragic Romance." Some of the true standouts, though, are reserved for Hank Penny's "Steel Guitar Stomp," Spade Cooley's "Three Way Boogie," and Grandpa Jones' "Eight More Miles to Louisville." The sound quality is not to be beat, making this an essential collection if there ever was one. ~ Thom Jurek, Rovi