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1 I'll Make Sweet Love to You Maddox 2:25
2 Take These Shackles From My Heart King/Stewart 2:33
3 Cocquita of Laredo Maddox 2:34
4 Wedding Blues Mack 2:47
5 Empty Mansions Hutchins 2:30
6 Little Willie Waltz Maddox 2:31
7 The Hiccough Song O'Neil 2:17
8 Green Grow the Lilacs Traditional 2:44
9 No Help Wanted Carlisle 2:10
10 Hearts and Flowers Maddox 2:07
11 Will There Be Any Stars in My Crown Traditional 2:33
12 Just Over the Stars Maddox 2:33
13 I'm a Little Red Caboose (On the Choo Choo Train of Love) Evans/Bradshaw 2:27
14 These Wasted Years Bradshaw 2:14
15 The Nightingale Song Gaiser/Foutch 2:29
16 I'd Rather Die Young Wood/Smith/Vaughn 2:50
17 Kiss Me Quick and Go Landress 2:08
18 On Mexico's Beautiful Shores Lange/Heath/Porter 2:30
19 I Won't Stand in Your Way Bond 2:39
20 A Wooin' We Will Go Wyle/Pola 2:30
21 The Life That You've Led Toombs/McAlpin 3:02
22 Kiss Me Like Crazy Klenner/Mofford 2:15
23 Just One More Time Brooks/Roberts 3:09
24 Second Choice Webb 2:48
25 Beautiful Bouquet Maddox/Rose 2:42
26 A Kiss from Your Lips Maddox/Maddox 2:19
27 My Child Has a Billy Goat Maddox/Troxel 2:18
28 The Time Is Spring Troxel/Maddox 2:26
29 Breathless Love Maddox/Troxel 2:49
30 Hasty Baby Maddox/Troxel 2:28
31 There's No Right Way to Do Me Wrong Meyn 2:40
32 The Birthday Card Song Kauderer 2:41
33 You Won't Believe This Maddox/Rose 2:33
34 Forever Yours Rose/Maddox 2:44
35 I Could Never Stop Loving You Rose/Maddox 2:28
36 Fountain of Youth Maddox/Rose 2:14
37 Marry Me Again Rose/Maddox 2:37
38 Poor Little Heartbroken Rose Robertson/Rollins 2:42
39 I Wonder If I Can Lose the Blues This Way Miller 2:22
40 Waltz of the Pines Rose/Maddox 2:35
41 I've Got Four Big Brothers (To Look After Me) Maddox/Rose 1:54
42 I Gotta Go Get My Baby Adelman/Rainwater 2:24
43 A Rusty Old Halo Merrill 2:46
44 No More Time Maddox/Rose 2:04
45 Wild, Wild Young Men Ertegun 2:26
46 The Hoot-Owl Melody Tholen/Carpenter 2:14
47 Was There a Teardrop Ragsdale 2:16
48 I'm Gonna Be Loved Tonight Wooley 1:57
49 Words Are So Easy to Say Hays/Harber 2:10
50 Wild Wind Maddox/Maddox 3:14
51 Hummingbird Robertson 2:30
52 When the Sun Goes Down Mack 2:20
53 I'll Find Her Barton/Maddox 2:04
54 It's a Dark, Dark Place Fell/Maddox 2:43
55 Away This Side of Heaven Maddox/Fell 2:11
56 Wish You Would Swalley/Crow 2:33
57 Let This Be the Last Time Barton/Maddox 2:29
58 Old Black Choo Choo Fell/Maddox 2:21
59 Tall Man Darby 2:32
60 Hey Little Dreamboat Escamilla 2:56
61 Burrito Joe Escamilla 2:35
62 False Hearted Atchison 2:16
63 By the Sweat of My Brow Rhodes 2:39
64 Ugly and Slouchy Wayne/Wayne/Brusiel 2:12
65 Paul Bunyan Love Kangas 2:22
66 The Death of Rock & Roll Charles 2:13
67 Your Sweet, Mean Heart Maddox/Forse/Fell 2:27
68 I'll Go Steppin' Too Organ/James 2:21
69 Did You Ever Come Home Knight 2:21
70 Looky There Over There Escamilla 2:14
71 Let Those Brown Eyes Smile at Me Nail 2:43
72 Take a Gamble on Me Woodland/Escamilla/ 2:34
73 Tomorrow Land Fell/Maddox 2:36
74 Old Man Blues Maddox/Escamilla 3:03
75 1-2-3 Anyplace Road (Somewhere U.S.A.) Gimble/Fine 2:51
76 Love Is Strange Baker/Smith 2:24
77 A Short Life and Its Troubles   2:24
78 My Life With You Hamblen 2:24
79 Dig a Hole Traditional 2:26
80 Let Me Love You Collins 2:05
81 The Donkey Song Fell 2:07
82 Stop Whistlin' Wolf Wise/Thomas/Twomey 2:30
83 The Way With God Is So Beautiful Gosdin 1:59
84 Keep on Talking (Tell Him Everything) Fell 2:04
85 Precious Memories Wright 3:03
86 I Saw the Light Williams 1:56
87 Someone to Care Davis 2:53
88 Dear Lord, Take My Hand Maddox 1:54
89 He Leadeth Me Maddox/Maddox 3:02
90 Keep on Talking (Tell Him Everything) [2] Fell 2:02
91 How Can You Refuse Him Now? Williams 3:06
92 No One Knows (What Faith Can Do) Maddox/Maddox 2:04
93 Take My Hand, Precious Lord Dorsey 2:44
94 Swing Low, Sweet Chariot Traditional 2:45
95 Just Over the Stars Maddox 2:30
96 Bringing in the Sheaves Shaw/Minor 2:41
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The Most Colorful Hillbilly Band in America

Audio Compact Disc

Label: Bear Family Records

Style: Traditional Country

The Most Colorful Hillbilly Band in America

UPC: 790051585020

Release Date: 03/25/1998

Original Release Date: 03/25/1998

Tracks: [I'll Make Sweet Love to You, Take These Shackles From My Heart, Cocquita of Laredo, Wedding Blues, Empty Mansions, Little Willie Waltz, The Hiccough Song, Green Grow the Lilacs, No Help Wanted, Hearts and Flowers, Will There Be Any Stars in My Crown, Just Over the Stars, I'm a Little Red Caboose (On the Choo Choo Train of Love), These Wasted Years, The Nightingale Song, I'd Rather Die Young, Kiss Me Quick and Go, On Mexico's Beautiful Shores, I Won't Stand in Your Way, A Wooin' We Will Go, The Life That You've Led, Kiss Me Like Crazy, Just One More Time, Second Choice, Beautiful Bouquet, A Kiss from Your Lips, My Child Has a Billy Goat, The Time Is Spring, Breathless Love, Hasty Baby, There's No Right Way to Do Me Wrong, The Birthday Card Song, You Won't Believe This, Forever Yours, I Could Never Stop Loving You, Fountain of Youth, Marry Me Again, Poor Little Heartbroken Rose, I Wonder If I Can Lose the Blues This Way, Waltz of the Pines, I've Got Four Big Brothers (To Look After Me), I Gotta Go Get My Baby, A Rusty Old Halo, No More Time, Wild, Wild Young Men, The Hoot-Owl Melody, Was There a Teardrop, I'm Gonna Be Loved Tonight, Words Are So Easy to Say, Wild Wind, Hummingbird, When the Sun Goes Down, I'll Find Her, It's a Dark, Dark Place, Away This Side of Heaven, Wish You Would, Let This Be the Last Time, Old Black Choo Choo, Tall Man, Hey Little Dreamboat, Burrito Joe, False Hearted, By the Sweat of My Brow, Ugly and Slouchy, Paul Bunyan Love, The Death of Rock & Roll, Your Sweet, Mean Heart, I'll Go Steppin' Too, Did You Ever Come Home, Looky There Over There, Let Those Brown Eyes Smile at Me, Take a Gamble on Me, Tomorrow Land, Old Man Blues, 1-2-3 Anyplace Road (Somewhere U.S.A.), Love Is Strange, A Short Life and Its Troubles, My Life With You, Dig a Hole, Let Me Love You, The Donkey Song, Stop Whistlin' Wolf, The Way With God Is So Beautiful, Keep on Talking (Tell Him Everything), Precious Memories, I Saw the Light, Someone to Care, Dear Lord, Take My Hand, He Leadeth Me, Keep on Talking (Tell Him Everything) [2], How Can You Refuse Him Now?, No One Knows (What Faith Can Do), Take My Hand, Precious Lord, Swing Low, Sweet Chariot, Just Over the Stars, Bringing in the Sheaves]
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Greg Adams

The Maddox Brothers & Rose belong in that upper echelon of performers whose contributions shaped country music for the ages. The difference is that the Maddox Brothers & Rose have not been inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame, never charted a national hit, and are far from being household names. The artists who credit their influence include Merle Haggard and Dolly Parton, to name only a couple. Their outrageous appearance (they popularized the garish Nudie suits that would later become the uniform of country stars), risqu? material, and crazed performances punctuated by brother Cal's maniacal cackle made the group one of the most exciting and innovative acts of its time. They were rockabilly before such a thing existed, and Rose Maddox's brash, assertive style opened up new possibilities for women in country music beyond Patsy Montana's comparatively demure cowgirl image. The Most Colorful Hillbilly Band in America collects on four discs the group's complete Columbia recordings, plus early solo recordings by Rose, the Rosie & Rhetta singles, and a few stunning sides by the Maddox Brothers alone. There are many classic performances, from intense readings of sacred songs to hillbilly rock & roll to wild revisionist covers of current hits. The band's loose, energetic playing and surreal sense of humor make for some of the most awe-inspiring music of its era. This is the first legitimate release of this material on CD, and certainly the most complete anthology of the band's studio recordings ever assembled. Damn the charts -- if you want to know about '50s country, this box set belongs in your collection. ~ Greg Adams, Rovi