The Girl Turned Ripe - Merle Haggard, Haggard, Merle
I Threw Away the Rose - Merle Haggard, Haggard, Merle
The Fugitive - Merle Haggard, Anderson, Casey
Loneliness Is Eating Me Alive - Merle Haggard, Cochran, Hank
Someone Told My Story - Merle Haggard, Haggard, Merle
I Threw Away the Rose - Merle Haggard, Haggard, Merle
Hang Up My Gloves - Merle Haggard, Haggard, Merle
The Longer You Wait - Merle Haggard, Haggard, Merle
The Bottle Let Me Down - Merle Haggard, Haggard, Merle
I Can't Stand Me - Merle Haggard, Haggard, Merle
Someone Else You've Known - Merle Haggard,
High on a Hilltop - Merle Haggard, Collins, Tommy
I'll Look Over You - Merle Haggard, Haggard, Merle
No More You and Me - Merle Haggard, Haggard, Merle
Mixed Up Mess of a Heart - Merle Haggard, Collins, Tommy
I'm a Lonesome Fugitive - Merle Haggard, Anderson, Casey
Life in Prison - Merle Haggard, Haggard, Merle
House of Memories - Merle Haggard, Haggard, Merle
All of Me Belongs to You - Merle Haggard, Haggard, Merle
Track Listings (27) - Disc #3
Mary's Mine - Merle Haggard, Ward, Jerry
If You Want to Be My Woman - Merle Haggard, Haggard, Merle
Someone Told My Story - Merle Haggard, Haggard, Merle
Piedras Negras (Go Home) - Merle Haggard, Collins, Tommy
Whatever Happened to Me - Merle Haggard, Haggard, Merle
Loneliness Is Eating Me Alive - Merle Haggard, Cochran, Hank
Skid Row - Merle Haggard, Haggard, Merle
Drink Up and Be Somebody - Merle Haggard, Haggard, Merle
Gone Crazy - Merle Haggard, Haggard, Merle
I Threw Away the Rose - Merle Haggard, Haggard, Merle
Some of Us Never Learn - Merle Haggard, Haggard, Merle
Branded Man - Merle Haggard, Haggard, Merle
You Don't Have Very Far to Go - Merle Haggard, Haggard, Merle
Wine Take Me Away - Merle Haggard, Collins, Tommy
If You See My Baby - Merle Haggard, Miller, Eddie [1]
Somewhere Between - Merle Haggard, Haggard, Merle
Don't Get Married - Merle Haggard, Collins, Tommy
My Hands Are Tied - Merle Haggard, Adams, Kay
I Made the Prison Band - Merle Haggard, Collins, Tommy
Look Over Me - Merle Haggard, Haggard, Merle
Long Black Limousine - Merle Haggard, George, Bobby
I'll Leave the Bottle on the Bar - Merle Haggard, Haggard, Merle
Sing Me Back Home - Merle Haggard, Haggard, Merle
The Son of Hickory Holler's Tramp - Merle Haggard, Frazier
Seeing Eye Dog - Merle Haggard, Haggard, Merle
Will You Visit Me on Sundays? - Merle Haggard, Frazier, Dallas
Home Is Where a Kid Grows Up - Merle Haggard, Haggard, Merle
Track Listings (27) - Disc #4
Where Does the Good Times Go - Merle Haggard, Owens, Buck
Good Times - Merle Haggard, Haggard, Merle
News Break - Merle Haggard, Strangers [3]
My Past Is Present - Merle Haggard, Haggard, Merle
Mom and Dad's Waltz - Merle Haggard, Frizzell, Lefty
My Ramona - Merle Haggard, Haggard, Merle
Because You Can't Be Mine - Merle Haggard, Haggard, Merle
The Train Never Stops (At Our Town) - Merle Haggard, Frazier, Dallas
You Still Have a Place in My Heart - Merle Haggard, Payne, Leon
Money Tree - Merle Haggard, Walker, Wayne
A Picture from Two Sides of Life - Merle Haggard, Collins, Tommy
The Legend of Bonnie and Clyde - Merle Haggard, Haggard, Merle
I Started Loving You Again - Merle Haggard, Haggard, Merle
Love Has a Mind of Its Own - Merle Haggard, Brown, Larry [1]
Fool's Castle - Merle Haggard, Collins, Tommy
Is This the Beginning of the End? - Merle Haggard, Lewis, Wallace
The Sunny Side of My Life - Merle Haggard, Haggard, Merle
Run 'Em Off - Merle Haggard, Lee, Tony [1]
I'll Always Know - Merle Haggard, Haggard, Merle
You'll Never Love Me Now - Merle Haggard, Haggard, Merle
Mama Tried - Merle Haggard, Haggard, Merle
In the Good Old Days (When Times Were Bad) - Merle Haggard, Parton, Dolly
Little Ole Wine Drinker Me - Merle Haggard, Garrett, Snuff
Teach Me to Forget - Merle Haggard, Payne, Leon
Lookin' for My Mind [Takes 1-2] - Merle Haggard, Haggard, Merle
Lookin' for My Mind [Takes 3-5] - Merle Haggard, Haggard, Merle
Lookin' for My Mind [Take 6] - Merle Haggard, Haggard, Merle
Track Listings (23) - Disc #5
Green, Green Grass of Home - Merle Haggard, Putman, Claude "Cur
I Could Have Gone Right - Merle Haggard, Tillis, Mel
The Day the Rains Came - Merle Haggard, Haggard, Merle
I Think We're Livin' in the Good Old Days - Merle Haggard, Holloway, Dean
Somewhere on Skid Row - Merle Haggard, Simpson, Red
Who Do I Know in Dallas - Merle Haggard, Cochran, Hank
Folsom Prison Blues - Merle Haggard, Cash, Johnny [1]
Too Many Bridges to Cross Over - Merle Haggard, Frazier, Dallas
You're Not Home Yet - Merle Haggard, Cochran, Hank
I Take a Lot of Pride in What I Am - Merle Haggard, Haggard, Merle
I Just Want to Look at You One More Time - Merle Haggard, Haggard, Merle
I'm Bringin' Home Good News - Merle Haggard, Haggard, Merle
Keep Me from Cryin' Today - Merle Haggard, Haggard, Merle
I Can't Hold Myself in Line - Merle Haggard, Haggard, Merle
I'm Free - Merle Haggard, Copeland, Leon Chas
It Meant Goodbye to Me When You Said Hello to Him - Merle Haggard, Frizzell, Lefty
Who'll Buy the Wine - Merle Haggard, Mize, Billy
She Thinks I Still Care - Merle Haggard, Duffy, Steve
What's Wrong With Stayin' Home - Merle Haggard, Morris, Bob
When No Flowers Grow - Merle Haggard, Collins, Tommy
Every Fool Has a Rainbow - Merle Haggard, Haggard, Merle
Hungry Eyes - Merle Haggard, Haggard, Merle
Silver Wings - Merle Haggard, Haggard, Merle
5 CD box set of Merle's complete recordings for Tally and Capitol from 1962 to 1968 (except the Jimmie Rodgers tribute available separately). The classic early hits are here, like Strangers, Swinging Doors, The Bottle Let ... more »Me Down, I Threw Away The Rose, Branded Man, Sing Me Back Home, Lonesome Fugitive, and Mama Tried, but the importance of this set is that it shows Merle's developing artistry in the album tracks, abandoned cuts, and rare singles. Other sets skim the surface; this one tells the complete story.« less
5 CD box set of Merle's complete recordings for Tally and Capitol from 1962 to 1968 (except the Jimmie Rodgers tribute available separately). The classic early hits are here, like Strangers, Swinging Doors, The Bottle Let Me Down, I Threw Away The Rose, Branded Man, Sing Me Back Home, Lonesome Fugitive, and Mama Tried, but the importance of this set is that it shows Merle's developing artistry in the album tracks, abandoned cuts, and rare singles. Other sets skim the surface; this one tells the complete story.
"I gave this set 5 stars only because it doesn't go higher.
This is an outstanding collection of the Hag's early work. Much of his Talley recordings are here as well as his capitol.It covers 1962-1968 It is a great companion to his "Down Every Road" Which focus on his later work. Some of the hightlights are the false starts which give you a tiny peak into the recording session. Hag's voice was just as rich then as it is now."