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Swingbillies
Swingbillies
Genres: Country, Pop

Track Listings (28) - Disc #1
1. I Knew That You Were Foolin' All Along [Complete Version] - Dolan, Jimmie
2. Little Beaver AKA Big Beaver - Wills, Bob
3. You Can't Rope a Steer in a Taxi [#]
4. One Million Railroad Ties from Home [Alternate Take][#] - Dolan, Jimmie
5. High Geared Daddy - Davis, Jimmie
6. Holiday for Guitar [#] - Bryant, Jimmy
7. Tennessee Baby - Dolan, Jimmie
8. Trusting You - Davis
9. Life's a Funny Proposition (After All) [#] - Cohan, George M.
10. The Honey Jump, Pt. 1 - Rene, Leon
11. Baby Did You Lie to Me [Alternate Take][#] - Dolan, Jimmie
12. Operation Blues - Dorsey, Thomas
13. Boogie Barn Dance - Winters, Al
14. Big Texas #2 - Lamperez, Julius
15. Those Wonderful Days With You
16. Turn That Gun Around - Morgan, Rocky
17. You Just Wait and See - Carlisle, Cliff
18. If You Care Again [Alternate Take][#]
19. Dusty Road Boogie [#][Demo Version]
20. Have I Got a Chance With You - Crofford, Cliff
21. Pine Club Boogie
22. Lover Boy
23. Mind Your Own Business [#][Demo Version] - Williams, Hank [1]
24. T for Texas (Blue Yodel No. 1) [#] - Rodgers, Jimmie [1]
25. My Heart Lied to Me [#] - Roberts, Bob
26. Kooche Kooche [Complete Version]
27. Walkin' the Floor Over You [Alternate Take][#] - Tubb, Ernest
28. San Antonio Blues - Bruner, Cliff

CD Details

All Artists: Swingbillies
Title: Swingbillies
Members Wishing: 2
Total Copies: 0
Label: Ace Records UK
Original Release Date: 1/1/2003
Re-Release Date: 12/27/2004
Album Type: Import
Genres: Country, Pop
Style: Western Swing
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
Other Editions: Swingbillies
UPCs: 029667189323, 766482134144

Synopsis

Album Description

Ace Records first-ever exploration of the late 1940s hillbilly & western swing masters issued (& in many cases unissued) by Modern/Colonial/Flair Records. Drawing on material recorded in Texas, Louisiana, & Hollywood, 'Swingbillies' offers many important early recordings by young hopefuls who, in many cases, went onto become major country singers & musicians in the 50s & 60s - among them Jimmy Bryant, Ramblin' Jimmie Dolan, Jimmy C. Newman, Link Davis & of course Bill Woods, the godfather of Bakersfield country. 28 tracks. 2003.

CD Reviews

Rare 1940s West Coast country tunes

Joe Sixpack -- Slipcue.com | ...in Middle America | 01/15/2004

(4 out of 5 stars)

"A fine collection of old-school hillbilly tunes released on the LA-based Modern label (and its affiliate labels, Colonial and Flair). Interesting story here: Modern was a blues and R&B label run by the Bihari brothers -- Saul, Jules, Lester and Joe -- that made some postwar forays into the country field and, finding it profitable, delved deeper just as the West Coast country scene was beginning to gel in the late 1940s. Included in this raspy, unruly set are the earliest known recordings of steel guitar whiz Jimmy Bryant, Louisiana crooner Jimmy C. Newman, and two tracks by Bakersfield bandleader Bill Woods, whose band acted as the cradle for West Coast bigshots Billy Mize and Buck Owens. Like many of these old-time hillbilly boogie/western swing compilations, this is definitely an acquired taste -- but for connoisseurs, this is a real treat."