Greatest Hits

Red Sovine - 20 All Time Greatest Hits	A Hard Road to Travel: 26 Early Recordings Collection of classic old-time Country from the one and only Red Sovine. Features 26 early recordings including 'I'll Worry You Out Of My Mind', 'When I Get Rich', 'Big Dipper', 'You're Barking Up The Wrong Tree Now' and many more. Country Stars. 2007.	C.W. McCall - Greatest Hits The linkage between consumerism and popular music finds a strange analogue in William Fries, a.k.a. C.W. McCall. Trained in graphic design and advertising, Fries invented his trucker persona while working on a bakery ad campaign and helped drive the trucker craze of the '70s with...	Teddy Bear	Best of the Best of Red Sovine Best of the Best. Includes Teddy Bear, Gidd-Up Go, Phantom 309 and 8 other great recordings by Red.
Trucker's Jukebox Trucker's Jukebox is a freewheelin' paradise chronicling life on the road as seen through the eyes of some of Country's big stars. Trucker's Jukebox covers the Country landscape: outlaw, honkey tonk, country-rock, Bakersfield sound, country comedy, truck driving country and more.	Best of C.W. McCall	Trucker Classics	Phantom 309	The Essential Jerry Reed

Tear-jerkers, truckin' tales and honky-tonk
Sovine is most famously remembered for the classic trucker ghost story "Phantom 309," written by Tommy Faile, but taken to #9 by Sovine in 1967. The infamous driver-from-the-beyond has provided character for everything from "Pee Wee's Big Adventure" to a monologue by the gravel-voiced Tom Waits. But The Phantom wasn't Sovine's first popular recitation, as he'd topped the charts in 1965 with the tearjerker "Giddyup Go," and it wasn't the last, as 1976 would bring another chart-topper with the CB tale "Teddy Bear." All three share Sovine's ability to transcend maudlin lyrics with a compelling lump in his throat. Varese's 18 track collection focuses on Sovine's hits with Starday and Gusto, expanding upon his recitations with the stray dog salvation "Little Joe" and weepy "Little Rosa," and essaying his repertoire of honky-tonk (a fine 1961 cover of George Jones' "Why Baby Why"), top-40 country hits ("I Didn't Jump the Fence" and "In Your Heart") and even 1970s contemporary-country ("The Days of Me and You"). Although "Little Rosa" and "Why Baby Why" were both originally recorded in the mid-50s as top-5 duets with Webb Pierce for Decca, these solo versions (re-recorded in 1961) are quite worth hearing. Bill Dahl's liner notes cover Sovine's entire career in good detail, though they spend a lot of space on pre-Starday years that aren't anthologized here. The masters seem to be a mix of true stereo (1, 3, 4, 5, 9, 13, 15-18) and either mono, slightly-panned, or possibly reprocessed for stereo. The terrific cover photo will have you longing for 12" LP covers! [©2005 hyperbolium dot com]

A Note From The Label
The is the first Red Sovine collection to contain all of his major country hits, including the #1 songs "Giddyup Go" and "Teddy Bear." The CD booklet includes photos and new liner notes by Bill Dahl.