The Early Years 1946-1957

Original Release Date:  August 7, 2007

Track Listing

• 1. Guitar Blues (Picking the Blue)
• 2. Brown Eyes
• 3. Ain'tcha Tired of Makin' Me Blue
• 4. I'm Gonna Get Tight
• 5. Canned Heat
• 6. Standing Room Only
• 7. Don't Hand Me That Line
• 8. Bug Dance
• 9. (I Know My Baby Loves Me) In Her Own Peculiar Way
• 10. The Nashville Jump
• 11. My Guitar Is My Sweetheart
• 12. I'm Pickin' the Blues
• 13. Gone, Gone, Gone
• 14. Barnyard Shuffle
• 15. Save Your Money
• 16. (I May Be Color Blind But) I Know When I'm Blue
• 17. I've Been Working on the Guitar
• 18. Dizzy Strings
• 19. Money, Marbles and Chalk
• 20. Wednesday Night Waltz
• 21. Guitar Waltz
• 22. Tellin' My Troubles to My Old Guitar
• 23. Dance of the Goldenrod
• 24. Galloping on the Guitar
• 25. Barber Shop Rag
• 26. Centipede Boogie
• 27. Under the Hickory Nut Tree
• 28. I Was Bitten by the Same Bug Twice
• 29. One More Chance
• 30. The Old Buck Dance
• 31. Boogie Man Boogie
• 32. Main Street Breakdown
• 33. Confusin'
• 34. Music in My Heart
• 35. Indian Love Call
• 36. Birth of the Blues
• 37. Mountain Melody
• 38. You're Always Brand New
• 39. My Crazy Heart
• 40. Hybrid Corn
• 41. Jitterbug Waltz
• 42. One Man Boogie
• 43. Crazy Rhythm
• 44. Crazy Rhythm
• 45. Rustic Dance
• 46. Rainbow
• 47. In the Mood
• 48. Spanish Fandango
• 49. Midnight
• 50. Good-Bye Blues
• 51. Your Mean Little Heart
• 52. Sweet Bunch of Daisies
• 53. Blue Gypsy
• 54. The Third Man Theme
• 55. St. Louis Blues
• 56. Nobody's Sweetheart
• 57. Lover Come Back to Me
• 58. Stephen Foster Melody
• 59. Hangover Blues
• 60. Imagination
• 61. Black Mountain Rag
• 62. Guitar Polka
• 63. Dream Train
• 64. Meet Mister Callaghan
• 65. Chinatown, My Chinatown
• 66. High Rockin' Swing
• 67. Pig Leaf Rag
• 68. Oh by Jingo
• 69. Hello Ma Baby
• 70. The Bells of St. Mary's
• 71. Country Gentlemen
• 72. Memphis Blues
• 73. Alice Blue Gown
• 74. Twelfth Street Rag
• 75. Peeping Tom
• 76. Three O'Clock in the Morning
• 77. Georgia Camp Meeting
• 78. City Slicker
• 79. Dill Pickle Rag
• 80. Rubber Doll Rag
• 81. Beautiful Ohio
• 82. Kentucky Derby
• 83. Wildwood Flower
• 84. Guitars on Parade
• 85. Simple Simon
• 86. Get Up and Go
• 87. Pagan Love Song
• 88. Beautiful Ohio
• 89. Downhill Drag
• 90. Avalon
• 91. Sunrise Serenade
• 92. San Antonio Rose
• 93. Set a Spell
• 94. Mister Misery
• 95. Get Up and Go
• 96. South
• 97. Alabama Jubilee
• 98. Corinne, Corinna
• 99. Indiana
• 100. Red Wing
• 101. Frankie and Johnnie
• 102. A Gay Ranchero
• 103. Ballin' the Jack
• 104. Honeysuckle Rose
• 105. Darktown Strutters Ball
• 106. The Old Spinning Wheel
• 107. Silver Bell
• 108. Under the Double Eagle
• 109. The Birth of the Blues
• 110. Have You Ever Been Lonely
• 111. Caravan
• 112. Old Man River
• 113. Mister Sandman
• 114. New Spanish Two Step
• 115. Cherry Pink and Apple Blossom White
• 116. Dance with Me Henry
• 117. Darling, Je Vous Aime Beaucoup
• 118. Tweedle Dee
• 119. Hey Mr Guitar
• 120. Unchained Melody
• 121. Blues in the Night
• 122. Somebody Stole My Gal
• 123. Shine on Harvest Moon
• 124. Intermezzo
• 125. Tenderly
• 126. Minute Waltz
• 127. Minuet
• 128. Schön Rosmarien
• 129. Tip Toe Through the Tulips
• 130. Arkansas Traveler
• 131. Little Rock Getaway
• 132. Ochi Chornya
• 133. Londonderry Air
• 134. La Golondrina
• 135. Black Mountain Rag
• 136. Cecilia
• 137. Poor People of Paris
• 138. Honey
• 139. The Lady Loves Me
• 140. Memphis Blues
• 141. Oh by Jingo
• 142. Hello Ma Baby
• 143. Indian Love Call
• 144. Alice Blue Gown
• 145. Third Man Theme
• 146. Blue Gypsy
• 147. St. Louis Blues
• 148. Dance of the Golden Rod
• 149. Gavotte in D
• 150. Malaguena
• 151. Glow Worm
• 152. In the Mood
• 153. Heartaches
• 154. Swedish Rhapsody
• 155. Waltz in A Flat
• 156. Adelita
• 157. Petite Waltz
• 158. Liza

Credits

• Chet Atkins: Bass, Guitar, Guitar (Electric), Vocals, Duet
• Jethro Burns: Mandolin, Vocals, Choir, Chorus
• Hank Snow: Guitar, Duet
• Anita Kerr: Vocals, Choir, Chorus
• Grady Martin: Guitar
• Anita Carter: Bass, Guitar (Bass)
• Rosalie Allen: Vocals
• Harold Bradley: Guitar (Rhythm)
• Ray Edenton: Guitar, Guitar (Rhythm)
• Buddy Harman: Drums
• Homer Haynes: Guitar, Vocals, Choir, Chorus
• Millie Kirkham: Vocals, Choir, Chorus
• Phil Kraus: Drums
• Ernest Ernie Newton: Bass
• Ernie Newton: Bass, Guitar (Bass)
• D.F. Potter: Fiddle
• Brock Speer: Vocals, Choir, Chorus
• Jerry Byrd: Bass, Guitar, Guitar (Steel)
• Farris Coursey: Drums
• Marvin Hughes: Organ, Piano, Celeste
• Dale Potter: Fiddle
• Fran Carroll: Bass
• Jack Shook: Guitar, Vocals
• Helen Carter: Vocals
• James Atkin: Guitar
• Danny Dill: Vocals
• Bud Isaacs: Guitar (Steel)
• Louis Innis: Guitar, Harmonica, Guitar (Rhythm), Vocals
• Al Chernet: Guitar
• Joe Bussard: Help
• Johnny Degeorge: Drums
• Elbert R. "Dutch" McMillan: Clarinet
• Randy Lanham: Guitar
• Drew Kent: Sleeve Notes
• Joe Biviano: Accordion
• Sister Billie Rose Atkins: Vocals
• George Warren Barnes: Guitar
• M. Patrick Hughes: Organ, Piano
• Charles Hurta: Fiddle
• Red Kirk: Vocals
• Jimmy Atkins & His Pinetoppers: Guitar
• Aaron Kerr: Organ
• Donna Colleen: Vocals, Duet
• Austin Footrell: Vocals, Choir, Chorus
• Papa John Gordie: Piano, Celeste
• Angus P Klein: Accordion
• Buck Lambert: Fiddle
• Holly Swanson: Bass, Guitar (Bass)
• 'Jethro' Burns: Mandolin
• D Potter: Fiddle
• Charles Hurta: Fiddle
• Harold Siegel: Guitar (Bass)
• Bob L. Moore: Guitar (Bass)
• C R Grean: Guitar (Bass)
• Midred Kirkham: Vocals
• D Dill: Vocals
• M Gold: Organ
• H Ray Bradley: Guitar
• 'Sister' Billie Rose Atkins: Vocals
• The Beasley Singers: Vocals
• 'Red' Kirk: Vocals
• Colleen And Donna Wilson (The Beaver Valley Sweethearts): Vocals
• Johnnie deGeorge: Drums
• F Carroll: Guitar (Bass)
• Joe Biviano: Accordion
• Buck Lambert: Fiddle
• M Hughes: Organ
• R Lanham: Guitar
• Ernest Newton: Guitar (Bass)
• James Atkins: Guitar