The Early Years

Original Release Date:  1991

Track Listing

• 1. Smokey Joe's Barbecue
• 2. Devilish Love Light
• 3. Shotgun Boogie
• 4. In My Home in Shelby County
• 5. Coal Smoke, Valve Oil and Steam
• 6. Bob Sullivan Stomp [Piano Instrumental [Instrumental][Version]
• 7. Plaid and Calico
• 8. Done Rovin'
• 9. Candy Jones
• 10. Mean, Mean Son of a Gun
• 11. Shadows on the Old Bayou
• 12. Talk Gobbler Talk (Old Gobbler, the Hound Dog)
• 13. Go and Wash Your Dirty Feet (Barefoot Boy Blues)
• 14. Birds and Butterflies
• 15. Happy Millionaire
• 16. It's a Long Rocky Road
• 17. On the Banks of the Beautiful Nile
• 18. Stompin' at the KWKH [Piano Instrumental [Instrumental][Version]
• 19. Words
• 20. Rhythm in My Baby's Walk
• 21. Bawlin' Baby
• 22. Somebody's Rockin' My Broken Heart
• 23. Betty Lorraine (Betty Lou)
• 24. Devilish Love Light [Excerpt]
• 25. First Train Headin' South
• 26. The Rest of Your Life
• 27. (I Wished for an Angel) The Devil Sent Me You
• 28. This Won't Be the First Time
• 29. Child's Side of Life
• 30. I Won't Forget
• 31. S.S. Lureline
• 32. The Mansion You Stole
• 33. I Won't Get Dreamy Eyed
• 34. Tennessee Jive
• 35. Another Woman Wears My Wedding Ring
• 36. You, You, You (Caused This Heartache)
• 37. All for the Love of a Girl
• 38. Two Red Lips and Warm Red Wine
• 39. Back to My Back Street
• 40. Broken Hearted Gypsy
• 41. Move Down the Line
• 42. The Train With the Rhumba Beat
• 43. There'll Never Be Another Mary
• 44. No True Love
• 45. The Devil Made a Masterpiece
• 46. Ha Ha and Moonface
• 47. You Cry in the Door of Your Mansion
• 48. Where Are You
• 49. Meant So Little to You
• 50. Ridin' the Sunshine Special
• 51. Hey, Sweet Thing
• 52. Journey With No End
• 53. Big Wheels Rollin'
• 54. You Don't Move Me Baby Anymore
• 55. Won't You Love Me, Love, Love Me
• 56. Why Did It Happen to Me
• 57. You, You, You (Caused This Heartache)
• 58. Broken Hearted Gypsy
• 59. All for the Love of a Girl
• 60. My Heart Stopped, Trembled and Died
• 61. I'm a Fishin' Man
• 62. Where Do You Think You Would Stand
• 63. The Devil Made a Masterpiece
• 64. Because I'm a Jealous Man
• 65. I'm the One That Breaks in Two
• 66. The Train With the Rhumba Beat
• 67. 'Cause You're the One for Me
• 68. None of You But All of Me
• 69. Dark Haired Beauty from Cuba
• 70. Honky Tonk Jelly Roll Blues
• 71. Love and Tell
• 72. I Wish Heartaches Were Strangers
• 73. Confusion
• 74. Shadows on the Old Bayou
• 75. Somebody's Rockin' My Broken Heart
• 76. Talk Gobbler Talk (Old Gobbler, the Hound Dog)
• 77. Two Eyed Sunday Pants
• 78. Down That River Road
• 79. Egg Money
• 80. Confusion
• 81. First Train Headin' South
• 82. Somebody's Rockin' My Broken Heart
• 83. Smokey Joe's Barbecue
• 84. Betty Lorraine
• 85. Honky Tonk Jelly Roll Blues
• 86. Plaid and Calico
• 87. Coal Smoke, Valve Oil and Steam
• 88. Devilish Love Light
• 89. Done Rovin'
• 90. Mean, Mean Son of a Gun
• 91. Talk Gobbler Talk (Old Gobbler, the Hound Dog)
• 92. Shadows on the Old Bayou
• 93. In My Home in Shelby County
• 94. Go and Wash Your Dirty Feet (Barefoot Boy Blues)
• 95. Smokey Joe's Barbecue
• 96. It's a Long Rocky Road
• 97. Words
• 98. Done Rovin'
• 99. It's a Long Rocky Road
• 100. Smokey Joe's Barbecue
• 101. Mean, Mean Son of a Gun
• 102. Devilish Love Light
• 103. Coal Smoke, Valve Oil and Steam
• 104. Words
• 105. Shadows on the Old Bayou
• 106. On the Banks of the Beautiful Nile
• 107. In My Home in Shelby County
• 108. Go and Wash Your Dirty Feet (Barefoot Boy Blues)
• 109. Talk Gobbler Talk (Old Gobbler, the Hound Dog)
• 110. Rudy Thacker: Ballad of Johnny Horton

Credits

• Johnny Cash: Guitar
• Floyd Cramer: Piano
• Tennessee Ernie Ford: Composer
• Hank Garland: Guitar
• Johnny Horton: Composer, Vocals
• Claude King: Photography, Illustrations
• Jim Reeves: Guitar (Rhythm)
• Jimmy Day: Guitar (Steel)
• Grady Martin: Guitar, Bass (Electric), Leader
• Johnny "Country" Mathis: Guitar
• Brenton Banks: Violin
• Richard Bennett: Photography, Illustrations
• Harold Bradley: Banjo, Guitar
• Ray Edenton: Guitar
• Colin Escott: Liner Notes, Photography, Illustrations
• Buddy Harman: Drums
• Lillian Hunt: Violin
• Bob Jones: Transfers
• Douglas Kirkham: Drums
• Don Law: Producer
• George Richey: Producer
• Hargus "Pig" Robbins: Piano
• Mark Wilder: Transfers, Disc Transfers
• Reggie Young: Guitar
• Joe Zinkan: Bass
• Allen Harris: Piano
• W.S. Holland: Drums
• William Patton Black: Bass
• Howard Carpenter: Violin
• Jerry Rowley: Fiddle
• Jesse Sparks: Bass
• Wilda Tinsley: Violin
• Gerald Tomlinson: Guitar
• Billy Jones: Composer
• Bob Moore: Bass
• Evelyn Rowley: Piano
• Tillman Franks: Bass, Photography, Illustrations
• Don Roy: Photography, Illustrations
• Jorg Siemer: Mastering
• Diethold Leu: Photography, Illustrations
• R.A. Andreas: Photography, Illustrations
• Richard Weize: Reissue Producer, Research, Tape Research, Discography
• Jürgen Crasser: Mastering
• Fabor Robison: Producer
• Buddy Sepaug: ?
• Bob Stegall: Guitar (Steel), Photography, Illustrations
• Hans Peter Zdrenka: Photography, Illustrations
• Billy Wallace: Composer
• Sonny Harville: Piano
• Wolfgang Taubenauer: Artwork
• The Four B's: Group
• Howard Hausey: Photography, Illustrations
• Vernal E. Richardson: Violin
• Dido Rowley: Bass
• Jack Barham: Photography, Illustrations
• Langston McEachern: Photography, Illustrations
• Michael Levine: Photography, Illustrations