The Bakersfield Sound: Country Music Capital of the West 1940-1974

~ Release by Various Artists (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Annotation

Due to a legal claim just prior to the release date, eight songs have been removed from the CDs (replaced by a brief silence). These songs are still listed in the book. Copies also seem to exist on which these songs are present. The removed songs are 5.6, 5.7, 10.7–11, 10.26, all by Merle Haggard.

Annotation last modified on 2026-01-30 15:10 UTC.

Tracklist

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#TitleArtistRatingLength
1Y’all Come / Tall Dark Stranger (live)
Buck Owens3:25
2Lonesome 7-7203 [live]
Tony Booth2:06
3Fishin’ on the Mississippi (live)
Buddy Alan Owens2:42
4L.A. International Airport (live)
Susan Raye2:03
5Johnny B. Goode (live)
live cover recording of:
Johnny B. Goode
lyricist and composer:
Chuck Berry (in 1955)
publisher:
Arc Music (U.S. rock & blues publisher), Arc Music Corp. (U.S. rock & blues publisher), Isalee Music, Jewel Music Publishing Co. Ltd. (publisher; do NOT use as release label) and ロックンロール ミュージック (Rock ’n’ Roll Music)
part of:
Back to the Future: the Musical
Buck Owens and His Buckaroos4:44
6Number One Heel (take 14)
Bonnie Owens2:13
7[silence]
[no artist]0:04
8[silence]
[no artist]0:04
9[silence]
[no artist]0:04
10[silence]
[no artist]0:04
11[silence]
[no artist]0:04
12Strange
Vancie Flowers & Rita Lane2:30
13Tears in My Beer
Vancie Flowers & Rita Lane1:59
14Misery
Billy Mize2:24
15The Name of the Game Is Heartaches
Billy Mize3:03
16I’d Be a Good Time Charlie
Red Simpson1:57
17Fit for a King
Red Simpson1:46
18Which One Is to Blame
Johnny Barnett3:34
19Release Me
junior Stonebarger & Jelly Sanders Band2:38
20My Ears Should Burn (When Fools Are Talked About)
Fuzzy Owen & Bill Woods' Orchestra3:05
21Truck Drivin’ Man
Bill Woods & Don Rich2:33
22Be Serious Ann
Tommy Collins4:15
23Christmas Time’s a Comin’
Joe & Rose Lee Maphis2:43
24Blue Christmas
Lewis Talley2:50
25Lonely Christmas Call
Louise Lovett2:33