Nashville Was the Roughest...

~ Release by Willie Nelson (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Annotation

8-CD-box set with 219 tracks and about 587 minutes of play.
Contains all recordings for RCA Records and Monument Records between 1964 and 1972.
12"-sized 72-paged book with discography, a biography by Rich Kienzle and many rather rare photographs.

Annotation last modified on 2017-05-16 11:21 UTC.

Tracklist

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#TitleRatingLength
1King of a Lonely Castle (#1)
2:49
2(There’ll Be) Someone Waiting for You
2:41
3To Make a Long Story Short (She’s Gone) (#1)
recording of:
To Make a Long Story Short, She’s Gone
writer:
Fred Foster and Willie Nelson
2:23
4I Never Cared for You
recording of:
I Never Cared for You
lyricist and composer:
Willie Nelson (in 1964)
2:30
5You Left Me a Long, Long Time Ago (#1)
2:33
6I Feel That Old Feeling
2:20
7King of a Lonely Castle (#2)
2:49
8Pretty Paper
producer:
Chet Atkins
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony Music Entertainment Inc. (company owned by Sony Corporation of America from 1991–2004, operated worldwide except in JP; normally not a release label) (in 1979)
recording of:
Pretty Paper (on 1964-11-12)
lyricist and composer:
Willie Nelson
publisher:
Sony ATV Music Publishing (1995–2020) and Tree Publishing Inc.
3.52:29
9What a Merry Christmas This Could Be
vocals:
Willie Nelson
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Sony BMG Music Entertainment (Aug 5, 2004 – Oct 1, 2008) (in 1964)
recording of:
What a Merry Christmas This Could Be
writer:
Hank Cochran (Nashville singer and songwriter) and Harlan Howard
publisher:
Tree Publishing Inc.
2:10
10Healing Hands of Time (#1)
2:07
11Talk to Me
1:57
12Whisky Walzer
2:26
13Little Darling
2:29
14Permanently Lonely
recording of:
Permanently Lonely
lyricist and composer:
Willie Nelson (in 1963)
2:32
15Healing Hands of Time (#2)
2:07
16Ashamed
2:14
17She’s Not for You
producer:
Chet Atkins (on 1965-01-12)
bass:
Henry Strzelecki (on 1965-01-12)
drums (drum set):
Buddy Harman (Session drummer and songwriter) (on 1965-01-12)
electric guitar:
Jerry Kennedy (on 1965-01-12)
guitar:
Willie Nelson (on 1965-01-12) and Velma Smith (Nashville A-Team) (on 1965-01-12)
piano:
Hargus “Pig” Robbins (on 1965-01-12)
steel guitar:
Pete Drake (steel guitar player) (on 1965-01-12)
viola:
Martin Katahn (on 1965-01-12)
violin:
Brenton Banks (on 1965-01-12), Solie Fott (on 1965-01-12), George Binkley, III (violinist, session musician) (on 1965-01-12) and Lillian Vann Hunt (on 1965-01-12)
background vocals:
Dorothy Dillard (on 1965-01-12), Anita Kerr (on 1965-01-12), Louis Nunley (on 1965-01-12) and William Wright, Jr. (in the Anita Kerr Singers) (on 1965-01-12)
recorded at:
RCA Victor Studios (Nashville) in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1965-01-12)
recording of:
She’s Not for You (on 1965-01-12)
lyricist and composer:
Willie Nelson
publisher:
Sony/ATV Tree Publishing
2:33
18Are You Sure
2:12
19Night Life
recording of:
Night Life (Willie Nelson)
writer:
Walt Breeland (American songwriter), Paul Buskirk and Willie Nelson
publisher:
Glad Music Co., Pappy Daily Music, Sony/ATV Songs (SOCAN), Sony/ATV Tree Publishing and Glad Music Publishing (in 1962)
2:26
20Mr. Record Man
producer:
Chet Atkins
bass:
Henry Strzelecki (on 1965-04-07)
drums (drum set):
Buddy Harman, Jr. (Session drummer and songwriter) (on 1965-04-07)
electric guitar:
Jerry Reed (on 1965-04-07)
guitar:
Ray Edenton (on 1965-04-07) and Willie Nelson (on 1965-04-07)
steel guitar:
Pete Drake (steel guitar player) (on 1965-04-07)
vocals:
Willie Nelson (on 1965-04-07)
recorded at:
RCA Victor Studios (Nashville) in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1965-04-07)
recording of:
Mr. Record Man (on 1965-04-07)
lyricist and composer:
Willie Nelson
publisher:
Sony/ATV Tree Publishing
32:15
21Healing Hands of Time (#3)
2:21
22Funny How Time Slips Away
recording of:
Funny How Time Slips Away
lyricist and composer:
Willie Nelson
publisher:
Acuff-Rose-Opryland Music Limited (UK), Sony/ATV Songs LLC, Sony/ATV Tree Publishing and Tree Publishing
2:42
23My Own Peculiar Way (#1)
recording of:
My Own Peculiar Way
lyricist and composer:
Willie Nelson (in 1964)
2:59
24One Day at a Time
recording of:
One Day at a Time
lyricist and composer:
Willie Nelson
2:35
25It Should Be Easier Now
bass:
Henry Strzelecki (on 1965-04-08)
drums (drum set):
Jerry Carrigan (US drummer) (on 1965-04-08)
electric guitar:
Jerry Kennedy (on 1965-04-08)
guitar:
Willie Nelson (on 1965-04-08) and Velma Smith (Nashville A-Team) (on 1965-04-08)
steel guitar:
Pete Drake (steel guitar player) (on 1965-04-08)
vocals:
Willie Nelson (on 1965-04-08)
recorded at:
RCA Victor Studios (Nashville) in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1965-04-08)
recording of:
It Should Be Easier Now (on 1965-04-08)
lyricist and composer:
Willie Nelson
2:46
26Darkness on the Face of the Earth
recording of:
Darkness on the Face of the Earth
lyricist and composer:
Willie Nelson
2:28
27Buddy
2:18
28Hello Walls
recording of:
Hello Walls
lyricist and composer:
Willie Nelson
publisher:
Pamper Music, Inc. (on 1961-02-08)
2:14
29So Much to Do
recording of:
So Much to Do
lyricist and composer:
Willie Nelson
publisher:
Tree Publishing Co., Inc.
2:12
30Within Your Crowd
2:06
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#TitleRatingLength
1Did I Ever Love You
recording of:
Did I Ever Love You
lyricist and composer:
Willie Nelson
2:29
2And So Will You My Love
recording of:
And So Will You My Love
lyricist and composer:
Willie Nelson
publisher:
Tree Publishing Co., Inc.
3:02
3I Just Can’t Let You Say Goodbye
2:51
4Down to Our Last Goodbye
2:38
5Fraulein
2:58
6I Love You Because
3:00
7I’d Trade All of My Tomorrows (For Just One Yesterday)
2:25
8Making Believe
2:54
9Home in San Antone
1:40
10Don’t You Ever Get Tired (Of Hurting Me)
3:01
11Columbus Stockade Blues
cover recording of:
Columbus Stockade Blues
writer:
Thomas Darby (in 1927) and Jimmie Tarlton (of Darby & Tarlton) (in 1927)
1:58
12Seasons of My Heart
2:46
13Heartaches by the Number
cover recording of:
Heartaches by the Number
lyricist and composer:
Harlan Howard
publisher:
Good Ol’ Harlan Music, Sony/ATV Tree Publishing and Legacy of Harlan Perry Howard, LLC (in 1959)
2:20
14Go on Home
2:15
15My Window Faces the South
1:44
16San Antonio Rose
engineer:
Jim Malloy
producer:
Chet Atkins
recorded at:
RCA Victor Studios (Nashville) in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (from 1965-12-15 until 1965-12-16)
cover recording of:
San Antonio Rose
lyricist and composer:
Bob Wills (Texan Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader)
publisher:
Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher) (from 1940-06-05 to present) and Irving Berlin Inc. (on 1940-06-05)
32:09
17I’m Still Not Over You
recording of:
I’m Still Not Over You
lyricist and composer:
Willie Nelson
publisher:
Sony/ATV Tree Publishing (in 1966)
2:49
18San Antonio Rose
cover recording of:
San Antonio Rose
lyricist and composer:
Bob Wills (Texan Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader)
publisher:
Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher) (from 1940-06-05 to present) and Irving Berlin Inc. (on 1940-06-05)
2:18
19Columbus Stockade Blues
cover recording of:
Columbus Stockade Blues
writer:
Thomas Darby (in 1927) and Jimmie Tarlton (of Darby & Tarlton) (in 1927)
2:11
20He Sits at My Table
2:31
21A Wonderful Yesterday
2:06
22The Party’s Over
producer:
Chet Atkins
bass:
Roy Huskey, Jr. (son of Roy Junior Huskey) (on 1966-06-08)
drums (drum set):
"Johnny Bush" Shinn, II* (on 1966-06-08)
electric guitar:
Jerry Reed (on 1966-06-08)
fiddle:
Wade Ray (on 1966-06-08)
guitar:
Willie Nelson (on 1966-06-08) and Velma Williams Smith (Nashville A-Team) (on 1966-06-08)
piano:
Hargus “Pig” Robbins (on 1966-06-08)
steel guitar:
Buddy Emmons (on 1966-06-08)
vocals:
Willie Nelson (on 1966-06-08)
recorded at:
RCA Victor Studios (Nashville) in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1966-06-08)
recording of:
The Party’s Over (on 1966-06-08)
lyricist and composer:
Willie Nelson
recording of:
The Party’s Over (Bells Are Ringing)
lyricist:
Betty Comden and Adolph Green
composer:
Jule Styne
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Stratford Music Corporation and Warner Chappell Music Ltd. (no slash; used 1988–1996)
part of:
Bells Are Ringing (stage musical)
42:28
23One in a Row
bass:
Roy Huskey, Jr. (son of Roy Junior Huskey) (on 1966-06-08)
drums (drum set):
"Johnny Bush" Shinn, III (on 1966-06-08)
electric guitar:
Jerry Reed (on 1966-06-08)
fiddle:
Wade Ray (on 1966-06-08)
guitar:
Willie Nelson (on 1966-06-08) and Velma Williams Smith (Nashville A-Team) (on 1966-06-08)
piano:
Hargus “Pig” Robbins (on 1966-06-08)
steel guitar:
Buddy Emmons (on 1966-06-08)
vocals:
Willie Nelson (on 1966-06-08)
recorded at:
RCA Victor Studios (Nashville) in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1966-06-08)
recording of:
One in a Row (on 1966-06-08)
lyricist and composer:
Willie Nelson
publisher:
Tree Publishing Co., Inc. (from 1966 to present)
42:34
24Make Way for a Better Man
recording of:
Make Way for a Better Man
lyricist and composer:
Cy Coben (songwriter)
2:02
25Did I Ever Love You
2:29
26And So Will You My Love
recording of:
And So Will You My Love
lyricist and composer:
Willie Nelson
publisher:
Tree Publishing Co., Inc.
3:02
27I Just Can’t Let You Say Goodbye
2:52
28Down to Our Last Goodbye
2:38
29A Wonderful Yesterday
2:04
30The Party’s Over
recording of:
The Party’s Over
lyricist and composer:
Willie Nelson
2:27
31One in a Row
bass:
Roy Huskey, Jr. (son of Roy Junior Huskey) (on 1966-06-08)
drums (drum set):
"Johnny Bush" Shinn, III (on 1966-06-08)
electric guitar:
Jerry Reed (on 1966-06-08)
fiddle:
Wade Ray (on 1966-06-08)
guitar:
Willie Nelson (on 1966-06-08) and Velma Williams Smith (Nashville A-Team) (on 1966-06-08)
piano:
Hargus “Pig” Robbins (on 1966-06-08)
steel guitar:
Buddy Emmons (on 1966-06-08)
vocals:
Willie Nelson (on 1966-06-08)
recorded at:
RCA Victor Studios (Nashville) in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1966-06-08)
recording of:
One in a Row (on 1966-06-08)
lyricist and composer:
Willie Nelson
publisher:
Tree Publishing Co., Inc. (from 1966 to present)
42:33
32Make Way for a Better Man
2:01
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1Have I Stayed Away Too Long
recording of:
Have I Stayed Away Too Long
lyricist and composer:
Frank Loesser
publisher:
Frank Music Corp.
3:06
2Some Other World
cover recording of:
Some Other World
writer:
Floyd Tillman
2:15
3If It’s Wrong to Love You
recording of:
If It’s Wrong to Love You
lyricist:
Charles Mitchell (1940s songwriter and steel guitarist)
writer:
Bonnie Dodd (American songwriter and musician)
2:21
4Have I Told You Lately That I Love You
cover recording of:
Have I Told You Lately That I Love You?
lyricist and composer:
Scott Wiseman (in 1945)
publisher:
Duchess Music Corporation (BMI-affiliated), MCA Duchess Music Corporation, Universal Duchess Music Corp., Universal/MCA Music Ltd. (not for release label use!), シンコーミュージック・エンタテイメント (Shinko Music Entertainment Co., Ltd.), ユニバーサル・ミュージック・パブリッシング Synch事業部 (Universal Music Publishing, Synch Division) and Leeds Music Ltd. (in 1982)
3:05
5You Made Me Live, Love and Die
recording of:
You Made Me Live, Love and Die
lyricist and composer:
Floyd Tillman
2:53
6Born to Lose
cover recording of:
Born to Lose
lyricist and composer:
Frankie Brown
publisher:
Peer International Corporation (BMI) (on 1943-05-29)
2:43
7What Now My Love
cover recording of:
What Now My Love
lyricist:
Pierre Delanoë
composer:
Gilbert Bécaud
translator:
Carl Sigman
publisher:
BMG Songs, Inc., Major Songs, Music Sales Corporation (American copyright holder in both popular and classical music), Remick Music Corp. and Warner Chappell Music, Inc.
translated version of:
Et maintenant
33:16
8Lovin’ Lies
recording of:
Lovin' Lies
writer:
Dorothy Chapman, Troy Martin (country producer and publisher) and Pete Pyle
3:02
9Teach Me to Forget
recording of:
Teach Me to Forget
lyricist and composer:
Leon Payne (Country/Rockabilly artist)
2:53
10Tender Years
2:26
11A Mansion on the Hill
cover recording of:
A Mansion on the Hill
lyricist and composer:
Fred Rose (songwriter) and Hank Williams (country music legend)
publisher:
Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (on 1948-11-30)
3:02
12Something to Think About
2:36
13Blackjack County Chain
producer:
Chet Atkins and Felton Jarvis
bass:
Henry Strzelecki (on 1967-02-22)
drums (drum set):
William Paul Ackerman (US studio drummer) (on 1967-02-22)
guitar:
Grady Martin (country/rockabilly guitarist) (on 1967-02-22)
guitar [rhythm guita]:
Velma Smith (Nashville A-Team) (on 1967-02-22)
piano:
Jerry Smith (Nashville keyboardist, songwriter, publisher & producer) (on 1967-02-22)
steel guitar:
Jimmy Day (on 1967-02-22)
background vocals:
Dorothy Dillard (on 1967-02-22), Priscilla Hubbard (on 1967-02-22), Louis Nunley (on 1967-02-22) and William Wright, Jr. (in the Anita Kerr Singers) (on 1967-02-22)
vocals:
Willie Nelson (on 1967-02-22)
recorded at:
RCA Victor Studios (Nashville) in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1967-02-22)
recording of:
Blackjack County Chain (on 1967-02-22)
lyricist and composer:
Red Lane
publisher:
Sony/ATV Tree Publishing
2:05
14Don’t Say Love or Nothing
2:50
15You Ought to Hear Me Cry
producer:
Chet Atkins and Felton Jarvis (on 1967-02-22)
bass:
Henry Strzelecki (on 1967-02-22)
drums (drum set):
William Paul Ackerman (US studio drummer) (on 1967-02-22)
guitar:
Grady Martin (country/rockabilly guitarist) (on 1967-02-22)
guitar [rhythm guitar]:
Velma Smith (Nashville A-Team) (on 1967-02-22)
piano:
Jerry Smith (Nashville keyboardist, songwriter, publisher & producer) (on 1967-02-22)
steel guitar:
Jimmy Day (on 1967-02-22)
background vocals:
Dorothy Dillard (on 1967-02-22), Priscilla Hubbard (on 1967-02-22), Louis Nunley (on 1967-02-22) and William Wright, Jr. (in the Anita Kerr Singers) (on 1967-02-22)
vocals:
Willie Nelson (on 1967-02-22)
recorded at:
RCA Victor Studios (Nashville) in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1967-02-22)
recording of:
You Ought to Hear Me Cry (on 1967-02-22)
lyricist and composer:
Willie Nelson
publisher:
Sony/ATV Tree Publishing
2:43
16I Don’t Feel Anything
2:38
17Hold Me Tighter
2:27
18I’ll Stay Around
recording of:
I’ll Stay Around
lyricist and composer:
Hank Cochran (Nashville singer and songwriter) and Willie Nelson
publisher:
Tree Publishing Co., Inc.
2:18
19A Moment Isn’t Very Long
recording of:
A Moment Isn’t Very Long
lyricist and composer:
Willie Nelson
publisher:
Tree Publishing Co., Inc. and Sony Tree Publishing Co., Inc. (in 2000)
2:15
20The Ghost
recording of:
The Ghost
lyricist and composer:
Willie Nelson
2:26
21No Tomorrow in Sight
recording of:
No Tomorrow in Sight
lyricist and composer:
Willie Nelson
publisher:
Tree Publishing Co., Inc. and Sony Tree Publishing Co., Inc. (in 2000)
3:05
22There Goes a Man
2:30
23Go Away
recording of:
Go Away
lyricist and composer:
Willie Nelson
publisher:
Tree Publishing Co., Inc.
2:28
24Once Alone
3:03
25The End of Understanding
recording of:
End of Understanding
lyricist and composer:
Willie Nelson
publisher:
Tree Publishing Co., Inc.
2:08
26To Make a Long Story Short (She’s Gone)
recording of:
To Make a Long Story Short, She’s Gone
writer:
Fred Foster and Willie Nelson
2:19
27Suffer in Silence
2:25
28Truth Number One
2:52
29When I Don’t Have You
3:23
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