Top Teen Hits
Artist: Brenda Lee
Hello Walls
Artist: Willie Nelson
The Guitar Genius
Artist: Chet Atkins

The Guitar Genius is one strange album -- good, but strange -- beginning with its title. Of course there's plenty of guitar here, but there's also a surprising number of pieces that rely on vocals. It opens up with Chet Atkins' delightfully bluesy instrumental rendition of "Heartbreak Hotel," a song on whose original recording session with Elvis... Read More

Twelve Songs of Christmas
Artist: Jim Reeves
Community Score: 10.00

The '60s C&W sound is still great in the '90s. ~ David A. Milberg, All Music Guide Read More

The Unbelievable Guitar and Voice of Jerry Reed
Artist: Jerry Reed
Community Score: 8.00
Nashville Underground
Artist: Jerry Reed
Community Score: 8.00
Country Willie: His Own Songs
Artist: Willie Nelson
Community Score: 7.50

The back of this record says, "Willie writes the songs...You make them into hits" and proceeds to talk about some of the artists who have had hits from the pen of Willie Nelson. While some of these tunes showed up in their original versions on the United Artist album Best of Willie Nelson, this is still worth tracking down. ~ Jim Worbois, All... Read More

Country Favorites, Willie Nelson Style
Artist: Willie Nelson

It may be hard to believe but Willie Nelson wasn't always a national icon. In the mid-'60s, he regularly hit the charts, except from behind the scenes as a busy and acclaimed songwriter. His own recordings were less successful until, in 1966, Country Favorites, Willie Nelson Style became his first album to enter Billboard's country album charts,... Read More

Big Bluegrass Special
Artist: Glen Campbell

Anyone who only knows Glen Campbell's country-pop hits like "Wichita Lineman" will find his first album a revelation. Recorded in the midst of the college folk boom, Big Bluegrass Special paired off Campbell with Dale Fitzsimmons and Carl Tanberg, aka the Green River Boys, doing songs by Merle Travis, Cliffie Stone, Bob Nolan, and the Delmore... Read More

Gentle on My Mind
Artist: Glen Campbell

The best of Campbell's early albums, and also his first real commercial success. Ironically, the title track (written by John Hartford) which started Campbell on the road to stardom, was never intended for release -- he had submitted it as a demo, and Capitol issued it, to everybody's profit. Campbell's cover of "Catch the Wind" is one of the... Read More