Greatest Hits (& Some That Will Be)
Artist: Willie Nelson

Greatest Hits (& Some That Will Be) was released in the fall of 1981, summarizing a remarkable seven-year stretch of extraordinary success that began when the iconoclastic Red Headed Stranger, Willie Nelson's first album for Columbia, became a smash hit not long after its 1975 release. From that point on, Nelson became an American popular music... Read More

Compass Point/I've Got Something to Say
Artist: David Allan Coe

The pairing of Compass Point and I've Got Something to Say is the oddest of the two-fers issued by Bear Family as volume five in their David Allan Coe Columbia retrospective. On his ninth and tenth albums for Columbia, Coe was still looking for respect from radio program directors in Nash Vegas and nationwide -- and wasn't getting it, despite... Read More

Best of the Best
Artist: David Allan Coe
The Best of Johnny Paycheck
Artist: Johnny Paycheck

The Best of Johnny Paycheck, Vol. 1 is a budget-line collection that draws from material written during his heyday in the '70s. With such hits as "Take This Job and Shove It," "She's All I Got," "Mr. Lovemaker," and "Slide Off of Your Satin Sheets," this disc functions as a good introduction to Paycheck's sound for the budget-minded. ~ Thom... Read More

The Best of Kris Kristofferson
Artist: Kris Kristofferson

Featuring the singer's own renditions of classic compositions like "Help Me Make It Through the Night" and "Me and Bobby McGee, " The Best of Kris Kristofferson is a smart investment for casual fans. ~ Hank Small, All Music Guide Read More

Wanted! The Outlaws - BONUS TRACKS
Artist: Waylon Jennings
Community Score: 5.00

The term "outlaw" had been bandied about after Waylon Jennings' 1972 hit "Ladies Love Outlaws," but it didn't permanently gel until the release of the album Wanted! The Outlaws in 1976. The songs in this packaged product weren't new -- the album contained previously released material by Jennings, Willie Nelson, Tompall Glaser, and Jennings' wife... Read More

Revolutions of Time: The Journey 1975-1993
Artist: Willie Nelson

Compiling material from Willie Nelson's later career, the box set Revolutions of Time: The Journey 1975-1993 provides a thorough overview of the singer's most popular recordings, as well as some of his most obscure. Divided into three thematic discs -- "Pilgrimage," "Sojourns," and "Exodus" -- the box contains most of his hits from the era,... Read More

A Moment of Forever
Artist: Kris Kristofferson
Community Score: 8.00

After salvaging several recording careers, producer Don Was formed his own imprint, Karambolage, to continue such efforts in the early '90s, and among other artists worked with Kris Kristofferson, dormant as a solo singer/songwriter since the commercial failure of his two politically oriented Mercury albums Repossessed and Third World Warrior in... Read More

Six Hours at Pedernales
Artist: Willie Nelson
Love Songs - 1995 COLUMBIA
Artist: Willie Nelson
Tattoo/Family Album
Artist: David Allan Coe

Tattoo and Family Album mark singer/songwriter David Allan Coe's fifth and sixth albums for Columbia, respectively, issued in 1977 and 1978. They also make up the third volume of Bear Family's Columbia Records retrospective covering the years 1974-1981. The issue of Tattoo marked the third album Coe issued in 1977. First there was the... Read More

Human Emotions/Spectrum VII
Artist: David Allan Coe

David Allan Coe's seventh and eighth albums for Columbia (documented here on CD by the illustrious Bear Family label from Germany as the fourth issue in their Coe retrospective series) reveal just how influential producer Billy Sherrill became on Coe's sound, and how completely he trusted Sherrill's instincts. Human Emotions, written and... Read More

Invictus Means Unconquered/Tennessee Waltz
Artist: David Allan Coe
Community Score: 10.00

The sixth and final volume of Bear Family's David Allan Coe two-fer series ends on a high note with his final albums for Columbia, the gorgeous Invictus Means Unconquered and the gutsy, rootsy Tennessee Whiskey. Both of these records represent a return to form for Coe, who had hit a career and creative low with his first attempt at a commercial... Read More