9-CD boxed set (LP-size) with two 288-page hardbound books, 296 tracks. Total playing time approx. 688 minutes

Every Johnny Horton recording. Every issued recording on every label! Every unissued recording! Every alternate take! Every known demo! All the overdub sessions! Several rare radio interviews! And more!
In all, 9 CDs!
Includes Johnny Horton's first record. Only one copy is known to exist!
Includes two 288-page hardcover books! One is an exhaustive biography by Colin Escott with a complete discography and hundreds of photos, many previously unpublished. The other is a book about Johnny Horton, handwritten by his mother in the months after his death, never seen before until now!
All completely remastered for unbelievably clear, vibrant sound. BR/>This Is It!

In 1981, we at Bear Family issued our first Johnny Horton LP. It set us upon a journey that ends here with the absolutely guaranteed definitive Johnny Horton set. This is the set that an artist of Johnny Horton's stature deserves, and a set that was unimaginable in 1981. Some know Johnny Horton for his rockabilly records like Honky Tonk Man, One Woman Man, Honky Tonk Hardwood Floor, Wild One, etc. Some know him for his saga songs like North To Alaska and of course Battle Of New Orleans. They're all here, of course, but there's so much more.

All of Johnny Horton's early recordings are here, including his first single from 1950 ? a single so rare that only one copy is known to exist. We didn't even know about it until a couple of years back. Then there are the Cormac, Abbott, Mercury, SESAC, and Columbia recordings, all restored to pristine sound quality. The Abbott overdubs have been included as well as all of Johnny Horton's known demo recordings. Johnny Horton was a songwriter for American Music, and we've gathered all the songwriting demos for American with many others that have recently come to light.

Then there are the books: two 288-page hardcover books....Read more at: https://www.bear-family.de/

Track Listing

• Give Me A Big Fat Woman
• Why In The Dickens Don't You Milk That Cow
• By My Side
• Candy Jones
• Chiggers
• Empty Promises
• I Wanna Know
• It's Easy As Sin
• When My Baby Cries
• Plaid And Calico
• Coal Smoke, Valve Oil And Steam
• Done Rovin'
• Birds And Butterflies
• Happy Millionaire
• Mean, Mean Son Of A Gun
• Devilish Love Light
• In My Home In Shelby County
• Go And Wash Your Dirty Feet (Barefoot Boy Blues)
• Shadows On The Old Bayou
• Talk Gobbler Talk (Old Gobbler, The Hound Dog)
• Words
• Smokey Joe's Barbecue
• On The Banks Of The Beautiful Nile
• It's A Long Rocky Road
• Shotgun Boogie
• Devilish Love Light (excerpt)
• Bawlin' Baby
• Somebody's Rockin' My Broken Heart
• Betty Lorraine (Betty Lou)
• Rhythm In My Baby's Walk

• Hank And Joe And Me
• The Golden Rocket
• A-Sleeping At The Foot Of The Bed
• I Just Don't Like This Kind Of Livin'
• Old Blind Barnabas
• Evil Hearted Me
• Hot In The Sugar Cane Field
• You Don't Move Me Baby Anymore
• The Gosh Darn Wheel
• Broken Hearted Gypsy
• The Church By The Side Of The Road

• First Train Headin' South
• The Rest Of Your Life
• (I Wished For An Angel) The Devil Sent Me You
• This Won't Be The First Time
• Child's Side Of Life
• I Won't Forget
• Egg Money
• SS Lureline
• The Mansion You Stole
• I Won't Get Dreamy Eyed
• Tennessee Jive
• (Another Woman Wears) My Wedding Ring
• You, You, You
• All For The Love Of A Girl
• Two Red Lips And Warm Red Wine
• Back To My Back Street
• Move Down The Line
• The Train With The Rhumba Beat
• There'll Never Be Another Mary
• No True Love
• The Devil Made A Masterpiece
• Ha Ha And Moonface
• You Cry In The Door Of Your Mansion
• Where Are You
• Meant So Little To You
• Ridin' The Sunshine Special
• Hey, Sweet Thing
• Journey With No End
• Big Wheels Rollin'

• I'm A One Woman Man
• Honky Tonk Man
• I'm Ready If You're Willing
• I Got A Hole In My Pirogue
• Take Me Like I Am
• Sugar-Coated Baby
• I Don't Like I Did
• Hooray For That Little Difference
• I'm Coming Home
• Over-Loving You
• She Knows Why
• Honky Tonk Mind (The Woman I Need)
• Tell My Baby I Love Her
• Goodbye Lonesome, Hello Baby Doll
• I'll Do It Everytime
• You're My Baby
• Let's Take The Long Way Home
• Lover's Rock
• Honky-Tonk Hardwood Floor
• The Wild One
• Everytime I'm Kissing You
• Hot In The Sugarcane Field
• Lonesome And Heartbroken
• Seven Come Eleven
• I Can't Forget You
• Wise To The Ways Of A Woman
• Out In New Mexico
• Tetched In The Head
• Just Walk A Little Closer
• Don't Use My Heart For A Stepping Stone
• I Love You, Baby

• Counterfeit Love
• Mister Moonlight
• All Grown Up
• Got The Bull By The Horns
• When It's Springtime In Alaska (It's Forty Below)
• Whispering Pines
• The Battle Of New Orleans
• Lost Highway
• Sam Magee
• Cherokee Boogie
• The Battle Of New Orleans (British Version)
• Joe's Been A-Gittin' There
• The First Train Headin' South
• Sal's Got A Sugarlip (Rock & Roll Version)
• Johnny Reb
• Sal's Got A Sugarlip
• Ole Slew-Foot
• They Shined Up Rudolph's Nose
• The Electrified Donkey
• The Same Old Tale The Crow Told Me
• Sink The Bismarck

• Miss Marcy (Billy Boy)
• Sleepy-Eyed John
• They'll Never Take Her Love From Me
• The Sinking Of The Reuben James
• Jim Bridger
• The Battle Of Bull Run
• Snow-Shoe Thompson
• John Paul Jones
• Comanche (The Brave Horse)
• Young Abe Lincoln
• O'Leary's Cow
• Johnny Freedom
• Go North!
• North To Alaska
• Rock Island Line
• North To Alaska (radio promo)
• Ford Commercials
• Wray Ford Commercial
• Johnny Horton Talks
• Radio Interview with KWKH Radio Bob Stoner
• The Ballad Of Johnny Horton

• Done Rovin’
• Talk Gobbler Talk (Old Gobbler)
• Give Me Back My Picture And You Can Keep The Frame
• Two Eyed Sunday Pants
• Two-Eyed Sunday Pants
• My Home In Shelby County
• Confusion
• Go And Wash You Dirty Feet
• Go And Wash Your Dirty Feet
• Smokey Joe’s Barbeque
• It’s A Long Rocky Road
• My Gal Comes From Heaven
• Janie
• My Pretty Little Gal From Dixie*
• Somebody’s Rockin’ My Broken Heart
• I’ll Fill A Drunkard’s Grave
• Bawlin’ Baby
• Betty Lorraine
• First Train Headin’ South
• Down That River Road
• Ridin’ Down The Rocky Trail
• None of You But All Of Me

• Dark-Eyed Beauty From Cuba
• I Won’t Get Dreamy Eyed (incomplete)
• I Wish Heartaches Were Strangers
• Love And Tell
• Honky-Tonk Jelly Roll Blues
• Because I’m A Jealous Man
• My Heart Stopped Trembled And Died
• You’re The One For Me
• The Train With The Rumba Beat
• Church By The Side Of The Road
• I’m The One That Breaks In Two
• Bob Sullivan Stomp
• Stomping At KWKH Studios
• I’m A Fishin’ Man
• A Lifetime Ago
• Electricity
• My Heart Stopped, Trembled, And Died
• Somebody’s Been Beatin’ My Time
• Blow Your Whistle
• How You Gonna Make It
• I Got A Slow Leak
• Baby Darling
• Where Do You Think You Would Stand
• Why Did It Happen To Me
• Won’t You Love Me, Love Me, Love Me
• Upon My Heart
• John Henry
• You Don’t Move Me Baby Anymore
• What Will I Do Without You (guitar)

• Memphis To Mobile
• Schottische In Texas
• That Boy’s Got The Habit
• Take It Like A Man (false )
• Take It Like A Man
• Witch Walkin’ Baby
• Alley Girl Ways
• Back Up Train
• Streets Of Dodge
• Sal’s Got A Sugar Lip (guitar)
• Sal’s Got A Sugar Lip*
• Why Did It Happen To Me'
• The Train With The Rumba Beat'
• Lovely Gal
• Mean Witch Walk
• The Vanishing Race
• I Just Don’t Like This Kind Of Living
• Ole Slewfoot
• Shake Rattle And Roll
• I Gave My Love A Cherry
• Whatcha Gonna Do
• Old Dan Tucker

Additional Details

Label: Bear Family Records

Genre: Country

Run Time: 296 mins

Release Date: 11/27/14

UPC: 5397102162220