4-CD box (LP-size) with 24-page book, 111 tracks. Playing time approx. 281 mns

We turn the spotlight on one of the great country songwriters of our time. Mitchell Torok wrote 'Mexican Joe' for Jim Reeves, Norwood and Arkansas for Glen Campbell, Open The Door And Let The Good Times In for Dean Martin, and Redneck for Vernon Oxford. He was also a recording artist, and scored country and pop hits with 'Caribbean' (a number 1 country hit--and then a Top 20 pop hit five years later) and When Mexico Gave Up The Rhumba, (a Top 10 hit in England).

This 4-CD set includes Mitchell's rare early recordings for FBC and Royalty, as well as his recordings for Abbott, Decca, Guyden, Mercury, and Capitol, encompassing his career from 1949 to 1963. Standout cuts include Nacogdoches County Line, Piney Woods Boogie, Sober Up, Red Light - Green Light, You Drive Buddy, Havanna Huddle, and the original version of the Top 10 pop hit Pledge Of Love. Mitchell was a different sort of country singer, and this is a great, offbeat collection.

Track Listing

Disc 1:

• Nacogdoches County Line
• I'll Get My Lovin' From Someone Else
• Clingin' Heart
• Piney Woods Boogie
• Yearnin' (& SALLY LEE)
• Someday (When Someone Hurts You)(& SALLY LEE)
• Table Hoppin' Blues (& SALLY LEE)
• Sober Up
• Little Hoo-Wee
• Judalina
• Caribbean
• Weep Away
• Caribbean (alt)
• Hootchy Kootchy Henry (From Hawaii)
• Gigolo
• Edgar The Eager Easter Bunny
• Living On Love
• The Haunting Waterfall
• Dancerette
• The World Keeps Turning Around
• A Peasant's Guitar
• Roulette
• Havana Huddle
• Smooth Talk (& GALE TOROK)
• My Silly Old Heart
• Sit Down You're Rocking The Boat
• Too Late Now
• My Kind Of Woman
• Marching My Blues Away
• Country And Western (That's For Me)
• Red Light, Green Light
• No Money Down
• It'll Be All Right
• A Woman By Your Side
• I Wish I Was A Little Bit Younger
• Memories Of You Haunting Me Night And Day
• When Mexico Gave Up The Rhumba
• Go Ahead And Be A Fool
• Drink Up And Go Home
• Take This Heart
• Pledge Of Love
• Another Love From Now
• What's Behind The Strange Door
• You Never Belonged To Me
• Sweet Revenge
• Love Me Like You Mean It
• You Win Again
• I Can't Help It (If I'm Still In Love With U)
• Love Your Touch (Love You So Much)
• Two Words (True Love)
• You're Tempting Me
• You Can't Keep A Good Man Down
• Honolulu Baby
• Filipino Baby
• How Much (Do I Love You)
• Be Kind To Me
• These Things I Hold Dear
• A Date With A Teardrop
• All Over Again, Again
• You Can't Get There From Here
• You Drive, Buddy
• The P.T.A. Rock And Roll
• Here I Come Cruel World
• Teenie Weenie Bikini
• Cryin' Honky Tonk Blues
• New Guitar
• You Are The One
• Especially For You
• Kish Leon
• Johnny's Gone Away To College
• Mexican Joe
• Rig-A-Jig-A-Boom
• That's My Desire
• Guardian Angel
• A Rose-Covered Garden
• When The Stars Get In Your Eyes
• I Want To Know Everything
• Pink Chiffon
• The Seventeenth Summer
• What You Don't Know (Won't Hurt You)
• Happy Street
• Little Boy In Love
• King Of Holiday Island
• El Tigre
• Eating My Heart Out
• The Comancheros
• Rio Grande
• Fool's Disguise
• A Mighty, Mighty Man
• For Somebody Who's Supposed To Be Hurtin'
• I'm Not Myself
• Hawaiian Sunset
• Little Secrets
• I Wish
• Timid Soul
• Summer Romance
• Your Love
• Too Bad
• Four Your Precious Love
• The Tree
• What Goes On In Your Heart
• Imagination
• Hidin' The Hurt
• Little Teenage Heart
• Country Music I Gave You The Best Years Of...

Additional Details

Label: Bear Family Records

Genre: Country

Run Time: 281 mins

Release Date: 01/02/07

UPC: 4000127159069