Eddy Arnold - The Tennessee Plowboy And His Guitar (1998)
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log) - 828 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 766 MB
5:32:02 | Country, Folk, Honky Tonk, Nashville Sound | Label: Bear Family Records
EAC Rip | FLAC (tracks, cue, log) - 828 MB | MP3 CBR 320 kbps - 766 MB
5:32:02 | Country, Folk, Honky Tonk, Nashville Sound | Label: Bear Family Records
Contains songs from 1944-50, including all of his output from this period as well as over 35 of his hits, available here in their original versions for the first time on CD.
The 120 tracks on these five CDs constitute a group of Eddy Arnold songs with which few people under the age of 50 could be familiar – only about a half-dozen of them ever appeared on LP, much less CD. Recorded between 1944 and 1950, they represent his rise to country stardom (but not yet to pop stardom), and also the evolution of country music in the period immediately after the war. His performances on the early sides were heavily influenced by the work of Gene Autry, but they were much closer to hillbilly music, with thin, twangy guitars and fiddle.