The One Rose: The Capitol Years (1993)

About this title: All 111 tracks -- and not a weak one among them -- that Rose Maddox cut for Capitol Records between 1959-1965, including seven numbers (one live) with Buck Owens, spread among four CDs and topped off with a 16-page booklet. As usual, the quality is excellent, in addition to the material being exceptionally attractive. Maddox's singing (sometimes joined by her brother, John, or Buck Owens) is powerful throughout, whether she's introducing new numbers like "Custer's Last Stand" or "Lies and Alibis," or covering familiar territory like Hank Williams' "Whoa Sailor" or "Honky Tonkin'," or Woody ... read more

Tracks:

1. What Makes Me Hang Around [Shultz]
2. Bill Cline [Maddox]
3. Gambler's Love [Shults/Hodges]
4. Lies and Alibis [Wayne/Maddox]
5. Custer's Last Stand [Wayne/Maddox]
6. I Lost Today [Wayne]
7. Live and Let Live [Walker/Sullivan]
8. My Little Baby [Maddox/Maddox]
9. Philadelphia Lawyer [Master] [Guthrie]
10. Tramp on the Street [Cole/Cole]
11. Gathering Flowers for the Master's Bouquet [Baumgartner]
12. I'm Happy Every Day I Live [Troxel/Maddox]
13. Sally Let Your Bangs Hang Down [Maddox]
14. Whoa, Sailor [Thompson]
15. On the Banks of the Old Ponchartrain [Williams/Vincent]
16. Honky Tonkin' [Williams]
17. At the First Fall of Snow [Ross]
18. Why Don't You Haul Off and Love Me [Raney/Glosson]
19. Chocolate Ice Cream Cone [Lahua]
20. Move It on Over [Williams]
21. Shining Silver Gleaming Gold [Maddox/Wayne/Hodges]
22. Down, Down, Down [Collins]
23. Please Help Me, I'm Falling [Robertson/Blair]
24. Johnny's Last Kiss [Stovall/George]
25. Philadelphia Lawyer [Alt. Take5] [Guthrie]
26. Wait a Little Longer, Please Jesus [Houser/Smith]
27. An Empty Mansion [Luttrel/Kames]
28. Great Speckled Bird [Carter/Smith]
29. This World Is Not My Home [Traditional]
30. That Glory Bound Train [Acuff/McLeod]
31. Drifting Too Far from the Shore [Traditional]
32. When I Take My Vacation in Heaven [Buffum/Winsett]
33. How Beautiful Heaven Must Be [Traditional]
34. I'll Reap My Harvest in Heaven [Jenkins]
35. Smoke, Fire and Brimstone [Maddox/Maddox]
36. Will the Circle Be Unbroken [Traditional]
37. Kneel at the Cross [Moody/Public Domain]
38. There's a Better Times a Comin' [Smith]
39. I Want to Live Again [Owen]
40. Kissing My Pillow [Owen/Lewis]
41. Dime a Dozen [Howard]
42. Loose Talk [Hart/Lucas]
43. Mental Cruelty [Owens/Davis/Davis]
44. Conscience I'm Guilty [Rhodes]
45. Read My Letter Once Again [Bacon]
46. Tall Men [Darby]
47. Early in the Morning [Harris]
48. There Ain't No Love [Sparks]
49. What Am I Living For? [Jay/Harris]
50. Stop the World (And Let Me Off) [Belew/Stevenson]
51. Jim Dandy [Chase]
52. North to Alaska [Franks/Horton]
53. Lonely Street [Sowder/Belew/Steven]
54. Gotta Travel On [Clayton]
55. Just One More Time [Roberts/Brooks]
56. Don't Tell Me Your Troubles [Gibson]
57. There Ain't No Love [Sparks]
58. Your Kind of Lovin' Won't Do [Jones/Riddle]
59. Take Me Back Again [Owens]
60. Fool Me Again [Rhodes/Weber]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.