All-American Boy [Box Set] (1994)

About this title: The four-disc box set The All-American Boy contains all of Bobby Bare's RCA recordings between 1962 and 1970, including the Top 10 hits "Detroit City," "500 Miles Away from Home," "Miller's Cave," "Four Strong Winds," "A Dear John Letter," "It's Alright," "The Streets of Baltimore," "The Game of Triangles" and "(Margie's At) The Lincoln Park Inn." In addition to all of the master recordings, the set also includes several alternate takes, unreleased tracks, incomplete takes, duets and rarities. Certainly, box sets that are this comprehensive only appeal to dedicated fans, yet All-American Boy ... read more

Tracks:

1. Darlin' Don't [Bare]
2. Another Love Has Ended [Crofford]
3. Down on the Corner of Love [Owens]
4. The Life of a Fool [Bare]
5. A Beggar [White/Ross/Welch]
6. The Livin' End [Stryker]
7. Vampira [Bare/Maxwell]
8. Tender Years [Bare]
9. When the One You Love [Incomplete Take] [Bare]
10. All American Boy [Parsons/Lunsford]
11. What You Gonna Do Now [Collins]
12. I'm Hanging Up My Rifle [Alternate Take] [Bare]
13. That's Where I Want to Be [Bare/Guynes]
14. I'm Hanging Up My Rifle [Master] [Bare]
15. Lynching Party [Fraternity Master] [Howard]
16. Lynching Party [Alternate Take] [Howard]
17. Sweet Singin' Sam [Rock 'N' Roll Version] [Bare]
18. Sweet Singin' Man [Single Master] [Bare]
19. Lynching Party [RCA Release] [Howard]
20. More Than a Poor Boy Could Give [Bare]
21. No Letter from My Baby [Bare/Bare]
22. Book of Love [Bare/Guynes]
23. Can Can Ladies [DeVorzon]
24. Lorena [Williams]
25. Zig Zag Twist [Williams]
26. Island of Love [Bare]
27. Sailor Man [Howard]
28. These Tender Years [Bare]
29. Lovesick [Bare]
30. Great Big Car [Bare]
31. Brooklyn Bridge [Alternate Take] [Bare/Guynes]
32. That Mean Old Clock [Howard]
33. The Day My Rainbow Fell [Howard]
34. Brooklyn Bridge [Master] [Bare/Guynes]
35. Above and Beyond [Howard]
36. Shame on Me [Williams/Enis]
37. To Whom It May Concern [Bare/Williams]
38. Wallflower [Miller]
39. I Don't Believe I'll Fall in Love Today [Howard]
40. Dear Waste Basket [Bare/Leach]
41. Baby, Don't Believe Him [Pitts]
42. I'm Gettin' Lonely [Pitts]
43. Heart of Ice [DeVorzon/Crawford]
44. Candy Coated Kisses [DeVorzon/Crawford]
45. The Gods Were Angry with Me [Watkins/Mackintosh]
46. I'd Fight the World [Cochran/Allison]
47. Is It Wrong (For Loving You) [McPherson]
48. Dear Waste Basket [Bare/Leach]
49. Detroit City [Tillis/Dill]
50. Lonely Town [Bare]
51. She Called Me Baby [Howard]
52. Five Hundred Miles Away from Home [West/Bare/Williams]
53. It All Depends on Linda [Bare/Williams]
54. Worried Man Blues [Carter]
55. Homestead on the Farm [Carter]
56. Abilene [Loudermilk/Brown/Gi]
57. Gotta Travel On [Clayton]
58. Noah's Ark [DeVorzon/Burnette]
59. I Wonder Where You Are Tonight [Bond]
60. Let Me Tell You About Mary [Bare]
61. What Kind of Bird Is That [Cochran]
62. Jeannie's Last Kiss [Williams/Bare]
63. Miller's Cave [Clement]
64. Sittin' and Thinking [Rich]
65. Have I Stayed Away Too Long [Loesser]

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