Classic Country: 1965-1969 [1 CD] (1999)

About this title: Time Life enters the country compilation sweepstakes with a somewhat slim yet still solid mix of late-'60s hits and misses. Spanning most of the big country labels, the 15-track set ranges from outlaw sides (Merle Haggard's "Mama Tried" and Waylon Jennings' "Only Daddy That'll Walk the Line") to a few slices of Nashville sound gloss (Eddy Arnold's "Make the World Go Away"). In between, there are plenty of other chart-toppers by Glen Campbell ("Wichita Lineman"), Jeannie C. Riley ("Harper Valley P.T.A."), Loretta Lynn ("Don't Come Home a Drinkin' [With Lovin' on Your Mind]"), and Roger Miller ... read more

Tracks:

1. Walk Through This World With Me [Seamons/Savage]
2. Jackson [Rodgers/Wheeler]
3. Flowers on the Wall [DeWitt]
4. King of the Road [Miller]
5. Okie from Muskogee [Burris/Haggard]
6. Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town [Tillis]
7. Daddy Sang Bass [Perkins]
8. Crying in the Chapel [Glenn]
9. Make the World Go Away [Cochran]
10. Only Daddy That'll Walk the Line [Bryant]
11. Don't Come Home a Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind) [Lynn/Wells]
12. Harper Valley P.T.A. [Hall]
13. Skip a Rope [Moran/Tubb]
14. Mama Tried [Haggard]
15. Wichita Lineman [Webb]

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