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1	His Original & Greatest Hits (1999) more music like this by Phil Harris Phil Harris talk-singing style made him the pop equivalent of Tex Williams, and he had a clear influence on the Big Bopper and Jerry Reed, to name a couple. His late-'40s and early-'50s recordings for RCA are collected here, including such Harris favorites as "Woodman, Woodman Spare That Tree," "The Preacher and the Bear," "Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! ... see all copies from $11.46! new only from $11.46!
2	Ghost Train (2002) more music like this by Hot Club of Cowtown Smoky Parisian bistros and steamy eight-to-the-bar rhythms, with an occasional two-step toward Texas roadhouse swing, continue to inspire Austin's archival threesome on Ghost Train. The band covers a few old tunes, but the best performances crop up on their own songs and particularly the ones fashioned with Art Deco affectation. These dominate the ... see all copies from $6.45! new only from $7.00!
3	Take Me Back to Tulsa [Proper Box] (2002) more music like this by Bob Wills Everyone who's ever explored Western swing knows that Bob Wills' music was revolutionary, but any fan who hasn't listened to the music on disc one of this collection probably doesn't realize how revolutionary it really was. Most modern retrospectives concentrate on music that Wills made after his signature sound was firmly established, but the ... see all copies from $7.35! new only from $7.35!
4	Legends of Country Music (2006) more music like this by Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys That Bob Wills was one of the architects of American music is a given, but his particular creation -- he didn't name it Western swing, but that's what it came to be called -- did not arise from the dust. Wills, refusing to be restricted, subsumed virtually every genre available to him at the time, from blues to big band, popular song to old-timey, ... see all copies from $35.00! new only from $35.00!
5	King of Western Swing [JSP] (2007) more music like this by Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys JSP's outstanding four-CD Bob Wills anthology consists of 100 classic Western swing performances recorded between September 1935 and April 1940 in Dallas, Fort Worth, Chicago, and Saginaw. Almost all of these 78-rpm records came out under the name of the Texas Playboys; the only exceptions are two fiddle and guitar duets by Bob Wills and Sleepy ... see all copies from $13.87! new only from $25.43!
6	My Kind of Country (1999) more music like this by Phil Harris see all copies from $16.43! new only from $16.43!
7	Daddy of Western Swing (2003) more music like this by Milton Brown and His Musical Brownies see all copies from $27.42! new only from $27.42!
8	Ralph's Old Time Songbook (2000) by Ralph Hodges see all copies from $10.70! new only from $10.70!
9	The Alternative Takes, Vol. 2: 1940-1944 (2002) more music like this by Eddie Condon The Alternative Takes series is of immense value to consumers of the "French Classics" CD series. These are alternate takes in chronological order of historic jazz (and some blues) with a strong representation of the swing era. The Alternative Takes, Vol. 2: 1940-1944 contains 24 Eddie Condon tracks on a single disc including multiple takes of " ... see all copies from $13.90! new only from $13.90!

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