The Sun Country Years: Country Music in Memphis, 1950-1959

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1▼12" Vinyl: Sun Country, Vol. 1
#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
A1	WMC radio extracts	Slim Rhodes		1:33
A2	Skunk Hollow Boogie	Slim Rhodes		2:30
A3	Save a Little Love for Me	Slim Rhodes		2:33
A4	Memphis Bounce	Slim Rhodes		2:31
A5	Sixty Days	Slim Rhodes		2:41
A6	Hotfoot Rag	Slim Rhodes		2:20
A7	Time Marches On	Slim Rhodes		2:31
A8	Ozark Boogie	Slim Rhodes		2:32
A9	Red, White and Blue	Slim Rhodes		2:21
A10	WMC radio extracts	Slim Rhodes		0:11
B1	Don’t Believe	Slim Rhodes		2:16
B2	Uncertain Love	Slim Rhodes		2:12
B3	House of Sin	Slim Rhodes		2:42
B4	Are You Ashamed of Me	Slim Rhodes		2:32
B5	Bad Girl	Slim Rhodes		2:24
B6	Gonna Romp and Stomp	Slim Rhodes		2:18
B7	Take and Give recording of: Take & Give writer: Ronnie Hesselbein and Slim Rhodes	Slim Rhodes		2:20
B8	Do What I Do	Slim Rhodes		2:29
B9	I’ve Never Been So Blue	Slim Rhodes		2:14

2▼12" Vinyl: Sun Country, Vol. 2
#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
A1	Swamp Root guitar and harmonica: Harmonica Frank Floyd (on 1951-07-15) vocals: Harmonica Frank Floyd (on 1951-07-15)	Harmonica Frank Floyd		2:33
A2	Goin’ Away Walkin’	Harmonica Frank Floyd		2:31
A3	Step It Up and Go	Harmonica Frank Floyd		2:19
A4	Howlin’ Tomcat (1)	Harmonica Frank Floyd		2:41
A5	She Done Moved	Harmonica Frank Floyd		2:54
A6	Howlin’ Tomcat (2)	Harmonica Frank Floyd		2:46
A7	The Great Medical Menagerist	Harmonica Frank Floyd		3:08
A8	Rockin’ Chair Daddy	Harmonica Frank Floyd		3:02
A9	How Long Can It Be	Bob Price		3:03
A10	Sticks and Stones	Bob Price		2:20
B1	Tennessee Drag	Red Hadley		1:54
B2	If I Had as Much Money (As I Had Time)	Red Hadley		2:38
B3	Boogie Ramble	Red Hadley		2:09
B4	Blues Waltz	Ripley Cotton Choppers		2:50
B5	Silver Bell	Ripley Cotton Choppers		2:12
B6	Roses and Sunshine	Ripley Cotton Choppers		2:43
B7	In the Dark recording of: In the Dark lyricist and composer: Oliver McGee publisher: Unichappell Music, Inc.	Earl Peterson	4	2:32
B8	Boogie Blues recording of: Boogie Blues (Earl Peterson) lyricist and composer: Earl Peterson publisher: Hi Lo Music and Universal Cedarwood Publishing	Earl Peterson		2:32
B9	Nothing to Lose but My Heart	Earl Peterson		2:39
B10	I’m Leaving My Heart Up to You	Earl Peterson		2:52

3▼12" Vinyl: Sun Country Box, Vol. 3
#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
A1	Make Room in the Lifeboat for Me guitar and harmonica: Howard Seratt (in 1953) vocals: Howard Seratt (in 1953)	Howard Seratt		2:33
A2	Jesus Means All to Me	Howard Seratt		2:13
A3	Troublesome Waters	Howard Seratt		3:03
A4	I Must Be Saved	Howard Seratt		2:54
A5	Now She Cares No More for Me	Doug Poindexter		2:57
A6	My Kind of Carrying On recording of: My Kind of Carryin’ On writer: Scotty Moore (American guitarist and recording engineer) and Doug Pointdexter (Sun Records artist)	Doug Poindexter		2:36
A7	How Do You Think I Feel cover recording of: How Do You Think I Feel composer: Webb Pierce and Wiley Walker	Scotty Moore, Elvis Presley & Johnny Bernero		3:30
A8	Instrumental medley compilation of: The Old Spinning Wheel (demo instrumental) by Carl Perkins (American pioneer of rockabilly music), Silver Bell (demo instrumental) by Carl Perkins (American pioneer of rockabilly music) and Listen to the Mockingbird (demo instrumental) by Carl Perkins (American pioneer of rockabilly music)	Carl Perkins		5:14
B1	Honky Tonk Gal recording of: Honky Tonk Gal lyricist and composer: Carl Perkins (American pioneer of rockabilly music)	Carl Perkins		1:50
B2	Gone! Gone! Gone! recording of: Gone, Gone, Gone lyricist and composer: Carl Perkins (American pioneer of rockabilly music) publisher: Carl Perkins Music Inc., Knox Music and Wren Music Co.	Carl Perkins		2:32
B3	Dixie Bop recording of: Dixie Bop lyricist and composer: Carl Perkins (American pioneer of rockabilly music)	Carl Perkins		1:53
B4	Sure to Fall recording of: Sure to Fall writer: Bill Cantrell (in 1956), Quinton Claunch (in 1956) and Carl Perkins (American pioneer of rockabilly music) (in 1956) publisher: Carl Perkins Music Inc., Hi-Lo Music Inc. (BMI-affiliated), Knox Music Ltd., MPL Communications Ltd. (not for release label use! Paul McCartney-related, London-based company), Philtac Music Company and Wren Music Co.	Carl Perkins		2:35
B5	Tennessee recording of: Tennessee lyricist and composer: Carl Perkins (American pioneer of rockabilly music) publisher: Carl Perkins Music Inc., Knox Music and Wren Music Co.	Carl Perkins		3:04
B6	Everybody’s Trying to Be My Baby cover recording of: Everybody’s Trying to Be My Baby additional lyricist and additional composer: Carl Perkins (American pioneer of rockabilly music) (in 1956) lyricist and composer: Rex Griffin (American country musician and songwriter) (in 1936) publisher: Carlin Music Corporation, Knox Music Ltd., MPL Communications Ltd. (not for release label use! Paul McCartney-related, London-based company), Wren Music Co. and Knox Music, Inc. (on 1957-11-12)	Carl Perkins		2:17
B7	Forever Yours recording of: Forever Yours lyricist and composer: Carl Perkins (American pioneer of rockabilly music)	Carl Perkins		2:35
B8	Breakin’ My Heart	Carl Perkins		3:02
B9	Try My Heart Out	Carl Perkins		2:50

4▼12" Vinyl: Sun Country, Vol. 4
#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
A1	Drinkin’ Wine Spo Dee o Dee	Malcolm Yelvington		2:48
A2	Just Rolling Along	Malcolm Yelvington		2:20
A3	Lonely Sweetheart	Bill Taylor		3:02
A4	Split Personality	Bill Taylor & Smokey Joe Baugh		2:20
A5	Hula Bop	Smokey Joe Baugh		2:50
A6	She’s a Woman	Smokey Joe Baugh		2:24
A7	The Midnight Ride of Paul Revere	Smokey Joe Baugh		3:26
A8	Listen to Me	Smokey Joe Baugh		2:26
A9	The Signifying Monkey	Smokey Joe Baugh		3:15
A10	Red Hair and Green Eyes	Thurman Enlow & The Johnny Bernero Band		2:30
B1	Yakety Yak	Malcolm Yelvington		2:35
B2	Way Down Blues	Malcolm Yelvington		2:29
B3	Rockin’ With My Baby	Malcolm Yelvington		2:17
B4	It’s My Baby	Malcolm Yelvington		2:23
B5	Goodbye Marie	Malcolm Yelvington		2:46
B6	Mr. Blues	Malcolm Yelvington		2:11
B7	First and Last Love	Malcolm Yelvington		2:39
B8	Did I Ask You to Stay	Malcolm Yelvington		2:18
B9	Trumpet	Malcolm Yelvington		2:24
B10	Goin’ to Sea	Malcolm Yelvington		1:21

5▼12" Vinyl: Sun Country, Vol. 5
#	Title	Artist	Rating	Length
A1	Runnin’ Around	Charlie Feathers		2:03
A2	I’ve Been Deceived	Charlie Feathers		2:55
A3	Peepin’ Eyes	Charlie Feathers		2:12
A4	I’ve Been Deceived	Charlie Feathers		2:41
A5	We’re Getting Closer to Being Apart	Charlie Feathers		2:40
A6	Defrost Your Heart	Charlie Feathers		2:41
A7	Wedding Gown of White	Charlie Feathers		3:24
A8	Bottle to the Baby	Charlie Feathers		2:21
A9	Man in Love recording of: The Man in Love writer: Bill Cantrell, Quinton Claunch and Charlie Feathers publisher: Irving Music, Inc.	Charlie Feathers		1:54
B1	How Long	Maggie Sue Wimberly		2:44
B2	Daydreams Come True	Maggie Sue Wimberly		2:53
B3	No More	Jimmy Haggett		2:22
B4	They Call Our Love a Sin	Jimmy Haggett		2:11
B5	They Who Condemn	Maggie Sue Wimberly		2:23
B6	Call Me Anything (But Call Me)	Maggie Sue Wimberly		2:53
B7	Rock and Roll Cinnamon Tree	Maggie Sue Wimberly		2:04
B8	How Come You Do Me	Jimmy Haggett		2:05
B9	Rhythm Called Rock and Roll	Jimmy Haggett		2:00
B10	Rock Me Baby	Jimmy Haggett		1:54
B11	Rabbit Action	Jimmy Haggett		1:42

6▶12" Vinyl: Sun Country Box, Vol. 6

7▶12" Vinyl: Sun Country Box, Vol. 7

8▶12" Vinyl: Sun Country Box, Vol. 8

9▶12" Vinyl: Sun Country Box, Vol. 9

10▶12" Vinyl: Sun Country Box, Vol. 10

11▶12" Vinyl: Sun Country Box – Bonus LP

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Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/release/4587406 [info]

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part of:	Sun Records: The Blues/Country/Rocking Years (number: 2) (order: 2)

Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/master/739468 [info]

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