Soundtrack - Country Music: A Film by Ken Burns

2019 CD collection.

Five CD set. "If you write the truth and you're writing about your life, it's going to be country. It'll be country 'cause you're writing what's happening. And that's all a good song is." - Loretta Lynn.

Country Music, the eight-part, 16-hour film by Ken Burns, chronicles the creation of a truly American genre of music through the songs and stories of it's greatest trailblazers. Country Music: A Film By Ken Burns (The Soundtrack) includes more than 100 timeless classics as heard in the film, including songs by The Carter Family, Jimmie Rodgers, Bill Monroe, Bob Wills, Hank Williams, Johnny Cash, Loretta Lynn, Charley Pride, Willie Nelson, Dolly Parton and many more. This deluxe set includes 68 pages of liner notes and rarely seen archival photos, documents and memorabilia.

    - Disc 1 -
    1 Can the Circle Be Unbroken (78RPM Version) - Carter Family, the - 3:07
    2 Blue Yodel No. 8 (Mule Skinner Blues) - Rodgers, Jimmie - 2:57
    3 Barbara Allen - Kincaid, Bradley - 2:35
    4 I'll Fly Away - James and Martha Carson - 2:23
    5 If the River Was Whiskey - Poole, Charlie with the North Carolina Ramblers - 3:09
    6 Fox Chase - Bailey, Deford - 1:09
    7 Blue Yodel No. 9 (Standin' on the Corner) - Rodgers, Jimmie - 2:40
    8 Wildwood Flower - Carter Family, the - 3:12
    9 In the Jailhouse Now - Rodgers, Jimmie - 3:18
    10 Comin' Round the Mountain - Uncle Dave Macon and Sam McGee - 3:07
    11 . Pretty Polly (78RPM Version) - Coon Creek Girls - 2:48
    12 T.B. Blues - Rodgers, Jimmie - 2:59
    13 Mountain Dew - Grandpa Jones and His Granchildren - 2:39
    14 Home on the Range - Autry, Gene - 2:38
    15 I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart - Montana, Patsy & the Prairie Ramblers - 3:06
    16 Tumbling Tumbleweeds (Single Version) - Sons of the Pioneers, the - 3:12
    17 Medley: Keep on the Sunny Side / I'm Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes; Keep on the Sunny Side\ I'm Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes - Carter Family, the - 2:06
    18 The Great Speckled Bird - Acuff, Roy - 2:46
    19 Whoa Babe - Wills, Bob and His Texas Playboys - 2:34
    20 New San Antonio Rose (78RPM Version) - Wills, Bob and His Texas Playboys - 2:36
    21 Wabash Cannonball (Album Version) - Acuff, Roy - 2:36
    22 Mule Skinner Blues (Blue Yodel #8) - Monroe, Bill & His Blue Grass Boys - 2:57
    - Disc 2 -
    1 Honky Tonkin' - Williams, Hank with His Drifting Cowboys - 2:42
    2 It's Mighty Dark to Travel - Monroe, Bill & His Blue Grass Boys - 2:49
    3 New Mule Skinner Blues - Maddox Brothers and Rose - 3:07
    4 I'll Hold You in My Heart (Till I Can Hold You in My Arms) - Arnold, Eddy - 2:39
    5 Foggy Mountain Breakdown (Album Version) - Flatt, Lester; Scruggs, Earl; Foggy Mountain Boys, the - 2:39
    6 Molly and Tenbrook - Stanley Brothers, the - 2:32
    7 Lovesick Blues - Williams, Hank - 2:43
    8 I Saw the Light - Williams, Hank - 2:13
    9 Hey, Good Lookin' - Williams, Hank - 3:19
    10 It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels - Wells, Kitty - 2:27
    11 . I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry (Single Version) - Williams, Hank with His Drifting Cowboys - 2:46
    12 Jambalaya (Single Version) - Little Brenda Lee - 2:07
    13 New Step It Up and Go - Maddox Brothers and Rose - 2:24
    14 I Walk the Line - Cash, Johnny & the Tennessee Two - 2:44
    15 Crazy Arms - Price, Ray - 2:30
    16 Bye, Bye Love - Everly Brothers, the - 2:23
    17 The Long Black Veil - Frizzell, Lefty - 3:08
    18 El Paso - Robbins, Marty - 4:38
    19 Night Life (Album Version) - Price, Ray - 4:45
    20 Hello Walls - Young, Faron - 2:22
    21 I Fall to Pieces (Single Version) - Cline, Patsy - 2:49
    22 Ring of Fire - Cash, Johnny - 2:35
    23 Crazy - Cline, Patsy - 2:42
    24 I Can't Stop Loving You - Charles, Ray - 4:10
    - Disc 3 -
    1 Dang Me - Miller, Roger - 1:47
    2 I've Got a Tiger By the Tail - Owens, Buck - 2:10
    3 Don't Come Home a Drinkin' (With Lovin' on Your Mind) (Single Version) - Lynn, Loretta - 2:06
    4 Coal Miner's Daughter - Lynn, Loretta - 2:58
    5 Kiss An Angel Good Mornin' - Pride, Charley - 2:02
    6 Hungry Eyes - Haggard, Merle & the Strangers - 3:26
    7 Mama Tried - Haggard, Merle & the Strangers - 2:11
    8 Harper Valley P.T.A. - Riley, Jeannie C. - 3:20
    9 Don't Touch Me - Seely, Jeannie - 3:11
    10 Folsom Prison Blues (Live) - Cash, Johnny - 2:42
    11 . Stand By Your Man - Wynette, Tammy - 2:37
    12 She Thinks I Still Care - Jones, George - 2:31
    13 You Ain't Goin' Nowhere - Byrds, the - 2:33
    14 Me and Bobby McGee - Kristofferson, Kris - 4:20
    15 Help Me Make It Through the Night - Smith, Sammi - 2:30
    16 Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down - Kristofferson, Kris - 4:28
    17 Okie from Muskogee - Haggard, Merle - 2:41
    18 Man in Black - Cash, Johnny - 2:51
    19 Girl from the North Country - Dylan, Bob, with Johnny Cash - 3:41
    20 Grand Ole Opry Song - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - 3:10
    21 Will the Circle Be Unbroken - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - 4:50
    - Disc 4 -
    1 Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way - Jennings, Waylon - 2:55
    2 Mule Skinner Blues (Blue Yodel No. 8) (Single (2002 Remaster)) - Parton, Dolly - 3:09
    3 Jolene - Parton, Dolly - 2:40
    4 I Will Always Love You - Parton, Dolly - 2:54
    5 We're Gonna Hold on (Album Version) - Jones, George & Tammy Wynette - 2:54
    6 Texas Cookin' - Clark, Guy - 3:26
    7 If I Needed You - Van Zandt, Townes - 3:43
    8 I Can't Stop Loving You - Rodríguez, Johnny - 2:56
    9 I've Been a Long Time Leaving (But I'll Be a Long Time Gone) (Remastered) - Jennings, Waylon - 2:40
    10 Love Hurts (Live) - Gram Parsons and the Fallen Angels - 4:44
    11 . Boulder to Birmingham - Harris, Emmylou - 3:33
    12 Bluebird Wine - Harris, Emmylou - 3:18
    13 Whiskey River (Live) - Nelson, Willie - 3:39
    14 Miles and Miles of Texas - Asleep at the Wheel - 3:04
    15 Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain - Nelson, Willie - 2:18
    16 A Good Hearted Woman - Jennings, Waylon & Willie Nelson - 2:56
    17 Family Tradition - Williams Jr., Hank - 3:58
    18 Seven Year Ache (Album Version) - Cash, Rosanne - 3:14
    19 Pancho and Lefty - Haggard, Merle and Willie Nelson - 4:47
    20 He Stopped Loving Her Today (Album Version) - Jones, George - 3:17
    - Disc 5 -
    1 Don't Get Above Your Raisin' - Skaggs, Ricky - 3:10
    2 On the Road Again (Live) - Nelson, Willie - 2:37
    3 Amarillo By Morning - Strait, George - 2:52
    4 Somebody Should Leave - McEntire, Reba - 3:33
    5 Diggin' Up Bones - Travis, Randy - 2:59
    6 Why Not Me - Judds, the - 3:29
    7 Honky Tonk Man - Yoakam, Dwight - 2:46
    8 Streets of Bakersfield - Dwight Yoakam with Buck Owens - 2:48
    9 Where've You Been - Mattea, Kathy - 3:44
    10 I'm No Stranger to the Rain - Whitley, Keith - 3:32
    11 . Go Rest High on That Mountain - Gill, Vince - 5:14
    12 Guitar Town - Earle, Steve - 2:33
    13 She's in Love with the Boy - Yearwood, Trisha - 4:07
    14 Tennessee Flat Top Box (Album Version) - Cash, Rosanne - 3:15
    15 Get Up John - Emmylou Harris & the Nash Ramblers - 2:54
    16 Uncle Pen (Album Version) - Skaggs, Ricky - 2:24
    17 I Still Miss Someone (Live) - Cash, Rosanne - 2:41
    18 Will the Circle Be Unbroken - Nitty Gritty Dirt Band - 4:46