Whether serving as a session musician, solo artist, or soundtrack composer, Ry Cooder's songwriting and chameleon-like fretted instrument expertise have led to a career spanning over nearly five decades. His work incorporates an incredibly eclectic range of musical styles, including Rock & Roll, Blues, Folk, Tex-Mex and R&B.
Famous for his slide guitar work, Ry Cooder has been highly ranked in both Rolling Stone magazine and Gibson s Greatest Guitarists of All Time polls. His talent has seen him collaborate with many noted musicians including Eric Clapton, The Rolling Stones, Van Morrison and Neil Young.
This neatly packaged box consists of 11 of Ry Cooder s albums from 1970 1987 in a compact boxset, including the first pop album digitally recorded for a major-label, Bop Till You Drop.
1970 - Ry Cooder
1972 - Into The Purple Valley
1972 - Boomer's Story
1974 - Paradise & Lunch
1976 - Chicken Skin Music
1977 - Show Time
1978 - Jazz
1979 - Bop Till You Drop
1980 - Borderline
1982 - The Slide Area
1987 - Get Rhythm
1970 - Ry Cooder
01. Alimony (2:56)
02. France Chance (2:48)
03. One Meatball (2:29)
04. Do Re Mi (3:04)
05. My Old Kentucky Home (Turpentine and Dandelion Wine) (1:48)
06. How Can a Poor Man Stand Such Times and Live? (2:47)
07. Available Space (2:14)
08. Pigmeat (3:09)
09. Police Dog Blues (2:46)
10. Goin' to Brownsville (3:24)
11. Dark Is the Night (2:48)
1972 - Into The Purple Valley
01. How Can You Keep Moving (Unless You Migrate Too) (2:28)
02. Billy The Kid (3:48)
03. Money Honey (3:29)
04. F.D.R. In Trinidad (3:06)
05. Teardrops Will Fall (3:06)
06. Denomination Blues (4:00)
07. On A Monday (2:58)
08. Hey Porter (4:43)
09. Great Dream From Heaven (1:56)
10. Taxes On The Farmer Feeds Us All (3:56)
11. Vigilante Man (4:16)
1972 - Boomer's Story
01. Boomer's Story (4:15)
02. Cherry Ball Blues (4:13)
03. Crow Black Chicken (2:20)
04. Ax Sweet Mama (4:27)
05. Maria Elena (4:32)
06. Dark End Of The Street (3:27)
07. Rally 'Round The Flag (3:40)
08. Comin' In On A Wing And A Prayer (3:03)
09. President Kennedy (4:38)
10. Good Morning Mr. Railroad Man (4:31)
1974 - Paradise & Lunch
01. Tamp 'Em Up Solid (3:22)
02. Tattler (4:19)
03. Married Man's A Fool (3:14)
04. Jesus On The Mainline (4:11)
05. It's All Over Now (4:53)
06. Fool For A Cigarette-Feelin' Good (4:28)
07. If Walls Could Talk (3:15)
08. Mexican Divorce (3:57)
09. Ditty Wah Ditty (5:42)
1976 - Chicken Skin Music
01. The Bourgeois Blues (3:25)
02. I Got Mine (4:28)
03. Always Lift Him Up; Kanaka Wai Wai (6:04)
04. He'll Have To Go (5:09)
05. Smack Dab In the Middle (3:20)
06. Stand By Me (3:44)
07. Yellow Roses (6:13)
08. Chloe (3:05)
09. Goodnight Irene (4:33)
1977 - Show Time
01. School Is Out (2:42)
02. Alimony (4:52)
03. Jesus On The Mainline (5:19)
04. The Dark End Of The Street (6:32)
05. Viva Seguin-Do Re Mi (5:28)
06. Volver, Volver (3:59)
07. How Can A Poor Man Stand Such Times And Live (6:34)
08. Smack Dab In The Middle (8:02)
1978 - Jazz
01. Big Bad Bill Is Sweet William Now (3:37)
02. Face To Face That I Shall Meet Him (3:21)
03. The Pearls-Tia Juana (4:21)
04. The Dream (5:07)
05. Happy Meeting In Glory (3:16)
06. In A Mist (2:09)
07. Flashes (2:19)
08. Davenport Blues (2:06)
09. Shine (3:46)
10. Nobody (5:12)
11. We Shall Be Happy (3:14)
1979 - Bop Till You Drop
01. Little Sister (3:52)
02. Go Home, Girl (5:14)
03. The Very Thing That Makes You Rich (Makes Me Poor) (5:33)
04. I Think It's Going To Work Out Fine (4:44)
05. Down In Hollywood (4:19)
06. Look At Granny Run Run (3:13)
07. Trouble, You Can't Fool Me (4:57)
08. Don' t Mess Up A Good Thing (4:06)
09. I Can't Win (4:14)
1980 - Borderline
01. 634-5789 (3:01)
02. Speedo (3:24)
03. Why Don't You Try Me (4:59)
04. Down On The Boondocks (3:25)
05. Johnny Porter (5:22)
06. The Way We Make A Broken Heart (4:32)
07. Crazy 'bout An Automobile (Every Woman I Know) (5:07)
08. The Girls From Texas (4:44)
09. Borderline (3:23)
10. Never Make Your Move Too Soon (6:09)
1982 - The Slide Area
01. UFO Has Landed In The Ghetto (5:03)
02. I Need A Woman (4:38)
03. Gypsy Woman (4:05)
04. Blue Suede Shoes (5:21)
05. Mama, Don't Treat Your Daughter Mean (5:59)
06. I'm Drinking Again (4:39)
07. Which Came First (3:47)
08. That's The Way Love Turned Out For Me (5:47)
1987 - Get Rhythm
01. Get Rhythm (3:17)
02. Low-Commotion (3:10)
03. Going Back To Okinawa (4:42)
04. 13 Question Method (3:39)
05. Women Will Rule The World (5:52)
06. All Shook Up (3:31)
07. I Can Tell By The Way You Smell (4:34)
08. Across The Borderline (6:18)
09. Let's Have A Ball (5:50)
