Hootie & the Blowfish / Darius Rucker discography [1992-2019]

Hootie & the Blowfish is an American rock band that was popular in the second half of the 1990s. They were originally formed in 1986 at the University of South Carolina by Darius Rucker, Dean Felber, Jim Sonefeld, and Mark Bryan. As of July 2010, the band had charted sixteen singles on various Billboard singles charts and recorded five studio albums; and their 1994 debut album, Cracked Rear View, was the 15th best-selling album of all time in the US, having been certified platinum 16 times.

 

 

Carl Perkins - Back On Top [4 CD, 2000/FLAC]

  

Back on Top might be a slight overstatement in regards to Carl Perkins' late-'60s return to Columbia. He did not quite tear up the charts but he did have a considerable comeback, especially in terms of quality, creating music that arguably surpassed his Sun recordings in depth and range, even if it didn't produce any songs as iconic as "Blue Suede Shoes" or "Matchbox." This resurgence -- partially fueled by having been Johnny Cash's wingman -- on Columbia and his subsequent short stint at Mercury is documented on Bear Family's four-disc box set Back on Top, its title a play on the name of his 1969 album On Top, which peaked at 42. All his master recordings from On Top until 1973's excellent My Kind of Country are here -- including his NRBQ-supported 1970 set Boppin' the Blues -- along with a disc that's billed as demos, but these aren't stripped-down guitar-and-voice things from Carl; they're full-fledged band records, raw and vigorous, not so much an addendum to the rest of this box but a complete unreleased album that helps illustrate how Perkins was flourishing during this time.

 

 

Linda Ronstadt - Original Album Series (5 CD, 2009/FLAC)

 

Disc 1: Prisoner In Disguise - 1975

Disc 2: Simple Dreams - 1977

Disc 3: Living In The U.S.A. - 1978

Disc 4: Mad Love - 1980

Disc 5: Cry Like A Rainstorm - 1989

 

 

Emmylou Harris - Original Album Series, Vol. 2 (1980-1986) (5 CD, 2013/FLAC)

 

 

Roses In The Snow (1980)

Evangeline (1981)

Cimarron (1981)

White Shoes (1983)

Thirteen (1986)

 

 

The Dillards discography [1963-1999]

 

The Dillards are an American bluegrass band from Salem, Missouri, popularly known for their appearance as "The Darlings" on The Andy Griffith Show.


The Dillards originally consisted of Douglas Flint "Doug" Dillard (born March 6, 1937, Salem, Missouri - May 16, 2012) on banjo, Rodney Adean "Rod" Dillard (born May 18, 1942, Salem, Missouri) playing the guitar, and dobro, Roy 'Dean' Webb (born March 28, 1937, Independence, Missouri) on mandolin, and Mitchell Franklin "Mitch" Jayne (July 5, 1928, Hammond, Indiana – August 2, 2010) on double bass.

 

  

Chet Atkins - 8 Classic Albums Vol.2 (4 CD, 2013/FLAC)

 

1959 - Hum & Strum Along With Chet Atkins

1959 - Mister Guitar 

1960 - After the Riot at Newport (with the Nashville All-Stars)

1960 – Teensville 

1960 - The Other Chet Atkins 

1960 - Chet Atkins' Workshop 

1961 - The Most Popular Guitar 

1961 - Christmas with Chet Atkins 

Linda Ronstadt - Box Set (5 CD, 1999/FLAC)

 Linda Ronstadt's generically titled four-CD, five-hour, 86-track box set retrospective attempts with considerable success to encompass the many types of music she's sung from the mid-'60s to the late '90s. The album is divided into five unequal parts, with 31 tracks given over to an "Album Retrospective," followed by seven tracks from "The Nelson Riddle Sessions," her three albums of classic pop, then five songs "En Español," drawn from her three Spanish language albums. That takes up the first two discs, with the third disc consisting of 20 "Collaborations" and the fourth 23 "Rarities." It is significant that the first section is called "Album Retrospective," signaling to the listener that Ronstadt is not interested in presenting her hit singles as such. In fact, most of her chart hits do turn up somewhere on the set, but a whole chunk of them is missing. At the time that Ronstadt was peppering the singles charts in the late '70s, she caught flack for her covers of Motown and rock & roll standards, and she herself has disavowed her recordings of such work, so maybe it shouldn't be a surprise that she has chosen to forget "Heat Wave," "Tracks of My Tears," "That'll Be the Day," "It's So Easy," and even modern rock songs like "How Do I Make You," with "Back in the U.S.A." and "Tumbling Dice" included only in live versions. A critic can hardly object, but Ronstadt fans should note that, as a result, the box set will not allow them to throw their Greatest Hits albums away. Also, the omissions tend to make Ronstadt seem like more of a balladeer than she has been in her career. She is much more interested in emphasizing her non-rock work. The "Rarities" disc really only contains five previously unreleased songs, and they are hardly revelations, including outtakes of material written by the likes of J.D. Souther and Karla Bonoff, longtime Ronstadt favorites. But the disc does suggest the singer's range, from the art songs of Carla Bley and Philip Glass to theater songs from The Pirates of Penzance and Randy Newman's Faust. The Linda Ronstadt Box Set clearly had major input from the artist herself, and its contents may not be what a Ronstadt fan or chart researcher would have chosen. But it certainly makes the case for Ronstadt as a hard-working performer who constantly challenged herself by trying styles beyond the Southern California folk-rock for which she remains best known. 

 

 

Chet Atkins - 8 Classic Albums Vol.1 (4 CD, 2013/FLAC)

 

1952 - Chet Atkins' Gallopin' Guitar

1953 - Stringin' Along With Chet Atkins 

1954 - A Session with Chet Atkins

1955 - Chet Atkins in Three Dimension 

1957 - Finger Style Guitar

1957 - Hi Fi in Focus 

1958 - Chet Atkins at Home 

1959 - Chet Atkins in Hollywood 

 

 

Hank Williams - The Complete Hank Williams (10 CD, 1998/FLAC)

 The Complete Hank Williams is a 1998 box set collecting almost all of the recorded works of country music legend Hank Williams, from his first recorded track in 1947 to the last session prior to his untimely death in 1953 at the age of 29. While a number of live and overdubbed songs are excluded, the ten disc collection contains 225 tracks, including studio sessions, live performances and demos. Among those 225 songs are 33 hit singles and 53 previously unreleased tracks.

CD 1: The Sterling And MGM Recordings

CD 2: The MGM Sessions Part Two

CD 3: The MGM Sessions Part Three

CD 4: The MGM Sessions Part Four

CD 5: The Montgomery Demos And Radio Performances

CD 6: The Shreveport Demos And Radio Performances Part One - Vocal & Guitar

CD 7: The Shreveport Radio Performances Part Two ... Plus The Demos

CD 8: The Nashville Demos Part One

CD 9: The Nashville Demos Part Two: Hank Pitching Songs And Rare Radio Performances

CD 10: Radio, Television, And Concert Performances

 

Kenny Rogers - 42 Ultimate Hits (2 CD, 2004/FLAC)

 

Kenny Rogers compilations tend to drift in and out of print, yet in a sense it doesn't matter much, because most featured most of the big hits. However, very few contained them all and, as of 2004, the only collection in print that contained all his big hits, from the First Edition through the mid-'80s, was 1999's four-disc box set Through the Years, which was too exhaustive for all but dedicated Rogers fans. So, there was a need for a new, relatively concise collection that featured all the hits; hence Capitol's 42 Ultimate Hits, a double-disc set that spans Kenny's entire career, from the First Edition to two new tracks, including a duet with Whitney Duncan. There's not much missing -- a few First Edition singles, along with several post-Eyes That See in the Dark hits that weren't all that memorable, neither of which are missed -- and it could even be argued that it stretches a little bit too far into the present on its second disc, which loses its momentum halfway through. Nevertheless, these are minor complaints, since the bulk of the collection provides Kenny Rogers' biggest songs -- among them "Just Dropped In (To See What Condition My Condition Was In)," "Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town," "Lucille," "Every Time Two Fools Collide," "The Gambler," "Coward of the County," "You Decorated My Life," "Lady," "Love Will Turn You Around," and "Islands in the Stream" -- in a chronological order and a listenable sequence. It may fall a little short of definitive, but it's still the best compilation on the market as of this writing.

 

Blake Shelton - Original Album Series (5 CD, 2012/FLAC)

 

CD1: Blake Shelton (2001)

CD2: The Dreamer (2003)

CD3: Blake Shelton's Barn & Grill (2004)

CD4: Pure BS (2007)

CD5: Startin' Fires (2008)

VA - The Roots of Led Zeppelin (3 CD, 2009/FLAC)

 3-CD set featuring a collection 60 audio recordings which cover the whole spectrum from Blues to Country to Rock ‘n’ Roll and R & B. Led Zeppelin made an immediate impact with their debut in 1969 and their influence since its release has been immense, this set delves into the musical past to see who influenced them, put together chronologically so that you not only hear how the individual genres progressed but you also hear how they all cross-pollinated on their way to becoming the Rock sound of the Sixties.

Chet Atkins - Galloping Guitar: The Early Years 1945-1954 (4 CD, 1993/FLAC)

 

Galloping Guitar: The Early Years is a multi-disc box-set retrospective recording by American guitarist Chet Atkins, released in 1993 on the Bear Family label.

This large boxed set (four CDs, 116 songs) focuses on Atkins' earliest recordings from 1940 to 1954. Early in his career, Atkins was signed and marketed mainly as a vocalist who played guitar. The majority of this set includes Chet’s vocal releases as well as guest vocalists. There are a number of instrumentals featured.

The track list is more extensive than Guitar Legend: The RCA Years, covering much of the same material while adding four previously unavailable songs. There are many early Atkins originals and also a large sampling of hard-to-find songs which Atkins co-wrote with Boudleaux Bryant. The biographical essay was written by country music historian Rich Kienzle, known for his expertise on the subject of country guitar. 

Elvis Presley - From Elvis In Nashville (4 CD, 2020/Hi-Res FLAC)

 The definitive chronicle of Elvis 1970 "Marathon" sessions at RCA Studio B with the Nashville Cats CD box includes 40 undubbed, newly mixed recordings plus two discs of rare/unreleased outtakes Includes "Funny How Times Slips Away," "Bridge Over Troubled Water," "I've Lost You" and more 

John Denver - The Real... John Denver (3 CD, 2013/FLAC)

 

One of the world’s best-known and best-loved performers, John Denver (born Henry John Deutschendorf Jr.) earned international acclaim as a songwriter, performer, actor, environmentalist and humanitarian. Denver’s career spanned four decades and his music has outlasted countless musical trends and garnered numerous awards and honors.

Ryan Adams - Live After Deaf (15 CD, 2012/FLAC)

 Live After Deaf is a live box set by American alt-country singer-songwriter Ryan Adams, released on June 18, 2012 on PAX AM. Comprising fifteen vinyl discs, the release chronicles Adams' return to live performances following a two-year hiatus from music. Live After Deaf is a limited edition release.

Live After Deaf's performances are taken from Adams' June 2011, "Acoustic Nightmare" tour. These shows were Adams' first live performances since disbanding his band The Cardinals and retiring from music in 2009. 

David Mansfield - Grateful Dead's Workingman's Dead: Solo Mandolin (2017/FLAC)

 David Mansfield is an award-winning film and television composer with many major credits and has played with a diverse range of major artists over the years including a four-year stint in Bob Dylan's Rolling Thunder Revue. A founding member of Bruce Hornsby and the Range, David was awarded an RIAA platinum album and a Grammy Award for "The Way It Is," as well as as RIAA gold albums for Bob Dylan's "Desire" and "Hard Rain."

"'Workingman's Dead' was released when I was a teenager and was one of my first exposures to country and folk music. I tried to keep my performances in the spirit of the originals as much as possible — not so much re-invention, but simply enjoying those great feelings again from so long ago."

Brooks & Dunn – Original Album Classics 2 (5 CD, 2013/FLAC)

 

1999 - Tight Rope

2001 - Steers & Stripes

2003 - Red Dirt Road

2005 - Hillbilly Deluxe

2007 - Cowboy Town

VA - Before Bob Dylan (2018)

 

100 recordings drawn from the Folk, Blues, Country, Gospel and Rock 'N' Roll traditions which would inspire popular music's greatest troubadour who transformed the template for the modern song

Ryan Adams discography [2000-2021]

 

Mixing the heartfelt angst of a singer/songwriter with the cocky brashness of a garage rocker, Ryan Adams is at once one of the few artists to emerge from the alt-country scene into mainstream commercial success and the one who most strongly refuses to be defined by the genre, leaping from one spot to another stylistically as he follows his muse. After the collapse of his alt-country band Whiskeytown, Adams wasted no time launching a prolific solo career, releasing a string of award-winning albums. A prolific collaborator and producer as well, Adams has worked with an eclectic set of artists including Willie Nelson, Fall Out Boy, Cowboy Junkies, Jenny Lewis, and Toots & the Maytals.