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About this product
Product Identifiers
Record LabelBear Family Records (Germany)
UPC4000127154996
eBay Product ID (ePID)10050150912
Product Key Features
Release Year1989
FormatCD
GenreCountry
Run Time202 Mins 26 Seconds
TypeBox Set
StyleNashville Sound
ArtistPorter Wagoner & the Wagonmasters
Release TitleThe Thin Man from the West Plains: the RCA Sessions 1952-1962 [Box]
Additional Product Features
DistributionNavarre
Country/Region of ManufactureGermany
Number of Discs4
Additional informationRecorded from 1952 to 1962 for RCA. Includes 20 previously unreleased tracks and an LP-sized booklet. Honky-tonk icon Porter Wagoner was a trailblazer in country, doing more than almost anyone to popularize it in the musical mainstream with his TV show, introducing the world to Dolly Parton as his singing partner, and making designer Nudie Cohn's flashy suits de rigeur for Nashville stars. While there are more concise collections to provide entry points to Wagoner's catalog, the four-disc set THIN MAN FROM THE WEST PLAINS delivers a plus-size portion of material from Wagoner's fruitful pre-Dolly period, covering the years 1952-1962. Early cuts find Wagoner paying homage to Hank Williams ("Settin' the Woods on Fire") and digging into spiritually oriented repertoire ("[What Would You Do] If Jesus Came to Your House"), but he really hits his stride on the later material, where his status as the dark prince of country begins to take shape ("Misery Loves Company," "I've Enjoyed As Much of This As I Can Stand"). For those who are ready to take a serious plunge into Wagoner's world, THIN MAN FROM THE WEST PLAINS will be like manna from heaven.