Bill Anderson - The First 10 Years, 1956 – 1966 (2011)

(4-CD LP-sized Box Set with 64-page hardcover book) The first comprehensive anthology spotlighting Bill Anderson, the most successful singer-songwriter during the Nashville Sound's classic era. Contains 21 'Billboard' country chart hits, including such favorites as Po' Folks, Mama Sang A Song, Still, Bright Lights And Country Music, I Love You Drops and I Get The Fever. Includes everything from Anderson's first eight DECCA albums plus seven non-LP 'B' sides and three unissued studio tracks. Also includes five duets with Jan Howard, including the chart-topping For Loving You. Features the first reissue of Anderson's rare, early TNT singles including the rocking Take Me and the premiere recording of his enduring honky-tonk anthem City Lights. Includes twelve demos of Anderson originals from the singer's private collection, among them a duet featuring a teen-aged Dolly Parton!

Tracklist
CD1
1. Empty Room (3:08)
2. Take Me (2:32)
3. City Lights (2:55)
4. No Song to Sing (1:56)
5. That's What It's Like to Be Lonesome (Single Version) (2:33)
6. The Thrill of My Life (2:34)
7. Ninety-Nine (2:33)
8. Back Where I Started From (2:42)
9. It's Not the End of Everything (2:39)
10. Dead or Alive (2:41)
11. No Man's Land (2:43)
12. The Tip of My Fingers (2:36)
13. Walk out Backwards (2:29)
14. Best of Strangers (2:02)
15. Flowing Waters and Shifting Sands (2:01)
16. Goodbye Cruel World (2:38)
17. Po' Folks (2:49)
18. As Long as I Live (2:28)
19. It Takes a Worried Man (2:40)
20. City Lights (Alternative Version) (3:03)
21. Columbus Stockade Blues (2:14)
22. Mama Sang a Song (3:29)
23. Wedding Bells (3:37)
24. Yonder Comes a Sucker (2:07)
25. Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain (2:57)
26. On and on and On (2:32)
27. Get a Little Dirt on Your Hands (2:56)
28. Down Came the Rain (2:49)
29. Still (2:51)
30. You Made It Easy (2:11)
31. I Wish It Was Mine (2:36)
32. That's What It's Like to Be Lonesome (2:31)

CD2
1. From a Jack to a King (2:20)
2. Little Band of Gold (2:44)
3. Restless (2:51)
4. Happiness (2:16)
5. Reverend Mr. Black (3:23)
6. It's Been so Long, Darlin' (2:48)
7. Take These Chains from My Heart (2:45)
8. Molly (2:59)
9. 8 X 10 (2:50)
10. I'll Be Somewhere (2:26)
11. One Mile Over – Two Miles Back (2:19)
12. Take Me Home (2:31)
13. Candy Apple Red (3:08)
14. Cincinnati Ohio (2:11)
15. Easy Come Easy Go (2:06)
16. Five Little Fingers (3:06)
17. Me (2:13)
18. 500 Miles Away from Home (2:44)
19. You Don't Have to Be a Baby to Cry (2:07)
20. Abilene (2:13)
21. Green, Green (2:12)
22. I'm Leaving It All up to You (2:15)
23. I Love You More and More Every Day (2:16)
24. Memory #1 (2:38)
25. In Case You Ever Change Your Mind (2:25)
26. In the Misty Moonlight (2:35)
27. 3 A.M. (2:41)
28. Then and Only Then (2:30)
29. Worry (2:07)
30. You Can Have Her (2:36)
31. Then I'll Stop Loving You (2:29)
32. Mountain Dew (2:59)

CD3
1. 3 A.M. (Remake) (2:34)
2. Twist of the Wrist (2:42)
3. Certain (2:38)
4. I Love You Drops (2:48)
5. Once a Day (2:30)
6. I Missed Me (2:48)
7. I've Enjoyed as Much of This as I Can Stand (2:34)
8. Saginaw Michigan (3:14)
9. I Don't Love You Anymore (2:31)
10. Riverboat (2:27)
11. I Know You Are Married (But I Love You Still) (2:34)
12. Time Out (2:41)
13. I'll Be Waiting (2:49)
14. Bright Lights and Country Music (2:43)
15. Born (2:35)
16. The Freighter (3:12)
17. Wild Side of Life (2:50)
18. Truck Drivin' Man (2:21)
19. I'll Go Down Swinging (2:23)
20. The Strangers Story (3:15)
21. Walking the Dog (2:07)
22. How the Other Half Lives (2:13)
23. Wine (2:37)
24. All Nite Cafe (2:20)
25. Cocktails (2:33)
26. Golden Guitar (4:16)
27. Think I'll Go Somewhere (And Cry Myself to Sleep) (2:54)
28. In the Summertime (1:40)
29. Used To (2:42)
30. I'm so Lonesome I Could Cry (2:18)

CD4
1. Lovin' Pains (2:13)
2. When Liking Turns to Loving (2:33)
3. Talkin' to the Wall (2:30)
4. Next Time You're in Tulsa (2:51)
5. I Get the Fever (Remake) (2:22)
6. Nail My Shoes to the Floor (2:29)
7. The First Mrs. Jones (2:44)
8. Papa (3:33)
9. For Loving You (2:47)
10. The Untouchables (2:39)
11. Get While the Gettin's Good (2:36)
12. Something to Believe In (3:00)
13. Ride Ride Ride (2:04)
14. My Daddy and My Mama and Me (2:33)
15. A Satisfied Mind (2:30)
16. Bad Seed (2:59)
17. Remember Me (2:32)
18. The Wheel of Hurt (2:35)
19. Open up Your Heart (2:25)
20. Homesick (2:38)
21. I'm Ashamed of You (2:53)
22. If It's All the Same to You (2:35)
23. Here Lies the Heart of Amos Brown (3:30)
24. Once a Day Alt. (2:12)
25. The Cold Hard Facts of Life (3:58)
26. Think I'll Go Somewhere - And Cry Myself to Sleep (2:57)
27. I Love You Drops Alt. (2:32)
28. I'll Go Down Swingin' (2:29)
29. You and Your Sweet Love (2:53)
30. The Lord Knows I'm Drinkin' (3:16)
31. Slippin' Away (2:12)
32. Nobody but a Fool (2:20)