Golden Age of Country (Time Life 10 Disc 158 Hits Collection)

Time Life proudly presents Golden Age of Country the most comprehensive collection devoted to the country music of the '50s and '60s. This collection brings together the most influential country & western artists of the decades that truly represented the "golden age" in country music history. You'll get 158 hits from country legends like Johnny Cash, Patsy Cline, George Jones, Kitty Wells and more! Plus, get a special bonus volume, 2 CDs of "hard to find hits." These songs were popular in their time but rarely anthologized, a true find for any classic country fan! ABOUT THIS ERA: Early country music originated in the Appalachian mountains in the 1930's and was primarily acoustic, orchestrated with banjos and fiddles. The genre moved into the "golden age" as then-called "mountain music" moved out of the mountains and into the mainstream, popularized by institutions such as the Grand Ole Opry. Traditional country music of the golden age blended the sound of mountain music with new instrumentation, such as the pedal steel guitar. Johnny Cash, Porter Wagoner and Loretta Lynn were all artists that epitomized this era. The golden age of country music continued into the late 1960's, it's longevity attributed to the explosion of the "Nashville sound" in country music. Here, traditional country artists were combining honky-tonk lyrics with big-band orchestration, backed by strings and horns. Artists like Patsy Cline, Ray Price, Eddy Arnold and George Jones were best known for this type of sound. Much of the success of the crossover country music of today can be attributed to the golden age of this era, where artists first experimented with merging traditional sounds with popular music trends of the time to generate a wider appeal.

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leather522001 (2010-06-11)

Hey Sonicdreams,
Downloading at the moment. From the looks of this. it seems that there are great tracks. However, any chance of get some jpegs for the dics, covers, back etc
Thanks for the upload

Sonicdreams (2010-06-11)

Sorry I should have said that, I did not rip these. I don't have the discs. So cant make the Jpegs. I was looking for them for a long time and as soon as I found them I put them up here!
original poster was "MIKEcos"

skarlottt1 (2010-11-29)

Great! My dad will be in his glory listening to this Christmas morning. My mom however...will be wearing ear plugs!
Thanks Sonicdreams for the sharing.

Trouble75 (2011-08-25)

Thx! My father-in-law will love this

77BiOhAzArD77 (2011-10-10)

Great ul Sonicdreams,my dads gunna be well pleased with these,cheers mate
BiOhAzArD

Tsc2772 (2012-04-11)

If you guys want the disc cover i usually find them off the time life web site when looking at there music and track listings for each disc shows there disc cover. well hop that helps you.

ronschade (2013-01-01)

I downloaded for my wife. Noticed that all but about 5 songs are from male singers. Guess women didn't sing country back then.
Excellent torrent though. Thank you.

ronschade (2013-01-01)

Thank you again for the torrnet. Here's another 500 country hits maybe a little more recent to round off your collection.

jazo86 (2014-03-02)

Thanks a lot!

casualcanuck (2014-04-13)

Please seed people I'm at 99.7 Let's get it to 100