RELEASED ON APRIL 02, 2007
Bear Family Records # BCD 16821
ISBN-CODE 978-3-89916-281-3
FORMAT 4-CD/1 DVD boxed set with a 118 page hardcover book
87 TRACKS - PLAYING TIME 247:30
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An incredible document of a ground-breaking tour!
Undiscovered for more than 40 years! Audio and video of RCA Nashville’s bold attempt
to introduce country music to Europe!
Bonus follow-up recordings of RCA’s Nashville stars singing in German!
In April 1964, at the beginning of Beatlemania, RCA Nashville took the bold step of sending its biggest stars to Europe.
Those making the trip were Jim Reeves, Bobby Bare, The Anita Kerr Singers, and Chet Atkins. Fortunately, several of the concerts were recorded and even filmed. After the tour, RCA in Nashville encouraged all of its major stars, including Jim Ed Brown, Willie Nelson, Skeeter Davis, and Stu Phillips, to record in German, and those German-language recordings are included complete for the first time!
TRACK LISTING:
CD 1: THE STOCKHOLM CONCERT, PART 1
1. JIM REEVES’ BLUE BOYS: Steel Guitar Rag / Introduction
2. THE ANITA KERR SINGERS: Oh Lonesome Me
3. THE ANITA KERR SINGERS: I'll Hold You In My Heart
4. THE ANITA KERR SINGERS: Georgia On My Mind
5. THE ANITA KERR SINGERS: Night Train To Mempis
6. THE BLUE BOYS: Wheels
7. BOBBY BARE: Shame On Me
8. BOBBY BARE: 500 Miles Away From Home
9. BOBBY BARE: Medley Of Impersonations
10. BOBBY BARE: Detroit City
11. BOBBY BARE: Jambalaya
12. THE BLUE BOYS: San Antonio Rose
13. CHET ATKINS: Alabama Jubilee (Levee Walking)
14. CHET ATKINS: Windy And Warm
15. CHET ATKINS: Drown In My Own Tears
16. CHET ATKINS: Wildwood Flower
17. CHET ATKINS: Yes Ma'am
18. CHET ATKINS: My Town
19. CHET ATKINS: Medley: Greensleeves / Streets Of Laredo
20. CHET ATKINS: Chats
21. CHET ATKINS: Show Me The Way To Go Home
22. CHET ATKINS: Yankee Doodle Dixie
23. CHET ATKINS: The Peanut Vendor
24. CHET ATKINS: Tiger Rag
25. CHET ATKINS: Gravy Waltz
Playing time: 77:58
CD 2: THE STOCKHOLM CONCERT, PART 2
1. INTRODUCTION - J REEVES: Billy Bayou
2. JIM REEVES: I Love You Because
3. JIM REEVES: Bimbo
4. JIM REEVES: Four Walls
5. JIM REEVES: Yonder Comes A Sucker
6. JIM REEVES: He'll Have To Go
7. JIM REEVES: Adios Amigo
8. JIM REEVES: I Can’t Stop Loving You
9. JIM REEVES: Mexican Joe
10. JIM REEVES: Danny Boy
Playing time: 34:46
CD 3: THE GERMAN CONCERT
1. INTRODUCTION
2. THE ANITA KERR SINGERS: Night Train To Memphis
3. BOBBY BARE: 500 Miles Away From Home
4. CHET ATKINS: Windy And Warm
5. JIM REEVES: Billy Bayou
6. THE ANITA KERR SINGERS: Georgia On My Mind
7. BOBBY BARE: Shame On Me
8. CHET ATKINS: Java
9. CHET ATKINS: The Peanut Vendor
10. JIM REEVES: Welcome To My World
11. THE ANITA KERR SINGERS: Oh Lonesome Me
12. BOBBY BARE: Detroit City
13. CHET ATKINS: Wildwood Flower
14. JIM REEVES: Four Walls
15. JIM REEVES: He'll Have To Go
16. CHET ATKINS: Greensleeves
17. CHET ATKINS: Streets Of Laredo
18. GROUP: Auf Wiedersehn
BROADCAST: OCTOBER 10, 1964
19. THE ANITA KERR SINGERS: Night Train To Memphis
20. CHET ATKINS: Steel Guitar Rag
21. JIM REEVES: Adios Amigo
22. GROUP with GUS BACHUS : Deep In The Heart Of Texas
BROADCAST: NOVEMBER 21, 1964
23. CHET ATKINS: Oh Suzanna
24. BOBBY BARE: 500 Miles Away From Home
25. BOBBY BARE: Tennessee Waltz
26. THE ANITA KERR SINGERS: Singing The Blues
27. BILL RAMSEY: Cigarettes And Whiskey And Wind, Wild Woman
28. CHET ATKINS: High Noon
29. JIM REEVES: Mexican Joe
30. THE ANITA KERR SINGERS: Tumbling Tumble Weeds
31. GROUP with GUS BACHUS: Deep In The Heart Of Texas
BROADCAST: DECEMBER 19, 1964
32. BOBBY BARE: Detroit City
33. THE ANITA KERR SINGERS: Oh Lonesome Me
34. CHET ATKINS: Alabama Jubilee (Leevee Walking)
35. OH SUZANNE SQUARE DANCE
36. JIM REEVES: San Antonio Rose
37. THE ANITA KERR SINGERS: On Top Of Old Smokey
38. GROUP with VICO TORRIANI: Deep In The Heart Of Texas
39. INTERVIEW by Kitty Prins with JIM REEVES
Playing time: 87:36
CD 4: THE GERMAN LANGUAGE RECORDINGS
1. THE ANITA KERR SINGERS: Jenny Darling
2. THE ANITA KERR SINGERS: Singapur (La-Di-Da-Songs)
3. THE ANITA KERR SINGERS: Bye, Bye Baby (Bye Bye Blackbird)
4. THE ANITA KERR SINGERS: Cowboy's Heimweh (Home On The Range)
5. BOBBY BARE: Rosalie
6. BOBBY BARE: Alle glauben dass ich glücklich bin
7. WILLIE NELSON: Whisky Walzer
8. WILLIE NELSON: Little Darling (Pretty Paper)
9. JIM ED BROWN: I Heard From A Memory Last Night
10. BOBBY BARE: Good Old Tennessee
11. BOBBY BARE: Das Haus auf der Sierra
12. BOBBY BARE: Wilder Wolf und Brauner Bär (So ist das Leben)
13. BOBBY BARE: Molly Brown
14. THE ANITA KERR SINGERS: Sentimental Cowboy
15. THE ANITA KERR SINGERS: I'm Happy Baby
16. JIM ED BROWN: Mickey
17. JIM ED BROWN: Renate und Karin
18. JIM ED BROWN: Golden Girl
19. JIM ED BROWN: Schöne Mädchen, die können nicht treu sein
20. STU PHILLIPS: Irgendwann sagt man Goodbye
21. STU PHILLIPS: Ol' Kentucky
22. SKEETER DAVIS: G. I. Johnny
Playing time: 57:00
DVD: THE OSLO CONCERT; PLUS…
1. The arrival at Schiphol Airport, Amsterdam, Holland on Friday April 17, 1964
2. Jim Reeves sings I Love You Because in the Airport Lounge with his guitar
The Njardhallen Sportshall, Oslo, Norway on Wednesday April 15, 1964:
3. Introduction
4. THE BLUE BOYS: Steel Guitar Rag
5. THE ANITA KERR SINGERS: Oh Lonesome Me
6. THE ANITA KERR SINGERS: I'll Hold You In My Heart
7. THE ANITA KERR SINGERS: Georgia On My Mind
8. BOBBY BARE: Shame On Me
9. BOBBY BARE: 500 Miles Away From Home
10. BOBBY BARE: Jambalaya
11. BOBBY BARE: Detroit City
12. CHET ATKINS: Alabama Jubilee
13. CHET ATKINS: Wildwood Flower
14. CHET ATKINS: Yes Ma'am
15. CHET ATKINS: Malaguena
16. CHET ATKINS: Greensleeves / The Streets Of Laredo
17. CHET ATKINS & THE BLUE BOYS: Peanut Vendor
18. CHET ATKINS & THE BLUE BOYS: Tiger Rag
19. JIM REEVES: I Love You Because
20. JIM REEVES: Bimbo
21. JIM REEVES: Four Walls / The Blue Canadian Rockies / Four Walls
22. JIM REEVES: Yonder Comes A Sucker
23. JIM REEVES: Adios Amigo
Playing time: 63:40
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