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Timeless early Patsy Cline recordings:

The first volume of Varese Sarabande's collections of Cline's pre-Decca recordings on the independent 4-Star label. This disc has some of her bluesiest and most "country" performances, including gems such as the raunchy "Hungry For Love," and teen-pop oriented material like "Walking Dream" and a triplet-heavy "Stop The World (And Let Me Off)." Many Cline fans find this era to be her best, or least closest to her country roots. Inching towards her transcendent crossover style, Cline gives a few interesting... more info

Expertly picked anthology of Cline's earliest recordings:

Though it's a bit of a stretch to call these early recordings Cline's all time greatest, it's no stretch to call them essential. True, only one of these tracks actually charted (1957's "Walkin' After Midnight," included here in its original hit form, rather than the re-recording featured on many other compilations), but the 25 hand-picked titles (representing half of Cline's output for 4-Star) are filled with gems, and Varese's mastering from the original tapes sounds wonderful.

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The best single disc of her early recordings ever released:

Although the title says "25 All-Time Greatest Recordings," there are actually 26 songs on this as this CD contains both versions of "I Don't Wanna" on the same disc. All of the tracks on this CD come from the original 4 Star masters that are in Universal's vault. A tape of "A Poor Man's Roses" was finally discovered in Universal's vault and wasn't even used on the 4 CD boxed set by MCA/Country Music Foundation who used a disc dub and the master tape copy of this track is very well mastered just like the... more info

Tracks:

1. Church, a Courtroom, and Then Goodbye
2. Hidin' Out
3. I Don't Wanta [Alternate Version]
4. I Cried All the Way to the Altar
5. Dear God
6. Walkin' After Midnight
7. Poor Man's Roses (Or a Rich Man's Gold)
8. Pick Me Up on Your Way Down
9. Stranger in My Arms
10. Then You'll Know
11. Three Cigarettes in an Ashtray
12. I Don't Wanta
13. Hungry for Love
14. That Wonderful Someone
15. I Can't Forget
16. Stop the World (And Let Me Off)

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