Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0

Essential Box for Music Lovers:

Bob Wills fused country, blues, jazz, and just about every other form of American music to produce Western Swing. Bear Family has done its usual fantastic job of assembling all the extant Columbia recordings of the Texas Playboys. They are in great sound and the book is absolutely stunning, complete with many photos and reproductions of movie posters. Also included is a DVD of Wills' first movie "Take Back to Oklahoma" with Tex Ritter. Words can't do this box justice, and the price is not too high when one... more info

A Must!:

Yes, it is expensive! But every serious music lover knows: With Bare Family Records you get more than the money's worth back. In this case, you'll have over 300 recordings (from 1932 to 1947) in top quality, a hardback, LP-size book with the written history about the man, and the full recording information (dates, musicians, locations) - all in all, the first attempt to completely document the history of the founding father of Western Swing and his band. There are lots of unissued songs or alternate... more info

Bob Wills box:

SAN ANTONIO ROSE -Bob Wills & the Texas Playboys Bear Family 11 CD/1 DVD boxed set

This 11 CD, 1 DVD boxed set contains the complete Bob Wills recordings from 1932 to 1947, available in one package for the first time. Beautifully remasterd, there are nearly 300 songs, some previously unissued, beginning with Bob's first work with Milton Brown. Each CD contains well over an hour of music. The DVD contains the Tex Ritter movie TAKE ME BACK TO OKLAHOMA from 1940, with 7 songs from the film. The addition... more info

Tracks:

1. Sunbonnet Sue
2. Nancy Jane
3. Osage Stomp
4. Get With It
5. I Can't Give You Anything But Love
6. Spanish Two Step
7. Maiden's Prayer
8. Wang Wang Blues
9. St. Louis Blues
10. Good Old Oklahoma
11. Blue River
12. Mexicali Rose
13. I Ain't Got Nobody
14. Never No More Blues
15. Who Walks in When I Walk Out
16. Old Fashioned Love