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#74. 120 Favorite Country LPs, Part 2
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This is a continuation of the "underrated" theme started in Gallery #71. It's hard to make a case for underrated when there's never been a critic's top 100 C&W list! Since this is VinylBeat.com, we're focusing on the vinyl years of 1955-1985. Again, this list is subjective and reflects my musical tastes. I did a lot of editing just to arrive at this number; apologies if your favorite was omitted. The list is alphabetical. There are no greatest hits compilations, but there are a few albums that feature tracks taken from 45s or 78s that had never been on an album before (Hank Williams, Jimmie Rodgers, Wynn Stewart, etc.). Check out the sample songs!

Roger Miller - A Trip In The Country - Mercury SR 61297	Bill Monroe - Knee Deep In Blue Grass - Decca DL 8731	Ricky Nelson - In Concert - Decca DL 75162	Willie Nelson - Country Favorites - RCA LSP 3528
"Tall Tall Trees"	"Cry Cry Darling"	"Louisiana Man"	"San Antonio Rose"
Willie Nelson - Both Sides Now - RCA LSP 4284	New Riders Of The Purple Sage - N.R.P.S. - Columbia PC 30888	Old & In The Way - (same) - Round RX 103	Osborne Brothers - Country Pickin' - MGM E 3734
"I Gotta Get Drunk"	"Glendale Train"	"Midnight Moonlight"	"She's No Angel"
Buck Owens - Sings Harlan Howard - Capitol ST 1482	Buck Owens - Together Again My Heart Skips A Beat - Capitol ST 2135	Buck Owens - Open Up Your Heart - Capitol ST 2640	Dolly Parton - Bubbling Over - RCA APL 1-0288
"Foolin' Around"	"A11"	"Waiting In Your Welfare Line"	"Travellin' Man"
Johnny Paycheck - Jukebox Charlie - Little Darlin' LD 4006	Johnny Paycheck - New York Town - Epic JE 36496	Herb Pedersen - Southwest - Epic PE 34225	Poco - Indian Summer - ABC AB 989
"Motel Time"	"In Memory Of A Memory"	"Paperback Writer"	"Indian Summer"
Ray Price - Night Life - Columbia CS 8771	Charlie Pride - In Person - RCA LSP 4094	Herb Remington - Remington Rides Again - Hilltop JS 6020	Charlie Rich - Many New Sides Of - Smash MGS 27070
"Sittin' & Thinkin'"	"Just Between You & Me"	"Sweetnin'"	"I Washed My Hands In Muddy Water"
Marty Robbins - Gunfighter Ballads - Columbia CL 1349	Jimmie Rodgers - My Rough & Rowdy Ways - RCA LPM 2112	Peter Rowan - (same) - Flying Fish 071	Santo & Johnny - Canadian American CALP 1001
"Big Iron"	"Last Blue Yodel"	"Free Mexican Air Force"	"Sleepwalk"
T.G. Sheppard - (same) - Melodyland ME 40151	Red Simpson - Roll, Truck, Roll - Capitol T 2468	Ricky Skaggs - Waitin' For The Sun To Shine - Epic FE 37193	Carl Smith - & The Tunesmiths - Columbia C 30215
"Trying To Beat The Morning Home"	"Roll Truck Roll"	"Waitin' For The Sun To Shine"	"Take These Chains From My Heart"
Joe South - Games People Play - Capitol ST 235	Southern Pacific - (same) - WB 1-25206	John Starling - Waitin' On A Southern Train - Sugar Hill SH 3724	Statler Brothers - Present Roadhog Moran Alive - Mercury SRM 1-708
"These Are Not My People"	"Reno Bound"	"Slow Freight Train"	"Sixteen Tons"
Gary Stewart - Out Of Hand - RCA APL 1-0900	Wynn Stewart - Wishful Thinking - Bear Family BFD 15261	Mel Street - Borrowed Angel - Metromedia MCS 5001	Hank Thompson - Most Of All - Capitol T1360
"She's Acting Single"	"Another Day Another Dollar"	"Borrowed Angel"	"The New Green Light"
Hank Thompson - At The Golden Nugget - Capitol ST 1632	Merle Travis - Walking The Strings - Capitol T1391	Merle Travis - Travis! - Capitol T1664	Randy Travis - Storms Of Life - WB 254351
"One Six Pack To Go"	Walking The Strings"	"When My Baby Double Talks To Me"	"On The Other Hand"
Ernest Tubb - On Tour - Decca DL 4321	Ernest Tubb's Texas Troubadours - Ernest Tubb Presents - Decca DL 4459	Ernest Tubb's Texas Troubadours - Country Dance Time - Decca DL 4644	Conway Twitty - I Can't Stop Loving You - Decca DL7 5361
Steel Guitar Rag"	"12th Street Rag"	"Almost To Tulsa"	"Candy"
Porter Wagoner - The Cold Hard Facts Of Life - RCA LSP 3797	Charlie Walker - Recorded Live In Dallas, Texas - Epic BN 86483	Speedy West - Steel Guitar - Capitol T1341	Speedy West - Guitar Spectacular - Capitol T1835
"Cold Hard Facts Of Life"	"Jambalaya"	"CaffeinePatrol"	"Slow & Easy"
Keith Whitley - Don't Close Your Eyes - BMG 6494-1-R	Hank Williams - Ramblin' Man - MGM E 3219	Hank Williams - Luke The Drifter - MGM E 3267	Hank Williams - Moanin' The Blues - MGM E 3330
"Don't Close Your Eyes"	"My Heart Would Know"	"Be Careful Of Stones That You Throw"	"Moanin' The Blues"
Hank Williams - Honky-Tonkin' - MGM E 3412	Tex Williams - Dance-O-Rama - #5 - Decca DL 5565 (10")	Billy Jack Wills - Crazy-Man-Crazy - Western 2004	Bob Wills - Ranch House Favorites - MGM E 3352
"I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive"	"Airmail Special"	"Cadillac In Model A"	"I've Got A New Road Under My Wheels"
Bob Wills - Tiffany Transcriptions - Vol.2 - Kaleidoscope F 19	Larry Jon Wilson - Loose Change - Monument MG 7615	Tammy Wynette - Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad - Epic BN 26305	Faron Young - This Is - Capitol T1096
"Time Changes Everything"	"Why You Been Gone So Long."	"Apartment No. 9"	"Live Fast Love Hard Die Young"

See:
120 Favorite Country LPs, Part 1

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