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. The Best of the Early Years [CASSETTE]
Search: Strangers
by: Merle Haggard
Release Date March 12, 1991
In the early days of CD when I wanted to collect Merle's great songs, it was quite tricky, with no double CD's or boxed sets. I started with the Capitol collectors series which contained about half the essential early songs. A volume 2 was planned but never released. Rhino then released More of the best, which filled most of the gaps but still left me without a few important tracks. This compilation filled most of the gaps left by those other two sets. Another Curb compilation, 18 rare classics, also proved useful. So this is not actually the best of the early years, because songs such as Mama's hungry eyes, Branded man, Mama tried and Okie from Muskogee were to be found on the other two compilations. Nevertheless, there are some ... Read More:
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