Nashville Was the Roughest [Box] by Willie Nelson (CD, May-1998, 8 Discs, Bear Family Records (Germany))

Album Features
UPC:	4000127158314
Artist:	Willie Nelson
Format:	CD
Release Year:	1998
Record Label:	Bear Family Records (Germany)
Genre:	Country, Progressive Country
Number Of Discs:	8

Track Listing
DISC 1:
1. King of a Lonely Castle
2. (There'll Be) Someone Waiting for You
3. To Make a Long Story Short (She's Gone)
4. I Never Cared for You
5. You Left Me a Long, Long Time Ago
6. I Feel That Old Feeling
7. King of a Lonely Castle
8. Pretty Paper
9. What a Merry Christmas This Could Be
10. Healing Hands of Time
11. Talk to Me
12. Whisky Walzer
13. Little Darling
14. Permanently Lonely
15. Healing Hands of Time
16. Ashamed
17. She's Not for You
18. Are You Sure
19. Night Life
20. Mr. Record Man
21. Healing Hands of Time
22. Funny How Time Slips Away
23. My Own Peculiar Way
24. One Day at a Time
25. It Should Be Easier Now
26. Darkness on the Face of the Earth
27. Buddy
28. Hello Walls
29. So Much to Do
30. Within Your Crowd

DISC 2:
1. Did I Ever Love You
2. And So Will You My Love
3. I Just Can't Let You Say Goodbye
4. Down to Our Last Goodbye
5. Fraulein
6. I Love You Because
7. I'd Trade All of My Tomorrows (For Just One Yesterday)
8. Making Believe
9. Home in San Antone
10. Don't You Ever Get Tired (Of Hurting Me)
11. Columbus Stockade Blues
12. Seasons of My Heart
13. Heartaches by the Number
14. Go on Home
15. My Window Faces the South
16. San Antonio Rose
17. I'm Still Not over You
18. San Antonio Rose
19. Columbus Stockade Blues
20. He Sits at My Table
21. Wonderful Yesterday, A
22. Party's Over, The
23. One in a Row
24. Make Way for a Better Man
25. Did I Ever Love You
26. And So Will You My Love
27. I Just Can't Let You Say Goodbye
28. Down to Our Last Goodbye
29. Wonderful Yesterday, A
30. Party's Over, The
31. One in a Row
32. Make Way for a Better Man

DISC 3:
1. Have I Stayed Away Too Long?
2. Some Other World
3. If It's Wrong to Love You
4. Have I Told You Lately That I Love You
5. You Made Me Live, Love and Die
6. Born to Lose
7. What Now My Love
8. Lovin' Lies
9. Teach Me to Forget
10. Tender Years
11. Mansion on the Hill, A
12. Something to Think About
13. Blackjack County Chains
14. Don't Say Love or Nothing
15. You Ought to Hear Me Cry
16. I Don't Feel Anything
17. Hold Me Tighter
18. I'll Stay Around
19. Moment Isn't Very Long, A
20. Ghost, The
21. No Tomorrow in Sight
22. There Goes a Man
23. Go Away
24. Once Alone
25. End of Understanding
26. To Make a Long Story Short (She's Gone)
27. Suffering in Silence
28. Truth Number One
29. When I Don't Have You

DISC 4:
1. Someday You'll Call My Name
2. Wild Memories
3. December Day
4. Pages
5. Little Things
6. Good Times
7. She's Still Gone
8. Sweet Memories
9. Johnny One Time
10. Jimmy's Road
11. Bring Me Sunshine
12. I Let My Mind Wander
13. I Just Don't Understand
14. I Just Dropped By
15. Local Memory, The
16. Natural to Be Gone
17. Love Has a Mind of Its Own
18. I'll Walk Alone
19. It Will Come to Pass
20. My Own Peculiar Way
21. Message, The
22. That's All
23. Any Old Arms Won't Do
24. Johnny One Time
25. Jimmy's Road
26. Bring Me Sunshine
27. Bloody Mary Morning
28. Pins and Needles (In My Heart)
29. Everybody's Talkin'

DISC 5:
1. Crazy Arms
2. I Gotta Get Drunk
3. Wabash Cannonball
4. One Has My Name (The Other Has My Heart)
5. Who Do I Know in Dallas
6. Both Sides Now
7. It Could Be Said That Way
8. Once More With Feeling
9. Follow Me Around
10. Minstrel Man
11. Where Do You Stand?
12. When We Live Again
13. If You Could See What's Going Through My Mind
14. Happiness Lives Next Door
15. I've Seen That Look on Me (A Thousand Times)
17. Laying My Burdens Down
18. How Long Have You Been There
19. Senses
20. Sunday Morning Coming Down
21. What Can You Do to Me Now
22. Losers Song, The
23. Fire and Rain
24. I Can Cry Again
25. I'm a Memory
26. That's Why I Love Her So
27. If You Could See What's Going Through My Mind
28. Losers Song, The

DISC 6:
1. Yours Love
2. Kneel at the Feet of Jesus
3. Today I Started Loving You Again
4. I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
5. Will You Remember Mine
6. Wonderful Future
7. Wake Me When It's Over
8. Help Me Make It Through the Night
9. Rainy Day Blues
10. If You Really Loved Me
11. Words Don't Fit the Picture
12. What Do You Want Me to Do?
13. Stay Away from Lonely Places
14. Good Hearted Woman
15. Home Is Where You're Happy
16. My Kind of Girl
17. I'd Rather You Didn't Love Me
18. Undo the Right
19. One Step Beyond
20. I Want a Girl
21. Country Willie
22. You Left Me a Long, Long Time Ago
23. London
24. Moment Isn't Very Long, A
25. Who'll Buy My Memories?
26. No Love Around
27. Come on Home
28. Mountain Dew

DISC 7:
1. Dallas
2. San Antonio
3. Streets of Laredo
4. Who Put All My Ex's in Texas
5. Hill Country Theme, The
6. Waltz Across Texas
7. Travis Letter
8. Remember the Alamo
9. Texas in My Soul
10. There's a Little Bit of Everything in Texas
11. Beautiful Texas
12. Medley: Where's the Show/Let Me Be a Man: Where's The Show / Let Me Be A Man
13. In God's Eyes
14. Family Bible
15. It's Not for Me to Understand
16. Medley: These Are Difficult Times/Remember the Good Times: These Are Difficult Times / Remember The Good Times
17. Summer of Roses
18. December Day
19. Yesterday's Wine
20. Me and Paul
21. Goin' Home
22. Phases, Stages, Circles, Cycles and Scenes
23. Pretend I Never Happened
24. Sister's Coming Home
25. Down at the Corner Beer Joint
26. I'm Falling in Love Again
27. Chet's Tune
28. Poor Old Ugly Gladys Jones

DISC 8:
1. Introduction- Bo Powell/Willie Introduces Band - (live)
2. Medley: Mr. Record Man/Hello Walls/One Day at a Time: Mr. Record Man / Hello Walls / One Day At A Time - (live)
3. Medley: The Last Letter/Half a Man: The Last Letter / Half A Man - (live)
5. Yesterday - (live)
6. Touch Me - (live)
7. Something to Think About - (live)
8. I Just Can't Let You Say Goodbye - (live)
9. How Long Is Forever - (live)
10. Night Life - (live)
11. Medley: Opportunity to Cry/Permanently Lonely: Opportunity To Cry / Permanently Lonely - (live)
12. My Own Peculiar Way - (live)
13. I Love You Because - (live)
14. I'm Still Not over You - (live)
15. There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight - (live)

Details
Playing Time:	580 min.
Contributing Artists:	Chet Atkins, Jerry Reed, Floyd Cramer, Charlie McCoy
Distributor:	Navarre
Recording Type:	Studio
Recording Mode:	Mixed
SPAR Code:	n/a

Album Notes
8 CD box set with a 72 page hardcover book.

Tracks recorded for Monument and RCA from 1964 to 1972.NASHVILLE WAS THE ROUGHEST... is an 8-CD import box set from the Bear label which includes a 72-page hardcover book with rare photos, complete session information and a biography of Willie Nelson written by Rich Kienzle.Personnel includes: Willie Nelson (vocals, guitar); Charlie McCoy (guitar, harmonica, piano, vibraphone, bass); Jerry Reed, Jerry Stembridge (guitar, dobro); Chet Atkins, Harold Ray Bradley, Ray Edenton, Wayne Moss, Jerry Kennedy, Velma E. Williams Smith, Leon Rhodes, Grant "Cal Smith" Shofner, Thomas Grady Martin, Pete Wade, Jr., David Carroll Kirby (guitar); Jimmy Day (steel guitar, bass); Pete Drake, Buddy Charleton, Buddy Emmons, Wyldon Myrick (steel guitar); Hargus "Pig" Robbins (piano, organ, harpsichord); Ray Stevens (piano, organ, vibraphone); Jerry Smith (piano, harpsichord); Floyd Cramer (piano, vibraphone); David Briggs (piano); Bob Moore, Henry Strzelecki, Junior Huskey (bass); Buddy Harman, Kenneth Buttrey (drums).Producers: Fred Foster, Chet Atkins, Wolf Kabitzky, Danny Davis, Felton Jarvis.Reissue producer: Richard Weize.Personnel: Willie Nelson (vocals, guitar); Floyd Cramer (vocals, piano); Connie Smith, Jethro, Don Bowman, Dottie West, Eddy Arnold, George Hamilton IV, Hank Locklin, Hank Snow, Homer, Homer & Jethro, William Guilford Wright, Jr., Jerry Reed, Jim Ed Brown, Jimmy Dean, John D. Loudermilk, Norma Jean , Porter Wagoner, Archie Campbell, Skeeter Davis, Waylon Jennings, Bobby Bare (vocals); Jerry Stembridge, Jerry Reed Hubbard (guitar, electric guitar, dobro); Herman Wade, Wayne Moss (guitar, electric guitar); Charlie McCoy (guitar, harmonica, piano, vibraphone, electric bass); Chet Atkins, Velma E. Williams Smith, Dave Kirby, Dave Zettner, Harold Bradley, James Burton, Ray Edenton, Velma Smith (guitar); Jerry Glenn Kennedy, Grady Martin, Leon Rhodes, Billy Sanford (electric guitar); Peter Drake, Jimmy Day, Pete Drake, Weldon Myrick, Buddy Emmons (steel guitar); C. Robert Thompson (banjo); Howard Carpenter, Martin Kathan (violin, viola); Sheldon Kurland, Lillian Hunt, Pierre Menard, Kenneth Goldsmith, Byron Williams, Stephanie Woolf, Laurence Harvin, Lillian Vannhunt, Carole Walker, Solie Fott, Albert Coleman, George Binkley III, Brenton Banks (violin); Wade Ray, Buddy Spicher (fiddle); David VanOsdale, Marvin Chantry (viola); David Vanderkooi, Harvey Wolfe, Byron Bach (cello); Billy Puett, Skip Lane (flute); Homer Randolph (saxophone); Wayne Butler (tenor saxophone, trombone); Norman Ray (baritone saxophone); Karl Garvin, Glenn Baxter, George Tidwell (trumpet); Damon Elliott, Dana King , Eberhard Ramm (French horn); Dennis Good, Terry Williams (trombone); Hargus "Pig" Robbins (piano, harpsichord, organ); Harold R. "Ray Stevens" Ragsdale (piano, organ, vibraphone); William Whitney Pursell, David Briggs (piano); Bergen White (celesta, vibraphone); Glen Spreen (harpsichord, organ); Ray Stevens (organ, vibraphone); Douglas Williams (vibraphone, xylophone); James L. Wilkerson (vibraphone); John W. Greubel, William Paul Ackerman, John Bush Shinn III, Kenny Buttrey, Billy Gene English, Paul English, Buddy Harman (drums); Richard Farrell Morris (percussion).Audio Mixer: Dennis Ferrante.Liner Note Author: Rich Kienzle.Recording information: Fred Foster Sound Studio, Nashville, TN (07/06/1965-04/27/1972); Panther Hall, Fort Worth, TX (07/06/1965-04/27/1972); RCA Victor Studio, Nashville, TN (07/06/1965-04/27/1972).Illustrators: Colin Escott; Les Leverett; R.A. Andreas; Johnny Bush.Photographers: Colin Escott; Les Leverett; R.A. Andreas; Johnny Bush.Those whose knowledge of country music history begins with Travis Tritt (or even Hank Williams, Jr.) probably have a hard time understanding what "outlaw country" meant in the late-'60s/early-'70s. Willie Nelson, along with people like Waylon Jennings and Kris Kristofferson pioneered the movement, offering a gritty, rootsy, long-haired, rock-informed alternative to the ...