The Early Years 1946 - 1957

~ Release by Chet Atkins (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

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CD 1
#TitleRatingLength
1Guitar Blues (Picking the Blues)
2:47
2Brown Eyes
2:45
3Ain'Tcha Tired of Makin' Me Blue
2:41
4I'm Gonna Get Tight
2:52
5Canned Heat
2:31
6Standing Room Only
2:50
7Don't Hand Me That Line
2:32
8Bug Dance
2:53
9(I Know My Baby Loves Me) In Her Own Peculiar Way
2:25
10The Nashville Jump
2:28
11My Guitar Is My Sweetheart
2:36
12I'm Pickin' the Blues
2:46
13Gone, Gone, Gone
2:36
14Barnyard Shuffle
2:49
15Save Your Money
2:29
16(I May Be Color Blind but) I Know When I'm Blue
2:30
17I've Been Working on the Guitar
2:27
18Dizzy Strings
2:40
19Money, Marbles and Chalk
2:50
20Wednesday Night Waltz
2:29
21Guitar Waltz
3:01
22Tellin' My Troubles to My Old Guitar
2:43
23Dance of the Goldenrod
2:38
24Galloping on the Guitar
2:26
25Barber Shop Rag
2:46
26Centipede Boogie
2:38
27Under the Hickory Nut Tree
2:54
28I Was Bitten by the Same Bug Twice
2:28
29One More Chance
2:45
30The Old Buck Dance
2:24
CD 2
#TitleRatingLength
1Boogie Man Boogie
2:50
2Main Street Breakdown
recording of:
Main Street Breakdown
composer:
Chet Atkins
2:17
3Confusin'
2:13
4Music in My Heart
2:16
5Indian Love Call
recording of:
Indian Love Call (from the 1924/1936 musicals “Rose Marie”)
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein) and Otto Harbach
composer:
Rudolf Friml and Herbert Stothart (composer)
publisher:
Bill-Bob Publ. Company, Chappell Music Ltd. and Harms, Inc. (on 1924-09-02)
part of:
Rose-Marie (1936 musical film)
part of:
Rose-Marie (1924 operetta-style musical)
2:39
6Birth of the Blues
recording of:
Birth of the Blues
lyricist:
Lew Brown and Buddy DeSylva
composer:
Ray Henderson
2:33
7Mountain Melody
2:09
8You're Always Brand New
2:38
9My Crazy Heart
2:41
10Hybrid Corn
2:15
11Jitterbug Waltz
2:37
12Old Man Boogie
2:40
13Crazy Rhythm
2:23
14Crazy Rhythm
2:22
15Rustic Dance
2:05
16Rainbow
2:36
17In the Mood
2:28
18Spanish Fandango
2:39
19Midnight
recording of:
Midnight
writer:
Chet Atkins and Boudleaux Bryant
2:52
20Good-Bye Blues
2:28
21Your Mean Little Heart
2:33
22Sweet Bunch of Daisies
2:04
23Blue Gypsy
2:18
24The Third Man Theme
2:25
25St. Louis Blues
recording of:
St. Louis Blues
lyricist and composer:
William Christopher Handy (in 1913)
sub-publisher:
Reuter & Reuter Förlags AB
2:16
26Nobody's Sweetheart
2:15
27Lover Come Back to Me
recording of:
Lover, Come Back to Me (from "The New Moon")
lyricist:
Oscar Hammerstein II (of Rodgers & Hammerstein) (in 1928)
writer:
Sigmund Romberg
composer:
Sigmund Romberg (in 1928)
publisher:
Bambalina Music Publishing Company, Redwood Music, Warner Bros., Inc. (Warner Bros. Music Division), Warner/Chappell (Warner/Chappell Music, Inc.) and Warner Bros., Inc. (not for release label use!) (in 1928)
sub-publisher:
ワーナー・チャペル音楽出版 Synch事業部 (Warner/Chappell Music Japan K.K., Synch Division), ヤマハミュージックパブリッシング (Yamaha Music Publishing) (until 2017-03-31) and ヤマハミュージックエンタテインメントホールディングス (Yamaha Music Entertainment Holdings, Inc., holding company – do not use as release label) (from 2017-04-01 to present)
part of:
The New Moon: Act II
2:26
28Stphen Foster Melody
2:26
29Hangover Blues
2:36
30Imagination
2:13
31Black Mountain Rag
2:16
32Guitar Polka2:05
CD 3
#TitleRatingLength
1Dream Train
2:13
2Meet Mister Callaghan
2:42
3Chinatown, My Chinatown
recording of:
Chinatown, My Chinatown
lyricist:
William Jerome (in 1910)
composer:
Jean Schwartz (in 1910)
publisher:
Beuscher and Sim (Related to Éditions Sim)
2:00
4High Rockin' Swing
recording of:
High Rockin' Swing (on 1952-10-16)
composer:
Joe Avants and Archie Tennant
2:20
5Pig Leaf Rag
2:30
6Oh by Jingo
2:14
7Hello Ma Baby
2:09
8The Bells of St. Mary's
recording of:
The Bells of St. Mary’s
lyricist:
Douglas Furber (in 1917)
composer:
A. Emmett Adams (in 1917)
2:13
9Country Gentlemen
2:15
10Memphis Blues
2:09
11Alice Blue Gowm
recording of:
Alice Blue Gown
lyricist:
Joseph McCarthy (lyricist, 1885–1943)
composer:
Harry Tierney
part of:
Irene (the musical)
2:05
12Twelfth Street Rag
2:20
13Peeping Tom
2:20
14Three O' Clock in the Morning
2:17
15Georgia Camp Meeting
2:13
16City Slicker
2:21
17Dill Pickle Rag
2:24
18Rubber Doll Rag
2:12
19Beautiful Ohio
2:17
20Kentucky Derby
2:03
21Wildwood Flower
recording of:
Wildwood Flower (Carter family version)
lyricist and composer:
A.P. Carter
publisher:
APRS (American Performing Rights Society, Inc.(BMI)) and Peer International Corporation (BMI)
version of:
I'll Twine 'mid the Ringlets (parlour song, source for Wildwood Flower)
2:12
22Guitars on Parade
2:21
23Simple Simon
2:11
24Get Up and Go
2:53
25Pagan Love Song
2:06
26Beautiful Ohio
2:09
27Downhill Drag
2:22
28Avalon
recording of:
Avalon
writer:
B. G. DeSylva, Al Jolson and Vincent Rose (early-20th century violinist, pianist, composer & bandleader)
publisher:
Chappell & Co., Inc. (USA), Stephen Ballentine Music, Warner Bros. Music (UK subsidiary, so named between 1970/01/23–1971/04/26 and 1972/04/25–1988/08/23) and Jerome H. Remick & Co. (on 1920-09-04)
2:18
29Sunrise Serenade
recording of:
Sunrise Serenade
lyricist:
Jack Lawrence (US songwriter) (in 1939)
composer:
Frankie Carle (in 1939)
2:45
30San Antonio Rose
recording of:
San Antonio Rose
lyricist and composer:
Bob Wills (Texan Western swing musician, songwriter, and bandleader)
publisher:
Bourne Co. (not for release label use, this is a music publisher) (from 1940-06-05 to present) and Irving Berlin Inc. (on 1940-06-05)
2:29
31Set a Spell
2:26
32Mister Misery
2:27
CD 4
CD 5