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| Frankie Miller - Blackland Farmer
 (The Complete Starday Recordings, and more - 3 CD set)
BCD 16566 CH
One of country music's unsung heroes, Frankie Miller's 1996 Bear Family compilation, Sugar Coated Baby, showcased his complete Columbia and Gilt Edge/4 Star recordings. This long anticipated package of recordings has been culled from the Texas singer-songwriter's stints with Cowtown Hoedown, Stop, United Artists and Starday. Sung with genuine sawdust-on-the-floor feeling, this is some of the best honky-tonk music money can buy.
Among many fine performances on the 96 track set, "It's Not Easy" provides a solid example of how Miller's songwriting and vocal phrasing worked together to comprise his unique style. Miller truly is a 'singer's singer' and listening to his artistry is a real treasure to behold. Further, he shared writer's credit with producer Tommy Hill. Lawton Williams co-wrote the three songs drawn from Miller's fantastic Gospel EP. Of course, the wonderfully primitive "Blackland Farmer," later covered by Sleepy LaBeef, is included.
A collector's delight, the compilation features every master release (sprinkled with false starts and unissued alternate takes), and Miller's demo recordings make their debut here. Live recordings from the Big D Jamboree include a little parody of Johnny Cash's "I Walk The Line" and an amusing Lefty Frizzell impersonation.
The gate fold digi-pack comes with a 100 page booklet with many photos and an abundance of information from historian Hank Davis, which includes recollections from Miller himself about his career, recording, how "Blackland Farmer" came to be and meeting Elvis Presley.
- Johnny Vallis
CD 1
Blackland Farmer, True Blue, Poppin' Johnny, Family Man, The Money Side Of Life, Reunion, Baby Rocked Her Dolly, Rain, Rain, Strictly Nuthin', Young Widow Brown, Two Lips Away, Out Of Bounds, I'll Write To You, Richest Poor Boy, Lookin' Around Downtown, A Little Bit's Better (Then Nothing At All), The Cat And The Mouse, It's Not Easy, Losing Again, If I'd Known Then, Just For You, Prison Grey, Tornado, Big Talk Of The Town (LP version), Reunion (w/o harmony), Baby Rocked Her Dolly (w/o harmony, Rain, Rain (w/o harmony), The Cat And The Mouse (alt), Faded Bible, Who Do You Think, Trust The Saviour, Valley Of Death, Family Bible
CD 2
Gotta Win My Baby Back, The Picture At St. Helene, Losing By A Hair, I Miss Her Every Way, One Excuse Is As Good As Another, The Party's Over, Too Hot To Handle, A Little South Of Memphis, Fifteen Acres Of Peanut Land, Out Of This World, Mean Old Greyhound Bus, It Took A Lot Of Love To Let Her Go, Starving For Love, I Can Almost Forget, Big Talk Of The Town (Single version), Truck Driving Buddy, Bringing Mary Home, Country Music Who's Who, A Tough Row To Hoe, Charlie's Got A Good Thing Going, She's My Antibiotic (In White), Fickle Hand Of Fate, True Love Stays, Starving For Love (alt), Maybe You Would Love Me Then, It Took A Lot Of Love To Let Her Go (alt), Pain, I Put The Blue In Her Eyes, Wrong Side Of The Tracks, World War III
CD 3
Just For Spite, Give A Purpose To My Love, I Should Be, Don't Make Me Miss You, Impersonations (live) Always Late/Lord Gave Me Help/I Walk The Line, Katy Malone, It's Not Easy, Peppermint Candy, Family Man, Blues Of Yesterday, I Remember Dad, House Down The Road, A Little South Of Memphis, I'd Rather Have You, Tears Of Time, Funny Way Of Lovin', Let's Forget It, Fall Of The Alamo, I'll Get Over You (Still Keep Hoping), A Tough Row To Hoe, The Wagon Yard, Out Of This World, She Put The Misery On Me, Lonesome Time, Keeping Up With The Jones, Nothing At All, Two Lips Away, Blackland Farmer (live)
Conversations with Hank Davis:
Meeting Elvis at the Hayride
Memories of Tommy Hill
Creating Hoofbeats
The Blackland Farmer Tape
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