New Arrivals/Restock

Title: Ramblin' Fever: The Complete Recordings From 1953-61 (2-CD)
Artist: Bill Carter
Label: Bear Family
Product Type: COMPACT DISCS
UPC: 5397102176500
Genre: Country
Release Date: 2022-05-20
Number of Discs: 2
Additional Details: DIGIPACK PACKAGING, BOOKLET

-With this double CD, Bear Family Records® is the first label to present all the commercial recordings of the great Bill Carter, originally released between 1953 - 1961! -The Arkansas musician started with country music and hillbilly and jumped on the rockabilly bandwagon towards the end of the 1950s. -This compilation also includes his outstanding gospel recordings for the Rural Rhythm label and recordings with western swing bandleader Big Jim DeNoone for 4-Star. -We have found an additional 14(!) previously unknown and unreleased recordings in excellent quality from that era! -A total of 68 recordings for 4-Star, Republic, Tally, Ozark, Rural Rhythm, Honey B and 'D' among others. -41 songs on CD for the first time, 14 tracks released the first time. -In 1950s California, he and his band accompanied numerous big names in country music on tour on the West Coast. -Shortly after signing a promising contract with M-G-M and before his final breakthrough, Carter retired from the music business in 1961 and devoted himself exclusively to Christian country music. -Extensive liner notes by Michael Hurtt in the comprehensive illustrated booklet. -Carefully restored and remastered recordings. Bill Carter was born in 1929 in Eagleton, Arkansas, moved with his family to Oklahoma in 1937 and six years later to Indio, California. His family encouraged the teenager's interest in music and paid for his singing lessons. Before joining the U.S. Air Force in 1949, he had already performed on several local radio stations. During his military service in California, he formed his first C&W bands and performed in the San Francisco area and at a radio station in San Antonio, Texas. After completing his military service in 1953, Carter joined Jim DeNoone's country band as a vocalist and performed at the 'California Hayride' in San Francisco and elsewhere. The band's recordings for Gilt-Edge Records, produced that same year, feature Bill Carter as a singer for the first time.

Tracks:
1.1 A Woman's Way
1.2 A Story Book Affair
1.3 I Couldn't Keep from Crying
1.4 That's Me Without You
1.5 Mexican Joe
1.6 Honeymoon on a Rocket Ship
1.7 Big Jim Boogie
1.8 Honeycut Stomp
1.9 Wednesday Night Swing
1.10 Wild Strings
1.11 Long Lost Girl
1.12 Making Believe
1.13 More Than a Man Can Stand
1.14 You Ain't Got My Address
1.15 By the Sweat of My Brow
1.16 Mama Loves Papa (And Papa Loves the Women)
1.17 I Wanna Feel Good
1.18 I Knew Her When
1.19 I Used to Love Her
1.20 Too Used to Being with You
1.21 Baby Brother
1.22 Ride Gunman, Ride
1.23 Ramblin' Fever
1.24 Half Hour Til Sundown
1.25 Stowaway
1.26 Seven Years
1.27 When God Dips His Love in My Heart
1.28 Amazing Grace
1.29 This World Is Not My Home
1.30 Where We Never Grow Old
1.31 Cool Tom Cat (Unedited Tape Fragment)
1.32 Secret Date (Unedited Version)
1.33 Secret Date
2.1 Cool Tom Cat
2.2 Jailer Man (Unedited)
2.3 Jailer Man
2.4 Jailer Man (Alt. Take with Guitar Overdub)
2.5 Legend of Billy the Kid (Unedited)
2.6 Legend of Billy the Kid
2.7 Cross Road
2.8 Good Lord to Keep Me Happy
2.9 Won't You Go There with Me
2.10 Full Time Religion
2.11 Thank You Dear Lord
2.12 Only a Tramp on the Street
2.13 Your Last Day on Earth
2.14 God's Mansion in the Sky
2.15 Ain't You Gonna Change
2.16 The Gates of Glory
2.17 Where You Gonna Hide
2.18 Glory in Your Soul
2.19 Pony Express
2.20 You'll Never Know
2.21 Dreambowl Commercial with Black Jack Wayne
2.22 Colt 45 -Part I
2.23 Colt 45 -Part II
2.24 Shot Four Times and Dyin'
2.25 Stranger Shake Hands with a Fool
2.26 The 12th Man
2.27 From Time to Time
2.28 I'll Be Still Loving You
2.29 Steamboat's A-Comin'
2.30 Climb That Scaffold, Jimmy
2.31 Stranger Shake Hands with a Fool (Uptempo Version)
2.32 Looking Through the Bars
2.33 I've Missed You
2.34 Better Times Are Coming