The Essential Willie Nelson [RCA]

by Willie Nelson

Overview

The 20 songs on this set were recorded between 1965 and 1971, long before Willie Nelson's commercial breakthrough with "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain." All of the songs were produced by Chet Atkins or his able assistant, Felton Jarvis. As explained in the album notes, the producers were trying to marry Nelson's folksy blues style with commercial country-style arrangements, a union which produced no major country hits. Still, these were some of Nelson's best-known songs which had been popularized by other artists. Spare Nelson standards such as "Healing Hands of Time," "Hello Walls," "Funny How Time Slips Away," "Night Life," and "The Party's Over" are all here. ~ Bil Carpenter

Product Details

Release Date:	08/01/1995
Label:	Rca
UPC:	0078636659022
Rank:	125561

Tracks

1. Me and Paul
2. Yesterday's Wine
3. December Day
4. Bloody Mary Morning
5. Healing Hands of Time
6. Darkness on the Face of the Earth
7. Funny How Time Slips Away
8. Family Bible
9. My Own Peculiar Way
10. Mr. Record Man
11. I Gotta Get Drunk
12. Hello Walls
13. Sweet Memories
14. Night Life
15. Waltz Across Texas
16. The Party's Over
17. Some Other World
18. Goin' Home
19. Once More With Feeling
20. Phases, Stages, Circles, Cycles and Scenes

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Willie Nelson   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals

Technical Credits

Paul Williams   Compilation Producer
Walt Breeland   Composer
Mickey Newbury   Composer
Willie Nelson   Composer
Kris Kristofferson   Composer
Claude Gray   Composer
Paul Buskirk   Composer
Shel Silverstein   Composer
Shirley Nelson   Composer
Talmadge Tubb   Composer
Floyd Tillman   Composer
Ernest Tubb   Composer