Album Details
Title: Sixteen Tons
Artist: Merle Travis
Release Date: 6/25/2002
Label: ASV
Album Type(s): Greatest Hits
UPC: 743625542820
Genre: Country
Styles: Traditional Country, Instrumental Country, Country Boogie
Moods: Amiable/Good-Natured, Lively, Innocent, Organic, Confident, Playful, Sentimental, Freewheeling, Gentle, Light, Refined/Mannered, Reflective, Relaxed, Smooth, Stylish, Warm, Earnest, Complex, Earthy
Total Copies: 0
Members Wishing: 0
Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 1 |
Track Listings
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Sixteen Tons
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No Vacancy
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Cincinnati Lou
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Nine Pound Hammer
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What a Shame
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Missouri
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Dark as a Dungeon
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Divorce Me C.O.D.
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Sweet Temptation
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Over by Number Nine
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So Round, So Firm, So Fully Packed
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Steel Guitar Rag
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That's All
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Sioux City Sue
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Fat Gal
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John Henry
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Merle's Boogie Woogie
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Blues Stay Away from Me
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I'm a Natural Born Gamblin' Man
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Muskrat
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Crazy Boogie
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Too Much Sugar for a Dime
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I Am a Pilgrim
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Lost John Boogie
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Deep South
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Start Even
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Done Rovin'
Additional Releases
| Year | Type | Label | Catalog # | | 2002 | CD | ASV | 5428 |
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Other Editions
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Album Review
This isn't a definitive Merle Travis collection, but it does a good job of filling the gaps in Razor & Tie's Sweet Temptation compilation. It may omit "Cannon Ball Rag" and some other quintessential performances, but makes up for it by including the entire Folk Songs of the Hills album, with the original versions of "Nine Pound Hammer" and "Dark as a Dungeon." The bulk of this material was recorded during Travis' late-'40s peak, which means, unfortunately, that there is nothing from Walkin' the Strings, but then, anyone lucky enough to find a copy of that album should have a contractual obligation to pick it up. ~ Jim Smith, All Music Guide
Credits
| Name | Credits | | Allen Williams | Bass | | Art Wenzel | Accordion | | Arthur Douglas "Doug" Dalton | Mandolin | | Billy Liebert | Accordion, Piano | | Brian Golbey | Liner Notes | | Cliffie Stone | Bass, Vocals (Background) | | Doug Shearer | Audio Restoration, Remastering | | Dusty Rhodes | Bass | | Eddie Kirk | Guitar, Vocals (Background) | | George Tracy | Harmonica | | Harold Hensley | Violin | | Jack Rogers | Bass | | Joaquin Murphy | Guitar (Steel) | | Joe Strand | Piano | | Joel Duroe | Drums | | Johnny Bond | Guitar | | Judy Hayden | Vocals | | Leodie Jackson | Guitar (Steel) | | Merle Travis | Arranger, Guitar, Vocals | | Noel Boggs | Guitar (Steel) | | Paul Sells | Accordion | | Pedro DePaul | Accordion | | Pete Martinez | Guitar (Steel) | | Phil Duffy | Design | | Redferns | Cover Photo | | Roy Lanham | Guitar | | Speedy West | Guitar (Steel) | | Tennessee Ernie Ford | Vocals | | Tex Atchison | Violin | | Vic Davis | Piano |
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