category: instrumental & vocal country / jazz / easy listening

An incredible document of a ground-breaking tour! Undiscovered for more than 40 years! Audio and video of RCA Nashville's bold attempt to introduce country music to Europe! Bonus follow-up recordings of RCA's Nashville stars singing in German! In April 1964, at the beginning of Beatlemania, RCA Nashville took the bold step of sending its biggest stars to Europe. Those making the trip were Jim Reeves, Bobby Bare, The Anita Kerr Singers, and Chet Atkins. Fortunately, several of the concerts were recorded and even filmed. After the tour, RCA in Nashville encouraged all of its major stars, including Jim Ed Brown, Willie Nelson, Skeeter Davis, andStu Phillips, to record in German, and those German-language recordings are included complete for the first time! Includes a 112-page hardcover book with beautiful color photos.

Track Listing

CD Disc 1: THE STOCKHOLM CONCERT, PART 1
  1. JIM REEVES’ BLUE BOYS: Steel Guitar Rag / Introduction
  2. THE ANITA KERR SINGERS: Oh Lonesome Me
  3. THE ANITA KERR SINGERS: I'll Hold You In My Heart
  4. THE ANITA KERR SINGERS: Georgia On My Mind
  5. THE BLUE BOYS: Wheels
  6. BOBBY BARE: Shame On Me
  7. BOBBY BARE: 500 Miles Away From Home
  8. BOBBY BARE: Medley Of Impersonations
  9. BOBBY BARE: Detroit City
10. BOBBY BARE: Jambalaya
11. THE BLUE BOYS: San Antonio Rose
12. CHET ATKINS: Levve Walking
13. CHET ATKINS: Windy And Warm
14. CHET ATKINS: Drown In My Own Tears
15. CHET ATKINS: Wildwood Flower
16. CHET ATKINS: Yes Ma'am
17. CHET ATKINS: Scarecrow
18. CHET ATKINS: Medley: Greensleeves / Streets Of Laredo
19. CHET ATKINS: Chet's chats
20. CHET ATKINS: Show Me The Way To Go Home
21. CHET ATKINS: Yankee Doodle Dixie
22. CHET ATKINS: The Peanut Vendor
23. CHET ATKINS: Tiger Rag
24. CHET ATKINS: Gravy Waltz
Total timing: 77:56

CD Disc 2: THE STOCKHOLM CONCERT, PART 2
  1. JIM REEVES: Billy Bayou
  2. JIM REEVES: I Love You Because
  3. JIM REEVES: Bimbo
  4. JIM REEVES: Four Walls
  5. JIM REEVES: Yonder Comes A Sucker
  6. JIM REEVES: He'll Have To Go
  7. JIM REEVES: Adios Amigo
  8. JIM REEVES: I Can’t Stop Loving You
  9. JIM REEVES: Mexican Joe
10. JIM REEVES: Danny Boy
Total timing: 34:44

CD Disc 3: THE GERMAN CONCERT
  1. Introduction
  2. THE ANITA KERR SINGERS: Night Train To Memphis
  3. BOBBY BARE: 500 Miles Away From Home
  4. CHET ATKINS: Windy And Warm
  5. JIM REEVES: Billy Bayou
  6. THE ANITA KERR SINGERS: Georgia On My Mind
  7. BOBBY BARE: Shame On Me
  8. CHET ATKINS: Java
  9. CHET ATKINS: The Peanut Vendor
10. JIM REEVES: Welcome To My World
11. THE ANITA KERR SINGERS: Oh Lonesome Me
12. BOBBY BARE: Detroit City
13. CHET ATKINS: Wildwood Flower
14. JIM REEVES: Four Walls
15. JIM REEVES: He'll Have To Go
16. CHET ATKINS: Greensleeves
17. CHET ATKINS: Streets Of Laredo
18. GROUP: Auf Wiedersehn
BROADCAST: October 10, 1964
19. THE ANITA KERR SINGERS: Night Train To Memphis
20. CHET ATKINS: Steel Guitar Rag
21. JIM REEVES: Adios Amigo
22. GROUP w/GUS BACKUS: Deep in the Heart of Texas
BROADCAST: November 21, 1964
23. CHET ATKINS: Oh Susanna
24. BOBBY BARE: 500 Miles Away From Home
25. BOBBY BARE: Tennessee Waltz
26. THE ANITA KERR SINGERS: Singing the Blues
27. BILL RAMSEY: Cigarettes & Whiskey & Wild, Wild Woman (German)
28. CHET ATKINS: High Noon
29. JIM REEVES: Mexican Joe
30. THE ANITA KERR SINGERS: Tumbling Tumbleweeds
31. GROUP w/BILL RAMSEY: Deep in the Heart of Texas
BROADCAST: December 19, 1964
32. BOBBY BARE: Detroit City
33. THE ANITA KERR SINGERS: Oh Lonesome Me
34. CHET ATKINS: Alabama Jubilee
35. Oh Susanna Square Dance
36. JIM REEVES: San Antonio Rose
37. THE ANITA KERR SINGERS: On Top of Old Smokey
38. GROUP w/VICO TORRIANI: Deep in the Heart of Texas
39. Interview by Kitty Prins w/ JIM REEVES
Total timing: 87:34

CD Disc 4: THE GERMAN LANGUAGE RECORDINGS
  1. THE ANITA KERR SINGERS: Jenny Darling
  2. THE ANITA KERR SINGERS: Singapur(La-Di-Da-Songs)
  3. THE ANITA KERR SINGERS: Bye, Bye Baby (Bye Bye Blackbird)
  4. THE ANITA KERR SINGERS: Cowboy's Heimweh (Home On The Range)
  5. BOBBY BARE: Rosalie
  6. BOBBY BARE: Alle glauben dass ich glücklich bin
  7. WILLIE NELSON: Whisky Walzer
  8. WILLIE NELSON: Little Darling (Pretty Paper)
  9. JIM ED BROWN: I Heard From A Memory Last Night
10. BOBBY BARE: Good Old Tennessee
11. BOBBY BARE: Das Haus auf der Sierra
12. BOBBY BARE: Wilder Wolf und Brauner Bär (So ist das Leben)
13. BOBBY BARE: Molly Brown
14. THE ANITA KERR SINGERS: Sentimental Cowboy
15. THE ANITA KERR SINGERS: I'm Happy Baby
16. JIM ED BROWN: Mickey
17. JIM ED BROWN: Renate und Karin
18. JIM ED BROWN: Golden Girl
19. JIM ED BROWN: Schöne Mädchen, die können nicht treu sein
20. STU PHILLIPS: Irgendwann sagt man Goodbye
21. STU PHILLIPS: Ol' Kentucky
22. SKEETER DAVIS: G. I. Johnny
Total timing: 56:58

DVD Disc: THE OSLO CONCERT; PLUS...
  1. The arrival at Schiphol Airport, Amsterdam, Holland on Friday April 17, 1964
  2. Jim Reeves sings "I Love You Because" in the Airport Lounge with his guitar
  3. Introduction
  4. THE BLUE BOYS: Steel Guitar Rag
  5. THE ANITA KERR SINGERS: Oh Lonesome Me
  6. THE ANITA KERR SINGERS: I'll Hold You In My Heart
  7. THE ANITA KERR SINGERS: Georgia On My Mind
  8. BOBBY BARE: Shame On Me
  9. BOBBY BARE: 500 Miles Away From Home
10. BOBBY BARE: Jambalaya
11. BOBBY BARE: Detroit City
12. CHET ATKINS: Levee Walking
13. CHET ATKINS: Wildwood Flower
14. CHET ATKINS: Yes Ma'am
15. CHET ATKINS: Malaguena
16. CHET ATKINS: Greensleeves / The Streets Of Laredo
17. CHET ATKINS & THE BLUE BOYS: Peanut Vendor
18. CHET ATKINS & THE BLUE BOYS: Tiger Rag
19. JIM REEVES: I Love You Because
20. JIM REEVES: Bimbo
21. JIM REEVES: Four Walls / The Blue Canadian Rockies / Four Walls
22. JIM REEVES: Yonder Comes A Sucker
23. JIM REEVES: Adios Amigo
Total timing: 63:40

Label/No: Bear Family Records BCD-16821 (German import)

Release date: 2007