The Definitive Collection

by Ernest Tubb

The Definitive Collection cover art
  • Type: Compilation
  • Released: 6 June 2006
  • Label: MCA Nashville
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:09:59
  • Community rating: 3.95/5 from 1 rating

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The twenty-five tracks span 1941 to 1966, from 'Walking the Floor Over You', the record that made Tubb the first star of honky tonk, to his duet with Loretta Lynn on 'Sweet Thang'. AllMusic's Stephen Thomas Erlewine called it the best single disc collection of Tubb's work.

Genres

Descriptors: male-vocals, storytelling, guitars, traditional, ballad

Tracklist

  1. Walking The Floor Over You - 1941 Single Version (2:35)
  2. Mean Mama Blues (2:56)
  3. Our Baby's Book (3:05)
  4. You Nearly Lose Your Mind (2:46)
  5. Soldier's Last Letter - Single Version (3:11)
  6. Tomorrow Never Comes (3:04)
  7. It's Been So Long Darling (3:11)
  8. Rainbow At Midnight (3:06)
  9. Filipino Baby (2:58)
  10. Drivin' Nails In My Coffin - Single Version (2:53)
  11. Have You Ever Been Lonely (Have You Ever Been Blue)? (2:48)
  12. Let's Say Goodbye Like We Said Hello - Single Version (2:58)
  13. Slipping Around (2:52)
  14. Blue Christmas (2:44)
  15. Letters Have No Arms (3:04)
  16. I Love You Because (2:39)
  17. Goodnight, Irene (3:01)
  18. You Don't Have To Be A Baby To Cry (2:22)
  19. Two Glasses Joe (2:15)
  20. The Yellow Rose Of Texas - Single Version (2:24)
  21. Half A Mind (2:26)
  22. Thanks A Lot (2:31)
  23. Mr. And Mrs. Used To Be (2:41)
  24. Waltz Across Texas (2:37)
  25. Sweet Thang (2:39)

Credits

  • Ernest Tubb - primary artist, written-by
  • Colin Escott - compiled by
  • Adam Starr - product manager
  • Paul Cohen - producer, a&r
  • Owen Bradley - a&r, producer
  • Vartan - art direction
  • Andrea Canter - coordinator [legal clearances]
  • Mike Fink - design
  • Rich Kienzle - liner notes
  • Les Leverett - photography by
  • Beth Stempel - production manager
  • Dave Kapp - producer
  • Joe Perry - producer
  • Henry Stewart - written-by
  • Johnny Bond - written-by
  • Lost John Miller - written-by
  • Bill Cox - written-by
  • Clarke Van Ness - written-by
  • Jerry Irby - written-by
  • George Brown - written-by
  • Peter de Rose - written-by
  • Jimmie Skinner - written-by
  • Floyd Tillman - written-by
  • Billy Hayes - written-by
  • Jay Johnson - written-by
  • Arbie Gibson - written-by
  • Leon Payne - written-by
  • Huddie Ledbetter - written-by
  • John A. Lomax - written-by
  • Bob Merrill - written-by
  • Terry Shand - written-by
  • Cindy Walker - written-by
  • Don George - written-by
  • Roger Miller - written-by
  • Don Sessions - written-by
  • Eddie Miller - written-by
  • Joe Deaton - written-by
  • Talmadge Tubb - written-by
  • Nat Stuckey - written-by

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