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40 #1 Hits

by: Merle Haggard, Clint Eastwood

Release Date March 23, 2004
Awesome collection for someone who enjoys Merle, but cant afford every CD he has out.

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Hag: The Best of Merle Haggard

by: Merle Haggard

Release Date September 12, 2006
For me to rate this purchase would be unfair. It was purchased as gifts for two very different people. They both say they really enjoy it. That is about all I have to say about it.

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Last of the Breed

by: Willie Nelson, Ray Price, Merle Haggard

Release Date March 20, 2007
This CD features three country music Hall of Famers singing old country songs (with one of two newer songs). That's about all you need to know. It's all very charming and old school. If you like old time country music, you will certainly enjoy this.

CD-Charts Position 4
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Down Every Road

by: Merle Haggard

Release Date April 02, 1996
To understand Merle Haggard, you must understand these facts:
1. Saving, perhaps, for one Arthur Fonzerelli, there has never been anyone as cool as Merle Haggard.
2. Merle Haggard meant every word he ever sang, even if he only meant it while he was singing it.
3. Since Merle Haggard, virtually every Honky-Tonk singer has tried to sound like Merle Haggard, and virtually every one of them has failed miserably.
In this collection you get 100 Haggard songs, and every one of 'em packs a mighty wallop.

CD-Charts Position 5
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Pancho & Lefty

by: Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson

Release Date October 21, 2003
THIS IS A GREAT ALBUM I HAVE THE 33 RPM RECORD AND AM HAPPY TO HAVE THIS ON CD.

CD-Charts Position 6
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Back to the Barrooms

by: Merle Haggard

Release Date August 22, 2006
I purchased this along with Serving 190 Proof. Both are quintessential Merle Haggard at his best. Released back to back in 79 and 80 with this being the stronger of the two but solid songwriting and exceptional singing on both.

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Seashores of Old Mexico

by: Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson

Release Date March 01, 2008
All you have to do is relax and listen to this CD. If your heart isn't touched by WITHOUT YOU BY MY SIDE and IF I COULD ONLY FLY, LOVE MAKES A FOOL OF US ALL and especially, SILVER WINGS then you aren't listening! Both Willie and Merle were at the TOP of their careers here! A winner!

CD-Charts Position 8
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The Bluegrass Sessions

by: Merle Haggard

Release Date October 02, 2007
Merle Haggard is for me the Tony Bennet of country music. With age, his voice has grown mellower and even easier on the ear. He can make a song sound like a classic, even if it isn't particularly memorable. As others have said here, it's not bluegrass by a long shot, but the unplugged arrangements give an intimacy that feels nicely personal. If you like Haggard's deep, resonant voice, you'll enjoy listening to all the songs on this CD. They range from the light-hearted opener "Runaway Mama" to the tearful "Learning to Live With Myself" and the anti-urban lament "Big City." Speaking of which, it makes for great freeway listening on that slow commute home from work.

CD-Charts Position 9
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Strangers/Swinging Doors & The Bottle Let Me Down

by: Merle Haggard

Release Date February 21, 2006
Capitol country has done a fantastic job with these five 2 CD sets of Haggard's early Capitol LP's. Mastering is pristine and the extra cuts are all well worth including, especially Jimmie the Kid. Booklet including liner notes is thorough as well. GREAT job by Capitol, only wish they were continuing this set of releases beyond Haggard's first 10 Capitol LP's.

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A Taste of Yesterday's Wine

by: Merle Haggard, George Jones

Release Date June 24, 2003
In 1982 country music fans must have been in a state of orgasmic bliss when this album was released - Jones and Haggard together, finally! If Hank and Lefty are playing cards together and knocking back a few pints in honky tonk Heaven, chances are this duet album is playing constantly on the jukebox. It simply doesn't get any better than this.

Finding themselves on the same record label after decades of chart topping hits, Merle and George, along with legendary producer Billy Sherrill, effortlessly delve into the highs and lows of hard livin' in general. A running theme throughout the album is the difficulty of dealing with the pressures of being country legends in a business where loneliness lurks at every stop. And, of course, there's the booze, which is celebrated ... Read More: