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This 6-CD box set contains Billy Walker's complete Capitol and Columbia recordings from 1949 to 1966, as well as a 32-page book with detailed info, biography and photos. Personnel: Billy Walker (vocals); Jerry Allison (vocals, drums); Jeanette Hicks, Anita Kerr (vocals); Grady Martin (guitar, fiddle); Dale Noe, Robert Kiser, Selph "Jimmy" James, Alex Garland, Paul Wayne Niswanger, Buddy Griffin, Harold Bradley, Tommy Bishop, Herschel Haworth, Jr., Joe Maphis, Johnny Bond, Paul Buskirk, Ray Edenton, Walter Haynes, Wayne Moss, Billy Joe Walker (guitar); Don Helms, Alvin Gray Stanley, Charlie White, Jimmy Rollins, Jimmy Kelly, Bobby Penton, Dale Gilley, Jerry Byrd, Leon McAuliffe, Paul Blunt, Pete Drake, Bob Foster (steel guitar); Vince Incardona (banjo); Morris Booker (mandolin, fiddle); Cecil Brower (violin, fiddle); Lillian Hunt, Vernal E. Richardson, Brenton Banks (violin); Thomas Lee Jackson Jr., Pee Wee Stewart, Claude David Harrison, Big Red Hayes, Jimmy Hall, Johnny Gimble (fiddle); Floyd Cramer (piano, marimba); Elaine Nix, William Whitney Pursell, Evelyn Rowley, Arthur Ellis McNulty, Madge Suttee , Marvin Hughes, Norman Petty, Owen Bradley, Marijohn Wilkin (piano); Vi Petty (organ); Douglas Kirkham, Marilyn Harman, Marion Z. "Pee Wee" Adams, Fred Cantu, Bill Mounce, Morris Palmer, Kenny Buttrey, Farris Coursey (drums); Mike Mitchell (bongos). Audio Mixer: Mark Wilder. Liner Note Authors: Colin Escott; Richard Weize. Recording information: Bradley Film & Recording Studio-804 16th Ave.S.-Nashvil (08/09/1949-06/30/1965); Castle Studio-Tulane Hotel-Nashville, TN (08/09/1949-06/30/1965); Columbia Recording Studio-804 16th Ave.S.-Nashville, TN (08/09/1949-06/30/1965); Hank Thompson's house-Dallas, TX (08/09/1949-06/30/1965); Jim Beck Studio-Dallas, TX (08/09/1949-06/30/1965); KWKH Studio-Shreveport, LA (08/09/1949-06/30/1965); Music City-804 16th Ave.S.-Nashville, TN (08/09/1949-06/30/1965); Norman Petty Studio-1313W. 7th-Clovis, NM (08/09/1949-06/30/1965); Radio Records-7000 Santa Monica Blvd.-Hollywood 38, CA (08/09/1949-06/30/1965); WBAP Radio Station Studio-Fort Worth, TX (08/09/1949-06/30/1965); WKY Radio Studio-Oklahoma City, OK (08/09/1949-06/30/1965). Illustrators: Colin Escott; John Ingman; R.A. Andreas. Photographers: Colin Escott; John Ingman; R.A. Andreas. Here's the usual exhaustive, prestigious, and expensive package (six CDs and a book) from Germany's Bear Family, the best roots music reissue company in the world. Covering the years 1949 to 1965, the set chronicles Walker's career from his initial, tentative Capitol cuts through his entire career on Columbia. ~ Dan Cooper
