Bear Family has issued Bobby Bare's entire recordings
for Mercury
on a three-disc box set. Bare was only at Mercury
for two years, but
that time did produce a handful of his finest
singles, including
"How I Got to Memphis," "Please Don't Tell Me
How the Story Ends,"
and "Come Sundown," a duet with Kris Kristofferson.
Though the
music is quite good, the set remains of interest
only to completists, since
there is simply too much music for casual listeners.
Nevertheless, it's a necessary purchase for devoted Bare fans.
-- Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All-Music Guide
BOBBY BARE
THE MERCURY YEARS 3-CD
BCD 15417 1 - 2 - 3
Bobby Bare - Vocals
Roy Dea-Producer
Jerry Glenn Kennedy - Producer,
Dobro, Guitar
Pete Drake - Steel Guitar
Byron Bach - Strings
Brenton Banks - Strings
George Binkley III - Strings
Harold Bradley - Guitar
Marvin Chantry - Strings
Ray Edenton - Guitar
Solie Fott - Strings
Murray Harman, Jr. - Drums
Lillian Hunt - Strings
Sheldon Kurland - Strings
Hargus "Pig" Robbins - Piano
Jerry Shook - Guitar
Jerry Stembridge - Guitar
Gary VanOsdale - Strings
Joe Zinkan - Bass
Herman Wade - Guitar
Charlie McCoy - Organ, Harmonica, Vibes
Bob L. Moore - Bass
Roy Huskey, Jr.- Bass
Bob Allen - Liner Notes
Jorg Siemer - Mastering
CD 1: That's How I Got To Memphis ~ Come Sundown
~ I Took A Memory To Lunch ~
I'm Her Hoss If I Never Win A Race ~ Woman You've
Been A Friend To Me ~ It's
Freezing In El Paso ~ Mrs. Jones Your Daughter
Cried All Night ~ Don't It Make You
Want To Go Home ~ Mary Ann Regrets ~ Leaving
On A Jet Plane ~ The Fool ~ The
Waitress In The Main Street Cafe ~ Please Don't
Tell Me How The Story Ends ~ How
About You ~ Help Me Make It Through The Night
~ Rosalie ~ Dropping Out Of Sight ~
Where Have All The Seasons Gone ~ Traveling Minstrel
Man ~ For The Good Times ~
Hello Darlin' ~ Alabama Rose ~
CD 2: The World Is Weighing Heavy On My Mind ~
Mama Bake A Pie ~ Coal River ~
Christian Soldier ~ Don't You Ever Get Tired
Of Hurting Me ~ West Virginia Woman ~
New York City Snow ~ Jesus Is The Only One That
Loves Us ~ Lovin' Her Was Easier ~
I Need Some Good News Bad ~ Me And Bobby McGee
~ A Million Miles To The City ~
Just The Other Side Of Nowhere ~ City Boy, Country
Born ~ Short And Sweet ~ The
Puppet And The Parakeet ~ Great Society Talking
Blues ~ The Year That Clayton Delaney
Died ~ Roses Are Red ~ Lonely Street ~ Crazy
Arms ~ Jesus Christ, What A Man ~
CD 3: A Fallen Star ~ That's All Right ~ Pamela
Brown ~ When I Want To Love A Lady ~
Love Forever ~ Darby's Castle ~ A Lot Of Soul
~ Just In Case ~ What Am I Gonna Do ~
When Love Is Gone ~ Lorena ~ Don't Ask Me, Ask
Marie ~ Laying Here Lying In Bed ~
Take Some And Give Some ~ Sylvia's Mother ~ Footprints
In The Sand Of Time ~ Lord,
Let A Lie Come True ~ Under It All ~ Are You
Sincere ~ Even The Bad Times Are Good
~ High And Dry ~ She Gave Her Heart To Jethro
~ Music City, U.S.A.