Released: January 11, 2005
Label: Columbia/Legacy

As described by our friends at Gene Autry Entertainment:
Sony Legacy presents the essential collection no music fan should be without! The first-ever double-CD anthology exclusively devoted to Gene Autry’s Columbia Records career features forty tracks of Gene Autry’s biggest hits and best-loved songs with a liner-notes essay by official Autry biographer Holly George-Warren. Included are classic recordings such as "T.B. Blues," "That Silver-Haired Daddy of Mine," "Mexicali Rose, " and "Peter Cottontail."

Click any track in color for song sample.

 

DISC ONE TRACK LIST

 

01 Back in the Saddle Again

02 South of the Border (Down Mexico Way)

03 The Life of Jimmie Rodgers

04 Tumbling Tumbleweeds

05 The Convict's Dream

06 Dallas County Jail Blues

07 Dear Old Western Skies
08 The Yellow Rose of Texas

09 Mexicali Rose

10 T.B. Blues

11 I'm Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes

12 Amapola (Pretty Little Poppy)

13 Listen to the Rhythm of the Range

14 That Silver-Haired Daddy of Mine

15 When It's Springtime in the Rockies

16 Be Honest With Me

17 It Makes No Difference Now

18 Deep in the Heart of Texas

19 Take Me Back to My Boots and Saddle

20 You Are My Sunshine

 

 

 

Compilation Producers: Nedra Olds-Neal and Larry Cohn
Executive Producer: Karla Buhlman
Mastered by Mark Wilder at Sony Music Studios, New York
Additional Mastering by Woody Pornpitaksuk and Maria Triana
Digital Restoration: Ken Robertson
Legacy A&R: Steve Berkowitz
Product Manager: Laura Grover
A&R Coordination: Patti Matheny
Art Direction: Howard Fritzson
Design: Lisa Sparagano
Photography: © Autry Qualified Interest Trust and The Autry Foundation; photo restoration by Howard & Jill Levine
Research: Sage Guyton, Autry National Center Collections Assistant
Packaging Managers: Norm Elrod/Triana D'Orazio

© 2005 Sony BMG Music Entertainment Inc. / Originally Recorded 1946 & Released (2000) (Disc 2: #3), Originally Released 1931 (#6, 10, 14); 1933 (#3, 8); 1935 (#4, 7); 1936 (#9); 1937 (#5, 13); 1938 (#15, 19); 1939 (#1, 2); 1941 (#12, 16, 17, 20); 1942 (#11, 18; Disc 2: #1, 10); 1944 (Disc 2: #2); 1945 (Disc 2: #5); 1947 (Disc 2: #4, 8, 17, 19); 1948 (Disc 2: #14); 1949 (Disc 2: #12, 20); 1950 (Disc 2: #6, 19); 1951 (Disc 2: #11, 16); 1952 (Disc 2: #13, 15); 1953 (Disc 2: #9); 1970 (Disc 2: #7); (P) 2005 Sony BMG Music Entertainment Inc. / Manufactured by Columbia Records / 550 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10022-3211 / Unauthorized duplication is a violation of applicable laws. This package consists of previously released material.