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1. Mama Tried 2. Green Green Grass of Home 3. Little Ole Wine Drinker Me 4. In the Good Old Days (When Times Were Bad) 5. I Could Have Gone Right 6. I'll Always Know 7. Sunny Side of My Life, The 8. Teach Me to Forget 9. Folsom Prison Blues 10. Run 'Em Off 11. You'll Never Love Me Now 12. Too Many Bridges to Cross Over 13. Lookin' For My Mind 14. You're Not Home Yet 15. I Take a Lot of Pride in What I Am 16. Who'll Buy the Wine 17. Day the Rains Came, The 18. It Meant Goodbye to Me When You Said Hello to Him 19. I Can't Hold Myself in Line 20. I'm Bringin' Home Good News 21. Keep Me From Cryin' Today 22. I Just Want to Look at You One More Time 23. Somewhere on Skid Row 24. I'm Free 25. California Blues 26. I Think We're Livin' in the Good Old Days 27. California on My Mind 28. White Line Fever 29. Streets of Berlin
Details
Distributor:
EMI Music Distribution
Recording type:
Studio
Recording mode:
Stereo
SPAR Code:
n/a
Album notes
Recording information: 1968 - 1969. Another installment in Capitol's excellent series of Merle Haggard two-for-one discs, MAMA TRIED/PRIDE IN WHAT I AM presents albums recorded during the country legend's remarkably prolific late-1960s stride. Both records feature wistful tinges of folk, with the former focusing on prison life (a familiar subject for the ex-con), even going so far as to include an admirable cover of Johnny Cash's "Folsom Prison Blues," and the latter offering up tales of wanderlust (the lilting "I Take a Lot of Pride in What I Am") and restlessness (the forlorn "I Can't Hold Myself in Line"). These tunes find the Bakersfield singer/songwriter in fine voice and staying true to the no-frills country sound he helped to pioneer, whether launching a honky-tonk number or settling into a bluesy ballad. As with other contemporaneous Hag reissues, the 29-track set includes previously unreleased songs and alternate takes, making it a crucial Haggard collection.
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