The Definitive Collection

by Ernest Tubb

Overview

MCA Nashville's 2006 release The Definitive Collection isn't quite as definitive as the similarly titled 2001 Collectors Choice compilation The Definitive Ernest Tubb Hits Collection, which had 40 songs spread over two discs. In contrast, this Definitive Collection is a mere single disc, but it's a generous single disc, containing a whopping 25 tracks spanning from 1941's "Walking the Floor Over You" to his 1967 duet with Loretta Lynn, "Sweet Thang." In between, nearly all of Tubb's iconic hits are here -- "Mean Mama Blues," "Soldier's Last Letter," "It's Been So Long, Darling," "Drivin' Nails in My Coffin," "Let's Say Goodbye Like We Said Hello," "Slipping Around," "I Love You Because," and "The Yellow Rose of Texas" among them. Given the length of Tubb's career, there are certainly plenty of charting hits and terrific music that didn't make the cut, but this has the great majority of his biggest and best hits, making this the best single-disc Tubb collection yet released -- and, as such, it is a better introduction for the neophyte than the Collectors Choice release, which may be more comprehensive but also may be too long for listeners merely looking to get acquainted with this country titan. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine

Product Details

Release Date:	06/06/2006
Label:	Mca Nashville
UPC:	0602498539514
Rank:	70652

Tracks

1. Walkin' the Floor Over You
2. Mean Mama Blues
3. Our Baby's Book
4. You Nearly Lose Your Mind
5. Soldier's Last Letter
6. Tomorrow Never Comes
7. It's Been So Long, Darling
8. Rainbow at Midnight
9. Filipino Baby
10. Drivin' Nails in My Coffin
11. Have You Ever Been Lonely (Have You Ever Been Blue)
12. Let's Say Goodbye Like We Said Hello
13. Slipping Around
14. Blue Christmas
15. Letters Have No Arms
16. I Love You Because
17. Goodnight, Irene
18. You Don't Have to Be a Baby to Cry
19. Two Glasses, Joe
20. The Yellow Rose of Texas
21. Half a Mind
22. Thanks a Lot
23. Mr. & Mrs. Used to Be
24. Waltz Across Texas
25. Sweet Thang

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Ernest Tubb   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
The Andrews Sisters   Primary Artist
Texas Troubadours   Primary Artist
Loretta Lynn   Primary Artist
Red Foley   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
The Sunshine Trio   Primary Artist,Featured Artist
Ernest Tubb and His Texas Troubadours   Primary Artist
The Wilburn Brothers   Featured Artist

Technical Credits

Bob Merrill   Composer
Joe Deaton   Composer
Peter DeRose   Composer
Rich Kienzle   Liner Notes
Melvin Riley   Composer
Jay Jay Johnson   Composer
Adam Starr   Product Manager
Tom Kimmel   Composer
Clarke VanNess   Composer
Mike Fink   Design
Ernest Benedict   Composer
Lou Wayne   Composer
Loys Southerland   Composer
Roy West   Composer
Beth Stempel   Production Coordination
Joe Perry   Producer
Les Leverett   Photography
Arthur Q. Smith   Composer
Gregory Potts   Composer
Ryan Null   Photo Coordination
Terry Shand   Composer
Andy McKaie   Producer
Paul Cohen   A&R,Producer
Charlie Walker   Composer
Billy Cox   Composer
John A. Lomax   Composer
Dave Kapp   Producer
Jay Johnson   Composer
George "Funky" Brown   Composer
Eddie Miller   Composer,Composer
Billy Tubb   Composer
Billy Hayes   Composer
John Miller   Composer,Composer
Leonard McRight   Composer
Peter Rose   Composer
Kenneth Burns   Composer
John Daniel Tate   Composer
"Lost" John Miller   Composer
Helen Kaye   Composer
Talmadge Tubb   Composer
Cindy Walker   Composer
Jimmy Work   Composer
Roger Miller   Composer
Don George   Composer
Don Sessions   Composer
Floyd Tillman   Composer
Doug Schwartz   Digital Remastering
Johnny Bond   Composer
Ernest Tubb   Duet,Composer
Loretta Lynn   Duet
Lenny Sanders   Composer
Huddie Ledbetter   Composer
Sam Nicholas   Composer
Nat Stuckey   Composer
Jerry Irby   Composer
Jimmie Rodgers   Composer
Jimmie Skinner   Composer
Red Foley   Duet
Redd Stewart   Composer
Ray Price   Composer
Owen Bradley   A&R,Producer
Leon Payne   Composer
Gordon Strozier   Composer
Arbie Gibson   Composer
Danny Tate   Composer
Henry Haynes   Composer
Henry Stewart   Composer