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Frankie Miller
Blackland Farmer: Complete Starday Recordings
Genres: Country, Pop, Rock

Track Listings (33) - Disc #1
1. Blackland Farmer - Frankie Miller, Miller, Frankie [1]
2. True Blue - Frankie Miller, Chappel, Leon
3. Poppin' Johnny - Frankie Miller, Veale, C.
4. Family Man - Frankie Miller, Balthrop, Bobe
5. The Money Side of Life - Frankie Miller, Miller, Frankie [1]
6. Reuion - Frankie Miller, Balthrop, Bobe
7. Baby Rocked Her Dolly - Frankie Miller, Kilgore, Merle
8. Rain, Rain - Frankie Miller, 0Richardson, J.P.
9. Strictly Nuthin' - Frankie Miller, Jones, Okie
10. Young Widow Brown - Frankie Miller, Corbin, Sky
11. Two Lips Away - Frankie Miller, Graves, Bob
12. Out of Bounds - Frankie Miller, Graves, Bob
13. I'll Write to You - Frankie Miller, Hausey, Howard
14. Richest Poor Boy - Frankie Miller, Graves, Bob
15. Lookin' Around Downtown - Frankie Miller, Fitzmorris, J.
16. A Little Bit's Better (Then Nothing at All) - Frankie Miller, Hill, Tommy
17. The Cat and the Mouse - Frankie Miller, Dixon, Dorsey
18. It's Not Easy - Frankie Miller, Miller, Frankie [1]
19. Losing Again - Frankie Miller, Balthrop, Bobe
20. If I'd Known Then - Frankie Miller, Horn
21. Just for You - Frankie Miller, Graves, Bob
22. Prison Grey - Frankie Miller, Miller, Frankie [1]
23. Tornado - Frankie Miller, Dixon, Carl
24. Big Talk of the Town [LP Version] - Frankie Miller, Kent, George [1]
25. Reunion [W\O Harmony] - Frankie Miller, Balthrop, Bobe
26. Baby Rocked Her Dolly [W\O Harmony] - Frankie Miller, Kilgore, Merle
27. Rain, Rain [W\O Harmony] - Frankie Miller, 0Richardson, J.P.
28. The Cat and the Mouse [Alternate Take] - Frankie Miller, Dixon, Dorsey
29. Faded Bible - Frankie Miller, Miller, Frankie [1]
30. Who Do You Think - Frankie Miller, Manney, Irene
31. Trust the Saviour - Frankie Miller, Fleming, Eldridge
32. Valley of Death - Frankie Miller, Manney, E.E.
33. Family Bible - Frankie Miller, Breeland
Track Listings (30) - Disc #2
1. Gotta Win My Baby Back Again - Frankie Miller, Howard, Harlan
2. The Picture at St. Helene - Frankie Miller, Driftwood, Jimmy
3. Losing by a Hair - Frankie Miller, Fitzmorris, J.
4. I Miss Her Every Way - Frankie Miller, Rhodes, Jack
5. One Excuse (Is as Good as Another) - Frankie Miller, Jones, George
6. The Party's Over - Frankie Miller, Craig, H.
7. Too Hot to Handle - Frankie Miller, Noack, Eddie
8. A Little South of Memphis - Frankie Miller, Hill, Tommy
9. Fifteen Acres of Peanut Land - Frankie Miller, Jones, J.
10. Out of This World - Frankie Miller, Bynum, Hal
11. Mean Old Greyhound Bus - Frankie Miller, Cochran, Hank
12. It Took a Lot of Love (To Let Her Go) - Frankie Miller, Miller, Frankie [1]
13. Starving for Love - Frankie Miller, Graves, Bob
14. I Can Almost Forget - Frankie Miller, Amos, Betty
15. Big Talk of the Town [Single Version] - Frankie Miller, Kent, George [1]
16. Truck Driving Buddy - Frankie Miller, Wilder, B.
17. Bringing Mary Home - Frankie Miller, Duffey, John
18. The Country Music Who's Who - Frankie Miller, Hill, Tommy
19. A Tough Row to Hoe - Frankie Miller, Balthrop, Bobe
20. Charlie's Got a Good Thing Going - Frankie Miller, McLain, D.
21. She's My Antibiotic (In White) - Frankie Miller, Ellis, W.
22. Fickle Hand of Fate - Frankie Miller, Cash, G.
23. True Love Stays - Frankie Miller, Honeycutt, Joe
24. Starving for Love [Alternate Take] - Frankie Miller, Graves, Bob
25. Maybe You Would Love Me Then - Frankie Miller, Mullins, Dee
26. It Took a Lot of Love (To Let Her Go) [Alternate Take] - Frankie Miller, Miller, Frankie [1]
27. Pain - Frankie Miller, Hynum, Hal
28. I Put the Blue in Her Eyes - Frankie Miller, Kingston, Larry
29. Wrong Side of the Tracks - Frankie Miller, Kingston, Larry
30. World War III - Frankie Miller, Kingston, Larry
Track Listings (33) - Disc #3
1. Just for Spite - Frankie Miller, Miller, Frankie [1]
2. Give a Purpose to My Love - Frankie Miller, Fleming, Eldridge
3. I Should Be - Frankie Miller, Fleming, Eldridge
4. Don't Make Me Miss You - Frankie Miller, Fleming, Eldridge
5. Impersonations /I Walk the Line/Always Late [Live] - Frankie Miller, Cash, Johnny
6. Katy Malone - Frankie Miller, Miller, Frankie [1]
7. It's Not Easy - Frankie Miller, Miller, Frankie [1]
8. Peppermint Candy - Frankie Miller, Kilgore, Merle
9. Family Man - Frankie Miller, Balthrop, Bobe
10. Blues of Yesterday - Frankie Miller,
11. I Remember Dad - Frankie Miller,
12. House Down the Road - Frankie Miller,
13. A Little South of Memphis (Dixie) - Frankie Miller, Hill, Tommy
14. I'd Rather Have You - Frankie Miller,
15. Tears of Time - Frankie Miller,
16. Funny Way of Lovin' - Frankie Miller,
17. Let's Forget It - Frankie Miller, Miller, Frankie [1]
18. Fall of the Alamo - Frankie Miller,
19. I'll Get Over You (Still Keep Hoping) - Frankie Miller,
20. A Tough Row to Hoe - Frankie Miller, Balthrop, Bobe
21. The Wagon Yard - Frankie Miller, Graves, Bob
22. Out of This World - Frankie Miller, Bynum, Hal
23. She Put the Misery on Me - Frankie Miller,
24. Lonesome Time - Frankie Miller,
25. Keeping Up with the Jones - Frankie Miller,
26. A Little Bit's Better (Then Nothing at All) - Frankie Miller, Hill, Tommy
27. Two Lips Away - Frankie Miller, Graves, Bob
28. Blackland Farmer [Live] - Frankie Miller, Miller, Frankie [1]
29. Meeting Elvis at the Hayride - Frankie Miller,
30. Memories of Tommy Hill - Frankie Miller,
31. Creating Hoofbeats - Frankie Miller,
32. The Blackland Farmer Tape - Frankie Miller,
33. Headlining a Rock Show - Frankie Miller,

CD Details

All Artists: Frankie Miller
Title: Blackland Farmer: Complete Starday Recordings
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: Bear Family
Release Date: 4/1/2008
Album Type: Box set
Genres: Country, Pop, Rock
Styles: Roadhouse Country, Classic Country
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 790051656621

Synopsis

Album Description

Frankie Miller is no longer a mainstream figure in country music, and some even confuse him with the Scottish rocker of the same name. But country and rockabilly collectors have waited decades for this reissue. They value Frankie's original singles and albums, and want more information about the artist. This 3-CD-set is a radical expansion of Bear Family's now highly collectible 1983 LP of Frankie's Starday recordings. By then, he was retired from the music business, his earlier hits all but forgotten. Now he gets his due! Doing right by Frankie's incredible Texas honky tonk legacy, Bear Family reissued his Columbia and 4-Star recordings in 1996. Since then, there has been a steady clamor for the complete Starday recordings. Now they're here...and much more besides! Blackland Farmer includes every 45RPM and album track Frankie Miller recorded for Starday Records plus the gospel EP and unissued material including alternate takes. In addition, this 3-CD-set includes live performances from the Big D Jamboree, plus Frankie's pre-Starday sides for the Cowtown Hoedown label, as well as all of his recordings - both issued and unissued - for both the United Artists and Stop labels. Finally, the set includes Frankie's vocal/guitar demos from the Starday era. These sides, never intended for commercial release, offer an unprecedented look into the development of individual songs, as well as Frankie's distinctive vocal style. Even Frankie (who participated enthusiastically in Hank Davis' production of this reissue) was amazed to hear these tracks, many of which he had forgotten over the years. No one has done more than Bear Family to document the Texas honky tonk scene...from big stars like Bob Wills and Ernest Tubb to underground classics and collectors' favorites like Frankie Miller.

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CD Reviews

A Compendium Of Frankie Miller Tunes As Only Bear Family Can

06/02/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"One thing you can say about Bear Family of Germany, when they decide to dig deep into the musical library of an artist with a minimal number of hit singles they don't come up with half-measures. Here you get 96 songs by a Country singer who had all of 5 hits - one of them the same song which charted twice.

Frankie Miller, born on December 17, 1930 in Victoria, Texas, was one of those performers who made a good living through personal appearances all across the southern states, doing shows with legends of the Country genre such as Ernest Tubb, Hank Locklin, Lefty Frizzell, Johnny Cash, Buck Owens and Willie Nelson, including stints at the Grand Ole Opry, Ozark Jubilee and Louisiana Hayride. He was also a regular for a long period on the Cowtown Hoedown radio show out of Fort Worth.

His recording career, insofar as hits were concerned, was modest to say the least, with his first turning out to be his best as Black Land Farmer, released on Starday 424 in early 1959, made it to # 5 Country that May b/w True Blue. And it charted again on a re-release in 1961, this time reaching # 16. In between, he had Family Man go to # 7 in late 1959 b/w Poppin' Johnny on Starday 457, and Baby Rocked Her Dolly peak at # 15 in June 1960 b/w Rain Rain on Starday 496.

His last hit then came in March 1964 when A Little South Of Memphis finished at # 34 b/w Too Hot To Handle on Starday 655.

Full details of these and a number of failed singles and previously unreleased sides cut for Starday and other labels such as Cowtown Hoedown, United Artists, and Stop, are contained in the copious liner notes. The sound is excellent.

Maybe a bit more than the average fan would want for Frankie Miller, but all the original hits and their B-sides are here and there's no denying the overall quality."

Blackland farmer

T. V. Felkins | saginaw,texas | 02/19/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"this is one great singer,this album is worth every penny.i have every album frankie miller made.he is true country right down to the heart.texas is proud to call him one of our own."