Cat. No. DVD 1393: VARIOUS ARTISTS ~ GOLDEN YEARS - GRAND OLE OPRY STARS OF THE FIFTIES. VOL. 2. GABRIEL COMMUNICATIONS NO CAT. #. (IMPORT).
STANDARD SCREEN 4x3 ASPECT RATIO. AUDIO: NOT STATED. FORMAT: NTSC. REGION: 1. COLOUR. RUNNING TIME: NOT AVAILABLE.
REVIEW: Second volume in this brilliant series. Whilst Gabriel Communications is always short on information in their DVD releases there is now doubting the quality and rarity of their releases. This 5 DVD set is a must for all true country music fans. It features 15 weekly country music shows all recorded “live” (no lip-syncing here) from the stage of the Grand Ole Opry on a Sunday afternoon featuring the cream of country music artists. The shows are totally different from the 10 volume series of live performances on the Grand Ole Opry released several years ago. Each show was presented each week by a different country artist who performs several songs and introduces other artists and also features segment of dancers clogging. For the most part the quality is excellent and in brilliant colour although there has been some minor deterioration here and there in the master tapes over the years. The complete track listing is far too long to list here but below we have listed each show and the artists featured on each one. A brilliant piece of country music history. ******
SHOW LISTING: Disc 6: Show 1 – Host: Faron Young / Mattie and Salty Holmes / June Carter / George Morgan / Sam and Kirk McGee / Minnie Pearl and Rod Brasfield / Ernest Tubb. Show 2 – Host: Webb Pierce / Mattie and Salty Holmes / Rita Robbins / Grandpa Jones / Kitty Wells / Minnie Pearl and Rod Brasfield / Johnny and Jack. Show 3 – Host: Webb Pierce / Chet Atkins / Minnie Pearl / Dr. Lew Childre / Faron Young / Moon Mullican / June Carter / Ernest Tubb.
Disc 7: Show 1 – Host: Ernest Tubb / June Carter / Bill Monroe / Lonzo and Oscar / Minnie Pearl and Rod Brasfield / Faron Young / Grandpa Jones. Show 2 – Host: Little Jimmy Dickens / Cowboy Copas / Del Wood / Lonzo and Oscar / Okie Jones. Show 3 – Host: Ernest Tubb / Jim Reeves / Cousin Jody / Rita Faye / Dr. Lew Childre / Rusty Gabbard.
Disc 8: Show 1 – Host: Johnny & Jack / June Carter / Eddie Hill / Chet Atkins / Martha Carson / Minnie Pearl and Rod Brasfield / Kitty Wells / Faron Young. Show 2 – Host: Webb Pierce / Eddie Hill / Chet Atkins / Minnie Pearl and Ros Brasfield / Rita Robbins / Dr. Lew Childre / Johnny and Jack. Show 3 – Host: Carl Smith / Cowboy Copas / Lonzo and Oscar / Ernest Tubb / June Carter / Minnie Pearl and Rod Brasfield / Simon Crum / Little Jimmy Dickens.
Disc 9: Show 1 – Host: Ernest Tubb / Faron Young / Minnie Pearl and Rod Brasfield / Moon Mullican / The Cook Brothers / Cowboy Copas / Carl Smith / Little Jimmy Dickens / Ferlin Husky. Show 2 – Host: Little Jimmy Dickens / Ray Price / June Carter / Okie Jones / Marty Robbins / Rod Brasfield. Show 3 – Host: Faron Young / Minnie Pearl / Little Jimmy Dickens / June Carter / Grandpa Jones / Marty Robbins / Rod Brasfield.
Disc 10: Show 1 – Host: Ray Price / Ferlin Husky / Lonzo and Oscar / Little Jimmy Dickens / Cherokee Cowboys / Old Hickory Quartet / Minnie Pearl and Rod Brasfield / Ernest Tubb. Show 2 – Host: Faron Young / Wilburn Brothers / Rod Brasfield / Goldie Hill / The Carter Family / Faron Young / Old Hickory Quartet / June Carter. Show 3 – Host: Ernest Tubb / June Carter / Bill Monroe / Moon Mullican / Goldie Hill / Minnie Pearl and Rod Brasfield.
5DVD SET
