1. James Wilson ; the Jimmie-Cats You Won't Know Why Till I'm Gone
2. James Wilson ; the Jimmie-Cats Wilson Blues
3. The Shadows Jumping with Shadows (Demo)
4. The Shadows Shadow Rock (Demo)
5. Dale Hawkins If You Please Me (Demo)
6. Dale Hawkins Suzie Q (Alternate Take)
7. Dale Hawkins Don't Treat Me This Way
8. Bob Luman All Night Long
9. Bob Luman Red Cadillac and a Black Moustache 1
10. Bob Luman This Is the Night 1
11. The Shadows the Creep 1
12. David Houston One and Only 1
13. David Houston the Teenage Frankie ; Johnnie 1
14. Maylon Humphries Worried 'Bout You Baby 1
15. Bobby Lee Trammell Shirley Lee 1
16. Bobby Lee Trammell I?Sure Do Love You Baby 1
17. Ricky Nelson Believe What You Say 1
18. Ricky Nelson My Bucket's Got a?Hole in It 1
19. Ricky ; James Playing Acoustic Guitar Trambone (Live) 2
20. Tommy Cassel Go Ahead on 2
21. Tommy Cassel Run Along Little Girl 2
22. Tommy Cassel Rockin' Rock and a Rollin' Stone 2
23. Tommy Cassel It Ain't What You Got 2
24. Dorsey Burnette Misery 2
25. Dorsey Burnette Way in?the Middle of the Night 2
26. Ricky Nelson Just a?Little Too Much 2
27. Bob Luman I Got a Woman (Live) 2
28. Ricky Nelson Hello Mary Lou 2
29. Bob Luman My Baby?Walks All Over Me (Live) 3
30. Bob Luman Band Intros / Milk Cow Blues (Live) 3
31. James Burton Cannonball Rag (Live) 3
32. Rick Nelson Summertime 3
33. The Green River Boys Featuring Glen Campbell Truck Drivin' Man 3
34. The Green River Boys Featuring Glen Campbell Lonesome Jailhouse Blues 3
35. The Shacklefords Big River
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A consummate picker and the master of economic understatement and pristine taste, guitar-for-hire James Burton has carved out a reputation as the ultimate sideman, whose eloquent licks embellished and enhanced everything he played on. Rightly deified for his work with Ricky Nelson and much later, Elvis Presley, he laid down the blueprint for late 60s/early 70s Country-Rock, and has continued to ply his trade into the 21st Century. This compilation presents a unique snapshot of his early career as a sideman, initially as a teenager, recording in Louisiana. Featured artists include Dale Hawkins, Bob Luman, David Houston, Bobby Lee Trammell, Ricky Nelson, Dorsey Burnette and Glen Campbell, alongside less readily-known names like James Wilson & The Jimmie-Cats, The Shadows, Maylon Humphries, Tommy Cassel and The Shacklefords, plus a rare, live solo performance recorded at the Town Hall Party. As you would doubtless expect, this set includes a number of collectable rarities you'll be hard pushed to find elsewhere on CD.