''Country Willie'' is a 1975 compilation album by

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Willie Nelson Willie Hugh Nelson (born April 29, 1933) is an American singer, guitarist, songwriter, actor and activist. He was one of the main figures of the outlaw country subgenre that developed in the late 1960s as a reaction to the conservative restr ...

. It was issued by United Artists Records, the successor label to

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Background

In 1975, despite recording for Liberty, Monument, RCA and Atlantic, Willie Nelson had finally found major mainstream success as a recording artist. As RCA did after Willie signed with Atlantic, United Artists Records began reissuing Willie Nelson tracks it had in their vaults. The first reissue from United Artists, '' The Best Of Willie Nelson'', was a reconfigured version of his 1962 debut for Liberty, '' ...And Then I Wrote'', with "Half A Man", from his second Liberty album, '' Here's Willie Nelson'', added. For this album, United Artists gathered six previously unreleased songs, two songs from '' Here's Willie Nelson'', and two songs issued only as singles. Among the unreleased songs was a duet with his then-wife, Shirley Collie: "Columbus Stockade Blues". Unfortunately, she is not credited on the LP. Despite not charting, this album was reissued at least twice in the 1980s: by a newly reactivated Liberty Records around 1980 (LN-10013), and on CD (alongside '' The Best Of Willie Nelson'') by EMI-Manhattan in 1988 (CDP7 48399 2).

Track listing

#Country Willie #There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight (originally issued as Liberty 55661 in 1963) #Right or Wrong (originally issued on '' Here's Willie Nelson'' in 1963, and issued as Liberty 56143 in 1969) #

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#Take Me as I Am (Or Let Me Go) #Night Life (originally issued as United Artists single UA 641 in 1963) #Seasons of My Heart #Columbus Stockade Blues (with Shirley Collie, uncredited) #There Goes a Man # The Last Letter (originally issued on '' Here's Willie Nelson'' in 1963) All selections previously unreleased except as indicated.

Personnel

– guitar, vocals

References

1975 compilation albums Willie Nelson compilation albums United Artists Records compilation albums {{1970s-country-album-stub