Down in Muscle Shoals, Alabama, Atlantic Records' Jerry Wexler had fallen out with Rick Hall at FAME studio after an Aretha Franklin session ended with Aretha storming back to New York. Wexler later... more
-We are constantly receiving requests for a follow-up to our popular 'Have Yourself A Swingin' Little Christmas' Christmas LP and CD.-Now the time has come: here arrives the new edition on Bear... more
Bobby 'Blue' Bland (1930 - 2013) was one of the leading US-American Blues, R&B and Soul entertainers. He knew how to combine the intensity of Gospel music with the expression of the Blues. His voice... more
In poll after poll, this LP is hailed as one of the greatest records of all time and quite possibly the greatest live recording ever. Jerry Lee was never on better form, and his backing group, the... more
Canada's Gordon Lightfoot parlayed his songwriting into a recording career, though this wasn't a case of a mediocre singer who happened to craft fine songs. His debut album, 'Lightfoot!', was... more
The first in Bear Family Records'® new series of hard-hitting country music from artists who travelled the Honky Tonk Highway in the 1960s and '70s. This CD displays the full range of the astonishing... more
Bear Family Records® tribute to Jack Kerouac on the occasion of his 100th birthday in March 2022. Jack Kerouac, who along with Allen Ginsberg and William S. Burroughs formed the core cell of the Beat... more
This Bobby Vee retrospective focuses on the teen idol's Rock 'n' Roll years (1959 - 1962) - and Vee could rock, and how!
Bobby Vee's career began in the wake of arguably the greatest tragedy in... more
EU collection from the cult Country artist. There was a time when every LP by George Jones had an Eddie Noack song; in fact, Jones even did a complete LP of Noack songs. Hank Snow did well with... more
-Sweets are the everyday little pleasures - this loving compilation is the nostalgic soundtrack to go with them. Let's meet at the Candy Store! -We don't just have plain chocolate in our program, we... more
Bear Family Records®' latest installment in the 'Seasons' LP series!
Christmas with plenty of swing, jazz, rhythm & blues and light-hearted pop let's you enjoy the holidays with a certain... more
His finest single-disc distillation yet! These are only the leanest, meanest cuts by one of rock 'n' roll's original wild men; the massively influential guitar leads of Cliff Gallup blaze away as you... more
A new series from Bear Family chronicling one of the most important musical developments of the rock era! Volumes two include the Byrds, Flying Burrito Brothers, Bob Dylan, Linda Ronstadt, and many... more
In poll after poll, this LP is hailed as one of the greatest records of all time and quite possibly the greatest live recording ever. Jerry Lee was never on better form, and his backing group, the... more
Drawn from Western movie and TV soundtracks of the '40s, '50s and '60s, this compilation brings together hits (like Johnny Horton's "North to Alaska" and Johnny Cash's "The Rebel Johnny Yuma") and... more
-Bear Family Records® presents with 'Sea Conditions' a musical journey through time and across the sea.-32 Songs, all dealing with the elemental forces of the oceans and our longing, but also our... more
One of the first and maybe the greatest rockabilly LP ever! Includes The Train Kept A'Rollin' - later recorded by the Yardbirds, Aerosmith and many others! Includes many of the greatest guitar solo... more
A musical cocktail: The 'Sound Of Tiki'. Travel to distant tropical places in the confines of your living room!Experience the popular myths of Tiki through music! This finely balanced mix of esoteric... more
My Rifle, My Pony And Me', the first volume of Bear Family's western movie-related songs, was so successful that we've done the only thing we could do: we compiled another. Once again, we've chosen... more
We've all heard about the lowdown dirty blues, but just how low down and just how dirty can you get? Bear Family provides the answer in this ultra-smutty, ultra fun party CD. a hit with many church... more
On the market there are innumerable Xmas CDs with so-called R 'n' R recordings - but only Bear Family Records® delivers such an album of authentic Rock 'n' Roll, exclusively released on vinyl!
16... more
1-CD with 28-page booklet, 32 tracks. Total playing time approx. 78 minutes.
A crazy compilation of songs and instrumentals about the 'most beautiful trivial thing in the world': love, sex and... more
The first compilation of Wynn Stewart's Rock 'n' Roll, country boogie and honky tonk classics. 31 in all! Featuring the ultra-rare fast version of 'Come On', previously only issued on our 10-CD box... more
A dream package for Travis fans. Here's the original 1947 'Folksongs Of The Hills' album (which included the first versions of songs like Nine Pound Hammer, I Am A Pilgrim, Muskrat, This World Is Not... more
Eight months is a tremendously slim timespan to build a legacy. Yet that's all the time Ritchie Valens had to create his classic recordings, which remain revered around the world. Valens made his... more