Acheulean Age – Episode August 17, 2024

Take a time-travelin' ramble to the good ol days of yesteryear, with Syf as your sonic guide! Today's episode features the greats of the 1930s-50s, from the lonesome prairie to London's music halls of the Blitz. Sprinkled in are some fantastic contemporary country tracks from today, which hearken back to the sound and feel of bygone times. Sit back, relax, and enjoy second-hand nostalgia for a time that may never have really existed.

Tracklist

  • Walkin' After Midnight - Live at the Grand Ole Opry/1957
    Patsy Cline • Live at the Opry (Live, Vol. 1)
  • We Are The Ones
    The Chandells • Norman Petty Studios: Vault Series, Vol. 3
  • Tennessee
    Carl Perkins • The Dance Album
  • Left Hand Path
    Long Gone Lonesomes • A Whisper, A Dying Breath, A Final Sigh
  • Boot Heel Drag
    Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys • Ranch House Favourites
  • Train Going Nowhere
    Christopher Sleightholm • The River Flew Right Past
  • A Long Time Ago
    Agnostic Mountain Gospel Choir • Everything Was A Long Time Ago
  • Go and Wash Those Dirty Feet
    Johnny Horton • Done Rovin'
  • Walkin' In My Sleep
    Hazel Dickens & Alice Gerrad • Pioneering Women of Bluegrass
  • I'm the Loneliest Gal in Town
    Goldie Hill • The Trucker's Jukebox Presents, Goldie Hill
  • Down on the Trail of Achin' Hearts
    Hank Snow, featuring Anita Carter • Country Classics (Expanded Edition)
  • See That My Grave Is Kept Green
    The Carter Family • Anthology, Vol. 2 (1932-1935)
  • I Heard A Raven
    Kym Gouchie • Shun Beh nats’ujeh (We Are Healing Through Songs)
  • Calgary I'm Coming Home To You
    R. Harlan Smith • Original Hits Original Recordings
  • When We Go Honky Tonkin'
    Al Dexter • Presenting Al Dexter
  • Cow Cow Boogie
    Hilary Gardner • On the Trail with The Lonesome Pines
  • Wichita
    Carroll Baker • The Early Years
  • They Never Want To Sing Along
    Elliott BROOD • Town & Country
  • Arkansaw Troubler
    Nick Shoulders • All Bad
  • I'm Lookin' Fer A Feller
    Minnie Pearl • Minnie Pearl 1946-1955
  • A Cowboy's Best Friend Is His Pony
    Wilf Carter • Cowboy Blues
  • I Know What It Means To Be Lonesome
    Lesley Riddle • Step By Step - Lesley Riddle Meets The Carter Family: Blues, Country, and Sacred Songs
  • Sittin' Pretty
    Sonny Terry, featuring Brownie McGhee • Back Country Blues
  • Mon Palomino
    Willie Lamothe • Je Chante A Cheval
  • Today I Started Loving You Again
    Jeanne Pruett • Satin Sheets
  • I Don't Trust Me Around You
    Lucille Starr • Lonely Street (Expanded Edition)
  • I Want To Lose Me In You
    Crystal Gayle • Somebody Loves Me
  • Everybody's Got A Girl But Me
    Hawkshaw Hawkins • A Country & Western Calvacade
  • You Bet I Kissed Him
    Myrna Lorrie • Top 22 Classics - The Very Best of Myrna Lorrie
  • Searching For A Soldier's Grave
    Kitty Wells • Kitty Wells' Country Hit Parade
  • Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy
    The Andrew Sisters • Rarities
  • Since I'm Learning Not to Yern So Much
    Jenny Lou Carson • Jenny Lou Carson 1944-1947
  • I Paid For The Lie I Told You
    Vera Lynn, featuring Gus Kahn • Lynn, Vera: The Early Years, Vol. 1 (1936-1939)
  • Lili Marleen
    Marlene Dietrich • Wiedersehen Mit Marlene
  • Stop and Shop at the Co-Op Shop
    Gracie Fields • Requests 1930-1952
  • There's A Boy Coming Home On Leave
    Flanagan & Allen • Presenting Flanagan & Allen
  • We're Going To Hang Out The Washing On The Siegfried Line - 1939 Recording
    Arthur Askey • Band Waggon/ Arthur Askey Goes To War