Jimmie Rodgers - A Career Anthology: RCA & Bluebird Releases 1927-33 (2025)

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Jimmie Rodgers - A Career Anthology: RCA & Bluebird Releases 1927-33 (2025)
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Genre: Country, Blues, Folk

Jimmie Rodgers was one of the true pioneers of country music, often called "The Father Of Country Music" as well as "The Singing Brakeman" (he worked on the railroads before becoming a professional musician), who broke new ground with his landmark hillbilly recordings of the late 1920s and early '30s. His achievements were all the more remarkable, given that he died from tuberculosis in 1933 at the age of 35, having been first diagnosed with the disease in 1924. He has been cited as an inspiration by artists from all walks of popular music across the decades. He was especially famous for his trademark yodelling, with his recordings featuring a series of his renowned "Blue Yodels". This 110-track 5-CD collection comprises just about all his career releases, which came out on the Victor and Bluebird labels. It naturally features all his best known classics - "In The Jailhouse Now", "Brakeman's Blues", "Waiting For A Train", "Blue Yodel No. 1", "Mule Skinner Blues" and more. He was a hugely important and influential personality whose impact in country, blues, R&B and rock 'n' roll is still making itself felt. This collection offers a substantial and thorough overview of his music and career, and an entertaining showcase for his unique and innovative music.

Track List:
Disc 1
1. Jimmie Rodgers – Sleep Baby Sleep (03:02)
2. Jimmie Rodgers – Soldiers Sweetheart (03:09)
3. Jimmie Rodgers – Away Out On The Mountain (03:18)
4. Jimmie Rodgers – Blue Yodel - T For Texas (03:24)
5. Jimmie Rodgers – In The Jailhouse Now (03:19)
6. Jimmie Rodgers – Ben Dewberry's Final Run (03:26)
7. Jimmie Rodgers – Brakeman's Blues (03:10)
8. Jimmie Rodgers – My Lovin' Gal Lucille (Blue Yodel No. 2) (03:18)
9. Jimmie Rodgers – Mother Was A Lady (03:22)
10. Jimmie Rodgers – Treasures Untold (03:06)
11. Jimmie Rodgers – Blue Yodel No. 3 (Evening Sun) (03:14)
12. Jimmie Rodgers – Never No Mo' Blues (02:42)
13. Jimmie Rodgers – Dear Old Sunny South By The Sea (02:46)
14. Jimmie Rodgers – My Little Old Home Down In New Orleans (03:03)
15. Jimmie Rodgers – Memphis Yodel (03:31)
16. Jimmie Rodgers – Lullaby Yodel (03:11)
17. Jimmie Rodgers – Waiting For A Train (02:44)
18. Jimmie Rodgers – Blue Yodel No. 4 - California Blues (03:02)
19. Jimmie Rodgers – I'm Lonely And Blue (03:17)
20. Jimmie Rodgers with the Three Southerners – The Sailor's Plea (03:05)
21. Jimmie Rodgers – My Little Lady (03:06)
22. Jimmie Rodgers – You And My Old Guitar (02:58)

Disc 2
1. Jimmie Rodgers – My Carolina Sunshine Girl (02:58)
2. Jimmie Rodgers – Desert Blues (02:46)
3. Jimmie Rodgers – My Old Pal (03:05)
4. Jimmie Rodgers – Daddy And Home (02:57)
5. Jimmie Rodgers – Blue Yodel No. 5 (02:32)
6. Jimmie Rodgers – I'm Sorry We Met (02:18)
7. Jimmie Rodgers – Frankie And Johnnie (02:53)
8. Jimmie Rodgers – Everybody Does It In Hawaii (02:51)
9. Jimmie Rodgers – Tuck Away My Lonesome Blues (02:52)
10. Jimmie Rodgers – My Rough And Rowdy Ways (02:33)
11. Jimmie Rodgers – Blue Yodel No. 6 (03:09)
12. Jimmie Rodgers – Yodeling Cowboy (03:14)
13. Jimmie Rodgers – A Drunkard's Child (03:20)
14. Jimmie Rodgers – Whisper Your Mother's Name (03:24)
15. Jimmie Rodgers – Jimmie's Texas Blues (02:48)
16. Jimmie Rodgers – Train Whistle Blues (03:00)
17. Jimmie Rodgers – Hobo Bill's Last Ride (02:38)
18. Jimmie Rodgers – That's Why I'm Blue (02:17)
19. Jimmie Rodgers – Anniversary Blue Yodel (No. 7) (02:55)
20. Jimmie Rodgers – Any Old Time (02:47)
21. Jimmie Rodgers – He's In The Jailhouse Now No. 2 (02:54)
22. Jimmie Rodgers – High Powered Mama (02:55)

Disc 3
1. Jimmie Rodgers – Pistol Packin' Papa (02:54)
2. Jimmie Rodgers – Those Gambler's Blues (02:50)
3. Jimmie Rodgers – Mule Skinner Blues (Blue Yodel No. 8) (02:58)
4. Jimmie Rodgers – Jimmie's Mean Mama Blues (03:17)
5. Jimmie Rodgers – Mystery Of Number Five (03:01)
6. Jimmie Rodgers – Nobody Knows But Me (02:38)
7. Jimmie Rodgers – T.B. Blues (03:04)
8. Jimmie Rodgers – Mississippi River Blues (02:35)
9. Jimmie Rodgers – Jimmie The Kid (02:48)
10. Jimmie Rodgers – My Blue Eyed Jane (02:47)
11. Jimmie Rodgers – I'm Lonesome Too (03:18)
12. Jimmie Rodgers – Travellin' Blues (02:45)
13. Jimmie Rodgers – Moonlight And Skies (03:00)
14. Jimmie Rodgers – Jimmie Rodgers Visits The Carter Family (03:16)
15. Jimmie Rodgers – Standing On A Corner - Blue Yodel No. 9 (02:41)
16. Jimmie Rodgers – Looking For A New Mama (03:20)
17. Jimmie Rodgers – What's It (03:10)
18. Jimmie Rodgers – Why Should I Be Lonely (03:08)
19. Jimmie Rodgers – Let Me Be Your Sidetrack (02:41)
20. Jimmie Rodgers – Gambling Polka Dot Blues (03:22)
21. Jimmie Rodgers – When The Cactus Is In Bloom (03:15)
22. Jimmie Rodgers – Roll Along Kentucky Moon (03:24)

Disc 4
1. Jimmie Rodgers – For The Sake Of Days Gone By (03:19)
2. Jimmie Rodgers – My Time Ain't Long (03:22)
3. Jimmie Rodgers – Ninety Nine Year Blues (03:14)
4. Jimmie Rodgers – Home Call (02:44)
5. Jimmie Rodgers – She Was Happy Till She Met You (02:45)
6. Jimmie Rodgers – Mississippi Moon (03:21)
7. Jimmie Rodgers – Blue Yodel No.10 (Ground Hog Rootin' In My Back Yard) (02:53)
8. Jimmie Rodgers – Down The Old Road To Home (03:17)
9. Jimmie Rodgers – The Hobo's Meditation (03:08)
10. Jimmie Rodgers – Rock All Our Babies To Sleep (03:21)
11. Jimmie Rodgers – Mother, The Queen Of My Heart (03:22)
12. Jimmie Rodgers – Miss The Mississippi & You (02:57)
13. Jimmie Rodgers – In The Hills Of Tennessee (03:04)
14. Jimmie Rodgers – Whippin' That Old T.B. (03:09)
15. Jimmie Rodgers – No Hard Times - Blue Yodel (03:09)
16. Jimmie Rodgers – Gambling Bar Room Blues (03:25)
17. Jimmie Rodgers – Long Tall Mama Blues (03:25)
18. Jimmie Rodgers – Peach Pickin' Time Down In Georgia (02:51)
19. Jimmie Rodgers – Prairie Lullaby (03:15)
20. Jimmie Rodgers – Sweet Mama, Hurry Home (02:45)
21. Jimmie Rodgers – Blue Yodel No. 11 (Eight) (03:02)
22. Jimmie Rodgers – Southern Cannon Ball (02:33)

Disc 5
1. Jimmie Rodgers – Land Of My Boyhood Dreams (02:34)
2. Jimmie Rodgers – Mississippi Delta Blues (03:27)
3. Jimmie Rodgers – Old Pal Of My Heart (03:00)
4. Jimmie Rodgers – Yodeling Ranger (02:31)
5. Jimmie Rodgers – I'm Free (From The Chain Gang Now) (03:03)
6. Jimmie Rodgers – Old Love Letters (03:07)
7. Jimmie Rodgers – Somewhere Down Below The Dixon Line (02:57)
8. Jimmie Rodgers – Barefoot Blues - Blue Yodel No.12 (03:25)
9. Jimmie Rodgers – Cowhand's Last Ride (03:01)
10. Jimmie Rodgers – Jimmie Rodgers' Last Blue Yodel (03:20)
11. Jimmie Rodgers – Fifteen Years Ago Today (02:21)
12. Jimmie Rodgers – I've Ranged, I've Roamed And I've Traveled (02:50)
13. Jimmie Rodgers – Why Did You Give Me Your Love (02:35)
14. Jimmie Rodgers – My Good Gal's Gone Blues (02:46)
15. Jimmie Rodgers & Carter Family – Why There's A Tear In My Eye (03:08)
16. Jimmie Rodgers & Carter Family – Carter Family & Jimmie Rodgers In Texas (03:17)
17. Jimmie Rodgers – I've Only Loved Three Women (03:10)
18. Jimmie Rodgers & Carter Family – That Wonderful City (02:57)
19. Jimmie Rodgers – The One Rose (02:39)
20. Jimmie Rodgers – Yodeling My Way Back Home (02:36)
21. Jimmie Rodgers – Take Me Back Again (03:08)
22. Jimmie Rodgers – Dreaming With Tears In My Eyes (02:56)
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log date: 2025-11-07 14:37:21

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Jimmie Rodgers / A Career Anthology: RCA & Bluebird Releases 1927-33 (2-22)
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DR11 -4.12 dB -19.34 dB 3:19 03-Away Out On The Mountain
DR9 -3.06 dB -14.49 dB 3:24 04-Blue Yodel - T For Texas
DR11 -4.29 dB -18.97 dB 3:20 05-In The Jailhouse Now
DR11 -6.97 dB -20.52 dB 3:27 06-Ben Dewberry's Final Run
DR11 -3.67 dB -16.65 dB 3:10 07-Brakeman's Blues
DR12 -3.25 dB -18.31 dB 3:19 08-My Lovin' Gal Lucille (Blue Yodel No. 2)
DR12 -4.71 dB -18.80 dB 3:22 09-Mother Was A Lady
DR12 -5.24 dB -20.38 dB 3:06 10-Treasures Untold
DR10 -3.43 dB -15.58 dB 3:15 11-Blue Yodel No. 3 (Evening Sun)
DR10 -4.98 dB -19.50 dB 2:42 12-Never No Mo' Blues
DR12 -4.66 dB -18.85 dB 2:47 13-Dear Old Sunny South By The Sea
DR13 -4.51 dB -20.94 dB 3:04 14-My Little Old Home Down In New Orleans
DR13 -5.01 dB -21.09 dB 3:32 15-Memphis Yodel
DR14 -5.05 dB -21.33 dB 3:12 16-Lullaby Yodel
DR10 -3.76 dB -16.41 dB 2:45 17-Waiting For A Train
DR11 -4.40 dB -19.17 dB 3:02 18-Blue Yodel No. 4 - California Blues
DR12 -5.38 dB -20.44 dB 3:17 19-I'm Lonely And Blue
DR11 -5.77 dB -19.54 dB 3:06 21-My Little Lady
DR13 -5.04 dB -20.78 dB 2:59 22-You And My Old Guitar
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Official DR value: DR11

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Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 16
Bitrate: 342 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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foobar2000 1.6.10 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
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Analyzed: Jimmie Rodgers / A Career Anthology: RCA & Bluebird Releases 1927-33
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DR13 -2.83 dB -19.18 dB 2:46 02-Desert Blues
DR11 -3.97 dB -17.35 dB 3:06 03-My Old Pal
DR14 -2.09 dB -18.08 dB 2:57 04-Daddy And Home
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DR14 -1.65 dB -19.47 dB 2:18 06-I'm Sorry We Met
DR13 -0.99 dB -16.80 dB 2:53 07-Frankie And Johnnie
DR12 -1.60 dB -16.64 dB 2:52 08-Everybody Does It In Hawaii
DR12 -1.69 dB -17.59 dB 2:53 09-Tuck Away My Lonesome Blues
DR14 -0.28 dB -16.52 dB 2:33 10-My Rough And Rowdy Ways
DR11 -0.51 dB -15.32 dB 3:10 11-Blue Yodel No. 6
DR11 -0.92 dB -16.62 dB 3:14 12-Yodeling Cowboy
DR11 -1.53 dB -15.43 dB 3:20 13-A Drunkard's Child
DR13 -1.61 dB -17.91 dB 3:24 14-Whisper Your Mother's Name
DR14 -0.82 dB -16.68 dB 2:48 15-Jimmie's Texas Blues
DR12 -0.51 dB -14.38 dB 3:01 16-Train Whistle Blues
DR13 -0.40 dB -15.61 dB 2:38 17-Hobo Bill's Last Ride
DR12 -1.70 dB -16.71 dB 2:18 18-That's Why I'm Blue
DR12 -0.85 dB -14.35 dB 2:55 19-Anniversary Blue Yodel (No. 7)
DR14 -1.58 dB -18.70 dB 2:47 20-Any Old Time
DR13 -0.51 dB -16.10 dB 2:54 21-He's In The Jailhouse Now No. 2
DR14 -1.41 dB -19.68 dB 2:55 22-High Powered Mama
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Official DR value: DR12

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Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 16
Bitrate: 308 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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foobar2000 1.6.10 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2025-11-07 14:38:15

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Analyzed: Jimmie Rodgers / A Career Anthology: RCA & Bluebird Releases 1927-33
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR13 -4.20 dB -19.31 dB 2:55 01-Pistol Packin' Papa
DR12 -4.79 dB -19.23 dB 2:50 02-Those Gambler's Blues
DR11 -4.51 dB -17.91 dB 2:59 03-Mule Skinner Blues (Blue Yodel No. 8)
DR12 -3.72 dB -17.81 dB 3:17 04-Jimmie's Mean Mama Blues
DR11 -5.17 dB -19.90 dB 3:02 05-Mystery Of Number Five
DR14 -3.13 dB -20.21 dB 2:39 06-Nobody Knows But Me
DR9 -4.51 dB -15.62 dB 3:05 07-T.B. Blues
DR13 -3.36 dB -19.11 dB 2:35 08-Mississippi River Blues
DR11 -4.52 dB -18.50 dB 2:49 09-Jimmie The Kid
DR9 -5.20 dB -16.81 dB 2:48 10-My Blue Eyed Jane
DR13 -4.13 dB -19.03 dB 3:19 11-I'm Lonesome Too
DR11 -4.41 dB -17.02 dB 2:46 12-Travellin' Blues
DR13 -4.10 dB -18.93 dB 3:00 13-Moonlight And Skies
DR13 -5.87 dB -21.83 dB 3:17 14-Jimmie Rodgers Visits The Carter Family
DR11 -3.51 dB -15.06 dB 2:41 15-Standing On A Corner - Blue Yodel No. 9
DR12 -3.20 dB -17.53 dB 3:20 16-Looking For A New Mama
DR12 -3.49 dB -18.54 dB 3:11 17-What's It
DR13 -3.91 dB -20.02 dB 3:08 18-Why Should I Be Lonely
DR13 -3.88 dB -19.80 dB 2:41 19-Let Me Be Your Sidetrack
DR12 -4.08 dB -18.87 dB 3:23 20-Gambling Polka Dot Blues
DR12 -2.91 dB -18.59 dB 3:16 21-When The Cactus Is In Bloom
DR15 -4.23 dB -22.25 dB 3:24 22-Roll Along Kentucky Moon
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Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 16
Bitrate: 260 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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Analyzed: Jimmie Rodgers / A Career Anthology: RCA & Bluebird Releases 1927-33
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR13 -2.67 dB -18.50 dB 3:19 01-For The Sake Of Days Gone By
DR13 -5.31 dB -20.55 dB 3:22 02-My Time Ain't Long
DR13 -4.12 dB -20.31 dB 3:15 03-Ninety Nine Year Blues
DR13 -4.90 dB -21.47 dB 2:45 04-Home Call
DR12 -4.14 dB -18.63 dB 2:45 05-She Was Happy Till She Met You
DR14 -4.62 dB -21.08 dB 3:22 06-Mississippi Moon
DR12 -4.03 dB -17.56 dB 2:54 07-Blue Yodel No.10 (Ground Hog Rootin' In My Back Yard)
DR14 -4.47 dB -21.24 dB 3:17 08-Down The Old Road To Home
DR14 -5.67 dB -22.31 dB 3:09 09-The Hobo's Meditation
DR12 -5.10 dB -19.12 dB 3:22 10-Rock All Our Babies To Sleep
DR11 -4.36 dB -18.53 dB 3:22 11-Mother, The Queen Of My Heart
DR12 -5.03 dB -19.74 dB 2:57 12-Miss The Mississippi & You
DR13 -5.70 dB -20.90 dB 3:05 13-In The Hills Of Tennessee
DR11 -5.21 dB -19.46 dB 3:10 14-Whippin' That Old T.B.
DR11 -6.51 dB -20.74 dB 3:10 15-No Hard Times - Blue Yodel
DR15 -6.03 dB -22.63 dB 3:26 16-Gambling Bar Room Blues
DR12 -3.95 dB -19.12 dB 3:25 17-Long Tall Mama Blues
DR14 -5.20 dB -21.49 dB 2:52 18-Peach Pickin' Time Down In Georgia
DR11 -5.93 dB -19.99 dB 3:16 19-Prairie Lullaby
DR13 -4.57 dB -20.34 dB 2:46 20-Sweet Mama, Hurry Home
DR12 -3.74 dB -17.95 dB 3:03 21-Blue Yodel No. 11 (Eight)
DR12 -3.96 dB -19.51 dB 2:33 22-Southern Cannon Ball
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Official DR value: DR13

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Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 16
Bitrate: 347 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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foobar2000 1.6.10 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2025-11-07 14:39:04

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Jimmie Rodgers / A Career Anthology: RCA & Bluebird Releases 1927-33 (4-22)
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR12 -3.46 dB -18.28 dB 3:09 15-Why There's A Tear In My Eye
DR12 -2.75 dB -19.44 dB 3:18 16-Carter Family & Jimmie Rodgers In Texas
DR11 -4.21 dB -18.00 dB 2:57 18-That Wonderful City
DR12 -4.60 dB -20.85 dB 2:35 01-Land Of My Boyhood Dreams
DR11 -4.11 dB -17.75 dB 3:27 02-Mississippi Delta Blues
DR10 -5.30 dB -18.97 dB 3:00 03-Old Pal Of My Heart
DR9 -5.54 dB -18.17 dB 2:31 04-Yodeling Ranger
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DR9 -5.66 dB -18.12 dB 3:08 06-Old Love Letters
DR12 -4.88 dB -19.30 dB 2:57 07-Somewhere Down Below The Dixon Line
DR11 -3.40 dB -18.19 dB 3:25 08-Barefoot Blues - Blue Yodel No.12
DR11 -3.71 dB -18.42 dB 3:02 09-Cowhand's Last Ride
DR8 -4.10 dB -14.16 dB 3:21 10-Jimmie Rodgers' Last Blue Yodel
DR9 -4.94 dB -18.44 dB 2:21 11-Fifteen Years Ago Today
DR14 -4.85 dB -21.63 dB 2:51 12-I've Ranged, I've Roamed And I've Traveled
DR12 -5.34 dB -19.98 dB 2:35 13-Why Did You Give Me Your Love
DR12 -3.87 dB -18.86 dB 2:47 14-My Good Gal's Gone Blues
DR11 -5.63 dB -20.03 dB 3:10 17-I've Only Loved Three Women
DR12 -4.81 dB -18.82 dB 2:39 19-The One Rose
DR8 -4.32 dB -17.32 dB 2:36 20-Yodeling My Way Back Home
DR12 -3.72 dB -19.18 dB 3:09 21-Take Me Back Again
DR10 -4.44 dB -18.61 dB 2:56 22-Dreaming With Tears In My Eyes
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Number of tracks: 22
Official DR value: DR11

Samplerate: 44100 Hz
Channels: 2
Bits per sample: 16
Bitrate: 300 kbps
Codec: FLAC
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