Various Artists - Opry Video Classics [8 x DVD Box Set]

It is impossible to contemplate Country Music without the Grand Ole Opry. This American institution, held at the Ryman Auditorium in Nashville Tennessee, has been host to performances by the elite artists and is rightly revered the world over.

Time Life have produced an 8 DVD Box Set to celebrate some of the finest and historic appearances by the great and good of country music on Opry Video Classics.

Each DVD comes with fifteen classic songs, running to about an hour - all introduced one of the Opry's favourite sons, Marty Stuart from the stage at the Ryman. Each volume has a different theme, and is rounded off by interviews with some of the stars featured on the mostly black and white, but occasionally in colour, clips.

A fascinating piece of history, and a gallery of stars that is unlikely to be equalled.

Volume 1 - Songs That Topped The Charts

• Cowboy Copas - Alabam
• Ferlin Huskey - Wings Of A Dove
• The Browns- The Three Bells
• Skeeter Davis- I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know
• George Hamilton IV - Abilene
• Leroy Van Dyke - Walk On By
• Sonny James - You're The Only World I Know
• Ernest Ashworth - Talking Back Trembling Lips
• Billy Walker - Charlie's Shoes
• Del Reeves - Girls On The Billboard
• Porter Wagoner - A Satisfied Mind
• Henson Cargill - Skip A Rope
• Stonewall Jackson - Waterloo
• Donna Fargo - Funny Face
• Tom T. Hall - The Year Clayton Delaney Died

Volume 2 - Duets

• Don Gibson & June Carter - Oh Lonesome Me
• Bobby Lord & Patsy Cline - (Remember Me) I'm The One Who Loves You
• Goldie Hill & Justin Tubb - Looking back To See
• Skeeter Davis & Bobby Bare - Let It Be Me
• George Jones & Melba Montgomery - We Must Have Been Out Of Our Minds
• Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton - Holdin' On To Nothin'
• Johnny Cash & June Carter - Jackson
• Bill Philips & Ruby Wright - Put It Off Until Tomorrow
• Conway Twitty & Loretta Lynn - After The Fire Is Gone
• George Jones & Tammy Wynette - We're Gonna Hold On
• Bill Anderson & Jan Howard - For Loving You
• David Houston & Barbara Mandrell - After Closing Time
• Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan - Tennessee Bird Walk
• George Jones & Tammy Wynette - The Ceremony
• Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton - If Teardrops Were Pennies

Volume 3 - Hall Of Fame

• Johnny Cash - Big River
• Patsy Cline - Imagine That
• Bill Anderson - Po' Folks
• Chet Atkins - Yakety Axe
• Willie Nelson - Mr. Record Man
• "Little" Jimmy Dickens - May The Bird Of Paradise Fly Up Your Nose
• Porter Wagoner - Green, Green Grass Of Home
• Johnny Cash & The Carter Family - Were You There When They Crucified My Lord
• Hank Snow - I've Been Everywhere
• Tammy Wynette - Your Good Girls Gonna Go Bad
• Loretta Lynn - One's On The Way
• Don Gibson - Oh Lonesome Me
• Conway Twitty - How Much More Can She Stand
• Dolly Parton - Joshua
• George Jones - The Grand Tour

Volume 4 - Honky Tonk Heroes

• Ernest Tubb - Walking The Floor Over You
• Ray Price - Heartaches By The Number
• Porter Wagoner - Misery Loves Company
• The Wilburn Brothers - Trouble's Back In Town
• Jim Reeves - Four Walls
• Bobby Bare - Detroit City
• Dave Dudley - Six Days On The Road
• Charlie Walker - Pick Me Up On Your Way Down
• Johnny Cash - Folsom Prison Blues
• Webb Pierce - In The Jailhouse Now
• Charley Pride - Kaw-Liga
• George Jones - The Race Is On
• Johnny Rodriguez - Ridin' My Thumb Through Mexico
• Freddy Fender - Wasted Days And Wasted Nights
• Waylon Jennings (Medley) - Brown Eyed Handsome Man/ Only Daddy That'll Walk The Line/ Loving Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again)

Volume 5 - Legends

• George Jones - White Lightening
• Marty Robbins - El Paso
• Don Gibson - I Can't Stop Loving You
• Jim Reeves (Medley) Four Walls/ Tennessee Waltz/ He'll Have To Go
• Faron Young - Hello Walls
• Ray Price - City Lights
• Patsy Cline - Crazy
• Willie Nelson (Medley) - Hello Walls/ Funny How Time Slips Away/ Night Life/ Crazy
• Johnny Cash - Ring Of Fire
• The Statler Brothers - Flowers On The Wall
• Tammy Wynette - I Don't Wanna Play House
• Ernest Tubb - Waltz Across Texas
• Dolly Parton - Coat Of Many Colors
• Conway Twitty - Hello Darlin'
• Loretta Lynn - Coal Miner's Daughter

Volume 6 - Love Songs

• Sonny James - Young Love
• Hank Locklin - Please Help Me I'm Falling
• Ferlin Husky - Gone
• Patsy Cline - Leavin' On Your Mind
• George Jones - She Thinks I Still Care
• Roy Drusky - Three Hearts In A Tangle
• Bill Anderson - Still
• Loretta Lynn - Love Is The Foundation
• David Houston - Almost Persuaded
• Freddie Hart - Easy Loving
• Tammy Wynette - 'Til I Get It Right
• Conway Twitty - I See The Want To In Your Eyes
• Freddy Fender - Before The Next Teardrop Falls
• Dolly Parton - I Will Always Love You
• Ray Price - For The Good Times

Volume 7 - Pioneers

• Roy Acuff - Wabash Cannon Ball
• Grandpa Jones - Mountain Dew
• The Carter Family - Keep On The Sunnyside
• Johnnie & Jack - (Oh Baby Mine) I Get So Lonely
• The Carlisles - No Help Wanted
• The Louvin Brothers - I Don't Believe You've Met My Baby
• Sons Of The Pioneers - Tumbling Tumbleweeds
• Eddy Arnold - Cattle Call
• Ray Price - Crazy Arms
• George Morgan - Candy Kisses
• Tex Ritter - High Noon
• Bill Monroe - Uncle Pen
• Flatts & Scruggs - Foggy Mountain Breakdown
• Carl Smith - Hey Joe
• Hank Snow - I'm Moving On

Volume 8 - Queens Of Country

• Jean Shepard - Second Fiddle (To An Old Guitar)
• Kitty Wells - Makin' Believe
• Patsy Cline - She Got You
• Skeeter Davis - The End Of The World
• Connie Smith - The Hurtin's All Over
• Jeannie Seely - Don't Touch Me
• Loretta Lynn - You Ain't Woman Enough
• Dottie West - Country Sunshine
• Lynn Anderson- Rose Garden
• Jeanne Pruett - Satin Sheets
• Tammy Wynette - Stand By Your Man
• Barbara Fairchild - Teddy Bear Song
• Donna Fargo - The Happiest Girl In The Whole U.S.A
• Sammi Smith - Help Me Make It Through The Night
• Dolly Parton - Jolene