We'll have more fun, baby, all the way down the line...

I was sitting around listening to Lefty Frizzell. This is something that happens quite often. I noticed that he cut quite a few different versions (with different guests, backup singers, bands and even lyrics) of his first and probably best known single "If You've Got The Money, I've Got The Time".

So I decided to put together all the ones I could find. This includes the demo version as well as the truncated versions that were used as intro and outro to his appearances on the U.S. armed forces sponsored "Country Music Time".

I also added in Lefty's attempt to go back to the same well with "If You Can Spare The Time (I Won't Miss The Money)" as well as a couple of versions of his song "(When Me and My Baby Go) Steppin' Out" which specifically mentions both "the money" and "the time" in its lyrics.

Click here to get the money and the time!

All Star Country - Harmony Records Compilation

I'm uploading this today because I'm listening it this morning. I love this record. There are no real surprises here, just a really solid, if maybe too short, collection of good stuff.

I got this when I was working at a coffee shop where a local record collector/dealer had dropped off a few crates of three dollar records for us to sell. I pulled this one out because it has a Lefty Frizzell song on it that I had heard bu did not own. I think that first night, I played this record for probably three hours straight. It may have been that Norma Jean song that hooked me.

Whatever it was (is), this remains my favorite country compilation. It's a good record for a Sunday morning, which is why I'm uploading it now, but it works pretty much any time. This is really good stuff.

Enjoy!

And you should totally click on the link in the second paragraph and buy some records from Kurt. I say without hesitation that he has lots of stuff you want.

Tracklist:
Roy Acuff and His Smoky Mountain Boys - "Cheating"
Norma Jean - "Someplace To Cry"
Carl Butler and Pearl - "Loving Arms"
Lefty Frizzell - "Release Me"
Johnny Cash - "Delia's Gone"
Marty Robbins - "Are You Sincere?"
Stonewall Jackson - "Everybody But Me"
George Morgan - "Sweet, Sweet Lips"
Ray Price - "I'm Walking Slow (And Thinking 'Bout Her)"