Uploaded January 2017 | Updated September 2026, 14 minutes ago
Great rerecordings Ernest did of his early stuff in the late 50's to take advantage of Hi Fi and the new stereo technology.
Scroll down for Track Listing and Session Info:
I've always like these much better than the originals, E.T's voice is amazingly rich and they had his mic. so hot you can hear him breathing.
This is my first go at a YouTube video after a new computer and all new programs, the quality is great but oh man what a pain, it seems they just make things harder to use every time they update these programs.
I made a lot of compromises because it was so damn tough to get exactly what i wanted.. Oh well.
Track List:
1 "I'll Get Along Somehow" (Ernest Tubb)
2 "Slipping Around" (Floyd Tillman) 2:22
3 "Filipino Baby" (Billy Cox, Clarke Van Ness) 5:15
4 "When the World Has Turned You Down" (Tubb) 8:02
5 "Have You Ever Been Lonely (Have You Ever Been Blue)" (George Brown, Peter De Rose) 10:42
6 "There's a Little Bit of Everything in Texas" (Tubb) 13:27
7 "Walking the Floor Over You" (Tubb) 15:58
8 "Driftwood on the River" (Bob Miller, John Klenner) 18:04
9 "There's Nothing More to Say" (Tubb) 21:03
10 "Rainbow at Midnight" (Lost John Miller) 23:48
11 "I'll Always Be Glad to Take You Back" (Tubb) 26:58
12 "Let's Say Goodbye Like We Said Hello" (Tubb, Jimmie Skinner) 29:40
13 "Careless Darlin'" (Tubb, Bob Shelton, Lou Wayne) 32:11
14 "Don't Rob Another Man's Castle" (Jenny Lou Carson) 35:07
15 "I Wonder Why You Said Goodbye" (Tubb) 37:35
16 "Last Night I Dreamed" (Tubb) 40:19
17 "Letters Have No Arms" (Cindy Walker) 42:40
18 "Though the Days Were Only Seven" (Tubb, Ruth Smith) 45:17
19 "I Love You Because" (Leon Payne) 47:58
20 "You Nearly Lose Your Mind" (Tubb) 50:48
21 "I Will Miss You When You Go" (Tubb, Henry Stewart) 53:31
22 "It's Been So Long, Darling" (Tubb) 56:17
23 "Tomorrow Never Comes" (Tubb, Johnny Bond) 59:04
24 "Blue Christmas" (Billy Hayes, Jay W. Johnson) 1:01:44
Session Info:
May 22 1958 Bradley Film & Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville 3, TN - Ernest Tubb (Billy Byrd, Grady Martin, Howard Johnson, Buddy Emmons, Jack Drake, Farris Coursey, Tommy Jackson, Floyd Cramer. Producer: Owen Bradley)
I'LL GET ALONG SOMEHOW
October 6 1958 Bradley Film & Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville 3, TN - Ernest Tubb (Billy Byrd, Grady Martin, Howard Johnson, Buddy Emmons, Jack Drake, Buddy Harman, Floyd Cramer. Producer: Owen Bradley)
WALKIN' THE FLOOR OVER YOU
WHEN THE WORLD HAS TURNED YOU DOWN
October 8 1958 Bradley Film & Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville 3, TN - Ernest Tubb (Billy Byrd, Grady Martin, H. K. Wilson, Buddy Emmons, Jack Drake, Buddy Harman, Floyd Cramer. Producer: Owen Bradley)
IT'S BEEN SO LONG DARLIN'
CARELESS DARLIN'
THOUGH THE DAYS WERE ONLY SEVEN
October 9 1958 Bradley Film & Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville 3, TN - Ernest Tubb (Billy Byrd, Grady Martin, Howard Johnson, Buddy Emmons, Jack Drake, Buddy Harman, Floyd Cramer. Producer: Owen Bradley)
LAST NIGHT I DREAMED
SLIPPIN' AROUND
I LOVE YOU BECAUSE
THERE'S NOTHING MORE TO SAY
October 10 1958 Bradley Film & Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville 3, TN - Ernest Tubb (Billy Byrd, Grady Martin, Howard Johnson, Buddy Emmons, Jack Drake, Buddy Harman, Floyd Cramer. Producer: Owen Bradley)
THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING IN TEXAS
YOU NEARLY LOSE YOUR MIND
BLUE CHRISTMAS
DON'T ROB ANOTHER MAN'S CASTLE
February 24 1959 Bradley Film & Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville 3, TN - Ernest Tubb (Billy Byrd, Grady Martin, Howard Johnson, Buddy Emmons, Jack Drake, Buddy Harman, Floyd Cramer + Jordanaires. Producer: Owen Bradley)
LET'S SAY GOODBYE LIKE WE SAID HELLO
DRIFTWOOD ON THE RIVER
February 26 1959 Bradley Film & Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville 3, TN - Ernest Tubb (Billy Byrd, Grady Martin, Howard Johnson, Buddy Emmons, Jack Drake, Buddy Harman, Floyd Cramer + Jordanaires. Producer: Owen Bradley)
I WONDER WHY YOU SAID GOODBYE
TOMORROW NEVER COMES
FILIPINO BABY
March 2 1959 Bradley Film & Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville 3, TN - Ernest Tubb (Billy Byrd, Grady Martin, Howard Johnson, Buddy Emmons, Jack Drake, Buddy Harman, Floyd Cramer + Anita Kerr Singers. Producer: Owen Bradley)
LETTERS HAVE NO ARMS
RAINBOW AT MIDNIGHT
HAVE YOU EVER BEEN LONELY
I WILL MISS YOU WHEN YOU GO
Great rerecordings Ernest did of his early stuff in the late 50's to take advantage of Hi Fi and the new stereo technology.
Scroll down for Track Listing and Session Info:
I've always like these much better than the originals, E.T's voice is amazingly rich and they had his mic. so hot you can hear him breathing.
This is my first go at a YouTube video after a new computer and all new programs, the quality is great but oh man what a pain, it seems they just make things harder to use every time they update these programs.
I made a lot of compromises because it was so damn tough to get exactly what i wanted.. Oh well.
Track List:
1 "I'll Get Along Somehow" (Ernest Tubb)
2 "Slipping Around" (Floyd Tillman) 2:22
3 "Filipino Baby" (Billy Cox, Clarke Van Ness) 5:15
4 "When the World Has Turned You Down" (Tubb) 8:02
5 "Have You Ever Been Lonely (Have You Ever Been Blue)" (George Brown, Peter De Rose) 10:42
6 "There's a Little Bit of Everything in Texas" (Tubb) 13:27
7 "Walking the Floor Over You" (Tubb) 15:58
8 "Driftwood on the River" (Bob Miller, John Klenner) 18:04
9 "There's Nothing More to Say" (Tubb) 21:03
10 "Rainbow at Midnight" (Lost John Miller) 23:48
11 "I'll Always Be Glad to Take You Back" (Tubb) 26:58
12 "Let's Say Goodbye Like We Said Hello" (Tubb, Jimmie Skinner) 29:40
13 "Careless Darlin'" (Tubb, Bob Shelton, Lou Wayne) 32:11
14 "Don't Rob Another Man's Castle" (Jenny Lou Carson) 35:07
15 "I Wonder Why You Said Goodbye" (Tubb) 37:35
16 "Last Night I Dreamed" (Tubb) 40:19
17 "Letters Have No Arms" (Cindy Walker) 42:40
18 "Though the Days Were Only Seven" (Tubb, Ruth Smith) 45:17
19 "I Love You Because" (Leon Payne) 47:58
20 "You Nearly Lose Your Mind" (Tubb) 50:48
21 "I Will Miss You When You Go" (Tubb, Henry Stewart) 53:31
22 "It's Been So Long, Darling" (Tubb) 56:17
23 "Tomorrow Never Comes" (Tubb, Johnny Bond) 59:04
24 "Blue Christmas" (Billy Hayes, Jay W. Johnson) 1:01:44
Session Info:
May 22 1958 Bradley Film & Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville 3, TN - Ernest Tubb (Billy Byrd, Grady Martin, Howard Johnson, Buddy Emmons, Jack Drake, Farris Coursey, Tommy Jackson, Floyd Cramer. Producer: Owen Bradley)
I'LL GET ALONG SOMEHOW
October 6 1958 Bradley Film & Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville 3, TN - Ernest Tubb (Billy Byrd, Grady Martin, Howard Johnson, Buddy Emmons, Jack Drake, Buddy Harman, Floyd Cramer. Producer: Owen Bradley)
WALKIN' THE FLOOR OVER YOU
WHEN THE WORLD HAS TURNED YOU DOWN
October 8 1958 Bradley Film & Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville 3, TN - Ernest Tubb (Billy Byrd, Grady Martin, H. K. Wilson, Buddy Emmons, Jack Drake, Buddy Harman, Floyd Cramer. Producer: Owen Bradley)
IT'S BEEN SO LONG DARLIN'
CARELESS DARLIN'
THOUGH THE DAYS WERE ONLY SEVEN
October 9 1958 Bradley Film & Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville 3, TN - Ernest Tubb (Billy Byrd, Grady Martin, Howard Johnson, Buddy Emmons, Jack Drake, Buddy Harman, Floyd Cramer. Producer: Owen Bradley)
LAST NIGHT I DREAMED
SLIPPIN' AROUND
I LOVE YOU BECAUSE
THERE'S NOTHING MORE TO SAY
October 10 1958 Bradley Film & Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville 3, TN - Ernest Tubb (Billy Byrd, Grady Martin, Howard Johnson, Buddy Emmons, Jack Drake, Buddy Harman, Floyd Cramer. Producer: Owen Bradley)
THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING IN TEXAS
YOU NEARLY LOSE YOUR MIND
BLUE CHRISTMAS
DON'T ROB ANOTHER MAN'S CASTLE
February 24 1959 Bradley Film & Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville 3, TN - Ernest Tubb (Billy Byrd, Grady Martin, Howard Johnson, Buddy Emmons, Jack Drake, Buddy Harman, Floyd Cramer + Jordanaires. Producer: Owen Bradley)
LET'S SAY GOODBYE LIKE WE SAID HELLO
DRIFTWOOD ON THE RIVER
February 26 1959 Bradley Film & Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville 3, TN - Ernest Tubb (Billy Byrd, Grady Martin, Howard Johnson, Buddy Emmons, Jack Drake, Buddy Harman, Floyd Cramer + Jordanaires. Producer: Owen Bradley)
I WONDER WHY YOU SAID GOODBYE
TOMORROW NEVER COMES
FILIPINO BABY
March 2 1959 Bradley Film & Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville 3, TN - Ernest Tubb (Billy Byrd, Grady Martin, Howard Johnson, Buddy Emmons, Jack Drake, Buddy Harman, Floyd Cramer + Anita Kerr Singers. Producer: Owen Bradley)
LETTERS HAVE NO ARMS
RAINBOW AT MIDNIGHT
HAVE YOU EVER BEEN LONELY
I WILL MISS YOU WHEN YOU GO

![Ernest Tubb ~ Im Living In Sunshine
You Tuber Good Ol Country wanted this one so here it is.
Its from ETs last album for Decca/MCA released in August 1975.
Recorded ~ May 29 1975 ~ Bradleys Barn, Benders Ferry Road, Mount Juliet, TN - Ernest Tubb (Charlie Hammond, Pete Michaud, Howard Lynn Owsley [steel], David Evans, Harold Bradley, Don Mills, Hargus Robbins. Producer: Owen Bradley) Ernest Tubb ~ Im Living In Sunshine](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/DoJzbEuaxAY/mqdefault.jpg)

![Charley Pride ~ Silence
Good album cut from Charley.
Recorded January 9 1967 RCA Victor Studio, 800 17th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – Charley Pride (Charley Pride [vcl], Jack Clement [gt], Jerry Hubbard [gt], Jerry Stembridge [gt], Lloyd Green [steel], Junior Huskey [bass], Jerry Carrigan [drums], Hargus Robbins [piano] + vocal chorus. Producer: Chet Atkins, Jack Clement & Bob Ferguson) Charley Pride ~ Silence](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/E1voHaCU42s/mqdefault.jpg)
![Jimmy Dean ~ Ray Price ~ 1962
Little Black Book ~ Recorded ~ May 17 1962 ~ Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN - Jimmy Dean (Jimmy Dean [vcl], Grady Martin [gt], Billy Byrd [gt], Ray Edenton [gt], Joseph Zinkan [bass], Buddy Harman [drums], Floyd Cramer [piano], Jimmy Riddle [harmonica]. Producer: Don Law)
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Pride ~ Recorded ~ January 7 1962 ~ Bradley Film & Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville 3, TN - Ray Price (Harold Bradley [gt], Darrel McCall [rh gt], Grady Martin [gt], Willie Nelson [gt], Pete Wade [gt], Jimmy Day [steel], Joseph Zinkan [bass], Steve Bess [drums], Tommy Jackson [fiddle], Floyd Cramer [piano]. Producer: Don Law & Frank Jones) Jimmy Dean ~ Ray Price ~ 1962](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/EUjcHDzzPA0/mqdefault.jpg)
![George Jones ~ Bringin It Home
I spent some time sharpening this one up a little.
I dont know why they had George buried so deep in the mix but were stuck with that .
Recorded 4 January 1967 Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – George Jones (George Jones [vcl], Bob Moore [bass] + Jordanaires. Producer: Pappy Daily) George Jones ~ Bringin It Home](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/F74I6lGvrOI/mqdefault.jpg)

![Carl Butler and Pearl ~ The Old & The New
Good album with some great Pete Drake steel on several tracks.
Every track apparently was for the album with none released as singles.
All tracks recorded October 30 1964 and November 2 1964 Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN - Carl Butler & Pearl (Carl Butler [vcl], Pearl Butler [vcl], Grady Martin [gt], Harold Bradley [gt], Ray Edenton [gt], Pete Drake [steel], Joe Zinkan [bass], Buddy Harman [drums], Tommy Jackson [fiddle], Floyd Cramer [piano]. Producer: Don Law & Frank Jones)
ONLY WHEN I SMILE
OH, SO MANY YEARS
LITTLE BY LITTLE
ON THE BANKS OF THE OLD PONTCHARTRAIN
TOO LATE TO TRY AGAIN
ASHAMED TO OWN THE BLESSED SAVIOR
WED DESTROY EACH OTHER
MAKE ME AN OFFER
JUST A FADED PETAL FROM A BEAUTIFUL BOUQUET
IF YOU WERE HER AND HE WAS ME
CURTAIN IN THE WINDOW
WERE LIVING IN THE LAST DAYS NOW Carl Butler and Pearl ~ The Old & The New](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/FbErvkbJePI/mqdefault.jpg)
![George Jones ~ The Girl I Almost Knew
This was already on YouTube but this particular recording is muddy sounding with a ton of tape hiss so i worked it over a little. Cant get rid of the hiss but i brightened it considerably.
Recorded ~ June 13 1967 Columbia Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN – George Jones (George Jones [vcl], Bob Moore [bass] + unknown musicians + Jordanaires. Producer: Pappy Daily) George Jones ~ The Girl I Almost Knew](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/GJ-JCCtmpcQ/mqdefault.jpg)
![Webb Pierce ~ I Know It Was You ~ w/ Millie Kirkham
I was in the mood for some Millie Kirkham today so here you go.
This Webb cut was on the Just Imagination 12 LP Decca DL-8728 released in August of 1958 and nowhere else until the Bear Family box set.
I threw in a few hurricane Harvey record collection carnage pictures for no particular reason.
Recorded ~ June 27 1957 Bradley Film & Recording Studio, 804 16th Ave. South, Nashville, TN - Webb Pierce, Mildred Kirkham (+ Hank Garland [gt], Harold Bradley [gt], Lightnin Chance [bass], Buddy Harman [drums], Owen Bradley [piano] + Jordanaires) Webb Pierce ~ I Know It Was You ~ w/ Millie Kirkham](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/GJvpUoihbl8/mqdefault.jpg)
