"DETROIT CITY"や"500 MILES AWAY FROM HOME"で知られ、62年から83年までに60曲近いトップ40ヒットを放ったカントリー・シンガー・ソングライターBOBBY BARE。
代表曲"DETROIT CITY"を収録したファースト『DETROIT CITY AND OTHER HITS』(1963年)同じく代表曲の"500 MILES AWAY FROM HOME"を収録したセカンド『500 MILES AWAY FROM HOME』(1963年)『TALK ME SOME SENSE』(1966年)『A BIRD NAMED YESTERDAY』(1967年)を2CDに収録。この4作品すべてがUSカントリー・アルバム・チャートのトップ20入りを果たしています。更にボーナスとしてRCAビクター時代のシングル曲を4曲追加収録。
■Disc One:
『DETROIT CITY AND OTHER HITS』
Detroit City • Is It Wrong (For Loving You) • Lorina • ShameOn Me • I’d Fight The World • Dear Wastebasket • All-American Boy • I Don’t Believe I’ll Fall In Love Today •Brooklyn Bridge • She Called Me Baby • The Gods WereAngry With Me • Book Of Love
『500 MILES AWAY FROM HOME』
500 Miles Away From Home • Homestead On The Farm •Let Me Tell You About Mary • Abilene • Gotta Travel On •Lynchin’ Party • Worried Man Blues • I Wonder Where YouAre Tonight • Noah’s Ark • Sailor Man • What Kind Of Bird IsThat • Jeannie’s Last Kiss
■Disc Two:
『TALK ME SOME SENSE』
Passin’ Through • You Can’t Stop The Wild Wind FromBlowing • Got Leavin’ On Her Mind • The Long Black Veil •Heaven Help My Soul • Talk Me Some Sense • It Ain’t Me,Babe • All The Good Times Are Past And Gone •What Color (Is A Man) • A Little Bit Later On Down The Line • SaltLake City • (For A While) We Helped Each Other Out
『A BIRD NAMED YESTERDAY』
A Bird Named Yesterday • Recitation / Somebody Bought My Old Hometown • Recitation / Ode To The Little Brown Shack Out Back • Recitation / The Day The Saw Mill Closed Down •Recitation / The Air Conditioner Song • A Bird Named Yesterday (Chorus Only) / Recitation / I’ve Got A Thing About Trains • Recitation / The Old Gang’s Gone • Recitation / They
Covered Up The Old Swimmin’ Hole • The Church In The Wildwood / A Bird Named Yesterday (Chorus Only)
Bonus Tracks: Sandy’s Crying Again • When Am I Ever Gonna Settle Down • Don’t Do Like I Done Son (Do Like I Say) • The Town That Broke My Heart