--- product_id: 36878828 title: "Hag: The Studio Recordings 1969-1976" brand: "merle haggard" price: "£141.93" currency: GBP in_stock: true reviews_count: 13 url: https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/36878828-hag-the-studio-recordings-1969-1976 store_origin: GB region: United Kingdom --- # Hag: The Studio Recordings 1969-1976 **Brand:** merle haggard **Price:** £141.93 **Availability:** ✅ In Stock ## Quick Answers - **What is this?** Hag: The Studio Recordings 1969-1976 by merle haggard - **How much does it cost?** £141.93 with free shipping - **Is it available?** Yes, in stock and ready to ship - **Where can I buy it?** [www.desertcart.co.uk](https://www.desertcart.co.uk/products/36878828-hag-the-studio-recordings-1969-1976) ## Best For - merle haggard enthusiasts ## Why This Product - Trusted merle haggard brand quality - Free international shipping included - Worldwide delivery with tracking - 15-day hassle-free returns ## Description A true legend of American music captured in his prime!The follow-up to Bear Family's hugely acclaimed 'Untamed Hawk' setAll the studio recordings between 1969 and 1976, including 15 straight #1 country hits.Includes Vietnam era classics like Okie From Muskogee and The Fightin' Side Of Me, as well as the more moderate unreleased song Somewhere In Between.More than 20 other unreleased performances!Merle Haggard occupies a unique place in American music. The man who gave voice to the Silent Majority went on to become a counter-culture favourite. He has scored hits in the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s, and still works 200 sold-out road dates a year.Ever since Bear Family released 'Untamed Hawk' in 1995, we've been asked for a follow-up comprising the rest of his legendary Capitol recordings. This is it?on 6 CDs, and it covers the tumultuous years between 1968 and 1976. The only exclusions are his Jimmie Rodgers tribute (already issued on a single CD by Bear Family) and the live recordings, which will be released in a companion volume.These were the years when Merle Haggard polarized the USA with songs like Okie From Muskogee and The Fightin' Side Of Me, yet, as this set reveals, his approach to politics was more nuanced than many thought at the time. In an unreleased song (one of many) titled Somewhere In Between he says 'I stand looking at the left wing, and I turn towards the right, and my eyes find both good and bad there on either scene... ' He adds, I'm not too old to understand the young who disagree. ' The unissued recordings also include his original version of That's The Way Love Goes, which became a big hit for him on Epic Records several years later.These were Merle Haggard's golden years when he gave voice to the voiceless, and scored an unbroken string of #1 hits. This is American country music? make that American music? at it's finest. ## Images ![Hag: The Studio Recordings 1969-1976 - Image 1](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/818ifrchtbL.jpg) ![Hag: The Studio Recordings 1969-1976 - Image 2](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/51VOOOIlQ7L.jpg) ![Hag: The Studio Recordings 1969-1976 - Image 3](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/41i+VEHc+bL.jpg) ## Customer Reviews ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars Concepts, Live, Strangers *by G***D on Reviewed in the United States on February 24, 2010* This is a quick review to set the "record" (CD) straight.Existing reviews are for Hag- Studio Recordings; this is Hag- Concepts, Live, Strangers.I like disc 1 (Jimmie Rodgers tribute) the most. Great songs, excellent guitar work and arrangements. Beautiful and moving. Close to folk music, but product of one person's view of life in the 1930's or so. Excellent mix of styles- blues, dixieland, standards, old timey.Disc 2 is Bob Wills tribute plus live Okie. This too is very good, as so are the originals. Live disc is also very good, most songs were studio-recorded as well.Disc 3- more live recordings. I like his imitations of Marty Robbins, Hank Snow, Johnny Cash- funny and somehow, Merle manages to sound just like them. Talented fellow! Have had enough versions of "Okie" though.Disc 4- live recordings at churches. I'm not a southern baptist, but still found much of this quite moving (I like San Quentin choir "Give me that old time religion"- some talent is locked up out there.) As with disc 1, has historic/cultural interest, and was an interesting idea.Disc 5 + 6- Mostly Strangers' instrumentals and some vocals, with occasional Merle interjections. These are a lot of fun, laid-back, lots of different styles. Some catchy tunes ("pickin corn"), good spirit.Expensive to buy, but worth it for me.I like the historic value of the different styles and periods in US history, and the obvious love of music and life that can be felt. We can't (and shouldn't) hold on to and live in the past, but good music can liven up and add to the present. Glad Merle did these projects. ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Merle Haggard Box Set *by E***S on Reviewed in the United States on April 30, 2022* This box is very well done including studio albums from1969 to 1976 and much more later recordings. Excellent accompanying book on Merle Haggard. I strongly recommend this box set by Bear Family Records ### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars You need this! *by R***H on Reviewed in the United States on May 13, 2014* I've been listening to country music all of my life(40 years), and in my opinion Merle Haggard will end up viewed as the most talented country music artist EVER. He would never make that claim because he is too humble. Who would make tribute albums to Jimmie Rodgers and Bob Wills when every thing he was cranking out in '69 and '70 was a hit? Merle would and did! That's another box set. He's a songwriter, singer, and bandleader. The best ever! This compiles all of the great 70's albums and singles. Most of this is available on single CD's, but look at the price of this collection vs. buying all of the cd's, and you won't get the stuff that's never been released(all very good) and the beautiful book! 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