Waylon Jennings Album: “The Journey: Six Strings Away [Box]”

Here's another immense Bear Family Records Box Set; this one covers the early years of the great Waylon Jennings. This is the pre-"Outlaw" Waylon, before the hype and huge late-70's commercial success. There are 6 CD's here, all of them expertly mixed and with superb sound. While many of the songs included here are Cover songs, Waylon's take on them are as good or better than the originals. The first set of music is typical Waylon-style honkytonk, but is followed by Waylon's brief (thankfully) flirtation with Folk music. We are also introduced to Waylon's take on the Bakersfield Sound; the influences of Wynn Stewart are unmistakable. As with all of the Bear Family releases, there's a huge booklet (this one is actually hardcover, nearly the size of a large phot album) detailing Waylon's early recording career, with pictures from Buddy Holly and Faron Young, and even a young Jessi Colter. This one is well worth your money and will provide hours of listening pleasure. A+

I have been looking for the song "Revelation"for a very long time.I finally found out that it was on this set of cd's. I couldn't ask for a better collection of music,from such a great artist!I am really enjoying my music. It is worth every cent of the price.

If you are a Waylon fan, asI am, you simply must invest in this collection of early releases by thismost unique artist.One canlisten as Waylon, the hugenatural talent, finds thesongs, and the sound thatmade him the legend he is today.I must admit the repeating of a few songsthrough out the six albumcollection, left me a little disapointed. But that's how Waylon has always left me, wanting tohear just a little more