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WILLIE - THE PERFORMER DISCOGRAPHY 1955 THROUGH 2006 |
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WILLIE - THE SONGWRITER WILLIE - THE PHOTOS (COMING SOON) |
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Original releases (first issues) of Willie's Solo Albums |
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ALBUM TITLE |
DATE OF FIRST ISSUE | RECORD LABEL |
RE-RELEASES AND NOTES
Here, I only listed the most popular re-issues. So far, there are over 150 various re-releases of these first issues, most with different cover art, titles, names, etc. |
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The Storm Has Just Begun / When I Sang My Last Hillbilly Song |
1955 | no record label | single - first single Willie ever recorded. It was a demo sent to Sarg Records. Not released commercially. |
| Lumberjack / No Place for Me | 1959 | Willie Nelson Records | First commercially released single. (sold exclusively through KVAN radio in Vancouver WA) |
| Man With the Blues / The Storm Has Just Begun | 1959 | D Records | Pappy Dailey of D Records was the first to release any of Willie's recordings on an official record label. |
| Night Life / Rainy Day Blues | 1959 | D Records | Single released by Pappy Dailey |
| Misery Mansion / What A Way To Live | 1960 | D Records | Single released by Pappy Dailey |
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And Then I Wrote |
1962 | Liberty | Willie's first commercially released album. Re-released as The Best of Willie Nelson – Capital (1986) EMI Manhattan Records (1987) ,Liberty (1995) |
| Here's Willie Nelson | 1963 | Liberty | |
| Country Willie - His Own Songs | 1965 | RCA Victor | |
| Country Favorites - Willie Nelson Style | 1966 | RCA Victor | Re-released as Columbus Stockade Blues and other Country Favorites - RCA (1970) , Camden (1976) and Pickwick (1976) Re- released as Seasons of my Heart – Pickwick (1985) |
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Live Country Music Concert (Live At Panther Hall) |
1966 | RCA Victor | Re released as Willie Nelson Live – RCA (1976) |
| Make Way For Willie Nelson | 1967 | RCA Victor | |
| The Party's Over | 1967 | RCA Victor | |
| Texas In My Soul | 1968 | RCA Victor | Re released as Beautiful Texas – Bear Family Records (1986) |
| Good Times | 1968 | RCA Victor | |
| Good Old Country Singin’ | 1968 | RCA / Camden | Compilation |
| My Own Peculiar Way | 1969 | RCA Victor | |
| Both Sides Now | 1970 | RCA Victor | |
| Laying My Burdens Down | 1970 | RCA Victor | |
| Willie Nelson And Family | 1971 | RCA Victor | |
| Yesterday's Wine | 1971 | RCA Victor | re-released in 1972 by RCA and in 1997 by Justice. |
| The Words Don't Fit The Picture | 1972 | RCA Victor | |
| The Willie Way | 1972 | RCA Victor | |
| Shotgun Willie | 1973 | Atlantic | |
| Country Winners by Willie Nelson | 1973 | RCA | Compilation |
| Phases And Stages | 1974 | Atlantic | |
| Spotlight On Willie Nelson | 1974 | RCA | Compilation |
| What Can You Do To Me Now | 1975 | RCA | Compilation |
| Classic Willie Nelson | 1975 | Liberty | Compilation re-released in 1975 and 1979 By Sunset and in 1976 by United Artists...all with the same title |
| Red Headed Stranger | 1975 | Columbia | |
| The Sound In Your Mind | 1976 | Columbia | |
| Phases And Stages | 1976 | Atlantic | This was recorded in 1964 but not released until 1976 |
| Willie Nelson Live | 1976 | RCA | |
| The Troublemaker | 1976 | Columbia | |
| 1961 - The Pamper Demos | 1977 | Double Barrell | Re-released as "Broken Promises" - Quicksilver (1983) |
| Before His Time | 1977 | RCA | |
| To Lefty From Willie | 1977 | Columbia | |
| Stardust | 1978 | Columbia | |
| Face Of A Fighter | 1978 | Lone Star |
Re-released as
The Poet – Early
Recordings - Accord Records (1982) The Legend Begins – Takoma / Allegiance –( 1983) Remember Me – Chicago Music 1994 |
| There’ll Be No Teardrops Tonight | 1978 | United Artists | |
| Willie And Family Live | 1978 | Columbia | with Emmy Lou Harris and Johnny Paycheck |
| Country Club: The Hits of Willie Nelson | 1979 | RCA | Compilation |
| Willie Sings Kristofferson | 1979 | Columbia | |
| Pretty Paper | 1979 | Columbia | |
| Sweet Memories | 1979 | RCA | |
| Family Bible | 1980 | MCA Songbird | |
| Monte Alban Mezcal Presents Willie Nelson Country Superstar | 1980 | Candlelite / RCA | Compilation |
| Once More With Feeling | 1981 | RCA / Realistic | Compilation Sold through Radio Shack…different tracks than the 1983 release with the same name |
| The Magic of Willie Nelson | 1981 | Banner Records | Compilation |
| Somewhere Over The Rainbow | 1981 | Columbia | |
| Minstrel Man | 1981 | RCA | |
| Take Me As I Am | 1982 | Capitol Special Prod. | Compilation Re-released as "Funny How Time Slips Away" - CEMA |
| Always On My Mind | 1982 | Columbia | |
| Without A Song | 1983 | Columbia | |
| Tougher Than Leather | 1983 | Columbia | |
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Once More With Feeling |
1983 | RCA / Pair | Compilation |
| My Own Way | 1983 | RCA | |
| Don’t You Ever Get Tired of Hurting Me | 1984 | RCA | Compilation |
| City Of New Orleans | 1984 | Columbia | |
| Slow Down Old World | 1984 | Columbia | Re-released as Slow Down Old World – Andover / Aura (1984) Different track list than the Columbia release |
| Touch Me | 1985 | Liberty / EMI | compilation |
| Willie | 1985 | RCA | Compilation |
| Good-Hearted Woman | 1985 | RCA / Pair | Compilation |
| Me And Paul | 1985 | Columbia | |
| The Promiseland | 1986 | Columbia | |
| Partners | 1986 | Columbia | |
| Country Willie | 1987 | Liberty / EMI | Compilation |
| Country Winners | 1987 | RCA / Pair | Compilation |
| Island In The Sea | 1987 | Columbia | |
| What A Wonderful World | 1988 | Columbia | |
| A Horse Called Music | 1989 | Columbia | |
| Born For Trouble | 1990 | Columbia | |
| Who'll Buy My Memories - The IRS Tapes | 1991 | Columbia | compilation |
| The Hungry Years** | 1991 | Columbia | recorded in 1976 at Studio in the Country and remixed in 1991 |
| Across The Borderline | 1993 | Columbia | |
| Singer / Songwriter | 1993 | Columbia / Sony | with Eddie Rabbit |
| Healing Hands Of Time | 1994 | Liberty | |
| Moonlight Becomes You | 1994 | Justice | |
| Just One Love | 1995 | Justice Records | |
| Spirit | 1996 | Island | |
| Teatro | 1998 | Mercury/Island | Emmy Lou Harris on Harmony |
| It Could Have Been Tonight | 1999 | Pedernales | Bootleg |
| Night And Day | 1999 | Pedernales | Bootleg Instrumental |
| Me And The Drummer | 2000 | Luck | with the Offenders |
| Crazy: The Demo Sessions | 2003 | SugarHill Records | The Pamper Demos |
| Live And Kickin' | 2003 | Lost Highway | Live from Willie's 70th birthday party |
| Live At Billy Bob's Texas | 2004 | Smith Music Group | |
| Outlaws And Angels | 2004 | Lost Highway | |
| It Always Will Be | 2004 | Lost Highway | |
| CountryMan | 2005 | Lost Highway | The long-awaited reggae album |
| You Don't Know Me - The songs of Cindy Walker | 2006 | A Tribute to Legendary songwriter, Cindy Walker. | |
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WILLIE DUET AND COLLABORATION ALBUMS |
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| Longhorn Jamboree Presents Willie Nelson and Friends | 1976 | Plantation Records |
with Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins,
David Alan Coe. Also released as
Longhorn Jamboree – Charly Records (England 1977) |
| Wanted! The Outlaws | 1976 | RCA | with Waylon Jennings, Jessi Colter, Tompall Glaser |
| Waylon And Willie | 1978 | RCA | With Waylon Jennings |
| One For The Road | 1978 | Columbia | with Leon Russell |
| The Electric Horseman | 1979 | Columbia | with Robert Redford |
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Honeysuckle Rose |
1980 | Columbia | with Amy Irving, Slim Pickins, Dyan Cannon |
| Danny Davis And Willie Nelson | 1980 | RCA | With The Nashville Brass |
| San Antonio Rose | 1980 | Columbia | with Ray Price |
| Old Friends | 1982 | Columbia | with Roger Miller |
| WWII | 1982 | RCA | with Waylon Jennings |
| In The Jailhouse Now | 1982 | Columbia | with Webb Pierce |
| Pancho And Lefty | 1982 | Epic Records | with Merle Haggard |
| The Winning Hand | 1982 | Monument | with Kris Kristofferson, Dolly Parton, Brenda Lee |
| Take It To The Limit | 1983 | Columbia | with Waylon Jennings |
| Songwriter soundtrack | 1984 | Columbia | with Kris Kristofferson |
| Funny How Time Slips Away | 1984 | Columbia | with Faron Young |
| Angel Eyes | 1984 | Columbia | with Jackie King |
| Highwayman | 1985 | Columbia | with Waylon Jennings, Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson |
| Brand On My Heart | 1985 | Columbia | with Hank Snow |
| Half Nelson | 1985 | Columbia | duets with various artists |
| I’d Rather Have Jesus | 1986 | Arrival Records | Bobbie Nelson Re-released as Old Time Religion – Laserlite (1992) |
| Seashores Of Old Mexico | 1987 | Epic Records | with Merle Haggard |
| Walkin’ The Line | 1987 | Epic Records | with Merle Haggard, George Jones |
| Highwayman 2 | 1990 | Columbia | with Waylon Jennings, Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson |
| Clean Shirt | 1991 | Epic Records | with Waylon Jennings |
| Six Hours At Pedernales | 1994 | Step One | with Curtis Potter |
| Peace in the Valley: The Gospel Truth | 1994 | Promised Land | with Billy Nelson (released following the death of Billy) |
| Augusta | 1995 | Coast To Coast | with Don Cherry |
| The Road Goes On Forever | 1995 | Liberty | with Waylon Jennings, Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson |
| How Great Thou Art | 1996 | Finer Arts | with Bobbie Nelson |
| Wanted! The Outlaws (1976-1996, 20th Anniv.) | 1996 | RCA | with Waylon Jennings, Jessie Colter, Tom Paul and the Glaser Bros. |
| Hill Country Christmas | 1997 | Finer Arts | with Bobbie Nelson |
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VH1 Storytellers |
1998 | American | with Johnny Cash |
| Memories Of Hank Williams Sr. | 2000 | BSW | with Larry Butler |
| Milk Cow Blues | 2000 | Mercury/Island | Francine Reed, B.B.King, Susan Tedeschi, Keb Mo, and others |
| Honky-Tonk Heroes | 2001 | Pedernales | Waylon Jennings, Billy Joe Shaver, Kris Kristofferson |
| The Gypsy | 2001 | Pedernales | Jackie King |
| Rainbow Connection | 2001 | Mercury/Island | the Nelson Family - |
| Stars & Guitars | 2002 | Universal | various artists |
| The Great Divide | 2002 | Lost Highway | Rob Thomas, Sheryl Crow, and others |
| Run That By Me One More Time | 2003 | Lost Highway | with Ray Price |
| Picture In A Frame | 2003 | Sunbird | with Kimmie Rhodes |
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GREATEST HITS / BOXED SETS
/ BUDGET COMPILATIONS |
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| Sweet Memories | 1997 | BMG / GSC Music | Three CD set (not the same as the RCA LP with the same name) |
| The Classic Unreleased Collection | 1993 | Rhino Records | 3-CD Boxed Set of the Pamper demo recordings (QVC Marketing) |
| Just Plain Willie (The Unreleased Tapes) | 1983 | BackTrac / CBS |
3-volume set - also released as
Willie or Wont He – Allegiance (1983). Super Hits – Evergreen Records (undated) “made in Korea” Super Hits – Point Records (1990) Holland Things to Remember – Creative Sounds (1993) I Just Don’t Understand – Classic Sound (1993) Willie Nelson Volume 1 and 2 – Eclipse Music (1994) 28 Greatest Hits – Promo Sound (1997) |
| The Early Years: The complete Liberty Recordings | 1994 | Liberty | Two CD set |
| Willie Nelson: Original Artist | 1993 | Fat Boy Records | Boxed set - 28 tracks Pamper demos |
| Home is Where You’re Happy | 1993 | Success Records | Three LP set originally issued by Blossom Gap as "Willie Treasures" |
| Broken Promises | 1997 | Century Records | Three CD set also included a bonus CD for computers |
| Willie Nelson Sings 28 Great Songs | 1989 | Highland Music | Three record set of Pamper Demos |
| The Best of Willie | 1982 | RCA | |
| 20 of the Best | 1982 | RCA | |
| Help Me Make it Through the Night | 1984 | RCA | only released in England and Germany |
| Collectors Series | 1985 | RCA | |
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Vintage Willie Nelson
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1982 | Delta |
Re released as Diamonds In The Rough (1984) Wild and Willie – Allegiance (1984) Historic Re-issue – Bridge Records (1986) Willie Nelson – Collectors Edition – Premore (1988) Night Life – LaserLight – (1992) |
| All Time Greatest Hits | 1988 | RCA | |
| The Essential Willie Nelson | 1995 | RCA | |
| Willie Nelson’s Greatest Hits ( some that will be) | 1981 | Columbia | |
| Blue Skies | 1981 | CBS | |
| A Song For You | 1983 | Hallmark / Pickwick | |
| Greatest Hits & Finest Performances | 1987 | Readers Digest | 5-record set Collectors Edition |
| Across The Tracks: The Best of Willie Nelson | 1987 | Telstar | |
| On The Road Again | 1989 | Columbia | |
| Yours Always | 1990 | Columbia / Sony | |
| The Many Sides of Willie Nelson | 1992 | Columbia / Sony | 3-CD set |
| The Legendary Willie Nelson | 1992 | Columbia / Sony | |
| Super Hits | 1994 | Columbia | |
| Super Hits Volume 2 | 1995 | Columbia | |
| Revolutions of Time: The Journey 1975-1993 | 1995 | Columbia / Sony | 3-CD Set |
| Willie Nelson and Friends | 1996 | Pure Country/Sony | |
| Willie Standard Time | 1996 | Sony | |
| Willie Nelson | 1997 | Time Life Music | |
| Greatest Hits | 1984 | Era / RCA Special | With Waylon |
| Greatest Hits – Live in Concert | 1996 | Brentwood Comm. | |
| Early Tracks | 1990 | Sun Records | |
| Nite Life: Greatest Hits and Rare Tracks | 1990 | Rhino Records | |
| King of The Outlaws | 1993 | Charly Records | England release only |
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Twenty Early Memories |
1983 | Plantation | Re-released as Night Life & Rainy Day Blues – Plantation |
| Early Willie – Collectors Edition – | 1984 | Potomac | |
| Love and Pain | 1984 | Andover / Aura | |
| One Step Beyond | 1987 | Magnum Music | |
| I Let My Mind Wander | 1996 | Kingfisher | |
| The Early Years | 1994 | Scotti Bros. | |
| Hello Walls | 1978 | Sunset Records | |
| Greatest Songs | 1990 | Curb Records | |
| Country Showdown: Waylon and Willie – | 1987 | RCA Special Prod. | Also Re-released as The Legend Begins - Capitol / Pair (1994) |
| Night Life | no date | Everest Records | |
| Classic Willie | 1997 | BMG Special Prod. | |
| Legend | 1994 | CEMA | |
| RCA Country Legends | 2002 | BMG / RCA | |
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