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Music CD 1

Turn Your Radio On - Grandpa Jones
Papa's On The Housetop - Leroy Carr and Scrapper Blackwell
Shortnin' Bread - Paul Chaplain & His Emeralds
Seven Nation Army - The White Stripes
Gun Fever (Blam Blam Fever) - The Valentines
Pistol Packin' Mama - Al Dexter & His Troopers
Pistol Packin' Mama - The Hurricanes
Homework - Otis Rush
He Will Break Your Heart - Jerry Butler
Take It Away Lucky - Eddie Noack
Buddy, Stay Off The Wine - Betty Hall Jones
Tears A Go-Go - Charlie Rich
Rich Woman - Li'l Millet & His Creoles
Laughin' & Jokin' - Ernie Chaffin
Me And My Chauffeur Blues - Memphis Minnie accompanied by Little Son Joe
If I Lose - The Stanley Brothers
I Sat And Cried - Jimmy Nelson
Beatnik's Wish - Patsy Raye & the Beatniks
Devil In His Heart - The Donays
Let's Invite Them Over - George Jones & Melba Montgomery
Don't Take Ev'rybody to Be Your Friend - Sister Rosetta Tharpe with the Sam Price Trio
Good Morning Heartache - Billie Holiday
Pouring Water on a Drowning Man - James Carr
I Drink - Mary Gauthier
Mother Earth - Memphis Slim

Music CD 2

Chain Of Fools - Aretha Franklin
Walk a Mile in My Shoes - Joe South & the Believers
Cry Tough - Alton Ellis & the Flames
Tommy Gun - The Clash
(Everytime I Hear) That Mellow Saxophone - Roy Montrell
Those DJ Shows - Patrice Holloway
I Ain't Drunk - Lonnie 'the Cat'
Eat That Chicken - Charles Mingus
Mama, Get Your Hammer - Bobby Peterson Quintet
How High The Moon - Slim Gaillard
Cool Water - The Sons of the Pioneers
Only A Rose - Geraint Watkins
I Walk in My Sleep - Berna-Dean
Stars Fell On Alabama - Jack Teagarden's Chicagoans
Mama Tried (The Ballad From Killers Three) - Merle Haggard & the Strangers
Big Long Slidin' Thing - Dinah Washington
Black Coffee - Bobby Darin
I'd Rather Drink Muddy Water - The Cats and the Fiddle
Ain't Got The Money To Pay For This Drink - George Zimmerman & the Thrills with the Bubber Cyphers
Bottle And A Bible - The Yayhoos
Okie's In The Pokie - Jimmy Patton
If You're So Smart, How Come You Ain't Rich? - Louis Jordan
Ay Te Dejo En San Antonio - Santiago Jimenez
Mona - Bo Diddley
Roadrunner (Twice) - The Modern Lovers

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Theme Time Radio Hour: With Your Host Bob Dylan Poster

This is the only officially-authorized release associated with the Theme Time Radio Hour. Its 50 tracks represent the first series of radio shows. The track-listing reflects Dylan's wide taste and ranges from Billie Holiday and George Jones, through Aretha Franklin to the Clash and the White Stripes. Although each track was chosen by Dylan for the radio show, the CD itself was compiled by the show's producer Eddie Gorodetsky and Ace's own Roger Armstrong.

The luxury package contains a 2-CD jewel case with an accompanying 48-page full color book, all in a cardboard slipcase. The sleeve notes include a track-by-track commentary by some of the world's great music writers including Barney Hoskyns, Colin Escott, Billy Vera and Fred Dellar. Each track, no matter how obscure, is illustrated with a sleeve, label shot or photo of the artist.

Other Theme Time Radio Hour compilations have concentrated on the very early material, essentially because that material was in the public domain and thus royalty payments could be avoided. As with all Ace releases, this is a fully legitimate production and royalties are paid on every track.