This page looks at various best-of collections featuring country legend Merle Haggard. This is the fourth page of a larger discography, taking a quick look at this maverick country artist...
This page looks at various best-of collections featuring country legend Merle Haggard. This is the fourth page of a larger discography, taking a quick look at this maverick country artist...
Merle Haggard "Untamed Hawk: The Early Recordings" (Bear Family, 1995)
Five CDs and 133 songs charting Merle's explosive appearance on the Capitol label. This box set covers 1962-68, Haggard's first golden era. I haven't heard it, but I imagine it's pure gold for the true Haggard fan.
Merle Haggard "Down Every Road" (Capitol, 1996)
4-CD box set...
Merle Haggard "The Best Of Merle Haggard" (Capitol, 1968) [SKAO-2951]
Merle Haggard "The Best Of The Best Of Merle Haggard" (Capitol, 1972)
Merle Haggard "Eleven Winners" (Capitol, 1978) [ST-11745]
Merle Haggard "Merle Haggard's Greatest Hits" (MCA, 1982) [MCA-5386]
Merle Haggard "Merle Haggard Ð His Best" (MCA, 1985) [MCA-5573]
Merle Haggard "His Epic Hits Ð The First Eleven (To Be Continued)" (Epic, 1984) [FE 39545]
Merle Haggard "Collector Series" (Capitol, 1990)
Merle Haggard "Vintage Collections" (Capitol, 1995)
Certainly no disappointment as far as a Merle best-of goes, but it's one of the least adventurous or enlightening discs in the Vintage series. It's basically interchangable with any other collection of Haggard's hits on Capitol.
Merle Haggard "Lonesome Fugitive: The Merle Haggard Anthology" (Razor & Tie, 1995)
A fine 2-CD anthology
Merle Haggard "The Essential Merle Haggard: The Epic Years" (Sony-BMG/Epic Legacy, 2004)
Merle Haggard "Hag: The Best Of Merle Haggard" (Capitol, 2006)
Hick Music Index
Top photo credit: Norman Seeff, courtesy of Compendia Media.
