Los Super Seven

There are a lot of great things about having a large digital music library, particularly the ease of creating playlists and not having to keep finding additional space for one's CD and vinyl purchases.  However, one of the drawbacks is that you can easily forget about beloved albums in ways that were more difficult when you were perusing your physical collection to see what you wanted to play.  I think it had been a good ten years since I listened to Los Super Seven, the Latin "supergroup" from the late 1990's and early 2000's.  I can't remember what led to my re-discovery, but I was surprised how good it was and also kinda shocked that it was out of print.  Their other two albums, Canto and I Heard it on X, are still in print and available to stream, but the debut album is, imho, their best and needs to be heard (and more often than every ten years. :)

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El Canoero

Piensa en Mi

Mi Ranchito

Un Beso Al Viento

La Sirena

Un Lunes Por la Manana

Plane Wreck At Los Gatos (Deportee)

La Morena

Margarita

La Madrugada

El Ausente

Rio de Tenampa

Las Nortenitas

The Nashville Legends Series: Connie Smith, Dolly Parton, Loretta Lynn, and Tammy Wynette

I can't remember exactly when or why I decided to put together this compilation, but there is a good chance that I started it after watching "George and Tammy", the great mini-series about George Jones and Tammy Wynette.  Even though I thought Michael Shannon was a little miscast as Jones (mostly because he just really doesn't look like him at all) and Jessica Chastain (Tammy) and Michael Shannon's (George) vocals could never match the originals, it's still one of 2-3 best music biopics I've ever seen.  And Chastain definitely deserved all the acclaim she got for he performance.  It also sent me on a Tammy Wynette listening jag, including her album with Dolly Parton and Loretta Lynn.  I'm also not sure why or when I decided to include Connie Smith, other than she's an unfairly overlooked country star from the 1960s.  

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Disc 1
I Never Once Stopped Loving You	Connie Smith
Apartment #9	Tammy Wynette
Our Hearts Are Holding Hands	Ernest Tubb & Loretta Lynn
Daddy Was an Old Time Preacher Man	Porter Wagoner & Dolly Parton
Dr. Robert F. Thomas	Dolly Parton
Gentle On My Mind	Tammy Wynette
Alone with You	Loretta Lynn
Wait for the Light to Shine	Connie Smith
Games People Play	Dolly Parton
Ain't Had No Lovin'	Connie Smith
Everybody Wants To Go To Heaven	Loretta Lynn
You've Just Stepped In (From Stepping Out On Me)	Loretta Lynn
I'll Come Running	Connie Smith
It's My Time	Dolly Parton
Don't Make Me Go To School	Tammy Wynette
I'm So Used to Loving You	Connie Smith
Help Me Make It Through The Night	Tammy Wynette
Disc 2
Farther To Go	Loretta Lynn
Wouldn't I?	George Jones & Tammy Wynette
You Ain't Woman Enough	Connie Smith
I'm Gonna Sleep With One Eye Open	Dolly Parton
Mule Skinner Blues (Blue Yodel No. 8)	Dolly Parton
Your Squaw Is On The Warpath	Loretta Lynn
Louisiana Man	Connie Smith
Good Lovin' (Makes It Right)	Tammy Wynette
When Love Is New	Dolly Parton & Emmy Rossum
Lonesome 7-7203	Loretta Lynn
Today I Started Loving You Again	Connie Smith
Jackson Ain't a Very Big Town	Tammy Wynette
'Til I Can Make It on My Own	Tammy Wynette
Touch Your Woman	Dolly Parton
After the Fire Is Gone	Loretta Lynn & Conway Twitty
A Million and One	Connie Smith
I Dreamed Of A Hillbilly Heaven	Dolly Parton, Tammy Wynette & Loretta Lynn