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| Artist : Randy Travis |
| Album : Anniversary Collection |
| Label : Warner Bros |
| Year : 2011 |
| Genre : Country |
| Rip date : Jun-10-2011 |
| Store date : Jun-07-2011 |
| Size : 108,6 MB |
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| 01 - Everything And All feat. Brad Paisley 03:18 |
| 02 - A Few Ole Country Boys feat. Jamey 03:43 |
| Johnson |
| 03 - Forever And Ever, Amen feat. Zac Brown 03:41 |
| Band |
| 04 - He Walked On Water feat. Kenny Chesney 03:30 |
| 05 - T.I.M.E. feat. Josh Turner 03:24 |
| 06 - Love Looks Good On You feat. Kristin 04:02 |
| Chenoweth |
| 07 - Better Class Of Losers Medley feat. Alan 03:09 |
| Jackson |
| 08 - More Life feat. Don Henley 04:31 |
| 09 - Can't Hurt A Man feat. Tim McGraw 02:46 |
| 10 - Promises feat. Shelby Lynne 03:45 |
| 11 - Is It Still Over feat. Carrie Underwood 03:27 |
| 12 - Road To Surrender feat. Kris 04:06 |
| Kristofferson And Willie Nelson |
| 13 - Diggin' Up Bones feat. John Anderson 03:34 |
| 14 - Someone You Never Knew feat. Eamonn 03:16 |
| McCrystal |
| 15 - Too Much feat. James Otto 03:56 |
| 16 - Didn't We Shine feat. George Jones, 04:11 |
| Lorrie Morgan And Ray Price |
| 17 - Everything And All 03:18 |
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| 61:37 min |
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| Like the Beatles in rock, Randy Travis marks a generational shift in |
| country music. When his Storms of Life came out in 1986, country music |
| was still wallowing in the post-urban cowboy recession, chasing elusive |
| crossover dreams. Travis brought the music back to its basics, sounding |
| like nothing so much as a perfect blend of George Jones and Merle |
| Haggard. He became the dominant male voice in country until the rise of |
| "hat acts" like Garth Brooks and Clint Black, releasing seven |
| consecutive number one singles during one stretch. He won the CMA's |
| Horizon Award in 1986 and was the association's Male Vocalist of the |
| Year in 1987 and 1988. |
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| Travis (born Randy Bruce Traywick in 1959) was born and raised in North |
| Carolina, in a small town outside of Charlotte. His father encouraged |
| his children to pursue their musical inclinations, as he was a fan of |
| honky tonkers like Hank Williams, Jones, and Lefty Frizzell. Randy began |
| playing guitar at the age of eight, and within two years, he and his |
| brother Ricky formed a duo called the Traywick Brothers. The duo played |
| in local clubs and talent contests. Both of the brothers had a wild |
| streak, which resulted in Ricky going to jail after a car chase and |
| Randy running away to Charlotte at the age of 16. While he was in |
| Charlotte, he won a talent contest at Country City U.S.A., a bar owned |
| by Lib Hatcher. Hatcher was impressed by Travis and offered him a |
| regular gig at her bar, as well as a job as a cook. |
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| For several years, he sang and worked at Country City. He still had |
| trouble with the law in his late teens. At his last run-in with the |
| police, the judge told him if he saw Travis again he should be prepared |
| to go to jail for a long time. Travis was released into the care of |
| Hatcher. In a short time, Hatcher became Travis' manager, and the pair |
| began to concentrate on his career. Joe Stampley helped Travis land a |
| contract with Paula Records in 1978. The following year, Travis released |
| two singles under his given name; one of them, "She's My Woman," scraped |
| the bottom of the country charts. In 1982, Travis and Hatcher moved to |
| Nashville, where she managed the Nashville Palace nightclub while he |
| sang and cooked. Within a couple of years, the pair independently |
| released his debut album under the name Randy Ray; the record was called |
| Randy Ray Live and sold primarily in the Nashville Palace. |
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| Thanks to Hatcher's persistent efforts and the Randy Ray Live album, |
| Warner Bros. signed Travis in 1985 and suggested that he change his |
| performing name to Randy Travis. "On the Other Hand," his first single |
| for the label, was released in the summer of that year and climbed to |
| number 67. Despite its lackluster performance, radio programmers were |
| enthusiastic for Travis, as evidenced by the number six placing of |
| "1982," which was released late in the year. "1982" was followed by a |
| re-release of "On the Other Hand" in the spring of 1986. This time, the |
| song hit number one. |
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| Storms of Life, Travis' full-fledged debut album, was released in the |
| summer of 1986 and became a huge success, eventually selling over three |
| million copies. Travis was the first country artist to go multi- |
| platinum; before his success, most country artists had difficulty |
| achieving gold status. With his mass appeal, he set the stage for |
| country music's crossover success in the early '90s. However, Travis |
| dominated the late '80s. The last two singles from Storms of Life, |
| "Diggin' Up Bones" and "No Place Like Home," hit number one and two, |
| respectively. "Forever and Ever, Amen" -- the first single from his |
| second album, 1987's Always & Forever -- began a streak of seven |
| straight number one singles that ran through 1989. Always & Forever was |
| more successful than his debut, reaching number 19 on the pop charts and |
| going quadruple platinum; it also earned him the CMA's award for Male |
| Vocalist of the Year. Old 8x10 (1988) and No Holdin' Back (1989) weren't |
| quite as successful as their predecessors, but they still spawned number |
| one singles and both went platinum. |
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| Travis was still at the top of his form in the beginning of the '90s, |
| starting the decade with his biggest hit, "Hard Rock Bottom of Your |
| Heart." However, his hold at the top of the charts began to slip after |
| Clint Black and, in particular, Garth Brooks. Nevertheless, Travis never |
| fell away completely -- his albums continued to gold and he usually |
| could crack the Top Ten. Wind in the Wire, a soundtrack to his |
| television special released in 1992, marked his first unsuccessful album |
| -- none of the singles broke the Top 40. This Is Me, released in 1994, |
| was a successful comeback to the top of the charts, featuring "Whisper |
| My Name," his first number one hit in two years. In August 1996, Travis |
| released Full Circle, his last album for Warner Bros.. He left the label |
| in 1997, signing with the fledgling "super" label DreamWorks. His first |
| album for the label, You and You Alone, was released in the spring of |
| 1998; Man Ain't Made of Stone followed a year later. |
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| Traveling the familiar country route, he released an album of |
| traditional and contemporary religious songs, Inspirational Journey, |
| which hit the stores in late 2000. The album went on to win two awards |
| at the Gospel Music Association's 32nd Annual Dove Awards in 2001; |
| Inspirational Journey took home honors for Country/Bluegrass Album of |
| the Year and Country Recorded Song of the Year for "Baptism." Selected |
| songs from the album also made their way into the two-part finale for |
| Touched by an Angel, which featured Travis in character. Two years |
| later, Travis continued with his gospel fare with the release of Rise |
| and Shine, followed by the similarly reverent Worship & Faith, Passing |
| Through, and Glory Train. Around the Bend appeared in 2008. In 2011, he |
| released Anniversary Celebration, which featured Travis performing duets |
| with Kenny Chesney, Tim McGraw, Don Henley, Alan Jackson, George Jones, |
| Willie Nelson, Carrie Underwood, and others, to celebrate the 25th |
| anniversary of his recording career. |
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