VA - 40!!! Years Bear Family Records (2015)

Bear Family celebrates its 40th year in the business Bear Family boxed sets continue to set the standard for reissues, worldwide Exclusive limited anniversary offer for our friends at a very special price Musicians and songwriters join to pay tribute to Bear Family Original recordings – not available anywhere else Bear Family Records came into being in the late summer of 1975. We want to celebrate the company's 40th anniversary with a very special release. These original recordings 72 in all are available exclusively on this LP-sized Bear Family boxed set. Especially interesting are the songs that deal not just with any old bear, but with our own Bear Family label – Ry Cooder: I Wanna Be On Bear Family When I Die, Jim Diamond: Bear Family - Deke Dickerson: Bear Family Talking Blues - Roland Heinrich: Sixteen Discs, and Kim Lenz: What In the accompanying 308-page LP-sized publication, you will read comments and remarks of internationally recognized music critics, experts and authors on Bear Family. We have re-printed all song lyrics, and of course there is a picture of every performing artist.

Track List:

CD1-1 Bela B. & Peta Devlin Feat. Smokestack Lightnin' Bärenjagd
CD1-2 Hawkins Hawaii Trio - Alabama Bear Chase (Instrumental)
CD1-3 Johnny Trouble - Die Geschichte Von Bruno Dem Bär
CD1-4 Ian Whitcomb & His Orchestra - Autumn Bears (Instrumental)
CD1-5 Sabrina Ascacibar - So Etwas Wie Freude
CD1-6 Richard Bennett - Forbearance (Instrumental)
CD1-7 hotel ex - Mit Bären Gehen
CD1-8 Los Daytonas - The Bear And The Arbutus (Instrumental)
CD1-9 Gunter Gabriel - Richard Weize's Bear Family Blues
CD1-10 Riders In The Sky - Bear Creek Hop (Instrumental)
CD1-11 Roland Heinrich - Irgendwo Im Teufelsmoor
CD1-12 The Winnie Winston Trio - Bears On Parade (Instrumental)
CD1-13 Jay Sherman-Godfrey - Teddy Bear's Luau (Instrumental)
CD1-14 Hermann Lammers Meyer - Bernie Der Braune Kuschelbär
CD1-15 The Crystalairs - Die Bärenkinder Vom Old Tucker Valley
CD1-16 The See See - Lonesome Johnny Bear (Instrumental)
CD1-17 Götz Alsmann - Kleiner Bär Von Berlin
CD1-18 The Maharajas - Bear-Files (Instrumental)
CD1-19 Johnny Tillotson - Wooden Soldiers
CD1-20 Chip Taylor - Barely Nothing
CD1-21 Bob Woodruff - What Is Heaven
CD1-22 Jerry K. Green - Tripod The Three Legged Bear
CD1-23 Bäddat För Trubbel - Björn
CD1-24 Bäddat För Trubbel - Blanda Dig En Björn

CD2-1 Ry Cooder - Bear Familiy Song
CD2-2 Tom House - Will Bare My All
CD2-3 Chip Taylor - She Barely Said Hello
CD2-4 Mark Brine - The Miss-Adventures Of Pete 'n Stinky #1
CD2-5 Ray Campi - Bareback Ridin' Cowboy
CD2-6 Dick Damron - The Famous Bear
CD2-7 Hank Davis - The Bear Song
CD2-8 Narvel Felts - Loaded For Bear
CD2-9 Mona McCall - I Love Charlie Brown (I Love Lucy Brown)
CD2-10 Yana Hoffman & Hank Davis - Look Up My Cage
CD2-11 The Stardust Ramblers - Barely Any Memory
CD2-12 The Dan Montgomery 3 - More Than I Could Bear
CD2-13 My Darling Clementine - Yours Is The Cross That I Still Bear
CD2-14 Tracy K. Houston With Carl Mann & Rayburn Anthony - Smokey Bear
CD2-15 Deke Dickerson - I've Got To Have It All (Bear Family Gospel Quartet)
CD2-16 John Howie & The Rosewood Bluff - I Can't Bear To See You Go
CD2-17 Trailerpark Idlers - Beer, Bourbon & The Song Of Bobby Bare
CD2-18 The Shambles - Wouldn't You Like To Be A Bear?
CD2-19 Chip Taylor - Totally Bare (All Dressed Up In Nothing)
CD2-20 Tracey K. Houston - Barely Hangin' On
CD2-21 Cry - Don't Let 'Em Grin You Down
CD2-22 Jittery Jack - Bare My Heart
CD2-23 Jono Manson - The Unbearable Longness Of Boring
CD2-24 Frankie Miller - Frankie's Bear Song

CD3-1 Chuck Mead - Big Bear In The Sky
CD3-2 Marcel Riesco With The Round Up Boys - Bear It In Your Heart
CD3-3 Rip Masters - Bear Naked Woman
CD3-4 Lynette & The Longshots - Barely Here
CD3-5 Briana Kidwell - I Wanna Visit My Bear Family
CD3-6 Carl Casino & The Aces - Polar Bear Rock 'N' Roll
CD3-7 Hurley & The Blue Dots - Boogie Woogie Bear
CD3-8 Pete Jamestone & Amanda Louisiana - Bared My Soul For Rock And Roll
CD3-9 Lynette & The Longshots - Grin And Bear It
CD3-10 Lesley Schatz & Mike Dunbar - Bear Cat
CD3-11 Paul Würges - Teddy Bear
CD3-12 Gino & The Lone Gunmen - The Bear
CD3-13 Kevin Fennell - I Play Bear Family Music
CD3-14 John Paul Keith - The Bear
CD3-15 Swamp Dogg With Canned Heat - Did You Ever See A Bear Do The Boogie
CD3-16 Velvetone - Fourty Bears
CD3-17 The Hijackers - Silver, Bear And Dung
CD3-18 Banana Seats - Don't Be Afraid Of The Bear
CD3-19 Arvidson - (I'll) Bear It In Mind
CD3-20 The Fuzztones - Be A Caveman
CD3-21 Bror Gunnar Jansson - Moan Snake Moan - Pt.III - Bearsnake
CD3-22 The Kennedys - Johnny Bear
CD3-23 John Sieger & Phil Lee - Mr. Dancin' Bear
CD3-24 Pat Todd & The Rankoutsiders - Somedays You Eat The Bear - Somedays The Bear Eats You
DVD-1 Various - 35 Jahre Bear Family (2010)
DVD-2 Various - Café VH-1 Präsentiert: Bear Family Records (1996)