Yoakam’s first three albums are packaged with a disc of rarities

This Record Store Day, Rhino is offering a limited edition box set from country music legend Dwight Yoakam, titled The Beginning And Then Some: The Albums Of The ’80s. In addition to the prolific singer, songwriter and accomplished musician’s debut album Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc., his sophomore album Hillbilly Deluxe, and Buenas Noches From the Lonely Room, the set also includes 13 rarities and demos from the decade, hand-selected by the artist. Four CD and LP sets will be available on Saturday, April 20th at independent record stores globally.

Amidst an undeniable country music resurgence, this release will offer listeners the opportunity to dive into the definitive early works of Yoakam when he first hit the scene and brought country back to its roots in the 1980s. Combining rockabilly, honky-tonk, and the classic Bakersfield sound, these records have influenced generations of artists like Chris Stapleton, Eric Church, Tyler Childers, and many more – and now, all of these modern-day classics will be compiled into one deluxe, limited edition release for fans both old and new to enjoy.

Five thousand CD sets will be available with 3500 LP packages.

CD 1: Guitars, Cadillacs, Etc., Etc.

  1. Honky Tonk Man
  2. It Won’t Hurt
  3. I’ll Be Gone
  4. South of Cincinnati
  5. Bury Me (duet with Maria McKee)
  6. Guitars, Cadillacs
  7. Twenty Years
  8. Ring of Fire
  9. Miner’s Prayer
  10. Heartaches By the Number

CD 2: Hillbilly Deluxe

  1. Little Ways
  2. Smoke Along the Track
  3. Johnson’s Love
  4. Please, Please Baby
  5. Readin’, Rightin’ Rt. 23
  6. I Always Late With Your Kisses
  7. 1,000 Miles
  8. Throughout All Time
  9. Little Sister
  10. This Drinkin’ Will Kill Me

CD 3: Buenas Noches From A Lonely Room

  1. I Got You
  2. One More Name
  3. What I Don’t Know
  4. Home of the Blues
  5. Buenas Noches From a Lonely Room (She Wore Red Dresses)
  6. I Hear You Knockin’
  7. I Sang Dixie
  8. Streets of Bakersfield
  9. Floyd County
  10. Send Me the Pillow
  11. Hold on to God

CD 4: Etc., So Forth & So On

  1. This Drinkin’ Will Kill Me (1981 Demo)
  2. It Won’t Hurt (1981 Demo)
  3. I’ll Be Gone (1981 Demo)
  4. Floyd County (1981 Demo)
  5. You’re the One (1981 Demo)
  6. Twenty Years (1981 Demo)
  7. Please Daddy (1981 Demo)
  8. Miner’s Prayer (1981 Demo)
  9. I Sang Dixie (1981 Demo)
  10. Bury Me (1981 Demo)
  11. Long White Cadillac
  12. Sin City with KD Lang
  13. Christmas Eve with the Babylonian Cowboys