FEATURING CLASSIC HITS AND
NEW TRACK WITH FRIEND DOLLY PARTON
For the First Time Seven of Anderson’s Albums are Available Digitally Now
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – Country Music Hall of Famer Bill Anderson will release a new album of some of the famed singer/songwriter’s hits, As Far As I Can See: The Best Of, on June 10. Preorder HERE. The collection of sixteen songs shares its name with the current exhibition at the Country Music Hall of Fame, Bill Anderson: As Far As I Can See, and comes from the opening line of one of the first songs he ever wrote, “City Lights,” the country classic that was a hit for Ray Price in 1958 In addition to such beloved songs as “City Lights,” “Still,” Po’ Folks,” The Tip Of My Fingers,” and “Sometimes,” the album features a new song with country icon Dolly Parton, “Someday It’ll All Make Sense.” The newly recorded duet is joined by Anderson and Parton’s first-ever collaboration, an incredibly rare demo of “If It Is All The Same To You,” recorded in 1964 and eventually released as a duet with Jan Howard on Anderson’s chart-topping 1969 album of the same name. As Far As I Can See: The Best Of, is being released by MCA Nashville/UMe, which has been Anderson’s label home for most of his seven-decade long career. The new project is being released in conjunction with the first-time digital release of seven of Anderson’s albums from the 1960s, available HERE.
“Needless to say I am thrilled over my new association with UMG. Not only do they have 23 years’ worth of my back catalog ready to introduce to the digital world, but I am reuniting with Dolly Parton on this project,” says Anderson. “Dolly sang some demos for me (and with me) back in the early sixties when she was new in town. One was a duet called, ‘If It’s All The Same To You,’ which had gone missing for years. UMG has recovered it and included it along with my and Dolly’s new duet in this package. That’s called connecting the dots across more than fifty years. How cool is that?”
AS FAR AS I CAN SEE: THE BEST OF TRACKLISTING:
1. “City Lights” (1961)
2. “Walk Out Backwards” (1961)
3. “Three AM” (1964)
4. “Still” (1963)
5. “The Tip of My Fingers” (1961)
6. “I Love You Drops” (1964)
7. “I Get The Fever” (1966)
8. “Po’ Folks” (1961)
9. “Wild Week-End” (1967)
10. “Happy State Of Mind” (1968)
11. “My Life (Throw It Away If I Want To)” (1969)
12. “Sometimes” featuring Mary Lou Turner (1975)
13. “If You Can Live With It (I Can Live Without It) (1972)
14. “The Corner Of My Life” (1973)
15. If It Is All The Same To You” (circa 1964)
16. “Someday It’ll All Make Sense” featuring Dolly Parton (2022)
BILL ANDERSON’S ALBUMS AVAILABLE DIGITALLY NOW HERE.
Sings Country Heart Songs (1962)
Still (1963)
Bill Anderson Sings (1964)
Bill Anderson Showcase (1964)
Bright Lights And Country Music (1965)
I Love You Drops (1966)
Get While The Getting’s Good (1967)
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