Songs -- Writing

Abstract From the Series: Series I, “Lyrics for Released Albums,” is divided chronologically into sub-series by album, one for each of his studio albums (and one live album) released between 1989 and 2021: Too Long in the Wasteland, Candyland, Where’d You Hide the Body, It Had to Happen, Walk Between the Raindrops, Saint Mary of the Woods, Live in Aught-Three, Childish Things, Just Us Kids, Complicated Game, and The Horses and the Hounds. Within each album sub-series, the lyrics — mostly hand-written on loose notepad...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection consists of archival material relating to the musical career and life of songwriter, country music singer and Country Music Hall of Fame inductee, Cindy Walker (1918-2006). The majority of this collections consists of the music and lyrics written by Cindy Walker, agreement contracts, copyright renewals, and photos of Cindy Walker. This collection also includes newspaper articles, programs, invitations to award ceremonies, and books of various music sheets and songs. Also...

Abstract From the Series: Series I, “Lyrics for Released Albums,” is divided chronologically into sub-series by album, one for each of his studio albums (and one live album) released between 1989 and 2021: Too Long in the Wasteland, Candyland, Where’d You Hide the Body, It Had to Happen, Walk Between the Raindrops, Saint Mary of the Woods, Live in Aught-Three, Childish Things, Just Us Kids, Complicated Game, and The Horses and the Hounds. Within each album sub-series, the lyrics — mostly hand-written on loose notepad...

Contents Iincludes hard shell cases containing 1/2 inch audio master tape; track info for each reel (labeled by number and “James McMurtry”) is listed on the outer case. There are also two loose notebook pages with handwritten “playlists” from the reels and a shorthand list of what instrument is on each of the multi-tracks, and a 4-page printed tape log lists contents (for box 6 and 7), though several of the reels listed are not in our archives. These are the MISSING REELS not in...

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1) Not From Here, 2) Not From Here (Vox up .5), 3) Not From Here (Vocal up 1), 4) Not From Here (Vocal up 1.5)

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1) 60 Acres, 2) 60 Acres up .5, 3) 60 Acres Up 1 (CD)

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1) Wasteland - Remix, 2) Wasteland 2 - Remix (CD)

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1) Rachel, 2) Rachel 2 (CD)

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1) Levelland 3, 2) Cheyenne, 3) Cheyenne 2 (CD)

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1) For All I Know, 2) For All I Know up .5, 3) For All I Know up 1 (CD)

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1) Choctaw Bingo, 2) Choctaw Up .5, 3) Choctaw Up 1 (CD)

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Data Mix: 1) Out Here - Remix, 2) Out Here – Remix Voc Up, 3) Red Dress - Remix, 4) Red Dress - Remix Voc Up (CD)

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1) Levelland, 2) Levelland 3, 3) Levelland 2 (CD)

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Data: 1) Rex’ Blues, 2) Rex Blues 2 (CD)

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Data: 1) Buffalo, 2) St. Marys, 3) St. Marys (CD)

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1) St. Mary’s, 2) St. Mary’s Up .5, 3) St. Mary’s Up 1, 4) Rex’s Blues, 5) Rex’s Blues Up .5 (CD)

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1) Redress - Remix, 2) Redress 2 - Remix (CD)

Abstract From the Series: Series I, “Lyrics for Released Albums,” is divided chronologically into sub-series by album, one for each of his studio albums (and one live album) released between 1989 and 2021: Too Long in the Wasteland, Candyland, Where’d You Hide the Body, It Had to Happen, Walk Between the Raindrops, Saint Mary of the Woods, Live in Aught-Three, Childish Things, Just Us Kids, Complicated Game, and The Horses and the Hounds. Within each album sub-series, the lyrics — mostly hand-written on loose notepad...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: This collection consists of archival material relating to the musical career and life of songwriter, country music singer and Country Music Hall of Fame inductee, Cindy Walker (1918-2006). The majority of this collections consists of the music and lyrics written by Cindy Walker, agreement contracts, copyright renewals, and photos of Cindy Walker. This collection also includes newspaper articles, programs, invitations to award ceremonies, and books of various music sheets and songs. Also...

Scope and Contents From the Collection: The archives of Texas singer-songwriter James McMurtry include a career-spanning (from 1984 up to and including his 2021 album, The Horses and the Hounds) collection of personal papers and original song lyrics, press clippings, photographs, master audio recordings, and video cassettes. The collection is divided into nine series, with Series I-VIII comprising all of the papers, notepads and photographs (and some small personal items) and Series IX all of the audio and video recordings. ...