The Nashville label was a Starday subsidiary. At first (1964-65), it tended to have the bluegrass and
gospel artists, but by 1966 drifted into being a clone of Starday itself, with the artists appearing on both
labels.
The Nashville label was orange with black printing, with the Nashville logo on top. Early labels had a
logo consisting of box with "NASHVILLE" in block letters at the top, and "A PRODUCT OF STARDAY
RECORDS" around the bottom of the label. This soon gave way to the better known Nashville logo,
which was a black oval with a diagonal stripe with "NASHVILLE" in block letters, and five stars outside
the stripe within the oval. Writing around the bottom of the label changed later to "A PRODUCT OF
STARDAY RECORDING & PUB CO., INC., BOX 125, MADISON, TENNESSEE." After Starday bought
King in 1968, the legend under the logo read 'A PRODUCT OF STARDAY-KING, BOX 8188,
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE 37207", and these did not have any writing around the bottom of the label.
Many, if not all, issues were called "Special Collectors Editions," for reasons known only to the record
company.
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NASHVILLE ALBUM DISCOGRAPHY
Number - Title - Artist [Release Date] Contents
NLP-2001 - Bluegrass Special - Various Artists [1964] Lee Highway Ramble - Clark/Log
Cabin In the Lane - Eanes/Celebration - Eanes/Nobody But You - Jim & Jesse/Have You Lost Your Love
- Jim & Jesse/Be Kind To Mother - Story/Pal of Yesterday - Clifton/Are You Alone - Clifton/New Freedom
Bell - Country Gentlemen/Hey Little Girl - Country Gentlemen/Dreaming - Kentucky Travelers/Reno -
Harrell/In Heaven We'll never Grow Old - Stanley Brothers/Round Town Gals - Shenandoah Valley Boys
NLP-2002 - The Big 18 - Wayne Raney [1964] We Need a Lot More Jesus/Lilac
Bouquet/When Heaven Comes Down/Don't You Think It's Time/Why Don't You Heed His Call/Jesus
Has Saved My Soul/Going Down the Valley/Over the Rolling Sea/He is Both God & Man/The Family
Circle/The Garden Where Mother Prayed/Wayward Drunkard/I Want to Know/I'll be Listening/Where the
Soul of Man Never Dies/I Need the Prayers
NLP-2003 - Old Time Religion - Various Artists [1964] That Old Time Religion -
Story/Shout & Shine - Story/Over Yonder By the Sea - Lewis Family/Sunshine Land - Lewis Family/Lilac
Bouquet - Wayne Raney/We Need a Lot More Jesus - Wayne Raney/Destination In Glory - Jim &
Jesse/You Can't Love Jesus More Than Me - Jim & Jesse/Who Do You Think - Miller/When You Kneel
at Mother's Grave - Clifton/Crossroads - Moore/Gossip - Rev. Pierce/Doctor in the Sky - Acorn
Sisters/Where We'll Never Die - Stanley Brothers/On the Cross - Margie Singleton/I Saw the Angels in
Heaven - Williams & Ellis
NLP-2004 - Mountain Bluegrass Songs - Bill Clifton [1964] Walkin' In My Sleep/Mary
Dear/Little White Washed Chimney/Groundhog/Walk Up Susan/Livin' The Right Life/Blue Ridge
Mountain Blues/When Autumn Leaves/Begin to Fall/Dixie Mountain Express/Another Broken
Heart/Flower Blooming In the Wildwood/You Go to Your Church
NLP-2005 - Peace in the Valley - Various Artists [1964] Satisfied - The Lewis Family/Old
Gospel Ship - The Lewis Family/Lights In the Valley - The Lewis Family/Wait a Little Longer - The Lewis
Family/Please Jesus - The Lewis Family/Got to Cross the Jordan - The Lewis Family/He Knew Just
What to Do - The Lewis Family/Shout & Sing - Southland Trio/Insurance - Southland Trio/Angel Bond -
Story/Who Will Sing For Me - Story/A Beautiful City - Story/Paul & Silas - Story/Church Back Home -
Country Gentlemen
NLP-2006 - Country Express - Various Artists [1964] Orange Blossom Fiddle - Country
Gentlemen/Banjo Waltz - Country Gentlemen/Travelin' Dobro - Country Gentlemen/Swing Fiddle Rag -
Wimberley/Springfield Guitar Social - Wimberley/Thumbs Guitar Boogie - Wimberley/Dixie Hoedown -
Jim & Jesse/Border Ride - Jim & Jesse/Mandolin Tango - Busby/Snowflake Breakdown - Traugutt/Merry
Mountain Hoedown - Clark/Country Express - Raney/Station Break - Remington/Riddlin' Joe -
Jackson/Dixie Rambler - Clifton/Banjo on the Mountain - Stanley Brothers
NLP-2007 - Rambling Mountaineers - Carl Story [1964] Life Boat/I'll Be a Friend/This
Lonesome Road/Hide Me/The Circle Was Broken/I Heart My Mother Weeping/Gonna Take a Trip/Shout
& Shine/Set Your House In Order/Old Country Baptizing/My Lord's Gonna Lead Me Out/Don't You Love
Your Daddy Too
NLP-2008 - Country Music Sing Along - Sunshine Boys [1964] Reissue of Starday SLP-
166. Y'All Come/Comin' 'Round the Mountain/Red River Valley/Down In the Valley/Old Grey Mare/Little
Brown Jug/River of Memories/In the Shade of the Old Apple Tree/In the Good Old Summertime/Home
on the Range/Wings of a Dove/Goodnight Irene/Beautiful Brown Eyes/The Crawdad Song/Going Down
the Road/Let the Rest of the World Go By/There's a Long, Long trail/A-Winding/Golden Wedding
Day/Wait Till the Sun Shines Nellie/Till We Meet Again/I've Been Working on the Railroad
NLP-2009 - Nashville Saturday Night - Various Artists [1964] Reissue of Starday
SLP-128. Cope's Wildflower - Cowboy Copas/Sunny Tennessee - Cowboy Copas/Seasons of My Heart
- George Jones/Hobo - Martin/Nashville Waltz - Martin/Stringbean & Hes Banjo - Stringbean/Strictly
Nuthin' - Miller/Family Reunion - Carl Story/Love Has Made You Beautiful - Merle Kilgore/One Is a
Lonely Number - Red Sovine/Jody's Chimes - Cousin Jody/Eyes of Love - Margie Singleton/Get Along
Mulie - Lonzo & Oscar/Over Yonder By the Sea - Oak Ridge Quartet/The Fox Chase - Raney
NLP-2010 - America's No. 1 Quartet - Sunshine Boys [1964]I'm Going Home/Searching
For You/We Need a Lot More Jesus/From Got Alone/Ain't Got Long To Stay Here/Life's Evening Sun/A
Package of Love/My Prayer/Jesus Is His Name/Lead Me Home/Satisfied Mind/God Is Real
NLP-2011 - Banjo In the Hills - Various Artists [1964] Banjo Breakdown - York &
Hale/Don't Do It - York & Hale/Flowers From the Hillside - Clifton/Cedar Grove - Clifton/Little White
Washed Chimney - Clifton/Take Back the Heart - Clifton/Hard Hearted - Jim & Jesse/Gonna Paint the
Town - Stanley Brothers/That Happy Night - Stanley Brothers/Banjo In the Hills - Stanley Brothers/Blue
Sunday - Eanes/Road Walked By Fools - Eanes/Life's Evening Sun - Story/Old Time Religion -
Story/Orange Blossom Fiddle - Country Gentlemen/Old Kentucky Hills - Kentucky Travelers
NLP-2012 - The Stars and Hits of Country Music - Various Artists [1964] Alabam -
Cowboy Copas/Knoxville Girl - Hylo Brown/Color of the Blues - Red Sovine/Sally's Bangs - Willis
Brothers/Window Up Above - Donny Young/Old Bill Dollar - Jimmie Skinner//Family Man - June Stearns
& Gene Martin/Seasons of My Heart - Merle Kilgore/Orange Blossom Special - Leon McAuliff/One Is a
Lonely Number - George Jones/A Little South Of Memphis - Frankie Miller/Satisfied Mind - Blue Sky
Boys
NLP-2013 - The Late & Great Cowboy Copas - Cowboy Copas [1964] South Pacific
Shore/The Gypsy Girl/There'll Come a Time/A Satisfied Mind/Pickin' The Blues/Wings of the Great
Speckled Bird/You Are the One/Mon & Dad's Affair/Sal/Cope's Wildwood Flower/A Thousand Miles of
Ocean/Wherever He Leads I'll Go
NLP-2014 - Mountain Song Favorites - Stanley Brothers [1964]
NLP-2015 - Fiddlin' Country Style - Various Artists [1964] Round Town Gals - Eanes &
Russell/Daisies - Hill With String Band/Fiddler's Love - Hill With String Band/Fiddler's Prayer - Hill With
String Band/Twin Fiddle Waltz - Hill With String Band/Drag That Fiddle - Choates/Sparta Waltz -
Martin/Mocking Bird Special - Cox/Snowflake - Traugott/Swing Fiddle Rag - Wimberly/Ramblers Ride -
Clark & Anthony/Bluegrass Swing - Clark & Anthony/Chubby's Run - Clark & Anthony/Dine-E-O - Eanes
& Shelton/Orange Blossom Fiddle - Country Gentlemen/Fiddlin' Joe - Jackson
NLP-2016 - Singing Time Down South - Lewis Family [1964]Dwelling In Beulah Land/At
the End of My Journey/He'' Got The Whole World In His Hands/Carry On/Hide You In the Blood/You
Can'' Go Wrong & Get By/Help Me Understand/To Get My Reward/I Shall Not Be Moved/A Beautiful
City/I'm Not Alone/I Do Believe/Wait A Little Longer/Please Jesus/Just One Rose
NLP-2017 - Nashville Steel Guitar - Various Artists [1965]
NLP-2018 - Bluegrass in the American Tradition - Bill Clifton [1965]
NLP-2019 - Big Train Express - Various Artists [1965] Artists: Moon Mullican, Stanley
Brothers, Benny Martin, Curly Fox, Lonesome Pine Fiddlers, Country Gentlemen, Wayne Raney, Bill
Clifton, Howard Vokes and others.
NLP-2020 - Kentucky Bluegrass - Lonesome Pine Fiddlers [1965]
NLP-2021 - Country Guitar - Various Artists [1965] "14 instrumentals by America's
foremost guitar stylists." Artists include: Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith, Tommy Hill, Jimmy Capps, Billy
Byrd, Thumbs Carlisle, Hardrock Gunter, and others.
NLP-2022 - Swingin' Sound of Modern Music - Tommy Hill [1965]
NLP-2023 - Country Comedy - Lonnie "Pap" Wilson [1965]
NLP-2024 - Everybody Will Be Happ - Carl Story [1965]
NLP-2025 - Bluegrass Goes to College - Hylo Brown [1965]
NLP-2026 - Steel Guitar & Dobro Sounds - Shot Jackson With Emmons [1965]
NLP-2027 -
NLP-2028 - Country Music's Greatest Stars - Various Artists [1966] That's The Way I
Feel - George Jones/I'd Be Lying - Dottie West/Where Do I Go From Here - Dave Dudley/Let It Be Me -
Johnny Bond/Mumblin' To Myself - Roy Drusky/Color Of The Blues - Pete Drake & His Talking Steel
Guitar//When I Come Driving Through - Willis Brothers/Down On The Corner Of Love - Buck Owens/I'm
Not Mixed Up Anymore - Charlie Walker/My Pillow - Roger Miller/Country Comedy - Archie
Campbell/Look On The Good Side - Jimmy Dean
NLP-2029 - Country Girl, Sing Me a Song! - Various Artists [1966]
NLP-2030 - Everyday I Have the Blues - Various Artists [1966]
NLP-2031 - Stars of the Grand Old Opry - Various Artists [1966]
NLP-2032 - Four Kings of Music - Various Artists [1966]
NLP-2033 - Giddy-Up Go - Red Sovine [1966] Giddy-Up Go/One Is A Lonely
Number/Invitation To The Blues/She Can't Read My Writing/Hold Everything/No Money In This
Deal/Long
Time To Forget/Trucker's Ramble/others
NLP-2034 - Truck Drivin' Man - Various Artists [1966]
NLP-2035 - Why Baby Why - George Jones [1966]
NLP-2036 - Alabam - Cowboy Copas [1966]
NLP-2037 - Carter & Ralph - Stanley Borthers [1966]
NLP-2038 - You Can't Be True Dear - Bob Kames [1966]
NLP-2039 - Sick, Sober & Sorry - Johnny Bond [1967]
NLP-2040 - Travelin' & Truck Driver Hits - Willis Brothers [1967]
NLP-2041 - I Fall to Pieces - Dottie West [1967]
NLP-2042 - Tennessee Waltz & Slowpoke - Pee Wee King & Redd Stewart [1967]
NLP-2043 - Lookin' Fer a Feller - Minnie Pearl [1967] "Live - Direct from Nashville."
Gossip From Grinder's Switch/The Tunnel Of Love/The Party Kissing Game/The Wedding/California
Girls/Song: My Feller//How To Catch A Man/The Handsome Man From Nashville/Hawaii With
Elvis/others
NLP-2044 - Dear John Letter - Red Sovine [1967]
NLP-2045 - The Lewis Family Takes You to a Gospel Sing-Out - Lewis Family [1967]
At about this point, albums began being issued in "compatible stereo" only.
NLP-2046 - Amazing Roger Miller - Roger Miller [1967]
NLP-2047 - There Stands the Glass - Red Sovine, Willis Brothers and Others [1967]
NLP-2048 - Top 10 - Various Artists [1967]
NLP-2049 - Back Street Affair - Various Artists [1967] "The Big Country Hits of Unfaithful
Love and Honky Tonk Romance." Artists: George Jones, Buck Owens, Red Sovine, Bobby Sykes, and
the Willis Brothers.
NLP-2050 - Signed, Sealed & Delivered - Cowboy Copas [1967]
NLP-2051 - Swingin' Instrumental Hits From Nashville - Various Artists [1967]
NLP-2052 - Truck Stop - Various Artists [1968] Artists: George Morgan, Willis Brothers,
Johnny Bond, Red Sovine, others. Songs: Sleeper Cab Blues/Pinball Machines/Big Rig Guitar/Man
Behind The Wheel/Hitch Hiking Girl/Wheels A Turning/others
NLP-2053 - Y'All Come/Satisfied Mind - Willis Brothers [1968] Private Lee From
Tennessee/Waltzing With Sin/Gonna Buy Me A Jukebox/Pretty Diamonds/Nobody's Business/Who's
Next On Your List/Good Girl Bad/Diesel Smoke On Danger Road/Y'All Come/A Satisfied Mind
NLP-2054 - 3 Sheets In the Wind - Johnny Bond [1968]
NLP-2055 - Steel Guitar Hall of Fame - Various Artists [1968]
NLP-2056 - Anytime - Red Sovine [1968]
NLP-2057 - 5 Queens of Music - Various Artists [1968]
NLP-2058 - The Country Side of Bonnie & Clyde - Various Artists [1969] Artists: Flatt &
Scruggs, Stoneman Family, Stanley Brothers, Jim & Jesse, Joe Maphis, Cowboy Copas, and Curley
Fox. Songs: Foggy Mountain Breakdown/Orange Blossom Special/Little Maggie/Fire On The
Strings/Clyde's Getaway/Border Ride/A Picture From Life/Other Side/Shotgun Guitar/The Model T And
The Train Race/Lonesome Jailhouse Blues
NLP-2059 - Folsom Prison Blues - Johnny Cash, Flatt and Scruggs [1969]
NLP-2060 - Guitar Boogie - Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith [1969]
NLP-2061 - Misty Blue - George Morgan [1969]
NLP-2062 - Gospel Singing Sensations From Dixie - Lewis Family [1969]
NLP-2063 - Stonemans! - Stonemans [1969]
NLP-2064 - Many Talents of Archie Campbell - Archie Campbell [1969]
NLP-2065 - Greatest Hits: Six Days on the Road - Dave Dudley [1969] Six Days On The
Road/Cowboy Boots/Taxicab Driver/Last Day In The Mines/others
NLP-2066 - Truck & Country - Various Artists [1969]
NLP-2067 - I'll Still Write Your Name In the Sand - Flatt & Scruggs, Jim & Jesse, Stanley
Brothers, Mac Wiseman [1969]
NLP-2068 - Release Me - Dolly Parton, Dottie West, Jan Howard, June Stearns [1969]
NLP-2069 - Mountain Dew - George Jones [1969]
NLP-2070 - Everlasting Hits - Hawkshaw Hawkins [1969]
NLP-2071 - Emotions - Reno & Smiley [1969]
NLP-2072 - Best of Homer & Jethro - Homer & Jethro [1969]
NLP-2073 - Peace in the Valley - Sunshine Boys [1969?]
NLP-2074 - Heartaches By the Number - Guy Mitchell [1970]
NLP-2075 - Truck Drivers Queen - Various Artists [1970]
NLP-2076 - Seasons of My Heart - George Jones [1970]
NLP-2077 - Filipino Baby - Cowboy Copas [1970]
NLP-2078 - Sweeter Than the Flowers - Stanley Brothers [1970
NLP-2079 - Gee From Haw - Various Artists [1970]
NLP-2080 - I'll Sail My Ship Alone - Moon Mullican [1970]
NLP-2081 - Honky Tonk Angels - Various Artists [1970]
NLP-2082 - Greatest Hits - Leroy Van Dyke [1970]
NLP-2083 - Ruby Don't Take Your Love to Town - Red Sovine [1970]
NLP-2084 - Haul Off & Love Me - Various Artists [1970] Three Sheets In The Wind -
Johnny Bond (S)/Too Hot To Handle - Frankie Miller (S)/Bloodshot Eyes - Hank Penny (E)/Weekend
Willie - Willis Brothers (S)/Why Don't You Haul Off And Love Me - Wayne Raney (E)//Little Old Wine
Drinker Me - Johnny Bond (S)/Women Do Funny Things To Me - Larry Kingston (E)/Young Widow
Brown - Frankie Miller (S)/Here I Am Drunk Again - Lattie Moore (E)/Why Baby Why - George Jones (E)
NLP-2085 - 4 Kings of Country Music Volume 2 - Various Artists [1970]
NLP-2086 -
NLP-2087 - Foggy Mountain Breakdown - Flatt & Scruggs [1970]
NLP-2088 - Four Kings of Country Music, Volume 3 - Various Artists [1970]
NLP-2089 - Country Hit Parade - Various Artists [1970]
NLP-2090 -
NLP-2091 - Nashville Guitars - Joe maphis & Jackie Phelps [1970?]
NLP-2092 - You're the Reason - Joe South with Royal Nash [1971]
NLP-2093 - Color of the Blues - George Jones [1971]
NLP-2094 - Room Full of Roses - George Morgan [1971]
NLP-2095 - I Never See Maggie Alone - Kenny Roberts [1971]
NLP-2096 - Truck Stop Favorites - Various Artists [1971]
NLP-2097 - 15 Cents Is All I Got - Grandpa Jones [1971]
NLP-2098 - Swingin' Doors - Various Artists [1972]
NLP-2099 - Almost Persuaded - Parton/Howard/Ames/West/Wright [1972]
NLP-2100 - Hee Haw Corn Shucker - Stringbean [1971]
NLP-2101 - Country Dynamite From Nashville - Various Artists [1971]
NLP-2102 -
NLP-2103 - The Window Up Above - George Jones
NLP-2104 - Nashville Wives - Various Artists
NLP-2105 - Little Rosa - Red Sovine
NLP-2106 - Remember Me - T. Texas Tyler
NLP-2107 - Whole Lotta Shakin' - Various Artists [1973]
NLP-2108 - I Walk the Line - Johnny Cash [1973]
NLP-2109 - Harper Valley PTA - Various Artists [1973]
NLP-2110 -
NLP-2111 -
NLP-2112 - Rank Strangers - Stanley Brothers [1973]
NLP-2113 - Stars & Hits of Bluegrass - Various Artyists [1973]
NLP-2114 -
NLP-2115 - Dueling Banjos - Various Artists [1973]
Thanks to Jeff Porterfield.
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