These were 3-LP box sets with a booklet inside with liner notes and photos. Original covers showed a set of barroom swinging doors; later covers showed pictures of the artists. Apparently the entire series was pressed by Columbia Special Products.

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Swinging Doors Cover	Photo Cover	Number - Title - Artist - [Release Date] Contents
		TLCW-01 - Country & Western Classics - Hank Williams [1982] Disc 1: When God Comes And Gathers His Jewels/Move It On Over/I Saw The Light/Six More Miles (To The Graveyard)/Honky Tonkin'/My Sweet Love Ain't Around/Mansion On The Hill//I Heard My Mother Praying For Me/Lovesick Blues/Lost Highway/Mind Your Own Business/Wedding Bells/I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry/My Bucket's Got A Hole In It; Disc 2: Long Gone Lonesome Blues/Why Don't You Love Me/Why Should We Try Anymore/Beyond The Sunset/The Funeral/No No Joe/Cold Cold Heart//I Can't Help It (If I'm Still In Love With You)/Howlin' At The Moon/Hey Good Lookin'/The Pale Horse And His Rider/Pictures From Life's Other Side/Lonesome Whistle; Disc 3: Half As Much/Baby We're Really In Love/Honky Tonk Blues/Jambalaya (On The Bayou)/Settin' The Woods On Fire/I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive/You Win Again//Be Careful of Stones That You Throw/Your Cheatin' Heart/Kaw-Liga/Take These Chains From My Heart/My Main Trail Is Yet To Come/The Log Train
		TLCW-02 - Country & Western Classics: The Women - Various Artists [1982] Disc 1: Little Frankie - Roba Stanley/Daffy Over Taffy - Lulu Belle/I Wish I Was A Single Girl Again - Lulu Belle/Seven Years With The Wrong Man - Zora Layman/Single Girl, Married Girl - Sara Carter/I Want To Be A Cowboy's Sweetheart - Patsy Montana/I Only Want A Buddy, Not A Sweetheart - Patsy Montana//There's A Silver Moon On The Golden Gate - Girls Of The Golden West/Banjo Pickin' Girl - Coon Creek Girls/Give Me Roses While I Live - Coon Creek Girls/Arizona Yodeler - DeZurik Sisters/My Adobe Hacienda - Louise Massey & Westerners/Till The Longest Day I Live - Cindy Walker/Goodnight Soldier - Judy Canova; Disc 2: Don't Let That Man Get You Down - Texas Ruby/Come All You Virginia Gals - Cousin Emmy/At The First Fall Of Snow - Molly O'Day/Poor Ellen Smith - Molly O'Day/Philadelphia Lawyer - Rose Maddox/Legend Of The Dogwood Tree - Wilma Lee Cooper/It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels - Kitty Wells//I Let The Stars Get In My Eyes - Goldie Hill/Satisfied Mind - Jean Shepard/Walking After Midnight - Patsy Cline/I Fall To Pieces - Patsy Cline/Crazy - Patsy Cline/One Step At A Time - Brenda Lee; Disc 3: The Picture Turned Toward The Wall - Chickie Williams/Right Or Wrong - Wanda Jackson/Careless Love - Minnie Pearl/Dumb Blonde - Dolly Parton/Don't Come Home A Drinkin' - Loretta Lynn/Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad - Tammy Wynette/Stand By Your Man - Tammy Wynette//Rose Garden - Lynn Anderson/Satin Sheets - Jeanne Pruett/The Midnight Oil - Barbara Mandrell/Would You Lay With Me (In A Field Of Stone) - Tanya Tucker/I'm Not Lisa - Jessi Colter/Boulder To Birmingham - Emmylou Harris
		TLCW-03 - Country & Western Classics - Johnny Cash [1982] Disc 1: Hey Porter/Folsom Prison Blues/I Walk The Line/Ballad Of A Teenage Queen/Big River/Guess Things Happen That Way/All Over Again//I Still Miss Someone/Pickin' Time/Don't Take Your Guns To Town/The Old Account/I Got Stripes/Five Feet High And Rising/The Man On The Hill; Disc 2: Old Apache Squaw/The Rebel-Johnny Yuma/The Ballad Of Boot Hill/The Legend Of John Henry's Hammer/Were You There When They Crucified My Lord?/Tell Him I'm Gone/Ring of Fire//Understand Your Man/The Ballad Of Ira Hayes/Apache Tears/It Ain't Me Babe/The Long Black Veil/Orange Blossom Special; Disc 3: Twenty-Five Minutes To Go/Mean As Hell/The One On The Right Is On The Left/The Frozen Logger/Jackson/Pack Up Your Sorrows/Long-Legged Guitar Pickin' Man//Daddy Sang Bass/Girl From The North Country/A Boy Named Sue/If I Were A Carpenter/Sunday Morning Coming Down/Man In Black
		TLCW-04 (Columbia Special Products P3-16154) - Country & Western Classics - Flatt & Scruggs [1982] Disc 1 (P-16155): Will You Be Loving Another Man/God Loves His Children/My Cabin In Caroline/Foggy Mountain Breakdown/My Little Girl In Tennessee/Doin' My Time/Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms//Old Salty Dog Blues/Jimmy Brown, The Newsboy/Somehow Tonight/Don't Get Above Your Raisin'/Earl's Breakdown/Over The Hills To The Poorhouse/Get In Line Brother; Disc 2 (P-16156): Flint Hill Special/Dim Lights, Thick Smoke (And Loud, Loud Music)/Dear Old Dixie/I'll Go Stepping Too/Before I Met You/Blue Ridge Cabin Home/Some Old Day//Six White Horses/Shuckin' The Corn/Don't Let Your Deal Go Down/Big Black Train/Cabin On The Hill/You Put Me On My Feet (When You Took Her Off My Hands); Disc 3 (P-16157): I've Lost You Forever/Polka On A Banjo/Home Sweet Home/Keep On The Sunny Side/Go Home/The Ballad Of Jed Clampett/The Martha White Theme//Father's Table Grace/Rock Salt And Nails/Memphis/Lonesome Ruben/Going Across The Sea/Wanted Man
		TLCW-05 - Country & Western Classics: The Duets - Various Artists [1982] When The Roses Bloom Again - Mac & Bob/Red River Valley - Hugh Cross & Riley Puckett/Columbus Stockade Blues - Darby & Tarlton/St. Louis Blues - Callahan Brothers/I'm Just Here To Get My Baby Out Of Jail - Karl & Harty/The Prisoner's Dream - Karl & Harty/I Hide My Face and Cry - Karl & Harty/Hey, Buddy, Won't You Roll Down The Line - Allen Brothers/Just Because - Shelton Brothers/What Would You Give In Exchange For Your Soul? - Monroe Brothers/Texas Moon - Girls Of The Golden West/Broken Hearted Lover - Delmore Brothers/Blues, Stay Away From Me - Delmore Brothers/Remember Me - Lulu Belle & Scotty/Have I Told You Lately That I Love You - Lulu Belle & Scotty/When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again - Wiley & Gene/As Long As I Live - Bailes Brothers/You Can't Go Half Way - Bailes Brothers/This World Can't Stand Long - Wilma Lee & Stoney Cooper/The West Virginia Polka - Wilma Lee & Stoney Cooper with Clinch Mountain Clan/Come Walk With Me - Wilma Lee & Stoney Cooper with Carol Lee & Clinch Mountain Clan/Mary Of The Wild Moor - Blue Sky Boys/Kentucky - Blue Sky Boys/Slipping Around - Margaret Whiting & Jimmy Wakely/One By One - Red Foley & Kitty Wells/Satisfied Mind - Red & Betty Foley/I Love You - Ginny Wright & Jim Reeves/When I Stop Dreaming - Louvin Brothers/Too Late - Louvin Brothers/Why Baby Why - Red Sovine & Webb Pierce/All I Have To Do Is Dream - Everly Brothers/I'm My Own Grandpaw - Lonzo & Oscar/Trouble's Back In Town - Wilburn Brothers/Poison Love - Johnny & Jack/Don't Let Me Cross Over - Carl & Pearl Butler/We Must Have Been Out Of Our Minds - George Jones & Melba Montgomery/For Loving You - Bill Anderson & Jan Howard/My Elusive Dreams - David Houston & Tammy Wynette/After The Fire Is Gone - Conway Twitty & Loretta Lynn/Crawdad Song - George Jones & Tammy Wynette
		TLCW-06 - Country & Western Classics - Carter Family [1982] The Storms Are On The Ocean/It'll Aggravate Your Soul/Sinking In The Lonesome Sea/Can The Circle Be Unbroken (Bye & Bye)/Kissing Is A Crime/East Virginia Blues No. 2/My Texas Girl/Gospel Ship/Keep On The Sunny Side/Lonesome Valley/God Gave Noah The Rainbow Sign/Wildwood Flower/Don't Forget This Song/Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone/Cannon Ball Blues/On The Rock Where Moses Stood/I'm Thinking Tonight Of My Blue Eyes/Worried Man Blues/My Dixie Darling/Jealous Hearted Me/You've Been A Friend To Me/Hello Stranger/He Never Came Back/Little Joe/Coal Miner's Blues/Blackie's Gunman/You've Got To Righten The Wrong/My Home Among The Hills/Black Jack David/Bear Creek Blues/Beautiful Isle O'er The Sea/Fair And Tender Ladies/Sun's Gonna Shine In My Back Door/Railroading On The Great Divide/The Titanic/That's What It's Like To Be Lonesome/There's A Big Wheel/No More Goodbyes/Happiest Days Of All/Foggy Mountain Top
		TLCW-07 (Columbia Special Products P3-16458) - Country & Western Classics - Bob Wills [1983] Disc 1 (P-16459): I Can't Give You Anything But Love, Baby/Spanish Two Step/Smith's Reel/She's Killing Me/Steel Guitar Rag/Fan It/There's No Disappointment In Heaven//I've Got The Wonder Where She Went (Blues)/Down Hearted Blues/The Convict And The Rose/Liza Pull Down The Shades/Time Changes Everything/Medley Of Spanish Waltzes/Big Beaver; Disc 2 (P- 16460): Liebestraum/Twin Guitar Special/Take Me Back To Tulsa/Don't Count Your Chickens/New San Antonio Rose/Drop Us Off At Bob's Place/Home In San Antone//Miss Molly/My Confession/Ten Years/Let's Ride With Bob/Texas Playboy Rag/Bluer Than Blue; Disc 3 (P-16461): Roly Poly/Stay A Little Longer/Just A Plain Old Country Boy/Virginia/Fat Boy Rag/Deep Water/Don't Be Ashamed Of Your Age//Sally Gooden/Boot Heel Drag/Faded Love/Maiden's Prayer/Heart To Heart Talk/The Jobob Rag
		TLCW-08 (Columbia Special Products P3-16462) - Country & Western Classics - George Jones [1983] Disc 1 (P-16463): No Money In This Deal/Why Baby Why/Seasons In The Heart/Take The Devil Out Of Me/Maybe Little Baby/Color Of The Blues/Treasure Of Love//White Lightning/I'm Gonna Burn Your Playhouse Down/Who Shot Sam/There's Gonna Be One/The Window Up Above/Cold Cold Heart/Tender Years; Disc 2 (P-16464): She Thinks I Still Care/Open Pit Mine/Let's Invite Them Over/The Race Is On/The Girl I Used To Know/Things Have Gone To Pieces/Love Bug//4033/I'm A People/Old Brush Arbors/Walk Through This World With Me/Milwaukee, Here I Come/I'll Share My World With You; Disc 3 (P-16465): A Picture Of Me (Without You)/We're Gonna Hold On/The Grand Tour/We Loved It Away/The Door/These Days (I Barely Get By)/Golden Ring//A Drunk Can't Be A Man/Her Name Is.../I Wanta Sing/Bartender's Blues/Maybellene/If Drinkin' Don't Kill Me (Her Memory Will)
		TCLW-09 - Country & Western Classics - Roy Acuff [1983] Great Speckle Bird/Please Don't Talk About Me When I'm Gone/Steamboat Whistle Blues/When Lulu's Gone/Steel Guitar Chimes/Steel Guitar Blues/Down In Union County/The Rising Sun/Ida Red/Old Age Pension Check/Railroad Boomer/Coming From The Ball/(Beneath That) Lonely Mound Of Clay/The Precious Jewel/Be Honest With Me/Stuck Up Blues/No Letter In The Mail/Wreck On The Highway/Fire Ball Mail/I'll Reap My Harvest In Heaven/Night Train To Memphis/The Prodigal Son/Low And Lonely/Don't Make Me Go To Bed And I'll Be Good/Wait For The Light To Shine/Radio Station S-A-V-E-D/No One Will Ever Know/We Live In Two Diff'rent Worlds/Wabash Cannon Ball/Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain/The Waltz Of The Wind/Sixteen Chickens And A Tambourine/Sunshine Special/Good-Bye Mr. Brown/So Many Times/Pins And Needles (In My Heart)/Back In The Country/Old Time Sunshine Song/She's My Curly Headed Baby/Nobody's Darlin' But Mine
		TLCW-10 - Country & Western Classics - Marty Robbins [First cover released 4/83; Second cover released 1/84] Tomorrow You'll Be Gone/I'll Go On Alone/I Can Get Along (Without You Very Well)/I Couldn't Keep From Crying/Sing Me Something Sentimental/At The End Of A Long, Lonely Day/Don't Make Me Ashamed/My Isle Of Golden Dreams/Time Goes By/That's All Right/Gossip/Singing The Blues/Long Tall Sally/Knee Deep In The Blues/The Wreck Of Number Nine/A White Sport Coat/The Story Of My Life/Sweet Leilani/Moonland/Just Married/El Paso/Big Iron/Silence And Tears/Billy Venero/Don't Worry/Ruby Ann/Devil Woman/Lovely Hula Hands/Begging To You/The Cowboy In The Continental Suit/Ribbon Of Darkness/Tonight Carmen/I Walk Alone/You Gave Me A Mountain/My Woman, My Woman, My Wife/El Paso City/Trail Dreamin'/Among My Souvenirs/All Around Cowboy/The Performer
		TLCW-11 (Columbia Special Products P3-16946) - Country & Western Classics - Willie Nelson [1983] One Step Beyond/Slow Down Old World/You'll Always Have Someone/Undo The Right/I'm Building Heartaches/Waiting Time/Country Willie/I Let My Mind Wander/Mr. Record Man/Crazy/Hello Walls/Touch Me/Funny How Time Slips Away/Night Life/Opportunity To Cry/Healing Hands Of Time/My Own Peculiar Way/Columbus Stockade Blues/The Party's Over/Waltz Across Texas/Bloody Mary Morning/Who Do I Know In Dallas?/Once More With Feeling/Fire And Rain/Yesterday's Wine/Me And Paul/Uncloudy Day/Whiskey River/Shotgun Willie/Pick Up The Tempo/After The Fire Is Gone/Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain/Remember Me/That Lucky Old Sun/Someone To Watch Over Me/Will You Remember?/A Good Hearted Woman/Midnight Rider/Don't You Ever Get Tired Of Hurting Me?/Family Bible
		TLCW-12 (Columbia Special Products P3-16950) - Country & Western Classics: Honky Tonkin' - Various Artists [1983] Disc 1 (P-16951): Honky Tonk Blues - Al Dexter/Pistol Packin' Mama - Al Dexter & His Troopers/The Last Letter - Rex Griffin/Old Joe Turner Blues - Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers/Live And Let Live - Wiley Walker & Gene Sullivan/Born To Lose - Ted Daffan's Texans/Headin' Down The Wrong Highway - Ted Daffan's Texans//Drivin' Nails In My Coffin - Floyd Tillman/I Gotta Have My Baby Back - Floyd Tillman/Divorce Me C.O.D. - Merle Travis/Bubbles In My Beer - Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys/Walking The Floor Over You - Ernest Tubb/Warm Red Wine - Ernest Tubb; Disc 2 (P-16952): If You've Got The Money, I've Got The Time - Lefty Frizzell/That's Me Without You - Lefty Frizzell/I'll Try - Lefty Frizzell/Just Can't Live That Fast (Any More) - Lefty Frizzell/Sin Will Be The Chaser For The Wine - Lefty Frizzell/I Never Go Around Mirrors - Lefty Frizzell//They'll Never Take Her Love From Me - Hank Williams/The Wild Side Of Life - Hank Thompson & His Brazos Valley Boys/Back Street Affair - Webb Pierce/There Stands The Glass - Webb Pierce/Just Me And The Jukebox - Buzz Busby & His Bayou Boys/Honky Tonk Man - Johnny Horton; Disc 3 (P- 16953): Crazy Arms - Ray Price/My Shoes Keep Walking Back To You - Ray Price/Pick Me Up On Your Way Down - Charlie Walker/Whoa Sailor - Rose Maddox/Above And Beyond - Buck Owens/Burning Memories - Waylon Jennings/Many Happy Hangovers To You - Jean Shepard//Heart Over Mind - Mel Tillis/I've Got A Right To Cry - Hank Williams, Jr./Stoned At The Jukebox - Hank Williams, Jr./Borrowed Angel - Mel Street/Hank Williams, You Wrote My Life - Moe Bandy/Farewell Party - Gene Watson
		TLCW-13 - Country & Western Classics - Tammy Wynette [1983] Apartment No. 9/Your Good Girl's Gonna Go Bad/Together We Stand/I Don't Wanna Play House/Take Me To Your World/D-I- V-O-R-C-E/You'll Never Walk Alone/Stand By Your Man/Singing My Song/The Ways To Love A Man/I'll See Him Through/He Loves Me All The Way/Run, Woman, Run/Don't Liberate Me/You're Everything/Good Lovin' (Makes It Right)/Bedtime Story/My Man/'Till I Get It Right/Let's All Go Down To The River/Kids Say The Darndest Things/My Elusive Dreams/Rollin' In My Sweet Baby's Arms/Another Lonely Song/Woman To Woman/(You Make Me Want To Be) A Mother/The Bottle/I Still Believe In Fairy Tales/'Till I Can Make It On My Own/He's Just An Old Love Turned Memory/Dixieland (You Will Never Die)/You And Me/One Of A Kind/That's The Way It Could Have Been/Dear Daughters/I'd Like To See Jesus/Womanhood/Starting Over/Two Story House/He Was There (When I Needed You)
		TLCW-14 - Country & Western Classics - Statler Brothers [1983] The Wreck Of The Old '97/Flowers On The Wall/Billy Christian/The Right One/That'll Be The Day/Ruthless/You Can't Have Your Kate And Edith Too//Jump For Joy/Staunton, Va./Bed Of Rose's/Me And Bobby McGee/New York City/Pictures/Do You Remember These//1953-Dear John-Honky Tonk Blues/The Class Of '57/Monday Morning Secretary/What Do I Care/Whatever Happened To Randolph Scott/Carry Me Back/We Owe It All To Yesterday//Susan When She Tried/Thank You World/The Baptism Of Jesse Taylor/The Blackwood Brothers By The Statler Brothers/Samson/I'll Go To My Grave Loving You//All American Girl/How Great Thou Art/I Was There/Some I Wrote/The Official Historian On Shirley Jean Berrell/Do You Know You Are My Sunshine/How To Be A Country Star//Just A Little Talk With Jesus/Nothing As Original As You/Charlotte's Web/We Got Paid By Cash/Don't Wait On Me/Love Was All We Had

Thanks to Lyle Drake.



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