▪▪CAPITOL LP'S  1960-'62

10.  Sing A Hymn With Me

Capitol # T-1332 //Released March 1, 1960 // Side 1:  Onward Christian Soldiers / Oh How I Love Jesus /  The Church In The Wildwood / I Love To Tell The Story / The Home Over There / Count Your Blessings / All Hail The Power  Side 2:  There Is Power In The Blood / When The Roll Is Called Up Yonder / Shall We Gather At The River / Bringing In The Sheaves / Brighten The Corner Where You Are /  Jesus Loves Me /  What A Friend We Have In Jesus

 

11. Sixteen Tons

Capitol # T-1380 //Released May 2, 1960 // Note: Celebrating the 40th Anniversary of the release of the single, Sixteen Tons, this great LP was re-released as a special Commemorative Edition CD by Capitol in November, 1995. // Side 1 : Sixteen Tons / Shotgun Boogie / Bright Lights & Blond Haired Women / Cry Of The Wild Goose / Milk'Em In The Morning Blues / Catfish Boogie   Side 2 : Mule Train / Smoky Mountain Boogie / Philadelphia Lawyer / Country Junction / Anticipation Blues /  Blackberry Boogie

 

12. Sing-A-Spiritual-With-Me

Capitol # TAO-1434 //Released July 25, 1960 // Side 1 :   O Mary, Don't You Weep /  I Want To Be Ready /  I Know The Lord Laid His Hand On  Me /  Steel Away / Old Time Religion / Go Down, Moses  / Ain't Gonna Study War No More   Side 2 : Joshua Fit The Battle / Swing Low, Sweet Chariot / Were You There / Nobody Knows The Trouble I've Seen / Roll, Jordan, Roll / Hold On, Keep Your Hand On The Plow / Standin' In The Need Of Prayer

 

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13.  Come To The Fair

Capitol # T-1473 // Released December 1,1960 // Note:  Recorded live at the Indiana State Fair, this is the only live LP Ernie ever recorded, and features the only live version of Sixteen Tons ever released by Ernie during his 27 years with Capitol. That version can be found today on Ernie's 1994 boxed set, Masters 1949-1976; released by Capitol in November of that year. (Click on the Collectors Sets link next door to jump to that page for more info on 'Masters').  // Side 1 : Back Home Again In Indiana /  Bill Bailey /  Medley:  Your Cheatin' Heart ~He'll Have To Go ~ You're Nobody Till Somebody  Loves You   Side 2: Tennessee Waltz / Sixteen Tons / Poem:  I Asked God / Take My Hand Precious Lord /  If I Can Help Somebody

 

14. Ernie Looks At Love

Capitol # ST-1542 // Released May 1,1961 // Side 1:  Molly Darling /  Cold, Cold Heart / Bouquet Of Roses  /  I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know / I Can't Help It Don't Rob Another Man's Castle    Side 2: I Love You So Much It Hurts / Jealous Heart / I Gotta Have My Baby Back / Take Me In Your Arms & Hold Me /   I Really Don't Want To Know / Half As Much

 

15.   Civil War Songs Of The North

Capitol # ST-1539 // Released July, 1961// Side 1 : The Army Of The Free / Virginia's Bloody Soil /  Marching Song (Of The First Arkansas Negro Regiment) / The Why And Wherefore  / The Vacant Chair / The Fall Of Charleston Side 2: The New York Volunteer / The Faded Coat Of Blue / Marching Through Georgia / Just Before The Battle, Mother / The Girl I Left Behind Me / Union Dixie

 

16.  Civil War Songs Of The South

Capitol # ST-1540 // Released July, 1961// Note: Both this and Ernie's Civil War Songs Of The North LP were re-released by Capitol, in their entirety, in CD form, on February 4, 1961.// Side 1 : Stonewall Jackson's Way /  Lorena / Riding A Raid /  Maryland, My Maryland / Goober Peas / I Can Whip The Scoundrel   Side 2:  The Bonnie Blue Flag / The Valiant Conscript / The Rebel Soldier / The Southern Wagon / Flight Of The Doodles / Dixie

 

17. Hymns At Home

Capitol # ST-1604 // Released December 2, 1961 // Note: One of Ernie's favorites, this LP was recorded on location in Bristol, Tennessee, at the Anderson Street Methodist Church, where Ernie sang as a child. The Choir is actually made up of Ernie's kin, recruited just for this project. // Side 1 :  Sweet Hour Of Prayer  / My Jesus, I Love Thee /  Day Is Dying In The West / Break Thou The Bread Of Life / Did You Think To Pray? / Blest Be The Tie That Binds     Side 2:   (His) Amazing Grace / My Faith Looks Up To Thee /  Holy Spirit, Faithful Guide / Jesus Paid It All / It Is Well With My Soul / I'm Comin' Home

 

18.   Here Comes The Mississippi Showboat!

Capitol # ST-1684 // Released April 2, 1962 // Side 1 : Waiting For The Robert E. Lee /  The Band Played On / Mary's A Grand Old Name / Take Your Girlie To The Movies /  A Straw Hat And A Cane / There'll Be No New Tunes On This Old Piano   Side 2:  Paddlin' Madeline Home / The Old Piano Roll Blues / Row, Row, Row / In The Shade Of The Old Apple Tree / Soft Shoe Song / Floatin' Down To Cotton Town

 

19.  I Love To Tell The Story

Capitol # ST-1751 // Released August 1, 1962 // Note: This was the first LP Ernie recorded following his move from Hollywood in  1961,and features vocal back-up from three of the members of his San Francisco morning show on ABC; Dick Noel, Hank Jones and Dean Kay. In addition, each song is prefaced by a narrative, performed by Ernie, and written the night before the session, by his long-time conductor, Jack Fascinato. //  Side 1 :  Saved By Grace /   I Love To Tell The Story /  Asleep In Jesus / My Task / Blessed Assurance / Face To Face     Side 2:  Give To The Winds Thy Fears /  Farther Along / Fairest Lord Jesus / Others / How Great Thou Art / If I Can Help Somebody

 

20.  Tennessee Ernie Ford's Book Of Favorite Hymns

Capitol # ST-1794 // Released November, 1962 // Note: This was Capitol's first pick-up LP released on Ernie; a collection of 12 inspirational tracks from Hymns, Nearer The Cross, A Friend We Have and Sing A Hymn With Me.

àLP's 1963 - '67