_____________________________________________________________________________ _ _ __ __ _ ___ \\\\\___| |_| | \ \ / / / \ | __|___\"-._ /////~~~| _ | \ / / _ \ __ ~~~/.-' |_| |_| \/\/ /_/ \_\ |___| _____________________________________________________________________________ THE HANK WILLIAMS APPRECIATION SOCIETY INTERNATIONAL 1978 _____________________________________________________________________________ * Please Scroll Down to Read an Interesting Article about Jim Owen ____________________________________________________________________________ "Jim Owen's album collection" ____________________________________________________________________________ Contact: Jim Owen Email: JOwen34438@aol.com Jim Owen record collection (postage included in price) BOX SETS ERNEST TUBB ERNEST TUBB * 1940-1952 * The rarest of the rare. A box set, issued by MCA , only in Japan, with the notes in Japanese and English. All of Ernest's hits through those years, four records, 56 cuts, never played, some cuts with The Andrews Sister, some with Red Foley. Unbelievable, perfect condition... $ 125.00 JIMMIE RODGERS THE LEGENDARY JIMMIE RODGERS 110 COLLECTION Jimmie Rodgers box set, issued by RCA only in Japan, with accompanying magazine type listing of songs with all notes in Japanese and English. One-hundred-ten Jimmie Rodgers classics, never played. Records, magazine, box cover all in perfect condition. Not another one like it .. $ 175.00 ERNEST TUBB ALBUMS ONE SWEET HELLO Unopened. Eleven cuts, ONE SWEET HELLO, KEYS IN THE MAILBOX HELP ME MAKE IT THROUGH THE NIGHT, $ 10.00 THE ERNEST TUBB/LORETTA LYNN STORY Opened, excellent condition SWEET THANG and 21 other songs. Cover in very good condition. SOLD $ 15.00 THE ERNEST TUBB/LORETTA LYNN STORY Opened, very good condition $ 12.00 ANOTHER STORY, ERNEST TUBB Opened, excellent condition This is the original album, not a reissue. Very rare. WALTZ ACROSS TEXAS, ANOTHER STORY, IN THE JAILHOUSE NOW, nine others, cover in good condition SOLD $ 15.00 SAY SOMETHING NICE TO SARAH Unopened FOUR IN THE MORNING, GOOD HEARTED WOMAN and TEACH MY DADDY HOW TO PRAY (written by me) $ 8.00 SAY SOMETHING NICE TO SARAH...AUTOGRAPED BY E.T. Autograph says "To Cal (Smith) With my best wishes for your continued success. Your friend. E.T. May 18,1972" Opened, record in excellent condition, cover very good condition $ 50.00 THE FAMILY BIBLE..ERNEST TUBB...AUTOGRAPHED BY E.T. Autograph says "To Cal and Darlene (Smith), Cal, Jr. and Jimmy, With My Best Wishes, E.T." I SAW THE LIGHT, GREAT SPECKLED BIRD, WINGS OF A DOVE, PRECIOUS MEMORIES, 12 in all SOLD $ 40.00 ERNEST TUBB...Opened, excellent condition, ten cuts, IF YOU DON'T QUIT CHECKING UP ON ME, TIME TO PAY THE FIDDLER, HOLDING THINGS TOGETHER $ 8.00 LET'S TURN BACK THE YEARS...AUTOGRAPHED BY E.T. Autograph says "To Cal and Darlene (Smith), My Best Wishes, E.T. opened, excellent condition LET'S TURN BACK THE YEARS, GIVE MY LOVE TO ROSE, BLUE EYED ELAINE, SEND ME THE PILLOW THAT YOU DREAM ON and seven more. $ 50.00 A GOOD YEAR FOR THE WINE.ERNEST TUBB.AUTOGRAPHED BY E.T. Autograph says "To Cal and Darlene (Smith), All The Best, Your Friend, E.T. A GOOD YEAR FOR THE WINE, SHE'S A LITTLE BIT COUNTRY, WINE ME UP, ONE MINUTE PAST ETERNITY..eleven in all $ 40.00 ERNEST TUBB AND LORETTA LYNN (If We Put Our Heads Together) Unopened. HOLDING ON TO NOTHING, WHO'S GONNA TAKE OUT THE GARBAGE, Eleven songs in all. $ 10.00 ERNEST TUBB AND LORETTA LYNN (Mr. And Mrs. Used To Be) Opened, excellent condition, DEAR JOHN LETTER, JUST BETWEEN THE TWO OF US, ARE YOU MINE, 12 in all...... $ 10.00 ERNEST TUBB SINGS HANK WILLIAMS.....Opened, excellent condition YOUR CHEATIN' HEART, HEY, GOOD LOOKIN', I'M SO LONESOME I COULD CRY, MANSION ON THE HILL, COLD COLD HEART, and six others SOLD $ 12.00 STAND BY ME ERNEST TUBB....Opened, very good condition, religious album, RUGGED CROSS, FARTHER ALONG, WHAT A FRIEND WE HAVE IN JESUS, Ten in all. $ 8.00 THE DADDY OF THEM ALL ERNEST TUBB..Opened, good condition, slight scratch, This is one of the first LP's issued, and it's original, not a reissue, "YOU'RE BREAKING MY HEART, I GOT THE BLUES FOR MAMMY, THIS TROUBLED MIND OF MINE, YOU'RE THE ONLY GOOD THING, WHEN A SOLDIER KNOCKS, 12 in all SOLD $ 8.00 MY PICK OF THE HITS ERNEST TUBB...Opened, very good condition.WILD SIDE OF LIFE, BIG CITY, FRAULIEN, DON'T BE ANGRY, TIGER BY THE TAIL Twelve in all... $ 10.00 BY REQUEST ERNEST TUBB Opened, good condition, no scratches, TOO MANY RIVERS, RELEASE ME, MY SHOES KEEP WALKIN' BACK TO YOU, BORN TO LOSE, 12 in all $ 8.00 COUNTRY HITS OLD AND NEW ERNEST TUBB Opened, very good condition, TENNESSEE WALTZ, FIREBALL MAIL, REMEMBER ME, (I'm The One Who Loves You), I HUNG MY HEAD AND CRIED, 12 in all SOLD $ 8.00 I'VE GOT ALL THE HEARTACHES I CAN HANDLE ERNEST TUBB..Opened, excellent condition, THE LAST LETTER, DAISY A DAY, LORD KNOWS I'M DRINKIN, PASS ME BY, 11 in all ...... $ 8.00 I'VE GOT ALL THE HEARTACHES I CAN HANDLE ERNEST TUBB Unopened $ 10.00 ERNEST TUBB'S GREATEST HITS Opened, excellent condition WALKING THE FLOOR, WALTZ ACROSS TEXAS, THANKS A LOT, HALF A MIND, MR. JUKE BOX, RAINBOW AT MIDNIGHT, 11 in all.... $ 8.00 JUST CALL ME LONESOME (And Other Songs By Rex Griffin) ERNEST TUBB Opened, excellent condition. On the "pink" Decca label, very rare. LAST LETTER, BEYOND THE LAST MILE, I TOLD YOU SO, 12 in all. $ 8.00 ERNEST TUBB'S GREATEST HITS VOL II Opened, excellent condition, FILIPINO BABY, PASS THE BOOZE, MISSING IN ACTION.eleven in all $ 8.00 ERNEST TUBB'S GREATEST HITS VOL II Opened, very good condition $ 8.00 ERNEST TUBB'S GOLDEN FAVORITES..Opened, excellent condition WHEN THE WORLD HAS TURNED YOU DOWN, WALKING THE FLOOR, SLIPPING AROUND, FILIPINO BABY, THERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF EVERYTHING IN TEXAS, 12 in all $ 8.00 IT'S SO HARD TO BE GOOD ERNEST TUBB.Opened, excellent condition BUBBLES IN MY BEER, TRUCK DRIVING MAN, BIG BLUE DIAMOND, 11 in all $ 8.00 RED AND ERNIE ERNEST TUBB AND RED FOLEY, Opened, excellent condition, GOODNIGHT IRENE, TOO OLD TO CUT THE MUSTARD, KENTUCKY WALTZ, NO HELP WANTED, This is fabulous, 12 in all SOLD $10.00 GREAT COUNTRY ERNEST TUBB Opened, excellent condition, YOU'RE THE ONLY GOOD THING, WHEN A SOLDIER KNOCKS, NO FOOL LIKE AN OLD FOOL, I DREAMED OF AN OLD LOVE AFFAIR, ten in all. $ 8.00 THE LIVING LEGEND ERNEST TUBB Unopened SOMETIMES I DO, HALF MY HEART'S IN TEXAS, BLUE EYED ELAINE, JEALOUS LVING HEART, 10 cuts $10.00 ALL TIME HITS ERNEST TUBB Opened, excellent condition, I'M MOVIN' ON, CANDY KISSES, CRAZY ARMS, WABASH CANNONBALL, I LOVE YOU SO MUCH IT HURTS ME, I WALK THE LINE, 12 in all $10.00 BLUE CHRISTMAS ERNEST TUBB Opened, good condition, BLUE CHRISTMAS, WHITE CHRISTMAS, RUDOLPH, THE RED-NOSED REINDEER, 12 in all $ 8.00 HITTIN' THE ROAD ERNEST TUBB (And the Texas Troubadours) Opened, good condition, This album has 12 songs, six by Ernest and six by Cal Smith, Jack Greene, and Leon Rhodes. SOLD $5.00 THANKS A LOT ERNEST TUBB Opened, disc excellent, cover fair to poor, THANKS A LOT, THERE SHE GOES, LONESOME 7-7203, I ALMOST LOST MY MIND, THERE'S A GREEN LIGHT, 12 in all.. SOLD $ 5.00 ERNEST TUBB FAVORITES..Opened, very good condition, "WALKING THE FLOOR, FILIPINO BABY, SOLDIER'S LAST LETTER, HAVE YOU EVER BEEN LONELY, SLIPPIN' AROUND, 12 in all... $ 8.00 MIDNIGHT JAMBOREE ERNEST TUBB Opened, very good condition, Patsy Cline, Webb Pierce, Kitty Wells, The Wilburn Brothers and others join Ernest for real cuts from Ernest's midnight show on WSM. A real treasure. SOLD $ 8.00 MY HILLBILLY BABY ERNEST TUBB Opened, very good condition, (On Hilltop Records) YOU'RE THE ONLY GOOD THING, I'VE GOT THE BLUES FOR MAMMY, NO FOOL LIKE AN OLD FOOL, 9 cuts. $ 8.00 LORETTA LYNN ALBUMS (shipping included in price) HYMNS LORETTA LYNN Unopened...PEACE IN THE VALLEY, HOW GREAT THOU ARE, WHEN THEY RING THOSE GOLDEN BELLS, 12 in all.....$10.00 LORETTA LYNN HOME Unopened..HOME, BEFORE THE NEXT TEARDROP FALLS, THE WINDOW UP ABOVE, ALWAYS WANTING YOU, 10 songs $ 10.00 WHEN THE TINGLE BECOMES A CHILL..Opened, excellent condition.WHEN THE TINGLE BECOMES A CHILL, RHINESTONE COWBOY, DAYDREAMS ABOUT NIGHT THINGS, TURN ME ANYWAY BUT LOOSE..10 song $8.00 THEY DON'T MAKE'EM LIKE MY DADDY ANYMORE..Opened, excellent condition, THEY DON'T MAKE'EM LIKE MY DADDY, TROUBLE IN PARADISE, I LOVE, BEHIND CLOSED DOORS, I'VE NEVER BEEN THIS FAR BEFORE, OUT OF CONSIDERATION (co-written by me) 11 songs $ 8.00 LOVE IS THE FOUNDATION LORETTA LYNN Opened, excellent condition, WHY ME, LORD, HEY LORETTA, SATIN SHEETS, 11songs... $ 8.00 LORETTA LYNN'S GREATEST HITS..Opened, excellent condition COAL MINER'S DAUGHTER, ONE'S ON THE WAY, FIST CITY, YOU'RE LOOKING AT COUNTRY, & more $ 8.00 ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR...Unopened I NEED SOMEONE TO HOLD ME, RATED X, HANKY-PANKY WOMAN (written by me). $10.00 YOU'RE LOOKING AT COUNTRY..LORETTA LYNN Opened, excellent condition, YOU'RE LOOKING AT COUNTRY, COUNTRY ROADS, I BURNED THE LITTLE ROAD- SIDE TAVERN DOWN, I'D RATHER BE SORRY, 11 songs $ 8.00 YOU AIN'T WOMAN ENOUGH..LORETTA LYNN.Opened, excellent condition..YOU AIN'T WOMAN ENOUGH, BOOTS MADE FOR WALKIN', PUT IT OFF UNTIL TOMORROW, TALKING TO THE WALL....... $8.00 GOD BLESS AMERICA AGAIN.LORETTA LYNN..Unopened.GOD BLESS AMERICA AGAIN, CLOSER WALK WITH THEE, IF GOD IS DEAD. 11 songs.. $8.00 BACK TO THE COUNTRY...LORETTA LYNN..Opened, excellent condition, contains rare sheet of lyrics of enclosed songs.. THE PILL, TIME TO PAY THE FIDDLER, PAPER ROSES, I CAN HELP...11 songs...... $ 8.00 ALONE WITH YOU...LORETTA LYNN..Opened, excellent condition..FOOL # 1, LOOSE TALK, MY SHOES KEEP WALKING BACK TO YOU..11 songs.... $ 8.00 I REMEMBER PATSY..LORETTA LYNN. Loretta's best album ever...CRAZY, FADED LOVE, I FALL TO PIECES, WALKIN' AFTER MIDNIGHT, SHE'S GOT YOU, LEAVIN' ON YOUR MIND..9 songs and one recitation.. Fabulous. $ 12.00 Note: Most of the albums that have been opened have never been played. Excellent usually means unplayed. CONWAY AND LORETTA UNITED TALENT...CONWAY & LORETTA .Opened, excellent condition THE LETTER, I'M GONNA ROLL YOU LIKE A WHEEL, GOD BLESS AMERICA AGAIN, LET YOUR LOVE FLOW...... $ 8.00 FEELINS'....CONWAY & LORETTA..Opened, never played.FEELINS, DYN-O-MITE, LET ME BE THERE..TEN SONGS........ $ 8.00 LOUISIANA WOMAN, MISSISSIPPI MAN..CONWAY & LORETTA...Unopened, LOUISIANA WOMAN, MISSISSIPPI MAN (Written by me with help from Becki Bluefield) RELEASE ME, BYE BYE LOVE, YOU LAY SO EASY ON MY MIND, 11 songs $10.00 WE ONLY MAKE BELIEVE..CONWAY & LORETTA WITH THEIR FIRST ALBUM, Unopened, IT'S ONLY MAKE BELIEVE, AFTER THE FIRE IS GONE, WILL YOU VISIT ME ON SUNDAY, HANGIN' ON....11 songs..... $12.00 HONKY-TONK HEROES..CONWAY & LORETTA..Unopened...YOU'RE THE REASON OUR KIDS ARE UGLY, I'VE ALREADY LOVED YOU IN MY MIND, HOW CAN YOU KEEP FROM LOVIN' (A Woman Like That) ten songs $ 10.00 HONKY-TONK HEROES....Opened, record appears to be unplayed. $8.00 CONWAY TWITTY GEORGIA KEEPS PULLING ON MY RING..CONWAY..Opened, excellent condition.. GEORGIA KEEPS PULLING ON MY RING, MAYBELLENE, HONKY-TONK SONG, I NEVER LOVED YOU MORE.ten songs..... $ 8.00 I WONDER WHAT SHE'LL THINK ABOUT ME LEAVING..CONWAY.Opened, Excellent condition, WINE ME UP, I FALL TO PIECES, JOY TO THE WORLD, WHO'LL TURN OUT THE LIGHTS (In Your World Tonight) ten songs... $ 8.00 THIS TIME I'VE HURT HER MORE THAN SHE LOVES ME..CONWAY, Unopened, SHE THINKS I STILL CARE, THE RACE IS ON, JASON'S FARM.10 songs..$ 10.00 LINDA ON MY MIND..CONWAY...Opened, excellent condition..LINDA ON MY MIND, TIME TO PAY THE FIDDLER, ROLLIN' IN MY SWEET BABY'S ARMS, WHY ME, LORD, eleven songs.... $ 8.00 I'M NOT THROUGH LOVING YOU YET.CONWAY..Opened..excellent condition, PURE LOVE, I SEE THE WANT TO IN YOUR EYES eleven songs.... $8.00 I'M NOT THROUGH LOVING YOU YET.CONWAY..Unopened.. $10.00 HOW MUCH MORE CAN SHE STAND..CONWAY.Unopened. HELP ME MAKE IT THROUGH THE NIGHT, YOU WIN AGAIN, WEDDING BELLS , YOUR CHEATIN' HEART, AMOS MOSES.. $ 10.00 DARLING, YOU KNOW I WOULDN'T LIE.CONWAY.Opened, very good condition, KAW-LIGA, HUNGRY EYES, WINDOW UP ABOVE, BALLAD OF FORTY DOLLARS WHEN THE GRASS GROWS OVER ME...eleven songs. $8.00 YOU'VE NEVER BEEN THIS FAR BEFORE...CONWAY..Opened, excellent condition, BORN TO LOSE, SEASON'S OF MY HEART, ABOVE AND BEYOND, YOU'VE NEVER BEEN THIS FAR BEFORE..eleven songs.. $8.00 CONWAY TWITTY'S HONKY-TONK ANGEL..Unopened..POP-A-TOP, MAKING PLANS, LOVE IS THE FOUNDATION, PICK ME UP ON YOUR WAY DOWN, AMAZING LOVE.. eleven songs.. $10.00 GREATEST HITS, VOL II ..CONWAY..Opened, excellent condition LINDA ON MY MIND, IT'S ONLY MAKE BELIEVE, LAST DATE, YOU'VE NEVER BEEN THIS FAR BEFORE, DON'T CRY JONI, ten songs. $8.00 I'VE ALREADY LOVED YOU IN MY MIND..CONWAY.Opened, excellent condition, LEONA, COME SEE ABOUT ME, I'VE ALREADY LOVED YOU IN MY MIND, I'M USED TO LOSING YOU....ten songs, $8.00 NOW AND THEN.CONWAY..Unopened.. IT'S ONLY MAKE BELIEVE, MONA LISA, DANNY BOY, LONELY BLUE BOY, ten songs.. $10.00 THE HIGH PRIEST OF COUNTRY MUSIC..CONWAY..Unopened..AMANDA, BEFORE THE NEXT TEARDROP FALLS, TOUCH THE HAND, IT KEEPS RIGHT ON A'HURTIN', SALLY WAS A GOOD OLE GIRL, 10 songs. $10.00 I'M SO USED TO LOVING YOU..CONWAY..Unopened.ONE FOR THE MONEY, SOUND OF ANGELS WINGS, I'LL GET OVER LOSING YOU, 10 songs $10.00 JEAN SHEPARD LIGHTHEARTED AND BLUE..JEAN..Opened, good condition AUTOGRAPHED BY JEAN TO CAL SMITH. AUTOGRAPH SAYS...Well, you ain't gonna believe what it says unless you know Jean Shepard, but it's in Jean's own flowing language, and what an album...BORN TO LOSE, FOGGY RIVER, I CAN'T STOP LOVING YOU, BIG WHEEL, LOOSE TALK, WHEN TWO WORLDS COLLIDE, IF YOU'VE GOT THE MONEY, 12 songs fabulous album, simply great, pure country $40.00 Contact: Jim Owen Email: JOwen34438@aol.com ____________________________________________________________________________ * Songwriter once was a Princeton man ____________________________________________________________________________ Posted: Thursday, Jun 22, 2006 - 03:00:49 am EDT By KATIE HARP Staff Writer Princeton has ties to a Louisiana woman and a Mississippi man but they aren't anyone's relatives. The song 'Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man,' made famous by Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn, was written by a former resident. Jim Owen, originally from Robards, Ky., got his first job at the Princeton Daily Clarion. Owen worked as both the sports editor and the city editor from November 1960 to November 1963. Owen began writing songs at 18, but had never written a news story before he started at the Clarion the following year. 'I had to B.S. my way through it, but I wrote some good stories,' Owen said. One of the most memorable things Owen remembered doing at the paper was following the Princeton High School basketball team that made a state tournament appearance in 1964. Even though Owen was no longer at the Clarion when the team made its state tournament run, he had covered the team until he left the paper. 'Those boys were great,' Owen said. Owen vividly remembers his last day at the Clarion. 'My last day was November 22, 1963, the day President Kennedy was assassinated,' Owen said. During his tenure at the Clarion, Owen continued writing music and traveled to Nashville weekends to let people hear his songs. While in Princeton, Owen developed a relationship with WRAY. He recorded his first song, 'Blues Stay Away From Me' by the Delmore Brothers at the station's studio. In 1969, he made a career leap and moved to Nashville to concentrate on songwriting. Owen wasn't an overnight success in Nashville. But he credits his eventual success in the Music City to his steadfast attitude. 'It took years,' Owen said. 'I kept writing songs and knocking on doors. Persistence. Persistence. Persistence. I wouldn't take ‘No' for an answer.' When Owen wrote his best selling single, it had nothing to do with a Louisiana Woman and Mississippi Man. It was a song written about his wife. 'I liked the verses, but I didn't like the chorus,' Owen said of his original writing. Owen got the inspiration he needed from a woman that worked in his Nashville office. She came up with the title and provided the spark Owen needed to finish the song. 'I finished the song that day and took it to Loretta and Conway that afternoon,' Owen said. 'They told me it would be on their next record, and it was.' The single went to Number 1 on the country charts in 1973 and was voted the Number 2 county duet of all time in Country Music Television's 100 Greatest Country Duets. 'Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man' has sold 20 million records worldwide and 13 million in the United States. Owen lived in Nashville until 1984, before moving to Las Vegas to perform at 'Legends in Concert' at the Imperial Palace on the Strip. Owen was in the show for six years then left Las Vegas on Christmas Day 1988 and moved to Hawaii. After going broke in Hawaii, Owen moved to Branson, Mo. and opened the 'Jim Owen Show.' The show runs daily at 10 a.m. in the Country Tonite Theatre and is centered around traditional country music with a side of humor. Owen said the show gets a standing ovation almost everyday. 'It's what I called country before they messed it up,' Owen said. 'Believe it or not, I'm funny' In addition to being a singer/songwriter, Owen has also been an actor, most notably portraying Hank Williams Sr. in two television movies and a PBS special about the late country legend. The PBS special 'Hank' was voted public television's best show of the year in 1977. He also has been a produce and director, but he considers it all in a day's work. 'It's all part of the business. People needed it to be done, and I did it,' Owen said. 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