Episode 1
1976 - 1981
This retrospective features classic performances from the Austin City Limits stage. Included are WILLIE NELSON: "Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain" and "Red Headed Stranger" (ACL 201, Oct 04 1976); THE TEXAS PLAYBOYS: "San Antonio Rose" (ACL 304, Sep 19 1977); PURE PRAIRIE LEAGUE: "Amie" (ACL 409, Oct 24 1978); MARTY ROBBINS: "My Woman, My Woman, My Wife" and "El Paso" (ACL 511, Oct 23 1979); MOE BANDY & JOE STAMPLEY: "Just Good Ol' Boys" (ACL 511, Nov 08 1979); ALABAMA: "Tennessee River" and "Why Lady Why" (ACL 605, Sep 08 1980); JOHNNY RODRIGUEZ: "That's The Way Love Goes" (ACL 605, Sep 28 1980); CHARLIE PRIDE: "Is Anybody Goin' To San Antone" and "Kiss an Angel Good Mornin'" (ACL 610, Jan 12 1981); KRIS KRISTOFFERSON: "Me and Bobby McGee" and "Why Me" (ACL 702, Sep 14 1981); JERRY REED: "When You're Hot, You're Hot" and "Amos Moses" (ACL 703, Aug 27 1981); and JOHNNY LEE: "Lookin' For Love" and "One In A Million" (ACL 704, Sep 08 1981).
Episode 2
1981 - 1984
This collection highlights essential country hits and timeless standards performed live on Austin City Limits. Featured performances include THE BELLAMY BROTHERS: "Let Your Love Flow" and "If I Said You Have a Beautiful Body Would You Hold It Against Me" (ACL 707, Nov 17 1981); MICKEY GILLEY: "Don't the Girls All Get Prettier at Closing Time" and "Stand by Me" (ACL 801, Aug 12 1982); DON WILLIAMS: "I Believe in You" and "Tulsa Time" (ACL 802, Aug 02 1982); ROGER MILLER: "Dang Me" and "King of the Road" (ACL 812, Jan 24 1983); ROGER MILLER & WILLIE NELSON: "Old Friends" (ACL 812, Jan 24 1983); LORETTA LYNN: "Don't Come Home A'Drinkin'" and "Coal Miner's Daughter" (ACL 813, Feb 10 1983); GEORGE STRAIT: "Amarillo by Morning" and "You Look So Good in Love" (ACL 911, Feb 28 1984); EDDIE RABBITT: "Drivin' My Life Away" and "I Love a rainy Night" (ACL 1005, Sep 17 1984); TAMMY WYNETTE: "Stand by Your Man" (ACL 1005, Sep 17 1984); and THE JUDDS: "Mama He's Crazy" (ACL 1006, Sep 28 1984).
Episode 3
1984-1986
This collection features more legendary performances from the Austin City Limits archives, showcasing the hits that defined the mid-1980s. Featured performances include GLEN CAMPBELL: "Gentle on My Mind," "Wichita Lineman," and "Southern Nights" (ACL 1007, Nov 02 1984); LARRY GATLIN & THE GATLIN BROTHERS: "Houston (Means I'm One Day Closer to You)" and "All the Gold in California" (ACL 1011, Dec 05 1984); GEORGE JONES: "The Race Is On" and "He Stopped Loving Her Today" (ACL 1103, Nov 26 1985); TANYA TUCKER: "Delta Dawn" and "Texas (When I Die)" (ACL 1105, Aug 09 1985); RONNIE MILSAP: "Stranger in My House," "Smokey Mountain Rain," and "Lost in the Fifties Tonight (In the Still of the Night)" (ACL 1201, Sep 23 1986); and RANDY TRAVIS: "Diggin' Up Bones," "On the Other Hand," and "I Saw the Light" (ACL 1207, Nov 10 1986).
Episode 4
1987-1988
This installment presents a powerful lineup of chart-topping hits and iconic collaborations from the Austin City Limits stage. Featured performances include JOHNNY CASH: "Folsom Prison Blues," "Ring of Fire," "Sunday Morning Coming Down," and "Walk the Line" (ACL 1208, Jan 03 1987); REBA MCENTIRE: "What Am I Gonna Do About You," "One Promise Too Late," and "Whoever's in New England" (ACL 1304, Nov 18 1987); RICKY SKAGGS: "Crying My Heart Out Over You" and "Uncle Pen" (ACL 1311, Dec 12 1987); GEORGE STRAIT: "All My Ex's Live in Texas" and "Ocean Front Property" (ACL 1401, Sep 08 1988); RODNEY CROWELL: "I Couldn't Leave You If I Tried" (ACL 1402, Sep 20 1988); K.T. OSLIN: "Do Ya'" (ACL 1402, Oct 03 1988); DWIGHT YOAKAM: "Guitars, Cadillacs" (ACL 1407, Oct 23 1988); DWIGHT YOAKAM & BUCK OWENS: "Streets of Bakersfield" (ACL 1407, Oct 23 1988); and PATTY LOVELESS: "Timber, I'm Falling in Love" (ACL 1407, Nov 14 1988).
Episode 5
1988 - 1991
This collection captures a transition of eras on the Austin City Limits stage, pairing rockabilly and outlaw legends with early 1990s superstars. Featured: BUCK OWENS: "Act Naturally," "Together Again," and "Under Your Spell Again" with DWIGHT YOAKAM (ACL 1409, Oct 23 1988); CARL PERKINS: "Honey, Don't" and "Blue Suede Shoes" (ACL 1501, Oct 02 1989); KATHY MATTEA: "Where've You Been" and "Eighteen Wheels and a Dozen Roses" (ACL 1504, Sep 12 1989); WAYLON JENNINGS: "I'm a Ramblin' Man," "Luckenbach, Texas," and "Are You Sure Hank Done It This Way" (ACL 1505, Nov 01 1989); NITTY GRITTY DIRT BAND: "Keep on the Sunny Side" with THE CARTERS and "Take Me Home, Country Roads" with JOHN DENVER (ACL 1507, Nov 29 1989); GARTH BROOKS: "The Dance" (ACL 1511, Jan 16 1990); and TRISHA YEARWOOD: "That's What I Like About You," "She's in Love with the Boy," and "Lonesome Dove" with VINCE GILL (ACL 1709, Oct 11 1991).
