Cover; PRODUCING COUNTRY; Title; Copyright; Dedication; CONTENTS; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction; Biographical Sketches; OVERTURE: WHAT IS A RECORD PRODUCER?; 1. CUTTING TRACKS: CAPTURING THE PERFORMANCE, 1927-1949; Various, RCA Country Legends: The Bristol Sessions, Vol. 1 (1927) and "A Satisfied Mind" (1954); Various, Roots n' Blues: The Retrospective 1925-1950; Bill Monroe, The Essential Bill Monroe and His Bluegrass Boys 1945-1949; Bob Wills, The Essential Bob Wills 1935-1947; Gene Autry, The Essential Gene Autry (1933-1946).

Robert Johnson, The Complete Recordings (1936-1937)Tex Ritter, "Jingle, Jangle, Jingle" (1942); The Maddox Brothers and Rose, America's Most Colorful Hillbilly Band, 1946-1951; T. Texas Tyler, "Deck of Cards" (1946); Tex Williams and His Western Caravan, "Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)" (1947); The Dinning Sisters, "Buttons and Bows" (1947); Merle Travis, Folk Songs of the Hills (1947); Dale Evans, "Don't Ever Fall in Love with a Cowboy" (1949); INTERLUDE: THE PRODUCER AS DIRECTOR; 2. TAPING TRACKS: CREATING THE PERFORMANCE, 1950-1966.

Lefty Frizzell, Look What Thoughts Will Do (1950-1965)Martha Carson, "Satisfied" (1951); Hank Williams, "I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive" (1952); Tex Ritter, "High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me)" (1952); Kitty Wells, "It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels" (1952); Elvis Presley, "That's All Right" (1954); The Louvin Brothers, "When I Stop Dreaming" (1955); Ferlin Husky, "Gone" (1956); Merle Travis, The Merle Travis Guitar (1956); Elvis Presley, "Blue Moon" (1956) and Elvis Presley (1956); The Million Dollar Quartet, The Complete Million Dollar Quartet (1956).

Billy Lee Riley, "Flyin' Saucers Rock and Roll" and "Red Hot" (1957)Roy Orbison, The Sun Years (1956-1958); Don Gibson, "I Can't Stop Loving You" and "Oh, Lonesome Me" (1957); Jerry Lee Lewis, "Whole Lotta Shakin' Goin' On" (1957); The Everly Brothers, "Bye Bye Love" (1957); Johnny Cash, "Home of the Blues" (1957); Bill Monroe, "Scotland" (1958); Buddy Holly, "Rave On" and "That's My Desire" (1958); Del Wood, Rags to Riches (1959); George Jones, "White Lightning" (1959); Jim Reeves, "He'll Have to Go" (1959); Buck Owens, "Excuse Me (I Think I've Got a Heartache)" (1960).

Brenda Lee, "I'm Sorry" (1960)Floyd Cramer, "Last Date" (1960); Hank Thompson, Hank Thompson at the Golden Nugget (1961); Jim Reeves, "The Blizzard" (1961); Elvis Presley, "Little Sister" (1961); Patsy Cline, "I Fall to Pieces" and "Crazy" (1961); Ray Stevens, "Santa Claus Is Watching You" (1962); Bobby Bare, The Essential Bobby Bare (1962); Ray Charles, Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music (1962); Dickey Lee, "Patches" (1962); Hank Snow, "I've Been Everywhere" (1962); Johnny Cash, "Ring of Fire" (1963); Ernest Tubb, "Thanks a Lot" (1963); Elvis Presley, "It Hurts Me" (1963).