Pre-owned copy of Bob Willis - Encore, cd box set. Liberty Records Club Edition D 207196

Encore is a collection of late Bob Wills recordings. In 1960, Wills reunited with singer Tommy Duncan, who had left his band in 1948, for the Liberty Records LPs Together Again (1960) and Living Legend (1961). Naturally, the two recorded many early Wills favorites, such as "Take Me Back To Tulsa" and "San Antonio Rose," but also included was "Heart To Heart Talk," which became Wills's first country Top Ten hit in a decade, and his last. In 1963, Liberty recorded a "solo" Wills album, Bob Wills Sings And Plays, on which the bandleader, while still accompanied by a group, was prominently featured both on fiddle and vocals. Ten years later, United Artists Records recorded what turned out to be the final Bob Wills album, For the Last Time, when Wills suffered a stroke following the first session. This three-CD set, which, with a running time of two hours and 35 minutes, draws from all these recordings as well as some live radio transcriptions from 1963-64 for a comprehensive portrait of Wills's last two decades. The box, which features a cover photograph of Wills in his prime and the lavish 40-page booklet, containing an extensive essay by Wills biographer Charles R. Townsend. (excerpts from Allmusic)

Boxset is in VG+ condition, CDs are NM.