Hag

1. Soldier’s Last Letter

2. Shelly’s Winter Love

3. Jesus, Take A Hold

4. I Can’t Be Myself

5. I’m A Good Loser

6. Sidewalks Of Chicago

7. No Reason To Quit

8. If You’ve Got Time

9. The Farmer’s Daughter

10. I’ve Done It All

Let Me Tell You About A Song

11. Daddy Frank (The Guitar Man)

12. They’re Tearin’ The Labor Camps Down

13. The Man Who Picked The Wildwood Flower

14. Recitation: The Proudest Fiddle In The World (A Maiden’s Prayer)

15. Bill Woods From Bakersfield

16. Old Doc Brown

17. Grandma Harp

18. Turnin’ Off A Memory

19. Irma Jackson

20. The Funeral

21. Bring It On Down To My House, Honey

Review

In 2002, BGO released Merle Haggard’s 1971 album Hag and 1972 effort Let Me Tell You About a Song on a single CD. These two albums were separated by two other records: Land of Many Churches and Someday We’ll Look Back, both from 1971. Someday We’ll Look Back would have fit better with Hag on a two-fer since it shares a similar sound and sentiment, it’s still hard to complain about this disc, since neither album has been released on CD before and they’re both among Haggard’s best. Which, of course, means this is a necessary purchase for any serious fan of either Hag or country music.

Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide