The Country Music Foundation, Nashville, Tennessee, 
is proud to announce its Official Archive Collection 
THE GREATEST COUNTRY MUSIC 
RECORDINGS OF ALL TIME 
Unprecedented and unequaled in our time — 
the complete and definitive collection of America's 
country and western music. 
• The best of 75, 000 records from the Foundation archives 
and the vaults of every country music label. 
• The first collection to include all the great country artists. 
• Featuring all the great hits, the milestone performances, 
out-of-issue pressings and unreleased recordings. 
F or the first time in history, the 
greatest recorded performances 
of country music's greatest artists will 
be brought together in a single, defini- 
tive collection. It will include the most 
important recordings by the leading 
country artists of today . . . landmark 
performances by legendary greats . . . 
and all the diverse and varied musical 
styles that have enriched America's 
country music. 
This remarkable collection is the 
official issue of the Country Music 
Foundation — home of the Country 
Music Hall of Fame and Museum, and 
the world's largest library of recorded 
country music. And it is the first com- 
plete collection that the Foundation 
has ever issued honoring The Greatest 
Country Music Recordings of All Time. 
A unique collection that 
only the Country Music Foundation 
could assemble 
To assemble this collection, the staff of 
the Country Music Foundation carefully 
reviewed the Foundation's own ar- 
chives of 75,000 records. In addition, 
they enlisted the support of all the 
country music record companies — 
whose vaults hold many of the master 
recordings selected for this collection. 
And they were able to obtain rare re- 
cordings from private collectors and 
country music artists themselves. 
As a result, the Country Music 
Foundation Official Archive 
"Country is the music of the 
people. Songs of the soil, 
forsaken and fulfilled love. 
Story songs whose music is both 
contemporary and timeless . . . 
I love it, and I am proud to be 
part of the first collection to tell 
the whole country music story." 
—Johnny Cash 
