Doug Sahm & The Sir Douglas Quintet – 1968-73 - The Complete Mercury Recordings Hip-O Select – B0002496-02 (Remastered 5CD Box-Set, Limited Edition) US 2005

Genre: Blues/Country Rock, Roots Rock, Tex-Mex Audio codec: FLAC | lossless

Albums: CD1 - Sir Douglas Quintet +2 = (Honkey Blues) + Mendocino CD2 - Together After Five + 1+1+1=4 CD3 - The Return Of Doug Saldana CD4 - Rough Edges + Mexican EP + Doug Sahm Productions CD5 - The Mono Singles

Tracklist: Disc: 1

1. Are Inlaws Really Outlaws
2. Sell a Song
3. Song of Everything
4. Can You Dig My Vibrations
5. I'm Glad for Your Sake (But I'm Sorry for Mine)
6. Whole Lotta Peace of Mind
7. You Never Get Too Big and You Sure Don't Get Too Heavy, That You Don't
8. Suzie Q [#]
9. San Antonio Rose [#]
10. Mendocino
11. Don't Want
12. I Wanna Be Your Mama Again
13. At the Crossroads
14. If You Really Want Me to I'll Go
15. And It Didn't Even Bring Me Down
16. Lawd, I'm Just a Country Boy in This Great Big Freaky City
17. She's About a Mover
18. Texas Me
19. Oh, Baby, It Just Don't Matter
20. Sunday Sunny Mill Valley Groove Day [Outtake]
21. Dynamite Woman [Single]
22. Too Many Dociled Minds [Single] Disc: 2
23. Nuevo Laredo
24. Dallas Alice
25. T-Bone Shuffle
26. I Don't Want to Go Home
27. Medley: Son of Bill Baety
28. Backwood's Girl
29. Revolutionary Ways
30. Seguin
31. If She'd Only Come to Me
32. Magic Illusion
33. Medley: One Too Many Mornings/Got to Sing a Happy Song
34. Yesterday Got in the Way
35. In the Dark
36. Don't Bug Me!, Pts. 1-2
37. Be Real
38. Pretty Flower
39. What About Tomorrow?
40. Catch the Man on the Rise
41. Tortilla Flats
42. A Nice Song
43. Monterey Sun
44. Sixty Minutes of Your Love
45. I Wanna Be Your Mama Again [Single Session Out-Take]
46. I Don't Want to Go Home [Single B-Side] Disc: 3
47. Texas Me [Single Session Out-Take]
48. Preach What You Live, Live What You Preach
49. She's Huggin' You, But She's Lookin' at Me
50. Keep Your Soul
51. Papa Ain't Salty
52. Stoned Faces Don't Lie
53. Me and My Destiny
54. Wasted Days, Wasted Nights
55. The Railpak Dun Done in the del Monte
56. Oh Lord, Please Let It Rain in Texas
57. The Gypsy
58. Michoacan [Single]
59. Westside Blues Again [Single B-Side] Disc: 4
60. Sir Doug's Recording Trip
61. You're Doin' It Too Hard
62. The Homecoming
63. Soulful Woman
64. Too Many Dociled Minds
65. Southside Girls
66. Hello Amsterdam
67. Spearfish by Night
68. Colinda
69. Linda Lou
70. Dynamite Woman
71. Leaving Kansas City
72. At the Crossroads [Alternate Mix]
73. Texas Me [Alternate Mix]
74. Mendocino [Spanish Version]
75. Que Sera Mañana [What About Tomorrow]
76. Nuevo Laredo [Spanish Version]
77. La Luna Fue Culpable (And It Didn't Even Bring Me Down) [Spanish Version]
78. Ain't Goin' Down Right [Single]
79. Lovin' Man on Your Hands [Single B-Side]
80. Lovin' Man on Your Hands [Single]
81. Reconsider Baby [Single B-Side]
82. Your Bag Is Bringing Me Down
83. Movin' Out Disc: 5
84. Are Inlaws Really Outlaws [Mono Single]
85. Sell a Song [Mono Single]
86. Mendocino [Mono Single]
87. I Wanna Be Your Mama [Mono Single]
88. And It Didn't Even Bring Me Down [Mono Single]
89. Lawd, I'm Just a Country Boy in This Great Big Freaky City [Mono Single
90. Dynamite Woman [Mono Single]
91. Too Many Dociled Minds [Mono Single]
92. At the Crossroads [Mono Single]
93. Texas Me [Mono Single]
94. Nuevo Laredo [Mono Single]
95. I Don't Want to Go Home [Mono Single]
96. Be Real [Mono Single]
97. I Don't Want to Go Home [Mono Single]
98. What About Tomorrow [Mono Single]
99. (I Found Love) A Nice Song [Mono Single]
100. Catch the Man on the Rise [Mono Single]
101. Pretty Flower [Mono Single]
102. Me and My Destiny [Mono Single]
103. Wasted Days, Wasted Nights [Mono Single]
104. Michoacan [Mono Single]
105. Westside Blues Again [Mono Single]

Everybody who knew Doug Sahm liked him, and everyone who didn’t know him, but knew his work, respected him. He was manic, he was a larger-than-life character, and his passion for music was exceeded only – if at all – by his passion for baseball. It’s the former with which we concern ourselves here, as we follow the Sir Douglas Quintet in various configurations through what critics generally regard as Sahm’s fertile early period (he would later go on to form the Texas Tornados, among other things). The Sir Douglas Quintet was supposed to capitalize on the British Invasion, but it would take an advanced case of astigmatism to think the band had roots in the UK. And with a couple of cosmetic exceptions, their music was firmly linked to America (in the broadest sense). For Doug and his band, virtually any genre was up for grabs – rock, blues, soul, country, psychedelic, norteño, polka, whatever. They played it all, and they played it proficiently. One of life’s great mysteries is how Doug Sahm isn’t in the Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame, since his music has inspired two generations of musicians, and he can rightly lay claim to being the Godfather of the Austin music scene. Anthologized heavily throughout the years, Sir Doug’s music from the Mercury/Smash era has never before been collected systematically and presented so handsomely. This box set covers six albums, all the mono singles, Spanish-language recordings and a number of Doug’s productions on which his band appears. The box was conceived and executed by Grammy®-winning producer Bill Levenson, and it was remastered in 2004 from the original master tapes. It includes liner notes by critic Scott Schinder and rare photos of Doug and the band. No single package could contain all the vibrancy and vision Doug Sahm possessed, but this particular set is celebratory for those who lived through the ear and revelatory for those who didn’t