Country Love Ballads

Country Love Ballads was recorded in August 1958 for Capitol by Ken Nelson, who set up sessions to record material for two albums, this one first and the second becoming the gospel album Satan Is Real, over 20 songs in seven days. The studio is not stated. Charlie Louvin sang and played guitar and Ira Louvin sang and played mandolin, with George McCormick on guitar and vocals, Jimmy Capps, Paul Yandell and Ray Edenton on guitars, Marvin Hughes on piano and organ, Lightning Chance on bass and Buddy Harman on drums, according to album-level credits not tied to tracks. It runs 28:19. Wikipedia dates it 1958 while Grunge says 1959.

Four songs are by the brothers: "Are You Wasting My Time", "If I Could Only Win Your Love", "On My Way to the Show", "My Heart Was Trampled on the Street" and "Red Hen Hop"; the others include Hank Thompson's "Today", Freddie Hart's "Blue" and Hank Locklin's "Send Me the Pillow That You Dream On". All its tracks are in Bear Family's eight-CD box Close Harmony (1992), and Raven reissued it in 2008 with six bonus tracks. AllMusic rates it 3.5 of 5.