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‘Wanted! The Outlaws,’ featuring Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson, made country music history on this day in 1976, becoming the first country album to sell 1 million copies

had begun the transformation from slick Countrypolitan to renegade with the 1972 album, this compilation, released on RCA, gave an official name to a country-music movement reserved for artists outside the mainstream.

On the original LP, Jennings performed “My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys,” and “Honky Tonk Heroes,” among others, while his wife’s contributions included “You Mean to Say” and a duet with Jennings on the hit “Suspicious Minds.” Glaser’s 1975 hit “Put Another Log on the Fire” was also included, as was a “live” version of Nelson and Jennings doing “Good Hearted Woman.” The song became a Number One hit for the pair.

 

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We broke it down track by track on our podcast. Such an amazing album and story.

Not a big country fan but always liked Waylon

Still have my vinyl of this. I love it!

If you like that bass sound...this album will break the glass! Waylon beat the CMA the DEA and made a commotion like a DOG a D O G

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