Bill Anderson To Release New Album ‘As Far As I Can See: The Best Of’ In June

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Bill Anderson Photo: Walter Fabry, Courtesy of the Country Music Hall of Fame

Bill Anderson is releasing a new album of some of his hits, As Far As I Can See: The Best Of, on June 10 through MCA Nashville/UMe, which has been Anderson’s label home for most of his seven-decade long career.

Pictured (L-R): Lindsey Terry (UMGN), Tara Master (UMe), Troy Scott (UMGN),
Cindy Mabe (UMGN), Bill Anderson, Lee Willard (Anderson’s Manager) Scott Adkins (Adkins Publicity),
Kelli Wasilauski (Adkins Publicity)

The 16-song collection shares its name with the current exhibit at the Country Music Hall of Fame, “Bill Anderson: As Far As I Can See,” and comes from the opening line of one of the first songs he ever wrote, “City Lights,” which was a hit for Ray Price in 1958.

In addition to “City Lights,” “Still,” Po’ Folks,” The Tip Of My Fingers,” and “Sometimes,” the album also features a new song with country icon Dolly Parton. Along with the newly-recorded duet, the project includes Anderson and Parton’s first-ever collaboration, an incredibly rare demo of “If It Is All The Same To You,” recorded in 1964 and eventually released as a duet with Jan Howard on Anderson’s chart-topping 1969 album of the same name.

The new project is being released in conjunction with the first-time digital release of seven of Anderson’s albums from the 1960s.

“Needless to say I am thrilled over my new association with UMG.  Not only do they have 23 years’ worth of my back catalog ready to introduce to the digital world, but I am reuniting with Dolly Parton on this project,” says Anderson.  “Dolly sang some demos for me (and with me) back in the early sixties when she was new in town. One was a duet called, ‘If It’s All The Same To You,’ which had gone missing for years. UMG has recovered it and included it along with my and Dolly’s new duet in this package. That’s called connecting the dots across more than fifty years. How cool is that?”

As Far As I Can See: The Best Of Track Listing:
“City Lights” – 1961
“Walk Out Backwards” – 1961
“Three AM” – 1964
“Still” – 1963
“The Tip of My Fingers” – 1961
“I Love You Drops” – 1964
“I Get The Fever” – 1966
“Po’ Folks” – 1961
“Wild Week-End” – 1967
“Happy State Of Mind” – 1968
“My Life (Throw It Away If I Want To)” – 1969
“Sometimes” featuring Mary Lou Turner – 1975
“If You Can Live With It (I Can Live Without It)” – 1972
“The Corner Of My Life” – 1973
“If It Is All The Same To You” featuring Dolly Parton (demo) – circa 1964
“Someday It’ll All Make Sense” featuring Dolly Parton – 2022

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