Across the 1960s and 1970s, Truck Drivers became the unlikely heroes of the American Dream: mythologized, idolised and lionized in song and on screen. It was estimated, at the time, that more than 2 million 'Knights of the Highway' were 'burning bitumen' at any given time of the day or night - carting the goods, fuels and resources that kept the wheels of U.S. Consumer Society turning.

Presented here for the very first time are 16 of the very best Trucker Anthems and Long-Haul Laments ever committed to shellac: Existential Road Hog Odes, Amphetamine Rockabilly Rants and tremulous Truck Stop Succubi Temptations.

Years in the making – ‘Diesel Smoke And Dangerous Curves: Big Rig Bustin' Hits' features a gear box stuffed full of Pinballing, Cop Dodging, Jack Knifing and Double Clutching. Demonic Drivers, Spectral Hitchhikers, Tailgating Tearjerkers and rampant Substance Abuse.

Dave Dudley - Six Days On The Road, Red Simpson - Diesel Smoke, Johnny $ Dollar - Big Rig Rollin' Man, Bobby Braddock - Gear Bustin' Sort Of A Feller, Del Reeves – Girl On The Billboard, Hank Snow – I've Been Everywhere, Dick Curless - A Tombstone Every Mile, Red Simpson - Roll Truck Roll, C.W. McCall - Convoy, Stan Farlow - Hot Wheels, C.W. McCall - Night Rider, Red Sovine - Phantom 309, Benny Barnes - Diesel Smoke, The Willis Brothers - Diesel Smoke On Danger Road, Red Sovine - Teddy Bear, The Willis Brothers - Convoy In The Sky