Family have collected many of his music videos and television appearances. He was an honoree of the two-hour television special An Evening of Country Greats: A Hall of Fame Celebration in 1996, and two classic Travis performances were included in the four-part PBS television documentary American Roots Music in 2001, available in CD and DVD formats. Discography Albums Posthumous albums Selected compilations and reissues Notes on the recordings The 1956 and 1968 Capitol albums are collections of unaccompanied electric guitar solos. The 1957 Capitol LP album Back Home contains the 8 tracks of the 1947 box set Folk Songs of the Hills together with four previously unreleased tracks; the 1996 remastered CD reissue of this album, which reverts to the original title, adds a further unreleased track. The 1960 Capitol album consists of unaccompanied acoustic guitar solos with a few vocals. The Capitol albums Back Home, Walkin' the Strings, and The Best of Merle Travis were awarded the top (five-star) rankings in the Rolling Stone Record GuideThe 1974 album with Chet Atkins received a Grammy Award for Best Country Instrumental The 1979 CMH CD consists of late-period recordings, tracked over two days in New Mexico four years before Travis' death The 1981 LP Travis Pickin' is an acoustic solo guitar album On the 1981 CMH LP Rough, Rowdy and Blue Travis accompanies himself on 12-string acoustic guitar The 1991, 1995, 1998 and 2003 Country Routes CDs contain remastered radio transcriptions The 1993 Bear Family double reissue contains remasterings of all tracks from Back Home (1957) and Songs of the Coalmines (1963) The 1993 Bear Family 5-CD collection contains Capitol singles from 1946 to 1955 as well as early singles recorded for small labels such as King and Bel-Tone as well as comprehensive notes by country music historian and Travis authority Rich Kienzle. The 2002 Varèse Sarabande CD is a collection of remastered mid-50s live recordings, taken from appearances on Jimmy Wakely's radio show The 2003 Proper Records 2-CD album is a compilation of remastered recordings from 1943 to 1952 accompanied by a 15-page booklet listing recording dates and personnel. Includes rare Sheppard Brothers and Browns Ferry Four tracks. The 2003 Rounder Records CD is a concert recording of songs accompanied on acoustic guitar The 2008 2-CD Delta Leisure Group album is a digitally remastered compilation of recordings from the 1940s and 1950s. Singles Music DVDs 1994 Rare Performances 1946–1981, Vestapol