Country Collection: Tex & Ferlin [Import]

Country Collection: Tex & Ferlin [Import]

Country Collection: Tex & Ferlin [Import]

ASIN: B0007UY1GC

Track Listings
 
1. Green Grow The Lilacs
2. Cielito Lindo
3. Fool's Paradise
4. Gallows Pole
5. Froggy Went A Courtin'
6. Have I Stayed Away Too Long
7. Boll Weevil
8. Country Music Is Here To Stay
9. Looking At The World Through A Windshield
10. Truck Driver's Blues
11. Room Full Of Roses
12. Giddy Up Go
13. Behind Closed Doors
14. Blues In My Heart

Country Collection: Tex & Ferlin,Tex Ritter,Ferlin Husky,Performax,Country/Bluegrass
20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Freddy Fender
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • The Best of Freddy Fender
  • Most of what you want if...
  • Passion, desire and heartbreak as only Freddy could sing it !!!
  • Awesome Freddie Fender
  • Beautiful
20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Freddy Fender
Freddy Fender
Manufacturer: Mca Nashville
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ASIN: B00005B7FA
Release Date: 2001-04-24

Tracks:

  1. Before The Next Teardrop Falls
  2. Wasted Day And Wasted Nights
  3. Secret Love
  4. You'll Lose A Good Thing
  5. Vaya Con Oros
  6. Livin' It Down
  7. The Rains Game
  8. Sugar Coated Love
  9. If You Don't Love (Why Don't You Just Leave Me Alone)
  10. Since I Met You Baby
  11. Talk To Me
  12. I Love My Rancho Grande

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars The Best of Freddy Fender.......2007-05-29

I was very satisfied with my purchase. Excellent condition.
Thanks

5 out of 5 stars Most of what you want if..........2007-01-13

If you want the lions' share of Freddy Fenders popular music, the Millennium Collection is a good choice.
All of the hits, and well mastered.

5 out of 5 stars Passion, desire and heartbreak as only Freddy could sing it !!!.......2006-10-16

Freddy Fender deserves to be remembered as a great singer who could sing the contents of a phone book and still make your heart melt. His voice was rich, vibrant and full of energy; and his songs boasted lush musical arrangements. The CD proves it.

The CD starts off with two of Freddy's biggest hits on both the pop and country charts: "Before The Next Teardrop Falls" and "Wasted Days And Wasted Nights" from 1975. These songs are still wonderful today. Yes, some of the lyrics all throughout this CD are sung in Spanish, but it is no matter: Freddy's art moves you in a certain way that few artists can accomplish.

The album continues with Freddy performing a cover of Doris Day's hit entitled "Secret Love." This is very well done. Other great songs on this CD include "You'll Lose A Good Thing;" "Vaya Con Dios (Go With God);" "Livin' It Down" and "Since I Met You Baby." There are background vocals on several of the songs on this CD and they work very well into the overall arrangement. It's too bad the background vocalists are uncredited!

Despite the fact that Freddy was born in Texas there is an unmistakable Hispanic flavor to his country/pop music. This is evident when he sings some of the lyrics in Spanish. Moreover, the final song on this CD, "I Love My Rancho Grande," is distinctly Spanish in its style. The background vocals on this song are also very nicely done.

My only disappointment, albeit a minor one, is that the twelve songs on the CD only fill up 33 minutes of running time. I only wish the manufacturer gave us more of Freddy's work on this CD--there was plenty of room for it!

The quality of the sound is excellent and the liner notes offer three great color photos of Freddy. There is an essay by Sal Nunziato that discusses Freddy's professional life as well as some of his personal struggles along the way. You get the songs credits, too--a nice plus!

Overall, I highly recommend this CD for Freddy's fans, fans of country music with a pop flavor added to it and people who want to experience Freddy's artistry for the very first time. This CD is budget priced, too, so it's a great starter CD if you want just one CD to see if you will like Freddy's music. Freddy may have departed from this world; but he lives on through his phenomenal ballads. Thank you, Freddy!

5 out of 5 stars Awesome Freddie Fender.......2006-06-26

This is Freddie Fender at his best. Great songs and the quality of this CD is excellent. I was worried about this being another cheap remastered CD with poor quality. This is as close as you can get to the first recording of these songs. I have it it my car where whenever I need a Freddie Fender fix, it is disk #1 on my CD player.

5 out of 5 stars Beautiful.......2005-08-02

I love listening to Freddy Fender sing. I have his CD in the car and everytime I'm out it's on. Love When the Next Teardrop Fall; Wasted Days, Wasted Nights; Once I Had a Secret Love. These three songs I could listen to all day. My husband and I have been fans of his since the first time we heard him sing back in the 70's.
20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Johnny Rodriguez
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Lost in the shuffle
20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Johnny Rodriguez
Johnny Rodriguez
Manufacturer: Mercury Nashville
ProductGroup: Music
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ASIN: B000ERU4X2
Release Date: 2006-05-16

Tracks:

  1. You Always Come Back (To Hurting Me)
  2. Ridin' My Thumb To Mexico
  3. That's The Way Love Goes
  4. Dance With Me (Just One More Time)
  5. We're Over
  6. I Just Can't Get Her Out Of My Mind
  7. Just Get Up And Close The Door
  8. Love Put A Song In My Heart
  9. I Couldn't Be Me Without You
  10. I Wonder If I Ever Said Goodbye
  11. Desperado

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Lost in the shuffle.......2007-02-01

If I bought this item I never recieved it. I remember wanting to get it ,but I don't remember ordering it. My memory is going to hell. I know I never got this disc.
Collection
Average customer rating: 3 out of 5 stars
  • Freddy is historic ... an icon!
  • Ripoff
  • Love this one
  • Not the original recordings.
Collection
Freddy Fender
Manufacturer: Reprise / Wea
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000002LPU
Release Date: 1991-10-15

Tracks:

  1. Wasted Days And Wasted Nights
  2. It's All In The Game
  3. Since I Met You Baby
  4. I Can't Stop Loving You
  5. Before The Next Teardrop Falls
  6. Tell It Like It Is
  7. Secret Love
  8. You'll Lose A Good Thing
  9. Pledging My Love
  10. Vaya Con Dios

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Freddy is historic ... an icon!.......2004-07-01

Freddy will go down in the history books for a long time. Awesome dude! I support his music 100%

1 out of 5 stars Ripoff.......2003-10-17

Sorry, but a lot of reviewers call this a definate collection. Nope.

All of these songs are remakes done for Reprise Records in the 1990's. Remember, Freddy recorded for MCA in the 1970's when he had his biggest hits.

Be very careful when buying Freddy Fender cd's. He re-recorded his hits many, many times.

5 out of 5 stars Love this one.......2003-04-03

The sound is great, very clear. The songs sound extremely close to the ones I remember hearing on the radio growing up. I bought 3 Freddy Fender cd's and this one blows away the other two. I'm very pleased with it. Exactly what I wanted and expected. Thank you.

2 out of 5 stars Not the original recordings........2002-05-20

Ripoff to call this "The Freddy Fender Collection" -- this is a 1991 session re-recording his greatest hits with a professional but passionless studio band. All very cautiouly recorded. Lacks the emotion and the fine instrumental work that his originals have.
Arhoolie Records 40th Anniversary Collection: The Journey Of Chris Strachwitz 1960-2000
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • You'll enjoy this journey!
  • Great set and great value for money
  • A Treasury of Obscurities
  • a real summer journey
  • an absolute must have
Arhoolie Records 40th Anniversary Collection: The Journey Of Chris Strachwitz 1960-2000
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Arhoolie Records
ProductGroup: Music
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ASIN: B00004WJJT
Release Date: 2000-09-26

Tracks:

  1. San Francisco Bay Blues - Jesse Fuller
  2. Mercury Blues - K.C. Douglas
  3. Shake Shake Mama - Mance Lipscomb
  4. Cairo Blues - Lil' Son Jackson
  5. Barbershop Rhythm - Wade Walton/Robert Curtis Smith
  6. One Thin Dime - Butch Cage/Willie Thomas
  7. Charmin' Betsy - Hodges Brothers
  8. Whistlin' Alex Moore's Blues - Alex Moore
  9. I Am The Black Ace - Black Ace
  10. Brother James - Big Joe Williams
  11. Lady Luck - Mercy Dee
  12. Don't Drive Me Away - Robert Curtis Smith
  13. Zydeco Introduction - Zydeco Announcer
  14. Bernadette Chere - Albert Chevalier
  15. Bald Headed Woman - Lightnin' Hopkins
  16. Baby Please Don't Go - James Campbell
  17. Believe On Me - Reverend Louis Overstreet
  18. Low Down Blues - George Lewis
  19. The Country Blues - J.E. Mainer
  20. Crowley Waltz - Hackberry Ramblers
  21. She'll Be Comin' Round The Mountain - Booker White
  22. Ay, Ai Ai - Clifton Chenier
  23. Write Me A Few Lines - Fred McDowell
  24. Charlie James - Mance Lipscomb
  25. Louisiana Blues - Clifton Chenier

Tracks:

  1. Cindy - John Jackson
  2. Little Red Rooster - Big Mama Thornton
  3. La Betaille - Isom Fontenot
  4. Calcasieu Waltz - Nathan Abshire
  5. Almlied - Eibelsberger Duo
  6. You Are Tonight - Del McCoury
  7. In The Breeze - Jerry Hahn Quintet
  8. Goin' Back To The Country - Juke Boy Bonner
  9. Sometimes I Cry - Johnny Young
  10. Two Bugs And A Roach - Earl Hooker
  11. Dream - John Littlejohn
  12. Things Gonna Get Better - Bee Houston
  13. Visions - Sonny Simmons
  14. I Wish I Could Sing - Bongo Joe
  15. Boogieing In Strasbourg - Alex Moore
  16. The Death Of Dr. King - Big Joe Williams
  17. Please Settle In Vietnam - Lightnin' Hopkins
  18. Shake 'Em On Down - Fred McDowell/Johnny Woods
  19. El Desesperado - Los Pinguinos Del Norte
  20. Creole Belles - New Orleans Ragtime Orchestra
  21. Finger Lickin' Good - Charlie Musselwhite

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  1. Church Point Breakdown - Austin Pitre
  2. Gstanzeln Aus Dem Freistriztal - Original Herberstein Trio
  3. Gibson Creek Shuffle - The Charles Ford Band
  4. Ups And Downs - L.C. Robinson
  5. You Ain't Got A Chance - Piano Red
  6. Home Sweet Home - Boisec Ardoin/Canray Fontenot
  7. Satan's Burning Hell - Bill Neely
  8. Luzita - Narciso Martinez
  9. Yo Me Enamore - Trio San Antonio
  10. Borracho Perdido - Trio San Antonio
  11. One Of These Mornings (I'm Checkin' Out) - J.C. Burris
  12. Allons A Grand Coteau - Clifton Chenier
  13. En Bas Du Chene Vert - Dewey Balfa/Marc Savoy/D.L. Menard
  14. Beso Y Copas - Chavela Ortiz Y Brown Express
  15. Fast Santa Fe (Bear Cat) - Robert Shaw
  16. I'll See You In C-U-B-A - Any Old Time String Band
  17. El Balaju - Conjunto Alma Jarocha
  18. La Gata - Los Caporales De Panuco
  19. Beym Rebns Sude - The Klezmorim
  20. J'ai Laisse De La Maison - Cheese Read
  21. Ay Te Dejo En San Antonio - Don Santiago Jimenez Sr.
  22. Mi Problema - Lydia Mendoza

Tracks:

  1. Gritenme Piedras Del Campo - Flaco Jimenez
  2. Co-Fe - John Delafose
  3. Single Girl - Rose Maddox
  4. Bee De La Manche - Canray Fontenot
  5. Bosco Stomp - Octa Clark & Hector Duhon
  6. Negra Ausencia - Santiago Jimenez Jr.
  7. La Chanson De Cinquante Sous - Michael Doucet Dit BeauSoleil
  8. Shake What You Got - Preston Frank
  9. Little Black Eyes - Savoy-Doucet Cajun Band
  10. Chill Of A Saturday Afternoon - Wade Fruge
  11. Jolie Blonde - Chuck Guillory
  12. Here To Stay - Rebirth Brass Band
  13. I Know That's Right - Katie Webster
  14. I've Been There - Lawrence Ardoin
  15. Mentiste Cuando Dijiste - Flaco Jimenez
  16. Aguililla - Los Campesinos De Michoacan
  17. La Reine De La Salle - Odile Falcon
  18. Chanson De La Sagesse - Michael Doucet
  19. Hot Chili Mama - Beausoleil
  20. Check Out The Zydeco - C.J. Chenier
  21. El Canoero - Valerio Longoria
  22. Corrido Del Mono - Los Gavilanes De Oakland
  23. San Francisco Can Be Such A Lonely Town - Omar Sharriff

Tracks:

  1. Mother - Paramount Gospel Singers
  2. Gumagarugu - Chatuye
  3. Kandan-E Amaturi III - Aziz Herawi
  4. A Ti, Colombia - Ivan Cuesta
  5. Food Stamp Blues - Treme Brass Band
  6. Ain't It A Shame - Elder Roma Wilson
  7. J'Ai Ete Au Bal - Savoy-Doucet Cajun Band
  8. La Mal Sentada - Los Cenzontles
  9. Falling For You - Rose Maddox
  10. Los Traficantes Del Bravo - Los Palomares Del Bravo
  11. Jesus Will Fix It For You - Sonny Treadway
  12. Medved Na Lancu - Csokolom
  13. Jale Griego - Jose Moreno
  14. El Corrido De Esequiel Hernandez - Santiago Jimenez, Jr.
  15. What's His Name - Jesus! - The Campbell Brothers
  16. Just A Closer Walk With Thee - Aubrey Ghent

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Superbly packaged and lovingly annotated, the five-disc Arhoolie Records 40th Anniversary Collection distills four decades of musical passion into six hours of highlights. The passion is that of Arhoolie founder Chris Strachwitz, a German immigrant and former California schoolteacher whose label reflects a devotion to American roots music at its most vital and varied. Southern bluesmen Mance Lipscomb and Fred McDowell, Louisiana zydeco kingpin Clifton Chenier, and Tex-Mex conjunto accordionist Flaco Jimenez are just a few of the regional mainstays to achieve national renown through Arhoolie, and all of them are represented here.

The spirited diversity of the 105 selections (including 13 available on CD for the first time) finds the label extending its reach from string-band country (Hackberry Ramblers) to hard-driving jazz (Jerry Hahn Quintet) to New Orleans brass bands to more recent forays into "sacred steel," featuring gospel music with pedal-steel guitar. Where so many folk preservations might as well be embalming musical relics, Arhoolie champions "vernacular music": music that retains a strong, integral connection to its community and gets people clapping, stomping, and dancing. Throughout the set, the immediacy of the performances transcends trendiness or timeliness, showing how America sounds beyond the plasticity of popular culture. --Don McLeese

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars You'll enjoy this journey!.......2005-01-18

If you're a fan of living/breathing folk music, not whitebread I-gave-my-love-a-cherry acoustic music,but vibrant music from backwoods, churches and back alley sub-cultures obscured and ignored by the modern world, then this collection is for you.

In the early 80's I became a big fan of Clifton Chenier, the King of Zydeco. Collecting his records was the first time I encountered the Arhoolie label. I began to see that other artists I enjoyed were also on the label Beasoleil, Fred McDowell, Mance Lipscomb and others. It got to where I'd buy records just because of that red and black label. Even if I'd never heard of the artist I could always bank on the record being interesting and that is all because of Chris Strachwitz. He's the owner but he's also the guy out there beating the bushes to find this stuff and most of the music collected here he recorded himself in the field.

Arhoolie has managed to remain an independent record label which is saying something in this day and age and that independence keeps it vital. There is a recording in this collection by a street artist name Bongo Joe, whose music is essentially Joe improvising lyrics while beating out a rythm on a metal 50 gal. oil drum. Everytime I hear this track I smile because it's so wild and also because I know this guy would be out in the street doing this whether someone recorded him or not. Thank god someone did and they did it because they saw the intrinsic value in this mans art, not the chance to make a million dollars.

The booklet that accompanies the collection is full of wonderful photos, history and stories. Mr. Strachwitz shares his field recording technique of having one microphone in the center with the artists gathered around it which lends these recordings a comfortable charm. I could not agree more with the reviewer who said this collection is a nice companion to the Anthology of American Folk Music, it provides a nice bookend for that hallowed collection. I started out by saying this is living/breathing folk music. I did not mean to infer that these artists are still alive (though some are), rather that the sub-cultures that spawned these artists are still out there. We should all take comfort in that.

5 out of 5 stars Great set and great value for money.......2002-01-27

This is a truly wondrful set that works on every level.

Beautifully presented with a very informative book and five high quality CD's.

The sound quality is superb as are all the production values.

The mixture of world music, old-time music and American regional sounds, as repesented in the output of Arhoolie Records, works extremely well here.

I found my self playing all 5 CD's one after the other without strain and enjoying them all.

Once having heard many of the artists for te first time the search wil then commence for solo albums if they exist, and they probably do in most cases.

If this were a "Bear Family" set there would certainly be another $... on the askng price.

If you are already a fan of this type of musci or are looking to explore it furter this really is THE set to buy as a starting point.

All the tracks are strong and there is no "padding" at all.

Combine this with a quite outstanding book giving full details on the artists and the history of Arhoolie and this is a set that will be cherished for years to come and played with great regularity.

Highly recommended.

5 out of 5 stars A Treasury of Obscurities.......2001-10-18

I wasn't sure how I was going to like this box set when I bought it because I had never heard of most of the artists. When I first obtained it, I listened through once then put it on the shelf. On a recent road trip, I decided to put all 5 CDs in my CD changer to listen to in sequence and lemme tell you, am I ever glad to have done so.
The Journey of Chris Strachwitz is a musical journey through parts of America most of us never see or hear. There is Cajun, Zydeco, country, Tejano, blues, gospel and more. There is not the polished, overproduced kind of music one often hears on the radio, but rather the raw authenticity of music being played straight from the heart. Most of these musicians have made very little money in the business and are forced to do other work in order to make ends meet. Its a shame because just the small sampling here shows me that most of these artists have more talent than an army of top-40 schlocksters like Backstreet Boys and Madonna.
I am not equally enthusiastic about every song, but I was introduced to many performers from whom I want to hear more. Its hard to choose favorites, but I was impressed with Mance Lipscomb, the Reverend Louis Overstreet, Lydia Mendoza, Valerio Longoria, Omar Sharriff, Chatuye, The Campbell Brothers, and Aubrey Ghent in addition to more familiar performers like Clifton Chenier, Charlie Musselwhite, and any of the Jimenez clan. The worst song on the album is more pleasurable listening than most of the vapid pap served up on commercial radio.
With the CDs comes an informative booklet, filled with photos and stories of the performers and the sometimes serendipitous ways that Strachwitz hooked up with them.
If your musical taste runs the gamut, you should like this fairly priced box set. Chris Strachwitz did American music a tremendous turn when he set out to capture the sound of the folk before it was lost to us forever. I give this treasury of obscurities my heartiest recommendation. You won't be sorry you bought this!

5 out of 5 stars a real summer journey.......2001-05-23

This is a really strong collection of hard to find artists that will appeal to anyone interested in the history of American music and culture. The blues is incredible. The cajun and zydeco numbers are unbeatable. Same is true of bluegrass, texmex, gospel. Where did rock get its start? Forget the name artists who've received all the accolades, these are the artists that influenced the names. The real deal - presented in its raw format as much as possible. Despite 5 CDs of material, weak tracks are hard to find.

5 out of 5 stars an absolute must have.......2001-03-06

I could not agree more with the previous reviewer. This box set is perhaps the finest collection of American roots music, and much, much more, on the market today. Chris Strachwitz deserves our gratitude for bringing us forty years of top quality music, and for distilling his recordings down to this package, which could not possibly be better. Turn off your radio and turn on this goldmine of treasures from four decades of one man's undying love for the music that made this country great. Worth every penny, even at twice the price.
He's About a Groover: An Essential Collection
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    He's About a Groover: An Essential Collection
    Doug Sahm
    Manufacturer: Fuel 2000
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    Alt-Country & AmericanaAlt-Country & Americana | Country | Styles | Music
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    ASIN: B0001JXQBA
    Release Date: 2004-03-23

    Tracks:

    1. Sapphire - Doug Sahm
    2. Whirlaway - Doug Sahm
    3. Crazy Daisy - Doug Sahm
    4. Just a Moment - Doug Sahm,
    5. If You Ever Need Me - Doug Sahm
    6. Why Why Why - Doug Sahm
    7. Slow Down - Doug Sahm
    8. Baby Tell Me - Doug Sahm
    9. Crazy Daisy - Doug Sahm
    10. Can't Believe You Wanna Leave - Doug Sahm
    11. More and More - Doug Sahm
    12. Cucaracha - Doug Sahm
    13. Peanuts - Doug Sahm
    14. Scratchy - Doug Sahm

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    1. Mendocino - The Sir Douglas Quintet
    2. And It Didn't Even Bring Me Down - The Sir Douglas Quintet
    3. At the Crossroads - The Sir Douglas Quintet
    4. Nuevo Laredo - The Sir Douglas Quintet
    5. Wasted Days and Wasted Nights - The Sir Douglas Quintet
    6. She's About a Mover - The Sir Douglas Quintet
    7. Dynamite Woman - The Sir Douglas Quintet
    8. Stoned Faces Don't Lie - The Sir Douglas Quintet
    9. Texas Me - The Sir Douglas Quintet
    10. Magic Illusion - The Sir Douglas Quintet
    11. Song of Everything - The Sir Douglas Quintet
    12. You Never Get Too Big and You Sure Don't Get Too Heavy, That You Don't - The Sir Douglas Quintet
    Country Collection: Tex & Ferlin
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      Country Collection: Tex & Ferlin
      Tex Ritter , and Ferlin Husky
      Manufacturer: Performax
      ProductGroup: Music
      Binding: Audio CD

      CowboyCowboy | Country | Styles | Music
      GeneralGeneral | Country | Styles | Music
      GeneralGeneral | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music
      GeneralGeneral | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music
      CountryCountry | Imports | Stores | Music
      ASIN: B0007UY1GC
      Release Date: 2004-12-13

      Tracks:

      1. Green Grow The Lilacs
      2. Cielito Lindo
      3. Fool's Paradise
      4. Gallows Pole
      5. Froggy Went A Courtin'
      6. Have I Stayed Away Too Long
      7. Boll Weevil
      8. Country Music Is Here To Stay
      9. Looking At The World Through A Windshield
      10. Truck Driver's Blues
      11. Room Full Of Roses
      12. Giddy Up Go
      13. Behind Closed Doors
      14. Blues In My Heart
      The Platinum Collection
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        The Platinum Collection
        Freddy Fender
        Manufacturer: Direct Source Label
        ProductGroup: Music
        Binding: Audio CD

        GeneralGeneral | Country | Styles | Music
        GeneralGeneral | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music
        GeneralGeneral | Live Albums | Country | Styles | Music
        GeneralGeneral | Latin Music | Styles | Music
        MexicoMexico | International | Styles | Music
        GeneralGeneral | Rock | Styles | Music
        Pop RockPop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music
        Pop RockPop Rock | Live Albums | Pop | Styles | Music
        Cajun & CreoleCajun & Creole | Cajun & Zydeco | Regional Blues | Blues | Styles | Music
        CDs Under $7CDs Under $7 | Cajun & Zydeco | Blues | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music
        All Bargain TitlesAll Bargain Titles | Cajun & Zydeco | Blues | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music
        CDs Under $7CDs Under $7 | Country General | Country | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music
        All Bargain TitlesAll Bargain Titles | Country General | Country | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music
        CDs Under $7CDs Under $7 | Mexico | International | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music
        All Bargain TitlesAll Bargain Titles | Mexico | International | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music
        CDs Under $7CDs Under $7 | Pop Rock | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music
        All Bargain TitlesAll Bargain Titles | Pop Rock | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music
        ASIN: B0002YCVFG
        Release Date: 2004-08-25

        Tracks:

        1. Wasted Days and Wasted Nights
        2. Before the Next Teardrop Falls
        3. Whiskey River
        4. Six Days on the Road
        5. Rancho Grande
        6. I Can't Stop Loving You
        7. Loving Cajun Style
        8. Cielito Lindo
        9. Jambalaya
        10. Tell It Like It Is
        11. Rains Came
        12. Mexican Rose
        13. Walking Piece of Heaven
        14. Secret Love
        Country Collection: Freddy & Buck
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          Country Collection: Freddy & Buck
          Freddy Fender , and Buck Owens
          Manufacturer: Performax
          ProductGroup: Music
          Binding: Audio CD

          GeneralGeneral | Country | Styles | Music
          GeneralGeneral | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music
          GeneralGeneral | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music
          GeneralGeneral | Latin Music | Styles | Music
          MexicoMexico | International | Styles | Music
          GeneralGeneral | Pop | Styles | Music
          Pop RockPop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music
          GeneralGeneral | Rock | Styles | Music
          Roots RockRoots Rock | Rock | Styles | Music
          CountryCountry | Imports | Stores | Music
          ASIN: B0007WC9L4
          Release Date: 2004-12-13

          Tracks:

          1. Wasted Days & Wasted Nights
          2. Whisky River
          3. Jambalaya
          4. Before The Next Teardrop Falls
          5. Loving Cajun Style
          6. Rancho Grande
          7. Margarittaville
          8. Down On The Corner Of Love
          9. Please Don't Take Her Back From Me
          10. It Don't Show On Me
          11. That Aint Right Baby
          12. After The Dance
          13. Blue Love
          14. Three Dimension Love
          The Freddy Fender Collection
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            The Freddy Fender Collection
            Freddy Fender
            Manufacturer: Rhino / Wea
            ProductGroup: Music
            Binding: Audio CD

            GeneralGeneral | Country | Styles | Music
            Traditional CountryTraditional Country | Country | Styles | Music | Cowboy | General | Honky-Tonk | Nashville Sound | Old-Time Country | Outlaw & Progressive Country | Western Swing
            MexicoMexico | International | Styles | Music
            GeneralGeneral | Pop | Styles | Music
            Roots RockRoots Rock | Rock | Styles | Music
            ASIN: B000R7I3IC
            Release Date: 2007-07-17
            Collection
            Average customer rating: 3 out of 5 stars
            • Freddy is historic ... an icon!
            • Ripoff
            • Love this one
            • Not the original recordings.
            Collection
            Freddy Fender
            ProductGroup: Music
            Binding: Audio CD

            GeneralGeneral | Country | Styles | Music
            GeneralGeneral | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music
            GeneralGeneral | Latin Music | Styles | Music
            GeneralGeneral | Rock | Styles | Music
            Pop RockPop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music
            CDs Under $7CDs Under $7 | Country General | Country | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music
            All Bargain TitlesAll Bargain Titles | Country General | Country | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music
            CDs Under $7CDs Under $7 | Pop Rock | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music
            All Bargain TitlesAll Bargain Titles | Pop Rock | Pop | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music
            CountryCountry | Imports | Stores | Music
            Similar Items:
            1. Before the Next Teardrop Falls
            2. 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Freddy Fender
            3. Freddy Fender: 20 Hits
            4. The Best of Texas Tornados
            5. Freddy Fender - Greatest Hits (Master)

            ASIN: B000024JML
            Release Date: 2006-10-24

            Tracks:

            1. Wasted Days and Wasted Nights
            2. It's All in the Game
            3. Since I Met You Baby
            4. I Can't Stop Loving You
            5. Before the Next Teardrop Falls
            6. Tell It Like It Is
            7. Secret Love
            8. You'll Lose a Good Thing
            9. Pledging My Love
            10. Vaya Con Dios (May God Be with You)

            Customer Reviews:

            5 out of 5 stars Freddy is historic ... an icon!.......2004-07-01

            Freddy will go down in the history books for a long time. Awesome dude! I support his music 100%

            1 out of 5 stars Ripoff.......2003-10-17

            Sorry, but a lot of reviewers call this a definate collection. Nope.

            All of these songs are remakes done for Reprise Records in the 1990's. Remember, Freddy recorded for MCA in the 1970's when he had his biggest hits.

            Be very careful when buying Freddy Fender cd's. He re-recorded his hits many, many times.

            5 out of 5 stars Love this one.......2003-04-03

            The sound is great, very clear. The songs sound extremely close to the ones I remember hearing on the radio growing up. I bought 3 Freddy Fender cd's and this one blows away the other two. I'm very pleased with it. Exactly what I wanted and expected. Thank you.

            2 out of 5 stars Not the original recordings........2002-05-20

            Ripoff to call this "The Freddy Fender Collection" -- this is a 1991 session re-recording his greatest hits with a professional but passionless studio band. All very cautiouly recorded. Lacks the emotion and the fine instrumental work that his originals have.

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