Cowboy Ballads [Import]

Cowboy Ballads [Import]

ASIN: B00000I7EH

Track Listings

1. I'll Hold You in My Heart (Till I Can Hold You in My Arms) - Eddy Arnold, Eddy Arnold

2. Tennessee Waltz - Pee Wee King

3. Have I Told You Lately That I Love You - Tex Ritter

4. Red River Valley - Gene Autry

5. Sixteen Tons - Merle Travis

6. Moon over Montana - Jimmy Wakely

7. Old Shep - Red Foley

8. Have You Ever Been Lonely (Have You Ever Been Blue) - Ernest Tubb

9. Forgive Me One More Time - Spade Cooley

10. Slipping Around - Jimmy Wakely, Margaret Whiting

11. Divorce Me C.O.D. - Merle Travis

12. Pistol Packin' Mama - Al Dexter

13. Humpty Dumpty Heart - Hank Thompson

14. You Are My Sunshine - Jimmie Davis

15. Honky Tonkin' - Hank Williams

16. Molly and Tenbrooks - Bill Monroe

17. Rye Whiskey - Tex Ritter

18. Song of the Sierra - Jimmy Wakely

Tracks:

Big Iron
Cool Water
Billy The Kid
A Hundred And Sixty Acres
They're Hanging Me Tonight
The Strawberry Roan
El Paso
In The Valley
The Master's Call
Running Gun
The Little Green Valley
Utah Carol
San Angelo
Praire Fire
The Streets Of Laredo
Song Of The Bandit
I've Got No Use For The Women
Five Brothers
Little Joe The Wrangler
Ride, Cowboy Ride
This Peaceful Sod
She Was Young And She Was Pretty
My Love

Album Details

Twofer of the Legendary Gunfighter Albums from 1959 and 1960. His Finest Works.

Customer Reviews:

At las on CD!.......2005-11-09

I had all 3 albums that make up most of this CD...in the late 1950's /early 1960's. Marty was in great voice; the arrangments are superb...and, if you can listen to these bittersweet, haunting ballads without having your heartstrings plucked...and, eyes misting up..you are stone dead. These are about another time and another place...and,one where Life was often harsh, often all-too-short, but, it was lived full-up, not talked about and analyzed ad nauseum. This time may have not have existed as Marty sings about it, but the strength and purity of the messages are timeless. Oh, yes...for the secularists out there: there are some religious aspects in some of the songs. But, having been in Montana and the Dakotas, you can almost feel a Presence there.

This album is Marty Robbins.......2005-03-27

This is not to say that Marty Robbins did not perform many more and just as great songs. However when you think of ether Marty Robbins or the songs on this album [Gunfighter Ballads & Trail Songs]. As with many I grew up with this album and as one reviewer protests, it is a little unnerving to have the order changed. However I used to skip around anyway. And this is the album to buy for Marty Robbins. You can supplement with his others when you feel the need to expand his collection

It is hard to imagine that you have not heard these songs at some point. So it feels funny describing them to you. These songs are truly ballads. They are not crying in your beer twanging songs. And aside from the country pacing and theme, are close to folk songs. Each song has a story and you are made to feel that you could be singing them your self. In the end you will be singing them.

Two classic western albums.......2003-12-12

Marty recorded many different types of song but he was particularly good at western songs. For those who can afford it, Bear family have released a boxed set containing all Marty's western songs, but the two albums included here contain many of his best western songs.

On this set, you will find Marty's covers of the classic cowboy songs Cool water and The streets of Laredo, but Marty chose to avoid most of the obvious songs. Instead, he wrote some songs himself and recorded a lot of great but obscure songs. Of the songs that he wrote, El Paso is by far the most important. It was a huge international hit and if you are thinking of buying this collection, you probably know this song already.

The remaining songs all tell stories of life in the west in the years following the American civil war. We all know that you can't believe what Hollywood portrays in western movies. The origin of many of these songs is unknown but the picture they paint sounds credible.

Marty was, perhaps, the greatest western singer of them all (although Michael Martin Murphey is another contender for that title) - this collection shows him at his best.

Home on the Range was never this good!.......2002-03-20

Thanks to a friend who asked "who was it that sang El Paso?" has prompted me to take the opportunity to rediscover, after more than 30 years, a singer who put the 'Western' in Country Music. Anyone who enjoys Country and Western should not be without a copy of this marvellous collection of sounds and images of the American 'wild' west. This is a truly classic collection that gives you a story with every song from an exceptional talent singing with a purity that is rare. His gunfighter ballads are the stuff of dreams that transport the listener to the Old West with 'El Paso', 'Big Iron' and 'Cool Water' to name but a few in a selection brimming with great songs.

This is truly great value and is well worth a purchase that will bring you hours of pleasure. I strongly recommend it! Buy it and like me you will not be disappointed.

Postscript:
If you would like to add other albums to your collection, then you cannot go far wrong by choosing compilations such as "The Drifter" which include, amongst others, the amusing 'Cowboy in a Continental Suit' and a saloon showdown in the superb 'Mr Shorty'. Marty's voice suited most kinds of music and you will find in "The Essential Marty Robbins" with its Rock-A-Billy, Hawaiian and even Jazz-influenced music, the versatility that make it almost impossible to choose favourites.

Great CD.......2002-03-07

What can you say Marty Robbins at his best. No one epitomizes western music like he does, notice I said western music not to be confused with country music. And the songs on this album are the classics of that genre and only Marty can do them justice. It's a great album and I have recommended it to all my friends. If you want real western music get this album.

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Sings the Ballads of the True West/Life
Johnny Cash
Manufacturer: Sony / Bmg Import
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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Album Description

European only two-disc coupling of his 1965 album, Sings the Ballads of the True West (remastered with 22 tracks) and his 2004 album, Life (remastered with 18-tracks.) Two standard jewel cases housed in an exclusive slipcase. Sony. 2006.

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