Cowboys & Pirates

Cowboys & Pirates

Cowboys & Pirates

ASIN: B0006M9GCA

Track Listings
 
1. Time Off For Bad behavior
2. Everyday
3. Raining In My Heart
4. Desert rose (acoustic version)
5. Big Trouble
6. Walking After Midnight
7. Louise
8. Oh, These Nights Are So Long
9. I'm In The Mood
10. Handyman
11. Never Turn Your Back
12. Slow Boat To China
13. Desert Rose (studio version)

Editorial Reviews
About the Artist
"Barry Crompton is a songwriter, performer and record producer of extraordinary ability, which has been demonstrated by sustained international acclaim" The American Federation of Musicians, Nov. 2003. Over the last twenty-five years a guitar, a voice, a bunch of heartfelt songs and the love and kindness of a few good folks have taken Canadian born singer/songwriter Barry Crompton all over the world. Since his first public performance has a child Crompton has dedicated himself to mastering his craft as songwriter, guitartist, performer and singer. "Cowboys & Pirates" clearly demonstrates that he's getting the hang of it. As the respected Cruisecritic.com proclaimed in April 2002, "Barry Crompton is awesome". Declining the mainstream, Crompton has opted for the path less traveled - a modern day troubador. And one of the best, at that.

Product Description
"Cowboys & Pirates" is the ninth album from internationally acclaimed singer/songwriter Barry Crompton, and the first to present Crompton the way many of his fans know him best -solo and acoustic. A recorded version of his popular live set, the album is a mix of well crafted Crompton originals and cherry picked covers. From the good time feel of "Time Off For Bad Behavior", to the singalong "Desert Rose", to the croonings of the classic "Slow Boat to China", this is Crompton doing what he does best -singing and playing his heart out. For those who haven't yet caught Crompton live this is a great introduction. For those who already have it's a great souvenir. A guitar, a voice, and a heart. A lot of heart.

Cowboys & Pirates,Barry Crompton,Vigilante Records LA,With that reverb-drenched guitar, thumping up-right bass, and that wild, fast, and out-of-control beat makes this album the perfect soundtrack to your favorite 50's horror flick.
Cowboys From Hell
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • duh
  • Good?
  • pick yourself up a copy...or download it
  • BY IT! NOW! I dare you!
  • I cant say this is better then Vulgar display of power...But I will!
 Cowboys From Hell
Pantera
Manufacturer: Atlantic / Wea
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000002JNJ
Release Date: 1990-07-17

Tracks:

  1. Cowboys From Hell
  2. Primal Concrete Sledge
  3. Psycho Holiday
  4. Heresy
  5. Cemetery Gates
  6. Domination
  7. Shattered
  8. Clash With Reality
  9. Medicine Man
  10. Message In Blood
  11. The Sleep
  12. The Art Of Shredding

Amazon.com

Even those who scoff at the idea that rock & roll is the devil's music have to think twice when listening to Pantera. The pill-popping, strip-bar-ogling, beer-guzzling Texas combo takes Metallica's speed-metal cues to new heights of brutality and sacrilege. Fortunately, they're extremely good at what they do. The polyrhythmic complexity of Vinnie Paul's drumming in "Psycho Holiday" and guitarist "Dimebag" Darrell's breathtaking solo in "Heresy" are examples of state-of-the-art metal musicianship. Vocalist Phil Anselmo often sounds like Metallica's James Hetfield, but his brooding croon on "Cemetery Gates" and his falsetto screams on the blindingly fast "Shattered" are more like vintage Deep Purple. Released in 1990, Cowboys made Pantera one of metal's top draws during an era in which it was almost eclipsed by alternative rock. --James Rotondi

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars duh.......2007-06-08

Who wouldn't love this first mass produced Pantera album? YOu'd have to not have ear drums, or a brain.

2 out of 5 stars Good?.......2007-05-16

I bought this ancient cd at a thrift store, donated back 3 days later. I didn't find this cd all that great. Cowboys from hell was the only good song. everything else on this cd is just noisy boring riffs with typical guitar solos that have been done to death by millions of other players. The song structure is typical verse-chorus-verse-chorus-verse-guitar solo-chorus. This is one of the main reason I don't listen to modern day music except rap (underground). Dimebagg Darrel needed alittle more practice, He is not a Legend. Don't get me wrong, he died horribly. But come on people.. A Legend??! They are hundreds of amazing blues and jazz guitarist that have had a short life and they didn't get the praise they deserve.
Phil cannot sing (scream). He sounds like he's singing on the toilet and taking a huge dump. The drummer is so-so. And I cant even hear the bassist.
I tried to give this album a chance but I always fall sleep halfway through the album. I don't understand why is this album so popular maybe I have poor taste.. whatever it is I still give it 2 stars for the effort and the 1st track.

5 out of 5 stars pick yourself up a copy...or download it.......2007-01-17

just make sure to pick up this CD Before you die so you can spend your last moments knowing you listened to what metal really is!

5 out of 5 stars BY IT! NOW! I dare you!.......2006-11-06

This album is probably one of the more important metal releases. Ever. It;s not as pivotal as Black Sabbath, Kill 'Em All, Ride The Lightning, Master of Puppets, Peace Sells, Reign in (fake)Blood, Welcome to Hell, or Ace of Spades. However, it is better than most of the above. And it's almost as pivotal. See, this was the first groove metal album, and I'ma gonna go out on a limb here and say this is the best metal album of the 90's, calling RATM hard rock. See, if you like a good riff, this is it. The best riffing album ever. And if you liked Tony Iommi's guitar style, but wished he'd gone even crazier, this is it. Aside from Tom Morello, Dimebag has the most unique guitar style (and coolest name), period. And it's cool. This album is not recommended for people who can't deal with high-pitched vocals, though. They might be more intrested in the follow up, Vulgar Display of Power, which is just that. Anyhow...great songs about. Everything on here is solid, but Cowboys From Hell, Shattered (highest note ever!), Heresy, Message in Blood, The Art of Shredding (which does not have a shred solo), The Sleep, Medicine Man, Psycho Holiday, and the nice ballad Cemetary Gates are the best. Although that only leaves 2 tracks to be considered "filler." And they're both solid bits of thrash/groove metal. Through and through, this album is great. It's fast and heavy, except for 2 slowdowns, and the riffing is awesome. The lyrics are cool and dark, but without either going all emo on us, or being stupid pointlessly violent Slayer-esque stuff...a unique and brilliant album. Buy it. Or don't. But before making up your mind, listen to Cowboys From Hell. Then buy it.

5 out of 5 stars I cant say this is better then Vulgar display of power...But I will!.......2006-07-27

I got this recently and actually I thought it deserved 5 stars!A very good album which has some of there best songs.
1. Cowboys From Hell:This song is very bland.Not many times it changes and mostly from beginning to the end Phil is screaming like AC/DC with some growls and starts with a pick sliding on the guitar when some bass slashes on and slashes on again untill we hear what sounds like water spraying and then in comes the heavy,fast guitar and then stops to do the riff without th buzz and then we hear "OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!COME ON!" it leads to "OVERLASTIN' AS WE STAND TALL!NO ROCKIN' CAUSE I SAID UH!SHOUT DOWN!ITS TOO LOUD NO LOOK AND YOU CANT TURN BACK!!" and then he growls "YOU SEE US COMING AT YOU ALLTOGETHER RUN FOR COVER!We're taking over this town" a definate good song.Heavy and sounds like it was recorded in 1977.10/10
2. Primal Concrete Sledge:very heavy with fast riffs starting it and sludge riffs flying everywhere at once and shouts and screams.Good and a huge rocker!10/10
3. Psycho Holiday:Just say that this is psycho and that it is a holiday and pretty much yeah it is.10/10
4. Heresy:Great heavy song with screeching riffs and a great solo.
5. Cemetery Gates:Starts acoustic and then incomes the famous heavy riff and then acoustic comes and great calm vocals of "Reverend Reverend I feel it crawling in the night" and "Sometimes when I'm alone" this song is more calm but the best song because of its shouting chorus "WELL I GUESS YOU TOOK MY YOUTH AND GAVE IT ALL AWAY! IT WAS THE START OF A NEW FRONT DOOR BEFORE THE MEMORY!AND WHEN SHE DIED!I COULDNT CRY I PUSHED MYSELF OUTDOOR!!!!YOU LEFT ME!IF YOU PLEASE!ALL ALONE AND THE MEMORY SELLS IT APAaart!"The way we were...I will unlock my door.And pass the cemetary gates."Great song.11/10
6. Domination:A return to heaviness with growls and screams!10/10
7. Shattered:Good but very heavy.10/10
8. Clash With Reality:Nice Clash.10/10
9. Medicine Man:Flashback to metallica.12/10
10. Message In Blood:WOW!10/10
11. The Sleep:The name says it all.
12. The Art Of Shredding:Same here.Teaches you how to SHRED!
Great album.
The Music of John Williams: 40 Years of Film Music
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Very disappointing, considering what it could have been
  • Always a pleaser
  • JOHN WILLIAMS 40 Years of Film Music
  • Movie Music Magic & Memorabilia
  • John Williams: 40 Years of Outstanding Film Music
 The Music of John Williams: 40 Years of Film Music

Manufacturer: Silva America
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Film ScoresFilm Scores | Theatrical, Incidental & Program Music | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music
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ASIN: B0000C6K09
Release Date: 2003-10-07

Tracks:

  1. The Sugarland Express-Main Theme
  2. Jaws-Main Theme
  3. Close Encounters Of The Third Kind-Suite
  4. Raiders Of The Lost Ark-March
  5. Raiders Of The Lost Arc-The Map Room:Dawn
  6. E.T. The Extra-Terrestrail-Adventures On Earth
  7. Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom-Mine Car Chase
  8. Indiana Jones And The Temple Of Doom-End Credits
  9. Empire Of The Sun-Exsultate Justi
  10. Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade-Indy's First Adventure

Tracks:

  1. Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade-End Credits
  2. Always-Follow Me/Dorinda's Solo Flight
  3. Hook-Main Themes
  4. Jurassic Park-Main Themes
  5. Schindler's List-Main Theme
  6. Amistad-Dry Your Tears, Afrika
  7. Saving Private Ryan-Hymn To The Fallen
  8. A.I. Artificial Intelligence-Where Dreams Are Made
  9. Minority Report
  10. Catch Me If You Can

Tracks:

  1. The Rare Breed-Suite (Universal Emblem/Hilary's Plight/Scottish Romeo/The Hunt)
  2. Jane Eyre-Suite: The Jane Eyre Theme
  3. Jane Eyre-Suite: To Thornfield
  4. Jane Eyre-Suite: Restoration
  5. The Cowboys-Overture
  6. The Poseidon Adventure-Prelude
  7. The Towering Inferno-Main Titles
  8. Family Plot-End Titles
  9. The Fury-Main Titles
  10. Superman-Main Theme
  11. Dracula-Main Titles & Storm
  12. The River-Main Theme & Love Theme
  13. The Witches Of Eastwick- Dance Of The Witches

Tracks:

  1. Born On The Fourth Of July-End Credits
  2. Presumed Innocent-End Titles
  3. JFK-Arlington/End Titles
  4. Harry Potter And The Philosopher's Stone-Hedwig's Theme
  5. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets-Fawkes The Phoenix
  6. Star Wars: A New Hope- Main Theme
  7. Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back-Hans Solo And The Princess
  8. Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back-The Imperial March
  9. Star Wars: The Phantom Menace- Anakin's Theme
  10. Star Wars: The Phantom Menace-The Flag Parade
  11. Star Wars: Attack Of The Clones-Across The Stars
  12. Star Wars: The Phantom Menace-Duel Of The Fates

Customer Reviews:

1 out of 5 stars Very disappointing, considering what it could have been.......2007-04-20

Take a look at the running times:

Disc 1: 60 minutes
Disc 2: 50 minutes
Disc 3: 61 minutes
Disc 4: 58 minutes

What gives Silva? There is *MUCH* more John Williams in the silva screen back catalogue by the Prague Philharmonic than what is in this set, and thats not including their entire discs devoted to Star Wars Films, Indiana Jones Trilogy etc. Why isn't Hook "When You're Alone" included on Disc 2? There's room. Why isn't 1941 on Disc 1? There's room. Why isn't Earthquake on Disc 3? There's room. Why isn't Far and Away on disc 4? There's room. Where's the other ten minutes of the Rare Breed suite on disc 3? Why isn't Midway on disc 1? Where are the Land of the Giants, Time Tunnel and Lots In Space tv themes? Etc. Etc. Etc.

C'mon Silva, most of these 4 disc mega boxes released in the past few years are packed to the brim, but not this one, and with new recordings made after this was released (the terminal, munich, geisha, war of the worlds, star wars ep 3, harry potter 3), it only makes sense for a "re-do" in the next couple of years.

Further, with Silva releasing the 100 Greatest Film Themes on six discs in a couple of months, it's only a matter of time before we see the ultimate six disc john williams set.

This isn't a BAD set to own, but it could have been much better and when compared to the Jerry Goldsmith and John Barry sets in this same series, this one is a major letdown.

5 out of 5 stars Always a pleaser.......2007-03-31

I listen to music all day with patients in my dental chair. This one is a winner with everyone. Patients always comment on how they recognize a song. Who doesn't love John Williams? His music transcends time.

5 out of 5 stars JOHN WILLIAMS 40 Years of Film Music.......2007-01-10

This 4 cd pack is an anthology of all John Williams works. From his earlier works "The Poseidon Adventure" and "Jaws" right through "Indiana Jones" and the most recent"Star Wars" prequel movies are included. Williams work in thriller and horror are also included. If you are into soundtracks and love movie music this is an essential buy. The quality of the music is excellent. With ten or more tracks on each cd it's well worth the money.

5 out of 5 stars Movie Music Magic & Memorabilia.......2006-12-13

This four CD set expands on the previously released John Williams Greatest Hits. It's a grand collection of nearly four hours of famous music scores from over forty years. There are many songs never before available in any collection. The short liner notes tell a great tale of musical movie history and include all of his numerous award nominations and wins. Each song (oddly enough) mentions the actors and the director, so fond are John Williams's memories of his work with these people. All of the conductors are mentioned along with specific orchestras, choirs, arrangement and orchestration specialists and even the publishers (contractual, I am sure). The only things missing are his early television scores, such as those for "Lost In Space" (by Johnny Williams back then). But with four discs, one has nothing to complain about and everything to enjoy!

5 out of 5 stars John Williams: 40 Years of Outstanding Film Music.......2006-11-28

I have been a huge fan of John Williams and I have known about his music for years. However, I never actually bought any of his music on CD. I was rather skeptical about purchasing this CD but when it arrived I knew I had made the right choice. The sound quality of the compilation is outstanding. The City of Prague Philharmonic Orchestra do a great job under the direction of Paul Bateman. The original London Symphony Orchestra CDs of John Williams' Star Wars Trilogy CDs are marginally better but this is still a great CD compilation. If you love ET, Star Wars, Indiana Jones and Harry Potter, you will love this compilation soundtrack. Buy it, listen to these CDs in the car and enjoy every minute of the collection!!!
Cowboys to Girls: The Best of the Intruders:
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • It's Good
  • GREAT COLLECTION BY THE INTRUDERS, BUT....
  • Intruders
  • Yes, The Album is as Great as Others are Saying
  • Intruders
 Cowboys to Girls: The Best of the Intruders:
The Intruders
Manufacturer: Sony
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000002AV9
Release Date: 1995-10-31

Tracks:

  1. A Love That's Real
  2. Coyboys To Girls
  3. Together
  4. (We'll Be) United
  5. (Love Is Like A) Baseball Game
  6. Slow Drag
  7. Sad Girl
  8. Me Tarzan, You Jane
  9. When We Get Married
  10. Friends No More
  11. (Win, Place Or Show) She's A Winner
  12. Mother And Child Reunion
  13. I'll Always Love My Mama
  14. I Wanna Know Your Name
  15. Teardrops
  16. Hang On In There
  17. A Nice Girl Like You
  18. Plain Ol Fashioned Girl
  19. To Be Happy Is The Real Thing
  20. Save The Children

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars It's Good.......2007-02-11

I would have like to have more of their cuts on here, but it was very good anyhow.

5 out of 5 stars GREAT COLLECTION BY THE INTRUDERS, BUT...........2006-12-18

THIS IS A GREAT COLLECTION BY ONE OF THE MOST UNDERRATED SOUL GROUPS OF ALL TIME . I LOVE THE INTRUDERS: THE LATE , GREAT SAM "LITTLE SONNY" BROWN , EUGENE "BIRD " DAUGHTRY (ALSO , SADLY, NO LONGER WITH US) SONGWRITER PHILLIP "PHIL" TERRY,AND ROBERT "BIG SONNY" EDWARDS.THEIR RECORDS WERE ALL FANTASTIC , AND THEY HAD A SOUND QUITE UNLIKE ANY OTHER GROUP, BUT.....LET'S BE HISTORICALLY ACCURATE HERE . THE SONG " I'M GIRL SCOUTIN" WAS N O T THE ONLY INTRUDERS SONG NOT TO FEATURE "LITTLE SONNY" BROWN ON LEAD. ROBERT FERGUSON , BETTER KNOWN AS "BOBBY STARR" DID REPLACE "LITTLE SONNY" AS LEAD SINGER OF THE GROUP FOR A TIME ,{AND LEADS A NEW GROUP OF INTRUDERS TODAY), BUT, IN ADDITION TO SINGING ON THEIR HIT " I'M GIRL SCOUTIN", HE ALSO LEAD ON THE HITS, "I BET HE DON'T LOVE YOU (LIKE I LOVE YOU)", "THIS IS MY LOVE SONG",AND "PRAY FOR ME". TO THIS DATE, NOT A SINGLE INTRUDERS "GREATEST HITS" COLLECTION (ON CD OR VINYL) HAS INCLUDED ANY OF THESE BOBBY STARR- LED SONGS... NOR HAVE THEY INCLUDED THE "LITTLE SONNY"-LED EARLIER HIT "DEVIL WITH AN ANGELS SMILE" FROM THEIR NOW CLASSIC COLLECTORS ITEM 1ST ALBUM " THE INTRUDERS ARE TOGETHER " {WHICH ALSO, BY THE WAY,STILL HAS YET TO SEE THE LIGHT OF DAY ON CD.}UNTIL THESE SONGS ARE INCLUDED , THERE WILL NEVER BE A DEFINITIVE INTRUDERS "GREATEST HITS" COLLECTION...SO HOW ABOUT ABOUT IT, GAMBLE AND HUFF ?

5 out of 5 stars Intruders.......2006-08-14

WoW! Awesome. There's is nothing to compare to this. This is classic old school. I love it!

5 out of 5 stars Yes, The Album is as Great as Others are Saying.......2006-01-02

I know I'm not Original here, as the Previous 13 Reviews have awarded the Same 5 Stars to this Release, but I feel the need to Echo the sentiment. The Intruders, led by the Unmistakable Hurting/Cracking, Passionate Voice of Little Sonny Brown, are Grossly Underappreciated, These Songs stand among the Greatest in Soul History, Gems like "Together", "I Wanna Know Your Name", "Love is Like a Baseball Game", "United", and on and on....and the Long Version of "I'll always love My Mama", where Pt. 2 of the song (the second half, if you will, as listed on My Original 45 Copy I bought in 1973) has the Intruders Rapping, Playing the "Dozens", quite interesting to hear still; An Absolute MUST for Your Music Library...I am Pleased to have seen the Intruders Perform at Constitution Hall in D.C. in 1993, reunited with Little Sonny after Many Years away...The Pain in His Voice One Hears in many of these Songs was Real, Little Sonny Jumped from a Bridge near Philadelphia to His Death in 1995......RIP

5 out of 5 stars Intruders.......2005-12-21

These are the Intruders at their best, All their hit songs and more, An excellent CD.
By Request: The Best Of John Williams And The Boston Pops Orchestra
Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
  • Good popular music.
  • Still great!
  • Great Performances as well as Music
  • De Williams los Boston lo mejor...
  • Williams at His Finest....as of 1987
 By Request: The Best Of John Williams And The Boston Pops Orchestra

Manufacturer: Philips
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0000040YP
Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

  1. Olympic Fanfare And Theme
  2. The Cowboys Overture
  3. Close Encounters Of The Third Kind: Excerpts From Close Encounters Of The Third Kind
  4. March From Midway
  5. Flying Theme From 'E.T.'
  6. Return Of The Jedi: Luke And Leia Theme From Return Of The Jedi
  7. SUPERMAN: March From Superman
  8. Liberty Fanfare
  9. Raiders Of The Lost Ark: March From Raiders Of The Lost Ark
  10. The Empire Strikes Back: Yoda's Theme From The Empire Strikes Back
  11. '1941': March From '1941'
  12. Jaws: Theme From Jaws
  13. The Empire Strikes Back: Imperial March From The Empire Strikes Back
  14. Mission Theme (Theme For NBC News)
  15. Star Wars: Main Theme From Star Wars

Customer Reviews:

3 out of 5 stars Good popular music........2005-08-14

The interesting issue about this recording is that Williams himself directs. It is always a plus to listen to music played by its author. Average performance by the orchestra.

5 out of 5 stars Still great!.......2005-07-23

John Williams has the magic of translating music from movies. Even not watching the movies themselves, you can still understand what's happening because of the music that comes with it.

I'm happy the music industry compiled this marvellous CD together. It has all the greatest hits like Luke and Leia, Indiana Jones march and the star wars main theme. These songs are really some of the great examples of Williams' finest.

Even if the music isn't really that clear in movies, it's still gives a great impact on the stories. If you watch a movie made up of only dialogues and fights, what's the thrill, we can see fights anytime anywhere. So the element that makes the movies really attractive and interesting is the music itself.

Kirstie Mabitad

5 out of 5 stars Great Performances as well as Music.......2005-04-06

When I picked up this CD I was amazed. I am a big Williams fan and love the Boston Pops. All the pieces are well done and flawless (except for some small tempo issues in "1941") Though all the peices stand out the handsdown best is "The Cowboys" Overture. The ritch sound as well as the great musicmanship make this a joy to here. Another good highlight is the "Midway" March. Midway was a relitivley underated score being in the middle of "Jaws" and "Star Wars" (Both of witch are also on the CD but, Jaws could have had solid feeling but is otherwise performed rather great) The rousing March in my opinion is as rousing as "Raiders of the Lost Ark" or "Superman" (Both yet again are on the CD and Superman's opening is absolutly breathtaking even better than the actual soundtrack. The Trumpet and French Horn fanfare makes you yourself visualize the might of the man of steel himself. But the Midway march is given a stunning representaion with the ritch, lush sound of the Boston Pop's brass section. The CD also has some of John Williams music for the concert stage such as the well known Olympic Fanfare (1984 Los Angeles), The Liberty Fanfare as well as the Mission Theme (The NBC news anthem) all offer a nice break from the movie scores. The only down side to the CD is that because it was made in 1987 it doesn't have music from Hook, Far and Away, Schindler's List and of course Jurassic Park. But even though it lacks Williams' early 90's scores its always a Joy to listen to as well as a treat for the ears. So i give it two thumbs up and *****.
I advise any John Williams/Boston Pops fan not to let this gem slip through their fingers! ;)

5 out of 5 stars De Williams los Boston lo mejor..........2004-12-14

John Williams ademas ser un compositor sin igual es un extraordinario director es asi como en conjunto con Los Boston Pops logra grabaciones espectaculares.
Entonces lo mejor de Williams a cargo de Williams junto con los POps es sorprendente, la obertura de "Cowboys" es grandiosa, Encuentros cercanos es fantastica, asi igual lo son la marcha para superman, Indiana Jones, de Darth Vader y la menos conocida para Midway. En resumen lo mejor de Williams en unas interpretaciones increibles, y nadie que se queje que no son las originales porque suenan incluso como la Sinfonica de Londres, y eso es mas de lo que uno espera. Grandioso.

5 out of 5 stars Williams at His Finest....as of 1987.......2003-07-13

For fans looking for a sampler of John Williams' music circa 1987, this CD is a treasure trove of selected movie and special occasion themes. While not as comprehensive as Sony Classical's Greatest Hits 1969-1999 collection, there is enough variety to satisfy even the most casual Williams fan. Included here among his famous themes (Star Wars, ET, Superman, and Raiders of the Lost Ark) are his 1984 Olympic Fanfare, "The Mission" (NBC News theme), and the rousing Overture to the John Wayne film The Cowboys. As always, the Boston Pops Orchestra shines under the baton of Hollywood's -- and America's -- favorite composer!
Griddle Greasin' Daddies & Dirty Cowboys
Average customer rating: Not rated
    		Griddle Greasin' Daddies & Dirty Cowboys
    Various Artists
    Manufacturer: Jasmine Music
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

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    ASIN: B000M5KQ0C
    Release Date: 2007-02-05

    Tracks:

    1. Take Your Hands Off It (The Birthday Cake Song)
    2. Motel Time
    3. Ice Man Song
    4. Hollywood Mama
    5. Who Winds Your Clock
    6. Sell The Coldest Stuff In Town
    7. Let Me Play With Your Poodle
    8. I Want To Learn To Do It
    9. Kinsey's Book
    10. Butcher Shop Blues
    11. Tain'tbig Enough
    12. If The Blues Don't Kill Me
    13. Operation Blues
    14. Freckle Song
    15. Chicken Plucker
    16. Sixty Minute Man
    17. Tappin' That Thing
    18. Chilli Dippin' Baby
    19. I Like What You Got
    20. She's Got Something
    21. Tattooed Lady
    22. Eskimo Nell
    23. Griddle Greasing Daddy
    24. Birthday Cake Boogie

    Album Details

    Banned from the Radio! Risque Country Music from the 1940¡¦s and Early 50¡¦s. Rowdy and Lewd Hillbilly at Its Best. Kicking off this Set is the Hillbilly Classic "Birthday Cake Song" Sung, with Subdued Rasping by It's Composer Billy Hughes! featuring the Original Recording of "The Tattooed Lady" with Skeets Mcdonald this Song was So Popular it was Re-recorded and Re-released with the Same Issue Number!
    Flying Cowboys
    Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
    • rickie lee jones
    • I've Only Heard (and Seen) "Ghetto of My Mind"; Wow!
    • A Definite "Desert Island" Disc
    • I gotta agree....
    • Beautiful Music
    		 Flying Cowboys
    Rickie Lee Jones
    Manufacturer: Geffen Records
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

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    ASIN: B000000ORL
    Release Date: 1989-09-19

    Tracks:

    1. The Horses
    2. Just My Baby
    3. Ghetto Of My Mind
    4. Rodeo Girl
    5. Satellites
    6. Ghost Train
    7. Flying Cowboys
    8. Don't Let The Sun Catch You Crying
    9. Love Is Gonna Bring Us Back Alive
    10. Away From The Sky
    11. Atlas' Marker

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars rickie lee jones.......2007-06-19

    written for her daughter love the poetry about horses, being free and cowboys.the music and words flow together.

    5 out of 5 stars I've Only Heard (and Seen) "Ghetto of My Mind"; Wow!.......2005-05-07

    Over the years I have videotaped many Saturday Night Live programs, and the one which featured RLJ was near the one which featured Neil Young's great performance of "Keep On Rockin' (in the Free World)" so I kept that tape.

    What I did not know - my videotaping habits then were better than my viewing habits - was that RLJ had an astonishing performance of "Ghetto" literally mesmerizing! Doesn't matter that the song alone couldn't equal the performance in 1989, that kind of performance was so unique in the best sense of the term that I will buy the CD without hearing even one other song segment.

    Sorry I can't share that video with everyone who posted to this CD. You deserve it!

    5 out of 5 stars A Definite "Desert Island" Disc.......2005-01-22

    Although released in 1989, Flying Cowboys remains one of my favorite musical pieces in my entire collection of CDs and definitely one of the most essential in Jone's discography. It's high on my list of must haves if I was to be stranded on the immortal "desert isle".

    Jones has always been a talented songwriter and always had a creative knack for telling her musical tales using vivid characters and lush musical arrangements. With some help from producer/songwriter/musician Walter Becker (from Steely Dan), she scores big on this project. The end result here is a mostly upbeat, poetic & jazzy collection of folk/pop with the exception of "Ghost Train". Although "Ghost Train" doesn't seem to fit into the mood of the whole, it is one of my favorites. It works extremely well in illustrating Jone's talent at more bluesier vocals and her overall versatility. From the ethereal "The Horses" to the calypso tinged "Love is Gonna Bring Us Back Alive", the other selections are upbeat, smoothly poetic and mildly romantic. Smooth jazz artist Vonda Shephard (from the Allie McBeal series soundtrack)and jazz great Randy Brecker also perform on a couple of selections.

    For those not familiar with Rickie Lee Jones, I highly recommend Flying Cowboys.

    5 out of 5 stars I gotta agree...........2003-04-02

    ...it's one of the finest albums you could own. Each time I listen, it reveals more to me and I can't stop listening. It's "perfect for all occasions" type of CD, it's a great feel good and happy recording. Love 'Ghost Train' and the introduction of more RLJ "characters" for us to meet - she must have had a great life, well so far! Each song holds a story within itself and you just want to hear more. If you are a RLJ fan, or even in you are not, and for some strange reason this is not in your collection, do something about it! Buy it, listen and you will know what I mean.

    2 out of 5 stars Beautiful Music.......2003-02-14

    This is a wonderful CD, brilliantly produced, with some of the best studio musicians in the world. The sheer musicality of the vocals and harmonies coupled with the musical genius leads to a truly incredible experience. A truly romantic piece, perfect for a night alone with the one you love. RLJ's poetic, deep lyrics only add to the lush sounds on this work of true art. This is RLJ's greatest album, and I wholeheartedly recommend it to anyone who has enjoyed her previous or later works. You will not be disappointed.
    Cowboys Ain't Easy To Love / Paint Me Back Home In Wyoming
    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    • awesome
    		 Cowboys Ain't Easy To Love / Paint Me Back Home In Wyoming
    Chris LeDoux
    Manufacturer: Capitol
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    GeneralGeneral | Contemporary Country | Country | Styles | Music
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    ASIN: B000NOKAD0
    Release Date: 2007-04-03

    Tracks:

    1. Cowboys Ain't Easy To Love
    2. Silence On The Line
    3. Weekend Country Cowboy
    4. Bars Shouldn't Have Mirrors
    5. Round And Round She Goes
    6. Tennessee Stud
    7. Hoka Hey, Lakotas
    8. The Blizzard
    9. The Old Timer
    10. Raised By The Railroad Line
    11. Let That Leather Crack
    12. Chisum
    13. Paint Me Back Home In Wyoming
    14. Ain't Had Time To Go Home
    15. Cowcamp Blues
    16. Lean, Mean And Hungry
    17. Six Bucks A Day
    18. Night Rider's Lament
    19. Getting By A Quarter At A Time
    20. Hippies In Calgary
    21. Pilgrim's Progress
    22. Coming Home Mom Waltz

    Album Description

    Two classic Chris LeDoux CDs combined on one CD, 24-bit digitally remastered and presented with their original album cover art.

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars awesome.......2007-06-13

    haven't heard most of these songs and their are AWESOME
    Doughboys, Playboys and Cowboys: The Golden Years of Western Swing
    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    • The finest set of western swing ever. Timeless fun!
    • Good Luck in trying to find something better !
    • A Great Overview Of Western Swing
    • Musical history that is alive and well today
    • Western Swing is Western Folk Jazz no Hillbillies here!
    		 Doughboys, Playboys and Cowboys: The Golden Years of Western Swing
    Various Artists
    Manufacturer: Proper UK Boxed Sets
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    ASIN: B00005EQQE
    Release Date: 2001-07-05

    Tracks:

    1. Sunbonnet Sue - Fort Worth Doughboys
    2. Nancy Jane - Fort Worth Doughboys
    3. Oh You Pretty Woman - Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies
    4. Brownie's Stomp - Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies
    5. Osage Stomp - Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
    6. Who Walks In When I Walk Out - Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
    7. Boyd's Blues - Bill Boyd & Cowboy Ramblers
    8. I Want To Be A Cowboy's Sweetheart - Patsy Montana & Prarie Ramblers
    9. Sadie Green (The Vamp Of New Orleans) - Roy Newman & His Boys
    10. Who's Sorry Now - Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies
    11. Down By The O-H-I-O - Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies
    12. Barn Dance Rag - Bill Boyd & His Country Ramblers
    13. Never No More Blues - Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
    14. Too Busy - Bob Wills & Texas Playboys
    15. Rambler's Stomp - Doug Bine & His Dixie Ramblers
    16. The Eyes Of Texas - Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies
    17. The Yellow Rose Of Texas - Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies
    18. Red's Tight Like That - Tune Wranglers
    19. Buster's Crawdad Song - Tune Wranglers
    20. Big Daddy Blues - Jimmie Revard & His Oklahoma Playboys
    21. Feather Your Nest - Washboard Wonders
    22. Dirty Dog - Jimmie Revard & His Oklahoma Playboys
    23. My Galveston Gal - Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies
    24. El Rancho Grande - Tune Wranglers
    25. Texas Sand - Tune Wranglers

    Tracks:

    1. Women Women Women - Shelly Lee & His Alley Cars
    2. Mean Old Lonesome Blues - Buddy Jones
    3. Bring It On Down To My House - Derwood Brown & His Musical Brownies
    4. Corrine Corrina - Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers
    5. One Sweet Letter From You - Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers
    6. Fort Worth Stomp - Crystal Spring Ramblers
    7. The Women ('Bout To Make A Wreck Out Of Me) - Buddy Jones
    8. Streamlined Mama - Buddy Jones
    9. Blue Guitars - Light Crust Doughboys
    10. Dirty Dog Blues - Modern Mountaineers
    11. Mississippi Sandman - Modern Mountaineers
    12. Hot Tamale Pete - Bob Skyles & Skyrockets
    13. Married Man Blues - Nite Owls
    14. There'll Be Some Changes Made - W. Lee O'Daniel & His Hillbilly Boys
    15. Dirty Hangover Blues - W. Lee O'Daniel & His Hillbilly Boys
    16. Lose Your Blues & Laugh At Life - Jimmie Revard & His Oklahoma Boys
    17. Range Rider Stomp - Range Riders
    18. Hold That Critter Down - Sons Of The Pioneers
    19. Chicken Reel Stomp - Tune Wranglers
    20. Playboy Stomp - Bob Wills & Texas Playboys
    21. Moonlight In Oklahoma - Smokey Wood & The Wood Chips
    22. Keep On Truckin' - Smokey Wood & The Wood Chips
    23. I'm Confessin' (That I Love You) - Brown's Musical Brownies
    24. Just Once Too Often - Light Crust Doughboys
    25. Loud Mouth - Modern Mountaineers

    Tracks:

    1. Kangaroo Blues - Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers
    2. Pine State Honky Tonk - Claude Casey & His Pine State Playboys
    3. Better Quit It Now - Adolph Hofner & His Texans
    4. Pussy Pussy Pussy - Light Crust Doughboy
    5. I'll Keep My Old Guitar - Adolph Hofner & His Texans
    6. Cowboy's Swing - Hank Penny & His Radio Cowboys
    7. Lonesome Road Blues - W. Lee O'Daniel & His Hillbilly Boys
    8. Liza Pull Down The Shades - Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
    9. Truck Driver's Blues - Cliff Bruner & His Boys
    10. My Untrue Cowgirl - Jewel Cowboys
    11. San Antonio Rose - Cliff Bruner & His Boys
    12. Gonna Get Tight - Sunshine Boys
    13. Let's Make Believe We're Sweethearts - Light Crust Doughboys
    14. Mississippi Muddle - Hank Penny & His Radio Cowboys
    15. Billy Boy - Louise Massey & Her Westerners
    16. Good Gracious Gracie - Light Crust Doughboys
    17. Mean Mean Mama (From Meana) - Light Crust Doughboys
    18. Jones Stomp - Port Arthur Jubileers
    19. Rockin' Rollin' Mama - Buddy Jones
    20. Blue Steel Blues - Ted Daffan's Texans
    21. New San Antonio Rose - Bob Wills & Texas Playboys
    22. Bob Wills Special - Bob Wills & Texas Playboys
    23. Pussywillow - Port Arthur Jubileers
    24. Tobacco State Swing - Hank Penny & His Radio Cowboys

    Tracks:

    1. Draftboard Blues - Cliff Bruner & His Boys
    2. Whatcha Gonna Do - Hi-Flyers
    3. Cotton Eyed Joe - Adolph Hofner & His San Antonians
    4. Sally's Got A Wooden Leg - Sons Of The West
    5. What's The Matter With Deep Elem - Sunshine Boys
    6. Lil Liza Jane - Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
    7. Pistol Packin' Mama - Al Dexter & His Troopers
    8. Forgive Me One More Time - Spade Cooley & His Orchestra
    9. Shame On You - Spade Cooley & His Orchestra
    10. Steel Guitar Stomp - Hank Penny
    11. Boogie Woogie Boy - Porky Freeman
    12. That's What I Like About The South - Cliff Bruner
    13. Stay A Little Longers - Bob Wills & Texas Playboys
    14. Oklahoma Blues - Zeke Clements & His Western Swing Gang
    15. Oklahoma Stomp - Spade Cooley & His Orchestra
    16. Nails In My Coffin - Jerry Irby & His Texas Ranchers
    17. Bob Wills Two Step - Luke Wills Rhythm Busters
    18. I Got Texas In My Soul - Tex Williams & His Western Caravan
    19. Wildcat Mama - Hank Penny
    20. Betty Ann - Jesse Ashlock
    21. One Year Ago Tonight - Don Churchill & Texas Mavericks
    22. Oakie Boogie - Johnny Tyler & Riders Of The Rio Grande
    23. Smoke Smoke Smoke (That Cigarette) - Tex Williams & His Western Caravan
    24. Square Dance Boogie - Johnnie Lee Wills & His Boys
    25. Humpty Dumpty Heart - Hank Thompson

    Album Description

    Budget-priced four disc set with 99 tracks from the golden years of Western Swing, including cuts by Light Crust Doughboys, Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, Bill Boyd & His Cowboy Ramblers, Tex Williams, Adolph Hofner, Hank Thompson and Cliff Bruners Texas Wanderers. Tracks include 'Pussy, Pussy, Pussy', 'Smoke, Smoke, Smoke'. 'Humpty Dumpty Heart' and 'Kangaroo Blues'. The tracks tell the story of this vibrant musical form that blended jazz with string bands, took in pop music & the blues, and pioneered amplification. Beautifully packaged, each disc also includes an illustrated booklet with a discography, photos and extensive liner notes. Each disc comes in a separate standard jewel case & together they are coralled up in a colorful & sturdy CD-sized slipcase box. 1999 release.

    Album Details

    4CD 99 track collection that covers the history of classic Western Swing. Includes extensive liner notes. A must for true fans of this artform!

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars The finest set of western swing ever. Timeless fun!.......2006-07-07

    Western swing fans will be dancing in the streets over this brilliant box set. It features 99 cuts dating from 1932 through the late 40's. They run chronologically and features all the great architects of western swing: Milton Brown & his musical Brownies, Bob Wills & his Texas Playboys, Light Crust Doughboys etc. Even if you're not a fan of country music, you may enjoy this one. It is genuine feel-good, stomping music with honkytonk pianos, fiddles, drums, guitars and even saxes. This is without a doubt the best buy for any fan of this genre. It is timeless fun! Crank it all the way up, pop open a cold one and all of sudden it's 1938 and you're in a Dallas honky tonk. By the way, the liner notes in the booklet are outstanding with dates, pixs, stories. Most interesting was that the Crystal Springs Ramblers from Ft. Worth were a favorite of Bonnie and Clyde's at a popular dance hall down there. Great job by Proper Records!

    5 out of 5 stars Good Luck in trying to find something better !.......2006-06-21

    I read some of the other reviews and I can apperciate a lot what other folks are saying. I really agree with the one who said that todays Country Music makes them sick. What in the name of God does a naked Faith Hill rolling around a bed under the sheets singing some half baked so called Modern Country have to do with the music that I was raised on and grown to love. As the Great Bill Monroe stated "That junk ain't part of nothing",(I saw that on a FH video that was being played on cabel TV). What a moral let down, instead of appearing as one of our Country Stars she looks a lot more like a B-girl- that's where we are today. I said all that to say this: If you love WesternSwing like I do then you will love this set - it really has a lot of good stuff and takes you back to the days of Bob, Milton,Tommy,Leon, Spade and many other outstanding Western Swing artists. This set was a real welcome to my Swing Collection.
    Keep in mind that this music ain't for everybody.If you like spending time listening to the likes of a feuding Toby with the Dixie Chicks then this real Roots Music ain't for you. But if you would be willing to sell your top coon hound to get the money to get tickets to see "Asleep at the Wheel" then you might be a fan that can apperciate what was started by Bob & Milton way down in Texas back in the early 30's.
    While I type this review I'm listening to Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys perform "Faded Love" on my computer so I'll cut it short. Buy this set - at this price you can't afford not too. While you are at it do what I did and get the "Proper Records - Bob Wills/Take Me Back To Tulsa" also - you will be Blessed !
    "ENJOY" Joe Kopeck / Parkville,MD.

    5 out of 5 stars A Great Overview Of Western Swing.......2005-06-16

    This 4 volume box set by Proper is a fantastic overview of that great American musical art form Western Swing.
    It's not country, it's not cowboy, it's not swing, it's just great toe-tapping fun music!
    The songs in this album are presented in chronological order thus allowing the listener to experience the growth and progression of this great music.
    The songs are remastered originals and the sound quality is first rate.
    There's also a booklet containing liner notes about all the artists and a discography.
    I own several box sets by Proper and every single one is a bargain, well worth far more than the asking price.

    5 out of 5 stars Musical history that is alive and well today.......2004-09-13

    My first exposure to Western swing was the first Asleep At The Wheel Bob Wills tribute CD, and I have been hooked ever since. However, up until I bought this collection, I have only heard Bob Wills. I was pleased to buy this in a local branch of Half Price Books. In addition to Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys, it also has selections from Milton Brown, Patsy Montana, the Light Crust Doughboys, Spade Cooley - just to name a few. This vibrant blend of cowboy/fiddle music and black blues/swing has yet to wander far from my CD player!

    5 out of 5 stars Western Swing is Western Folk Jazz no Hillbillies here!.......2003-12-12

    This is a great panorama of Western Swing from its origins with Bob Wills and Milton Brown working together inthe Original Light Crust Dough Boys in the early 1930s to Tex Williams' great electric swing band from just after WWII. I've had these sides since Columbia issue an earlier version on LP more than 20 years ago.

    This music has little to do with what was considered Country music at the time or its emasculated mutant descendants in Nashville.

    This was not marketed as Country music. In fact in 1945 when Bob Wills, the acme of Western SWing, was the biggest grossing public attraction in the entertainment business, he had his sole invitation to the Grand Ole Opry, and then he almost walked out of there before he played a song because the hayseeds wouldn't let him bring on his drums and horns (not allowed onthe Opry until the late 1950s!).

    Western Swing comes from Jazz from the pop Jazz of the 20s and early 1930s, included people who went back and forth between bands like Wills and Spade Cooley to the white big bands (though Bob Wills once tried to hire a black alto player[against the law in Oklahoma] and of late Les Paul has taken to claiming he saw Charlie Christian sit in with the Playboys at Cains and there are pictures of the Playboys having drinks in Chicago with black Jazz greats like Ben Webster!!). Townsend Wills' biographer interviewed many Playboys and none of them felt they were part of Country, but part of Jazz.

    Basically it begins with people trying to play Jazz and Blues influenced music with the instruments of the old Southwestern Barn dance bands: guitar, fiddle, piano, adding in drums, and in many bands all the instruments of the Jazz orchestras. Very quickly Bobby Dunne added in the electric Hawaii, pedaless steel guitar and Leon McAuliffe who replaced him in the Doughboys and went with Wills was so well known that Bob Wills' introduction to him "Take it Away Leon" became a catch phrase in the whole country and beyond in the 1940s!

    At its most hyperbolic height (captured here in the Space Cooley Orchestra's Oklahoma Stomp, a recording anyone with a set of ears should treasure) you had 16 and 18 piece orchestras with full fiddle sections (in the early 1960s Wills even rounded his fiddles with a violist from the Lawrence Welch band!), complete reed sections, and more brass than they needed, and exotic additions like the Harpist who kicks off The Oklahoma Stomp.

    Further on than these recordings go, you would have players like Tiny Moore and Johnny Gimble who incorporated Bebop styles in their solos.

    Along the way, mostly during that war time period when recording bans and players going in and out of the army and different bands make following a little harder, the straight western swing style of combining a guitar, steel guitar, and sometimes electric mandolin trio alternating with fiddle choirs took hold as the paradigm for Western Swing. For some reason in most bands the horns seemed to disappear or roll down to just one after WWII.

    One thing about this music is that a very high level of musical technique and education became more and more part of the Western Swing environment. We know that European Jazmen like Stephan Grappelli followed the recordings of Hugh Farr who played with the sons of the pioneers and later Spade Cooley, and that Down Beat magazine described Eldon Shamblin out of Bob Wills' band as the best rythm guitar player in the country (slighting Freedie Green who even Eldon probably acknowledge was better).

    The other thing in contrast with much of what was being presented as country music contemporaneously is that this was not being presented as "old time music," craddling close to old conventions, but a new hot dangerous music, drawn as close as comfort would allow from Black sources, from the dangerous white swing bands, and from the part of down home music involved in drinking, dancing, cheating, and other things not permitted in the Baptist Southeast.

    WSM Grand Old Opry Stars toured the deep South playing in school auditoriums, church houses, and public squares. From the beginning Western swing belonged in barrooms, in dance halls, and other places where "the wine and liquor flow." Even Hank Williams wasn't allowed to use the word "beer" when he sang "My Bucket's got a hole in it" on the Opry. Meanwhile Western Swingers like Wills and Brown were singing about Cocaine and Opium, whiskey and beer back in the early 1930s.

    And Smokie Woods wasn't called smokie cause he liked Tobacco. LOL. In fact his tune here called "Everybody's Trukin," about what is done "up in Harlem" includes much use of a word that does sound like truckin', but does not contain an r or a T but does start with an F!!

    No this is not Nashville Country or even old time country music. This is Western guys and gals trying to be jazzy, bluesy, wild, whiskey soaked, drug high, hip to the secrets of Negroid nights of "truckin," playing their hearts out fast hot and heavy!

    Anyone with ears should own this collection!

    ps another wierd side note to this is on the great Hit\
    "Smoke, Smoke, Smoke (That Cigarette)" both Tex Williams who sang it and Merle Travis who wrote it died of lung cancer!
    Last of the Brooklyn Cowboys
    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    • A gift
    • I like Arlo...
    • Last of the Brooklyn Cowboys
    		 Last of the Brooklyn Cowboys

    Manufacturer: Rising Son Records
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    GeneralGeneral | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music
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    ASIN: B000AHU8NW
    Release Date: 2005-08-02

    Tracks:

    1. Farrell O'Gara
    2. Gypsy Davy
    3. This Troubled Mind O' Mine
    4. Week On The Rag
    5. Miss The Mississippi & You
    6. Lovesick Blues
    7. Uncle Jeff
    8. Gates Of Eden
    9. Last Train
    10. Cowboy Song
    11. Sailor's Bonnett
    12. Cooper's Lament
    13. Ramblin' Round

    Product Description

    Digitally remasterd in 2004, we are pleased to re-release this classic album. Arlo is joined by several exceptional musicians including Ry Cooder, Doug Dillard, John Pilla, Clarence White and Irish fiddler, Kevin Burke. One of our favorites.

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars A gift.......2007-03-28

    I got this for my dad because Don Rich(Buck Owens guitar player) plays on 2 or 3 tracks. He loves the cd.

    5 out of 5 stars I like Arlo..........2005-10-12

    I like Arlo. After first hearing him 30 years ago I still put him on in the morning with my coffee. He is one of those artists that I buy over again when a new format comes in style (such as LP verses CD). I have never listened to any of his albums (no matter how many times) without either laughing, crying, singing along, dancing, or feeling that I have learned something new about humanity. I like him just as much and more than most artists I listen to. That includes Bob Dylan, The Beatles, Wilco, Modest Mouse, Neal Young, Ben Harper, Nine Inch Nails, The wallflowers, Radio Head, Ten Years After, The Beach Boys, Johnny Cash, Kieth Urban, and so on. This album is a great one -- I cannot put this on my player without singing along from the beginning to the end. If you like folk music Arlo is the modern master. He's a humble man and a great artist.

    5 out of 5 stars Last of the Brooklyn Cowboys.......2005-09-05

    I first heard this album in the 70's, and thought it was great then, now I think it's even better.
    Indians Cowboys Horses Dogs
    Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
    • All the stuff that's loved by westerners in one CD
    • Another great Tom Russell CD
    • One of those seminal/ovularian guys...
    • As Advertised
    • A little bit Johnny Cash...
    		 Indians Cowboys Horses Dogs
    Tom Russell
    Manufacturer: Hightone Records
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

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    ASIN: B0001DMWWK
    Release Date: 2004-02-24

    Tracks:

    1. Tonight We Ride
    2. Seven Curses
    3. El Paso
    4. All This Way For The Short Ride
    5. Bucking Horse Moon
    6. Lily, Rosemary, And The Jack Of Hearts
    7. No Telling
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    10. East Texas Red
    11. The Ballad Of Edward Abbey
    12. Little Blue Horse

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    Tom Russell returns to the Old West with a renewed vision, as this collection of inspired originals and choice covers attests. The album's centerpiece features Eliza Gilkyson and Joe Ely trading verses with Russell on Bob Dylan's epic "Lily, Rosemary and the Jack of Hearts," while another Dylan tune, the little-heard "Seven Curses," proves a highlight as well. Russell's reading of "El Paso" refreshes the classic by refusing to mimic Marty Robbins's original, while a pair of Russell's spoken-word vignettes provide preamble to "The Ballad of Ira Hayes." While the songbooks of Woody Guthrie and Linda Thompson also inspire evocative interpretations, Russell's own songs hold their own in such distinguished company. He applies his literary sensibility to a Western legacy that extends from bounty hunters to rodeo bull riders, while his "Ballad of Edward Abbey," a tribute to the naturalist, serves as an environmental broadside on how the new West has raped the old. --Don McLeese

    Customer Reviews:

    5 out of 5 stars All the stuff that's loved by westerners in one CD.......2007-07-09

    "Tonight we Ride" is the kind of riveting ballad that should go down in the annals of Western music with "El Paso", which just received its definitive cover on this CD.

    And Russell doesn't let up all the way through the CD. Accompaniment is sparse, mostly guitar with an occasional fiddle.

    "Lily, Rosemary, and the Jack of Hearts" covers Dylan one better with Eliza Gilkyson and Joe Ely along for the ride to tell the story from the point of view of the various characters.

    "The Ballad of Edward Abbey" is probably my favorite. Russell memorializes the kind of man who preserves what Westerners love most, the land, the animals the freedom to be what they want to be:

    Ed walked across the desert at least a thousand times
    He spoke with javalinas
    And if he saw a billboard he chopped that b@st@rd down
    If a man can't p#ss in his own front yard, he's living too close to town...

    And that's the spirit of this CD that musically preserves the spirit of the West. I can't say this is the best Tom Russell CD--I like "Man From nowhere" very much too.

    5 out of 5 stars Another great Tom Russell CD.......2006-05-31

    If you want to learn about Texas music just buy this disc. Tom's love of life and artist's eye infect every song.

    The opening number "Tonight We Ride" is hard to beat. He sang it on David Letterman's show (Paul Shaffer played the accordian!). Letterman described it as a "song that will make you want to saddle up a horse, ride up to Connecticut and rob a liquor store." Me, I just went out and bought some good Reposado Gold. Letterman's got a point, though- the songs on this disc will move you one way or the other.

    My other favorites are Bucking Horse Moon, and All This Way for a Short Ride. Tom Russell is true American artist like Woody Guthrie or Pete Seeger, and this is one of his best.

    5 out of 5 stars One of those seminal/ovularian guys..........2005-03-11

    Someone once said that if you bought every miles davis album, and the albums by everyone who ever played on one, you'd have an ultimate jazz collection. Tom Russell is like that. If you bought every album that had a Tom Russell song on it, or the albums of everyone who ever played with Tom on one of his, you would have a collection that would include the top of the rock/country/folk/folk-rock charts for twenty or more years.

    Now Tom does the favor (again) to others' music, using a bunch of artists who are equally unsung legends. There are a number of people out there who are becoming consummate collectors and interpreters of the American Music Idiom; Ry Cooder, Dave Alvin, Ian Tyson, and Tom Russell. On this Album, Tom and his stellar backers take some familar and some rare songs and do 'em up right in the Western way.

    worth the purchase.

    5 out of 5 stars As Advertised.......2004-10-14

    I had never heard of Tom Russell until about a month ago when he was on David Letterman. He sang "Tonight We Ride," on the show and I ordered the cd a day or two later. This disc is exactly what the title says, a collection of songs about cowboys, indians, horses and dogs.

    It includes cover versions of some classic Dylan songs and new songs, and has playing in my car quite a bit. I'm not a big country fan, but to me this is not really country music, but a mixture of country, rock and even some folk.

    I bought the disc based on one song I heard and was not at all disappointed. The song I had heard was the best song on the disc, but there are some other great songs on here, and not a bad song in the group. I will be adding more of his discs to my collection.

    4 out of 5 stars A little bit Johnny Cash..........2004-08-14

    ...a little bit Lee Hazelwood. I bought this album blind, on a recommendation (probably because I've been on an alt.country buying binge lately), but it's rarely been out of my CD player since. Tom Russell is as much a storyteller as a country musician. It's like the soundtrack of a great 60s western movie that never was.

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