Stampede! Western Music's Late Golden Era
Stampede! Western Music's Late Golden Era
ASIN: B000009XMO
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| 1. Stampede - Foy Willing & the Riders of the Purple Sage |
| 2. High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me) - Tex Ritter |
| 3. Blue Shadows on the Trail - Roy Rogers |
| 4. Riders in the Sky - Vaughn Monroe & His Orchestra |
| 5. Wayward Wind - Tex Ritter |
| 6. Paso - Marty Robbins |
| 7. Ballad of Paladin - Johnny Western |
| 8. Theme from the Searchers - The Sons of the Pioneers, The Sons of the Pioneers |
| 9. Yodel Blues - Elton Britt |
| 10. Touch of God's Hand - Jimmy Wakely |
| 11. Teardrops in My Heart - Rex Allen |
| 12. Trail Dust - Andy Parker |
| 13. Cattle Call - Eddy Arnold |
| 14. Outlaws - The Sons of the Pioneers, The Sons of the Pioneers |
Stampede! Western Music's Late Golden Era,Various Artists,Rounder / Pgd,40's,50's,60's,Country,Country & Western,Country-Pop,Cowboy,Nashville Sound/Countrypolitan,Pop,Traditional Country,Western Swing Revival
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Stampede! Western Music's Late Golden Era
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ASIN: B0000002TJ Release Date: 1996-03-19 |
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LATE... BUT GREAT.......2002-03-19
"Stampede," the song that gives its title to the compilation had been an early-forties hit for Roy Rogers & The Sons of the Pioneers (who are themselves represented in this volume with their rendition of "Blue Shadows on the Trail"). The version presented here, by Foy Willing and The Riders of the Purple Sage, is just as good, even though the instrumentation is more complex. The choice of Tex Ritter's fifties hit "High Noon," from the classic movie starring Gary Cooper, seems obvious. The disc would not be complete without it. Ritter himself does a great job with the standard "The Wayward Wind." Also from a movie (John Ford's classic western "The Searchers") comes The Sons of the Pioneers' "Theme From The Searchers," a very fine song that could have only been written for a Hollywood film. The Pioneers themselves had a hit in the forties with "Teardrops In My Heart" on RCA. Included here is Rex Allen's later rendition. Marty Robbins' smash hit "El Paso" is probably the best modern western story song ever written. Robbins soon capitalized on its success by recording two albums of "Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs." "Yodel Blues" (which features a great deal of yodel but doesn't actually have a blues structure) is a very good duet by Elton Britt and yodeling whiz Rosalie Allen. "Cattle Call" was one of Eddy Arnold's many smash hits on RCA during the Forties, but the track featured here is his fifties revision of the tune. Finally, the inclusion of lesser-known western artists such as Jimmy Wakely (one of my favorites, though), Andy Parker, Johnny Western, or Vaughn Monroe adds interest to this Rounder release.
All in all, this CD is a very good compilation of late cowboy songs, from a time when they abandoned the simplicity of their predecessors and became more complex, relying heavily on full orchestra arrangements and more crooner-like vocal approaches. To put it in a nutshell, this is a later era in western music, but as valuable as the one they call the Golden Era.
The Quintessential Western Music Collection.......1998-07-30
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