Marty Robbins
Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs Vols 1 & 2 (263419)
Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs Vols 1 & 2
Marty Robbins
Hoo Doo Records
8436542011198
HOO 132008
263419
COUNTRY
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2 LPs ON 1 CD + 4 BONUS TRACS
4 1/2 STARS ALL MUSIC GUIDE
The great (though half-forgotten) Marty Robbins was country music’s renaissance man. Robbins was adept at singing edged rock & roll, while his voice could also take on a confessional and dramatic tone which he used to perform traditional country, or western songs. He had a way of extending the latter genre's melodic beauty and lyricism without ever seeming repetitive. This quintessential release features Marty Robbins' two finest and most celebrated albums, which were originally released on the Columbia label: Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs (1959) and its follow-up, More Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs (1960).
Here you will find such country favorites as "El Paso," "Big Iron" and "Five Brothers," as well as classic versions of "Streets of Laredo" and "Strawberry Roan," among other western standards. Both masterpieces have been re-mastered and packaged together in this very special collector’s edition, which also includes 4 bonus tracks from the same period.
PERSONNEL:
MARTY ROBBINS, lead vocals and guitar, plus:
Grady Martin, Jack H. Pruett (guitar), Bob L. Moore (bass),
Louis Dunn (drums), The Glaser Brothers (backing vocals).
Recorded between 1958 and 1960 at Bradley Film & Recording Studio, Nashville, Tennessee.
Also including:
16-PAGE BOOKLET - RARE PHOTOS - VINTAGE MEMORABILIA - DETAILED LINER NOTES
GUNFIGHTER BALLADS AND TRAIL SONGS
01 BIG IRON 4:00
02 COOL WATER 3:11
03 BILLY THE KID 2:20
04 A HUNDRED AND SIXTY ACRES 1:43
05 THEY’RE CHANGING ME TONIGHT 3:06
06 THE STRAWBERRY ROAN 3:25
07 EL PASO 4:21
08 IN THE VALLEY 1:50
09 THE MASTER’S CALL 3:07
10 RUNNING GUN 2:12
11 THE LITTLE GREEN VALLEY 2:28
12 UTAH CAROL 3:15
MORE GUNFIGHTER BALLADS AND TRAIL SONGS
13 SAN ANGELO 5:42
14 PRAIRE FIRE 2:17
15 THE STREETS OF LAREDO 2:47
16 SONG OF THE BANDIT 2:32
17 I’VE GOT NO USE FOR THE WOMEN 3:23
18 FIVE BROTHERS 2:13
19 LITTLE JOE THE WRANGLER 4:09
20 RIDE, COWBOY RIDE 3:16
21 THIS PEACEFUL SOD 1:56
22 SHE WAS YOUNG AND SHE WAS PRETTY 2:59
23 MY LOVE 1:48
BONUS TRACKS
24 THE HANGING TREE 2:53
25 SADDLE TRAMP 2:06
26 THE STORY OF MY LIFE 2:32
27 MEAN MAMA BLUES 2:12
“The single most influential album of Western songs in post- World War II American music, Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs touched a whole range of unexpected bases in its own time and has endured extraordinarily well across the ensuing four decades.” – Bruce Eder (All Music Guide)
4 1/2 STARS ALL MUSIC GUIDE
The great (though half-forgotten) Marty Robbins was country music’s renaissance man. Robbins was adept at singing edged rock & roll, while his voice could also take on a confessional and dramatic tone which he used to perform traditional country, or western songs. He had a way of extending the latter genre's melodic beauty and lyricism without ever seeming repetitive. This quintessential release features Marty Robbins' two finest and most celebrated albums, which were originally released on the Columbia label: Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs (1959) and its follow-up, More Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs (1960).
Here you will find such country favorites as "El Paso," "Big Iron" and "Five Brothers," as well as classic versions of "Streets of Laredo" and "Strawberry Roan," among other western standards. Both masterpieces have been re-mastered and packaged together in this very special collector’s edition, which also includes 4 bonus tracks from the same period.
PERSONNEL:
MARTY ROBBINS, lead vocals and guitar, plus:
Grady Martin, Jack H. Pruett (guitar), Bob L. Moore (bass),
Louis Dunn (drums), The Glaser Brothers (backing vocals).
Recorded between 1958 and 1960 at Bradley Film & Recording Studio, Nashville, Tennessee.
Also including:
16-PAGE BOOKLET - RARE PHOTOS - VINTAGE MEMORABILIA - DETAILED LINER NOTES
GUNFIGHTER BALLADS AND TRAIL SONGS
01 BIG IRON 4:00
02 COOL WATER 3:11
03 BILLY THE KID 2:20
04 A HUNDRED AND SIXTY ACRES 1:43
05 THEY’RE CHANGING ME TONIGHT 3:06
06 THE STRAWBERRY ROAN 3:25
07 EL PASO 4:21
08 IN THE VALLEY 1:50
09 THE MASTER’S CALL 3:07
10 RUNNING GUN 2:12
11 THE LITTLE GREEN VALLEY 2:28
12 UTAH CAROL 3:15
MORE GUNFIGHTER BALLADS AND TRAIL SONGS
13 SAN ANGELO 5:42
14 PRAIRE FIRE 2:17
15 THE STREETS OF LAREDO 2:47
16 SONG OF THE BANDIT 2:32
17 I’VE GOT NO USE FOR THE WOMEN 3:23
18 FIVE BROTHERS 2:13
19 LITTLE JOE THE WRANGLER 4:09
20 RIDE, COWBOY RIDE 3:16
21 THIS PEACEFUL SOD 1:56
22 SHE WAS YOUNG AND SHE WAS PRETTY 2:59
23 MY LOVE 1:48
BONUS TRACKS
24 THE HANGING TREE 2:53
25 SADDLE TRAMP 2:06
26 THE STORY OF MY LIFE 2:32
27 MEAN MAMA BLUES 2:12
“The single most influential album of Western songs in post- World War II American music, Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs touched a whole range of unexpected bases in its own time and has endured extraordinarily well across the ensuing four decades.” – Bruce Eder (All Music Guide)