Country Classics

1. I Love a Rainy Night

2. Gone Too Far

3. Suspicions

4. Hearts on Fire

5. You Don't Love Me Anymore

6. Drinkin' My Baby (Off My Mind)

7. I Just Want to Love You

8. I Can't Help Myself (Here Comes That Feelin')

9. Rocky Mountain Music

10. Every Which Way But Loose

Country Classics,Eddie Rabbitt,Rhino Flashback,Country,Country-Pop,Pop,Soft Rock,Urban Cowboy

Average customer rating: Fogerty Complete your CCR collection Way better than Volume 1 CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL JUST KEEPS ROCKIN' AND ROLLIN'. Chronicles 2: Twenty great CCR Classics by Creedence Clearwater Revival

Chronicle Vol. 2: Twenty Great CCR Classics Creedence Clearwater Revival Manufacturer: Fantasy ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Rockabilly | Oldies & Retro | Rock | Styles | Music Country Rock | Rock | Styles | Music Southern Rock | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) | Classic Rock | Styles | Music General | Classic Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music $9.99 and Under | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Pop | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Classic Rock | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Rock | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Alternative Rock | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music All Blowout Music | Blowout Music | Stores | Music $9.99 and Under | Prices | Blowout Music | Stores | Music More Titles at Least 25% Off | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Chronicle, Vol. 1: The 20 Greatest Hits Lynyrd Skynyrd - All Time Greatest Hits Eagles : The Very Best of Bob Seger - Greatest Hits Steppenwolf: All Time Greatest Hits ASIN: B000000XBC Release Date: 1989-06-29

Tracks:

1. Walking on the Water
2. Suzie-Q, Pt. 2
3. Born on the Bayou
4. Good Golly Miss Molly
5. Tombstone Shadow
6. Wrote a Song for Everyone
7. Night Time Is the Right Time
8. Cotton Fields[4~
9. It Came Out of the Sky
10. Don't Look Now
11. The Midnight Special
12. Before You Accuse Me
13. My Baby Left Me
14. Pagan Baby
15. (Wish I Could) Hideaway
16. It's Just a Thought
17. Molina
18. Born to Move
19. Lookin' for a Reason
20. Hello Mary Lou

Customer Reviews:

Fogerty.......2007-06-10

Great value. If you are into the 60s' and 70s' you will love this one.

Complete your CCR collection.......2007-04-22

Complete your Creedence Clearwater Revival collection with this set, which includes their remaining hits which weren't able to fit on the first volume, "Creedence Clearwater Revival - Chronicle, Vol. 1: The 20 Greatest Hits".

Way better than Volume 1 .......2007-02-26

Included here are many highlights from their career, even if they weren't all bit hits, who cares? I like these songs better because they are not overplayed on the radio!

Walking on the Water - this and Suzie Q part. 2 are from the spacy first album

Born on the Bayou - amazingly was missing from vol. 1!

Good Golly Miss Molly- cool little richard cover

These are 7 album tracks that we're better than the hits:
Tombstone Shadow
Wrote a Song for Everyone
Night Time Is the Right Time
It Came Out of the Sky
Don't Look Now
Before You Accuse Me
My Baby Left Me

These are the main 5 tracks from the great album Pendulum:
Pagan Baby
Wish I Could) Hideaway
It's Just a Thought
Molina
Born to Move

...and from the underrated Mardi Gras: Lookin' for a Reason & Hello Mary Lou

CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL JUST KEEPS ROCKIN' AND ROLLIN'........2007-02-13

I will be writing a review on the legendary compilation album entitled "CHRONICLE, VOLUME TWO, TWENTY GREAT CCR CLASSICS" by one of Rock's most sacred legendary bands of all-time, I give you one of America's pride and joy's, CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL. This legendary album would be originally released in 1986 on Vinyl/LP, Cassette and Compact Disc on the Fantasy Records label. Like "CHRONICLE, VOLUME ONE, 20 GREATEST HITS," "CHRONICLE, VOLUME TWO, 20 GREAT CCR CLASSICS is released on a special Two-24-Karat Gold Compact Disc set edition. The 24-Karat Gold coating produces a highly reflective surface for the laser signal. In fact, the Gold CD is the ultimate experience in recorded music. As always, if I hear any new additional information concerning this legendary compilation album or the artist, I will edit this review immediately so that you the consumer will get the best informative and most accurate review possible.

The whole world was blessed with the original "CHRONICLE, VOLUME ONE, 20 GREATEST HITS" when it was released in 1976. Now the whole world would be blessed again ten years later with the release of "CHRONICLE, VOLUME TWO, TWENTY GREAT CCR CLASSICS" in 1986. Its only appropriate that Fantasy Records would release another compilation collection on this legendary band, there was just not enough room to put all of their hit songs on the first volume. When you listen to "CHRONICLE, VOLUME TWO, TWENTY GREAT CCR CLASSICS," you realize that this band really recorded some fantastic hits throughout their whole career. It also makes you wonder what took Fantasy Records so long (Ten years) to release the second volume. In my opinion, "CHRONICLE, VOLUME TWO, TWENTY GREAT CCR CLASSICS" is another true testament of the sheer greatness, graceful genius and a fine tribute to a legendary band that has already been proven to be ahead of their time.

Now we get to the most important part of the whole review, the music. If you want to hear the true Rocker's on this compilation album, listen to the songs such as "Walk On The Water," "Susie Q (Part two)," the breathtaking "Born On The Bayou," the Little Richard classic "Good Golly Miss Molly," the rugged "Tombstone Shadow," "It Came Out Of The Sky," the Elvis like Rocker "My Baby Left Me," the wicked "Pagan Baby," the soulful heartfelt "It's Just A Thought," the tough rockin' "Molina," the spirited "Born To Move" and the Ricky Nelson classic "Hello Mary Lou."

The slow Rock Ballads on this compilation album are the classics such as "Wrote A Song For Everyone" and "(Wish I Could) Hideaway." CCR could really show their sensitive side by playing a little more mellower.

The only slow Blues Rocker on this compilation album is the classic song "Night Time Is The Right Time." This Blues number is a true heartfelt song recorded the CCR way. CCR could really play the Blues.

The Country Rockers on this compilation album are the classic songs such as "Cotton Fields," "Don't Look Now (It Ain't You Or Me)," the ever popular "The Midnight Special," "Before You Accuse Me" and "Lookin' For A Reason." These are pure Country Rockers, my favorite is "The Midnight Special."

Overall, this is one hell of compilation album that compliments the other original volume perfectly.

I would like to highly recommend purchasing this second volume compilation album to own as a valuable and important part of his or her own personal music collection. This legendary compilation album has already been proven to stand the test of time and will always be around to be enjoyed, appreciated and cherished for many years to come, NOW AND FOREVER.

In closing, CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL will forever be remembered as the people's band that represented the youth culture and the bikers of the turbulent sixties and beyond. Their music expressed the feeling of how the times were unfolding during the turbulent sixties and into the seventies. When CCR broke up, one of Rock's greatest all-time bands would be silenced and laid to rest. The world was waiting for a reunion but all hopes would be shattered with the untimely death of TOM FOGERTY on 6 September 1990. FOGERTY would die as a result of AIDS given to him through a blood transfusion. Prior to his death, the FOGERTY brothers did not get along and would be fighting constantly throughout their whole career together. TOM FOGERTY was establishing himself in his own right as a songwriter and singer but remained in the shadow of his brother JOHN FOGERTY throughout their whole career. TOM FOGERTY would be the first CCR member to quit the band and go solo. CCR would later break up in 1972. However, the remaining surviving members would have a brief reunion while receiving Rock's highest ultimate honor of being inducted into the Rock n' Roll Hall of Fame in January 1993. As of this date, JOHN FOGERTY resolved his conflict issues and legal disputes with his old record label Fantasy Records and is now back with his old label better than ever keeping the CCR legend alive. So here's to you John, the late great Tom, Stu and Clifford. And as the saying goes, "AND THE REST IS ROCK N ROLL HISTORY," am I wrong? Thanks for reading my review and I hope you enjoyed reading it as much as I enjoyed writing it for your reading pleasure. I also hope that you will read all of my other reviews in the near future when time permits. CREEDENCE CLEARWATER REVIVAL LIVES. JOHN FOGERTY RULES. R.I.P. TOM FOGERTY, Born 9 November 1941, Died 6 September 1990. Long Live Rock n' Roll. Rock out always and take it easy. Forever In Rock, John L.

Chronicles 2: Twenty great CCR Classics by Creedence Clearwater Revival.......2007-01-19

The band CCR formed during the turbulent times of the 60s and early 70s, they gave poetic justice to that period with original compositions and made even greater classics out of old tunes. They created entertaining melodies with political fore-thought. They did this without profanity nor by debasing the religious beliefs of others...unlike many of today's young artists. This album deserves five stars.

Average customer rating: Bluegrass at it's best Bluegrass music Great Bluegrass TOE TAPPING PLEASURE This is one of my all-time favorite CDs

Appalachian Stomp: Bluegrass Classics Various Artists Manufacturer: Rhino / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Contemporary Country | Country | Styles | Music New Traditionalist | Contemporary Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Country | Styles | Music Nashville Sound | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music Old-Time Country | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music Outlaw & Progressive Country | Country | Styles | Music Bluegrass | Compilations | Country | Styles | Music General | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Contemporary | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Traditional | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Traditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music General | International | Styles | Music Country Gospel | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music Gospel | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music 1950s | By Decade | Pop | Styles | Music 1960s | By Decade | Pop | Styles | Music 1970s | By Decade | Pop | Styles | Music 1980s | By Decade | Pop | Styles | Music 1990s | By Decade | Pop | Styles | Music Country Rock | Rock | Styles | Music 1940-1949 | Decades | Compilations | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music 1960-1969 | Decades | Compilations | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music 1950-1959 | Decades | Compilations | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music 1970-1979 | Decades | Compilations | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music 1980-1989 | Decades | Compilations | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music 1990-1999 | Decades | Compilations | Miscellaneous | Styles | Music Rhino Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music $7.99 and Under | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Pop | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Rock | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Country | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music International | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music All Blowout Music | Blowout Music | Stores | Music $7.99 and Under | Prices | Blowout Music | Stores | Music More Titles at Least 25% Off | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Hand-Picked: 25 Years Of Bluegrass On Rounder Records O Brother, Where Art Thou? Classic Bluegrass From Smithsonian Folkways The Three Pickers Heaven Bound: The Best of Bluegrass Gospel ASIN: B0000033GO Release Date: 1995-02-28

Tracks:

1. Uncle Pen - Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys
2. Foggy Mountain Breakdown - Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs & The Foggy Mountain Boys
3. This Weary Heart You Stole Away (Wake Up, Sweet... - The Stanley Brothers & The Clinch Mountain Boys
4. Are You Missing Me? - Jim & Jesse (McReynolds Bros.) & The Virginia Boys
5. You Don't Know My Mind - Jimmy Martin
6. Rocky Top - Osborne Brothers
7. Blue Moon Of Kentucky - Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys
8. Orange Blossom Special - Stanley Brothers
9. The Ballad Of Jed Clampett - Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs & The Foggy Mountain Boys
10. Dooley - The Dilliards
11. Nine Pound Hammer - The Kentucky Colonels
12. Roving Gambler - The Country Gentleman
13. Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms - Del McCoury
14. Dueling Banjos - Eric Weissberg & Steve Mandell
15. Will The Circle Be Unbroken - The Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
16. Old Home Place - J.D. Crowe & The New South
17. Little Cabin Home On The Hill - Ricky Skaggs
18. Love You In Vain - Alison Krauss & Union Station

Amazon.com

Appalachian Stomp is an ideal starter disc for those just beginning to explore bluegrass. Mostly this is because its 18 selections are so immediately accessible. The "classics" here, in other words, are usually those infrequent bluegrass cuts to have gained radio recognition beyond a core bluegrass audience. That explains why along with timeless standards such as Flatt & Scruggs' "Foggy Mountain Breakdown" and the Osborne Brothers' "Rocky Top" we also get "Dueling Banjos" from the film Deliverance, a cut that is to classic bluegrass what Walter Murphy is to Beethoven. There are less immediately obvious choices too, though. If your previous exposure to bluegrass doesn't go beyond the Holy Trinity of Bill Monroe, Flatt & Scruggs, and the Stanley Brothers--for example, if you've never heard J.D. Crowe & the New South's stellar example of progressive bluegrass, "Old Home Place," or experienced Jimmy Martin lay down the law on his rousing "You Don't Know My Mind"--then you're in for a high-lonesome surprise. --David Cantwell

Customer Reviews:

Bluegrass at it's best.......2007-05-08

Great CD with top bluegrass artists and great soundtrack. Definitely worth buying.

Bluegrass music.......2007-03-27

It's the best 'Bluegrass' CD that I've heard in quite a while...I would suggest it to anyone who loves Bluegrass!!!

Great Bluegrass.......2007-01-10

This is a real hand clapping foot stomping collection. I play it at least twice a week.

TOE TAPPING PLEASURE.......2007-01-06

This is a great introduction to Bluegrass Music for anyone interested in the genre. It gives you a feel for the high lonesome sound Bill Monroe made famous. The songs will have you tapping you toe in no time!

This is one of my all-time favorite CDs.......2006-07-17

If you love bluegrass at its best, this CD is for YOU!
Slow, fast, and in between beats!
Love it!

Average customer rating: Anne Murray,What a Wonderful World White Girl Gospel I love this CD! Wonderful Classics Amazing Anne

What a Wonderful World: 26 Inspirational Classics Anne Murray Manufacturer: Straight Way ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music Contemporary | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music General | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music Gospel | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music Christian Contemporary Music | Christian & Gospel | Styles | Music Soft Rock | Pop | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Best...So Far What a Wonderful Christmas All of Me Country Croonin' The Ultimate Anne Murray ASIN: B00001ZWF8 Release Date: 1999-10-19

Tracks:

1. Lord I Hope This Day Is Good
2. Amazing Grace
3. Lean On Me
4. Just A Closer Walk With Thee/Take My Hand Lord Jesus
5. Let It Be
6. Softly And Tenderly
7. Let There Be Love
8. I Believe In You
9. It Is No Secret
10. What A Wonderful World
11. Peace In The Valley
12. The Other Side
13. The Old Rugged Cross

Tracks:

1. I Can See Clearly Now
2. In The Garden
3. You've Got A Friend
4. Whispering Hope
5. Put A Little Love In Your Heart
6. How Great Thou Art
7. Song Of Bernadette
8. Elijah
9. Bridge Over Troubled Water
10. If You See My Savior
11. Jacob's Ladder
12. Nearer My God To Thee
13. The Lord's Prayer

Amazon.com

Warm-hearted and tender-voiced, Anne Murray's lovely, inspirational music is perfectly paired with songs of devotion, praise, and faith on this double-disc collection. Of those as seen on TV compilations, there is only one song not available elsewhere, the delightful "Let There Be Love," recorded with her daughter Anne. One listen to these 26 enchanting, inspirational classics and any listener will be lost in devotional prayer. --James Conde

Customer Reviews:

Anne Murray,What a Wonderful World.......2007-05-30

Very pleased with the quality and the fast shipment. Thank you

White Girl Gospel.......2007-05-13

Thanks to Anne Murray, there's proof that white girls can raise a strong, warm voice in praise, too. I have happily given copies of this CD to my diversity of friends, and many of them have expressed happy surprise. Contains probably the best rocking version anywhere of "Just a Closer Walk With Thee."

I love this CD!.......2007-03-16

I share this music with my patients during Sunday morning group therapy and have always gotten a positive response. Patients who have refused to talk to the nurses and the counselors find themselves wanting to open up and talk about themselves and how they want to work harder on improving their lives. My co-workers will ask me every Sunday "do you have the CD?" and we go about our duties singing along with Anne and praising God.
I cannot adequately describe the joy that listening to Anne Murray singing
God's praises brings to me. I seldom attend church, but I always take the time to play her music on Sunday mornings and commune with the Lord.
Co-workers listening from down the hall will gravitate to our unit just to
listen. Even the hard-core, profanity-driven ones find themselves in a better place, even if it is for a brief moment, when they are listening to
this CD.
Thank you, Lord, and bless you, Anne Murray!

Wonderful Classics.......2007-01-20

I love Anne Murray--this is my favorite CD. A great gift for someone who is going through trials in their lives.

Amazing Anne.......2007-01-10

I bought this CD for me, after hearing Anne Murray in a local concert. I listened to these beautiful songs in my car during the busy holiday season. The music was so inspiring, it inspired me to buy this CD as a Christmas gift for special people in my life.

Average customer rating: Love Vaughn Williams Ralph! Good readings lacking passion in good sound Vaughn Williams: Serenade to Music Tolkien, a cup of Darjeeling by the fire, and this CD

Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music; The Lark Ascending; Fantasia on Greensleeves; English Folk Song Suite; In the Fen Country; Norfolk Rhapsody No. 1 Manufacturer: EMI Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Vaughan Williams, Ralph | ( V ) | Featured Composers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Concertos | Forms & Genres | Classical | Styles | Music General | Vaughan Williams, Ralph | Composers | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music General Contemporary | Modern, 20th, & 21st Century | Historical Periods | Classical | Styles | Music Violin | Strings | Instruments | Classical | Styles | Music General | Symphonies | Classical | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music London Philharmonic Orchestra | ( L ) | Featured Performers, A-Z | Classical | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music $7.99 and Under | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music All Classical Music Blowout | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Vaughan Williams, Ralph | ( V ) | Composers, A-Z | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music London Philharmonic Orchestra | ( L ) | Performers, A-Z | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Opera & Vocal | Classical Music Blowout | Stores | Music Similar Items: Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis; Fantasia on Ralph Vaughan Williams: Symphonies Nos. 3 & 5 Vaughan Williams: Fantasies; The Lark Ascending; Five Variants Vaughan Williams: Fantasia on a Theme by Thomas Tallis; Variants Vaughan Williams: The Nine Symphonies ASIN: B000002S2R Release Date: 1991-10-11

Tracks:

1. Serenade To Music
2. English Folk Song Suite: I. March (Seventeen Come Sunday)
3. English Folk Song Suite: II. Intermezzo (My Bonny Boy)
4. English Folk Song Suite: III. March (Folk Songs From Somerset)
5. Norfolk Rhapsody No.1
6. Fantasia On 'Greensleeves'
7. In The Fen Country
8. The Lark Ascending

Customer Reviews:

Love Vaughn Williams.......2007-02-22

I bought this because Vaughan Williams has so many wonderful compositions. This particular recording contained many favorites including, but not exclusively the English Folk Song Suite conducted by Sir Adrian Boult and performed by the London Symphony... very moving!!!

Ralph!.......2007-01-09

Ralph Vaughn Williams at his best; lush, sometimes-inspiring presentation of a well-chosen collection of his works.

Good readings lacking passion in good sound.......2006-11-07

Many years after his death, Sir Adrian Boult continues to be admired as one of the linchpin -- and perhaps the archtype -- conductors of the music of his friend and countryman, Ralph Vaughan Williams. This recording, made in the autumnal years of Boutl's life, is a generous collection of bucolic English music from Vaughan Williams.

While these performances are lovely, as the other reviewers here have reported, they pale in comparison to the passion Boult provided earlier in his career. On a recording made from a Westminster LP, Boult provided more passionate and committed versions of the English Folk Song Suite, Greensleeves Fantasia and Norfolk Rhapsody No. 1 linked to a dramatic reading of the Variations on a Theme of Thomas Tallis, one of Vaughan Williams most popular and enduring tunes.

Like the comparison between his early mono recordings of Vaughan Williams' symphonies and his later stereo recording, Boult was simply older and more at ease with the music in the later recordings. While they are still wonderful, the later stereo recordings lack some of the mystery and passion of his earlier work, especially his "Antartica" symphony. People that search the Internet relentlessly can locate the earlier recordings including a CD restoration of the old Westminster record.

For those not interested in that, these renderings of Serenade to Msuic, English Folk Song Suite, Norfolk Rhapsody No.1, Fantasia On 'Greensleeves', In The Fen Country and violinist Hugh Bean's The Lark Ascending are beautifully done at a lower voltage. Either gives you the ethereal Boult although his earlier recordings, sometimes in mono, give life and breadth to these works not reflected here.

Vaughn Williams: Serenade to Music.......2006-11-03

Fantastic recording. Having a British conductor (especially Sir Adrian Boult), with a British Orchestra, playing works composed by a British composer, brings an exhuburance and attention to detail not found in other recordings.

Tolkien, a cup of Darjeeling by the fire, and this CD.......2006-07-17

I laughed when I read one reviewer here who admitted that he liked to play this lovely CD while reading Tolkien. And why not? It's the magic of art to make those of us who live in the desert Southwest (or midtown Manhattan) believe we are atually in an English thatched cottage around the time of WW I, nourishing our English souls with the comforting music of Vaughan Williams.

There have been better, certainly more modern composers, but VW had the rare ability to evoke an entire culture. Every work here speaks of his total union with the English spirit, and these readings by Boult are beyond reproach. I don't traffic in "best recording ever" talk, and there are versions of the Serenade to Music that I cherish from Matthrew Best and (above all) Leonard Bernstein at the opening of Philharmonic Hall in 1962. Yet this would probably be the one CD I'd give a young friend to win him or her over to one of the most lovable and accessible of great composers.

Average customer rating: great album Re-Record?????? Paging Miss Emily!!!! Worth your money An almost forgotten country singer Long overdue reissue of some classic country hits

Classics John Conlee Manufacturer: Rcr ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music New Traditionalist | Contemporary Country | Country | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Essential Earl Thomas Conley "The Bellamy Brothers - Greatest Hits, Vol. 1" Johnny Lee - Greatest Hits The Definitive Collection T.G. Sheppard - All-Time Greatest Hits ASIN: B0000WN15Y Release Date: 2003-11-25

Tracks:

1. Rose Colored Glasses
2. Lady Lay Down
3. Backside of Thirty
4. Before My Time
5. Baby You're Something
6. Friday Night Blues
7. She Can't Say That Anymore
8. What I Had with You
9. Miss Emily's Picture
10. Busted
11. I Don't Remember Loving You
12. Common Man
13. I'm Only in It for the Love
14. In My Eyes
15. As Long as I'm Rockin' with You
16. Way Back
17. Years After You
18. Blue Highway
19. Old School
20. From Your Knees
21. She's Mine
22. How High Did You Go?

Customer Reviews:

great album.......2006-11-03

Classics indeed! This album is full of so many great songs, it's nearly impossible for me to pick out a favorite or choose a place to start. "Friday Night Blues," "Miss Emily's Picture," "Old School," "She can't say that anymore," "Blue Highway," and of course "Rose Colored Glasses" are all included on this brilliant album that showcases John Conlee's voice well. I used to listen to these songs as a kid and was glad that he chose to release this album. All the songs on it were well chosen, and I recommend it to anyone.

Re-Record?????? Paging Miss Emily!!!!.......2006-07-23

Despite all the rave reviews I'm wondering if this is a dreaded rerecord. Maybe I'm paranoid, but the country music industry is so sleazy. And some stars feel entitled to cash in. How else can you explain the John Anderson Anthology...Horror. (John, how could you?) Or the Bill Anderson Oh Boy Classic [Oh boy here comes a rerecord). Hey, the CD sounds great. But what makes me suspiscious is that there are no copyright dates anywhere on this CD except for one. Also the cryptic message on the inside sleeve. Could someone please clear this up. And not some RCR Bud Logan shill either. John Conlee is one of my hero's and this is really worrying me. I can't look at this CD with Rose Colered Glasses anymore.

Worth your money.......2005-11-23

In a period when the "Urban Cowboy" crap was hitting the scene, and the dead Nashville Sound was replaced with infusions of Disco sounds, there were few bright spots in country music. True Honky Tonk music was all but dead, and noone knew what direction country music was heading or if it would even survive; luckily this would change with the intro of the neo-traditionalists in the mid-'80's. But in the meantime, we had John Conlee. His music could have very well been recorded for a Pop-oriented audience, or it could have been recorded differently for the adult-contemporary crowd. However, what made his music absolutely, no-bull, country, was his voice....no matter what song he sang, his voice had the sound of a man who was well on his way to a good bourbon drunk. Just as Willie had a signature nasal sound, Faron had his signature pause, and Bill Anderson had that sappy whisper, John Conlee had that whiskey soaked voice. But, just by looking at the man, you would never know it; once he opened his mouth and the first note came out, it was a whole different story. This album has a superb collection of songs that are sadly, almost forgotten. Included are the famous: "Rose Colored Glasses" and Backside of Thirty", but also, there are some lighter songs, such as "From Your Knees", "Miss Emily's Picture", and "I Dont Remember Loving You". Best of all, these are original recordings, not remakes by an aging star. It's too bad John gained prominence in an era when Country Music was at it's lowest, as it will probably eclipse his remarkable talent. Buy the album, you will definately enjoy it.

An almost forgotten country singer.......2004-10-03

John Conlee had a fair measure of success on the country charts but is largely forgotten now. Despite the high quality of his hits, he never became a really big star. This collection covers his most important period from 1978 to 1985, though he had hits after that. John had a classic country voice that is particularly suited to sad songs.

Rose colored glasses, his debut single, made the country top five. His next two singles (Lady lay down, Backside of thirty) were both country number ones. He then had several hits that didn't make the very top, of which Before my time, Friday night blues, She can't say that anymore and Miss Emily's picture all made number two on the country charts. John then had three more number ones with Common man, I'm only in it for the love and In my eyes. One last number one (Got my heart set on you, from 1986) is outside the scope of this compilation. Of the other tracks here, I particularly like Baby you're something, and Busted.

If you enjoy traditional country by such singers as Merle Haggard and John Anderson, give John Conlee a listen.

Long overdue reissue of some classic country hits.......2004-07-14

Although the album art shows an older edition of the artist himself, these tracks are actually the original radio hits -- nineteen Top 20 hits recorded for the RCA label between 1978-85, presented in chronological order, with three additional new tunes thrown in for good measure. Conlee's classic work has been inexplicably out of print for quite some time; finally it took a vanity pressing on his own label to make the stuff available to his fans, another sad statement for the state of Nashville's ongoing profits-over-posterity ethic. Anyway, it's all great stuff, a slick, latter-day countrypolitan sound fronted by a phenomenally expressive voice... It's a shame Conlee couldn't also lease his later material for the Columbia and 16th Avenue labels, which also included several sizable hits, but with tunes like "Rose Colored Glasses," "Backside Of Thirty" and "Busted" back in print, there's still plenty for country fans to cheer about.

Average customer rating: Golden Classics Edition: The Very Best of the New Christy Minstrels Golden Classics Edition: Today/Ramblin' Presenting/In Person The New Christy Minstrels Excellent

Golden Classics Edition: Today/Ramblin' The New Christy Minstrels Manufacturer: Collectables ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music General | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music General | Folk | Styles | Music Revival | Folk | Styles | Music General | Vocal Pop | Pop | Styles | Music General | Broadway & Vocalists | Styles | Music General | Folk | Indie Music | Stores | Music Contemporary Folk | Folk | Indie Music | Stores | Music Traditional & Vocal Pop | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Tell Tales! Legends and Nonsense/Land of Giants Presenting/In Person Michael, Row the Boat Ashore: The Best of the Highwaymen Christmas With the New Christy Minstrels: Complete The Very Best of the Seekers ASIN: B00000093G Release Date: 1997-04-22

Tracks:

1. Company of Cowards
2. This Ol' Riverboat
3. Love Theme (Today)
4. Whistlin' Dixie
5. Anything Love Can Buy
6. Ladies
7. Charleston Town
8. Company Q Whistle March
9. Way Down In Arkansas
10. Brackenby's Music Box
11. Riverboat Theme
12. Today
13. Ramblin'
14. Mighty Mississippi
15. Hi Jolly
16. A Travelin' Man
17. Down the Ohio
18. The Drinkin Gourd
19. Green, Green
20. Rovin' Gambler
21. Wagoner's Song
22. My Dear Mary Anne
23. Ride, Ride, Ride
24. Last Farewell
25. Chim Chim Cher-ee
26. This Land is Your Land

Customer Reviews:

Golden Classics Edition:.......2007-05-12

They need an age tune up so they can sing again poor stuff as far as quality!!

The Very Best of the New Christy Minstrels.......2007-01-10

When I was a small boy in the 1950s, my dad used to bring young sailors home with him sometimes. He or my mom would give them a home-cooked meal and an opportunity to visit with their kids (my siblings and me). In return, sometimes, they would provide engaging conversation and/or musical entertainment. So it was with a couple of young doughboys who would later wow audiences across America and around the world: Dean Jones and Randy Sparks.

While Dean went on to become an actor in the Disney stable and star of such classic films as 'The Love Bug' and 'Beethoven', Randy formed a band and 'sparked' (pun intended!) the Folk Music fad that swept like a wave around the world in the mid-1960s. Named for the Christy Minstrels who rambled from town to dusty town in the Old West entertaining far-flung American settlers, Randy Sparks and the New Christy Minstrels traveled around the world and fanned the cooling embers of our rich folk heritage to a bright, new flame.

Songs like 'Green, Green', 'Ramblin'' and 'Today' as well as many made popular by such other folk artists as Peter, Paul and Mary and the Kingston Trio, were often written and first performed by the Christies. Many of Randy's troupe, such as lead singer Barry Maguire, went on to have great solo careers in the music business.

Randy Sparks and Dean Jones may not remember us, but my dad, Frank King, never tires of reminiscing about entertaining them in our San Diego family home 'way back when.

Golden Classics Edition: Today/Ramblin'.......2006-12-12

I am so happy NCM have come out on CD. I have almost every NCM album (yes, vinyl) they made. My father taught me to love good music, no matter what the genre. NCM were my favorites growing up, because they so heavily relied on the voices, rather than a show or the instruments. It is a simple form of performance music, but when you look into the combinations of harmony and the talents that sprang into other areas from this group - it is one of the foundations of today's music.

Presenting/In Person The New Christy Minstrels.......2006-11-05

I was pleasantly surprised with the quality of the CD. Given that there are two albums on the CD, it is a good value if this is your type of music.

Excellent.......2005-06-09

Both albums on one CD...what a bargin! A nice touch for the NCM fans!

Average customer rating: HEAVENLY Sweetest voices ever! Awesome Soothing and thought provoking Pure Crystal

Free Chris Dodd , Fiona Pears , Anthony Chadney , Ben Crawley , Christopher Robson , and Raoul Platt Manufacturer: EMI Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | New Age | Styles | Music General | Opera & Vocal | Styles | Music General | Classical | Styles | Music Similar Items: Luminosa Visions Libera Angel Voices Angel Voices 3 ASIN: B0002RUAAQ Release Date: 2004-10-05

Tracks:

1. I Am The Day
2. Stay With Me
3. Voca Me
4. A Song Of Enchantment
5. Ave Verum
6. Do Not Stand At My Grave
7. When A Knight
8. A New Heaven
9. I Vow To Thee My Country
10. Lament
11. Twilight
12. Be Still My Soul
13. Adoramus

Amazon.com

English composer Robert Prizeman has taken a conventional English boy's choir--usually a haven for sweet songs and ecclesiastical renderings--and made them contemporary without selling out any of their intrinsic charm. Their stacked choral voices and lead sopranos, dressed up with electronica rhythms, synthesizers, and strings still sound like they could be coming from the church balcony, even while they exude an Enya-like appeal. While there are adaptations of Gregorian chants and Sibelius hymns, most of the songs are Prizeman originals based on those styles, with texts often drawn from Latin Liturgy. Except for the chilled romanticism of "Stay With Me," and the rhythm driven "Adoramus," whose chorus sounds like a Harry Potter incantation, few of the songs on Free have the anthemic pop appeal of "Salva Me" or "Vespera" from previous albums. Instead, Prizeman has opted for a more serene sound on Free, even with their first video from the disc, the yearning "I Am the Day." Some of it, like Prizeman's setting of a Walter de la Mare poem on "A Song of Enchantment," gets lugubrious. But most of Free floats on gentle soprano breezes, intrinsically innocent, even if the boys might be smoking cigarettes behind the altar. --John Diliberto

Customer Reviews:

HEAVENLY.......2007-06-19

This cd is like listening to a heavenly choir. "Free" is an awesome audio experience. It can turn a stressful day into a calm evening.

Sweetest voices ever!.......2007-06-16

I happened across this CD at Borders and was able to listen to it! One of the sweetest and heavenly CDs ever! I bought two: one for myself and one as a gift.

Awesome.......2007-01-04

I never knew that young boys could have such wonderful voices, almost angelic. The music is very relaxing and haunting at times, but that's what makes it a good album to hear to. The harmonies were so beautiful. To all choir fans, this is a must-have album.

Soothing and thought provoking.......2006-02-23

Libera is an amazing group of boys and Robert Prizeman really knows how to put everything together. My favorite songs on "Free" are Voca Me, Stay With Me, Adoramus, I Am the Day and Twilight. Each time I listen to this disc, another song seems to start growing on me. This was my first Libera CD (I have since bought Luminosa, Libera and Visions) and at first I liked the faster more upbeat songs but as time went on I started to really love the softer ones like Do Not Stand at my Grave and Weep (beautifully done by Ben Crawley and Joseph Platt). The soloists are lovely with clear and pure voices, and the chorus just swells with harmonies. This is choir music for people who hate choir music.

Pure Crystal.......2006-02-20

Like Luminosa, this is incredible. I can only compare it to the beautiful, pristine, classical pieces of antiquity, such as Vivaldi's Spring and Bach's many ethereal melodies. It's beautiful.

Average customer rating: Hard to Find 45's on CD Pop & Country Classics Ah,takes me back to my youth. Eric does it again... Inspired collection of crossover pop/country hits Just what the pop/country junkie is looking for

Hard to Find 45s on CD: Pop & Country Classics Various Artists Manufacturer: Eric Collection ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music General | Pop | Styles | Music General | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Oldies | Compilations | Pop | Styles | Music General | Pop | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Hard to Find 45s on CD, Volume 6: More 60's Classics Hard To Find 45s On CD, Volume 5: 60's Pop Classics Hard To Find 45s On CD, Volume 2: 1961-1964 Hard To Find 45s on CD, Volume 7: More 60's Classics Hard to Find 45s on CD, Volume 8: 70's Pop Classics ASIN: B000066ALW Release Date: 2002-06-25

Tracks:

1. Gone - Ferlin Husky
2. Dark Moon - Bonnie Guitar
3. Gonna Find Me A Bluebird - Marvin Rainwater
4. Gotta Travel On - Billy Grammer
5. Walk On By - Leroy Van Dyke
6. From A Jack To A King - Ned Miller
7. You're The Reason - Bobby Edwards
8. I Remember You - Frank Ifield (original version in stereo)
9. Saginaw, Michigan - Lefty Frizzell
10. Skip A Rope - Henson Cargill
11. Tennessee Bird Walk - Jack Blanchard & Misty Morgan
12. Easy Loving - Freddie Hart
13. Third Rate Romance - The Amazing Rhythm Aces
14. If I Said You Have A Beautiful Body Would You Hold It Against Me - Bellamy Brothers
15. Blanket On The Ground - Billie Jo Spears
16. Nobody - Sylvia
17. Baby I Lied - Deborah Allen
18. Yesterday, When I Was Young - Roy Clark
19. Say You'll Stay Until Tomorrow - Tom Jones
20. I'm Gonna Hire A Wino To Decorate Our Home - David Frizzell
21. Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song - B.J. Thomas

Album Description

Eric presents it's first volume of Pop & Country crossover hits--lots of HITS--13 of these 21 tracks made the Billboard Pop Top 20 and twelve hit #1 Country! All recordings have been digitally re-mastered from the best available sources and all but 6 are in true stereo. 8-page booklet with detailed liner notes on each song.

Album Description

Eric presents it's first volume of Pop & Country crossover hits. 13 of the 21 tracks made the top 20 and 12 of these hit #1 Country! All tracks have been Digitally Remastered with a full 8 page booklet with detailed notes on each song. Featured artists include Ferlin Husky, Bonnie Guitar, Marvin Rainwater, Lefty Frizzell, Billie Jo Spears, Tom Jones and more. 2002.

Customer Reviews:

Hard to Find 45's on CD Pop & Country Classics.......2007-01-18

This is a great collection of old country hits that I remember listening to. There were several gems on here that I have not heard in 40 years. More than worth the money.

Ah,takes me back to my youth........2007-01-10

A nice assortment of oldies but goodies that disappeared from the charts years ago but live on in our heads.Worth the money.

Eric does it again..........2003-01-26

In this volume of Eric Records' "Hard To Find 45s..." series, are tunes that, in most instances, registered on both the pop and country charts. The emphasis is on the country here with all these tracks being top-10 with the exception of two top-15 charters and one that did not make the country charts. While some of these tunes are not strictly hard to find on CD, they provide an interesting trip through the country, and often pop, music of the late 50s right up into the 80's. Some of the standout selections here include Frank Ifield's "I Remember You", the pop-only entry here with its cleverly integrated quasi-yodeling, Bobby Edwards' "You're The Reason" and "I'm Gonna Hire A Wino To Decorate Our Home", Lefty Frizell's brother David's country-only novelty chart-topper. As has come to be expected, these Eric CDs present their tracks in the best possible sound quality and in stereo whenever possible. In this volume, only tracks 1-4,6,7 are in mono. Add to this piece's musical attributes the accompanying comprehensive liner notes booklet and you have another outstanding issue in Eric Records' small but potent library of classic pop tunes on CD. This, as with the other CDs in the series, is a highly desireable addition to any collection of music of the genre.

Inspired collection of crossover pop/country hits.......2002-10-25

Eric Records has quietly been returning numerous original singles to circulation with their "Hard to Find 45s on CD" series. This volume turns their focus to nineteen tracks, dating from 1957's "Gone" by Ferlin Husky, and continuing through 1983's "Baby I Lied" by Deborah Allen, that found success on both the pop and country charts. Also included are a pair of tracks (Frank Ifield's "I Remember You" and David Frizzell's "I'm Gonna Hire a Wino to Decorate Our Home" that only made one chart (pop and country, respectively), but had crossover potential, and are difficult to find on CD.

Eric Records' usual attention to detail (true stereo where available, chart position and date) is supplemented by excellent liner notes by Greg Adams. The background on the bands and songs is especially enlightening for pop fans approaching songs that originated in the country realm, and vice-versa. Even more interesting is how his notes follow the arc of the music's dual absorption of country and mainstream pop influences, from the original Nashville Sound of Ferlin Husky's "Gone" through the nearly unrecognizable country influence of Sylvia's new-wave, synthesizer-based "Nobody."

Throughout there are terrific memories (check the song list!), many of which are very difficult to find elsewhere on CD (or, if found, often turn out to be other than the original 45 take or mix). Eric Records' meticulous approach to selecting masters and converting them to the digital realm, complemented by their excellent ears for selecting and organizing tracks, has resulted in a truly superb spin.

Just what the pop/country junkie is looking for.......2002-08-07

Eric Records has done it again. Just when you thought the "once-heavily played, but now completely ignored" genre has reached its acme, along comes Hard To Find 45s On CD: Pop & Country Classics.
This CD ranges in a time period from Ferlin Husky's 10-week No. 1 country smash, "Gone" in 1957 to David Frizzell's novelty, "I'm Gonna Hire A Wino (To Decorate Our Home)," which topped the C&W charts in 1982.
If you're like me (and you must be to be interested in these compilations), you have seen the sad demise of the all-inclusive Top 40 AM radio era in which I grew up. The same station, within the same hour, would play the Beatles, Martha & The Vandellas, Roger Miller, Elvis Presley, Clyde McPhatter, Lawrence Welk, Bill Anderson, The Everly Brothers, Smokey Robinson...Well, you get the point.
Today, radio has balkanized to the point that each subgroup is neatly divided and the word "crossover" has become obscene. Thank goodness Eric has the foresight and SOUL to bring wistful individuals like yours truly an opportunity to trip back through Memory Lane - for 62 minutes and 26 seconds, at least.
Some of my favorites in this collection include "I Remember You." by Frank Ifield, though not a country hit by the Austrailan crooner, is nevertheless one of my picks. Other tunes which make me smile in this compilation, the extremely-silly "Tennessee Bird Walk," Henson Cargell's country classic, "Skip A Rope," Billy Grammar's fiesty, "Gottoa Travel On," and my favorite county hit of the 1960s, "Saginaw, Michigan (how this great Lefty Frizzell number could have only reached No. 85 on the Hot 100 in January of 1964 - at the same time that Bobby Vinton's "There! I Said It Again" rule the charts - is FAR beyond my feeble ability to comprehend).
Moving into the 1970s, a weak decade for most music, Eric salvages my palatte with "Easy Loving," and the goofy, but catchy Bellamy Brothers ("Let You Love Flow") hit, "If I said You Had a Beautiful Body, etc.", the 1975 double No. 1,"Hey, Won't You Play Another Somebody Done Somebody Wrong Song (B.J. Thomas' second chart-topper since "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head"), and the great Roy Clark with his only Top 40 pop hit, "Yesterday When I Was Young."
The song from the 1980s that I most enjoy on this CD is Sylvia's C&W No. 1, "Nobody," which also broke into the pop top 15.
All told, I can, again, give an unqualified thumbs up and five stars to Eric's latest compilation, with a fevered hope for many, many more to come.

Average customer rating:

Pure Country Classics: The #1 Hits Cal Smith , Leroy Van Dyke , and Tennessee Ernie Ford Manufacturer: Utv Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music Honky-Tonk | Country | Styles | Music Nashville Sound | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Compilations | Country | Styles | Music Country | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music All Blowout Music | Blowout Music | Stores | Music More Titles at Least 25% Off | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Columbia Country Classics, Vol. 3: Americana Columbia Country Classics, Vol. 4: Nashville Sound Classic Country: Hard to Find Hits Classic Country: Great Duets Billboard #1s: Classic Country ASIN: B00008BRE5 Release Date: 2003-02-25

Tracks:

1. Sixteen Tons - Tennessee Ernie Ford
2. King of the Road - Roger Miller
3. Young Love- Sonny James
4. Walk On By - Leroy Van Dyke
5. Coal Miner's Daughter- Loretta Lynn
6. Big Bad John - Jimmy Dean
7. White Lightening - George Jones
8. In The Jailhouse Now- Webb Pierce
9. Saginaw, Michigan - Lefty Frizzell
10. It Wasn't God Who Made Honky Tonk Angels - Kitty Wells
11. Good Hearted Woman- Waylon Jennings & Willie Nelson
12. Kiss An Angel Good Morning- Charley Pride
13. Make The World Go Away - Eddy Arnold
14. Still - Bill Anderson
15. I Will Always Love You - Dolly Parton
16. For The Good Times - Roy Price
17. Country Bumpkin - Cal Smith
18. Hello Walls - Faron Young
19. I Fall To Pieces - Patsy Cline
20. He'll Have To Go - Jim Reeves
21. Gone - Ferlin Husky
22. Hello Darlin' - Conway Twitty
23. Lovesick Blues - Hank Williams

Average customer rating: Gene Autry "Back In The Saddle Again:" Must have CD for Country Western fans. BACK IN THE SADDLE-AUTRY ALBUM 25 of Gene's best ranging all different styles he's covered MELLOW VOICE OF AMERICA'S FAVORITE SINGING COWBOY

Back in the Saddle Again: 25 Cowboy Classics Gene Autry Manufacturer: Asv Living Era ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Cowboy | Country | Styles | Music General | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music Traditional Country | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Songs of the Old West The Essential Gene Autry: 1933-1946 Ultimate Collection Cool Water (& 17 Timeless Favorites) Tumbling Tumbleweeds ASIN: B000001HJA Release Date: 1996-05-21

Tracks:

1. Back In The Saddle Again
2. Blue Yodel No.5
3. Any Old Time
4. High Steppin' Mama
5. Silver-Haired Daddy Of Mine
6. Tumbling Tumbleweeds
7. Ridin' Down The Canyon
8. Mexicali Rose
9. Blue Hawaii
10. Dust
11. The Old Trail
12. Paradise In The Moonlight
13. Rhythm Of The Hoofbeats
14. South Of The Border
15. Blueberry Hill
16. Be Honest With Me
17. When The Swallows Come Back To Capistrano
18. You Are My Sunshine
19. A Year Ago Tonight
20. I'll Never Let You Go
21. I'll Wait For You
22. After Tomorrow
23. Lonely River
24. Have I Told You Lately That I Love You?
25. Goobye Little Darlin' Goodbye

Amazon.com

Though easily as popular as Bing Crosby, Gene Autry was not as versatile and perhaps not as talented as his fellow multimedia star. But to his credit, Autry was better able to capture the imagination of a young, ever-expanding American consciousness with songs that helped create the myth of a West where "you sleep out every night and the only law is right." The songs on this collection span from 1929 (with a wonderful yodeling blues called "Blue Yodel No. 5") to his signature tunes "Back in the Saddle Again" and "You Are My Sunshine," recorded in the early 1940s. What's remarkable about this collection (arranged roughly in chronological order) is how closely many of the early songs are tied to African-American blues. As the collection progresses into the mid-30s, the elements we've come to recognize as "Western" begin to emerge in the music. Through it all, Autry's performances are sturdy and plainspoken, unfolding with an unexpected ease and grace. Generally excellent sound makes this CD a perfect starting place for those interested in one of America's most important early pop icons. --S. Duda

Customer Reviews:

Gene Autry "Back In The Saddle Again:".......2007-07-18

It is Gene at his all time best. If you are either an old or new fan of him I highly recommend it for your collection. Again my cassettes do not even start to compare in goodness to this CD in showing his great musical talents both vocal and instrumental. A must have.

Must have CD for Country Western fans........2006-02-14

This is one of my favorite country western CDs. Ol' Gene gave us his best in numbers ranging from Mexicali Rose to Blue Hawaii to Blueberry Hill.

I just can't get enough of the simple somewhat melancholic style. Also these are transfers from analog recordings and the slight degradation in sound quality adds to the "long ago" feeling.

The simple, yet memorable arrangements will melt a heart of stone. I remember listening to some of these numbers on the Voice Of America program. The VOA programs used to open with some songs as a prelude to interviews and the like.

What a treat. Makes one pine for the wide open spaces.

BACK IN THE SADDLE-AUTRY ALBUM.......2003-10-19

THIS IS GREAT, AS WERE THE OTHERS YOU HAVE ON AMAZON.COM

25 of Gene's best ranging all different styles he's covered.......2002-01-25

Gene recorded much of his best in between the 1930's and 1940's and this compilation of 25 Gene Autry classics on ASV runs the gamut of musical styles he has covered ranging from western (Back In The Saddle Again, Tumbling Tumbleweeds, Dust, South of The Border, etc.), pop (Blue Hawaii, Mexicali Rose, Blueberry Hill, etc.), blues (Any Old Time, his cover of Jimmie Rodgers's Blue Yodel #5, etc.), country (You Are My Sunshine, Have I Told You Lately That I Love You, etc.) and other styles and were recorded from 1929-1945. While Bing Crosby covered Gene's "Goodbye Little Darlin' Goodbye" ..., the sound quality for the most part is generally excellent while some songs such as "Mexicali Rose" and "Silver Haired Daddy of Mine" do sound rough compared to CD's using Sony's original sources but it does sound acceptable for the 78 plus the surface noise adds authenticity and nostalgia for the people who grew up in the era these songs were recorded. This is the perfect introduction to the talent of Gene Autry, plus ASV has a companion disc to this collection called "The Last Roundup" if you want more to add to this collection with no overlap. Absolutely essential to any collection of country, western, and early pop music and after all you can't go wrong with ASV's product after all.

MELLOW VOICE OF AMERICA'S FAVORITE SINGING COWBOY.......2000-03-16

THIS CD HAS 4 BLUES SONGS SUNG BY GENE AUTRY. THE REST ARE MOSTLY EASY LISTENING. THESE SONGS EXCEPT FOR "BACK IN THE SADDLE" HAVE A VERY MELLOW SOUND AND ARE VERY SPIRIT LIFTING. ONLY GENE AUTRY COULD DO SUCH A FANTASTIC JOB. LOVE THE VARIETY AND THAT MELLOW VOICE!

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1. Country Got Soul [Import]
2. Dangerous Spirits
3. Exposed Roots: Best of Alt. Country
4. For the Last Time: Live from the Astrodome [Live]
5. Foundation: Doc Watson Guitar Instrumental Collection, 1964-1998
6. Genuine
7. Geronimo's Cadillac [Original recording remastered]
8. Gravitational Forces
9. Happy Trails: The Roy Rogers Collection, 1937-1990 [Box set]
10. Hey Do You Know Me [Import]

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