Because You Believed in Me//Beautiful Country [Import]

Product Description:
Between his major label debut on Capitol Records in 1975 & the present day, Gene Watson has excelled with his traditional slant on country music and has enjoyed several hit singles on the Country charts. Watson is a singer in country music's grand tradition & has the skill to give powerful vocal performances and draw all the emotion from his selected material effortlessly. In 1976, Watson released his second LP on the Capitol label, Because You Believed In Me, the title track of which was a Top 20 hit single. Beautiful Country, released the following year, included the hit singles 'The Old Man & His Horn', 'I Don't Need A Thing At All', and 'Cowboys Don't Get Lucky All The Time', which was a hit in 1978. This latter song also appeared on the soundtrack of the Sam Peckinpah movie 'Convoy’. The two albums on this CD are drawn from the most commercially successful period of his career and capture Watson in his prime. Both released here on CD for the first time. Hux. 2005.

Tracks:

Because You Believed In Me
If I 'm A Fool For Leaving
Bitter They Are, Harder They Fall
When My World Left Town
Sorry Willie
How Good A Bad Woman Feels
Her Body Couldn't Keep You Off My Mind
I Fell Apart
Hey Louella
And Then You Came Along
The Old Man And His Horn
Cowboys Don't Get Lucky All The Time
I Won't Be Sleeping Alone
Hey Barnum And Bailey
I'd Love To Live With You Again
I Don't Need A Thing At All
Raining In Dallas
It Don't Hurt Me Half As Bad
I Knew We Could Never Love For Long
He Little Thinged Her Out Of My Arms

Product Description

1. Because You Believed In Me
2. If I'm A Fool For Leaving
3. Bitter They Are, Harder They Fall
4. When My World Left Town
5. Sorry Willie
6. How Good A Bad Woman Feels
7. Her Body Couldn't Keep You Off My Mind
8. I Fell Apart
9. Hey Louella
10. And Then You Came Along
11. The Old Man And His Horn
12. Cowboys Don't Get Lucky All The Time
13. I Won't Be Sleeping Alone
14. Hey Barnum And Bailey
15. I'd Love To Live With You Again
16. I Don't Need A Thing At All; Raining In Dallas
17. It Don't Hurt Me Half As Bad
18. I Knew We Could Never Love For Long
19. He Little Thinged Her Out Of My Arms

Format: CD

Customer Reviews:

yes it's gold.......2006-10-15

What a fantastic voice ! some of the best recordings by Gene.I fully support people who gave this album a five stars reward.This is what is deserved.I do the same.the second album in particular is a masterpiece
I own these songs on lps but the new cd master sounds so good even on the small speakers of my PC that I can identify a very good new master on cd.
Any one interested in Gene should buy this cd, EVEN WITH TIME YOU WILL LIKE MORE AND MORE THESE SONGS AND NOT THE REVERSE;I recommend to rush as these types of remasterings are not often on the shelf for a long time !
Even while I already own the lps, I buy the cd still.
A faithful Gene fan over a 30 years period of time... Thierry

Can't find the right words to classify this twofer....!.......2006-08-05

When you like to find out some more about an artist whom you
casually heard a song of you liked very much, the next step is
to get a "greatest hits" compilation and see if the initial
impression is possitive indeed. When I bought the "Ultimate
Collection" of Gene Watson, I liked it so much that I gave it
5 stars (see one of the previous reviews). Since there were
more "greatest hits" compilations I kept on buying them and
every time I was more impressed with Gene's style of singing
and the selection of songs. Only 2 or 3 weeks ago I bought
his latest CD from 2005 (that means a gap of 16 years)and
again it was 5 stars worth because nothing had changed: a
beautiful way of singing great songs. Finally I decided to
purchase these two original LP's on one CD although I was a
little bit worried about its contents because when any artist
normally has some good songs on a LP or CD there are also
usually some minor songs. Wrong!!! To anyone who likes Gene
Watson or country music in general THIS IS A MUST! I can't
find the right words to describe these two complete LP's on
one CD. There's everything within the country music: rock,
blues, honky tonk, bluegrass even the incredible "jazzy" song
"The Old Man and His Horn" (one of the nicest songs ever
recorded on a country record) and most of all his beautiful
ballads. I have been collecting records for almost 50 years
now and never thouhgt a "new" discovered singer would replace
my preferences on the private list for the best artists around.
However this has happened and I'm glad it did. This guy is
givin' me hours of listening pleasure and I immediatley have
asked for his other double LP on CD released also by the HUX
label. These "packages" are beautifully remastered and the
sound quality is superb.

Two Great Albums on One CD.......2005-11-30

Gene Watson was at his peak during his tenure at Capitol and these are just two of several outstanding albums he issued for the label. BECAUSE YOU BELIEVED IN ME was Gene's second album with the title cut reaching the Top 20. BEAUTIFUL COUNTRY was (I think) his fourth album, and contains my all-time favorite Gene Watson single "The Old Man and His Horn" which has a definite New Orleans feel to it(including trumpet solos)and a terrific narrative story. Other singles drawn from this album include "I Don't Need A Thing At All", and "Cowboys Don't Get Lucky All The Time" (which appeared in the soundtrack of the movie 'Convoy'). Seven of the songs on this CD were penned either by Ray Griff or Dallas Harms. Great stuff

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