Johnny Horton - 1956-1960 [Box set] [Import]

Product Description:
4CD Box Set

Johnny Horton - 1956-1960,Johnny Horton,Bear Family,Country/Bluegrass,Oldies

Average customer rating: Johnny The Great Great 2 CD Collection Honky Tonk Man: The Essential Johnny Horton 1956-1960 Honky Tonk Man Johnny HortonýThe Essential Honky Tonk Man Lives On!

Honky Tonk Man: The Essential Johnny Horton 1956-1960 Johnny Horton Manufacturer: Sony 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 | Rock | Styles | Music Rockabilly | Oldies & Retro | Rock | Styles | Music General | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: Johnny Horton - Greatest Hits The Spectacular Johnny Horton Look What Thoughts Will Do 16 Biggest Hits The Essential Carl Smith (1950-1956) ASIN: B000002AAZ Release Date: 1996-03-12

Tracks:

1. Honky Tonk Man
2. I'm A One Woman Man
3. Take Me Like I Am
4. I Don't Like I Did (Before)
5. Hooray For That Little Difference
6. I'm Coming Home
7. She Knows Why
8. The Woman I Need (Honky Tonk Mind)
9. Goodbye Lonesome (Hello, Baby Doll)
10. I'll Do It Every Time
11. Let's Take The Long Way Home
12. Lover's Rock
13. Honky-Tonk Hardwood Floor
14. The Wild One
15. Hot In The Sugarcane Field
16. Wise To The Ways Of A Woman
17. Out In New Mexico
18. I Love You Baby

Tracks:

1. All Grown Up
2. Got The Bull By The Horns
3. When It's Springtime In Alaska (It's Forty Below)
4. The Battle Of New Orleans
5. Lost Highway
6. Cherokee Boogie
7. The Golden Rocket
8. Words
9. Johnny Reb
10. Sal's Got A Sugar Lip
11. The Electrified Donkey
12. Sink The Bismark
13. Ole Slew Foot
14. Sleepy-Eyed John
15. The Mansion You Stole
16. North To Alaska
17. Evil Hearted Me
18. You Don't Move Me Baby Anymore

Amazon.com

For those only familiar with Johnny Horton's big hits and historical sagas, this two-disc collection presents a more complete picture of the artist. Disc 1 focuses largely on Horton's urgent rockabilly sides, falling somewhere between Elvis Presley and Johnny Cash with a tiny hint of Hank tossed in. Since he costarred on the Louisiana Hayride with Presley in the mid-1950s, it's not surprising that Horton's earliest Columbia recordings found him as sort of the label's answer to the Sun sound, especially with Grady Martin's snarling guitar licks. This set adds four cuts from a rare airplay-only LP before moving on to the saga songs for which Horton will always be beloved. --Marc Greilsamer

Customer Reviews:

Johnny The Great.......2007-02-07

I like the Rockin' and Rollin' Johnny Horton collection better. Not that this cd is bad it just missed some of his greatest works. Once again someone saw fit to leave off Rock Island Lines. Any time you're listening to Johhny Horton it's a treat, so if you don't have it get it. And all you rock-a-billy fans it's a must have in your collection.

The Mean Eyed Cat
KNON Radio 89.3
Dallas, Texas

Great 2 CD Collection.......2005-11-19

Here is a fine collection of Johhny Horton songs; not only the more famous Historic numbers, but the equally good (or better, in my opinion) Honky Tonk numbers. I wish someone would release his entire catalog of early stuff; especially his signature, hard-driving, honky tonkin'! I do have one real criticism of this collection, and I am really perturbed that "Whispering Pines" and "All For the Love of A Girl" were not included here....it is criminal. If you are not familiar with Johnny's "drinkin" music, you owe it to yourself to hear the likes of "I'm Comin' Home" and "Honky Tonk Hardwood Floor"; both are included here, as well as many more. Forget Toby Keith, Faith & Tim Hill, or Kenny G Chesney.....here is a collection of fine country music that is worth every penny of the price.

Honky Tonk Man: The Essential Johnny Horton 1956-1960.......2004-03-04

This is a great cd. I have enjoyed music by Johnny Horton for over 15 years. It is a geat collection of music but two songs are missing. I love Whispering Pines and Comanche is the other song I would have liked to seen in this collection. Other than that, it is great music.

Honky Tonk Man.......2002-01-19

I was thrilled to get the cds. I have been trying to get the words to "The Electrified Donkey" since Johnny Horton sang it on a trip to Anchorage in 1959 or 1960(about the same time Little Jimmy Dickens was here the first time). The album is GREAT! and fun,but it says in the brochure that he was here in Alaska in 1949. It was at least ten years later that he was here. Also, unless he lied to us, HE wrote "North To Alaska" on the plane on the way up here. And "When It's Springtime in Alaska (it's 40 below)" he wrote up here, and local musician Tex Johnson helped him. I don't understand the explainations for these songs in the brochure. I can't believe he lied to us.

Jean Flynn
Anchorage, Alaska

Johnny HortonýThe Essential Honky Tonk Man Lives On!.......2000-08-14

For those country music fans who are only familiar with Johnny Horton's historical saga songs, this two CD compilation truly demonstrates that he was an original and diverse artist. Horton really shines on the "honky tonk" tunes: "Honky Tonk Man" (most recently covered by Dwight Yoakam), "I'm a One Woman Man" (most recently covered by George Jones), "Goodbye Lonesome (Hello, Baby Doll)," "Honky Tonk Hardwood Floor," "Cherokee Boogie" (most recently covered by BR5-49 and Marty Brown), and "The Golden Rocket" (nice version that would please Hank Snow). Some interesting tunes worth checking out: "Hot in the Sugarcane Field," "Lost Highway" (good version of Hank Williams, Sr. classic), "Evil Hearted Me," and "I'll Do It Every Time" (almost Everly Brothers in feel). There is some filler on these CDs, but it's mostly listenable and enjoyable in its own way. There are two notable omissions on this compilation that would render his "Greatest Hits" package unnecessary for purchase (unless your really want some of the historical saga songs)--"Whispering Pines" and "All for the Love of a Girl." These are two of the best ballads (and songs!) that Horton ever recorded. Why are they missing here? Otherwise, this is a terrific collection.

Average customer rating: Johnny Horton Box Set Spectacular Box Set!! this is an awsome box set Well worth the cost!!! Johnny Comes Back To Life!

Johnny Horton - 1956-1960 Johnny Horton Manufacturer: Bear Family 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 | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Rockabilly | Oldies & Retro | Rock | Styles | Music General | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music General | Country | Box Sets | Stores | Music Country | Imports | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Early Years ASIN: B0000070YC Release Date: 1996-06-24

Tracks:

1. I'm a One Woman Man
2. Honky Tonk Man
3. I'm Ready if You're Willing
4. I Got a Hole in My Pirogue
5. Take Me Like I Am
6. Sugar-Coated Baby
7. I Don't Like I Did
8. Hooray for That Little Difference
9. I'm Coming Home
10. Over Loving You
11. She Knows Why
12. Honky Tonk Mind (The Woman I Need)
13. Tell My Baby I Love Her
14. Goodbye Lonesome, Hello Baby Doll
15. I'll Do It Everytime
16. You're My Baby
17. Let's Take the Long Way Home
18. Lover's Rock
19. Honky Tonk Hardwood Floor
20. Wild One
21. Everytime I'm Kissing You
22. Hot in the Sugarcane Field
23. Lonesome and Heartbroken
24. Seven Comes Eleven
25. I Can't Forget You
26. Wise to the Ways of a Woman
27. Out in New Mexico
28. Tetched in the Head
29. Just Walk a Little Closer
30. Don't Use My Heart for a Stepping Stone
31. I Love You Baby
32. Wise to the Ways of a Woman

Tracks:

1. Counterfeit Love
2. Mister Moonlight
3. All Grown Up
4. Got the Bull by the Horns
5. When It's Springtime in Alaska (It's Forty Below)
6. Whispering Pines
7. Battle of New Orleans
8. All for the Love of a Girl
9. Lost Highway
10. Sam Magee
11. Cherokee Boogie
12. Golden Rocket
13. Battle of New Orleans [British Version]
14. Joe's Been A-Gittin' There
15. First Train Headin' South
16. Got the Bull by the Horns
17. Sal's Got a Sugarlip [Rock 'N' Roll Version]
18. Words
19. Johnny Reb
20. Sal's Got a Sugarlip
21. Ole Slew Foot
22. I'm Ready if You're Willing
23. Take Me Like I Am
24. They Shined Up Rudolph's Nose
25. Electrified Donkey
26. Same Old Tale the Crow Told Me
27. Sink the Bismarck
28. Sink the Bismarck [Alternate Take]
29. Same Old Tale the Crow Told Me
30. All Grown Up
31. Got the Bull by the Horns

Tracks:

1. Ole Slew Foot
2. Miss Marcy
3. Sleepy Eyed John
4. Mansion You Stole
5. They'll Never Take Her Love from Me
6. Sinking of the Reuben James
7. Jim Bridger
8. Battle of Bull Run
9. Snow-Shoe Thompson
10. John Paul Jones
11. Comanche (The Brave Horse)
12. Young Abe Lincoln (Make a Tall, Tall Man)
13. O'Leary's Cow
14. Johnny Freedom
15. Go North!
16. North to Alaska
17. North to Alaska
18. I Just Don't Like This Kind of Livin'
19. Rock Island Line
20. Hank and Joe and Me
21. Golden Rocket
22. A-Sleepin' at the Foot of the Bed
23. I Just Don't Like This Kind of Livin'
24. Old Blind Barnabas
25. Evil Hearted Me
26. Hot in the Sugarcane Field
27. You Don't Move Me Baby Anymore
28. Gosh-Darn Wheel
29. Broken Hearted Gypsy
30. Church by the Side of the Road

Tracks:

1. Vanishing Race
2. Broken Hearted Gypsy
3. That Boy Got the Habit
4. Hot in the Sugarcane Field
5. You Don't Move Me Baby Anymore
6. Church by the Side of the Road
7. I Just Don't Like This Kind of Livin'
8. Take It Like a Man
9. Hank and Joe and Me
10. Golden Rocket
11. Old Blind Barnabas
12. Empty Bed Blues
13. Rock Island Line
14. Shake, Rattle and Roll
15. A-Sleepin' at the Foot of the Bed
16. Old Dan Tucker
17. Gosh Darn Wheel
18. From Memphis to Mobile
19. Back Up Train
20. Schottische in Texas
21. Take It Like a Man
22. That Boy Got the Habit
23. My Heart Stopped, Trembled and Died
24. Alley Girl Ways
25. How You Gonna Make It
26. Witch Walking Baby
27. Down That River Road
28. Big Wheels Rollin'
29. I Got a Slow Leak in My Heart
30. You Don't Move Me Baby Anymore
31. What Will I Do Without You
32. Janey
33. Streets of Dodge
34. Give Me Back My Picture and You Can Keep the Frame

Album Details

4CD Box Set

Customer Reviews:

Johnny Horton Box Set.......2007-03-20

I have been a fan of Johnny Horton since I began to seriously listen to music. And while his historical songs (which he is known best for) are excellent and will long remain part of America Pop Culture, his honky-tonk and true Country Music are every bit as good. I've been able to pick up a Johnny Horton CD here and there, but nothing which covered his earliest LP's in their entirety. Well, here it is; and since it's a Bear Family Product, it is outstanding. Actually, I'm glad to be able to finally put away the vinyl and the decades of scratches.....I almost forgot just how good his early stuff is. As with all of their box sets, a detailed booklet is included with info you wont find anywhere else. The price is surprisingly affordable (considering the usual cost of Bear Family products....and no, I'm not complaining). While there is a 2-CD Columbia/Legacy Collection available (and of good quality), it does not go nearly as deep as this set. So, this is really a "must-have" for the true Johnny Horton fan. Highly recommended.

Spectacular Box Set!!.......2006-07-20

This set is a must for anyone who is a serious popular music fan. The songs that Johnny Horton recorded in this short (too short!) 4 year span are nothing less than breathtaking in their energy, passion, enthusiasm, and obvious love of life. This is easlily one of the most vital and important collections of post-war American music ever assembled. Highly, highly recommended!!!

this is an awsome box set.......2004-09-14

this is an awsome box set collection of johnny horton's music. there is just so many to put in one collection. but this one maybe the only one yet. johnny horton to me is the king of rockabilly music and will always be
i have had many of mr hortons albums over the years. and so far this is my favorite all the great ones are here you name it.

Well worth the cost!!!.......2004-07-01

This is an excellent rare collection of Johnny Horton's music!
It contains nearly all of the songs that Johnny recorded or that
anyone would care to listen to. All of his hits and many of his
non-hits (though still interesting songs: i.e., "Miss Marcy")
are here. Alternate versions of his hits, such as "Sink the
Bismarck" and "The Battle of New Orleans," are also on this
collection. Additionally, the 124 page biographical booklet,
filled with photographs both famous and rare, humanizes the
artist in a way that no conventional collection of his greatest
hits ever could. A word to the wise: order this collection
used if you can. Not only can you get a reduced price, but you
may have trouble ordering it any other way. Whatever price
you pay, this collection is well worth the expense!!!

Johnny Comes Back To Life!.......2000-12-22

I've been a diehard Johnny Horton fan my entire life, which always made my taste in music kind of odd to my friends, since I grew up in the 70's and 80's. I distinctly recall the very first time I ever heard of Johnny Horton; I overheard my mother singing "The Battle Of New Orleans' as a kid back in 1975, and I've been hooked ever since! These powerful collections put out by the Bear Family provided me with songs and history on Johnny that I had been searching for all of my life. I could have researched him forever, but without these box sets, my efforts would have been in vain. Johnny Horton 1956-1960 will provide you with wonderful listening and the enclosed booklet, with biography and pictures, will truly bring Johnny back to life!

Dan McCartney djmcdale@aol.com Toledo, Ohio

Average customer rating: Johnny Horton Box Set Spectacular Box Set!! this is an awsome box set Well worth the cost!!! Johnny Comes Back To Life!

1956-1960 Johnny Horton Manufacturer: Bear Family 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 | Rock | Styles | Music Rockabilly | Oldies & Retro | Rock | Styles | Music General | Oldies | Pop | Styles | Music General | Country | Box Sets | Stores | Music Similar Items: The Early Years ASIN: B000001AW5 Release Date: 1994-06-27

Tracks:

1. I'm a One Woman Man
2. Honky Tonk Man
3. I'm Ready if You're Willing
4. I Got a Hole in My Pirogue
5. Take Me Like I Am
6. Sugar-Coated Baby
7. I Don't Like I Did
8. Hooray for That Little Difference
9. I'm Coming Home
10. Over Loving You
11. She Knows Why
12. Honky Tonk Mind (The Woman I Need)
13. Tell My Baby I Love Her
14. Goodbye Lonesome, Hello Baby Doll
15. I'll Do It Everytime
16. You're My Baby
17. Let's Take the Long Way Home
18. Lover's Rock
19. Honky Tonk Hardwood Floor
20. Wild One
21. Everytime I'm Kissing You
22. Hot in the Sugarcane Field
23. Lonesome and Heartbroken
24. Seven Comes Eleven
25. I Can't Forget You
26. Wise to the Ways of a Woman
27. Out in New Mexico
28. Tetched in the Head
29. Just Walk a Little Closer
30. Don't Use My Heart for a Stepping Stone
31. I Love You Baby
32. Wise to the Ways of a Woman

Tracks:

1. Counterfeit Love
2. Mister Moonlight
3. All Grown Up
4. Got the Bull by the Horns
5. When It's Springtime in Alaska (It's Forty Below)
6. Whispering Pines
7. Battle of New Orleans
8. All for the Love of a Girl
9. Lost Highway
10. Sam Magee
11. Cherokee Boogie
12. Golden Rocket
13. Battle of New Orleans [British Version]
14. Joe's Been A-Gittin' There
15. First Train Headin' South
16. Got the Bull by the Horns
17. Sal's Got a Sugarlip [Rock 'N' Roll Version]
18. Words
19. Johnny Reb
20. Sal's Got a Sugarlip
21. Ole Slew Foot
22. I'm Ready if You're Willing
23. Take Me Like I Am
24. They Shined Up Rudolph's Nose
25. Electrified Donkey
26. Same Old Tale the Crow Told Me
27. Sink the Bismarck
28. Sink the Bismarck [Alternate Take]
29. Same Old Tale the Crow Told Me
30. All Grown Up
31. Got the Bull by the Horns

Tracks:

1. Ole Slew Foot
2. Miss Marcy
3. Sleepy Eyed John
4. Mansion You Stole
5. They'll Never Take Her Love from Me
6. Sinking of the Reuben James
7. Jim Bridger
8. Battle of Bull Run
9. Snow-Shoe Thompson
10. John Paul Jones
11. Comanche (The Brave Horse)
12. Young Abe Lincoln (Make a Tall, Tall Man)
13. O'Leary's Cow
14. Johnny Freedom
15. Go North!
16. North to Alaska
17. North to Alaska
18. I Just Don't Like This Kind of Livin'
19. Rock Island Line
20. Hank and Joe and Me
21. Golden Rocket
22. A-Sleepin' at the Foot of the Bed
23. I Just Don't Like This Kind of Livin'
24. Old Blind Barnabas
25. Evil Hearted Me
26. Hot in the Sugarcane Field
27. You Don't Move Me Baby Anymore
28. Gosh-Darn Wheel
29. Broken Hearted Gypsy
30. Church by the Side of the Road

Tracks:

1. Vanishing Race
2. Broken Hearted Gypsy
3. That Boy Got the Habit
4. Hot in the Sugarcane Field
5. You Don't Move Me Baby Anymore
6. Church by the Side of the Road
7. I Just Don't Like This Kind of Livin'
8. Take It Like a Man
9. Hank and Joe and Me
10. Golden Rocket
11. Old Blind Barnabas
12. Empty Bed Blues
13. Rock Island Line
14. Shake, Rattle and Roll
15. A-Sleepin' at the Foot of the Bed
16. Old Dan Tucker
17. Gosh Darn Wheel
18. From Memphis to Mobile
19. Back Up Train
20. Schottische in Texas
21. Take It Like a Man
22. That Boy Got the Habit
23. My Heart Stopped, Trembled and Died
24. Alley Girl Ways
25. How You Gonna Make It
26. Witch Walking Baby
27. Down That River Road
28. Big Wheels Rollin'
29. I Got a Slow Leak in My Heart
30. You Don't Move Me Baby Anymore
31. What Will I Do Without You
32. Janey
33. Streets of Dodge
34. Give Me Back My Picture and You Can Keep the Frame

Album Details

4CD Box Set

Customer Reviews:

Johnny Horton Box Set.......2007-03-20

I have been a fan of Johnny Horton since I began to seriously listen to music. And while his historical songs (which he is known best for) are excellent and will long remain part of America Pop Culture, his honky-tonk and true Country Music are every bit as good. I've been able to pick up a Johnny Horton CD here and there, but nothing which covered his earliest LP's in their entirety. Well, here it is; and since it's a Bear Family Product, it is outstanding. Actually, I'm glad to be able to finally put away the vinyl and the decades of scratches.....I almost forgot just how good his early stuff is. As with all of their box sets, a detailed booklet is included with info you wont find anywhere else. The price is surprisingly affordable (considering the usual cost of Bear Family products....and no, I'm not complaining). While there is a 2-CD Columbia/Legacy Collection available (and of good quality), it does not go nearly as deep as this set. So, this is really a "must-have" for the true Johnny Horton fan. Highly recommended.

Spectacular Box Set!!.......2006-07-20

This set is a must for anyone who is a serious popular music fan. The songs that Johnny Horton recorded in this short (too short!) 4 year span are nothing less than breathtaking in their energy, passion, enthusiasm, and obvious love of life. This is easlily one of the most vital and important collections of post-war American music ever assembled. Highly, highly recommended!!!

this is an awsome box set.......2004-09-14

this is an awsome box set collection of johnny horton's music. there is just so many to put in one collection. but this one maybe the only one yet. johnny horton to me is the king of rockabilly music and will always be
i have had many of mr hortons albums over the years. and so far this is my favorite all the great ones are here you name it.

Well worth the cost!!!.......2004-07-01

This is an excellent rare collection of Johnny Horton's music!
It contains nearly all of the songs that Johnny recorded or that
anyone would care to listen to. All of his hits and many of his
non-hits (though still interesting songs: i.e., "Miss Marcy")
are here. Alternate versions of his hits, such as "Sink the
Bismarck" and "The Battle of New Orleans," are also on this
collection. Additionally, the 124 page biographical booklet,
filled with photographs both famous and rare, humanizes the
artist in a way that no conventional collection of his greatest
hits ever could. A word to the wise: order this collection
used if you can. Not only can you get a reduced price, but you
may have trouble ordering it any other way. Whatever price
you pay, this collection is well worth the expense!!!

Johnny Comes Back To Life!.......2000-12-22

I've been a diehard Johnny Horton fan my entire life, which always made my taste in music kind of odd to my friends, since I grew up in the 70's and 80's. I distinctly recall the very first time I ever heard of Johnny Horton; I overheard my mother singing "The Battle Of New Orleans' as a kid back in 1975, and I've been hooked ever since! These powerful collections put out by the Bear Family provided me with songs and history on Johnny that I had been searching for all of my life. I could have researched him forever, but without these box sets, my efforts would have been in vain. Johnny Horton 1956-1960 will provide you with wonderful listening and the enclosed booklet, with biography and pictures, will truly bring Johnny back to life!

Dan McCartney djmcdale@aol.com Toledo, Ohio

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