The Wilburn Brothers [Import]

Product Description:
'The Hits' from the Country brother act, Doyle & Teddy Wiilburn formed in 1954. Compiled by Nashville's John Lomax III, this collection is a great introduction to the material they recorded for American Decca and MCA.

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Average customer rating: "Must Have!" Pure entertainment Greatest Male Duet in Country Music History THE WILBURN BROTHERS

The Wilburn Brothers The Wilburn Brothers Manufacturer: Edsel Records UK ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Bluegrass | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music Traditional Country | Country | Indie Music | Stores | Music Similar Items: Greatest Hits Honky Tonk Girl: The Loretta Lynn Collection The Best of Stonewall Jackson The Essential Connie Smith Shakin' the Blues ASIN: B00000607W Release Date: 1998-04-07

Tracks:

1. Sparkling Brown Eyes
2. I Wanna, Wanna, Wanna
3. I'm So in Love With You
4. Mister Love
5. Hey Mr. Bluebird
6. Which One Is To Blame?
7. The Knoxville Girl
8. Somebody's Back In Town
9. Trouble's Back In Town
10. Roll Muddy River
11. Tell Her So
12. I'm Gonna Tie One On Tonight
13. I Had One Too Many
14. It's Another World
15. Someone Before Me
16. I Can't Keep Away From You
17. Hurt Her Once For Me
18. Arkansas

Album Description

'The Hits' from the Country brother act, Doyle & Teddy Wiilburn formed in 1954. Compiled by Nashville's John Lomax III, this collection is a great introduction to the material they recorded for American Decca and MCA.

Customer Reviews:

"Must Have!".......2006-02-24

This is a must have for any Wilburn Brothers or true country music fan. It's got some of their very best songs. If you like this one, check out their others: "Stars of the Grand Ole Opry", "Retrospective", "Greatest Hits" and "The Wonderful Wilburn Brothers". You can't go wrong with any of them!

Pure entertainment.......2006-01-28

I'm not a real fan of the Wilburn Brothers, I happen to like the song "Trouble's Back In Town", a song I remember from my childhood. Apparently, it's their biggest hit, with a cute "uh-oh" hook from the Anita Kerr Singers.
But, it's a decent greatest hits package, from early mono tracks to stereo production extravaganzas. Pure honky-tonk fun. The boys were pros and it shows on this album.

Greatest Male Duet in Country Music History .......2005-02-27

Forget Brooks and Dunn (please!), the Wilburn Brothers are hands down the greatest male duet country music ever saw. Their harmonies are awesome, and no this is not a case like the Judds where one sings and one is barely audiable, both Teddy and Doyle come through loud and clear and sing their hearts out in these great hits spanning their twenty year career with Decca Records. My favorites are "Trouble's Back in Town", "Somebody's Back in Town", "It's Another World", and their last hit, "Arkansas". The Wilburns sadly faded from the charts in the early 70's although they were both barely 40, same age range as George Jones, Johnny Cash, and Willie Nelson. One suspects industry politics has something to do with it but at least we had 20 years of country classics from the guys. Both are gone now, but their music is as fine as ever.

THE WILBURN BROTHERS.......2005-02-27

NOT ENOUGH OF THEIR SONGS AND NONE OF THEIR ORIGINAL DECCA ALBUMS ARE ON CD. THE BEST OF COUNTRY IS OVERLOOKED.

Average customer rating: A whole lotta music Greatest Hits Terrific, consistent country hitmakers

Greatest Hits The Wilburn Brothers Manufacturer: Varese Sarabande ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music Similar Items: The Wilburn Brothers The Very Best of Nat Stuckey For Old Times Sake A Family Affair Texas Troubadour ASIN: B000B8I8LE Release Date: 2005-10-11

Tracks:

1. I Wanna, Wanna, Wanna
2. I'm So in Love With You
3. Go Away with Me
4. Which One Is to Blame
5. Somebody's Back in Town
6. Woman's Intuition
7. Blue Blue Day
8. Trouble's Back in Town
9. Sound of Your Footsteps
10. Roll Muddy River
11. Tell Her So
12. I'm Gonna Tie One on Tonight
13. It's Another World
14. Someone Before Me
15. I Can't Keep Away from You
16. Hurt Her Once for Me
17. Roarin' Again
18. Goody, Goody Gumdrop

Customer Reviews:

A whole lotta music.......2006-02-12

There's a whole lot of music here, and sung with the perfection that only the Wilburn Brothers could provide. Many folks remember the early Wilburn Brother's Television show, which introduced us all to Loretta Lynn, but not even their praiseworthy TV effort can compare to their recording career. Both started out with none other than Webb Pierce, and from there, their careers took off. These guys are easily in the same league as the Louvin's or the DelMore Bros, so this is one CD you need to grab. A must have for the true Country Music Lover

Greatest Hits.......2006-01-08

I agree - bring on more reissues of this wonderful duo! I'm ready to buy and I bet others are too!

Terrific, consistent country hitmakers.......2006-01-03

It's astonishing that a duo that had thirty hit singles and recorded dozens of LPs for Decca are so thinly represented in the CD reissue market. Varese expands upon the budget best-ofs (and matches Edsel's out-of-print import disc) with an eighteen track helping of the duo's charting sides, stretching from their first solo success (1955's "I Wanna, Wanna, Wanna") through 1967's "Goody, Goody, Goody." Although this omits earlier work backing Webb Pierce ("Sparkling Brown Eyes") and their last few top-40 entries ("The Sun's Gonna Shine" from 1969 and "Little Johnny From Down the Street" from 1970), it captures the core of their hits for Decca, including their early hard-country sides, their dip into countrypolitan (1962's excellent "Trouble's Back in Town" and "The Sound of Your Footsteps," both featuring The Anita Kerr Singers), and their return to the hard-country sounds that had brung them to the party in the first place.

The Wilburn's were long on music industry experience, both as performers and as executives. Their performing career began with a family singing act in the late '30s, continued as a foursome with their two older brothers, and transformed into a duo by the early '50s. They performed on radio, joined the Louisiana Hayride and the Opry, all the time maintaining a recording career, running a publishing company and starting up a successful talent agency. Their harmonies are apiece with the Delmores, Louvins and Everlys, and while the Wilburn's were country to the core, there's also a good hint of pop in their singing. Many of their best sides have a happiness-and-heartache feel similar to Buck Owens' mid-60s releases. Their 1961 cover of Don Gibson's "Blue Blue Day" is a perfect example - bouncing along on a proto-rock 'n' roll guitar line as the brothers voices intertwine to sing of lost love.

Surprisingly, for all their consistency on the charts, they never hit #1, but they were voted duet of the year by the Music City News in 1967, and their matching stage outfits and personalized guitars (with "WILBURN BROS" inlayed into the necks and their first names inscribed on the pick guards) speak to the showmanship of their live performances. The Wilburn Brothers' belong in the collection of anyone who enjoys twangy country with tight brotherly harmonies. Varese's collection is a great single disc overview of their essential hits -- though given the volume of the duo's output, this is far from a complete picture of their recording career. In addition to a several lower-charting hits (1956's "You're Not Playing Love", 1959's "The Knoxville Girl," 1960's "All My Heartaches," 1964's "Hangin' Around," 1965's "I Had One Too Many"), there are dozens of albums left unanthologized or reissued. Bear Family, where are you? [©2006 redtunictroll at hotmail dot com]

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Country Music from Music Valley Drive Jan Howard , Jean Shepard , and Wilburn Brothers Manufacturer: First Generation ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Contemporary Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Country | Styles | Music Honky-Tonk | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Compilations | Country | Styles | Music Contemporary | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music ASIN: B00001NFE0 Release Date: 1999-09-28

Tracks:

1. Intro - Jean Shepard
2. Ain't Gonna Work Tomorrow/Blue Eyes Cryin' In The Rain/Will You Visit Me On Sundays - Charlie Louvin
3. The Life Of A Country Girl Singer - Jan Howard
4. If I Said You Had A Beautiful Body (Would You Hold It Against Me) - Vic Willis Trio
5. Pull The Covers Over Me/What's Wrong With The Way (We're Doin' Now) - Justin Tubb
6. I Know A Goodbye When I See One/Makin' Plans - The Wilburn Brothers
7. Good Hearted Woman/Rocky Top - Jan Howard
8. Charlie's Shoes - Billy Walker
9. Then He Touched Me/Too Many Rivers - Jean Shepard
10. Thanks A Lot/Blue Eyed Elaine/Jealous Loving Heat/Walkin' The Floor Over You - Ernest Tubb And The Texas Troubadours

Average customer rating: Decent remakes "My Favorite"

Wilburn Brothers: Stars of Grand Ole Opry Wilburn Brothers Manufacturer: First Generation ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music Similar Items: Greatest Hits The Wilburn Brothers ASIN: B00000K3IH Release Date: 1999-09-14

Tracks:

1. I Know A Goodbye When I See One
2. If I Can't Have All Of You (Just Give Me What You Think Is Fair)
3. I've Never Outgrown My Move For You
4. Hands
5. Roll Muddy River
6. Making Plans
7. Troubles Back In Town
8. Knoxville Girl
9. What I Had With You
10. I'm Gonna Tie One On Tonight

Customer Reviews:

Decent remakes .......2006-04-30

At the time this CD was issued (1999) there was no domestically available CD of their classic Decca material (although there was an excellent collection, TROUBLE'S BACK IN TOWN - THE HITS OF THE WILBURN BROTHERS, on the British EDSEL label), so this CD of late 1970s recording filled a definite need. Not a hits collection, it does cover four of their hits plus some other songs. While lacking the sparkle of the Decca recordings these are good journeyman recordings. Recordings include:

I Know A Goodbye When I See One (not a charted hit)
If I Can't Have All Of You (not a charted hit)
I've Never Outgrown My Move For You (not a charted hit)
Hands (not a charted hit)
Roll Muddy River (#4 - 1963)
Making Plans (not a charted hit)
Trouble's Back In Town (#4 - 1962)
Knoxville Girl (#18 - 1959)
What I Had With You (not a charted hit)
I'm Gonna Tie One On Tonight (#19 -1965)

If you don't have either the Edsel disc referenced above or 2005's GREATEST HITS released domestically by Varese Sarabande - get one of them first. This CD would make a good second acquisition

"My Favorite".......2006-02-24

I have to admit that this is my favorite Wilburn Brothers CD. Some of their classics plus a few extras recorded in 1981 just prior to the untimely death of Doyle Wilburn. It's some of their best work and shows why they lasted so long.

Average customer rating: "Must Have"

Retrospective The Wilburn Brothers Manufacturer: Mca ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Country General | Country | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Country General | Country | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music ASIN: B000008MBX Release Date: 1991-07-01

Tracks:

1. Hurt Her Once for Me
2. Someone Before Me
3. Which One of Us Is to Blame
4. Not That I Care
5. Knoxville Girl
6. Trouble's Back in Town
7. It's Another World
8. Making Plans
9. Somebody's Back in Town
10. Roll Muddy River
11. I'm Gonna Tie One on Tonight
12. Arkansas

Customer Reviews:

"Must Have".......2006-02-24

Singer Patty Loveless worked with Teddy Wilburn to pick out the songs on this MCA issue of some of the Wilburn Brothers best work throughout the years. You can't go wrong with any of the Wilburns CD's - and this is just another example of why they had such a long and successful career

Average customer rating: Best of their pre-Decca material Hillbilly music at its best!!!

The Wonderful Wilburn Brothers The Wilburn Brothers Manufacturer: King ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Country General | Country | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Country General | Country | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music CDs $7 - $10 | Traditional Country | Country | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Traditional Country | Country | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music Similar Items: The Wilburn Brothers Wilburn Brothers: Stars of Grand Ole Opry Retrospective Greatest Hits ASIN: B00000179T Release Date: 1993-07-12

Tracks:

1. Heart Please Be Still
2. Are You Lonely Too
3. Way Down Under Blues
4. Put Me In Your Pocket
5. Down In Dixie (Where They Say You-All)
6. Bugle Call From Heaven
7. Goose Pimples
8. Give A Little Take A Little
9. Anticipation Blues
10. Because You Care
11. The Long Gone Lonesome Blues
12. Will You Be Ready (To Wear A Golden Crown)

Customer Reviews:

Best of their pre-Decca material .......2006-04-30

These recordings come from the Wilburn Brothers early days, when they were featured on the Louisiana Hayride and before they signed with Decca. None of these songs were national hits although some of them were regional successes and some of them such as "Goose Pimples" received considerably airplay over the years. It should be noted that Billboard's charts only charted 10 to 15 songs during this period. Sound quality is okay, nothing outstanding but certainly listenable.

The Wilburn Brothers hit days began through their association with Webb Pierce and there first hit, the #4 "Sparkling Brown Eyes" was a duet with Webb Pierce. After that good things began to happen for them.

As I said before, none of these songs were big hits but they as worth being heard. Some of the songs, such as Tennessee Ernie Ford's "Anticipation Blue's and Hank Williams' "Long Gone Lonesome Blues", were covers of other's hits. Songs include:

Heart Please Be Still
Are You Lonely Too?
Way Down Under Blues
Put Me In Your Pocket
Down In Dixie
Bugle Call From Heaven
Goose Pimples
Give A Little Take
Anticipation Blues
Because You Care
The Long Gone Lonesome Blues
Will You Be Ready (To Wear A Golden Crown)

I'd rate this 3.5 stars

Hillbilly music at its best!!!.......2000-10-12

Good old fashion hillbilly music at its best.

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Wonderful:Wilburn Brothers Wilburn Brothers Manufacturer: King Records ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music ASIN: B0000DEL5L Release Date: 1999-07-07

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