The Red Headed Stranger

Product Description:
The classic Willie Nelson concept album covered in its entirety by ex-Geraldine Fibbers frontwoman. Features Willie Nelson on three tracks. 13 tracks in digipak format. Debut release on Revolver USA in-house label. 2003.

The Red Headed Stranger,Carla Bozulich,Dicristina Stair,Alternative Country-Rock,Country,Experimental Rock,Pop,Rock/Pop

Average customer rating: The Red Headed Stranger was no stranger to me Movie Songs Willie Nelson - Red Headed Stranger A Masterpiece Only memories remain.

Red Headed Stranger Willie Nelson Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music Outlaw & Progressive Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music Similar Items: Stardust Wanted! The Outlaws Highwayman The Essential Willie Nelson Modern Sounds In Country and Western Music ASIN: B00004U2G7 Release Date: 2000-07-04

Tracks:

1. Time Of The Preacher
2. I Couldn't Believe It Was True
3. Time Of The Preacher Theme
4. Medley: Blue Rock Montana/Red Headed Stranger
5. Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain
6. Red Headed Stranger
7. Time Of The Preacher Theme
8. Just As I Am
9. Denver
10. O'er The Waves
11. Down Yonder
12. Can I Sleep In Your Arms
13. Remember Me (When The Candle Lights Are Gleaming)
14. Hands On The Wheel
15. Bandera
16. Bach Minuet In G
17. I Can't Help It (If I'm Still In Love With You)
18. A Maiden's Prayer
19. Bonaparte's Retreat

Amazon.com essential recording

Though this 1975 album cost Willie only $20,000 to record, it handed him the success he'd craved after years as a hit songwriter and modestly successful singer. By blending originals and vintage material, he created a timeless Western saga, one that originally left Columbia Records, who'd guaranteed him artistic control, skeptical. The label's doubts, amplified by the fact that Nelson had recorded the album in Texas with only his seven-piece touring band, evaporated after the album and two singles, "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain" and "Remember Me," became huge hits and launched Willie into the stratosphere. This enhanced version preserves the original sequence, adding four bonus tracks. One, a brief snippet of Bach's "Minuet in G" from the 1986 Red Headed Stranger film, is inconsequential. Three more, from the 1975 sessions, are enjoyable covers of Hank Williams's "I Can't Help It If I'm Still in Love with You," Bob Wills's "A Maiden's Prayer," and Pee Wee King's "Bonaparte's Retreat," footnotes to the original but welcome nonetheless. --Rich Kienzle

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Saddle up, and let Willie Nelson take you on a mellow 33-minute trot through the Old West. Before this sparkling concept album Nelson had been known primarily as a songwriter, having penned hits such as "Night Life," "Crazy," and "Hello Walls." On this 1975 record, he creates a lonely and plaintive mood with an almost childlike lullaby quality. "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain" thrust him into the spotlight, but ballads such as "Time of the Preacher" and "Can I Sleep in Your Arms" also receive sensitive treatments . Borrowing from turn-of-the-century cowboy music, Nelson guides a 15-song journey that includes some lively instrumental stops, but mostly wanders quietly through the sage. --Marc Greilsamer

Customer Reviews:

The Red Headed Stranger was no stranger to me.......2007-07-12

I was so happy to find out that Amazon had copies of The Red Headed Stranger by Willie Nelson. I loved that "tape!" I had it on tape, but it was lost about nine years ago. Now I have it on CD and it sounds even
better than it was. I got an extra one for my car. The price was right. Yea! Thank you Amazon.

Movie Songs.......2007-06-27

Good Willie Nelson Guitar Music CD Album.

Question :: Does Movie exist on a DVD release ? or just rare VHS ???

Willie Nelson - Red Headed Stranger.......2007-05-13

Great! great! great! I had this record many years ago (in the '70s) and was very happy to find it on ebay.

A Masterpiece.......2007-04-03

Stark, depressing, moving, quiet, sad, redemptive, and superb. All of these adjectives describe what many believe to be the primary Willie Nelson masterpiece, 1975's Red Headed Stranger. This classic was smartly reissued in 2000 with some great bonus tracks and much-improved sound. A necessity in anyone's music collection.

Only memories remain........2007-02-09

This was Willie Nelson's breakthrough album, released in 1975, when Willie was 42 years. It is a concept album, telling a story about the Wild West in 1901. The basic storyline is about a preacher who kill his wife and her lover, goes on the run and is eventually redeemed by the love of a good woman. The instrumentation is very sparse, usually featuring just acoustic guitar, piano and drums. Some of the songs are very short, being just long enough to advance the storyline. The album is most famous for featuring Willie's first #1 hit, "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain". That song is great, of course, but so is the entire album. The CD features four bonus tracks which were recorded at the same sessions but left off of the original album. They are: Johann Sebastian Bach's "Minuet in G", Hank Williams' "I Can't Help It (If I'm Still in Love With You)", Bob Wills' "A Maiden's Prayer" and Pee Wee King's "Bonaparte's Retreat". This CD is a must get for Willie Nelson fans.

Average customer rating: its grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrreat! One of the Best Voices in the Business Old Country Done Anew (4/5) If you're thinking this could never work, you're mistaken Brilliant record that you must own.

The Red Headed Stranger Carla Bozulich Manufacturer: Dicristina Stair ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Experimental Rock | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music Alt-Country & Americana | Country | Styles | Music General | Country | Styles | Music General | Rock | Styles | Music Pop Rock | Pop | Styles | Music Similar Items: I'm Gonna Stop Killing Evangelista Scarnella Happy Days Sweetheart Butch ASIN: B0000AISL7 Release Date: 2003-09-23

Tracks:

1. Time Of The Preacher
2. I Couldn't Believe It Was True
3. Medley:Time Of The Preacher/Blue Rock Montana/Red Headed Stranger
4. Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain
5. Red Headed Stranger
6. Time Of The Preacher Theme
7. Just As I Am
8. Denver/O'er The Waves
9. Down Yonder
10. Can I Sleep In Your Arms?
11. Remember Me
12. Hands On The Wheel
13. Bandera

Album Description

The classic Willie Nelson concept album covered in its entirety by ex-Geraldine Fibbers frontwoman. Features Willie Nelson on three tracks. 13 tracks in digipak format. Debut release on Revolver USA in-house label. 2003.

Customer Reviews:

its grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrreat!.......2005-12-29

simply put, this is the pinnacle of avante country. i like just about everything about it, the production, the instrumentation, the musicians, the flow of songs. Its just a great album. Take this one on a night time drive

One of the Best Voices in the Business.......2004-12-31

If you've never heard of Carla Bozulich, then you won't understand this review. Better to run right out and buy this disc, or any Geraldine Fibbers disc. If you have heard her voice, you'll know why Willie Nelson's album is such a perfect complement to Bozulich's incredible instrument. She brings out the savage heartbreak in the story, so that you understand the violence as well as the sorrow. And then to have such amazing experimental guitar work combined with pure-and-simple country guitar makes this an album every alt-country fan should own. Sure, Wilco's great (and they now have Nels Cline) and Son Volt's gotten a lot of press, and Neko Case has a kick-ass voice. But Carla Bozulich is hands down one of the most amazing voices in this or any other genre. Hey, even if you prefer traditional country, Carla's straight-ahead rendition of "Blues Eyes Crying in the Rain" will have you crying behind the wheel of your 4X4.

Old Country Done Anew (4/5).......2004-05-13

We're all familiar with cover songs and artists who like to make them, but Carla Bozulich has taken it even a step further by covering Willie Nelson's Red Headed Stranger in its entirety. To make things even more interesting and focused, Nelson himself makes several appearances and lends a hand in the production of his 1975 country classic. Admittedly, I have never been much of a Willie Nelson enthusiast, but that's only because I simply never made the effort to dig in to much of his catalogue. If you're like me, maybe Bozulich's love for the album and her accompanied musicians, namely the Nels Cline Singers, will change all that with this beautifully haunting rendition that should not go unnoticed.

Not knowing much about Nelson's original version of Red Headed Stranger, I was able to listen to Bozulich's remake without any preconceived ideas of how the differences would affect me. Even after only one listen, I have to tell you that I really liked it. Since then, it's become even more grandiose in quality for me. It's somewhere between Neko Case, Catherine Irwin, and Sunburned Hand of the Man.

Like the other aforementioned artists, its attention to detail and pure musicianship is what makes it and incredible music experience. At the same time, it's also a very dark, gritty and eerie experience to wade through. On the most famous track "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain," simplicity is the only thing required in order to make this the best, and most traditional, sounding song here. The instrumentals (`Down Yonder' and `Just As I Am') are just as strong on their own as those that capture the haunting vocals of Bozulich. Contrarily, when Nelson himself makes an appearance (`Hands on the Wheel'), his vocals sound out of place next to hers, yet it's nice to see his involvement in the overall outcome of his own record.

The most important thing to remember here is that this record marks the true adoration of Willie Nelson by Bozulich. When most people only cover one or two songs, it's somewhat fresh and exciting to see someone take on the arduous task of, in a sense, rebuilding a lost treasure. Since my first listening of Bozulich's version of this album, I've listened to the original on numerous occasions. Both are incredible pieces of work. I hope this sparks interest in other artists to pursue this type of devotion to some of their favorite albums from the past. I can personally think of several I'd like to hear in a new light.

If you're thinking this could never work, you're mistaken.......2004-02-16

I got this album at the same time as I bought Natalie Merchant's newest album, the House Carpenters Daughter. The surface description of both albums could be similar... Contemporary female artists reinterpret classic "Americana".

The similarities end there. Both albums are excellent but could hardly be more different. I guess I'd say that Natalie's focuses more on the power of the songs, stories, and lyrics themselves, while Carla's is more of an opium den epic reinterpretation full of strange beauty.

I bought this one mainly to hear whether or not it worked. I mean, Carla heading sort of an augmented version of the Nels Cline Singers with guest appearances by Willie Nelson himself. You have to admit, one doesn't hear the outrageous free improvisations of Nels in other settings and generally think "Yeah, Nels and Willie Nelson would be great together!", but this album came together beautifully. Nels' lap steel tone and playing are a particularly lovely surprise. I'd never heard him play this, and as far as I am concerned he can play it even more in the future.

On the track 5 Red Headed Stranger we get a jugalbandi alap-styled intro by Nels on electric guitar and Jenny Scheinman on violin followed by Time Of The Preacher segueing into one of the highlights of the album, Just As I Am. This one could be from one of Bjork's strange dreams. A great track.

Down Yonder is a classic as well. Almost as if Sun Ra and his Arkestra decided to do their version of the soundtrack to Quigley Down Under.

There is just sort of a wonderfully creepy mood across most of this album that I can't get enough of. It may be something that is too weird for the country fans and rock fans, and too popular-music based for the free-jazz fans, but for the people who are beyond the arbitrary borders, labels, and fashions that segregate one music bin from another, this will be heard as a great work of art.

I love Willie's own contributions to this album as well. He and Carla sound perfect together, vocally. Willie isn't a singer that people can usually harmonize with, and Carla and he don't necessarily harmonize either, but they do sound perfect together as they sing at the same time. Can I Sleep In Your Arms and Hands On The Wheel are both achingly beautiful tracks in a disc full of stand-outs. I just have to ask, on Willie's A&E birthday special, why was he wasting our time with the likes of Eric Clapton and Shania Twain when he could have been singing with Carla?? I know the answer is "ratings", but it's unfortunate.

One of my favorite discs of 2003!

Brilliant record that you must own........2004-01-12

This really is an amazing record. Willie's original is a real classic record. For somebody to decide to cover it in it's entirety is just a brilliant idea to begin with. To then be able to go in and make an album your own.. make a concept your own.. is just a tribute to how good Carla and these musicians truly are.

It's a nice mixture of country & western, jazz, and weirdness. Buy this record right now.

Average customer rating: The Red Headed Stranger was no stranger to me Movie Songs Willie Nelson - Red Headed Stranger A Masterpiece Only memories remain.

Red Headed Stranger Willie Nelson Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Contemporary Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Country | Styles | Music Outlaw & Progressive Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | 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 | Outlaw & Texas Country | Country | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Outlaw & Texas Country | Country | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music Similar Items: Stardust Wanted! The Outlaws Highwayman The Essential Willie Nelson Modern Sounds In Country and Western Music ASIN: B00000254G Release Date: 1990-10-25

Tracks:

1. Time Of The Preacher
2. I Couldn't Believe It Was True
3. Time Of The Preacher Theme
4. Medley: Blue Rock Montana/Red Headed Stranger
5. Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain
6. Red Headed Stranger
7. Time Of The Preacher Theme
8. Just As I Am
9. Denver
10. O'er The Waves
11. Down Yonder
12. Can I Sleep In Your Arms
13. Remember Me
14. Hands On The Wheel
15. Bandera

Amazon.com essential recording

Though this 1975 album cost Willie only $20,000 to record, it handed him the success he'd craved after years as a hit songwriter and modestly successful singer. By blending originals and vintage material, he created a timeless Western saga, one that originally left Columbia Records, who'd guaranteed him artistic control, skeptical. The label's doubts, amplified by the fact that Nelson had recorded the album in Texas with only his seven-piece touring band, evaporated after the album and two singles, "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain" and "Remember Me," became huge hits and launched Willie into the stratosphere. This enhanced version preserves the original sequence, adding four bonus tracks. One, a brief snippet of Bach's "Minuet in G" from the 1986 Red Headed Stranger film, is inconsequential. Three more, from the 1975 sessions, are enjoyable covers of Hank Williams's "I Can't Help It If I'm Still in Love with You," Bob Wills's "A Maiden's Prayer," and Pee Wee King's "Bonaparte's Retreat," footnotes to the original but welcome nonetheless. --Rich Kienzle

Amazon.com

Saddle up, and let Willie Nelson take you on a mellow 33-minute trot through the Old West. Before this sparkling concept album Nelson had been known primarily as a songwriter, having penned hits such as "Night Life," "Crazy," and "Hello Walls." On this 1975 record, he creates a lonely and plaintive mood with an almost childlike lullaby quality. "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain" thrust him into the spotlight, but ballads such as "Time of the Preacher" and "Can I Sleep in Your Arms" also receive sensitive treatments . Borrowing from turn-of-the-century cowboy music, Nelson guides a 15-song journey that includes some lively instrumental stops, but mostly wanders quietly through the sage. --Marc Greilsamer

Customer Reviews:

The Red Headed Stranger was no stranger to me.......2007-07-12

I was so happy to find out that Amazon had copies of The Red Headed Stranger by Willie Nelson. I loved that "tape!" I had it on tape, but it was lost about nine years ago. Now I have it on CD and it sounds even
better than it was. I got an extra one for my car. The price was right. Yea! Thank you Amazon.

Movie Songs.......2007-06-27

Good Willie Nelson Guitar Music CD Album.

Question :: Does Movie exist on a DVD release ? or just rare VHS ???

Willie Nelson - Red Headed Stranger.......2007-05-13

Great! great! great! I had this record many years ago (in the '70s) and was very happy to find it on ebay.

A Masterpiece.......2007-04-03

Stark, depressing, moving, quiet, sad, redemptive, and superb. All of these adjectives describe what many believe to be the primary Willie Nelson masterpiece, 1975's Red Headed Stranger. This classic was smartly reissued in 2000 with some great bonus tracks and much-improved sound. A necessity in anyone's music collection.

Only memories remain........2007-02-09

This was Willie Nelson's breakthrough album, released in 1975, when Willie was 42 years. It is a concept album, telling a story about the Wild West in 1901. The basic storyline is about a preacher who kill his wife and her lover, goes on the run and is eventually redeemed by the love of a good woman. The instrumentation is very sparse, usually featuring just acoustic guitar, piano and drums. Some of the songs are very short, being just long enough to advance the storyline. The album is most famous for featuring Willie's first #1 hit, "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain". That song is great, of course, but so is the entire album. The CD features four bonus tracks which were recorded at the same sessions but left off of the original album. They are: Johann Sebastian Bach's "Minuet in G", Hank Williams' "I Can't Help It (If I'm Still in Love With You)", Bob Wills' "A Maiden's Prayer" and Pee Wee King's "Bonaparte's Retreat". This CD is a must get for Willie Nelson fans.

Average customer rating:

Red Headed Stranger/To Lefty from Willie Willie Nelson Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music Outlaw & Progressive Country | 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 | Outlaw & Texas Country | Country | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Outlaw & Texas Country | Country | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music Country | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B0000259D5 Release Date: 2003-07-07

Tracks:

1. Time of the Preacher
2. I Couldn't Believe It Was True
3. Time of the Preacher (Theme)
4. Blue Rock Montana/Red Headed Stranger
5. Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain
6. Red Headed Stranger
7. Time of the Preacher (Theme)
8. Just as I Am
9. Denver
10. O'er the Waves
11. Down Yonder
12. Can I Sleep in Your Arms?
13. Remember Me (When the Candlelights Are Gleaming)
14. Hands on the Wheel
15. Bandera
16. Mom and Dad's Waltz
17. Ilook What Thoughts Will Do
18. I Love You a Thousand Ways
19. Always Late (With Your Kisses)
20. I Want to Be With You Always
21. She's Gone, Gone, Gone
22. Little Unfair
23. I Never Go Around Mirrors (I've Got a Heartache to Hide)
24. That's the Way Love Goes
25. Railroad Lady

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My First Taste of Rosebud Sugar Manufacturer: Sicangu Dreams Entertainment ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music ASIN: B000CAKEEK Release Date: 2005-06-07

Tracks:

1. Hey Winyan - Intro
2. I Toss and I Turn
3. Wishing You the Best
4. Need Was So Strong
5. My First Taste of Rosebud
6. Can I Count on You?
7. I'll Miss You
8. I'm Just Talking About Tommorow
9. Lonesome Daddy
10. When Your Love Was Mine
11. Hey Winyan (Part II)

Average customer rating: To lefty from willie

To Lefty From Willie/Always On My Mind/Red Headed Stranger Willie Nelson Manufacturer: Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music Outlaw & Progressive Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Country | Box Sets | Stores | Music Bargain Box Sets | Country General | Country | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music All Bargain Titles | Country General | Country | Today's Deals in Music | Formats | Music ASIN: B000002AKQ Release Date: 1997-08-12

Tracks:

1. Mom And Dad's Waltz
2. Look What Thoughts Will Do
3. I Love You A Thousand Ways
4. Always Late (With Your Kisses)
5. I Want To Be With You Always
6. She's Gone, Gone, Gone
7. A Little Unfair
8. I Never Go Around Mirrors
9. That's The Way Love Goes
10. Railroad Lady

Tracks:

1. Do Right Woman, Do Right Man
2. Always On My Mind
3. A Whiter Shade Of Pale
4. Let It Be Me
5. Staring Each Other Down
6. Bridge Over Troubled Water
7. Old Fords And A Natural Stone
8. Permanently Lonely
9. Last Thing I Needed First Thing This Morning
10. The Party's Over

Tracks:

1. Time Of The Preacher
2. I Couldn't Believe It Was True
3. Time Of The Preacher Theme
4. Medley: Blue Rock Montana/ Red Headed Stranger
5. Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain
6. Red Headed Stranger
7. Time Of The Preacher Theme
8. Just As I Am
9. Denver
10. O'er The Waves
11. Down Yonder
12. Can I Sleep In Your Arms
13. Remember Me
14. Hands On The Wheel
15. Bandera

Customer Reviews:

To lefty from willie.......2000-02-24

willie nelson is the greatest singer that ever lived and the recordings that are shown here are the most complete selection of his songs. Although Willie is the most remarkable musician it is hard to find his music, it is nice to have access to them all.

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Red Headed Stranger/To Lefty from Willie Willie Nelson Manufacturer: Musicrama/Koch ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music Country | Imports | Stores | Music ASIN: B00004RJOF Release Date: 2000-03-28

Tracks:

1. Time of the Preacher
2. I Couldn't Believe It Was True
3. Time of the Preacher (Theme)
4. Blue Rock Montana/Red Headed Stranger
5. Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain
6. Red Headed Stranger
7. Time of the Preacher (Theme)
8. Just as I Am
9. Denver
10. O'er the Waves
11. Down Yonder
12. Can I Sleep in Your Arms?
13. Remember Me (When the Candlelights Are Gleaming)
14. Hands on the Wheel
15. Bandera
16. Mom and Dad's Waltz
17. Ilook What Thoughts Will Do
18. I Love You a Thousand Ways
19. Always Late (With Your Kisses)
20. I Want to Be With You Always
21. She's Gone, Gone, Gone
22. Little Unfair
23. I Never Go Around Mirrors (I've Got a Heartache to Hide)
24. That's the Way Love Goes
25. Railroad Lady

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