San Antonio Rose & Other Hits

1. San Antonio Rose

2. Stay a Little Longer

3. Maiden's Prayer

4. Bubbles in My Beer

5. It Makes No Difference Now

6. Take Me Back to Tulsa

7. Time Changes Everything

8. Heart to Heart Talk

9. Right or Wrong

10. Roly Poly

Tracks:

All'arme si accesi guerrieri (Aria dell Pace)
Mentre io godo (Aria della Speranza)
Un pensiero nemico di pace
Vanne pentita a piangere
Sparga il senso lascivo veleno
Caldo Sangue
Come nembo che fugge col vento
Ecco negl'orti tuoi...Che dolce simpatica
Qui resta...L'alta Roma
Lascia la spina cogli la rosa
Ahi qual cordoglio...Doppio affetto
Si piangete pupille dolente
Ahi quanto cieca...Come foco allo splendore
Disserratevi oh porte d'Averno
Notte funesta...Ferma l'ali

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Cecilia Bartoli's new CD features a collection of music that could not be heard in her native Rome at the start of the 18th century due to Papal censorship. Theaters, the Church felt, were places of evil and corruption and operas led people to immorality. But some music-loving senior members of the priesthood asked composers to write oratorios and cantatas--indeed, operas without staging, essentially--for their own private entertainment. Call it what you will, the music is sensational--by turns virtuosic, gentle, and playful--and always expressive: just right, it seems, for Cecilia Bartoli's temperament. The opening aria on the CD, a call for peace in the name of Jesus, is, in fact, a dazzling martial air with trumpets blaring and the voice going through an amazing array of coloratura fireworks. It shows Bartoli at her most aggressive. The listener is practically hurled back from the speakers when she begins, with rapid-fire runs and trills and cascades of notes, all perfectly in place. Showy arias are offset by several tender ones ("Lascia la spina" from Handel's Il trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno returns in the composer's Rinaldo, four years later, as the now-famous "Lascia ch'io pianga"), and Bartoli exhibits again, her many, many levels of pianissimo and sensitive phrasing. Marc Minkowski and his Musiciens are just right for this repertoire and back Bartoli up superbly. This is a fascinating project, rivetingly performed and presented. --Robert Levine

Album Description

Limited Australian pressing. An extraordinary album of dramatic arias written in Rome at a time when opera performance was forbidden by the Church, and female singers were forbidden from singing in public. Decca. 2005.

Customer Reviews:

Only one diva, only Bartoli........2007-06-19

Just like Farinelli was the opera phenomenon of his time, fast-forward to the 21st century, Bartoli gives once again this music of the Italian settecento a breath of new life in all its splendor and glory.

In Opera Proibita, Bartoli's repertoire not only reflects on her as a consummate vocal artist but also as the ultimate scholar. Rarely an opera singer would dig this dip and go that far to unearth great scores from total obscurity. Even more uncommonly a singer would take the challenge of singing these arias without the risk of ridiculing herself, but to the contrary establishing a new record and precedent.

Her execution of the Handel arias is truly astonishing in coloratura and melismas probably not heard for three hundred years when only the best castrati commanded the virtuosity to tackle these arias. Also surprising and refreshing was to hear works by Handel that show his wild side.

Bartoli brings this album to a high climax with the arias from Il Trionfo del Tempo e del Disinganno. This is really her realm and true medium. Her vocal runs in "Un pensiero nemico di face" sound like a first violin, and as if this was not difficult enough she ornaments the da capo melismas in tempo from allegro to presto molto vivace, and transitions into a note crescendo with great ease and certainty. Wonderful!

Amazing disc.......2007-03-03

This disc has all the elements needed for an amazing disc. The conductor, orchestra, and music are all top notch. Bartoli's singing is amazing. I find this album energizing and a testament to how exciting baroque music can be. However, if you don't like Bartoli's voice in previous recordings, you probably won't change your opinion because of this disc.

Beautiful Music, but vocally unmusical........2007-02-09

I owned over a dozen of Bartoli solo albums, plus other operatic albums of hers. From the early days of 'Arias Antique' I got impressed by her beautiful singing and her outstanding technique.
Alas, starting from her Vivaldi Album, I do not find her singing that beautiful any more. True, the songs picked there are technically very challenging, used to be sung by male castrato singers. The songs picked here are even more difficult.
BUT - is singing just about technique?
There are some songs in the Vivaldi Album that have the vocal musical lines broken in places. Here in Opera Proibita, almost every song has this problem, even the slow ones of Caldara. Compare her singing in the earlier part of her career, her early Mozart operas, I could not help but wonder if Ms. Bartoli has taken the correct turn in her career: her forced high notes, though squarely hit, do not sound at all pleasing; her runs and trills, though taken accurately at great tempi, is no longer truly musical. Compare her singing with the other two great baroque mezzo-sopranos Bernarda Fink and the tragically short-lived late Lorraine Hunt Lieberson, you would understand what I mean.

With the latest turn in Ms. Bartoli's singing, I am being forced to admit that this is a singer of great technical brilliance and enormous fame, but not at all pleasing to the ear.

Not to my taste.......2006-11-05

Cecilia Bartoli has her fans, no doubt, as the other reviews on this site demonstrate, people who love her warmth of tone and her impassioned interpretations. These vocal qualities may suit the performance conventions of the nineteenth-century repertoire; however in this anthology of eighteenth century sacred arias the result is an unhappy imbalance. The problem is, in my opinion, one of clashing calls for attention, whose affect is to distract the listener from attention to the music itself. True, the god of the counter-reformation was to be worshipped ecstatically. And true, also, that I am an anti-romantic listener, who grew up with those early music performances which valued detached purity of tone. This was vaunted as the ideal means of interpretation of the rediscovered seventeenth and eighteenth-century repertoire (it protested too much its rightness, and alienated people- but I like it). However to return to the subject at hand- I find Bartoli's readings of these crypto-erotic arias overblown and self-indulgent. I guess that this sort of coloratura always offered a chance for a bit of ego to be let loose, even in church- however when the performance goes so far as to insist on attention to itself rather than deflecting attention to the music, I stop enjoying the music. This recording does not find the balance between the big romantic personality and eighteenth-century performance conventions, which, after 30 or 40 years of self-critique, have some authority. I disliked it very much. I am a great admirer of Mark Minkowski's opera interpretations, which I think find a perfect balance between these opposing impulses of warm and cool- a binary we can trace throughout aesthetics and through the ages. Here there's an overbalance in favour of warm (hot, in fact), which the performers might argue is just the sort of vivification that Baroque performance needs. Not for me. I gave it to a friend (she's still a friend).

Exciting, moving, beautiful, energetic, heart-felt, fantastic..........2006-09-02

What more can I add?

Cecilia Bartoli just "does it" for me almost every time. She is just fantastic in my books. I love her dearly. She can give one an adrenalin rush with her bravura singing and then break one's heart with her pathos.

This is a superb collection of Baroque arias from "almost" operas! ;-))
I also liked the cheeky and none-too-subtle references to La Dolce Vita on
cover and the images inside the disc. Nice to see an opera singer with a playful sense of humour!

I am listening to this disc as I write this review and all I can say is that I love this disc and it is clearly one of the best Signorina Bartoli has released, although I like all of her recordings. Listen to track 12 and you will buy this disc.

More, please!

PS: How about DECCA getting Cecilia Bartoli and Andreas Scholl together for a musical project? I'd love to see two of my favourite singers together on the one disc.
PSPS: If you like Opera Proibita, buy Andreas Scholl's Arcadia and Arias for Senesino, too!

Average customer rating:

An excuse to revive those golden oldies
Pure Artistry
Dynamic duet album is solid all the way through...
A Winning Combination!
Tour de force return to honky tonk

San Antonio Rose
Willie Nelson , and Ray Price
Manufacturer: Sony
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Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00009VU2F
Release Date: 2003-06-24

Tracks:

San Antonio Rose
I'll Be There (If You Ever Want Me)
I Fall To Pieces
Crazy Arms
Release Me
Don't You Ever Get Tired (Of Hurting Me)
This Cold War With You
Funny How Time Slips Away
Night Life
Deep Water
Faded Love
Just Call Me Lonesome
My Life's Been A Pleasure

Customer Reviews:

An excuse to revive those golden oldies.......2004-10-30

Ray Price was a major country star in the fifties, sixties and early seventies. As he began to fade from the charts, Willie Nelson took over. He was at the peak of his career when he recorded this album. It sold well, deservedly so, but did not revitalize Ray's career.

As far as the songs go, they include some of Ray's own country hits such as I'll be there if you ever want me (revived by Gail Davies later in the eighties), Night life (written by Willie, who also wrote Funny how time slips away), Release me (which became an international pop hit via Engelbert Humperdinck's cover), Don't you ever get tired of hurting me (revived by Ronnie Milsap later in the eighties) and Crazy arms. There are covers of three Bob Wills classics, these being San Antonio rose, Deep water and Faded love. Faded love is more generally associated with Patsy Cline, who is also represented by I fall to pieces (and she also recorded San Antonio rose). The two bonus tracks are solo recordings, one by each singer.

So there is nothing new about the songs here, many of which had already been recorded by at least one of the two men previously. The appeal of this album is in the performances, which are outstanding. The two contrasting voices provide for some great duets, none more so than Faded love. On this song, the chorus features Willie and Ray joined by Crystal Gayle for an unlikely but brilliant three-part harmony.

If you are a fan of either of these two brilliant but very different country singers, buy this album.

Pure Artistry.......2004-08-07

One of the most beautiful albums I've ever heard. Every note played with perfection, every word of every line rendered by the golden voice of a master. Ray Price and Willie Nelson have always appealed to me but I've never been more impressed than when I heard them together on this album. Their rendition of the classic "Faded Love" moves me to tears and at my crusty old age it takes a lot to do that.

Dynamic duet album is solid all the way through..........2004-04-25

In 42 minutes and through 13 songs, Willie and Ray pay homage to the country styles of the '50's, '60's and '70's, and to influences such as Hank Williams and Bob Wills. They also pay tribute to the writing skills of Wills, Harlan Howard, Hank Cochran, Floyd Tillman and Nelson himself. The lesser-known titles here are all interesting, but the versions of the classics are superb: San Antonio Rose, I Fall To Pieces, Crazy Arms, Release Me, Funny How Time Slips Away, Night Life and Faded Love. Those seven alone make the CD a good buy. Ray Price gave Willie a job in his band in 1961 before songwriting began to pay off big for Nelson, and by 1980 Willie was riding high, and repaid the favor to a friend who was considered a turncoat to country because he had gone out for crossover success, and then was thought to be too old-fashioned for anymore pop chart appearances. So on this project Ray returned to his roots, to great acclaim, and showed he could still hold his own with the fast-rising Nelson. Read the earlier review by redtunictroll to be further persuaded to add this CD to your shelf.

A Winning Combination!.......2003-08-02

How could you miss with the singing and songwriting talent of these two old pros. Kudos to Columbia for reissuing this wonderful recording in clear crisp remastered digital quality. I only hope there are more reissues in the works like Willie's "Angel Eyes" recording, featuring the great guitar work of Jackie King and Merle Haggard's fantastic "Friend In California", a vintage recording of the mid 80"s. How 'bout it Columbia? We're waiting out here!

Tour de force return to honky tonk.......2003-07-22

When F. Scott Fitzgerald said "there are no second acts in American lives," he clearly didn't anticipate how country music stars could slip away from their roots, chase their commercial fortunes to the pop charts, and return with a vengeance to that which made them famous in the first place. Others may have retransitioned more recently (e.g., Dolly Parton's recent mountain-inspired work), but few have so convincingly demonstrated their early powers to still be intact as did Ray Price with this 1980 release.

Having inherited Hank Williams backing band upon Williams' death in 1953, Price bucked Nashville's drift towards pop with hard-edged, drum-fueled, honky-tonk tunes like "Crazy Arms" and minted his iconic 4/4 shuffle beat. Ironically, as his interests expanded to pop balladry, he was both vilified and commercially rewarded for hits like 1970's "For the Good Times."

Though he had the occasional chart breakthrough, such as 1977's "Mansion on the Hill," Price's fortunes were trending down through the end of the decade. It was at this point that he reunited with his former bass player, Willie Nelson, and other key members of his earlier backing bands for these sessions, hitting with "Faded Love," and minting a stirring, re-energizing album.

Nelson brings his usual eclecticism to bear, from his idiosyncratic phrasing and gut-string guitar picking, to sophisticated, jazzy arrangements of songs like "Night Life" (which Price originally released as a single in 1963). The smoothness of Price's voice, tempered by his years as a crooner, fits surprisingly well with the reedier tone of Nelson.

Album highlights include the title track's superb dancehall shuffle (revisiting a Bob Wills song that Price and Nelson had first recorded together in 1961 -- in the same studio!), the weeping steel ballad "Don't You Ever Get Tired (Of Hurting Me)," and a a signature take (and a top-5 hit single) of "Faded Love," with haunting fiddle from ex-Texas playboy, Johnny Gimble. Also on board are one-time Price steel player Buddy Emmons, and ace studio players like Grady Martin and Leon Russell.

It's hard to imagine this record could have come out any better. The creative union of Nelson and Price plays to all of their strengths, re-energizes songs that both of them had played and recorded over nearly two decades, and provides each an opportunity to bask in the light of their combined success. Columbia Legacy's reissue adds two previously unreleased tracks, the first reprising Price's 1965 recording of "Just Call me Lonesome," the second providing a solo take of Nelson singing the western swing "My Life's Been a Pleasure." Both are good spins, and Rich Kienzle's new liner notes are informative, but it's the original eleven tracks that make this a five-star album.

Tracks:

San Antonio Rose
Stay a Little Longer
Maiden's Prayer
Bubbles in My Beer
It Makes No Difference Now
Take Me Back to Tulsa
Time Changes Everything
Heart to Heart Talk
Right or Wrong
Roly Poly

San Antonio Rose: A Tribute to the Great Bob Wills

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A Truly Great Album
our fiddle shop in tennessee likes good fiddlers
our fiddle shop in tennessee likes good fiddlers
The first Bob Wills tribute album is also one of the best!
a fabulous tribute to a fellow texan

San Antonio Rose: A Tribute to the Great Bob Wills
Ray Price
Manufacturer: Koch Records
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000001SM6
Release Date: 1996-05-21

Tracks:

San Antonio Rose
A Maiden's Prayer
My Confession
Whose Heart Are You Breaking Now
Roly Poly
Bubbles In My Beer
Home In San Antone
You Don't Love Me (But I'll Always Care)
You Don't Care What Happens To Me
Time Changes Everything
The Kind Of The Love I Can't Forget
Hang Your Head In Shame - Ray Price R

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It's just about impossible not to like an album that starts off, "Hi neighbors, this is our new album...," especially when it's followed by songs as friendly as those on San Antonio Rose, Ray Price's recently reissued "Tribute to the Great Bob Wills." Wills is worthy of the tribute: A Texas fiddler of the '30s and '40s, he earned his place in American music history when he and his Texas Playboys virtually invented western swing, the southwestern big band country sound that combines elements of jazz and blues into the hillbilly mix (and anticipates early rock & roll). And Price is just the man to do the honoring: A fellow Texan who began his country career in the early '50s as a Hank Williams disciple and imitator (he even took over fronting the Drifting Cowboys after Hank's 1953 death), Price came into his own in the after embracing Wills's Western swing sound while peppering it with more contemporary honky tonk stylings. By 1961, when Price and band (which featured a young Willie Nelson on bass) cut this album in two four-hour sessions, Wills's influence on the singer was well-established and had proved highly successful. With a classic country sound--twangy steel guitar, mournful fiddle, blue yodels--songs like the title track, "A Maiden's Prayer," and a handful of Fred Rose tunes originally done by Wills put today's Nashville product to shame. Though Price went on to make schlocky easy listening pop, San Antonio Rose remains the testament of a great singer to a even greater stylist. --Roni Sarig

Customer Reviews:

A Truly Great Album.......2000-08-01

Magnificent. One of Ray's finest albums.

our fiddle shop in tennessee likes good fiddlers.......1999-12-05

RAY IS UP TO PAR ON THIS ONE PROBABLY BECAUSE BOB INSPIRED HIM TO HIS COMEBACK IF YOU APPRECIATE CLASSIC COUNTRY THIS IS A MUST. ADD THIS ONE TO YOUR COLLECTION AND EVERYONE WHO HERES IT WILL WANT YOUR COPY. DAD ( THE FIDDLE REPAIR SPECIALIST ) LISTENS TO IT AS HE WORKS ON FIDDLES AND THEN PLAYS ALONG.

our fiddle shop in tennessee likes good fiddlers.......1999-12-05

The first Bob Wills tribute album is also one of the best!.......1999-07-24

Way back in 1961 Ray Price cut the first Bob Wills tribute album. Instead of trying to recreate the Wills sound, Price did Wills songs in his own unique Ray Price 4/4 shuffle beat style. It is hard to believe that Price and his band (including a young newcomer by the name of Willie Nelson) cut this 12 song album in eight hours. Though this album did not have the impact of Merle Haggard's tribute to Wills which came out nine years later, it is still an album every western swing fan should have in their collection.

a fabulous tribute to a fellow texan.......1999-04-16

Ray Prices tribute to the late Bob Wills will go down in music history as one ofthe finest.

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Willie's Best Recorded Performance Ever
2 legends meet for a masteriece
Funny how time slips away
perhaps the best scotch whisky drinking songs of all time.
Excellent C&W Music for non country fans

San Antonio Rose
Willie Nelson & Ray Price
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Binding: Audio CD

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Tracks:

San Antonio Rose
I'll Be There (If You Ever Want Me)
I Fall To Pieces
Crazy Arms
Release Me
Don't You Ever Get Tired (Of Hurting Me)
This Cold War With You
Funny How Time Slips Away
Night Life
Deep Water
Faded Love

Customer Reviews:

Willie's Best Recorded Performance Ever.......2003-05-08

I approach this record primarily as a Willie Nelson fan. Knowing him as the brilliant singer/songwriter/personality that he is, I have often been disappointed in his recorded work, finding it a bit too spotty - perhaps "undisciplined".
Not so here. Perhaps it is Ray's influence, but this record is solid, smooth and consistant from beginning to end. Two fabulous vocalists, a great band and material of unquestionable value. Here are perhaps the finest recorded versions of a couple of Willie's all too often revisted classics.
If you are a fan of Willie's or Ray's - buy this CD. You'll be very glad you did. They compliment each other well, bringing out each other's strong points while curbing each other's excesses.

2 legends meet for a masteriece.......2002-06-10

most people know what a greatsinger songwriter willie nelson is, but ray price, has one of the purest wonderful voices in the history of country music just incredible enoyable album

Funny how time slips away.......2000-03-16

This is a fine album..Willie Nelson and Ray Price together are fabulous..'Funny how time slips away' is great but there is also 'Release Me' and Crazy Arms'so how can you miss when you buy this one ? I am a true Ray Price fan but Willie Nelson is great too,I really like this album.

perhaps the best scotch whisky drinking songs of all time........1999-07-24

this is the real willie. the original willie.twenty years ago, the songs you found all over texas in every juke joint and in every 8 track tape player in the state. you'll wish more than ever that your wife had left you, just to fully enjoy the misery he sings of.

Excellent C&W Music for non country fans.......1999-05-28

This album should appeal to any lover of good writing, good singing and good musicians. In fact this album sounds best loud.

The album consists of several country and western swing standards (San Antonio Rose, Faded Love) as well as signature Ray Price songs (Night Life).

My favorite two tracks are Funny How Time Slips Away and Night Life which let Willie and Ray belt out the blues.

The arrangements are incredible and the musicians are excellent. You really have to listen to this album with head phones.

What is also great about this album is that Willie's and Ray's vocals (which alternate on every song, sometimes coming together on the refrains) are both unique yet complement each other. You can tell this was not a gimmick album designed to create consumer interest (as some duets are) but a real collaboration of equals, lovingly put together.

Tracks:

Burlington Northern Line
The Train Carrying Jimmie Rodgers Home
Crazy Arms
Cryin' My Eyes Out
San Antonio Rose
No Way Jos
I'm Still In Love With You
Moanin' The Blues
I Can't Help Falling In Love With You
Jesse James
You're The Reason
My Baby's Gone
Middle Of The Night
Gravel Road Blues
Pieces On The Ground
The Legend Of Benny Ambrose

Album Description

Sibling duo Brennen Leigh and Seth Hulbert are bringing their eclectic mix of americana roots music to enthusiastic audiences from Minnesota to Florida. Armed with a mandolin and a voice as strong as railroad tracks and as smooth as a mint julep, Brennen Leigh breathes fresh life into bluegrass, country western, Texas swing, Irish folk and Mississippi Delta blues standards, as well as adding distinctively north woods images to her well-crafted original songs.

Brennen Leigh's eagerly awaited debut album includes seven original songs and nine covers of such americana classics as Hank Williams' "Moanin' the Blues" and Bob Wills' "San Antonio Rose" to contemporary gems like Greg Brown's "The Train Carrying Jimmie Rodgers Home" and Steve Earle's "I'm Still In Love With You." Lonesome, Wild & Blue features virtuoso bluegrass contributions from guest artists on mandolin, banjo, flatpick guitar, dobro, pedal steel, fiddle, and upright bass. Vocalist Brennen plays mandolin on several tracks and Brennen's brother Seth Hulbert plays guitar on all tracks and sings harmony vocals.

Customer Reviews:

Gotta leave Fargo to get Famous.......2003-05-29

Brennen Leigh & her brother Seth left Fargo for the Texas Hill country and landed at Austin's SXSW festival in 2003. Their debut CD covers alot of ground--Roadhouse blues, alt.country, neo-trad country, bluegrass, with quality production. This album, especially the last track, is one of my Americana favorites on KRFC-FM.

A Great First Effort.......2002-06-07

Brennen Leigh's first CD leaves me wanting for an immediate second release. The blue grass/country sounds emanate from the past to enhance her own songs. The original tunes such as "Jesse James", No Way, Jose" and "The Legend of Benny Ambrose" are solid compositions and blend well with the standards. Her voice is powerful but soft when it requires. Produced by her guitarist brother, I anxiously await a follow-up.

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Essential Box for Music Lovers
A Must!
Bob Wills box
Best Box of 2000, and one of the best ever
Classic Early Recordings of Bob Wills & the Texas Playboys

San Antonio Rose
Bob Wills
Manufacturer: Bear Family
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B000051XXN
Release Date: 2000-12-13

Tracks:

Sunbonnet Sue
Nancy Jane
Osage Stomp
Get With It
I Can't Give You Anything But Love
Spanish Two Step
Maiden's Prayer
Wang Wang Blues
St. Louis Blues
Good Old Oklahoma
Blue River
Mexicali Rose
I Ain't Got Nobody
Never No More Blues
Who Walks In When I Walk Out
Old Fashioned Love
Oklahoma Rag
Black And Blue Rag
Sittin' On Top Of The World
Four Or Five Times
I Can't Be Satisfied
Smith's Reel
Harmony
Tulsa Waltz
Waltz in D

Tracks:

She's Killing Me
Weary Of The Same Of Ol' Stuff
No Matter How She Done It
Bluin' The Blues
Steel Guitar Rag
Get Along Home Cindy
Trouble In Mind
What's The Matter With The Mill?
Sugar Blues
Basin Street Blues
Red Hot Gal Of Mine
Darktown Strutter's Ball
Too Busy
Back Home Again In Indiana
Away Out There
Crippled Turkey
Fan It
Red Head
Mean Mama Blues
There's No Disappointment In Heaven
Rockin' Alone In An Old Rockin' Chair
Sleepy Time In Sleepy Hollow
Bring It On Down To My House
I've Got The Wonder Where She Went (Blues)
Right Or Wrong
Swing Blues #1
Swing Blues #2

Tracks:

White Heat
Dedicated To You
Playboy Stomp
Steel Guitar Stomp
Rosetta
Bleeding Hearted Blues
Blue Yodel #1
Tulsa Stamp
Tie Me To Your Apron Strings Again
Never No More Hard Times Blues
Sunbonnet Sue
The New St. Louis Blues
Loveless Love
I'm A Ding Dong Daddy (From Dumas)
Oozlin' Daddy Blues
Black Rider
Everybody Does It In Hawaii
Alexander's Ragtime Band
Blue Prelude
Down Hearted Blues
Little Heaven Of The Seven Seas
Sopisticated Hula
Pray For The Lights To Go Out
Gambling Polka Dot Blues
Keep Knocking (But You Can't Come In)
Loveless Love
Oh, Lady Be Good
Way Down Upon The Swanee River
Don't Stop Loving Me
Oh You Beautiful Doll

Tracks:

Moonlight And Roses
William Tell
I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate
Mississippi Delta Blues
Tulsa Stomp
Empty Bed Blues
Little Red Head
I'll See You In My Dreams
San Antonio Rose
Little Girl, Go Ask Your Mama
Carolina In The Morning
The Convict And The Rose
Silver Bells
Dreamy Eyes Waltz
Beaumont Rag
Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
If I Could Bring Back My Buddy
Whoa Babe
Ida Red
Yearning
I Wonder If You Feel The Way I Do
Prosperity Special
Drunkard's Blues
You're Okay
Liza Pull Down The Shades
That's What I Like 'Bout The South
My Window Faces The South
The Waltz You Saved For Me
Don't Let The Deal Go Down

Tracks:

You Don't Love Me (But I'll Always Care)
No Wonder
Lone Star Rag
There's Going To Be A Party (For The Old Folks)
I Don't Lov'a Nobody
That Brownskin Gal
Corrine Corrina
Let Me Call You Sweetheart
Blue Bonnet Rag
Time Changes Everything
Medley Of Spanish Waltzes: La Golondrina/Lady Of Spain/Cielito Lindo
Bob Wills Special
Big Beaver
New San Antonio Rose
Wait 'Til You See
Liebestraum
Lyla Lou
New Worried Mind
La Paloma
Maiden's Prayer
Oh! You Pretty Woman
I Found A Dream
The Girl I Left Behind Me
I Knew The Moment I Lost You
Done And Gone
Twin Guitar Special
Mississippi Delta Blues
Take Me Back To Tulsa
Takin' It Home

Tracks:

I'm Sorry We Said Goodbye
Honey, What You Gonna Do
Blue Bonnet Lane
Bob Wills Stomp
Lil Liza Jane
Please Don't Leave Me
Don't Count Your Chickens
Cherokee Maiden
New San Antonio Rose
Ride On! (My Prairie Pinto)
Got A Letter From My Kid Today
It's All Your Fault
Goodnight Little Sweetheart
Dusty Skies
My Life's Been A Pleasure
We Might As Well Forget It
Drop Us Off At Bob's Place
Home In San Antone
That Hot Lick Fiddlin' Man
Liberty
Miss Molly
It Never Can Be
Honeymoon Trail
It Seems Like Yesterday
You're From Texas
Goodbye, Liza Jane

Tracks:

My Confession
Ten Years
This Little Rosary
When It's Honey Suckle Time In The Valley
Let's Ride With Bob
My Laddie
Whose Heart Are You Breaking Now?
Hang Your Head In Shame
Smoke On The Water
Texas Playboy Rag
Bluer Than Blue
Hang Your Head In Shame
Smoke On The Water
Texas Playboy Rag
Bluer Than Blue
Roly Poly
Roly Poly
Frankie Jean
You Don't Care What Happens To Me
Stay A Little Longer
You Should Have Thought Of That Before
I Can't Go On This Way
I'm Thru Wastin' Time On You
Easy Rockin' Chair
Just A Plain Old Country Boy

Tracks:

Stars And Stripes On Iwo Jima
Silver Dew On The Blue Grass Tonight
I'm So Glad I Met You
New Spanish Two Step
Empty Chair At The Christmas Table
I'm Feelin' Bad
White Cross On Okinawa
This Is Southland
Cotton Eyed Joe
Cotton Eyed Joe
Staccato Waltz
Punkin' Stomp
Sugar Moon
Rose Of Old Pawnee
How Can It Be So Wrong
Brain Cloudy Blues
Bob Wills Boogie
There's A Big Rock In The Road
I Got A Cinder In My Eye
Go To Sleep Our Baby
Virginia
I'm Gonna Be Boss From Now On
Fat Boy Rag
Drum Test
The Kind Of Love I Can't Forget
There's Two Sides To Every Story

Tracks:

The Devil Ain't Lazy
A Sweet Kind Of Love
Hometown Stomp
Cowboy Stomp
Misery
Down In My Neck Of The Woods
Bob Wills Schottische
I Just Don't Want That Kind Of Love
Texarkana Baby
Good Time Cake-Walk
Can't Get Enough Of Texas
You're There
Thanks For The Heartaches (Thanks For The Tears)
New Texas Playboy Rag
What's The Use To Take You Back Again
Deep Water
Have I Stayed Away Too Long
Cimarron
Stardust
My Buddy
Tears On My Pillow

Tracks:

Steel Guitar Rag
Swing Blues #1
Steel Guitar Stomp
Tulsa Stomp
Never No More Hard Times Blues
Oozlin' Daddy Blues
Black Rider
Everybody Does It In Hawaii
Alexander's Ragtime Band
Gambling Polka Dot Blues
Oh, Lady Be Good
Way Down Upon The Swanee River
Oh You Beautiful Doll
Lone Star Rag
There's Going To Be A Party (For The Old Folks)
I Don't Lov'a Nobody
That Brownskin Gal
Corrine Corrina
Bob Wills Special
Big Beaver
Big Beaver
Liebstraum
Lyla Lou
New Worried Mind
The Girl I Left Behind Me
I Knew The Moment I Lost You
Twin Guitar Special
Twin Guitar Special
Takin' It Home

Tracks:

Blue Bonnet Lane
Blue Bonnet Lane
Lil Liza Jane
Ride On! (My Prairie Pinto)
It's All Your Fault
Miss Molly
Miss Molly
It Never Can Be
Roly Poly
You Don't Care What Happens To Me
Stay A Little Longer
You Should Have Thought Of That Before
New Spanish Two Step
I'm Feelin' Bad
This Is Southland
Punkin' Stomp
How Can It Be Wrong
Brain Cloudy Blues
Virginia
I'm Gonna Be Boss From Now On
There's Two Sides To Every Story
The Devil Ain't Lazy
Hometown Stomp
Misery
Down In My Neck Of The Woods
I Just Don't Want That Kind Of Love
Good Times Cake-Walk
Can't Get Enough Of Texas
New Texas Playboy Rag

Customer Reviews:

Essential Box for Music Lovers.......2003-07-11

Bob Wills fused country, blues, jazz, and just about every other form of American music to produce Western Swing. Bear Family has done its usual fantastic job of assembling all the extant Columbia recordings of the Texas Playboys. They are in great sound and the book is absolutely stunning, complete with many photos and reproductions of movie posters. Also included is a DVD of Wills' first movie "Take Back to Oklahoma" with Tex Ritter. Words can't do this box justice, and the price is not too high when one considers just how wonderful this box is.

A Must!.......2003-06-26

Yes, it is expensive! But every serious music lover knows: With Bare Family Records you get more than the money's worth back. In this case, you'll have over 300 recordings (from 1932 to 1947) in top quality, a hardback, LP-size book with the written history about the man, and the full recording information (dates, musicians, locations) - all in all, the first attempt to completely document the history of the founding father of Western Swing and his band. There are lots of unissued songs or alternate versions and outtakes. It is hard to imagine the work that had to be done to finish this musical treasury.

You'll hear Bob starting with the more traditional fiddle music, exploring and inventing Western Swing, going to the real Big Band sounds around 1940 (with full horn section) and back to unbelievable Western Swing in the 40's.

No real Western Swing Lover can live without this set, but of course it should be highly recommended to every serious music lover!

Bob Wills box.......2001-04-06

SAN ANTONIO ROSE -Bob Wills & the Texas Playboys Bear Family 11 CD/1 DVD boxed set

This 11 CD, 1 DVD boxed set contains the complete Bob Wills recordings from 1932 to 1947, available in one package for the first time. Beautifully remasterd, there are nearly 300 songs, some previously unissued, beginning with Bob's first work with Milton Brown. Each CD contains well over an hour of music. The DVD contains the Tex Ritter movie TAKE ME BACK TO OKLAHOMA from 1940, with 7 songs from the film. The addition of the DVD to this package was a stroke of genius, as it allows you to see Wills and the Playboys at work. His actions on stage and on screen helped communicate his vitality and his love of the music; he lived it, and audiences couldn't help but get caught up in the excitement. With the DVD you can watch the film, with its crystal clear image, go straight to your favorite song or watch/listen to the songs. Bob and the band appeared in films with Ken Curtis, Charles Starrett, Glenn Ford, Penny Singleton and quite a few with Russell Hayden. These are beautifully illustrated with stills and color lobby cards in a remarkable 184 page book written by Rich Kienzle. The book also contains a detailed history, analyses of a number of songs and a discography. But the music is the primary element in this box, that wonderful music that, to this day, sets the standard for the genre. The original vesions of the big hits are here. You also hear different versions of Bob's band as it evolved over the years. Most of Bob's hits featured twin fiddles, steel and his amazing rhythm section led by rhythm guitarist Eldon Shamblin. But one of of Wills' main sources of inspiration was the big band sound, and you'll hear plenty of his big band arrangements in this package. Wills could more than hold his own with his swingin' urban cousins and he even did a couple of sweet band numbers as well. Some of his intros sound much like Count Basie's, e.g. "Roly Poly," and listen to his swingin' "Whose Heart are You Breaking Now?" contrasted with the sweet arrangements of "This Little Rosary" and "My Laddie." Although the last recording session represented here took place in 1947, releases from these years continued into 1948, '49 and beyond. His 3 most legendary steel guitarists, Leon MacAuliffe, Noel Boggs and Herb Remington are well represented, as are his vocalists, with emphasis on the master,Tommy Duncan. This set is the perfect centerpiece for any western swing collection! Highly recommenned!

Best Box of 2000, and one of the best ever.......2000-12-22

I have about 100 box sets in various genres, but this new Bob Wills set from Bear Family soars to the top of the list, dwarfing rivals for its historical importance, its packaging, its absolutely exquisite mastering of vintage source material and a wealth of previously unheard material, its thorough discography ... and on top of all that, a DVD! Bear Family is one of the world's most distinguished compilers of great music past and present, but they really put their heart and soul into this one. It merits a Grammy nomination and any other award that can be bestowed. This magnificent work of Bob Wills' 12-year run at Columbia has previously been scattered across myriad compilations, always incomplete and usually in substandard sound. But this box ends that frustration for Wills fans and then some. Wow, what a piece of work. Everything beyond provided 1936 sounds like it was recorded last week, the sound is that good, and that encompasses disc 2 through 11. More than 260 tracks, and two discs of alternate takes are saved for the end. Alternates usually don't add much, but Wills and his band often played hotter than on the master takes, and Bob is frequently more animated. These are a sheer joy. That's not to say the wealth of masters here aren't thoroughly enjoyable. If you want to know why Bob Wills is in the Rock and Roll and Country Hall of Fames -- and should be in the Jazz Hall of Fame -- this box will reveal it all to you. If you own this box and the 9 volumes of the Tiffany Transcriptions, you have most of the great Bob Wills. And despite the hefty price, this box is a bargain for everything you get. In addition to the splendid swing music, which goes through several evolutions, you get a remarkable hardbound book stuffed with accurate info by country authority Rich Kienzle and a boatload of great pictures and placards. This is how a box set is supposed to be done, that with few exceptions American record companies have yet to figure out to provide the most avid musical consumers. Fortunately, we have companies like Bear Family and Mosaic that understand the value of completeness and mastering competence in putting together sets like this. Beyond seminal for Wills fans. Trade in all your old LPs and discs and buy this immediately.

Classic Early Recordings of Bob Wills & the Texas Playboys.......2000-12-15

So you say you love Western Swing? Well, its put up or shut time with the release of this massive, 11 CD and 1 DVD set of the early recordings of the great Bob Wills & the Texas Playboys. As usual, the German Bear Family Records have done a great job of preserving America's musical heritage.

For those unfamiliar with Wills, he was a Texas-born fiddler who combined Texas fiddle tunes, cowboy songs, jazz and blues to create a musical form that we now call Western Swing. Wills' Texas Playboys and one-time bandmate Milton Brown & his Musical Brownies were the two groundbreaking groups in this genre, and in the mid-1930's both groups began to perform and record in this exciting and original style. Brown died in 1936, but Wills' career lasted into the '70's, filling dancefloors throughout the Southwest and California, and influencing scores of younger musicians, including Merle Haggard, Willie Nelson, Asleep At the Wheel and Doug Sahm.

Although often categorized as country music, Western Swing only share instrumentation with country. More accurately, its swing-style jazz and pop, played by a group that heavily featured fiddles, steel guitar and occasionally horns. These were dancebands, the Texas equivalent of the big bands that were popular in the '30's and '40's. This music was wildly popular in Texas and Oklahoma and, after Depression and World War II migration, in California as well.

Wills made his first recordings in 1929, but his recording career began in earnest in the mid-'30's, when he was signed to the predecessor of Columbia Records. He recorded for the company extensively fir the next dozen years, and all of those recordings are included in this beautiful package. To be truthful, there is some filler here; like many bands of the time, Wills recorded his share of mediocre pop tunes. But most of these recordings are brilliant, a balance of Wills' background as a fiddler who performed for ranch dances and the other musical forms he loved so much.

Wills himself played "lead fiddle", but he deferred to more jazz-oriented fiddle players in his group for the solo work. The Texas Playboys had some tremendous musicians in their ranks, such as steel guitarist Leon McAuliffe, pianist Al Stricklin and fiddler Jesse Ashlock. All are in their prime here.

For some reason, Sony Music and its predecessors have re-released only a small portion of Wills' work from this golden era, and even less has been reissued on CD. What has been reissued has often suffered from substandard sound. Going from famine to feast, Bear Family now makes it all available, plus a few radio performances and a DVD of a Wills film (He and his band appeared in numerous Westerns in the early to mid '40's). This is much more Bob Wills than the casual fan will want. Still, this is some of the greatest music of the last century, and completists will want "San Antonio Rose" in their collection. As one would expect from Bear Family, the sound on these CD's is excellent. The collection includes an excellent hardcover book which includes an informative and thoughtful essay, session notes and discography, as well as a stunning collection of photos, including some this long-time fan has never seen before. I can not imagine how this set could be any better than it is.

San Antonio Rose
Average customer rating:

Bob on Columbia -- and it can't get better than this

San Antonio Rose
Bob Wills
Manufacturer: Bear Family
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Country | Styles | Music
Western Swing | Country | Styles | Music
General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music
General | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000051TCX
Release Date: 2000-11-13

Tracks:

Sunbonnet Sue
Nancy Jane
Osage Stomp
Get With It
I Can't Give You Anything But Love
Spanish Two Step
Maiden's Prayer
Wang Wang Blues
St. Louis Blues
Good Old Oklahoma
Blue River
Mexicali Rose
I Ain't Got Nobody
Never No More Blues
Who Walks In When I Walk Out
Old Fashioned Love
Oklahoma Rag
Black And Blue Rag
Sittin' On Top Of The World
Four Or Five Times
I Can't Be Satisfied
Smith's Reel
Harmony
Tulsa Waltz
Waltz in D

Tracks:

She's Killing Me
Weary Of The Same Of Ol' Stuff
No Matter How She Done It
Bluin' The Blues
Steel Guitar Rag
Get Along Home Cindy
Trouble In Mind
What's The Matter With The Mill?
Sugar Blues
Basin Street Blues
Red Hot Gal Of Mine
Darktown Strutter's Ball
Too Busy
Back Home Again In Indiana
Away Out There
Crippled Turkey
Fan It
Red Head
Mean Mama Blues
There's No Disappointment In Heaven
Rockin' Alone In An Old Rockin' Chair
Sleepy Time In Sleepy Hollow
Bring It On Down To My House
I've Got The Wonder Where She Went (Blues)
Right Or Wrong
Swing Blues #1
Swing Blues #2

Tracks:

White Heat
Dedicated To You
Playboy Stomp
Steel Guitar Stomp
Rosetta
Bleeding Hearted Blues
Blue Yodel #1
Tulsa Stamp
Tie Me To Your Apron Strings Again
Never No More Hard Times Blues
Sunbonnet Sue
The New St. Louis Blues
Loveless Love
I'm A Ding Dong Daddy (From Dumas)
Oozlin' Daddy Blues
Black Rider
Everybody Does It In Hawaii
Alexander's Ragtime Band
Blue Prelude
Down Hearted Blues
Little Heaven Of The Seven Seas
Sopisticated Hula
Pray For The Lights To Go Out
Gambling Polka Dot Blues
Keep Knocking (But You Can't Come In)
Loveless Love
Oh, Lady Be Good
Way Down Upon The Swanee River
Don't Stop Loving Me
Oh You Beautiful Doll

Tracks:

Moonlight And Roses
William Tell
I Wish I Could Shimmy Like My Sister Kate
Mississippi Delta Blues
Tulsa Stomp
Empty Bed Blues
Little Red Head
I'll See You In My Dreams
San Antonio Rose
Little Girl, Go Ask Your Mama
Carolina In The Morning
The Convict And The Rose
Silver Bells
Dreamy Eyes Waltz
Beaumont Rag
Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
If I Could Bring Back My Buddy
Whoa Babe
Ida Red
Yearning
I Wonder If You Feel The Way I Do
Prosperity Special
Drunkard's Blues
You're Okay
Liza Pull Down The Shades
That's What I Like 'Bout The South
My Window Faces The South
The Waltz You Saved For Me
Don't Let The Deal Go Down

Tracks:

You Don't Love Me (But I'll Always Care)
No Wonder
Lone Star Rag
There's Going To Be A Party (For The Old Folks)
I Don't Lov'a Nobody
That Brownskin Gal
Corrine Corrina
Let Me Call You Sweetheart
Blue Bonnet Rag
Time Changes Everything
Medley Of Spanish Waltzes: La Golondrina/Lady Of Spain/Cielito Lindo
Bob Wills Special
Big Beaver
New San Antonio Rose
Wait 'Til You See
Liebestraum
Lyla Lou
New Worried Mind
La Paloma
Maiden's Prayer
Oh! You Pretty Woman
I Found A Dream
The Girl I Left Behind Me
I Knew The Moment I Lost You
Done And Gone
Twin Guitar Special
Mississippi Delta Blues
Take Me Back To Tulsa
Takin' It Home

Tracks:

I'm Sorry We Said Goodbye
Honey, What You Gonna Do
Blue Bonnet Lane
Bob Wills Stomp
Lil Liza Jane
Please Don't Leave Me
Don't Count Your Chickens
Cherokee Maiden
New San Antonio Rose
Ride On! (My Prairie Pinto)
Got A Letter From My Kid Today
It's All Your Fault
Goodnight Little Sweetheart
Dusty Skies
My Life's Been A Pleasure
We Might As Well Forget It
Drop Us Off At Bob's Place
Home In San Antone
That Hot Lick Fiddlin' Man
Liberty
Miss Molly
It Never Can Be
Honeymoon Trail
It Seems Like Yesterday
You're From Texas
Goodbye, Liza Jane

Tracks:

My Confession
Ten Years
This Little Rosary
When It's Honey Suckle Time In The Valley
Let's Ride With Bob
My Laddie
Whose Heart Are You Breaking Now?
Hang Your Head In Shame
Smoke On The Water
Texas Playboy Rag
Bluer Than Blue
Hang Your Head In Shame
Smoke On The Water
Texas Playboy Rag
Bluer Than Blue
Roly Poly
Roly Poly
Frankie Jean
You Don't Care What Happens To Me
Stay A Little Longer
You Should Have Thought Of That Before
I Can't Go On This Way
I'm Thru Wastin' Time On You
Easy Rockin' Chair
Just A Plain Old Country Boy

Tracks:

Stars And Stripes On Iwo Jima
Silver Dew On The Blue Grass Tonight
I'm So Glad I Met You
New Spanish Two Step
Empty Chair At The Christmas Table
I'm Feelin' Bad
White Cross On Okinawa
This Is Southland
Cotton Eyed Joe
Cotton Eyed Joe
Staccato Waltz
Punkin' Stomp
Sugar Moon
Rose Of Old Pawnee
How Can It Be So Wrong
Brain Cloudy Blues
Bob Wills Boogie
There's A Big Rock In The Road
I Got A Cinder In My Eye
Go To Sleep Our Baby
Virginia
I'm Gonna Be Boss From Now On
Fat Boy Rag
Drum Test
The Kind Of Love I Can't Forget
There's Two Sides To Every Story

Tracks:

The Devil Ain't Lazy
A Sweet Kind Of Love
Hometown Stomp
Cowboy Stomp
Misery
Down In My Neck Of The Woods
Bob Wills Schottische
I Just Don't Want That Kind Of Love
Texarkana Baby
Good Time Cake-Walk
Can't Get Enough Of Texas
You're There
Thanks For The Heartaches (Thanks For The Tears)
New Texas Playboy Rag
What's The Use To Take You Back Again
Deep Water
Have I Stayed Away Too Long
Cimarron
Stardust
My Buddy
Tears On My Pillow

Tracks:

Steel Guitar Rag
Swing Blues #1
Steel Guitar Stomp
Tulsa Stomp
Never No More Hard Times Blues
Oozlin' Daddy Blues
Black Rider
Everybody Does It In Hawaii
Alexander's Ragtime Band
Gambling Polka Dot Blues
Oh, Lady Be Good
Way Down Upon The Swanee River
Oh You Beautiful Doll
Lone Star Rag
There's Going To Be A Party (For The Old Folks)
I Don't Lov'a Nobody
That Brownskin Gal
Corrine Corrina
Bob Wills Special
Big Beaver
Big Beaver
Liebstraum
Lyla Lou
New Worried Mind
The Girl I Left Behind Me
I Knew The Moment I Lost You
Twin Guitar Special
Twin Guitar Special
Takin' It Home

Tracks:

Blue Bonnet Lane
Blue Bonnet Lane
Lil Liza Jane
Ride On! (My Prairie Pinto)
It's All Your Fault
Miss Molly
Miss Molly
It Never Can Be
Roly Poly
You Don't Care What Happens To Me
Stay A Little Longer
You Should Have Thought Of That Before
New Spanish Two Step
I'm Feelin' Bad
This Is Southland
Punkin' Stomp
How Can It Be Wrong
Brain Cloudy Blues
Virginia
I'm Gonna Be Boss From Now On
There's Two Sides To Every Story
The Devil Ain't Lazy
Hometown Stomp
Misery
Down In My Neck Of The Woods
I Just Don't Want That Kind Of Love
Good Times Cake-Walk
Can't Get Enough Of Texas
New Texas Playboy Rag

Album Details

11 CDs plus a Dvd and Book.

Customer Reviews:

Bob on Columbia -- and it can't get better than this.......2004-03-13

Eleven CDs, a bonus DVD, and an exhaustive history and discography from Bear Family. This box set is a MUST for fans of Bob, Texas Swing, the Bakersfield sound, Americana, jazz, archival 30s & 40s recordings, and, well, plain ole fans of music. If ever a monster box set was worth the money, this one is it.

Average customer rating:

San Antonio Rose
Bob Wills
Manufacturer: Collectables
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

General | Country | Styles | Music

Western Swing | Country | Styles | Music

General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music
ASIN: B000FVR1R4
Release Date: 2006-07-11

Tracks:

San Antonio Rose
Time Changes Everything
Steel Guitar Rag
Take Me Back to Tulsa
Roly-Poly
My Window Faces the South
Stay a Little Longer
Big Beaver
Cherokee Maiden
Faded Love

Average customer rating:

Nostalgic Country Songs
The West Goes Hollywood: Great RCA Victor Tunes

San Antonio Rose
The Sons of the Pioneers
Manufacturer: Delta Camden
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

Cowboy | Country | Styles | Music

General | Country | Styles | Music

General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music

Cool Water (& 17 Timeless Favorites)
Ultimate Collection

ASIN: B00003L9HU
Release Date: 1999-12-21

Tracks:

San Antonio Rose
When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again
Listen To The Mockingbird
Have I Told You Lately That I Love You
Cold, Cold Heart
Columbus Stockade
I'll Hold You In My Heart
Crazy Arms
Almost
Green Fields

Customer Reviews:

Nostalgic Country Songs.......2004-01-25

This is definitely one of my best CD's. The songs are beautiful and well recorded. I never get tired listening to the songs and this CD will always be my favorite.

The West Goes Hollywood: Great RCA Victor Tunes.......2001-04-26

OK, this is it! My kind of Sons of the Pioneers! This stuff was originally recorded in the early to mid-1960's, the Golden Age of Sons of the Pioneers recordings in my opinion. It's a true studio recording--the best musicians (such as Glen Campbell on guitar on some selections),the best technical support, and one fine vocal trio--consisting mainly of the great Lloyd Perryman, Tommy Doss and Dale Warren. This album contains super smooth orchestrations, great arrangements (thanks to arrangers like Darol Rice and Billy Liebert). Don't expect any of the rough, primitive "cow manure on your boots" type western music here. This was produced by RCA Victor's Hollywood studio in the '60's, a time when country was about to go pop--and when even cowboys were expected to be smooth singin' dudes! Though some of the songs do have a western flavor ("San Antonio Rose"), these are mostly classic easy listening tunes ("Green Fields") good for throwing a log on the fire and relaxing to. You'll hear some of the finest vocal blends that the Sons of the Pioneers ever put on vinyl. And this collection contains some of the best songs (not just westerns) that America's original great western singers ever chose to perform. If you like (1) The Sons of the Pioneers, (2) music with a western flavor, (3) classic country, or (4) relaxing vocal harmony, I think you'll like this one! Remember, too, that this type of music is getting more scarce with every passing day. That's sure to make it worthwhile for collectors.

Music Album:

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