Ol' Waylon

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Waylon Jennings wasn't always an outlaw; he had a string of Nashville hits in the 1960s. But he's best known for proving that a country singer could break away from the Music City establishment and still find success. Released in 1976, Ol' Waylon boasts the outlaw anthem "Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love)" and the jukebox favorite "Lucille," which holds up as a sob-in-yer-suds sing-along. Though this album isn't the equal of Jennings's 1973 landmark Honky Tonk Heroes, songs like "If You See Me Getting Smaller" and "Till I Gain Control Again" are textbook examples of country music done the right way. --Anders Smith-Lindall

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Average customer rating: good memories for me and fun "new" songs for my children memories TV Theme Songs TV themes Deja Vu

TV Land Presents: Favorite TV Theme Songs Cyndi Grecco , and Jones, Jack Manufacturer: Rhino / Wea ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Movie Soundtracks | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Star Trek | Soundtracks | Styles | Music General | Soundtracks | Styles | Music Rhino Records | Amazon.com Label Stores | Stores | Music Soundtracks | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music All Blowout Music | Blowout Music | Stores | Music More Titles at Least 25% Off | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Purists | Warner Brothers Records | Stores | Music Similar Items: TV Guide: 50 All-Time Favorite TV Themes All-Time Top 100 TV Themes Classic TV Game Show Themes One Hundred Greatest TV Themes Toon Tunes: Funny Bone Favorites ASIN: B00006EXIL Release Date: 2002-08-20

Tracks:

1. I Love Lucy Theme - Wilbur Hatch
2. Dragnet - Ray Anthony
3. The Twilight Zone - Rod Open
4. Bonanza - Al Caiola & His Orchestra
5. The Andy Griffith Theme - Earle Hagen
6. The Ballad Of Jed Clampett - Earl Scruggs
7. The Addams Family (Main Theme) - Vic Mizzy
8. Munsters Theme - Jack Marshall
9. The Ballad Of Gilligan's Isle - Morton Stevens
10. Green Acres - Eddie Albert
11. Jeannie - Hugo Montenegro
12. Batman Theme - Neal Hefti
13. (Theme From) The Monkees - The Monkees
14. Star Trek (Main Title & Closing Theme) - The Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
15. Mannix - Lalo Schifrin
16. Hawaii Five-O - Mort Stevens & His Orchestra
17. Theme From The Brady Bunch - The Brady Bunch
18. Come On Get Happy - The Partridge Family
19. Those Were The Days - Carroll O'Connor
20. And Then There's Maude - Donny Hathaway
21. Good Times - Jim Gilstrap
22. Movin' On Up - Oren Waters
23. The Rockford Files - Mike Post
24. Them From S.W.A.T. - Rhythm Heritage
25. Happy Days - Pratt & McClain
26. Making Our Dreams Come True - Cyndi Grecco
27. Chico And The Man - Jose Feliciano
28. Welcome Back - John Sebastian
29. What's Happening!! - Henry Mancini
30. Barney Miller - Jack Elliott
31. Charlie's Angels - Jack Elliott
32. Love Boat Theme - Jack Jones
33. Angela (Theme From 'Taxi') - Bob James
34. It Takes Diff'rent Strokes - Gloria Loring
35. Theme From Dukes Of Hazzard (Good Ol' Boys) - Waylon
36. Theme From Magnum, P.I. - Mike Post
37. The Theme From Hill Street Blues - Mike Post
38. Theme From Dynasty - Bill Conti
39. Theme From 'Greatest American Hero' (Believe It Or Not) - Joey Scarbury
40. Thank You For Being A Friend - Cynthia Fee

Album Description

TV Land brings you 40 of your favorite evening show theme songs. Highlights include 'Happy Days', 'The Greatest American Hero', 'Dukes Of Hazzard (Good Ol' Boys)', 'Laverne & Shirley', 'I Dream Of Jeanie', 'I Love Lucy', 'Welcome Back, Kotter', 'The Love Boat', 'Hawaii Five-O', 'The Golden Girls' and many, many more. 2002. Rhino.

Customer Reviews:

good memories for me and fun "new" songs for my children.......2007-06-27

We had ordered this for "The Dukes of Hazzard" theme song for our 4yr old and our whole family has fallen in love with the cd. It makes me want to share some of the old fun and simple shows with my children. I forgot about some of those shows. It brings back good memories for my husband and me and the songs are new and exciting for our children. It's a nice change from children's cd's, but our children still think it's fun. The sound quality is good and the songs included on the cd are a great mix. I would definately recommend this one.

memories.......2007-02-22

This cd is excellent it has a lot of very good music and true to the original sound, Am getting a lot of enjoyment,highly recomended

TV Theme Songs.......2007-01-13

This is a great CD for people who watch a lot of TV -especially TV LAND and reruns of old shows when shows had actual theme songs. I took the CD to work and everyone loved trying to figure out what show the songs were from.

TV themes.......2006-07-05

Not all what I expected, not all of the tunes are the original recordings you remember as the TV themes.

Deja Vu.......2006-02-17

Listening to these familiar themes as performed by the original artists certainly brings back wonderful memories! I was particularly pleased, not only with the quality of the pieces, but with the actual performances themselves, just as we remembered them!

Average customer rating: "Country" music at its peak... A great Waylon album Not today's country [ in a good way ] A Masterpiece

Ol' Waylon Waylon Jennings Manufacturer: RCA ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music Outlaw & Progressive Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music Similar Items: I've Always Been Crazy This Time Dreaming My Dreams Are You Ready for the Country/What Goes Around Comes Around The Ramblin' Man ASIN: B0000ADXE1 Release Date: 2003-08-05

Tracks:

1. Luckenbach, Texas (Back To The Basics Of Love)
2. If You See Me Getting Smaller
3. Lucille
4. Sweet Caroline
5. I Think I'm Gonna Kill Myself
6. Belle Of The Ball
7. Medley Of Elvis Hits: That's All Right/My Baby Left Me
8. Till I Gain Control Again
9. Brand New Goodbye Song
10. Satin Sheets
11. This Is Getting Funny (But There Ain't Nobody Laughing)

Customer Reviews:

"Country" music at its peak..........2005-07-04

This was the first album I ever owned. I still have the original LP and recently revisited it. Growing up around country music from birth, the stereotypes of the country sound - of drinking, pickup trucks, wives leaving and all the other things that came through the expression of country's raw roots - climaxed with this album. It became popular. Everything after this album became derivative and country slowly moved toward the "pop" sound it has achieved today.

By this time, Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson (couldn't say one without the other) had become not only famous, they had become icons, bringing "outlaws" to the mainstream. CBs, truckers, Smokey and the Bandit and the whole genre had gone mainstream. 'Luckenbach, Texas' became a huge hit (which is quite a paradox because the song speaks directly to the fatigue that Waylon, and many others, had experienced due to achieving stardom).

It would seem that an attempt was made at a big selling album as the songs "Lucille" and "Sweet Caroline" were popular in their own rights. But it worked. It is a great, great album.

The hidden gem on here is the second song "If You See Me Getting Smaller." It is highly personal and confessional and you can feel the emotions of a man coming to grips with the consequences of decisions made in his life.

"Willie, you're my constant companion
You know the light and shade
We have spent a million dollars
To find out what we've made

We have made the maidens marvel
At the things we do and say
Down, down and out brother
Up, up and away

If you see me getting smaller I'm leaving
Don't be grieving
Just got to get away today..."

It's only four stars because it is a super short LP, as are the songs. I was left hungry for more. But I have never tired of listening to it. A little comedy, a little bit of confession and even a little bit of religion makes this a gem for anyone's collection.

A great Waylon album.......2005-05-16

This was the first Waylon album I ever bought, simply because it was his current album at the time. Although I have bought many great Waylon albums in the years since, this remains among my favorites.

The big hit here is, of course, Luckenbach Texas. The other songs include covers of Lucille (Kenny Rogers), Sweet Caroline (Neil Diamond), Till I gain control again (a Rodney Crowell song that has also been recorded by Emmylou Harris and Crystal Gayle among others) and the Elvis medley. Note that Waylon later recorded a cover of Lucille (Little Richard) - this sometimes confuses people. I suspect that Waylon is the only singer ever to record covers of both Lucille songs.

Apart from the songs already mentioned, there are several other great songs including If you see me getting smaller, I think I'm gonna kill myself, Belle of the ball, Brand new goodbye song and This is getting funny.

Overall, this is a great album that every Waylon fan should have. It may not be the place to begin a Waylon collection (I recommend the double-CD RCA Country legends for starters) but anybody collecting Waylon's original albums should have this high on their priority list.

Not today's country [ in a good way ].......2004-01-04

I give this a three when grading on a curve. I'm not rating that way based off of other people's albums but Waylon Albums. For instance if I lost my waylon albums which ones would I buy back first. This is not among those first. If you don't have any Waylon records this is definetely not the place to start in my opinion. Sure it's a good record. Obviously- it's a WAYLON record! There is atleast a few good things about all of his records. But this one is very short and low on the honky tonk scale too if that is what you're looking for. This is a four or five star album not considering time and amount of songs when compared to most artists catolog. However when you compare it to his live at jds release or Honky Tonk Heroes or Dreamin' or This Time or well, his top albums- this one does fall into the mediocre range from that perspective. So enjoy it if you've got those other ones but don't start here by any means. That's my advice.

A Masterpiece.......2003-09-17

This is truly a masterpiece by the man that is quite possibly the greatest country artist of all time. I Think I'm Gonna Kill Myself is a laugh riot, Lucille offers a touching look at a wifes leaving, This is Getting Funny (But There Ain't Nobody Laughing) explores the awkwardness of breakups, and Belle of the Ball magnificently expresses a man's loving beyond his stature. Of course Luckenbach, Texas is here, too. But the standout track is If You See Me Getting Smaller, which almost seems like an elegy since his passing. If you can listen to that song and not feel at least a little sad that he's gone, you are a bigger man than me.

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Superstars of Country Good Ol' Songs 2-CD Set! Manufacturer: Time Life Sony ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items: Superstars of Country Easy Loving 2-CD Set! Superstars of Country: Party Time Superstars of Country: Hello Darlin' Classic Country: Great Duets ASIN: B000EMB8BY

Product Description

Superstars of Country Good Ol' Songs 2-CD Set! Song List: Disc 1: 1 The Closer You Get Alabama ** 2 There's No Gettin' Over Me Ronnie Milsap ** 3 Is Anybody Goin' To San Antone Charley Pride ** 4 Good Hearted Woman Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson ** 5 Let Your Love Flow Bellamy Brothers ** 6 Don't It Make My Brown Eyes Blue Crystal Gayle ** 7 Suspicious Minds Elvis Presley ** 8 Amos Moses Jerry Reed ** 9 Theme From Dukes Of Hazzard (Good Ol' Boys) Waylon Jennings ** 10 Coat Of Many Colors Dolly Parton ** 11 Holding Her And Loving You Earl Thomas Conley ** 12 A Good Year For The Roses George Jones ** 13 The Carroll County Accident Porter Wagoner ** 14 Golden Tears Dave & Sugar ** 15 I Will Always Love You Dolly Parton ** Disc 2: 1 Any Day Now Ronnie Milsap ** 2 Love In The First Degree Alabama ** 3 Kiss An Angel Good Mornin' Charley Pride ** 4 Country Sunshine Dottie West ** 5 Luckenbach, Texas (Back To The Basics of Love) Waylon Jennings ** 6 Here You Come Again Dolly Parton ** 7 Wichita Lineman Glen Campbell ** 8 When You're Hot, You're Hot Jerry Reed ** 9 Heaven's Just A Sin Away The Kendalls ** 10 Mammas, Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson ** 11 Smoky Mountain Rain Ronnie Milsap ** 12 She's Actin' Single (I'm Drinkin' Doubles) Gary Stewart ** 13 Torn Between Two Lovers Mary MacGregor ** 14 Nobody Sylvia ** 15 Thank God I'm A Country Boy John Denver

Average customer rating: It's Waylon what else needs to be said Not The Best Album, But Some Great Songs ol'waylon rules The album that took Waylon from outlaw to the establishment Interesting, but not his best

Ol' Waylon Waylon Jennings Manufacturer: Dcc Compact Classics ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music Outlaw & Progressive Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music ASIN: B0000001B4 Release Date: 1997-10-21

Tracks:

1. Luckenbach, Texas (Back To The Basics Of Love)
2. If You See Me Getting Smaller
3. Lucille
4. Sweet Caroline
5. I Think I'm Gonna Kill Myself
6. Belle Of The Ball
7. Medley Of Elvis Hits: That's All Right/My Baby Left Me
8. Till I Gain Control Again
9. Brand New Goodbye Song
10. Satin Sheets
11. This Is Getting Funny (But There Ain't Nobody Laughing)

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Waylon Jennings wasn't always an outlaw; he had a string of Nashville hits in the 1960s. But he's best known for proving that a country singer could break away from the Music City establishment and still find success. Released in 1976, Ol' Waylon boasts the outlaw anthem "Luckenbach, Texas (Back to the Basics of Love)" and the jukebox favorite "Lucille," which holds up as a sob-in-yer-suds sing-along. Though this album isn't the equal of Jennings's 1973 landmark Honky Tonk Heroes, songs like "If You See Me Getting Smaller" and "Till I Gain Control Again" are textbook examples of country music done the right way. --Anders Smith-Lindall

Customer Reviews:

It's Waylon what else needs to be said.......2005-06-30

Well I love this album I have it on both compact disc and record but I'm sort of biased because I feel that Waylon is the all time greatest. There is no one else. You all compare him to Willie Nelson...no you should compare Willie Nelson to Waylon he broke the mold no one in country music during his time could record what they wanted they had to do what Nashville wanted he broke loose from that and others followed. Anyway this is an excellent album it has songs on it that are very hard to come by it took me a long time to find it they just recently (in the past year and a half two years) started printing it again. A great addition for any Waylon collection.

Not The Best Album, But Some Great Songs.......2003-04-26

This isn't Waylon's best album -- not by a long shot.

That being said, it's got a couple of good songs on it. "Brand New Goodbye Song" and "Belle of the Ball" are two of my all-time favorites out of everything Waylon Jennings ever did.

Unfortunately, a lot of the album strikes me as being filler material, and Chips Moman's over-the-top production values (synths, horns, and the whole nine yards) just make some of the weaker songs sound even weaker.

A lot of Waylon's albums from the late seventies and early eighties are like this -- probably as a result of the rapid pace at which they were churned out and Waylon's wild living in those days. There are some true gems on the albums from this period -- as well as some pure crap.

The songs which are gems are really gems, though.

You'd think that with the huge number of Waylon Jennings "greatest hits" records out there, there would be one which complied the best songs from his hit-or-miss late seventies and early eighties RCA albums. Many of the great songs on these records -- such as "Brand New Goodbye Song" on this album -- are not well-known, but deserve to be.

ol'waylon rules.......1999-08-22

i have over 60 waylon albums and this is by far my favorite. on this album you get to hear what waylon can do and what he is all about. brand new goodbye song is a must hear for anyone who thinks they know what country is. ol'waylon is a must have for anyone who thinks garth made big changes in the industry because this album changed the industry when it didnt want to change

The album that took Waylon from outlaw to the establishment.......1998-12-29

This is a pretty good album. As Waylon's career progressed, it seemed to become more rock, and less country. This album lacks the ballsy soulfulness of earlier LP's like "Honky Tonk Heroes". If you can get ahold of "Honky Tonk Heroes" (which I've sadly heard is out of print), listen to the burning passion of a tune like "Omaha", and not get a lump in your throat, then you're a colder man than me. It's albums like that which make me put Waylon up there with the great ones-- Hank Williams, Willie Nelson, and Gram Parsons. However, it is also fair to say that it is of the most influential country and western albums of alltime and has molded the voice of entire generation of singer-songwriters in Nashville. Indeed, much of the modern-day fluff known as "contempary country music" can be traced to the rock-laced LP's of Waylon Jennings in the late 70's epitomized by "Ol Waylon". It's ironic that on this CD Waylon gives a soaring rendition of the Neil Diamond tune "Sweet Caroline" because there's definitely a layer of (how shall I say?) Vegas-style "cheese" permeating this album. That being said, it's still a pretty good album despite its excesses. The classic "Luchenbach" makes this CD worth the purchase even if it has become a cliche. I recommend "Ol Waylon" as a good starting point for the music of Jennings.

Interesting, but not his best.......1998-11-17

As a longtime an avid fan of Waylon Jennings (i.e., I'm onld enough to have bought "Ol' Waylon" when it first came out), I have to take exception to the other reviews posted here. This is a spotty album, intermittently interesting, but to call it "the country album by which others are measured" is uninformed horsesh*t. The best Waylon Jennings album ("Honky Tonk Heroes," a full LP of Billy Joe Shaver covers) isn't even in print any more. But "Dreaming My Dreams," which is readily available, beats the stuffing out of this.

Average customer rating: 3 cds in one box (long)

The Collection: Honky Tonk Heroes/I've Always Been Crazy/Ol' Waylon Waylon Jennings Manufacturer: RCA ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music Outlaw & Progressive Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music Pop | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music Country | Styles | Blowout Music | Stores | Music All Blowout Music | Blowout Music | Stores | Music More Titles at Least 25% Off | Blowout Music | Stores | Music ASIN: B000FJA9V6 Release Date: 2006-06-13

Tracks:

1. Honky Tonk Heroes
2. Old Five And Dimers (Like Me)
3. Willy The Wandering Gypsy And Me
4. Low Down Freedom
5. Omaha
6. You Ask Me To
7. Ride Me Down Easy
8. Ain't No God In Mexico
9. Black Rose
10. We Had It All
11. Slow Rollin' Low
12. You Ask Me To
13. Luckenbach, Texas (Back To The Basics Of Love)
14. If You See Me Getting Smaller
15. Lucille
16. Sweet Caroline
17. I Think I'm Gonna Kill Myself
18. Belle Of The Ball
19. Medley Of Elvis Hits; That's All Right\ My Baby Left Me
20. Till I Gain Control Again
21. Brand New Goodbye Song
22. Satin Sheets
23. This Is Getting Funny (But There Ain't Nobody Laughing)
24. I've Always Been Crazy
25. Don't You Think This Outlaw Bit's Done Got Out Of Hand
26. Billy
27. A Long Time Ago
28. As The 'Billy World Turns
29. Medley Of Buddy Holly Hits:; Well Allright\ It's So Easy\ Maybe Baby\ Peggy Sue
30. I Walk The Line
31. Tonight The Bottle Let Me Down
32. Girl I Can Tell (You're Trying To Work It Out)
33. Whistlers And Jugglers

Customer Reviews:

3 cds in one box (long).......2006-07-04

Three regular CD's in 1 box set type long box.

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