COUNTRY,
BLUEGRASS & OLD-TIMEY
Cowboy & Western Songs
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ASV CDAJA 5338 |
Singing Cowboys In The Movies |
● CD $11.98 |
Collection with Rex Allen, Gene Autry, Johnny Bond, Smiley
Burnette, Spade Cooley, Tex Ritter, Roy Rogers, Tex Williams, Bob Wills and
others.
REX ALLEN: Texas Tornado/ GENE AUTRY: Cowboy's Heaven/
Dust/ JOHNNY BOND: Fat Gal/ BILL BOYD: Goin' Back To My Texas Home/ SMILEY
BURNETTE: Ridin' Down The Canyon (with Gene Autry)/ SPADE COOLEY: Hillbilly
Fever/ JIMMY DAVIS: On The Sunny Side Of The Rockies/ EDDIE DEAN: Sleepy
Time In Caroline/ DUSTY KING: Deep In The Heart Of Texas/ PEE WEE KING:
Texas Toni Lee/ FRANKIE MARVIN: There's Gold In Them Thar Hills/ KEN
MAYNARD: Cowboy's Lament/ TEX RITTER: Sing, Cowboy, Sing/ We'll Rest At The
End Of The Trail/ CARSON ROBISON: There's A Bridle Hangin' On The Wall/ ROY
ROGERS: A Gay Ranchero/ I'm A Rollin'/ THE SONS OF THE PIONEERS: Song Of The
Bandit/ MERLE TRAVIS: Kinfolks In California/ WESLEY TUTTLE: Rainin' On The
Mountain (with Merle Travis)/ JIMMY WAKELY: Song Of The Sierras/ RAY
WHITLEY: Come On Boys, We're Ridin' Into Town/ TEX WILLIAMS: That's What I
Like About The West/ BOB WILLS: Dusty Skies
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Bear Family BCD 15625 |
My Rifle, My Pony & Me |
● CD $22.98 |
26 tracks, 68 min. essential TV and movie themes have ample
nostalgia value nowadays and though Bear Family has never been known for
worrying about commerciality, Roots and Rhythm has had trouble keeping this
one in stock. These 26 numbers consist of songs from classic TV and movie
westerns, sung by both country music stars and occasionally by actors. Dean
Martin and Rick Nelson sing My Rifle My Pony . . . from the film Rio
Bravo while Dino does the movie's theme. Merle Kilgore, (now Hank, Jr's
manager) sings Nevada Smith.
Jimmy Stewart recites The Legend of
Shenandoah from the film "Shenandoah"; Tex Ritter sings
High Noon and Johnny
Western does Have Gun Will Travel, Frankie Laine belts out Rawhide and Fess
Parker performs The Ballad of Davy Crockett from those three classic TV
shows. Kirk Douglas tries to sing And the Moon Grew Brighter from the film
"Man Without A Star". Other performances of themes by Marty Robbins, Johnny
Cash and the Sons of the Pioneers make this an important package for Western
film collectors. (RK)
JOHNNY CASH: Rebel Johnny Yuma/ Sons Of Katie Elder/ KIRK
DOUGLAS: And The Moon Grew Brighter/ LORNE GREENE: Bonanza/ DICKSON HALL:
Cowboy/ JOHNNY HORTON: North To Alaska/ TAB HUNTER: I'm A Runaway/ MERLE
KILGORE: Nevada Smith/ FRANKIE LAINE: Gunfight At The Ok Corral/ Rawhide/
DEAN MARTIN: Rio Bravo/ My Rifle My Pony And Me/ FESS PARKER: Ballad Of Davy
Crockett/ TEX RITTER: High Noon/ MARTY ROBBINS: Ballad Of The Alamo/ Hanging
Tree/ ROY ROGERS: Don't Fence Me In/ Roll On Texas Moon/ Yellow Rose Of
Texas/ Pecos Bill/ THE SONS OF THE PIONEERS: Montana/ Searchers/ Song Of The
Wagonmaster/ Wagons West/ JAMES STEWART: Legend Of The Shenandoah/ JOHNNY
WESTERN: Ballad Of Palladin
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Bear Family BCD 15684 |
Bonanza - TV's Original Cast: Ponderosa
Party Time! |
● CD $109.98 |
4 CDs, 93 tracks, approx. 4 hours, 20 min. Bonanza fans
only
Bonanza fans take heed! Bear Family has chronicled the musical side of
the legendary 1959-73 saga of Ben Cartwright (Lorne Greene) and sons Adam (Pernell
Trapper John M.D. Roberts), Little Joe (Michael Landon) and Hoss (Dan
Blocker) and their thousand-acre Ponderosa ranch. From 1962 to 1966 various
cast members did eight LPs for RCA Victor, all of them here. Two were cast
albums: "Ponderosa Party Time" and "Christmas at the Ponderosa". On the
former, Ben and "sons" whoop 'er up on old chestnuts like Sourwood
Mountain/ In the Pines/ Skip to My Lou and Shennandoah. The
Christmas album featured the usual carols and the story Why We Light
Candles on Christmas Trees (because the Old West didn't have
electricity?). Greene's four solo LPs for RCA yielded one huge 1964 hit, the
western recitation Ringo. Recitations were his strength, but one
listen to his vocal version of the Bonanza theme warns you off the
rest. The pompous Roberts cut an equally stuffy folk album while Blocker
recorded an LP reciting American historical vignettes while Robert Mitchum's
son John "sang" related songs. Joseph Laredo's notes rattle off the Bonanza
story, and there are plenty of neat photos of the gang, including a few of
them acting enthused while recording one of the Ponderosa albums. Complete
discographical data is featured (lots of jazzmen played these sessions to
pay the rent!). A gift from Ponderosa cook Hop Singh (sic) is also included.
(RK)
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Bear Family BCD 15983 |
From Alamo To El Dorado |
● CD $22.98 |
Songs from Western movie soundtracks ranging from the late
40s to the early 70s.
LEE ADRIAN: 26 Men/ GEORGE ALEXANDER & THE MELLOMEN: El
Dorado/ THE BROTHERS FOUR: Green Leaves Of Summer/ GLEN CAMPBELL: Man With
True Grit/ Man With True Grit (spanish Version)/ NAT 'KING' COLE & STUBBY
KAYE: Ballad Of Cat Ballou/ 'TENNESSEE' ERNIE FORD: Lonely Man/ JOHNNY
GREGORY: Branco/ HOLLYWOOD SOUND ORCHESTRA: Cimarron City/ BOB HOPE: Buttons
And Bows/ THE LIMELIGHTERS: Love In The Country/ SHORTY LONG: Legend Of
Wyatt Earp/ DEAN MARTIN: Wind The Wind/ AL MARTINO: Man From Laramie/ WAYNE
NEWTON: Stagecoach To Cheyenne/ JOHNNY O'NEILL: Wagon Train/ THE PRAIRIE
CHIEFS: Fury/ Sheriff Of Cochise/ TEX RITTER: Wichita/ DAVID ROSE: High
Chapparal/ THE SONS OF THE PIONEERS: Sugarfoot/ ANDY WILLIAMS: Marmalade
Molasses And Honey
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Bear Family 16166 |
Wand'rin Star |
● CD $22.98 |
25 western movie and TV songs from 1952 to 1969.
REX ALLEN: Laramie/ EDDY ARNOLD: The Ballad Of Wes Tancred/
KIRK DOUGLAS & DEWEY MARTIN: Whiskey, Leave Me Alone/ RUSTY DRAPER: The Last
Frontier/ TENNESSEE ERNIE FORD: River Of No Return/ CLAUDE KING: The
Comancheros/ FRANKIE LAINE: 3:10 To Yuma/ High Noon/ THE LANCERS: A Man Is
As Good As His Word/ PEGGY LEE: Johnny Guitar/ GORDON MACRAE: Jim Bowie/
DEAN MARTIN: King Of The Five Card Stud/ LEE MARVIN: Wand'rin' Star/ ROGER
MILLER: Ballad Of Waterhole/ GUY MITCHELL: Hannah Lee/ ROBERT MITCHUM: Young
Billy Young/ RICKY NELSON & WALTER BRENNAN: Get Along Home, Cindy/ GENE
PITNEY: The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance/ THE PRAIRIE CHIEFS: Tales Of Wells
Fargo/ TEX RITTER: The Last Wagon/ ROY ROGERS & DALE EVANS: Happy Trails To
You/ DAVID ROSE ORCHESTRA: Bonanza/ THE SONS OF THE PIONEERS: Wagon Train/
JAMES STEWART: You Can't Get Far Without A Railroad/ VICTOR YOUNG & HIS
ORCHESTRA: The Call Of The Far Away Hills
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Bear Family 16328 |
Rio Bravo |
● CD $22.98 |
25 songs from western movies and T.V. shows, 1954-1969.
ED AMES: Ballad Of The War Wagon/ GENE AUTRY: Back In The
Saddle Again/ FRANKIE AVALON: Medley (Tennessee Babe/ Green Leaves Of
Summer/ Here's To The Ladies, etc)/ JOHNNY CASH: Bonanza/ CARL DOBKINS JR.:
Pretty Little Girl In The Yellow Dress/ PERCY FAITH: The Virginian/ HENRY
FONDA: Rolling Stone/ HUGO FRIEDHOFER & ORCHESTRA: Theme From 'one Eyed
Jacks'/ FRANKIE LAINE: Man Without A Star/ Strange Lady In Town/ JULIE
LONDON: Saddle The Wind/ DEAN MARTIN: My Rifle My Pony And Me/ TONY MARTIN:
Vera Cruz/ VIRGINIA MAYO: I Leaned On A Man/ VAUGHN MONROE: The Ride Back/
ANTHONY PERKINS: The Kentuckian Song/ THE PRAIRIE CHIEFS: The Ballad Of
Paladin/ NELSON RIDDLE ORCHESTRA: De Guello/ TEX RITTER & REX KOURY:
Gunsmoke/ THE SONS OF THE PIONEERS: Chuckawalla Swing/ Maverick/ SHEB WOOLEY:
Rawhide
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Bear Family BCD 16395 |
High Noon |
● CD $22.98 |
You claim you love the song "High Noon"? Well here's a
chance to put your money where your mouth is with 27 different versions!
Includes recordings by Hank Locklin, Ferrante & Teicher, Tex Ritter, Frankie
Laine, Eddie Fisher, Ray Coniff, henry Mancini, Skitch Henderson, Robert
Horton, Chet Atkins and many more. Do not forsake this!
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CMH 8001 |
The Singing Cowboy Rides Again |
● CD $14.98 |
18 tracks, 48 minutes, good
This is a collection of songs
from famous Hollywood westerns, performed by Johnny Bond and The Willis
Brothers. This was recorded in 1976, 2 years before Bond's death, and I
believe this is a reissue of two CMH LP's called "The Singing Cowboy Rides
Again/ Return Of The Singing Cowboy." Anyways, all the Western classics
are here, like Ghost Riders In The Sky/ Back In The Saddle Again/ South
Of The Border/ Streets Of Laredo/ High Noon, and many others. Bond
sounds like all of his 61 years here, and the accompaniment is competent but
uninspiring. The songs are great of course, and I'm sure fans of those old
westerns will like this one. (PG)
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Collector's Choice 219 |
Park Avenue Hillbillies & West End Cowboys |
● CD $16.98 |
25 track collection of country novelty from the 30s and 40s
- mostly from non-country artists and heavily featuring Dorothy Shay. Also
includes The Hoosier Hot Shots, The Four Lads, Zeke Manners & His Swing
Billies, Dinah Shore with Spade Cooley & His Orchestra, Tiny Hill & His
Orchestra and others.
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Collector's Choice 442 |
Cowboy Crooners Sing Songs Of The West |
● CD $27.98 |
Two CD set with 40 tracks drawn from radio transcriptions.
EDDY ARNOLD: I Have To Live And Learn/ When I Talk To
Myself About You/ ELTON BRITT: Darlin' What More Can I Do?/ JUDY CANOVA:
Along The Navajo Trail/ No Letter Today/ Walkin' The Floor Over You/ SPADE
COOLEY: Shame On You/ GOVERNOR JIMMIE DAVIS: It Makes No Difference Now/you
Are My Sunshine/ There's A New Moon Over My Shoulder/ DALE EVANS: Frankie
And Johnny/ My Heart Is Down Texas Way/ PAT FRIDAY: When It's Twilight On
The Trail/ THE JOHNSON SISTERS: Ridin' Down The Trail/ PLAINSMEN QUARTET:
Jack O'diamonds/ PONY PLAINSMEN QUARTET: Old Saddle/ COWBOY JOE RANDALL:
Gonna Build A Big Fence Around Texas/ RHUBARB RED: Down In The Little Green
Valley/ Jesse James/ RIDERS OF THE PURPLE SAGE: Cool Water/ I Cried Myself
Over You/ New San Antonio Rose/ Out On The Open Range/ TEX RITTER: The
Ballad Of The Bo Weevil/ ROY ROGERS: Cowboy Wedding/ Light Of Old Santa Fe/
When My Blue Moon Turns To Gold Again/ THE SONS OF THE PIONEERS: Home On The
Range/ Just A Happy Rovin' Cowboy/ Rock Me To Sleep In My Saddle/ Timber
Trail/ JIMMY WAKELY: Too Late/ TEX WILLIAMS: I Don't Want To Be Free/ Let's
Live A Little (before We Say Goodbye)/ JOHNNIE LEE WILLS: Down Along The
Sleepy Rio Grande/ You Broke My Heart Little Darlin'/ BOB WILLS & HIS TEXAS
PLAYBOYS: Get Along Home, Cindy/ I'll Be True To The One That I Love/ My
Confession/ Right Or Wrong/ Too Late
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Cotton Town Jubilee CTJCD 5 |
Singing Cowboys Of The Silver Screen |
● CD $18.98 |
Fine collection of 30 western songs ranging from 1932
through 1952 featuring commercial recordings along with transcriptions and a
track from a film soundtrack. Includes Rex Allen, Ezra Paulette & His
Beverly Hillbillies, Rusty Gill & The Westernaires, Eddie Kirk, Tex Ritter,
Jimmy Wakely, Bob Wills and others. Includes 12 page illustrated booklet
with notes and discographical data. This is essentially a sampler from the
British Archive Of Country Music series since most of these tracks are
duplicated on BACM CDs who provided the recordings here.
REX ALLEN: Honolulu Boogie/ Too Lee Rollum (I'm An Arizona
Cowboy)/ GENE AUTRY: Blue Montana Skies/ End Of My Round Up Days/ I'm Gonna
Round Up My Blues/ RUSTY GILL & THE WESTERNAIRES: Keep Goin'/ Rodeo
Sweetheart/ When We Said Goodnight On Goodnight Ranch/ GIRLS OF THE GOLDEN
WEST: Home Sweet Home In Texas/ EDDIE KIRK: Blues Stay Away From Me/ THE
ORIGINAL BEVERLY HILLBILLIES: Big Corral/ My Little Cow Pony And I/ On The
Texas Prairie/ Singing My Hillbilly Song/ THE RANCH BOYS: Carry Me Back To
The Lone Prairie/ Home On The Range/ GLEN RICE AND HIS BEVERLY HILLBILLIES:
Ragtime Cowboy Joe/ TEX RITTER: Gotta Have Some Lovin'/ Shame On You/ You
Can't Break My Heart/ ROY ROGERS: I Wish I Had Never Met Sunshine/ That Miss
From Mississippi/ The Mail Must Go Through/ JIMMY WAKELY: Blue Bonnet Blues/
I've Had My Share Of Sorrow/ RAY WHITLEY: You're Barking Up The Wrong Tree/
Back In The Saddle Again/ Come On Boys We're Riding Into Town/ Mist Around
The Prairie Moon Tonight/ BOB WILLS & HIS TEXAS PLAYBOYS: I'll Get Mine
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Country Stars 55455 |
Singin' In The Saddle - Songs Of The
American Cowboy |
● CD $9.98 |
22 track collection featuring some of the most popular
commercial western songs.
GENE AUTRY: Back In The Saddle Again/ Cowboy Blues/ Home
On The Range/ South Of The Border/ Yellow Rose Of Texas/ FRANKIE LAINE: High
Noon/ Rawhide/ Mule Train/ PATSY MONTANA & THE PRAIRIE RAMBLERS: I Want To
Be A Cowboy's Sweetheart/ TEX OWENS: Cattle Call/ TEX RITTER: Take Me Back
To My Boots And Saddle/ Singin' In The Saddle/ ROY ROGERS: Don't Fence Me
In/ On The Old Spanish Trail/ Rock Me To Sleep In My Saddle/ That Pioneer
Mother Of Mine/ THE SONS OF THE PIONEERS: Cool Water/ Cowboy Camp Meetin'/
There's A Round Up In The Sky/ Tumbling Tumbleweeds/ FOY WILLING & THE
RIDERS OF THE PUPLE SAGA: Ragtime Cowboy Joe/ BOB WILLS & HIS TEXAS
PLAYBOYS: New San Antonio Rose
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Fremeaux & Associates 034 |
Western Cowboy Ballads & Songs, 1925-1939 |
● CD $24.98 |
2 discs, 36 tracks, 106 min., recommended
Another fine
compilation of American music from this solid French label, this time with a
focus on early country music (1925-1942) and that peculiar dichotomy between
the music of the presumably authentic cowboy on the one hand and the Tin Pan
Alley/motion picture cowboy on the other hand. I'll let you draw your own
conclusions about the relative aesthetic merits of the two different
branches, but I for one would recommend both. Disc one looks at the
authentic branch and features The Old Chisolm Trail by Mac
McClintock, The Cowboy's Lament by Jules Verne Allen, Following
the Cow Trail by Carl T. Sprague, Sioux Indians by Marc Williams,
Strawberry Roan by the Arizona Wranglers, and the original Cattle
Call by Tex Owens. Disc two looks at Hollywood's version of the cowboy
and includes Home on the Range by Ken Maynard, Way Out West in
Texas by Gene Autry, The Oregon Trail by Tex Ritter, I'm an
Old Cowhand by Patsy Montana, The Devil's Great Grandson by the
Sons of the Pioneers, and Listen to the Rhythm of the Range by Roy
Rogers. Sound quality is solid for the era, and the liners notes are offered
in both French and somewhat abbreviated English. Not a collection to miss.
(DH)
JULES VERNE ALLEN: Jack O' Diamonds/ Little Joe The
Wrangler/ The Cowboy's Lament/ The Gal I Left Behind Me/ THE ARIZONA
WRANGLERS: Strawberry Roan/ GENE AUTRY: Back In The Saddle Again/ Panhandle
Pete/ The Life Of Jimmie Rodgers/ Way Out West In Texas/ SMILEY BURNETTE:
Minnie The Moocher At The Morgue/ WILF CARTER: Little Old Dog Shack/ EDWARD
L. CRAIN: Bandit Cole Younger/ J.D. FARLEY: Bill Was A Texas Lad/ POWDER
RIVER JACK LEE: Tying A Knot In The Devil's Tail/ THE LIGHT CRUST DOUGHBOYS:
Oh! Suzannah!/ KEN MAYNARD: Home On The Range/ The Lone Star Trail/ MAC
MCCLINTOCK: Sam Bass/ The Old Chisolm Trail/ PATSY MONTANA: I'm An Old
Cowhand/ TEX OWENS: Cattle Call/ JOHN G. PRUDE: Streets of Laredo/ TEX
RITTER: Sam Hall/ The Hills Of Old Wyoming/ The Oregon Trail/ ROY ROGERS:
Hadie Brown/ Hi Ho Silver!/ Listen To The Rhythm Of The Range/ When The
Black Sheep Gets The Blues/ SONS OF THE PIONEERS: Billie The Kid/ Hold That
Critter Down/ The Devil's Great Grandson/ CARL T. SPRAGUE: Following The Cow
Trail/ When The Work's All Done This Fall/ JOHN I. WHITE: Whoopee-Ti-Yi-Yo/
MARC WILLIAMS: Sioux Indians
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Jasmine 134 |
A Cowboy's Life Is Good Enough For Me |
● CD $29.98 |
Four CD set featuring 100 Western and cowboy songs recorded
between the 30s and early 50s (no actual dates are given) by a wide range of
performers including artists from Canada and Australia and one from England! Includes many rare tracks making their first appearance on CD. Sound
quality is excellent and set includes 32 page booklet with notes by Paul Hazell.
REX ALLEN: Arizona Waltz/ Cowpoke/ Who Shot The Hole In My
Sombrero?/ ROSALIE ALLEN: Cowpuncher's Waltz/ Shoot Him High Paw/ Square
Dance Polka/ GENE AUTRY: Blue Montana Skies/ Rhythm Of The Range/ Ride
Tenderfoot Ride/ The Old Trail/ ELTON BRITT: Blue Texas Moonlight/ Over The
Trail/ Patent Leather Boots/ Ridin' With My Gal/ Rogue River Valley/ The
Rovin' Gambler/ BIG BILL CAMPBELL: I'm Rockin' To The Rockies/ The
Strawberry Roan/ CLIFF CARLISLE & LITTLE TOMMY: Riding The Trail/ CLIFF
CARLISLE & FRED KIRBY: The Cowboy's Dying Dream/ WILF CARTER: Beautiful Girl
Of The Prairie/ Broken Down Cowboy/ I'm Hittin' The Trail/ West Of Rainbow
Trail/ SLIM CLARK: Little Old Sod Shanty/ Trailrider's Moon/ LAURIE
CROISETTE: The Cowboy/ STU DAVIS: Land, Sky And Water/ SMOKY DAWSON:
Cowboy's Roundup Song/ The Range In The Western Sky/ Will I Meet Old
Faithful Up Yonder?/ Texas Lil/ RAMBLING RED FOLEY: The Lone Cowboy/ THE
HILLBILLIES: Moonlight On The Prairie/ Ranch In The Rockies/ JUNE HOLMS:
Happy Yodelling Cowgirl/ FRANK IFIELD: A Mother's Faith/ There's A Love Knot
In My Lariat/ EVAN KEMP & THE TRAIL RIDERS: Tonight In The Twilight/ WILLIE
LAMOTHE: Je Suis Un Cowboy Canadien/ LEGARDE TWINS (TOM & TED): Before The
Dawn/ THE LEGARDE TWINS: There's A Bridle Hanging On The Wall/ REG LINDSAY:
Down By The Old Sliprail/ SHORTY LONG: Waltz Of Colorado/ FRANK LUTHER &
CARSON ROBISON: Midnight On The Colorado/ Missouri Valley/ When The Bloom Is
On The Sage/ MAC MAGUIRE & HARMONY RANGERS: Sundown Lullaby/ ZEKE MANNERS
BAND (VCL: CURLY GRIBBS): Sioux City Sue/ JOSEF MARAIS: Covered-wagon
Lullaby/ TIM MCNAMARA: Campfire Of Dreams/ Happy Cowboy/ TEX MORTON: The
Oregon Trail/ The Story Of Parson Joe/ Teardrops In My Heart/ THE SINGING
MOUNTAINEERS: Prairie Lullaby/ THE O’LEARY SISTERS: A Pair Of Silver Spurs/
JACK PATTON: Old Painted Desert/ EZRA PAULETTE: Old Arapahoe Trail/ When The
Coyote Howls (at Twilight)/ PHIL PAVEY: Bronco Bustin' Blues/ BOB PRESSLEY:
Hawaiian Cowboy/ DUSTY RANKIN: Going Back To My Little Western Home/ Going
Back To Wyoming/ RED RIVER DAVE: Is The Range Still The Same Back Home?/ Red
River Moon/ Sierra Sue/ GOEBEL REEVES: Cowboy's Dream/ Little Joe The
Wrangler/ BUDDY REYNOLDS: Blue Canadian Rockies/ DONN REYNOLDS: The
Stockman's Lullaby/ BUDDY REYNOLDS & THE RHYTHM PALS: Tundra/ TEX RITTER:
Goodbye My Little Cherokee/ Old Chisholm Trail/ KENNY ROBERTS: Sweet Little
Cherokee/ Wagon Wheels/ Beautiful Ohio/ TEXAS JIM ROBERTSON: I'm Gonna Throw
My Lasso/ CARSON ROBISON: I'm An Old Cowhand/ JESSE ROGERS: Back In The
Saddle Again/ Cattle Call/ Yellow Rose Of Texas/ ROY ROGERS: A Four Legged
Friend/ Saddle Serenade/ JIMMIE & LEON SHORT: Alla En El Rancho Grande/ HANK
SNOW: At The Rainbow's End/ I'll Ride Back To Lonesome Valley/ THE SONS OF
THE PIONEERS: Land Beyond The Sun/ Red River Valley/ DICK THOMAS: Halfway To
Montana/ Ridin' ’neath The Arizona Moon/ JIMMY WAKELY: Love Song Of The
Waterfall/ Pale Moon/ BILLY WILLIAMS: Yippi Ki Aye/ BUDDY WILLIAMS: A
Cowboy's Life Is Good Enough For Me/ Riding Down The Valley/ COLE WILSON: On
The Plains Away Out There/ LES WILSON: Shadows On The Trail/ Prairie Rose/
COLE WILSON & THE TUMBLEWEEDS: The Outlaw
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Jasmine 3508 |
Cowboy Country - Shadows On The Trail |
● CD $11.98 |
Excellent collection of western songs.A fine and varied selection -
there's no information on the origin of these recordings but most of them
sound like they are from the 40s.
REX ALLEN & THE ARIZONA WRANGLERS: When The Campfire Is
Low On The Prairie/ Yodelin' Crazy/ JOHNNY BOND & HIS RED RIVER VALLEY BOYS:
I Love You Because/ Kentucky Waltz/ Lily Of The Valley/ Sparkling Blue Eyes
Waltz/ The Last Roundup/ The Texas Cannonball/ They Got Me/ CAROLINA COTTON:
Yodel Mountain Song/ CASS COUNTY BOYS: Tennessee Walking Horse/ The Old
Chrisholm Trail/ THE CASS COUNTY BOYS: Cucamonga/ Ride Ranger Ride/ Trail To
Mexico/ ED MCCURDY & HIS RHYTHM PALS: Tickle Cove Pond/ TEX RITTER: Blue
Shadows On The Trail/ Dallas Darling/ Love You As Big As Texas/ THE SON OF
THE PIONEERS: Pecos Bill/ THE SONS OF THE PIONEERS: Wagons West/ JIMMY
WAKELY: I Hang My Head And Cry/ I Hope I Never Fall In Love Again/ Mother's
Prayer
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Magnet MRCD 019 |
Traditional Country Music Makers, Vol 19 - Cowboy
Rides Again |
● CD $19.98 |
GENE AUTRY: A Cowboy’s Prayer/ I’ll Go Ridin’ Down That
Old Texas Trail/ BILL BOYD & HIS COWBOY RAMBLERS 2:55: The Strawberry Roan/
OSCAR BRAND: Pinto Pony/ The Old Grey Bustle/ HYLO BROWN: The Hole In The
Wall/ MILTON BROWN AND HIS MUSICAL BROWNIES: El Rancho Grande/ CLIFF
CARLISLE: Shot The Innocent Man/ WILF CARTER: Dusty Trails/ Hung The Key On
The Bunkhouse Door/ Memories Of My Little Grey-Haired Mother in The West/
Yellow Rose of Texas/ THE CARTER FAMILY: Black Jack David/ Buddies In The
Saddle/ Cowboy’s Wild Song to His Herd/ TEXAS JIM LEWIS AND HIS LONE STAR
COWBOYS: Baby, I’m Still In Love With You/ TEXAS JIM ROBERTSON: A Cowboy’s
Dream/ JIMMIE RODGERS: Round-Up Time Out West/ ROY ROGERS & THE SONS OF THE
PIONEERS: Palomino Pal Of Mine/ BLAINE SMITH: The Wheel Of The Wagon Is
Broken/ THE SONS OF THE PIONEERS: Hold That Critter Down/ BILLY WILLIAMS:
I’ll Ride Across the Purple Sage/ You Can Bet Your Boots and Saddles
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Rounder 1103 |
Stampede! Western Music's Late Golden Era |
● CD $15.98 |
14 tracks, 40 min., recommended
The third entry in Rounder's
cowboy music retrospective is true to its own internal value system. It
presents a solid selection of music from the 1945-1960 time period that
celebrates the life and times of the American cowboy. Still, from a purist's
point of view, the playlist is a bit more in the pop music mold than the
other three volumes. For example, selections includes a TV theme song in the
Ballad of Paladin by Johnny Western, a movie theme song in High
Noon by Tex Ritter, straightforward pop music in Ghost Riders in the
Sky by Vaughn Monroe, and even a cover of a pop hit in Tex Ritter's
version of The Wayward Wind. Other, more traditional selections
include Stampede by Foy Willing and the Riders of the Purple Sage,
Blue Shadows on the Trail by Roy Rogers and the Sons of the Pioneers,
El Paso by Marty Robins, Yodel Blues by Elton Britt and Rosalie
Allen, and the definitive 1949 version of Cattle Call by Eddy Arnold.
(DH)
REX ALLEN: Teardrops In My Heart/ EDDY ARNOLD: Cattle
Call/ ELTON BRITT AND ROSALIE ALLEN: Yodel Blues/ VAUGHN MONROE AND HIS
ORCHESTRA: Riders In The Sky/ ANDY PARKER AND THE PLAINSMEN: Trail Dust/ THE
RIDERS OF THE PURPLE SAGE: Stampede/ TEX RITTER: High Noon/ The Wayward
Wind/ MARTY ROBBINS: El Paso/ ROY ROGERS WITH THE SONS OF THE PIONEERS: Blue
Shadows On The Trail/ THE SONS OF THE PIONEERS: Outlaws/ Theme From The
Searchers/ JIMMY WAKELY: The Touch Of God's Hand/ JOHNNY WESTERN: The Ballad
Of Paladin
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Rounder 1512 |
Cowboy Songs, Ballads, and Cattle Calls From
Texas |
● CD $15.98 |
Reissue of 1952 Library Of Congress album. Beautiful selection
of recordings made by John Lomax between 1941 & 1946. This is the real thing
and not the over-romanticised side of western songs
JOHN A. LOMAX: The Buffalo Skinners/ SLOAN MATTHEWS:
Cattle Calls/ Goodbye, Old Paint Ii/ The Cowboy's Life Is A Very Dreary
Life/ The Dying Cowboy/ The Texas Rangers/ JESS MORRIS: Godbye, Old Paint/
JOHNNY PRUDE: The Dying Ranger/ The Streets Of Laredo/ HARRY STEPHENS: The
Dreary Black Hills/ The Night Herding Song/ L. PARKER TEMPLE: Colley's Run-i-o/
J.M. WADDELL: The Zebra Dun
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Smithsonian Folkways 40043 |
Cowboy Songs On Folkways |
● CD $15.98 |
Compiled from previously released and unissued material of
the Folkways archives, and including exhaustive annotation, this collection
contains twenty-six songs and tunes by Woody Guthrie, Cisco Houston, Harry
McClintock, Peter LaFarge, Leadbelly, Peter Hurd, Alan Lomax, Rosalie
Sorrels, and others. For the most part, this is pretty unvarnished stuff,
with standard fare like Get Along Little Dogies/ Little Joe/ The
Wrangler/ Utah Carl/ Buffalo Skinners/ Zebra Dun/ Strawberry Roan/
Philadelphia Lawyer/ The Dying Cowboy. The recording quality ranges from
okay to indifferent. There are few inspired performances here, making this
interesting more from a historical perspective than a musical one; if part
of the intent of this compilation was to dispel the myth of the singing
cowboy, that intention has been met admirably. (RP)
DAVE FREDRICKSON: Lone Star Trail/ WOODY GUTHRIE: Buffalo
Skinners/ Jesse James/ Philadelphia Lawyer/ Whoopie-ti-yi-yo, Get Along
Little Dogies/ CISCO HOUSTON: Little Joe, The Wrangler/ The Dying Cowboy/
PETER HURD: Las Chapparreras/ HARRY JACKSON: Little Joe The Wrangler's
Sister Nell/ Morning Grub Holler/ Round-up Cook/ Some Cowboy Brag Talk/
Strawberry Roan/ PETER LA FARGE: Rodeo Hand/ Trail To Mexico/ LEADBELLY: Cow
Cow Yicky Yicky Yea/ When It's Springtime In The Rockies/ JOHN A. LOMAX JR.:
Texian Boys/ HARRY MCCLINTOCK: Utah Carl/ HERMES NYE: The Devil Made Texas/
RAY REED: Zebra Dun/ PETE SEEGER: Home On The Range/ ROSALIE SORRELS:
(there's An) Empty Cot In The Bunkhouse Tonight/ THE TEX-I-AN BOYS: Chisholm
Trail/ Put Your Little Foot/ ROGER WELSCH: Horse Wrangler
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Yazoo 2022 |
When I Was A Cowboy, Vol. 1 |
● CD $15.98 |
23 tracks, 69 min., highly recommended
A delightful
collection of performances celebrating the romance and the hardships
inherent in the life of an American cowboy. Most of the recordings were made
during the late 1920's, and most of the artists, from either this nation's
less tamed West or its mountainous South, can lay at least some claim to
having experienced what they're singing about. Selections include Utah
Carroll by the Cartwright Brothers, Bandit Cole Younger by Edward
L. Crain, The Mormon Cowboy by Carl Sprague, The Wandering Cowboy
by Patt Paterson & his Champion Rep Riders, Wild Hog in the Woods by
Lonesome Luke & his Farm Hands, Haunted Hunter by Billie Maxwell, and
Out on the Lone Star Cow Trail by Dick DeVall. Wonderfully innocent
music, offered here with impressive sound quality, several vintage photos,
and at least partial lyrics from most songs. (DH)
JULES ALLEN: 'longside The Santa Fe Trail/ THE ARKANSAS
WOODCHOPPER: I'm A Texas Cowboy/ THE CARTWRIGHT BROTHERS: Texas Ranger/ Utah
Carroll/ EDWARD L. CRAIN: Bandit Cole Younger/ THE CROWDER BROTHERS: Wild
West Rambler/ DICK DEVALL: Out On The Lone Star Cow Trail/ J.D. FARLEY: Bill
Was A Texas Lad/ LONESOME LUKE & HIS FARM HANDS: Wild Hog In The Woods/
MARTIN & ROBERTS: The Roundup In The Spring/ BILLIE MAXWELL: Haunted Hunter/
KEN MAYNARD: The Cowboy's Lament/ The Lone Star Trail/ HARRY MCCLINTOCK:
Goodbye Old Paint/ Sam Bass/ ARTHUR MILES: Lonely Cowboy Pt.1/ Lonely Cowboy
Pt.2/ PATTERSON, PATT & HIS CHAMPION REP RIDER: The Wandering Cowboy/ POWDER
RIVER JACK: Tying A Knot In The Devil's Tail/ CARL T. SPRAGUE: The Last
Longhorn/ The Mormon Cowboy/ TAYLOR'S KENTUCKY BOYS: The Dixie Cowboy/ WATTS
& WILSON: The Sporting Cowboy
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Yazoo 2023 |
When I Was A Cowboy, Vol. 2 |
● CD $15.98 |
Volume two of Yazoo's look at performers who were country
(well . . . "cowboy" at least) when country wasn't cool includes Cowboy's
Home Sweet Home by Jimmie Davis, Jess James by Harry McClintock,
Get Along Little Dogies by the Cartwright Brothers, Back to My
Wyoming Home by Gerald & Dixon, I'm a Wandering Bronco Rider by
Rowdy Wright (Great name for a cowboy, don't you think?), The Fugitive's
Lament by the Delmore Brothers, I'm a Lone Star Cowboy by J. D.
Farley, The Burial of Wild Bill by Frank Jenkins & his Pilot
Mountaineers, and Cowboy's Dream by McGinty's Oklahoma Cowboy Band.
Every bit as good as volume one, which is very good indeed. And romantic
illustrations of the dime novel sort provide the cover art for both volumes.
My one quibble would be that in the liner note booklets of both volumes
there is no specific discographical information, e. g. record label or year
of issue. Oh well. (DH)
JULES ALLEN: The Gal I Left Behind Me/ THE CARTWRIGHT
BROTHERS: Get Along Little Dogies/ The Dying Ranger/ THE CROCKETT FAMILY:
Buffalo Galls Medley/ JIMMIE DAVIS: Cowboy's Home Sweet Home/ THE DELMORE
BROTHERS: The Fugitive's Lament/ DICK DEVALL: Tom Sherman's Barroom/ J.D.
FARLEY: I'm A Lone Star Cowboy/ GERALD & DIXON: Back To My Wyoming Home/
PAUL HAMBLIN: The Strawberry Roan/ JENKINS, FRANK & HIS PILOT MOUNTAINEERS:
The Burial Of Wild Bill/ BUELL KAZEE: The Cowboy Trail/ BILLIE MAXWELL:
Billy Venero, Pt. 1/ Billy Venero, Pt. 2/ KEN MAYNARD: Home On The Range/
HARRY MCCLINTOCK: Jesse James/ MCGINTY'S OKLAHOMA COWBOY BAND: Cowboy's
Dream/ PATT PATTERSON: Snow Covered Face/ POWDER RIVER JACK: My Love Is A
Cowboy/ CARL T. SPRAGUE: The Cowboy/ JACK WEBB: The Night Guard/ ROWDY
WRIGHT: I'm A Jolly Cowboy/ I'm A Wandering Bronco Rider
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