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Binding: Audio CDEAN: 0074646599624 Format: Extra tracks, Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered Label: Sony Manufacturer: Sony MPN: 65996 Number Of Discs: 1 Publisher: Sony Release Date: October 19, 1999 Studio: Sony Editorial Review: Amazon.com: A lonely Westerner in Nashville, Marty Robbins salved his soul by cutting an album (in one afternoon) of mostly self-composed cowboy ballads. One of them was a four-and-a-half-minute epic, "El Paso," that broke every rule of Top 40 programming to become a No. 1 pop and country hit in 1960. Robbins was arguably the most surefooted and accomplished singer in all country music, and that was never more obvious than on these Western ballads performed to often breathtaking perfection with a very small group and a vocal trio. Other titles include "Big Iron" (also a Top 30 hit), "Running Gun," and Western classics like "Cool Water," "Billy the Kid," and "The Strawberry Roan." Three extra tracks flesh out the 1999 release, including "Saddle Tramp" (the B-side of "Big Iron") and "The Hanging Tree" (title song from the 1959 Gary Cooper Western). --Colin Escott Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Terrific!Old standards that have been great for almost fifty years. Well worth having in one's collection. Rating: - A True ClassicThis album will never go out of style. It is classic lyrics, voice, and band combined. Rating: - great music - really brings back memoriesMy dad had this album when I was a kid and listened to it a lot. He really liked Marty Robbins. Now, a zillion years later, I stumbled upon this album while surfing around Amazon looking for music. This is great! I love how simply this is recorded - just Marty Robbins' voice and an acoustic guitar in the background. He has a really nice musical voice. This is not the kind of music I would normally listen to. I have always liked artists like Al Dimeola, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Roy Buchanan, etc. and have ... Read More Rating: - The Ultimate C & W AlbumWhen I Listen To What Passes For C&W Music Nowadays, I GET Depressed.Most Of The New Breed Of Country Singers Are Just Pseudo Rock Singers Latching Onto A Lucrative Market.Marty Robbins Would Be In The Top Five Of My All Time Greats.Gunfighter Ballads Has To BE In The Top Three Of The Greatest Country Albums Ever Recorded.The Marvellous Acoustic Spanish Guitar Sound That Accompanied Most Of His Gunfighter Ballads Is So Refreshing.Being Around Awhile Needless To Say I'VE Practically All His Albums ... Read More Rating: - All-time classicThis is one of the great classic country crossover albums. If you like cowboy songs, this one of the best, if not the best album ever recorded. Marty Robbins wrote the best songs on this disc, and has one of the great voices of 1950s Country music. El Paso and Big Iron alone make this a worthwhile purchase. |
