Marty Robbins - Gunfighter Ballads & Trail Songs
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Free Music Review: The Old West Never Sounded Better
Hit: 5 Stars
Marty Robbins is one of the "forgotten" superstars of country music, a man who wrote and sang some of the best country - and pop - tunes ever composed. Although the songs might be considered simple and innocent by today's country crowd, Robbins great talent combined with an amazing band and excellent production make for a totally authentic journey into the past. My Dad listened to Mart Robbins a lot when I was a little kid. Now I understand why! This is a great album.Free Music Review: Great traditional western ballads from the #1 Cowboy!
Hit: 5 Stars
If you love "El Paso", then you'll love this album! It surely is the best album from an artist who's had big commercial success on the country and pop charts. Every song on this album gives you the feel of the Old West; the gunfights as portrayed in a lot of the popular Western movies at that time, the cattle roundups, and the cowboy life. With his tenor to baritone voice, he sings every song with feeling. The great songs include the gunfighter ballads; "Big Iron", "Billy The Kid", "Running Gun", and the No. 1 epic, "El Paso". Also, the other great songs like the rodeo staple; "Strawberry Roan", and the great western gospel track; "Master's Call". If you asked me what my favorite song was on here, I couldn't really pick one, since every song is just as good as the next. This album is the absolute best album of western music out of any other album of western music that there is! So if you like western ballads, this is surely the best album to buy!Free Music Review: gunfighter ballads & trail songs
Hit: 5 Stars
I, like a lot of others in Arizona, was raised on this album when it first came out in the 60's. Bought the tapes, both 4 then 8 track then the cd. This is pure Marty Robbins, and what took him from Grand avenue honky tonks in Phoenix, glendale and peoria Arizona to the big time. However Marty Robbins did not write El Paso. It was written by Elizabeth Garrett, Sherriff Pat Garretts' blind daughter. That information used to be on the early recordings of it.Free Music Review: 5 Stars for Marty, but thumbs down for Sony!
Hit: 5 Stars
Like others who have reviewed this CD, I was first introduced to "Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs" by my grandfather and to listen to the songs touches just about every memory I have of him. I have to say that the remastering for CD is nothing short of fantastic. The sounds are all fresh and new, and this is stated by someone who knows every note by heart.There is a real problem with this CD, in that Sony added some "rare" B-sides. "Saddle Tramp" and "Hanging Tree" are available on other collections. I am sure that Sony could have delved in its vaults and come up with some real gems to add to this collection, such as bits and pieces of the recording session itself (which, in retrospect, seems to be a historic note), alternate takes and the like. Instead, it seems that Sony chose to rehash more of the same material it has used before.
It is a great job on the CD, but a poor choice of "new" material...
Free Music Review: An American Classic that stands the test of time.
Hit: 5 Stars
My father purchased Marty Robbin's orginal Gunfighter Ballads album in the early 1960s -- and I played it so many times I'm surprised the grooves in the record were not worn through. I still knew the words to over half the songs by heart, even though I hadn't heard any of them played in 30 years (at least). I can't tell you how happy it makes me to have this new CD available -- and hearing it in CD format instead of on my parent's old cabinet hi-fi system makes it even more of a treat!