The Wondering Boy (1951-1958)

Webb Pierce - The Wondering Boy (1951-1958)

The Wondering Boy (1951-1958)
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Artist: Webb Pierce
Edition: Music CD
Format: Box set, Import
CD Release Date: 1990-09-15
Music Label: Bear Family
Soundtracks:
Music CD 1
  1. Drifting Texas Sand
  2. If Crying Would Make You Care
  3. California Blues (Blue Yodel, No.4)
  4. You Scared The Love Right Out Of Me
  5. New Silver Bells
  6. Wondering
  7. You Know I'm Still In Love With You
  8. I'm Gonna See My Baby
  9. That Heart Belongs To Me
  10. I Just Can't Be True
  11. So Used To Loving You
  12. I Haven't Got The Heart
  13. Slowly
  14. The Last Waltz
  15. Bow Thy Head
  16. Country Church
  17. I Haven't Got The Heart
  18. I'll Always Take Care Of You
  19. Back Street Affair
  20. I'm Only Wishin'
  21. I'll Go On Alone
  22. That's Me Without You
  23. Broken Engagement
  24. We'll Find A Way
  25. It's Been So Long
  26. Don't Throw Your Life Away
  27. Too Late To Worry Now
  28. There Stands The Glass
Music CD 2
  1. There's A Better Home
  2. Mother Call My Name In Prayer
  3. I'm Walking The Dog
  4. You Just Can't Be True
  5. Slowly
  6. Broken Engagement
  7. Slowly
  8. Even Tho'
  9. Sparkling Brown Eyes
  10. Bugle Call From Heaven
  11. Thank You, Dear Lord
  12. Kneel At The Cross
  13. Leaning On The Everlasting Arms
  14. You're Not Mine Anymore
  15. I'm Gonna Fall Out Of Love With You
  16. Your Good For Nothing Heart
  17. Just Imagination
  18. I Love You Dear
  19. More And More
  20. I Found Someone That's True
  21. The Waltz You Saved For Me
  22. One Day Later
  23. In The Jailhouse Now
  24. Sneakin' All Around
  25. I Don't Care
  26. Just How Long
  27. Yes I Know Why (I Want To Cry)
  28. Little Rosa
Music CD 3
  1. Call Me Your Sweetheart
  2. If You Were Me (And I Were You)
  3. Love, Love, Love
  4. Why Baby Why
  5. Yes I Know Why
  6. I Found A True Love
  7. 'Cause I Love You
  8. Little Rosa
  9. Let Forgiveness In
  10. Any Old Time
  11. You Make Love To Everyone
  12. We'll Find A Way
  13. Teenage Boogie
  14. I'm Really Glad You Hurt Me (I Found Someone That's True)
  15. Teenage Boogie
  16. Oh, So Many Years
  17. One Week Later
  18. When I'm With You
  19. Can I Find It In Your Heart
  20. Crying Over You
  21. I'm Tired
  22. It's My Way
  23. Someday
  24. Honky Tonk Song
  25. I Care No More
  26. Don't Be The One
  27. Bye Bye Love
  28. Missing You
  29. Let Forgiveness In
  30. Who Wouldn't Love You
Music CD 4
  1. New Panhandle Rag
  2. I Know It Was You
  3. Don't Do It Darlin'
  4. Holiday For Love
  5. How Long
  6. The New Raunchy
  7. I'll Get By Somehow
  8. English Sweetheart
  9. Down Panama Way
  10. Foreign Love
  11. You'll Come Back
  12. A New Love Affair
  13. Falling Back To You
  14. Sittin' Alone
  15. I'm Letting You Go
  16. Tupelo County Jail
  17. Waiting A Lifetime
  18. True Love Never Dies
  19. I Think Of You
  20. I Won't Be Cryin' Anymore
  21. I Owe It To My Heart
  22. The Violet And The Rose
  23. After The Boy Gets The Girl
  24. You Make Me Live Again
  25. Crazy Arms
  26. Pick Me Up On Your Way Down
  27. Life To Go
  28. My Shoes Keep Walking Back To You

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Free Music Review: A huge country music star of the fifties
Hit: 5 Stars

I bought this box within a year or two of its original release in the nineties and I got just what I expected. At one time, Bear Family had a tendency to include an excessive number of alternate takes, but while they've included a few here, there aren't enough to put anybody off. Four different versions of one of Webb's biggest hits (Slowly) may seem excessive, but they do illustrate the perfectionist in Webb. He was quite content to leave a song in the vaults if he wasn't satisfied with the recording, then return to it at a later date and try doing it in a slightly different way.

This set contains everything that Webb recorded for Decca from signing with them in 1951 up to the end of 1958. During that period, he had a long string of country hits, forty altogether including thirteen number ones (Wondering, That heart belongs to me, Back street affair, It's been so long, There stands the glass, Slowly, In the jailhouse now, More and more, Even tho, I don't care, Love love love, Why baby why (with Red Sovine), Honky tonk song) and many other big country hits including I haven't got the heart, I'll go on alone, That's me without you, I'm walking the dog, Sparkling brown eyes (with Teddy Wilburn), You're not mine anymore, If you we me and I were you, Yes I know why I want to cry, 'Cause I love you, Any old time, Cryin' over you, Oh so many years (with Kitty Wells), Bye bye love (a cover of the Everly Brothers classic), Missing you (a cover of a Red Sovine song that is now more generally associated with Jim Reeves) and Holiday for love.

Webb never had any further number ones after 1958 though he was a regular in the country top ten until 1964 and continued to chart regularly until 1972, his last top ten hit being in 1967 with Fool fool fool. By far the most important song that Webb recorded after 1958, I ain't never, spent many weeks at number two in 1959 and became Webb's only American top forty pop hit.

Webb's distinctive voice, a high nasal tenor, won't appeal to everybody but he was extremely popular in the fifties, especially in the pre-rock'n'roll years, as his long string of hits indicates. Webb also introduced the steel guitar to country music. The steel guitar became an important feature of country music throught the sixties and seventies, after which a lot of people in the business wanted it consigned to history. Personally, I love the sound of the steel guitar but I can understand why the instrument does not have universal appeal.

With his overwhelming popularity in his heyday and all his hit records, a lot of people wonder why Webb and his music are largely forgotten today. I believe that part of the reason is that his songs have been so rarely covered by other artists. Yes, Ricky Skaggs had a number one country hit with a Webb Pierce song (I don't care) and I could list other covers including an entire tribute album (Caught in the Webb),not forgetting the album that Willie Nelson recorded with Webb, but when you look at how many covers exist of songs that are associated with Hank Williams, Buck Owens, Lefty Frizzell and others, Webb Pierce's legacy hasn't been preserved nearly as well.

At least Bear Family, in releasing this boxed set, recognize Webb's importance. Sadly, they haven't released a second volume that would commence in 1959. As all the other compilations of Webb's Decca music focus (understandably) mainly on the hits contained in this box, it's difficult to get excited about buying any of them just to get the tracks from 1959 and beyond. If sales of this box have discouraged Bear Family from releasing a scond volume, perhaps they could be persuaded to release a compilation containing the best of Webb's music from 1959 to 1972. In the meantime, I'm content with this excellent set of Webb's music from his most successful years.
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