LP - Limited Edition 180g Black Vinyl
This quintessential release features Marty Robbins' most celebrated album, originally issued on the Columbia label: Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs (1959). With his cowboy albums, Robbins helped keep western music alive during the late '50s and early '60s, and the warm, affectionate spirit of this music illustrates why. Here you will find such country favourites as "El Paso," "Big Iron" and "Cool Water," and a classic version of "Billy the Kid," among other western standards.
These songs are about work, love, travel, death, the beauty of the American West, and living life on your own terms (and paying the price for it). Robbins' subject is mostly the West of myth and movie, which benefits from his ability as a storyteller - most of the tracks may tell tales heard or seen one hundred times onscreen, but he makes listeners feel like this is the first time they are hearing them, creating the excitement and anticipation of a poet in the middle of a spellbinding recital. This sensational album has been remastered and packaged in this very special collector's edition, which also includes 4 bonus tracks from the same period.
Tracklist:
Side A
1. Big Iron
2. Cool Water
3. Billy The Kid
4. A Hundred and Sixty Acres
5. They're Hanging Me Tonight
6. The Strawberry Roan
7. The Streets of Laredo
8. Five Brothers
Side B
1. El Paso
2. In The Valley
3. The Master's Call
4. Running Gun
5. Down In The Little Green Valley
6. Utah Carol
7. The Hanging Tree
8. The Story of My Life