One Of America's Most Important Country & Western Albums Of All Time On 180g Vinyl LP!
Includes Bonus Tracks From Marty Sings Hank!
Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs is an album released by Marty Robbins in 1959. Members of the Western Writers of America chose six of its songs as being among the "Top 100 Western Songs Of All Time". Three of them were written by Marty Robbins: "El Paso", "Big Iron" and "The Master's Call". Three were written and previously recorded by others: "Cool Water", "Billy The Kid" and "The Strawberry Roan".
In 2017, the album was selected for preservation in the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or artistically significant." Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs is considered to be one of America's most important Country & Western albums of all-time.
"The single most influential album of Western songs in post-World War II American music, Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs touched a whole range of unexpected bases in its own time and has endured extraordinarily well across the ensuing four decades. The longevity of the album's appeal is a result of Marty Robbins' love of the repertory at hand and the mix of his youthful dynamism and prodigious talent that he brought to the recordings, and the use of the best music production techniques of the era. Add to that the presence of a pair of killer original songs that were ready-made singles, 'El Paso' and 'Big Iron', and a third, 'The Master's Call', that was startlingly personal, and the results are well-nigh irresistible. The range of material on this album is extraordinary, from love songs to spirituals, songs so old they have no known author, and originals by the singer, all of which seamlessly fit together." - AllMusic
Features:
• 180g Vinyl
• Direct Metal Master
• Import
• Made in the E.U.
• Bonus tracks
Selections:
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
Bonus Tracks:
Marty Robbins Sings Hank Williams
7. Kaw-Liga
8. Lovesick Blues
9. Im So Lonesome I Could Cry
Side B:
1. El Paso
2. In The Valley
3. The Master's Call
4. Running Gun
5. The Little Green Valley
6. Utah Carol
Bonus Tracks:
Marty Robbins Sings Hank Williams
7. Moanin' The Blues
8. Wedding Bells
9. Long Gone Lonesome Blues
Includes Bonus Tracks From Marty Sings Hank!
Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs is an album released by Marty Robbins in 1959. Members of the Western Writers of America chose six of its songs as being among the "Top 100 Western Songs Of All Time". Three of them were written by Marty Robbins: "El Paso", "Big Iron" and "The Master's Call". Three were written and previously recorded by others: "Cool Water", "Billy The Kid" and "The Strawberry Roan".
In 2017, the album was selected for preservation in the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or artistically significant." Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs is considered to be one of America's most important Country & Western albums of all-time.
"The single most influential album of Western songs in post-World War II American music, Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs touched a whole range of unexpected bases in its own time and has endured extraordinarily well across the ensuing four decades. The longevity of the album's appeal is a result of Marty Robbins' love of the repertory at hand and the mix of his youthful dynamism and prodigious talent that he brought to the recordings, and the use of the best music production techniques of the era. Add to that the presence of a pair of killer original songs that were ready-made singles, 'El Paso' and 'Big Iron', and a third, 'The Master's Call', that was startlingly personal, and the results are well-nigh irresistible. The range of material on this album is extraordinary, from love songs to spirituals, songs so old they have no known author, and originals by the singer, all of which seamlessly fit together." - AllMusic
Features:
• 180g Vinyl
• Direct Metal Master
• Import
• Made in the E.U.
• Bonus tracks
Selections:
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
Bonus Tracks:
Marty Robbins Sings Hank Williams
7. Kaw-Liga
8. Lovesick Blues
9. Im So Lonesome I Could Cry
Side B:
1. El Paso
2. In The Valley
3. The Master's Call
4. Running Gun
5. The Little Green Valley
6. Utah Carol
Bonus Tracks:
Marty Robbins Sings Hank Williams
7. Moanin' The Blues
8. Wedding Bells
9. Long Gone Lonesome Blues
