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Marty Robbins - The Essential Marty Robbins: 1951-1982 Audio CD

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Title: The Essential Marty Robbins: 1951-1982
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Release Date: 1991-12-09
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Tomorrow You'll Be Gone 2: I'll Go on Alone 3: I Couldn't Keep from Crying 4: Pain and Misery 5: That's All Right 6: Maybellene 7: Tennessee Toddy 8: I Can't Quit (I've Gone Too Far) 9: Singing the Blues 10: Knee Deep in the Blues 11: Mister Teardrop 12: Story of My Life 13: White Sport Coat (And a Pink Carnation) 14: She Was Only Seventeen (He Was One Year More) 15: Just Married 16: Ain't I the Lucky One 17: Kaw-Liga 18: Hanging Tree 19: Paso 20: Big Iron 21: Song of the Bandit 22: Cool Water 23: Little Sentimental 24: September in the Rain 25: All the Way 26: Unchained Melody 27: Don't Worry 28: Devil Woman 29: Ruby Ann 30: Smokin' Cigarettes and Drinkin' Coffee Blues 31: I'm Gonna Be a Cowboy 32: (Ghost) Riders in the Sky 33: San Angelo 34: Man Walks Among Us 35: Beautiful Dreamer 36: Beyond the Reef 37: Hawaiian Wedding Song 38: Yours (Quiereme Mucho) 39: Tonight Carmen 40: Ribbon of Darkness 41: Feleena (From El Paso) 42: Hello Heartache 43: Begging to You 44: I Walk Alone 45: You Gave Me a Mountain 46: My Woman, My Woman, My Wife 47: Among My Souvenirs 48: Return to Me 49: Some Memories Just Won't Die 50: Paso City

The Essential Marty Robbins CD
I liked some songs, I really liked some songs and I didn't like some songs.


I am a Marty Robbins fan! Who knew?
Sure, I was familiar with some of his hits like Devil Woman and A White Sport Coat (And A Pink Carnation), but he kind of flew under the radar otherwise. I had no idea I was a Marty Robbins fan. I do love all genres of music so my friends laugh as I listen to jazz one minute, hip-hop the next and now Marty Robbins, sampling anything and everything to find the best. And this box set is among the best! Marty Robbins had a fantastic soulful voice, highly underrated, and this set shows his amazing versatility as he goes from old country with Smokin' Cigarettes and Drinkin' Coffee Blues, folk with Beautiful Dreamer, early rock 'n' roll with Unchained Melody to standards, such as All The Way, and he does each one perfectly! The sound quality on this set is excellent! There are 50 tracks and I want 50 more! I now recognize Marty Robbins is a true music pioneer and major talent! .


Lofty Company
And among that 24, four were Hot 100 hits only as Cap & Gown [# 45 in 1959], Is There Any Chance? and Ballad Of The Alamo [# 31 and # 34 respectively in 1960], and I Told The Brook [# 81 in 1962] did not make the Country charts. With the exception of Eddy Arnold, Jim Reeves, and Johnny Cash, no other Country artist had as big an impact on the more lucrative Billboard Pop singles charts than Marty Robbins, as no less than 24 times did he crack the Top/Hot 100, with another eleven just missing by making the "bubbling under" charts.

He had, to his credit, SIXTEEN # 1 Country hits, beginning with his very first for Columbia way back in 1952 [I'll Go On Alone] and ending in 1976 with Among My Souvenirs. Both are in this box set. In addition, he had 78 other Country Top 100 singles.

So, yes, it would be rather difficult to put together a set containing 50 selections and not leave off SOMETHING of significance. In my case, for example, I would have loved to see Ballad Of The Alamo included.

But hey, what is here is worth the price because, not only does it contain 24 charted hits, they are fully detailed in the 22-page booklet that accompanies the 2 CDs. This also contains informative liner notes written by Rich Kienzle in July 1991 along with many great photos of Marty over the years, as well as album cover reproductions (including his first), and personal appearance/movie poster reproductions.

For once Columbia did something right.


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