The Singing Cowboy (2 CDs)

構成数 : 2枚
合計収録時間 : 02:20:00
Personnel: Gene Autry (vocals, guitar); Jimmy Long (vocals); Frankie Marvin (steel guitar); Roy Smeck (banjo); Carl Cotner (violin). Audio Remasterer: Martin Haskell. Liner Note Author: Peter Dempsey. Recording information: Chicago, IL (10/1929-12/1947); Hollywood, CA (10/1929-12/1947); Los Angeles, CA (10/1929-12/1947); New York, NY (10/1929-12/1947); Richmond, IN (10/1929-12/1947). America's favorite singing cowboy has an authoritative box set to his credit, but little of substance available in the moderate to budget realm. Living Era rectified the situation nicely with a two-disc, 50-track collection dedicated to the cowboy songs of his recording prime, from his 1929 breakout as a Jimmie Rodgers prodigy who wrote his own material right up to his '40s peak (but halting just before the novelty "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"). By focusing on the Western recordings, the collection allows space not only for his many hits ("Back in the Saddle Again," "Mexicali Rose," "The Last Roundup") but also a considerable amount of rarer movie songs ("Little Big Dry," from Riders of Whistling Pines; "Someday in Wyoming" from Old Santa Fe; and "Guns and Guitars," the theme from the movie of the same name). Included as well are a few postcards to the pop world, such as "When the Swallows Come Back to Capistrano," a very early version of "Blueberry Hill," and his hit version of "South of the Border (Down Mexico Way)." ~ John Bush
録音 : ステレオ (Studio)