Gunfighter Ballads & Trail Songs | 
 enlarge | Artist: Marty Robbins
Label: Sony
Category: Music
List Price: $11.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  71 reviews
Sales Rank: 766
Format: Extra Tracks, Original Recording Reissued, Original Recording Remastered
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.5
MPN: 65996
UPC: 074646599624
EAN: 0074646599624
ASIN: B0000296J9
Release Date: October 19, 1999
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Shipping: International shipping available
Condition: BRAND NEW Factory Sealed - Ready to be shipped within 24 hrs from California - Average 5 workdays delivery time - Excellent customer service - Buy with confidence!
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| Tracks:
| • | Big Iron | | • | A Hundred And Sixty Acres | | • | They're Hanging Me Tonight | | • | Cool Water | | • | Billy The Kid | | • | Utah Carol | | • | The Strawberry Roan | | • | The Master's Call | | • | Running Gun | | • | El Paso | | • | In The Valley | | • | The Little Green Valley | | • | The Hanging Tree | | • | Saddle Tramp | | • | El Paso (Full-Length Version) |
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Amazon.com
A lonely Westerner in Nashville, Marty Robbins salved his soul by cutting an album (in one afternoon) of mostly self-composed cowboy ballads. One of them was a four-and-a-half-minute epic, "El Paso," that broke every rule of Top 40 programming to become a No. 1 pop and country hit in 1960. Robbins was arguably the most surefooted and accomplished singer in all country music, and that was never more obvious than on these Western ballads performed to often breathtaking perfection with a very small group and a vocal trio. Other titles include "Big Iron" (also a Top 30 hit), "Running Gun," and Western classics like "Cool Water," "Billy the Kid," and "The Strawberry Roan." Three extra tracks flesh out the 1999 release, including "Saddle Tramp" (the B-side of "Big Iron") and "The Hanging Tree" (title song from the 1959 Gary Cooper Western). --Colin Escott
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A True Classic August 7, 2008
This album will never go out of style. It is classic lyrics, voice, and band combined.
great music - really brings back memories July 19, 2008
My dad had this album when I was a kid and listened to it a lot. He really liked Marty Robbins. Now, a zillion years later, I stumbled upon this album while surfing around Amazon looking for music. This is great! I love how simply this is recorded - just Marty Robbins' voice and an acoustic guitar in the background. He has a really nice musical voice. This is not the kind of music I would normally listen to. I have always liked artists like Al Dimeola, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Roy Buchanan, etc. and have never liked "country" music, but this is certainly an exception! My dad isn't doing so well these days and I thought I would send him a copy and it might help brighten his day. I like it so much, I may just buy a copy for myself too!
I especially like "Cool Water" - I remember that song oh so well from around the house when I was a kid, and I liked it then. I could listen to 70's rock like Foghat, Led Zeppelin, etc. upstairs, then go downstairs and listen to Marty Robbins with my dad - "cool, clear water".
I also always liked "El Paso" too. Really, every single song on this album is great!
The Ultimate C & W Album March 25, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
When I Listen To What Passes For C&W Music Nowadays, I GET Depressed.Most Of The New Breed Of Country Singers Are Just Pseudo Rock Singers Latching Onto A Lucrative Market.Marty Robbins Would Be In The Top Five Of My All Time Greats.Gunfighter Ballads Has To BE In The Top Three Of The Greatest Country Albums Ever Recorded.The Marvellous Acoustic Spanish Guitar Sound That Accompanied Most Of His Gunfighter Ballads Is So Refreshing.Being Around Awhile Needless To Say I'VE Practically All His Albums
 All-time classic March 15, 2008
This is one of the great classic country crossover albums. If you like cowboy songs, this one of the best, if not the best album ever recorded.
Marty Robbins wrote the best songs on this disc, and has one of the great voices of 1950s Country music.
El Paso and Big Iron alone make this a worthwhile purchase.
Great cd March 11, 2008
This is a great cd for any classic country collection. I grew up listening to this cd when it was on a record. This is Marty Robbins at his best...
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