Boxed

Boxed

Track Listings

1. All Around The World

2. Newmarket Polka

3. Early To Rise

4. Willow Runnell

5. Nostradamus

6. Bucks Of Oranmore

7. Ready For The Dance

8. Confidence

9. Black & Bitter Night

10. Out On The Ocean

11. A Reel

12. Foggy Dew

Tracks:

I'd Have You Anytime
My Sweet Lord
Wah-Wah
Isn't It A Pity
What Is Life
If Not for You
Behind That Locked Door
Let It Down
Run Of The Mill
I Live For You (Bonus Track)
Beware Of Darkness (Bonus Track)
Let It Down (Bonus Track)
What Is Life (Bonus Track)
My Sweet Lord (2000) (Bonus Track)

Tracks:

Beware of Darkness
Apple Scruffs
Ballad Of Sir Frankie Crisp (Let It Roll)
Awaiting On You All
All Things Must Pass
I Dig Love
Art Of Dying
Isn't It A Pity (Version Two)
Hear Me Lord
It's Johnny's Birthday
Plug Me In
I Remember Jeep
Thanks For The Pepperoni
Out Of The Blue

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It's hard to imagine, but Beatles resident mystic George Harrison has arguably become the band's most curmudgeonly cynic. We offer as evidence this splendidly remastered 30th-anniversary edition of his 1970 multidisc solo epic. If the mini-boxed set's booklet and twin inner CD sleeves won't convince you (the album's familiar cover is colorized and altered to include backdrops of a freeway-tangled cityscape and nuclear reactor cooling towers, respectively), then maybe his liner-note apology for Phil Spector's "big production" (kind of like Da Vinci grousing about Mona's crooked smile) or his laconic, stripped-down, 2000 rethink of "My Sweet Lord" will. With such a mindset, it's unsurprising Harrison has allowed a nearly decade-and-a-half gap to grow between recordings. Still, no amount of grumpy auto-revisionism can subtract from the admittedly overwrought majesty of these tracks, which were the logical sonic extension of Abbey Road. It remains Harrison's unequaled masterpiece. The devolved "My Sweet Lord" aside, the bonus tracks here offer new insight: the unreleased "I Live for You" further highlights the album's oft overlooked country facet; spare takes of "Beware of Darkness" and "Let It Down" underscore the strength of Harrison's songwriting; an alternate backing track of "What Is Life" demonstrates the meticulousness of Spector's production. And then there's the project's truly stellar session lineup, which included Eric Clapton, Ringo Starr, Klaus Voorman, Jim Gordon, Dave Mason, Badfinger, Billy Preston, Ginger Baker, Carl Radle, Gary Brooker, Jim Price, Bobby Keys, Pete Drake and, it turns out, even Phil Collins! --Jerry McCulley

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Customer Reviews:

ALL THINGS MUST PASS (but George Harrison's spiritual rock triple album is still a classic).......2007-06-24

George Harrison's All Things Must Pass (1970) was the second triple album ever to reach the No.1 spot on the U.S. charts (Woodstock was first, and Wings Over America was the third in 1976). It's a rock classic, and it includes many of George's most spiritual songs, including, of course, My Sweet Lord. The album's texture and mood is sincere, sacred, and immaculate. Phil Spector's "wall of sound" production helps to create that mood, giving the album an intensity and reverence that is most often found in a House of Worship. Other songs on the album, like Apple Scruffs, If Not for You, and the wonderful outtake, I Live For You, all have an English country music sound that features pedal steel guitar, harmonica, and acoustic slide guitar. All of these are real treats, and add to the album's variety. On the spiritual side, My Sweet Lord, Hear Me Lord, The Art Of Dying, and Awaiting On You All are direct in their meaning of finding, knowing, and loving God. Others, like All Things Must Pass, Isn't It A Pity, and Beware Of Darkness, are also spiritual, but in a worldly, more practical way. All of these songs are very good, all are thought provoking, and George sounds great on every one of them. His excellant guitar playing is highlighted throughout (by the time George joined The Beatles, he was one of the hottest young guitar players in Liverpool), and his passionate search for knowing God more intimately seems genuine and pure. The album includes electric guitar fueled straight ahead rock n' roll, acoustic guitar based folk-rock music, and ballads with orchestration. There's an all-star jam session that includes Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker, Billy Preston, and Dave Mason, among others, and although pretty good, it's really just a curiosity. There are some extra tracks included, and some are very good. The afore mentioned I Live For You, and an unplugged and passionate Let It Down from 2000 are the best of these, but My Sweet Lord (2000) and an unplugged Beware Of Darkness from 2000 are also very good. All Things Must Pass is a wise and spiritually uplifting musical experience, a rock classic that belongs in every music collection, and it's George Harrison's very best album. And you've gotta love that album cover!

Good material, bad packaging.......2007-06-12

The recording is excellent; the quality is very good and the material is vintage Harrison stuff... well done. But why the bulky packaging? This two-CD set should be in a standard-size double-disc jewel case so it could fit on our shelves or in portable CD carriers. It's an important album for Harrison fans, but needs a better package!

The Endearing Classics of George Harrision- It's Within You.......2007-06-05

I am one of those sad sacks who threw away all his vinyl albums when 8 tracks, cassettes and cd's all made those wonderful album covers and contents obsolete along with BSR turntables and diamond needles. Trouble is that now I miss those classic rock and folk treasures and wind up buying them again on CD and spreading them out into all my devices. One of these events involved All Things Must Pass, George Harrison.

George Harrison, if you remember and are old enough to recall, was the lead Beatle when it came to such things as transcendental meditation, the Mahareeshi Mahesh Yoga, and controversal trips to India with musical input from Ravi Shankar. Not only was George darker, more psychological in his music, a bit wailing and depressing, but he may have been just as good in his own right as the Beatle hierarchy; John and Paul. This particular CD, All Things Must Pass has two entries, Beware of Darkness and Isn't it a Pity that are particularly ingeneous because they exemplify George Harrison's uncompromising ability to bring out from listeners both pathos and unmitigated pleasure st the same time. George's guitar skills I always thought were better than the other lads. When you add such jewels as Wah Wah, My Sweet Lord (Chiffons or no Chiffons?), and Apple Scruffs you wind up with a CD set that rivals the so-called perfect albums ie. Dark Side of the Moon, Rumours, Tapestry. So even if you don't usually double purchase, sometimes getting it right is better than denying yourself the pleasure of this masterpiece. The way things are today, you will be listening to this George Harrison album everywhere, as you will soon realize its significance and influence on past and present rock music.

Jay Adler-Music Critic
Massapequa, New York

Greatest Spiritual Rock Album of All Time.......2007-06-03

You don't have to believe in God to fall in love with album, but it helps. Many of Harrison's wonderful songs are addressed directly to the Lord. George's classic hit My Sweet Lord is here, and the seasoned ear can determine for themselves whether or not he ripped off He's So Fine by the Chiffons (he didn't.) The Shy Beatle's gentle voice is wistful and spiritual, and Eric Clapton (uncredited, due to record label issues) tears up some elegiac and soulful guitar licks. Just beautiful. The last third of the album is pretty much take it or leave it. After a cohesive double album of spiritual, love, and playful songs, George rocks out on four long instrumental jams. I don't listen to them very often. But the bulk of the album is great. There is a wonderful cover of Dylan's If Not For You on disc one, as well as the classic What Is Life, featured in Goodfellas. The bonus songs new to this edition are also keepers, especially I Live For You, which is a beautiful song that fits in perfectly with the other tracks. Listen to this album and you'll dig love too.

Reminiscing Spiritual Rock!.......2007-05-10

When George Harrison broke free from those other three clowns, it was the wisest thing he ever did! No longer constrained to "Papa Lennon," "Mama Mc.Cartney" or "Sibling Starr," his talent exploded and he could finally joyously chant the Hare Krsna Mantra with total freedom!

(I shouln't be so hard on Ringo! He played drums for Harrison on this album!)

This album has special meaning for me! In my 20's in Pocatello, Idaho, every spring I had a ritual. It didn't matter what vehicle I owned, whether the Volkswagen Beetle, the souped-up Javelin (Holy J) or the Firebird, I always had a killer audio system in it. The system evolved from 8 track to cassette. And I would drive that vehicle through the mountains on Cherry Creek road while blasting this album joyously! All Things Must Pass is so positive and uplifting!

Now I am 52, and my vehicle of choice is my Toyota Tacoma. My medium of choice is the iPod. My system of choice is a 700 watt Thump kicker, piped into two massive Polk Audio subwoofers, coupled into two huge horn tweeters in back of the extended cab! "EH....eh...:)"

And my album of choice to make all the drivers on their cell phones angry at me as I drive my commute is this album!

All I need to do now is to drive my truck back to Pocatello, on Cherry Creek Road to complete this glorious metamorphosis! While frying the truck's electrical system blasting All Things Must Pass to the world!

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memories of the 50's

Malt Shop Memories 10-CD Boxed Set!
Compilation Various
Manufacturer: Time Life
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Product Description

Break out those bobby socks and school sweaters! All those jukebox classics from the 1950s are here, packaged in a nifty collector's box. Jitterbug to 150 hits by the Four Seasons, Dion and the Belmonts, and many more! Song include: Disc 1: 1. All I Have To Do Is Dream - Everly Brothers ** 2. Where The Boys Are -Connie Francis ** 3. My Boyfriend's Back -The Angels ** 4. Goin' Out Of My Head -Little Anthony and the Imperials ** 5. One Two Three Len Barry ** 6. Happy Birthday, Sweet Sixteen -Neil Sedaka ** 7. The Church Bells May Ring -The Diamonds ** 8. Everybody's Somebody's Fool -Connie Francis ** 9. Teen Angel -Mark Dinning ** 10. Stagger Lee -Lloyd Price ** 11. Raindrops -Dee Clark ** 12. Sea Of Love -Phil Phillips and the Twilights ** 13. Little Bitty Pretty One -Thurston Harris ** 14. Lipstick On Your Collar-Connie Francis ** 15. When Disc 2: 1. (Love Is Like A) Heat Wave -Martha and the Vandellas ** 2. Come See About Me -The Supremes ** 3. The Girl's Alright With Me - Temptations ** 4. Twilight Time - Platters ** 5. Lonely Teardrops Jackie Wilson ** 6. Please Mr. Postman - The Marvelettes ** 7. Two Lovers -Mary Wells ** 8. You've Really Got A Hold On Me - The Miracles ** 9. Dancing In The Street -Martha and the Vandellas ** 10. Dedicated To The One I Love - Shirelles ** 11. Baby Love -The Supremes ** 12. Don't Mess With Bill -The Marvelettes ** 13. You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin' -Righteous Brothers ** 14. My Guy - Mary Wells ** 15. Teardrops - Lee Andrews and the Hearts *** Disc 3: 1. Big Girls Don't Cry -Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons ** 2. Stand By Me -Ben E. King ** 3. Dream Lover Bobby Darin ** 4. Save The Last Dance For Me -Drifters ** 5. Do You Wanna Dance -Bobby Freeman ** 6. Will You Love Me Tomorrow The Shirelles ** 7. Chapel Of Love -Dixie Cups ** 8. Downtown -Petula Clark ** 9. This Magic Moment -Drifters ** 10. Sherry -Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons *

Customer Reviews:

memories of the 50's.......2007-07-13

These were my "teen years" and I did not realize what good voices most of the singers had and how beautiful some of the songs were. These cds transport me back to "the good old days". I am surprised that I remember most of the songs. I really, really enjoy this music.

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Garth Brooks - The Limited Series (Box Set Two)

The Limited Series
Garth Brooks
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Binding: Audio CD

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Beautiful boxed set contains 6 discs including new CD & all access DVD, 1 of 3 new commemorative double live collector covers, only available in this boxed set, plus 68-page booklet with lyrics, photos and more! Over 70 songs including 11 new previously unreleased songs! Sevens Song List: 1. Longneck Bottle 2. How You Ever Gonna Know 3. She's Gonna Make It 4. I Don't Have To Wonder 5. Two Pina Coladas 6. Cowboy Cadillac 7. Fit For A King 8. Do What You Gotta Do 9. You Move Me 10. In Another's Eyes 11. When There's No One Around 12. A Friend To Me 13. Take The Keys To My Heart 14. Belleau Wood Scarecroww song list: 1. Why Ain't I Running 2. Beer Run (duet with George Jones) 3. Wrapped Up In You 4. The Storm 5. Thicker Than Blood 6. Big Money 7. Squeeze Me In (duet with Trisha Yearwood) 8. Mr.Midnight 9. Pushing Up Daises 10. Rodeo Or Mexico 11. Don't Cross The River 12. When You Come Back To Me Again The Lost Sessions Song List: 1. Fishin' in the Dark 2. That Girl Is a Cowboy 3. Good Ride Cowboy 4. For a Minute There 5. Please Operator 6. I'd Rather Have Nothing 7. American Dream 8. I'll Be the Wind 9. My baby No Esta Aqui 10. Allisoin Miranda 11. Last Night I Had the Strangest Dream

Customer Reviews:

Garth Brooks - The Limited Series (Box Set Two).......2007-01-21

I am from the United Kingdom and a great fan of Garth Brooks as is my family. I had the pleasure of seeing Garth in October 1994 when he toured the UK and what a great show it was.
This box set contains the CD albums of Sevens (1997), Double Live (1998), Scarecrow (2001), the previously unreleased The Lost Sessions (2005), which contains a tribute to the fantastic country singer Chris LeDoux who sadly died of cancer in 2005 called Good Ride Cowboy and a DVD containing an exclusive interview with Garth, Live and Studio videos and a fantastic photo gallery of over 150 photographs shown with Garth music tracks playing in the background. Even though the three albums from 1997/1998/2001 are the same as the original releases they have the special limited series emblem on each cover so are a collectors item for true Garth fans. Also to add the Lost Sessions CD is an 11 track collection but was also released as a 17 track CD separately but is still a collectors item and of course the DVD is not available anywhere else so that is a must have item for your collection.
Many CD/DVD/Box Sets releases by Garth have remained unreleased in the UK so I am so grateful to be able to purchase them through Amazon.com.

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Truly A Masterpiece!
Definitive, historical, all-in-one
Súper Colección
Walter's best
Loved It All Over Again

Switched-On Boxed Set

Manufacturer: East Side Digital
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00002DDS5
Release Date: 1999-10-26

Tracks:

Sinfonia to Cantata #29
Air on a G String
Two-Part Invention in F Major
Two-Part Invention in B-Flat Major
Two-Part Invention in D Minor
Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring
Prelude and Fugue #7 in E-Flat Major
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Brandenburg Concerto #3 in G: III. Allegro
Brandenburg Concerto #3 in G: II. Adagio
Brandenburg Concerto #3 in G: Initial Experiments

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Orfeo Suite: Toccata/Ritornello I/Choro II/Ritornello II/Choro II/Ritor
Sonata in G Major
Sonata in D Major
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Air
Allegro Deciso
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Sonata in D Major
Bradenburg Concerto #4 in G Major: I. Allegro
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Bradenburg Concerto #4 in G Major: III. Presto
Domine Ad Adjuvandum
Stereo Allignment Tones
Well-Tempered Experiments

Tracks:

Badinerie
Minuet
Bourree
Two-Part Invention in A-Minor
Two-Part Invention in a Major
Sheep May Safely Graze
Suite from Anna Magdalena Notebook: Musette in D Major
Suite from Anna Magdalena Notebook: Minuet in G Major
Suite from Anna Magdalena Notebook: Bist du Bei Mir
Suite from Anna Magdalena Notebook: Marche in D Major
Little Fugue in G Minor
Bradenburg Concerto #5 in D Major: Allegro
Bradenburg Concerto #5 in D Major: Affettuoso
Bradenburg Concerto #5 in D Major: Allegro

Tracks:

Brandenburg Concerto #1 in F Major: I. Allegro
Brandenburg Concerto #1 in F Major: II. Adagio
Brandenburg Concerto #1 in F Major: III. Allegro
Brandenburg Concerto #1 in F Major: IV. Menuuetto, Trio I, Polocca, Trio
Brandenburg Concerto #2 in F Major: I. Allegro
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In 1968, keyboardist-composer Wendy Carlos released Switched-On Bach, her bestselling LP featuring baroque music performed on the Moog synthesizer. Carlos intended to spread the gospel of electronic classical music through this quirky release; instead, she sold more albums than Karlheinz Stockhausen could ever dream of, released a few follow-ups, and paved the way for Hot Butter's "Popcorn." Carlos has since become well known for more than just these wacky classical interpretations--she recorded the soundtracks to A Clockwork Orange and Tron and released new works--but the Switched-Ons are the goofy synthesizer recordings that most of us still remember.

No less than Glenn Gould proclaimed, "Carlos's realization of the Fourth Brandenburg Concerto is, to put it bluntly, the finest performance of any of the Brandenburgs--live, canned, or intuited--I've ever heard." We're not sure what he meant by that, but if you have half the enthusiasm Gould did for this music, check out this box set. All four of Carlos's baroque-gone-space-age LPs from the '70s are included here--Switched-On Bach, The Well-Tempered Synthesizer, Switched-On Bach II, and Switched-On Brandenburgs--completely remastered in all their stereophonic glory and containing bonus tracks (the fourth CD is even enhanced for use on your computer). The liner notes weigh in at around 150 pages, filled with photos and background information even on the evolution of Carlos's studio (you get the original LP notes in their entirety, too). The music? It's hilarious, absolutely riveting, and--whether Scarlatti, Bach, Handel, or Monteverdi--played successfully by Carlos and her battery of special effects. For the lover of the eclectic or the classical fan who knows how to let loose, this is a box set to get. --Jason Verlinde

Customer Reviews:

Truly A Masterpiece!.......2007-05-11

This collection is a treasured addition to our music library here at home, in part because I have long been a fan of the artist. Also, because we all enjoy the spin that Wendy puts on many of the classical works of the old masters of music. I heartily recommend this boxed set to any listener who wants to be delighted by the sounds of the Moog synthesizer, played in a masterful way by Wendy Carlos...

Definitive, historical, all-in-one.......2007-03-04

If you've loved the Walter/Wendy Carlos recordings over the years, this is a great way to get them all in one place. If you are at all interested in the production process, this is a _must have_ item.

Some have complained about the discussion tracks at the end of some CDs; I guess I can see how some might find them annoying. For pure ambience, you'll want to program your CD player to not play them, or just rip these CDs and burn a new copy minus those tracks.

One minor complaint I have is that the Brandenburgs are scattered throughout. I don't think it should have been all that bad to just have some of them duplicated. But I do understand the rationale, including them as is on the albums where they appeared individually, and then only putting the rest on the actual Brandenburgs pair of CDs. Personally, I love being able to listen to all the Brandenburgs straight through, so again I just made new versions of CD for my own use with them all together in their original order.

And of course, these days so many people aren't even listening to their CDs on the CD player. The music is ripped and then played using an MP3 player, computer, or similar device. Making playlists for your preferred track arrangements obviates any of the above complaints.

Regardless, I think that the value of having an all-in-one collection of these classic electronic instruments and performances far outweighs any minor issues regarding one's opinion of the choice of production arranagement.

Súper Colección.......2007-01-03

Una joya de arte, en su estuche y con un gran contenido de los primeros volúmenes de esta gran interprete.
Simplemente una gran colección para los fanaticos de Wendy

Walter's best.......2006-06-09

I know record and CD covers have been reprinted to reflect that Walter goes by the name of Wendy now. But this is all his best stuff in one collection. If you never had "Switched-On Brandenburgs Vol. 1 & 2" on LP and didn't get them either on CD back in 1987, then this is your chance to get them along with bits from his other works. Also get his other masterpiece "By Request" and the soundtrack of the movie "A Clockwork Orange". That's all you need if you are a fan of 60's analog synthesizer classical music, which only Walter was doing at that time.

Loved It All Over Again.......2005-08-03

When I heard the first piece from the first album as a young boy, I was completely hooked. I don't think Wendy could have picked a better song to start with. The power and expansiveness of the Sinfonia is surely what Bach must have heard in his head when he wrote it over 300 years ago.

Honestly, some of the music on these albums is so good you may never hear Bach, Handel, or Scarlatti the same way again.

When I saw this boxed set for sale, I purchased it with a little trepidation, unsure if it would live up to my memory of it and not sure what my wife or daughter would make of it. I'm glad I got it, though. It's a wonderful recording and the two bonus tracks are fun to listen to. In fact, I wish CDs had the same "commentary" tracks that DVDs have as I would have enjoyed hearing more about how this recording was put together.

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Classic Rockabilly
Various Artists
Manufacturer: Proper UK Boxed Sets
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ASIN: B000NA1TIY
Release Date: 2007-03-19

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Hot Rock - Johnny Carroll
Good Rockin' Tonight - Elvis Presley
Everybody's Rockin' - Werly Fairburn
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Rockin' Daddy - Eddie Bond
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Good Rockin' Baby - Sid King
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Rockhouse - Roy Orbison
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Tennessee Rock - Hoyt Scoggins
Rock And Roll Baby - Eddie Jackson
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Sweet Rockin' Baby - Sonee West
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Cool Cat - Joe Montgomery
Cat Talk - Lew Williams
Cat Music - Tommy Scott
Real Cool Cat - Sonny Burns
Cat Just Got Into Town - Bill Mack
Granpaw's A Cat - Jimmy Murphy
Cat Daddy - Jimmy Johnson
Country Cattin' - Jimmy Swan
Tom Cattin' Around - Jimmy Selph
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Catty Town - Dick Glasser
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Be-Bop-A-Lula - Gene Vincent
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Bop-A-Dee Bop-A-Doo - Hal Willis
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Dig Boy Dig - Freddie Hart
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Romp Stompin' Boogie - J.C. Hill
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The 120 Classic Rockabilly Tracks on this Box Set, Performed by Artists Ranging from Its Leading Exponents to the Most Obscure Performers of the Genre, Present Classic Rockabilly in all Its Glory and Formats. Today, Rockabilly, a Genre that was Commercially Viable for Only a Couple of Years, Has Endured the Support of Its Fans for Over 50 Years and the Fanbase is Growing. Hearing Elvis Presley Perform his Brand of Rockabilly on Record Influenced a Whole Host of Other Artists who Would Soon Emulate Him, Many Are Included Here. This Set is Compiled and Annotated by Acknowledged Expert Adam Komorowski.

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Early Death..Enduring Legacy...
Chick Webb Was Before His Time.
Great collection...
The Ultimate Chick Webb collection

Stomping at the Savoy
Chick Webb & His Orchestra
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The Gene Krupa Story
Masterpieces: 1926-1949
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Frankie Manning: Ambassador of Lindy Hop

ASIN: B000DNVRZ6
Release Date: 2006-01-30

Tracks:

Heebie Jeebies
Blues In My Heart
Soft And Sweet
On The Sunny Side Of The Street
Darktown Strutters' Ball
If Dreams Come True
Let's Get Together
I Can't Dance (I Got Ants In My Pants)
Imagination
Why Should I Beg For Love?
Stompin' At The Savoy
Blue Minor
True
Lonesome Moments
If It Ain't Love
That Rhythm Man
On The Sunny Side Of The Street
Lona
Blue Minor
It's Over Because We're Through
Don't Be That Way
What A Shuffle
Blue Lou
I'll Chase The Blues Away
Down Home Rag

Tracks:

Are You Here To Stay?
Love And Kisses
Rhythm And Romance
Moonlight And Magnolias
I'll Chase The Blues Away
I May Be Wrong
Facts And Figures
Keepin' Out Of Mischief Now
King Porter Stomp
Crying My Heart Out For You
Under The Spell Of The Blues
When I Get Low I Get High
Go Harlem
Sing Me A Swing Song (And Let Me Dance)
Love, You're Just A Laugh
Devoting My Time To You
(If You Can't Sing It) You'll Have To Swing It
Swinging On The Reservation
I Got The Spring Fever Blues
Love Marches On
There's Frost On The Moon
Gee, But You're Swell
Rusty Hinge
Wake Up And Live
It's Swell Of You

Tracks:

You Showed Me The Way
Clap Hands! Here Comes Charley
Cryin' Mood
Love Is The Thing, So They Say
That Naughty Waltz
In A Little Spanish Town
I Got Rhythm
I Ain't Got Nobody
Just A Simple Melody
I Got A Guy
Strictly Jive
Holiday In Harlem
Sweet Sue, Just You
Rock It For Me
Squeeze Me
Harlem Congo
I Want To Be Happy
The Dipsy Doodle
If Dreams Come True
Hallelujah
Mignight In A Madhouse
A-Tisket, A-Tasket
Heart Of Mine
I'm Just A Jitterbug
Azure

Tracks:

Spinnin' The Webb
Liza (All The Clouds'll Roll Away)
Pack Up Your Sins And Go To The Devil
Mac Pherson Is Rehearsin' (To Swing)
Everybody Step
Ella
Wacky Dust
Gotta Pebble In My Shoe
I Can't Stop Loving You
Who Ya Hunchin?
I Let A Tear Fall In The River
F.D.R. Jones
I Love Each Move You Make
It's Foxy
I Found My Yellow Basket
By Heck
Undecided
'tain't What You Do (It's The Way That Cha Do It)
In The Groove At The Groove
One Side Of Me
My Heart Belongs To Daddy
Chew-Chew-Chew (Your Bubble Gum)
Little White Lies
Breakin' Em Down

Album Description

Stomping At The Savoy consists of 99 tracks over 4 CDs of digitally remastered music with a 48 page booklet in a new slimline format. Chick Webb and his orchestra was the vehicle that took Ella Fitzgerald from talent show obscurity to international stardom. Proper. 2006.

Customer Reviews:

Early Death..Enduring Legacy..........2007-05-08

Much has been written about this small sickly man who battled Benny Goodman and Gene Krupa and supposedly won at the workouts at the Savoy Ballroom and when you combine his relationship with the then great 16 year old Ella Fitzgerald, ushering her into the world, as well as the overall quality of this orchestra and the influence he had on drummers like Buddy Rich one can't give less than 5 stars to this Proper box whose quality remains utilitarian as always, a sound bargain especially given the 10 or 15 dollars I paid for this with it's handsome colorful packaging,well written informative booklet and sound quality that is pretty good.
OK, I generally prefer the Decca, Columbia,and often JSP remasters as the case goes when arguing the Louis Armstrong, Benny Goodman cases as to thir famous projects since the range is indeed compromised on many of these "budget jazz" labels to get the hiss out but when looking at the stellar selection presented here (the entire ASV/Living Series collection is here) as well as the entire Decca's Spinnin' The Web (excluding the first 2 tracks that are found on Classics releases).you can't go wrong.
Chick's output is practically all here, the schmaltz,great stuff and the campy tracks as well.99 tracks in all.
Being rather new to swing since I am still 48, I recommend this collection as well as recordings by Jimmie Lunceford, a close contemporary in style to my ears.
As to the music, it moves, shines,waxes nostalgia and maintains class,this diminutive little man was a giant of music and human spirit(akin to the UK's Ian Dury in the rock/punk world), and the beauty of these swing bands and their leaders, great songwriters and instrumentalists are truly an under appreciated idiom of fine art sorely in need of recognition and comeback in today's music world.

Chick Webb Was Before His Time........2007-05-07

The Chick Webb Orchestra rates very highly when compared with other big bands of the mid and late thirties. And Chick Webb, of course, was a phenomenal drummer. All in all, this is a very enjoyable album. The two weaker points are: <1> some of the tunes are obscure and not very appealing, particularly on the first several listenings. and <2> since the original recordings were done close to 70 years ago, they are not the highest in fidelity; however, all things considered, the quality isn't bad. The two strong points are <1> Chick Webb's drumming, and <2>Ella's great singing.

Great collection..........2007-03-25

Chick Webb was one of the fathers of this style of swing drumming. This is a great collection, especially if you appreciate the historical context in which the tracks were recorded. The sound is suprisingly good. Check it out!

The Ultimate Chick Webb collection.......2006-07-05

Chick Webb, the King of the Savoy in the 1930s, did more than make great music. He discovered a 17-year old Ella Fitzgerald in 1935. This collection of Chick Webb Orchestra pieces, many with Ella, captures so much of swing music in the Art Deco era. This is an amazingly complete collection, from standards like "Tain't What You Do its the Way that Cha Do It" to the little known, but fabulous, "Gotta Pebble in My Shoe." This is the CD collection that will bring you back to the Harlem dance club days in the 30s, when everyone moved to the music.

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good choice
garth does it again
Oh Garth!
Best of Brooks Early stuff
Not over rated

The Limited Series
Garth Brooks
Manufacturer: Capitol
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Garth Brooks The Limited Series
The Hits
Sevens
Scarecrow
Strait Out of the Box

ASIN: B000006OH8
Release Date: 1998-05-05

Tracks:

Not Counting You
I've Got a Good Thing Going
If Tomorrow Never Comes
Uptown Down Home Good Ol' Boy
Everytime That It Rains
Alabama Clay
Much Too Young (To Feel This Damn Old)
Cowboy Bill
Nobody Gets Off in This Town
I Know One
Dance

Tracks:

Thunder Rolls
New Way to Fly
Two of a Kind, Workin' on a Full House
Victim of the Game
Friends in Low Places
This Ain't Tennessee
Wild Horses
Unanswered Prayers
Same Old Story
Mr. Blue
Wolves

Tracks:

Against the Grain
Rodeo
What She's Doing Now
Burning Bridges
Which One of Them
Papa Loved Mama
Shameless
Cold Shoulder
We Bury the Hatchet
In Lonesome Dove
River

Tracks:

We Shall Be Free
Somewhere Other Than the Night
Mr. Right
Every Now and Then
Walking After Midnight
Dixie Chicken
Learning to Live Again
That Summer
Something With a Ring to It
Night Rider's Lament
Face to Face

Tracks:

Standing Outside the Fire
Night I Called the Old Man Out
American Honky-Tonk Bar Association
One Night a Day
Kickin' and Screamin'
Anonymous
Ain't Goin' Down (Til the Sun Comes Up)
Red Strokes
Callin' Baton Rouge
Night Will Only Know
Cowboy Song

Tracks:

Old Stuff
Cowboys and Angels
Fever
That Ol' Wind
Rollin'
Change
Beaches of Cheyenne
To Make You Feel My Love
It's Midnight Cinderella
She's Every Woman
Ireland

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The Limited Series is either: a) the most generous gift to an artist's fans ever, since it packages six albums (that's Garth Brooks, No Fences, Ropin' the Wind, The Chase, In Pieces, and Fresh Horses) for a price that's actually less than what you'd normally pay for three; or b) the most manipulative use of an artist's fans ever, since it forces them to purchase as many as a half dozen albums they already own in order to hear the one new song included on each disc, simultaneously assisting Garth in his race to beat the Beatles' record for most units moved. Hmmm... Would you believe c) all of the above? --David Cantwell

Customer Reviews:

good choice.......2006-06-03

If you are a Garth Brooks fan, odds are you will like this set. He basically re-released his first four albums and added a new song to each one, which I thought was a good touch. I liked all the new songs on them. Please get this set if you are so inclined.

garth does it again.......2006-01-16

what a special cd pk i forgot what a well thought out and produced (not to mention written) cd was like. you go Garth

Oh Garth!.......2006-01-15

Wow, a true country fan loves his Garth. I had a hole in my heart that he filled. His versatility is astounding, with the ability to get you movin' or bring tears to your eyes, Gath even had this big oaf balling. I'm wrapped up in him, and I really do need him like a penny needs a wishing well.

Best of Brooks Early stuff.......2005-12-05

This is a great box set you get the first 6 studio albums that Garth recorded for the review saying that Walmart doesn't sell this shows what u know this box set has been out of print for a long time both this one and the walmart one are limited series which means only a certain amount will be made and released

Not over rated .......2005-11-28

The one on walmart is his last 3 disks and a couple of specal disks. This is his first 6 albiums which wal-mart dose not sell.

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amazing collection
"What A Great Deal !
"Come in, Tommy..."
HERE THEY ALL COME!
Red Hot Jazz Cowboy blues band!

Take Me Back to Tulsa
Bob Wills
Manufacturer: Proper UK Boxed Sets
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Doughboys, Playboys and Cowboys: The Golden Years of Western Swing
Recordings 1927-1933
For the Last Time
The King of Western Swing: 25 Hits (1935-1945)
Ride With Bob

ASIN: B00005TO15
Release Date: 2001-12-03

Tracks:

Nancy Jane - Fort Worth Doughboys
Sunbonnet Sue - Fort Worth Doughboys
Osage Stomp
Get With It
Spanish Two Step
Maiden's Prayer
I Ain't Got Nobody
Who Walks in When I Walk Out
Oklahoma Rag
Smith's Reel
Weary of the Same Ol' Stuff
No Matter How She Done It
Bluin' the Blues
Red Hot Gal of Mine
Steel Guitar Rag
What's the Matter With the Mill?
Sugar Blues
Basin Street Blues
Too Busy
Fan It
There's No Disappointment in Heaven
Swing Blues No. 1
Playboy Stomp
T for Texas (Blue Yodel No. 1)
Never No More Hard Times Blues
Oozlin' Daddy Blues

Tracks:

Black Rider
Pray for the Lights to Go Out
San Antonio Rose
Carolina in the Morning
Silver Bells (That Ring in the Night)
Beaumont Rag
Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star
Whoa Baby
I Wonder If You Feel the Way I Do
My Window Faces the South
That's What I Like About the South
Waltz You Saved for Me
Prosperity Special
Don't Let the Deal Go Down
You're Okay
Lone Star Rag
Corrine, Corrina
Bob Wills Special
Time Changes Everything
Big Beaver
New San Antonio Rose
I Knew the Moment I Lost You
Twin Guitar Special
Take Me Back to Tulsa
Takin' It Home
Please Don't Leave Me
Cherokee Maiden
Dusty Skies
My Life's Been a Pleasure

Tracks:

We Might as Well Forget It
Home in San Antone
Liberty
Miss Molly
You're from Texas
Goodbye Liza Jane
My Confession
Texas Playboy Rag
Roly Poly
Stay a Little Longer
Just a Plain Old Country Boy
New Spanish Two-Step
I'm Feelin' Bad
Cotton Eyed Joe
Brain Cloudy Blues
Bob Wills Boogie
Fat Boy Rag
Good Man Is Hard to Find
Little Bit of Boogie
Along the Navajo Trail
Baby Won't You Please Come Home
Betcha My Heart
Chinatown
Dinah
Frankie Jean
Hawaiian War Chant

Tracks:

I'm a Ding Dong Daddy
Milk Cow Blues
My Gal Sal
Red River Valley
Sugar Moon
Sweet Jennie Lee
Girl I Left Behind Me
At the Woodchopper's Ball
Blues for Dixie
Bubbles in My Beer
Can't Get Enough of Texas
Cotton Patch Blues
Cowboy Stomp
Crazy Rhythm
Deep Water
Don't Be Ashamed of Your Age
Keeper of My Heart
Little Cowboy Lament
Thorn in My Heart
Ida Red Likes to Boogie
Boot Heel Drag
Faded Love
I Laugh When I Think How I Cried Over You
I'll Be Lucky Someday
I Didn't Realise
Rock-A-Bye Baby Blues
Jolie Blon Likes the Boogie
End of the Line

Album Description

UK budget-price box-set featuring the pioneer of western swing, he played blues, rags, stomps, ballads and jazz in a style that became much imitated. 119 tracks and including a 52 page illustrated booklet. Four standard jewel cases housed in a slipcase. 2001.

Album Details

Compilation featuring 109 Tracks from the King of Western Swing. Includes Every Important Track Recordedbetween the Years 1932 and 1950 as Well as a 52 Page Booklet with a Biography, Session Details and Rarephotos.

Customer Reviews:

amazing collection.......2007-06-01

An incredible bargain ... the only surprise is that it doesn't have "Right or Wrong," which is on the one-disc "Essential" collection.

"What A Great Deal !.......2006-06-29

I own 2 other Bob Wills box sets - Anthology 1935 - 1973, which is a 2 CD set with a lot of good music on it, mostly old. I also have the box set "Encore" that has all Bob's newer stuff from the early 60's (when Tommy Duncan came back) to his recordings in the early 70's before his death (at this time in his career his band cosisted of a lot less members and no horns)both these sets are "pretty" good. But this set from Proper Records "Take me back to Tulsa" is one of the Best deals on the internet today. I paid about 18 bucks for this set "Brand New" and it has four CD's that are loaded with tons of great music going all the way back to when Bob was still playing with Milton Brown (Proper's box set "Milton Brown and his Brownies" is also pretty darn good,but it doesn't have that Wills Western Flair). Bottom line if you are a fan of Western Swing and can't afford at this time to put out about $700.00 for the two Outstanding Bear Family box sets then go for this one, over 100 Great songs you won't be disappointed....the price is right too! "Enjoy" Joe Kopeck - Parkville , MD.

"Come in, Tommy...".......2006-01-06

This boxed set is amazing for the sheer volume of wonderful music it proffers at a fraction of what one would expect to pay for it. Concentrating on the early years, it presents Bob Wills at the dawn of his recording career and continues through the height of his creativity. This is the cream of early Bob Wills, and contains about 60% of his very best material (I am long of the opinion that Bob Wills never made a bad record in his life, and he continued to be productive through his so-called "lean years" of the 1950's, 1960's and beyond). But these tracks are the classics that most fans cherish above all.

Tommy Duncan, Wills' favorite featured vocalist, appears here on many sides, including Time Changes Everything (my personal Bob Wills favorite) and many others. Besides the early Columbia sides, there are examples of his Decca years and other smaller labels. A few of my own favorites include My Little Cherokee Maiden (close runner-up to Time Changes Everything as my favorite Bob Wills record) Sunbonnet Sue (recorded with Milton Brown and His Brownies before Bob formed the Playboys) Maiden's Prayer, Steel Guitar Rag, Basin Street Blues, San Antonio Rose, Silver Bells, Lone Star Rag (an overlooked masterpiece, and one of the catchiest instrumental tunes you've ever heard), Take Me Back To Tulsa, Miss Molly, My Confession, Roly Poly, Hawaiian War Chant, Sugar Moon, Bubbles In My Beer, Deep Water, Faded Love (which Bob wrote and Patsy Cline had a monster hit with) and I Laugh When I Think How I Cried Over You (what a great title!).

For anyone who doesn't know, Bob Wills was a fiddle player who played his first professional gig as a young boy, substituting for his father at a barn dance. Although he grew up around Western music, the Wills family lived in a poor area where there were many black families, and very early he was exposed to and grew to love the Blues and other forms of traditional African-American music. Legend has it that he once rode fifty miles on horseback to attend a Bessie Smith recital, and was the only white person in the audience. He was one of the founding members of Milton Brown and His Brownies, the band credited with creating the style of music now known as Western Swing. When he started his own band, the Texas Playboys, he took a cue from Count Basie and included Brass, Horns and rhythm instruments, and if he couldn't claim to actually invent Western Swing, he certainly perfected it. In the 1940's he was one of the highest paid bandleaders in the US.

Bob was most famous for his "calls" or "hollers". When the band got hot, he would frequently holler "Ahhhhh-hahhhh" or prod them along with such exclamations as "Take it away, Leon" or "Here's that old piano pounder". Or, if the band was playing below his expectations, he would shout, "Johnny in key, please" or virtually anything else that came into his mind.

For many years during the height of his popularity, Bob and his music were rejected by the orthodox country music establishment for being too "jazzy" and ignored by the jazz world for being too "hillbilly". Western Swing is a blend of jazz and western music - it is primarily dance music, with a strong emphasis on vocals (like country), but it also includes jazz instruments like saxophone and trumpets. What makes it most unique are instruments that are traditionally associated with country music (like fiddles and steel guitars), being employed in a "swing" or jazz fashion. Any performance by Bob Wills Texas Playboys incorporates spotlight solos, improvisation and other musical trademarks generally associated with jazz. In other words, his band and his music are totally unique.

Fortunately, there was a revival of interest in Bob Wills and his music which started in the 1960's and continues to this day. After his death in 1974, there was an explosion of new Western Swing bands, with young admirers anxious to copy the Bob Wills sound and keep Western Swing alive. Even country music has finally paid him his due, for today Bob Wills is proudly embraced and revered in country circles as a pioneer and a true original. He is now acknowledged as one of the first to incorporate African American rhythm and Jazz into country music, and his influence has been acknowledged by such diverse artists as Elvis Presley, Willie Nelson, Merle Haggard and even Elvis Costello.

If you are not familiar with Bob Wills, you can't go wrong with this set as an introduction, especially at this price.

HERE THEY ALL COME!.......2005-09-13

Some of these songs aren't on any of the other CD's and if they are, they're different versions. A couple you will want to hear if you haven't already are "Fan It" and "Pray for the Lights To Go Out"- MAN, ARE THOSE OLD BUT GOOD!! "Cowboy Stomp" is another one I hadn't heard before that's in this collection. Anybody who loves Bob Wills should have this, it is worth every penny.

Red Hot Jazz Cowboy blues band!.......2005-01-13

Mix two parts twenties jazz, one part blues, one part swing, two parts honky tonk, and one part crooning music and what do you have? Bob Wills and His Texas Playboy Band! I was turned on to this band by their recording of "Too Busy," which sounds like a cross between early fifties rock and roll and dixieland jazz. These guys were hot! Bob Wills and his band were a perfect example of a group of musicians who played live several hours a day, perfecting their craft - not the talentless celebrities of today who rely on tape loops and beat machines. This set is an unbelievable value. You get four cds for 22$! And this isn't filler. Each cd has songs that you will want to download into your ipod. Excellent!

Doughboys, Playboys and Cowboys: The Golden Years of Western Swing

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The finest set of western swing ever. Timeless fun!
Good Luck in trying to find something better !
A Great Overview Of Western Swing
Musical history that is alive and well today
Western Swing is Western Folk Jazz no Hillbillies here!

Doughboys, Playboys and Cowboys: The Golden Years of Western Swing
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Stompin' Singers & Western Swingers: More from the Golden Age of Western Swing
Take Me Back to Tulsa
Hillbilly Boogie
Daddy of Western Swing
From Boppin Hillbilly to Red Hot Rockabilly

ASIN: B00005EQQE
Release Date: 2001-07-05

Tracks:

Sunbonnet Sue - Fort Worth Doughboys
Nancy Jane - Fort Worth Doughboys
Oh You Pretty Woman - Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies
Brownie's Stomp - Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies
Osage Stomp - Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
Who Walks In When I Walk Out - Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
Boyd's Blues - Bill Boyd & Cowboy Ramblers
I Want To Be A Cowboy's Sweetheart - Patsy Montana & Prarie Ramblers
Sadie Green (The Vamp Of New Orleans) - Roy Newman & His Boys
Who's Sorry Now - Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies
Down By The O-H-I-O - Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies
Barn Dance Rag - Bill Boyd & His Country Ramblers
Never No More Blues - Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
Too Busy - Bob Wills & Texas Playboys
Rambler's Stomp - Doug Bine & His Dixie Ramblers
The Eyes Of Texas - Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies
The Yellow Rose Of Texas - Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies
Red's Tight Like That - Tune Wranglers
Buster's Crawdad Song - Tune Wranglers
Big Daddy Blues - Jimmie Revard & His Oklahoma Playboys
Feather Your Nest - Washboard Wonders
Dirty Dog - Jimmie Revard & His Oklahoma Playboys
My Galveston Gal - Milton Brown & His Musical Brownies
El Rancho Grande - Tune Wranglers
Texas Sand - Tune Wranglers

Tracks:

Women Women Women - Shelly Lee & His Alley Cars
Mean Old Lonesome Blues - Buddy Jones
Bring It On Down To My House - Derwood Brown & His Musical Brownies
Corrine Corrina - Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers
One Sweet Letter From You - Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers
Fort Worth Stomp - Crystal Spring Ramblers
The Women ('Bout To Make A Wreck Out Of Me) - Buddy Jones
Streamlined Mama - Buddy Jones
Blue Guitars - Light Crust Doughboys
Dirty Dog Blues - Modern Mountaineers
Mississippi Sandman - Modern Mountaineers
Hot Tamale Pete - Bob Skyles & Skyrockets
Married Man Blues - Nite Owls
There'll Be Some Changes Made - W. Lee O'Daniel & His Hillbilly Boys
Dirty Hangover Blues - W. Lee O'Daniel & His Hillbilly Boys
Lose Your Blues & Laugh At Life - Jimmie Revard & His Oklahoma Boys
Range Rider Stomp - Range Riders
Hold That Critter Down - Sons Of The Pioneers
Chicken Reel Stomp - Tune Wranglers
Playboy Stomp - Bob Wills & Texas Playboys
Moonlight In Oklahoma - Smokey Wood & The Wood Chips
Keep On Truckin' - Smokey Wood & The Wood Chips
I'm Confessin' (That I Love You) - Brown's Musical Brownies
Just Once Too Often - Light Crust Doughboys
Loud Mouth - Modern Mountaineers

Tracks:

Kangaroo Blues - Cliff Bruner's Texas Wanderers
Pine State Honky Tonk - Claude Casey & His Pine State Playboys
Better Quit It Now - Adolph Hofner & His Texans
Pussy Pussy Pussy - Light Crust Doughboy
I'll Keep My Old Guitar - Adolph Hofner & His Texans
Cowboy's Swing - Hank Penny & His Radio Cowboys
Lonesome Road Blues - W. Lee O'Daniel & His Hillbilly Boys
Liza Pull Down The Shades - Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
Truck Driver's Blues - Cliff Bruner & His Boys
My Untrue Cowgirl - Jewel Cowboys
San Antonio Rose - Cliff Bruner & His Boys
Gonna Get Tight - Sunshine Boys
Let's Make Believe We're Sweethearts - Light Crust Doughboys
Mississippi Muddle - Hank Penny & His Radio Cowboys
Billy Boy - Louise Massey & Her Westerners
Good Gracious Gracie - Light Crust Doughboys
Mean Mean Mama (From Meana) - Light Crust Doughboys
Jones Stomp - Port Arthur Jubileers
Rockin' Rollin' Mama - Buddy Jones
Blue Steel Blues - Ted Daffan's Texans
New San Antonio Rose - Bob Wills & Texas Playboys
Bob Wills Special - Bob Wills & Texas Playboys
Pussywillow - Port Arthur Jubileers
Tobacco State Swing - Hank Penny & His Radio Cowboys

Tracks:

Draftboard Blues - Cliff Bruner & His Boys
Whatcha Gonna Do - Hi-Flyers
Cotton Eyed Joe - Adolph Hofner & His San Antonians
Sally's Got A Wooden Leg - Sons Of The West
What's The Matter With Deep Elem - Sunshine Boys
Lil Liza Jane - Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
Pistol Packin' Mama - Al Dexter & His Troopers
Forgive Me One More Time - Spade Cooley & His Orchestra
Shame On You - Spade Cooley & His Orchestra
Steel Guitar Stomp - Hank Penny
Boogie Woogie Boy - Porky Freeman
That's What I Like About The South - Cliff Bruner
Stay A Little Longers - Bob Wills & Texas Playboys
Oklahoma Blues - Zeke Clements & His Western Swing Gang
Oklahoma Stomp - Spade Cooley & His Orchestra
Nails In My Coffin - Jerry Irby & His Texas Ranchers
Bob Wills Two Step - Luke Wills Rhythm Busters
I Got Texas In My Soul - Tex Williams & His Western Caravan
Wildcat Mama - Hank Penny
Betty Ann - Jesse Ashlock
One Year Ago Tonight - Don Churchill & Texas Mavericks
Oakie Boogie - Johnny Tyler & Riders Of The Rio Grande
Smoke Smoke Smoke (That Cigarette) - Tex Williams & His Western Caravan
Square Dance Boogie - Johnnie Lee Wills & His Boys
Humpty Dumpty Heart - Hank Thompson

Album Description

Budget-priced four disc set with 99 tracks from the golden years of Western Swing, including cuts by Light Crust Doughboys, Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys, Bill Boyd & His Cowboy Ramblers, Tex Williams, Adolph Hofner, Hank Thompson and Cliff Bruners Texas Wanderers. Tracks include 'Pussy, Pussy, Pussy', 'Smoke, Smoke, Smoke'. 'Humpty Dumpty Heart' and 'Kangaroo Blues'. The tracks tell the story of this vibrant musical form that blended jazz with string bands, took in pop music & the blues, and pioneered amplification. Beautifully packaged, each disc also includes an illustrated booklet with a discography, photos and extensive liner notes. Each disc comes in a separate standard jewel case & together they are coralled up in a colorful & sturdy CD-sized slipcase box. 1999 release.

Album Details

4CD 99 track collection that covers the history of classic Western Swing. Includes extensive liner notes. A must for true fans of this artform!

Customer Reviews:

The finest set of western swing ever. Timeless fun!.......2006-07-07

Western swing fans will be dancing in the streets over this brilliant box set. It features 99 cuts dating from 1932 through the late 40's. They run chronologically and features all the great architects of western swing: Milton Brown & his musical Brownies, Bob Wills & his Texas Playboys, Light Crust Doughboys etc. Even if you're not a fan of country music, you may enjoy this one. It is genuine feel-good, stomping music with honkytonk pianos, fiddles, drums, guitars and even saxes. This is without a doubt the best buy for any fan of this genre. It is timeless fun! Crank it all the way up, pop open a cold one and all of sudden it's 1938 and you're in a Dallas honky tonk. By the way, the liner notes in the booklet are outstanding with dates, pixs, stories. Most interesting was that the Crystal Springs Ramblers from Ft. Worth were a favorite of Bonnie and Clyde's at a popular dance hall down there. Great job by Proper Records!

Good Luck in trying to find something better !.......2006-06-21

I read some of the other reviews and I can apperciate a lot what other folks are saying. I really agree with the one who said that todays Country Music makes them sick. What in the name of God does a naked Faith Hill rolling around a bed under the sheets singing some half baked so called Modern Country have to do with the music that I was raised on and grown to love. As the Great Bill Monroe stated "That junk ain't part of nothing",(I saw that on a FH video that was being played on cabel TV). What a moral let down, instead of appearing as one of our Country Stars she looks a lot more like a B-girl- that's where we are today. I said all that to say this: If you love WesternSwing like I do then you will love this set - it really has a lot of good stuff and takes you back to the days of Bob, Milton,Tommy,Leon, Spade and many other outstanding Western Swing artists. This set was a real welcome to my Swing Collection.
Keep in mind that this music ain't for everybody.If you like spending time listening to the likes of a feuding Toby with the Dixie Chicks then this real Roots Music ain't for you. But if you would be willing to sell your top coon hound to get the money to get tickets to see "Asleep at the Wheel" then you might be a fan that can apperciate what was started by Bob & Milton way down in Texas back in the early 30's.
While I type this review I'm listening to Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys perform "Faded Love" on my computer so I'll cut it short. Buy this set - at this price you can't afford not too. While you are at it do what I did and get the "Proper Records - Bob Wills/Take Me Back To Tulsa" also - you will be Blessed !
"ENJOY" Joe Kopeck / Parkville,MD.

A Great Overview Of Western Swing.......2005-06-16

This 4 volume box set by Proper is a fantastic overview of that great American musical art form Western Swing.
It's not country, it's not cowboy, it's not swing, it's just great toe-tapping fun music!
The songs in this album are presented in chronological order thus allowing the listener to experience the growth and progression of this great music.
The songs are remastered originals and the sound quality is first rate.
There's also a booklet containing liner notes about all the artists and a discography.
I own several box sets by Proper and every single one is a bargain, well worth far more than the asking price.

Musical history that is alive and well today.......2004-09-13

My first exposure to Western swing was the first Asleep At The Wheel Bob Wills tribute CD, and I have been hooked ever since. However, up until I bought this collection, I have only heard Bob Wills. I was pleased to buy this in a local branch of Half Price Books. In addition to Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys, it also has selections from Milton Brown, Patsy Montana, the Light Crust Doughboys, Spade Cooley - just to name a few. This vibrant blend of cowboy/fiddle music and black blues/swing has yet to wander far from my CD player!

Western Swing is Western Folk Jazz no Hillbillies here!.......2003-12-12

This is a great panorama of Western Swing from its origins with Bob Wills and Milton Brown working together inthe Original Light Crust Dough Boys in the early 1930s to Tex Williams' great electric swing band from just after WWII. I've had these sides since Columbia issue an earlier version on LP more than 20 years ago.

This music has little to do with what was considered Country music at the time or its emasculated mutant descendants in Nashville.

This was not marketed as Country music. In fact in 1945 when Bob Wills, the acme of Western SWing, was the biggest grossing public attraction in the entertainment business, he had his sole invitation to the Grand Ole Opry, and then he almost walked out of there before he played a song because the hayseeds wouldn't let him bring on his drums and horns (not allowed onthe Opry until the late 1950s!).

Western Swing comes from Jazz from the pop Jazz of the 20s and early 1930s, included people who went back and forth between bands like Wills and Spade Cooley to the white big bands (though Bob Wills once tried to hire a black alto player[against the law in Oklahoma] and of late Les Paul has taken to claiming he saw Charlie Christian sit in with the Playboys at Cains and there are pictures of the Playboys having drinks in Chicago with black Jazz greats like Ben Webster!!). Townsend Wills' biographer interviewed many Playboys and none of them felt they were part of Country, but part of Jazz.

Basically it begins with people trying to play Jazz and Blues influenced music with the instruments of the old Southwestern Barn dance bands: guitar, fiddle, piano, adding in drums, and in many bands all the instruments of the Jazz orchestras. Very quickly Bobby Dunne added in the electric Hawaii, pedaless steel guitar and Leon McAuliffe who replaced him in the Doughboys and went with Wills was so well known that Bob Wills' introduction to him "Take it Away Leon" became a catch phrase in the whole country and beyond in the 1940s!

At its most hyperbolic height (captured here in the Space Cooley Orchestra's Oklahoma Stomp, a recording anyone with a set of ears should treasure) you had 16 and 18 piece orchestras with full fiddle sections (in the early 1960s Wills even rounded his fiddles with a violist from the Lawrence Welch band!), complete reed sections, and more brass than they needed, and exotic additions like the Harpist who kicks off The Oklahoma Stomp.

Further on than these recordings go, you would have players like Tiny Moore and Johnny Gimble who incorporated Bebop styles in their solos.

Along the way, mostly during that war time period when recording bans and players going in and out of the army and different bands make following a little harder, the straight western swing style of combining a guitar, steel guitar, and sometimes electric mandolin trio alternating with fiddle choirs took hold as the paradigm for Western Swing. For some reason in most bands the horns seemed to disappear or roll down to just one after WWII.

One thing about this music is that a very high level of musical technique and education became more and more part of the Western Swing environment. We know that European Jazmen like Stephan Grappelli followed the recordings of Hugh Farr who played with the sons of the pioneers and later Spade Cooley, and that Down Beat magazine described Eldon Shamblin out of Bob Wills' band as the best rythm guitar player in the country (slighting Freedie Green who even Eldon probably acknowledge was better).

The other thing in contrast with much of what was being presented as country music contemporaneously is that this was not being presented as "old time music," craddling close to old conventions, but a new hot dangerous music, drawn as close as comfort would allow from Black sources, from the dangerous white swing bands, and from the part of down home music involved in drinking, dancing, cheating, and other things not permitted in the Baptist Southeast.

WSM Grand Old Opry Stars toured the deep South playing in school auditoriums, church houses, and public squares. From the beginning Western swing belonged in barrooms, in dance halls, and other places where "the wine and liquor flow." Even Hank Williams wasn't allowed to use the word "beer" when he sang "My Bucket's got a hole in it" on the Opry. Meanwhile Western Swingers like Wills and Brown were singing about Cocaine and Opium, whiskey and beer back in the early 1930s.

And Smokie Woods wasn't called smokie cause he liked Tobacco. LOL. In fact his tune here called "Everybody's Trukin," about what is done "up in Harlem" includes much use of a word that does sound like truckin', but does not contain an r or a T but does start with an F!!

No this is not Nashville Country or even old time country music. This is Western guys and gals trying to be jazzy, bluesy, wild, whiskey soaked, drug high, hip to the secrets of Negroid nights of "truckin," playing their hearts out fast hot and heavy!

Anyone with ears should own this collection!

Tracks:

King Porter Stomp
And The Angels Sing
Moonlight Serenade
The Lady's In Love With You
Wishing (Will Make It So)
Sunrise Serenade
Little Brown Jug
But It Didn't Mean A Thing
Pavane
Runnin' Wild
Stairway To The Stars
Blue Evening
We Can Live On Love (We Haven't Got A Pot To Cook In)
Moon Love
Sliphorn Jive
Oh! You Crazy Moon
Ain't Cha Comin' Out?
Wanna Hat With Cherries
Pagan Love Song
Ding-Dong! The Witch Is Dead
Over The Rainbow
The Man With The Mandolin
Blue Orchids
Glen Island Special
Farewell Blues

Tracks:

In The Mood
My Isle Of Golden Dreams
My Prayer
Blue Moonlight
Bluebirds In The Moonlight
Indian Summer
Johnson Rag
Careless
It's A Blue World
When You Wish Upon A Star
The Rhumba Jumps
Stardust
Rug Cutter's Swing
The Woodpecker Song
Tuxedo Junction
Danny Boy (Londonderry Air)
Imagination
Shake Down The Stars
Polka Dots And Moon Beams
Say It
April Played The Fiddle
Fools Rush In
Slow Freight
Pennsylvania 6-5000
Bugle Call Rag

Tracks:

The Nearness Of You
Mister Meadowlark
My Blue Heaven
When The Swallows Come Back To Capristrano
Blueberry Hill
Be Happy
Five O'Clock Whistle
Beat Me Daddy Eight To The Bar
Make Believe Ballroom Time
A Nightingale Sang In Berkeley Square
Along The Santa Fe Trail
Yes, My Darling Daughter
Anvil Chorus, Pts 1 & 2
Frenesl
Ida! Sweet As Apple Cider
Song Of The Volga Boatmen
You Stepped Out Of A Dream
I Dream't I Dwelt In Harlem
Sun Valley Jump
The Spirit Is Willing
Perfidia
It's Always You
Spring Will Be So Sad (When She Comes This Year)
Boulder Bluff

Tracks:

Chattanooga Choo-Choo
The Booglie Wooglie Piggy
I Know Why (And So Do You)
You And I
Adios
The Kiss Polka
Elmer's Tune
A String Of Pearls
Moonlight Sonata
Slumber Song
(There'll Be Bluebirds Over) The White Cliffs Of Dover
Moonlight Cocktail
Skylark
When The Roses Bloom Again
Don't Sit Under The Apple Tree (With Anyone Else But Me)
When Johnny Comes Marching Home
American Patrol
I've Got A Gal In Kalamazoo
Serenade In Blue
At Last
Caribbean Clipper
That Old Black Magic
Moonlight Becomes You
Juke Box Saturday Night

Album Description

UK budget-priced 4 CD compilation for the big band legend. Featuring 98 tracks including all his most popular tunes of the period. Includes 44 page booklet with his story, discography, session details & many rare photos. The CDs are Moonlight Serenade, In The Mood, Blueberry Hill & Chattanooga Choo Choo. Standard jewel cases houdes in a slip-box. 2001 release.

Album Details

Between 1938 and 1942 Glenn Miller led what was probably the most popular big band of the era. This 4 CD compilation features 98 tracks including Miller' most popular songs and a 44 page booklet with an extensive biography, discography, session details and rare photos.

Customer Reviews:

Best yet.......2007-05-14

This is the best collection of Glenn Miller! It doesn't sound "tinny" like so many remastered CDs. The only one you need.

I love this stuff!.......2007-03-22

I think I was born in the wrong time! I love this old stuff.

A wonderful musical document.......2007-03-12

This box-set is an wonderful musical document, and an exceptional value for the money. The 40-page booklet of bio, session & discography info makes for pleasant reading while listening. I'm going to enjoy this for a long time. The only minor disappointment was that the compiler was unable to find room for "St. Louis Blues March", a personal favorite & memorable selection from Hollywood's The Glenn Miller Story (1953) -- an excellent film, the DVD of which is also available here on Amazon.

Greatest Collection Ever!.......2007-03-12

If you love Big Band, This set is a must have.! Definitely worth the money!

The Golden Years.......2006-11-10

This CD is just wonderful. If you like Glenn Miller, this is the CD to get.

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