Gene Autry - The Western Collection: 25 Cowboy Classics '2001

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       Gene Autry was the original singing cowboy, and his voice is still echoes
in the warm tone of today's "new traditionalist" balladeers. This disc documents
25 of the tunes that the Western film star recorded over the span of 15 years
(1939-1954). A distinction must be made here between country and Western music.
These are clearly Western tunes, travelogues of sorts that tell tales of life
out on the trails, among the tumbleweed, riding through the hills and valleys or
prairie flatlands. This is outdoor music, made up of campfire melodies and
cowboy refrains. Classics "Home on the Range" and "Back in the Saddle Again" are
found here, and these tunes wonderfully evoke the image of the vast open
landscapes, along with "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" and "South of the Border (Down
Mexico Way)." In addition, the lesser-known Autry ballads "Rim of the Canyon"
and "Purple Sage in the Twilight" make this compilation even more interesting.
The haunting "Ghost Riders in the Sky" is also presented here. This song has
been dusted off many times throughout the decades, (including a 1998 VH1
Storytellers performance by Willie Nelson and Johnny Cash), revealing the
time-tested quality of these tunes.


1.01 - Gene Autry - Tumbling Tumbleweeds (1:55)
1.02 - Gene Autry - Call Of The Canyon (1:58)
1.03 - Gene Autry - Red River Valley (1:36)
1.04 - Gene Autry - Purple Sage In The Twilight (1:45)
1.05 - Gene Autry - Take Me Back To My Boots And Saddle (2:25)
1.06 - Gene Autry - Twilight On The Trail (2:00)
1.07 - Gene Autry - There's A Rainbow On The Rio Colorado (1:56)
1.08 - Gene Autry - Oklahoma Hills (1:51)
1.09 - Gene Autry - Sioux City Sue (2:01)
1.10 - Gene Autry - South Of The Border (Down Mexico Way) (2:42)
1.11 - Gene Autry - The Last Roundup (3:08)
1.12 - Gene Autry - Rounded Up In Glory (3:04)
1.13 - Gene Autry - Ridin' Down The Canyon (2:19)
1.14 - Gene Autry - The Singing Hills (2:38)
1.15 - Gene Autry - Ole Faithful (3:17)
1.16 - Gene Autry - Blue Shadows On The Trail (3:08)
1.17 - Gene Autry - Ghost Riders In The Sky (3:42)
1.18 - Gene Autry - Mule Train (2:39)
1.19 - Gene Autry - Sing Me A Song Of The Saddle (2:10)
1.20 - Gene Autry - The Old Chisholm Trail (1:10)
1.21 - Gene Autry - There's A Goldmine In The Sky (3:00)
1.22 - Gene Autry - Home On The Range (1:18)
1.23 - Gene Autry - Back In The Saddle Again (1:22)
1.24 - Gene Autry - Rim Of The Canyon (3:04)
1.25 - Gene Autry - The Hills Of Wyoming (3:05) 

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