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Songs of the West | 
 enlarge | Artist: Frankie Laine
Label: Castle Pulse
Category: Music
List Price: $14.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 7887
Format: Import
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
EAN: 5016073759924
ASIN: B000063KH4
Release Date: July 22, 2002
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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:
| • | Rawhide - Frankie Laine, Washington | | • | Cool Water - Frankie Laine, Nolan, Bob | | • | High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me) - Frankie Laine, Washington | | • | Gunfight at the OK Corral - Frankie Laine, Washington | | • | The Lucky Old Sun - Frankie Laine, Smith, Harry [2] Be | | • | The Cry of the Wild Goose - Frankie Laine, Gilkyson, Terry | | • | Wanted Man - Frankie Laine, Hilliard | | • | Tumbling Tumbleweeds - Frankie Laine, Nolan, Bob | | • | The Hanging Tree - Frankie Laine, Livingston | | • | Mule Train - Frankie Laine, Lange | | • | Along the Navajo Trail - Frankie Laine, Marks | | • | Moonlight Gambler - Frankie Laine, Hilliard | | • | Don't Fence Me In - Frankie Laine, Porter | | • | Call of the Wild - Frankie Laine, Sciafe | | • | The 3: 10 to Yuma - Frankie Laine, Duning | | • | Riders in the Sky - Frankie Laine, Jones | | • | Blazing Saddles - Frankie Laine, Morris |
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Album Details
Budget Colleciton of Classic Tracks from the Singer Whose Great Fame Came as a Result of Working with Impressario Mitch Miller, who Guided Him to the Top of the Charts, Singing These Western Songs which were So Popular in the 50's.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 3 more reviews...
 THE FABULOUS FRANKIE LAINE RIDES THE WESTERN RANGE AGAIN. April 25, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Five DRAMATIC Stars!! Great Western performances by the inimitable Frankie Laine. Mr Laine, a dramatic singer, composer, and musician was an accomplished big band crooner who later sang pop, jazz, and blues, influencing many who followed in the 1950s and 1960s. He sold over 250 million songs (which puts him in company with the Mariahs, Celines, and Madonnas of today) and he hit his stride singing ballads and songs with western and adventure themes, although he was not a country & western artist. Legendary producer Mitch Miller help guide Mr Laine's career into music legend status at Mercury and later at Columbia Records.
The best of the best include: a touching "3:10 to Yuma" about a determined cowboy (with lyrics not related to the movie, but very moving nonetheless), which has been my personal favorite for many years; a bracing, nuanced version about the "Gunfight at the OK Corral"; an unbelievably beautiful "Along The Navajo Trail"; and the unconditional love of "The Hanging Tree" with it's unusual conclusion: these are from the LP recording "Hell Bent for Leather" which contained studio recreations of some of Frankie's hit songs featuring the Johnny Williams Orchestra and Chorus. A smooth "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" and an updated, loping "Moonlight Gambler" are excellent. "High Noon" is an excellent updated version, as is a crackling "Mule Train". "Rawhide" is an exciting version but it is not the TV show theme version which may not be commercially available. Great performances by one of the GREATEST singers of all time. My Highest Recommendation!! Five BIG Stars. (Audio CD, 1 disk with 17 digitally remastered songs, Total time: 45:23) (Note to producers: please add the wild "Bowie Knife" and the insightful "City Boy" on the next update to complete the "Hell Bent For Leather" cycle of songs.)
YAHOO! November 22, 2007
Nothin' like driving down a dirt road in Texas with Frankie Laine crackin' the whip and singing "Rawhide." Sigh. It's a little bit of heaven, all right. Gotta go somewhere and no one wants to ride with you? It's a GOOD thing! You can sing along with Frankie unmolested! YAHOO!
 Enjoyable Album November 15, 2007
A lot of your old western favorites in this CD. Many of them are covers of songs made popular by other groups. If my memory serves (and it doesn't serve that well anymore) "Riders In The Sky" was a Vaughn Monroe (sp?) hit and "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" was a Sons of the Pioneers hit. But what the hey. Frankie Laine brings his own special voice to these songs too.
Classic Frankie Laine, still the greatest! March 26, 2007
Frankie Laine always makes you believe any songs he sings. His western ballads are among the best.
 Not original version of Rawhide. August 15, 2005
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
I got this for a friend but he said the version of "Rawhide" on here wasn't the original version. I don't know if the others are original. I haven't heard it myself yet. Beware though, if you prefer original versions, as I do.
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