Eddy Arnold - Cattle Call/Thereby Hangs a Tale

Artist:

Arnold, Eddy

UPC:

790051154417

See Also:

Smith, Carl

Description:

Personnel includes: Eddy Arnold (vocals); Chet Atkins (guitar, banjo); John D. Loudermilk (guitar, harmonica); Velma Williams Smith, Little Roy Wiggins, Thomas Grady Martin, Ray Edenton (guitar); William W. Pursell (piano); Lillian V. Hunt, Wilda Tinsley, Dorothy Walker (violin); Brenton B. Banks (viola); Jerry Byrd, Bob L. Moore, Henry P. Strzelecki (bass); Douglas G. Kirkham, Buddy Harman, Jr. (drums); Anita Kerr, Dorothy Dillard, Louis D. Nunley, William G. Wright, Jr. (background vocals).
Producer: Chester P. Atkins.
Re-issue producer: Richard Weize.
Recorded at RCA Victor Studios, Nashville, Tennessee between 1959 and 1962. Includes liner notes by Jon Hartley Fox.
According to Billboard magazine, Eddy Arnold--not Hank Williams, not George Jones, not Merle Haggard, and not even Garth Brooks-is the top country artist of the modern era. During his lengthy career, Arnold placed 92 (!) singles in country music`s Top Ten. Interestingly, though, Arnold today receives short shrift not only from contemporary country fans but also from aficionados of the genre`s classic age. Like his contemporaries and fellow giants Marty Robbins and Jim Reeves, Arnold sings too prettily to suit today`s styles, which favor the Hank Williams` mournful wail and George Jones` boozy melisma.
Fortunately, German archivists Bear Family Records never let current tastes dictate its output. The label has instead graced the world with this meticulously packaged reissue of two classic Arnold albums-presented in the "modern way" (Arnold`s words) that so offends today`s purists. Arnold touches all the bases here, trotting out many cowboy and folk standards: "The Streets of Laredo," "Tumbling Tumbleweed," "Tom Dooley," and 22 others nearly as familiar. Grungy urban cowboy-wannabes who scoff need to be reminded that real cowboys--and plenty of others who made up country`s audience during its classic period--ate this stuff up.

Track Listing:

DISC 1

1. Streets of Laredo, The
2. Cool Water
3. Cattle Call
4. Leanin` on the Old Top Rail
5. Ole Faithful
6. Cowboy`s Dream, A
7. Wayward Wind, The
8. Tumbling Tumbleweeds
9. Cowpoke
10. Where the Mountains Meet the Sky
11. Sierra Sue
12. Carry Me Back to the Lone Prairie
13. Jim I Wore a Tie Today
14. Tom Dooley
15. Nellie Sits a-Waitin`
16. Tennessee Stud
17. Battle of Little Big Horn, The
18. Wreck of the Old `97, The
19. Red Headed Stranger, The
20. Johnny Reb, That`s Me
21. Riders in the Sky
22. Boot Hill
23. Ballad of Davy Crockett, The
24. Partners
25. Jesse James

Album Information

Release Date:

08/15/1990

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Country

Subgenre:

Cowboy

Label:

Bear Family Records (Germany)

Catalog Number:

15441

Original Release Year:

1990

# of Discs:

1

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Mixed

Runtime:

66 : 39

Guest Artist:

Chet Atkins; John D. Loudermilk; Anita Kerr

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