Johnny Horton - Honky Tonk Man: The Essential Johnny Horton 1956-1960

Artist:

Horton, Johnny

UPC:

074646476123

Description:

Personnel includes: Johnny Horton (vocals, guitar); Grady Martin (guitar); Bill Black (bass).
Producers: Don Law, Frank Jones, George Richey.
Compilation producer: Bob Irwin.
Recorded between January 11, 1956 and July 16, 1969. Includes liner notes by Colin Escott.
All tracks on disc 1 are mono; all tracks on disc 2 are stereo.
This is part of Legacy`s Country Classics series.
This 36-track double-CD set, running just under an hour and a half, effectively chronicles Johnny Horton`s Columbia Records career. The first disc, which is in mono, traces Horton`s honky-tonk work of 1956-1957, starting with "Honky Tonk Man." Though lacking the crossover appeal of his later work at the time, this is the material on which his reputation stands today, with people like Dwight Yoakam resurrecting it. The end of the first disc and the beginning of the second (which is in stereo) present the stylistic fishing expedition of Horton`s commercially unsuccessful middle period, as be goes looking for a bit. He finds it, of course, with the martial rhythms and historical theme of "The Battle of New Orleans," a chart-topping novelty that leads to a string of similar productions. By the end, in songs like "The Mansion You Stole," Horton seems headed toward the lush, string-filled Nashville Sound, though he died before it gained dominance. Along the way, all of Horton`s Country chart singles and most of his pop chart singles are included, along with two tracks, previously unreleased in the U.S. Of course, the set could have been considerably longer (or, better yet, shaved by a few tracks and fit onto a single disc), but nothing essential is missing. ~ William Ruhlmann

Track Listing:

DISC 1:

1. Honky Tonk Man
2. I`m a One Woman Man
3. Take Me Like I Am - (previously unreleased)
4. I Don`t Like I Did (Before)
5. Hooray For That Little Difference
6. I`m Coming Home
7. She Knows Why
8. Woman I Need, The (Honky Tonk Mind)
9. Goodbye Lonesome (Hello, Baby Doll)
10. I`ll Do It Every Time
11. Let`s Take the Long Way Home
12. Lover`s Rock
13. Honky-Tonk Hardwood Floor
14. Wild One, The
15. Hot in the Sugarcane Field
16. Wise to the Ways of a Woman
17. Out in New Mexico
18. I Love You Baby

DISC 2:

1. All Grown Up
2. Got the Bull by the Horns - (previously unreleased, early version)
3. When It`s Springtime in Alaska (It`s Forty Below)
4. Battle of New Orleans, The
5. Lost Highway
6. Cherokee Boogie
7. Golden Rocket, The
8. Words
9. Johnny Reb
10. Sal`s Got a Sugar Lip
11. Electrified Donkey, The
12. Sink the Bismark
13. Ole Slew Foot
14. Sleepy-Eyed John
15. Mansion You Stole, The
16. North to Alaska
17. Evil Hearted Me
18. You Don`t Move Me Baby Anymore

Album Information

Release Date:

03/12/1996

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Oldies

Subgenre:

Rockabilly

Label:

Legacy

Catalog Number:

64761

Original Release Year:

1996

# of Discs:

2

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Mixed

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