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| 1. WHISPERING PINES | |||
| 2. EVERYTIME I'M KISSING YOU | |||
| 3. YOU CRY IN THE DOOR OF YOUR MANSION | |||
| 4. WORDS (1) | |||
| 5. ALL FOR THE LOVE OF A GIRL (2) | |||
| 6. LOST HIGHWAY | |||
| 7. JOURNEY WITH NO END | |||
| 8. THE MANSION YOU STOLE (1) | |||
| 9. BETTY LORRAINE (BETTY LOU) | |||
| 10. MISS MARCY (BILLY BOY) | |||
| 11. WORDS (2) | |||
| 12. ANOTHER WOMAN WEARS MY WEDDING RING | |||
| 13. SHADOWS ON THE OLD BAYOU | |||
| 14. WHEN IT'S SPRINGTIME IN ALASKA (IT'S FORTY BELOW) | |||
| 15. COUNTERFEIT LOVE | |||
| 16. COMANCHE (THE BRAVE HORSE) | |||
| 17. THE MANSION YOU STOLE (1) | |||
| 18. THEY'LL NEVER TAKE HER LOVE FROM ME | |||
| 19. JIM BRIDGER | |||
| 20. DONE ROVIN' | |||
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1-CD digipack with 28-page booklet, 25 tracks, playingtime: 66:42) A new slant on one of the greatest country artists of all time! Some well-known hits'North To Alaska, All For The Love Of A Girl, When It's Springtime In Alaska'plus many overlooked gems!-- Originally, a 'ballad' was a story song, and then it became shorthand for a slow love song. Johnny Horton was the master of both sorts of 'ballads. ' Bear Family has issued everything that Johnny Horton ever recorded on two monumental boxed sets, and we have also issued the best of his rock'n'roll recordings. Now, on this exclusive single CD collection, we've focused upon his ballads, and emphasized just what a great singer he was. The set was compiled by Richard Bennett, who has produced Emmylou Harris and currently works with Mark Knopfler. As Bennett writes, -Horton's voice was big, infectious and friendly, bursting with charisma and personality. While he is much admired for the rocking up-tempo tunes and the mega hit 'Battle Of New Orleans,' Johnny Horton is less remembered as the great ballad singer he was. Very often the flip side of the record was where the heartfelt ballad was hiding or maybe a few would turn up tucked into a long playing album. It's these overlooked treasures that make up this set.
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Mention Johnny Horton and most people come back with Battle of New Orleans or sometimes Sink the Bismarck. Rarely do any of the songs featured on this Bear Family 25 tracker feature.
Johnny Horton was killed just 50 years ago when his car was hit by a drunken teenager driver, who was virtually comotose, but walked away from the wreckage. His death came when he had broken through with his big story songs of great moments of history. The two above are mostly responsible for hit parade fame. Overnight fame in the Country Music business usually meant that you had worked your socks off for years back, and Johnny Horton was no exception to this. When he died, Columbia records had a lot of material of his and didn't really know what to do with it. After a few Greatest Hits issues they sort of lost interest.
Years later, Bear Family started a reissue programme, and reissued every recording Johnny Horton had cut. Not just Columbia, but also Mercury and Briar sides were reissued. Having done that, Bear Family issued a single CD of Johnnys uptempo numbers, and now with this release they spotlight the largely unknown talent Johnny Horton had for ballads.
The term ballads had undergone a change of meaning over the years. Originally describing a story song, it now emphasises romantic love. The songs here cover both meanings.
The compiler of this CD is Richard Bennett who worked with Emmylou Harris, and he has a good ear for a song. Thats why the disc starts with Whispering Pines, a real grabber of a love song, wistful and beautiful. I first heard it on Murray Kash's BBC radio show on the Light Programme in the early 1960's. I had the luck to record it on a Grundig reel to reel, because Country Music didn't really get any air time at all, and US records were like hens teeth in those days. He also includes alternative takes of All For the Love Of a Girl which appeared on the back of Battle of New Orleans and The Mansion You Stole which backed Sink the Bismarck. These were great performances, and Columbia was smuggling them out as B sides.
This is a gorgeous CD, and if you remain unaware of this facet of Johnny Hortons singing talent, then you are in for a treat. The CD ends with North to Alaska which charted at the time of his death.
Bear Family have done well by Johnny Horton, but then the Singing Fisherman was a rare talent, cut short in an awful wreck on the highway.
Johnny Horton was killed just 50 years ago when his car was hit by a drunken teenager driver, who was virtually comotose, but walked away from the wreckage. His death came when he had broken through with his big story songs of great moments of history. The two above are mostly responsible for hit parade fame. Overnight fame in the Country Music business usually meant that you had worked your socks off for years back, and Johnny Horton was no exception to this. When he died, Columbia records had a lot of material of his and didn't really know what to do with it. After a few Greatest Hits issues they sort of lost interest.
Years later, Bear Family started a reissue programme, and reissued every recording Johnny Horton had cut. Not just Columbia, but also Mercury and Briar sides were reissued. Having done that, Bear Family issued a single CD of Johnnys uptempo numbers, and now with this release they spotlight the largely unknown talent Johnny Horton had for ballads.
The term ballads had undergone a change of meaning over the years. Originally describing a story song, it now emphasises romantic love. The songs here cover both meanings.
The compiler of this CD is Richard Bennett who worked with Emmylou Harris, and he has a good ear for a song. Thats why the disc starts with Whispering Pines, a real grabber of a love song, wistful and beautiful. I first heard it on Murray Kash's BBC radio show on the Light Programme in the early 1960's. I had the luck to record it on a Grundig reel to reel, because Country Music didn't really get any air time at all, and US records were like hens teeth in those days. He also includes alternative takes of All For the Love Of a Girl which appeared on the back of Battle of New Orleans and The Mansion You Stole which backed Sink the Bismarck. These were great performances, and Columbia was smuggling them out as B sides.
This is a gorgeous CD, and if you remain unaware of this facet of Johnny Hortons singing talent, then you are in for a treat. The CD ends with North to Alaska which charted at the time of his death.
Bear Family have done well by Johnny Horton, but then the Singing Fisherman was a rare talent, cut short in an awful wreck on the highway.
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If you can listen to "Lost Highway" and not get a lump in your throat, you're stronger emotionally than I.
10 July 2010
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Even though Louisiana Hayride product Johnny Horton scored big with the rockabilly shuffle "Honky Tonk Man" and patriotic productions such as "The Battle of New Orleans" and "Sink the Bismarck," his fame rests with these remarkable country ballads. This style came naturally to Horton as he manages to balance both confidence and vulnerability throughout. Collecting material between 1951 and 1960, the earliest recordings--"Shadows on the Old Bayou," "Done Rovin'"--feature fiddles and pedal steel, while later tracks--"Words," "Miss Marcy"--are more polished and include strings and vocal choruses.
While the overwhelming theme here deals with the perils of love, we get a sense of Horton's down-home sense of humor, particularly on "Tetched in the Head." The Ballads of Johnny Horton also includes some of his history songs, including "Comanche (The Brave Horse)" and "Johnny Reb," as well as a predilection for geographic subject matter, "North to Alaska." Horton absolutely wears his heart on his sleeve on every track here. You don't have to even like country music to be slightly more than impressed with this release. If you can listen to "Lost Highway" and not get a lump in your throat, you're stronger emotionally than I. First class packaging as we've come to expect from Bear Family. Recommended.--OffBeat Magazine, June 2010 issue
While the overwhelming theme here deals with the perils of love, we get a sense of Horton's down-home sense of humor, particularly on "Tetched in the Head." The Ballads of Johnny Horton also includes some of his history songs, including "Comanche (The Brave Horse)" and "Johnny Reb," as well as a predilection for geographic subject matter, "North to Alaska." Horton absolutely wears his heart on his sleeve on every track here. You don't have to even like country music to be slightly more than impressed with this release. If you can listen to "Lost Highway" and not get a lump in your throat, you're stronger emotionally than I. First class packaging as we've come to expect from Bear Family. Recommended.--OffBeat Magazine, June 2010 issue
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