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Marty Robbins' 'Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Song' on 180g vinyl plus a bonus digipack CD, containing the complete album and its sequel, 'More Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs', plus four bonus tracks!
The classic album from the late Marty Robbins, a guitarist singer/songwriter in who notched up No.1 hits in both the Country and Pop charts during a four- decade career from 1956, most famously, "Singing the Blues", "A White Sport Coat", "The Story of My Life", "El Paso" and "Big Iron", the latter two sited in the Top 100 Western Songs of All time. Those two song also began Robbins' association with cowboy/western balladry, a style which would become a staple of his career. Robbins songs have been covered by many other famous artists, including Johnny Cash, the Grateful Dead and Elvis Presley.
"I feel certain that Marty Robbins was truly one of God's gifted." - Merle Haggard
Tracklist
Big Iron / Cool Water / Billy The Kid / A Hundred And Sixty Acres / They’re Hanging Me Tonight / The Strawberry Roan / The Streets Of Laredo / Five Brothers / El Paso / In The Valley / The Master’s Call / Running Gun / Down In The Little Green Valley / Utah Carol / The Hanging Tree / The Story Of My Life