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Best Of: All the Gold in California

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I have no idea what this song is about but it's awesome. They play it on Music Choice - Classic Country (comcast digital cable 403) all the time!!

The Gatlin Brothers became one of the greatest groups in country music with a polished sound that featured gospel-like vocal harmonies and creative musical arrangements. Larry, Steve, and Rudy can produce some of the tightest three-part harmonies you'll ever hear from any vocal group.

Like Ronnie Milsap, Larry Gatlin is truly among the most underappreciated musical talents of the past 30 years. Not only is he among the very best songwriters of ANY genre, he also possesses one of the finest voices in American music. The beautiful ballad "I've done enough dying today" is stunning proof of Larry's incredible singing and composing talents! This song went to #7 on the country charts, and yet it is probably the greatest pop ballad that never made the pop charts. The great melodies and poetic lyrics of Larry's songs stretch beyond the limitations of simple country music.

Gatlin wrote a career's worth of criminally underrated, grammy-calibre masterpieces such as "Broken Lady" {this one did win a grammy}, "The Heart", "Love is just a Game", "Take me to your lovin' place", "Statues without Hearts", "Night Time Magic", and "All the Gold in California". All of these songs are extremely well-crafted and blow away anything climbing the country charts today.

18 Gatlin classics fill this highly recommended greatest hits compilation that spans their prime years from 1973 to 1988. Any lover of vocal harmony and melodic songwriting who is not familiar with this music needs to be enlightened with a copy of this CD. This is some of the finest country music ever recorded...without an ounce of twang.

One listen to this collection and you will hear exactly what sent this group to the top of the counrty charts! Larry's strong lead vocals and the perfect blending of the brothers harmonies are not the only draw here though. Larry's songwrting talents not only shine in the melodies but the lyrics as well. He combines wit and poetry and delivers it up with just some plain old good singing. My favorites include "Love is just a Game" and "I don't wanna Cry" You won't be disappointed

I picked this up because of the strong song selection. I stopped listening to ithalf way through because it sounded like it was "no-noised" beyond recognition. All the ambiance and warmth that defined the monument recordings was completely gone, making this album sound like a bad mp3 transfer.

I don't know if it's just my copy, but the song "Sure Feels Like Love" sounded like the tape was slowed down or something about a minute into the song.

This is a great collection of The Gatlin Brothers music....all their best songs!

When the cd was received it was broken in the center hole and cracked all the way across the cd. I have been totally disappointed and cannot even play it. What a let down. Can't even rate it!

I LOVED THE GATLIN BROTHERS WAY BACK WHEN DURING THE TIME I WAS A FLIGHT ATTENDANT IN DALLAS, TX, FOR AMERICAN AIRLINES. I SAW THEM THEN
ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS. I WAS BACK IN OKC WHERE I GREW UP A FEW YEARS AGO AND ACCIDENTALLY CAUGHT THEM AT THE FAIRGROUNDS DURING THE RODEO.
MAN, IT BROUGHT BACK MEMORIES AND THEY WERE STILL SMOKIN' HOT!!! HAD TO BUY IT. STILL LOVE 'EM!!

The Gatlins are and always were my favorites. Beautiful melodies and words one can understand and repeat..... unlike the garbage today that is called "music."

This is a great CD for those who want to listen to the best of the Batlins....I would recommend it to anyone.