Cattle Call

Eddy Arnold | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 2005)
• Original Release Date: 2005
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Collector's Choice
• ASIN: B000A7BB8I
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #152,565 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Streets of Laredo

2. Cool Water

3. Cattle Call

4. Leanin' on the Old Top Rail

5. Ole Faithful

6. A Cowboy's Dream

7. The Wayward Wind

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

Editorial Reviews

All Music Guide calls this album "perhaps the most significant western album of the ’60s," and you’d be hard-pressed to argue when you hear Eddy’s ethereal yodel on the title tune, or his takes on the Sons of the Pioneers’ Cool Water and Tumbling Tumbleweeds...close your eyes and you can almost see a campfire dotting the nighttime plain. Cattle Call was also the first Eddy Arnold album to hit the pop charts; it’s without a doubt a landmark in his legendary career, and we’re reissuing it here with the original gorgeous cover art and new liner notes.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

11 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One Of Eddy Arnold's Very Very Best, October 1, 2007

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Michael G. Batcho (McAdoo, PA (USA)) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cattle Call (Audio CD)

"CATTLE CALL" . . . i remember so clearly the day back in 1963 when i received this LP in the mail from RCA's Record Club . . . i always loved "cowboy songs of the west" (probably every kid growing up in the 50's in America watched every cowboy on television and heard the songs of the west) . . . so when i plopped the vinyl LP onto the stereo turntable and heard that golden voice of Eddy Arnold deliver these ballads it was like visiting "familiar territory".

Eddy recorded and re-recorded the title song "CATTLE CALL" many times, but the rendition of it he put down on THIS album is perfect and crystal-clear . . .when he hits that Eddy Arnold yodel "hoo-hoo-hoo-hoohooo" you just have to try to sing along with him (even if you can't reach the notes that Eddy did) . . . this song and this recording has held up remarkably as a classic and never ever loses its magic or appeal no matter how often you play it or hear it.

The tracks are all great: "The Streets Of Loredo" . . . "Cool Water" . . . "The Wayward Wind" . . . "Carry Me back To The Lone Prarie" (Oh Bury Me Not On The Lone Prarie) . . . "Tumbling Tumbleweeds" . . .

But two of my favorites are: "Where The Mountains Meet The Sky" which talks about a cowboy heading off into that sunset of eternity.

And; "Jim, I Wore A Tie Today"(the first one that i ever wore) . . . a song about burying an old friend and travelling companion.

I guess the old west had countless "sad stories" to tell, and nothing told them better than a song . . . and few ever sag the songs better than did EDDY ARNOLD . . . and this album is among Eddy's very very best!

I was thrilled to first get it and hear it on LP back in 1963 when i was just fifteen . . . and it is such a blessing to be able to listen to it now in pristince crystal clear CD format and quality. "Old Cowboys never die . . . they don't fade away . . . they live on compact disc!" :)

Thanks EDDY ARNOLD for sharing so much of your talent with us through your performances and recordings over the decades, and thanks for THIS album, "CATTLE CALL"! It is one i will alway enjoy and appreciate and cherish.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A classic record that requires no nostalgia to be wowed by!, November 16, 2008

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mikemulligan "mikemulligan" (Beantown) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cattle Call (Audio CD)

I would like to echo the 5-star raves of critics who have commented before me, but from the standpoint of a 40-year old yankee record-junkie who has continued to return to this record from a giant and extensively diverse collection (2,000+ records) through the dozen years that I have owned it. It is THAT charming! Once you understand the mood which is satisfied by the soothing calm which Eddy's basso intoning these great western tales (never mind those incredible yodels!), nothing else will do. A uniquely appealing record that I would insist must be included in any collection that would call dare to make a claim to being comprehensive. It is a short list of $14 items which can bring you this much pleasure.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Cattle Call Content, August 15, 2008

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C. Pietrandrea (Pittsburgh, PA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Cattle Call (Audio CD)

I bought this cd for my 88-year-old mom. She loves the selection of classic cowboy songs. The sound quality and clarity are great.