Cattle Call / Thereby Hangs A Tale [Import]

Eddy Arnold | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 20, 1994)
• Original Release Date: 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Bear Family
• ASIN: B0000282ZF
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #103,311 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #19 in Music > Indie Music > Country > Honky-Tonk

Track Listings

1. The Streets of Laredo

2. Cool Water

3. Cattle Call

4. Leanin' on the Old Top Rail

5. Ole Faithful

6. A Cowboy's Dreams

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

14. Tom Dooley

15. Nellie Sits A-Waitin'

16. Tennessee Stud

17. The Battle of Little Big Horn

18. Wreck of the Old '97

19. The Red Headed Stranger

20. Johnny Reb, That's Me

See all 25 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

In 1959, RCA Nashville producer-guitarist Chet Atkins brought Jimmie Driftwood's Tennessee Stud to Eddy Arnold and gave 'The Tennessee Plowboy' his first major hit in three years. That success, scored in the wake of the Kingston Trio's Tom Dooley, prompted the Atkins-Arnold team to prepare an album of folk-based saga songs, Thereby Hangs A Tale. In 1963, a second 'folk' album, this with an exclusively Western theme, reprised Arnold's 1955 hit, Cattle Call. This 25-song collection brings together all the 1959-1963 'Folk & Western' recordings of country's Crosby, souvenirs of a time when saga songs became hit records.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best renditions of American Western standards you'll find!, April 1, 2003

By 

Henry (Heaven) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cattle Call / Thereby Hangs A Tale (Audio CD)

A singer posessing both genuine, personable warmth and solid technical vocal abilities; recorded in his vocal prime performing American western standards both authentic and contemporary with obvious enthusiasm; set to musically effective, rich instrumental backing largely based on acoustic guitar; recorded live in the studio in glorious true stereo by RCA Living Stereo era recording talent (Bill Porter, Roy Orbison's engineer on many of that singers' astounding sounding hits); transferred intelligently to CD without being ruined with "improvements" by the good quality Bear Family engineers.

Both of Eddy's classic Western albums. Classic Western folk Americana. Fine vocals. Fine backing. Better sound acoustically than most modern pop records. This all adds up to one wonderful CD! A keeper, and it only grows on you as time goes by. If you are at all curious or interested in folk music, get it. Good listening, folks.

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars CATTLE CALL/THEREBY HANGS A TALE~EDDY ARNOLD, October 3, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Cattle Call / Thereby Hangs A Tale (Audio CD)

I USE TO LISTEN TO THIS RECORD ALBUM WHEN I WAS LITTLE. WHILE MY PARENTS WOULD DANCE IN THE LIVING ROOM AND I GREW UP LISTENING TO MY PARENTS SINGING THESE SONGS. IT IS AN ABSOLUTELY AWESOME ALBUM. IT IS THE BEST OF THE BEST.
THANK YOU.SHERRIE DEAN

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A True Legend!, December 16, 2002

By 

ldynrddoor "Ldynrddoor" (Washington) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Cattle Call / Thereby Hangs A Tale (Audio CD)

I bought this originally as a record...way back when. A few years ago, I found the CD and it brought back all those wonderful memories of listening to this ever-gentle "Tennessee plowboy"! I heartily recommend this to ANY Eddy Arnold fan!