Grand Ole Opry: Marty Robbins

Marty Robbins | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 30, 2007)
• Original Release Date: 2007
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Time Life Records
• ASIN: B000VNQ726
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #271,846 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Singing the Blues

2. Begging to You

3. The Cowboy in the Continental Suit

4. No Tears Milady

5. Tonight Carmen

6. Red River Valley

7. Ruby Ann

8. The Shoe Goes on the Other Foot Tonight

9. Running Gun

10. Ribbon of Darkness

11. Don't Worry

12. Devil Woman

13. Medley: Then I Turned and Walked Slowly Away/Many Tears Ago/I Could Nev

14. El Paso

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Marty at his best..., November 4, 2007

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Sojourner (Arlington, TX) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Grand Ole Opry: Marty Robbins (Audio CD)

Marty Robbins was one of the greatest performers who ever graced a stage anywhere. Sadly, he never recorded a "live" album -- but this is probably the next-best thing, particularly for a lot of his material from the 60s. Marty truly was a "Legend of the Grand Ole Opry." He loved the audience, and the audience loved him right back. He usually closed the Saturday night show because he liked to race cars at the local track. Some nights when he was particularly wound up after a race, he would go on singing for the audience even after the Opry had gone off the air. He loved to perform! These recordings were made when the Opry was still in the Old Ryman Auditorium, and there was an intimacy there between the performers and the audience that is not found anywhere else today.

He and his band were always top-notch. Of course, "El Paso" was his biggest hit, and the harmony on it is incredible. Marty, though, by himself was an incredible vocalist, and that is particularly evident on both "Don't Worry" and "Ribbon of Darkness." The little guitar he played -- a Martin 5-18 -- had a "high" ringing sound to it, and it is evident throughout these recordings.

I have longed to hear some of these songs again as they were performed over WSM back in the 60s. It has only been in the last couple of years that I became aware that WSM had recorded many of the Opry performances and sent transcriptions to subscribing radio stations.

I can only hope that more of these recordings will become available... Many thanks to Time-Life for compiling this CD!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Opry's Number One Man, November 23, 2007

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D. F. Corne (London, England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Grand Ole Opry: Marty Robbins (Audio CD)

This is actually the second 'live' album by Marty and it's a welcome addition seeing that his recorded product has all but dried up. I used to love to hear Marty doing medleys of great old country standards and two songs that he never actually recorded 'Take These Chains From My Heart' and 'You Know How Talk Gets Around' were often featured by Marty. Hopefully they will appear in the not too distant future as there must be lots more of Marty seeing he was THE man on the Opry for years. This showcases many of the songs that great man is famous for and the enthusiastic audience response to the man who surpassed Hank William's popularity on this haloed stage. The sound on the album isn't great, but no matter it has that wonderful Robbins voice which Opry audiences loved down through the years.

5.0 out of 5 stars "Voice Of The West", Robbins Live At The Opry ..., July 2, 2008

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R. Webb "minstrel man" (u.s.a.) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Grand Ole Opry: Marty Robbins (Audio CD)

Here on this documented piece of history the great Marty Robbins steps out on the Grand Ole Opry stage with his unique small Martin guitar with that distinctive tinty sound, the voice of Marty Robbins is as smooth as amber whisky, natural as running spring water, singin' all his hits and classics, "EL PASO", "RUNNING GUN", "DON'T WORRY ME", "DEVIL WOMAN", "SINGING THE BLUES", "RED RIVER VALLEY" - the only Robbins version I've heard "valley" is worthy of a spot on any Robbins' gunfighter album. Marty and his band were having a helluva good time as were the enthusiastic audiences, any chance to hear this incredible entertainer is golden, it's not too often you hear Marty Robbins live, here's an excellent opportunity to hear the great "voice of the west" at the old Ryman in Nashville,Tennessee! The Ryman is a sacred place where many great country music entertainers called it home - Hank Williams, Roy Acuff, Hank Snow, Jimmy Dickens, Loretta Lynn, and countless others. The audio is slightly distorted, Marty's voice is very much alive and vital, Time Life does everything possible to restore these rare recordings to the highest standards, look for Willie Nelson at the opry also available at Amazon...too bad country music doesn't sound like this anymore, the new stuff is enough to give you the blues, my new genre.