King Of The Honky-Tonk: From The Original Master Tapes

Webb Pierce | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 12, 2000)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Country Music Found.
• ASIN: B000000QJ4
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #235,596 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #51 in Music > Indie Music > Country > Honky-Tonk

Track Listings

1. Wondering

2. I Just Can't Be True

3. Back Street Affair

4. Broken Engagement

5. It's Been So Long

6. There Stands the Glass

7. I'm Walking the Dog

8. Slowly

9. Even Tho'

10. Sparkling Brown Eyes

11. More and More

12. In the Jailhouse Now

13. I Don't Care

14. Why Baby Why

15. I'm Tired

16. Honky Tonk Song

17. Tupelo County Jail

18. I Ain't Never

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars How Welcome was this one???, September 12, 2003

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Cory L. Schwent (Bloomsdale, MO United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: King Of The Honky-Tonk: From The Original Master Tapes (Audio CD)

Remember when this one hit the shelves? There was absolutely NO Webb Pierce available domestically. Of course Bear Family had their mammoth box set out at the time, which I do recommend, but there was nothing.

Then one day I found this at the record store and nearly caused a scene.

This includes a lot of his most well known songs. Not all of them, but most of them.

The booklet is fantastic looking and the sound is spectacular.

Another cornerstone of my record collection

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars There stands the glass- fill her up to the brim, April 4, 2002

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L. E STOTTLEMEYER (KCMO) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: King Of The Honky-Tonk: From The Original Master Tapes (Audio CD)

Which country singer was the #1 country "singles" ie,(45's and 78's) seller of the 1950's. You got it-Webb Pierce. Webb and Ray Price and ET cut the best honky tonk country in the 1950's. Webb was pure honky tonk from his nasal twang to his custom made nudie's of hollywood suits.This cd is fantastic and includes some of his biggest hits-my favorite being "There stands the glass". If you wanna cry in your beer or feel like you're two steppin on a sawdust floor in a honky tonk circa 1958-then this cd will do it for ya. One of the all time great Country singers.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars a must-have collection, January 16, 2004

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Jerry McDaniel - See all my reviews

This review is from: King Of The Honky-Tonk: From The Original Master Tapes (Audio CD)

Webb Pierce...WOW! i love his singing. no, i don't want to hear him sing at high volume...but his voice is distinct that's for sure. some have made or heard the comments that Webb is either under-rated or is forgotten. i have an answer for that. Webb lived a life that was opposite what one might think. He was NEVER a hell-raiser, despite his reputation for honky-tonk songs. The only time he raised cane was inside a studio or backstage at a concert if something didn't go as planned. He had his share of temper-flare up's but that like i said was a result of business and nothing personal. Also, he remained married to one woman for decades which is another rarity in country music. To top it all off, he remained honky-tonk and he remained decked out in rhinestones long after people stopped wearing them. He wasn't Porter Waggoner. Porter's the ONLY artist i've seen who the public insists seeing in Nudie suits (Nudie was the name of a designer). Another reason for his lack of durability lay within his commercial out-put. After 1965, he only had one single to make the Top-10 out of dozens of singles released to radio. This, coupled with his flashy lifestyle, didn't win him any friends in the post '60s Nashville caught up in Billy Sherrill's countrypolitan songs and Owen Bradley's nashville sound. This CD contains a boatload of Webb's important songs. All of them are here. The fact that 11 of his 13 #1 hits are here and a few lesser-known Top-10 hits and album tracks thrown in make this the best available single CD collection on Webb Pierce. "Love, Love, Love" and "That Heart Belongs to Me" are the #1 hits not on this CD. I would've added "Love, Love, Love" since it was a 13 week #1 hit and taken off "Broken Engagement", which is track 4, since it wasn't a hit. Well, the infectious "Sparkling Brown Eyes" is track #10. The Wilburn Brothers provide the harmony like they do on "In The Jailhouse Now". I also like the last three songs: "Honky Tonk Song", "Tupelo County Jail", and "I Ain't Never". Even though his honky-tonk fans dismiss them as rock-a-billy fluff, i enjoy them.