Nite Life: Greatest Hits and Rare Tracks, 1959-1971

Willie Nelson | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 3, 1990)
• Original Release Date: July 24, 1990
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Rhino / WEA
• ASIN: B0000032TH
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (11 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #154,982 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Man With the Blues

2. What a Way to Live

3. Night Life

4. Rainy Day Blues [*]

5. You'll Always Have Someone

6. Everything But You [*]

7. Mr. Record Man

8. Hello Walls

9. Crazy

10. Touch Me

11. Funny How Time Slips Away

12. Am I Blue [*]

13. Half a Man

14. Opportunity to Cry

15. San Antonio Rose

16. One in a Row

17. Bring Me Sunshine [*]

18. Me and Paul

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Record Review from a Lover of True Music., December 20, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Nite Life: Greatest Hits and Rare Tracks, 1959-1971 (Audio CD)

I'm not a professinal critic are even an amature one,but after reading the rating above I had to write in my "Two Cent's". This is an exellent overview of Willie's career in the early day's. Willie's songwriting is pure genius.Willie was first a Texas-Born Songwriter,who moved to Nashville to make a career in the music bussiness,and as these Brillently Crafted song's prove,was a success.Just really give "Am I Blue", "Touch Me" or "Opportunity To Cry" a Good listen.We have all heard Patsy Cline's version of "Crazy" and it's Beautiful!So is Willie's.Faron Young is exellent on Willie's "Hello Wall's".Willie is too, Willie Nelson is an Inavator in this craft,His song's come straight from the heart,and these song's serve as Great Landmark's In music History,and the beginning of one of Music's most Talented Artist. I am Lucky to be from Austin, Where I've grown up with Willie. If you Love Real Music, You'll Love this more and more with each Listen.This is a must have recording,If not on this C.D.- you must have Willie singing his Great Old Song's on one of his Box Set's. Let this music take you deeper and deeper into Texas Music,You Will Not Be Disappointed, Promise.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Curiosity, Yet One of Willie's Best, December 2, 2005

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Bradley F. Smith (Miami Beach, FL) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Nite Life: Greatest Hits and Rare Tracks, 1959-1971 (Audio CD)

Admittedly, I haven't heard everything in Willie's huge cataloge. But listening to this, I'm struck by how strong his voice was in the early '60s when these seminal tunes were cut. These are all wonderful genre-bending songs, relaxed, down and full of soul, with Willie's trademark, just-behind-the-beat vocal phrasing, the kind of thing jazz singers have long done. Accompaniments are generally just right, spare, bluesy and loose. Nothing here is dated. If you're a "Stardust" fan or a newcomer to Willie, you'll be greatly surprised by just how right this collection sounds. Pick it up, by all means. It's a total classic glimpse of, yes, a genius just starting out, but sounding like he's got the wisdom of an old man.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Early Willie Songs Show His Talent as a Songwriter, January 13, 2005

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Eclectic Revisited "Charlie" (Arizona) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Nite Life: Greatest Hits and Rare Tracks, 1959-1971 (Audio CD)

I don't know how the old one-star review came in (the reviewer's only review to date), but after Willie traveled on to become a founder of the "outlaws", he then explored a wide variety of music (as Ray Charles,his friend, did from his lofty perch). Willie Nelson is not a single-gaited singer/songwriter and has shown a deep interest in and talent for singing a wide variety of music. He has not stuck to the "safety" of country music to satisfy merely the ridgerunning drop-outs. This package shows his ability to write songs. Besides the country artists who hae sung his songs, former nightclub singer Rusty Draper (big in his day) had a hit with "Nightlife" back when and one-hit wonder Jimmy Elledge had a great soul rendering of "Funny How Time Slips Away" for RCA. The list goes on. As concerns this package, I remember from my perch long ago in Tennessee the emergence of Willie Nelson as a songwriting force, his "outlaw" move (fewer violins and more fiddles), etc. But he didn't stop there. This is early Willie at his best; buy it.