These Boots Are Made for Walkin': Complete MGM Recordings [Import]

Lee Hazlewood | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 11, 2002)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Import
• Label: Ace Records UK
• ASIN: B00006L82Y
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,697 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #68 in Music > Country > Bluegrass > General

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. The Girls In Paris – Lee Hazlewood w/ Suzi Jane Hokum

2. My Baby Cried All Night Long

3. My Autumns Done Come

4. Summer Wine – Lee Hazlewood w/ Suzi Jane Hokum

5. I Move Around

6. Your Sweet Love

7. Sand – Lee Hazlewood w/ Suzi Jane Hokum

8. Dark In My Heart

9. After Six

10. I Am A Part

See all 22 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. Shades

2. This Town

3. Child

4. Stone Cold Blues

5. Little War

6. Them Girls

7. Fort Worth

8. Hands

9. Mannford Oklahoma

10. Summer Nights

See all 13 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

Full Title - These Boots Are Made For Walkin' - The Complete MGM Recordings. 2002 compilation featuring all Hazlewood's recordings for the MGM label. 35 tracks, including three albums, 1966's 'The Very Special World Of Lee Hazlewood', 1967's 'Lee Hazlewoodism, It's Cause & Cure' plus 1968's 'Something Special' which was only released in Germany. Plus, 'Summer Wine' & 'Them Girls' which only appeared on 45s & three rare instrumental tracks recorded as Lee Hazlewood's Woodchucks, 'Muchaco', 'Frenesi' & 'Batman' (prev. unreleased). Stereo & mono recordings. Ace.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

36 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Knock On Wood, January 7, 2003

By A Customer

This review is from: These Boots Are Made for Walkin': Complete MGM Recordings (Audio CD)

Brilliant, dorky, drunken & nostalgic as a cryrogenically frozen martini, this is the ultimate Lee Hazelwood collection to date. If Sinatra had deigned to go Country to alleviate his flagging late 60's career, he would have called on Lee Hazelwood."After Six" could've been the hungover, morning after sequel to "One For My Baby".

"The Old Man & His Guitar" brings vintage Leonard Cohen to mind. "Jose" is so god awful, it gives Elvis Presely's theme song to "Charro" a run for it's money. But therein, lies the fun of it all. If camp were an art form, then Hazelwood has accidentally stumbled on it.

What's great about Hazelwood's cheescake trappings are the universal truths he hacks up despite the canned production. Loneliness, longing, & woe---it's all there. Behind it all, is a balladeer who knows his craft, despite the smaltz. The horns may be goofy but if you strip it down, "When a Fool Loves A Fool" is a great song, worthy of a fashionable makeover cover. That being said, I wouldn't change a note of "Child". "Hands" is as maudlin as it gets, then this rambunctious piano cuts in and saves the day.

Superficially, one would say this is vintage kitch with it's tongue firmly lodged in cheek. A number of listens & it's more than you bargained for. To quote the liner notes on the back, " It's not rock, it's not country, not quite lounge-it's unique. "

All it takes is a talented, imaginative listener & this collection is a bit more than a soundtrack to a 1969 issue of Playboy. But if that's all you get from it, atleast you'll have fun.

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Many many Velvet Mornings!, January 5, 2007

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J. Millar (New York, NY United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: These Boots Are Made for Walkin': Complete MGM Recordings (Audio CD)

I've had Nancy Sinatra's greatest hits for many many years and the only tracks that made the IPod or regular rotation were "These Boots Are Made for Walking (written by Lee) and Some Velvet Morning (a duet with Lee). Some Velvet Morning has been one of my favorite songs for a long time but I just assumed that Lee was a one trick pony... until I decided to pick up this record.

I'm now obsessed with Lee and have started buying his catalog. This record started my obsession with Lee... if you don't like this comp you just don't like Lee.

16 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Lee Hazlewood , the words and music behind Nancy Sinatra, July 19, 2003

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CC snyder (Flora (little town) in Illinois) - See all my reviews

This review is from: These Boots Are Made for Walkin': Complete MGM Recordings (Audio CD)

I remember seeing Nancy Sinatra on many television variety shows in the 1960s and always wondered where her lyrical and mystical balads came from. I remember her singing "Summer Wine" and suddenly I knew It had to be Lee Hazlewood and I have been a fan since then. Lee Hazlewood is an overlooked genius in the music business. cc snyder