On the Trail Again

Frankie Laine | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 28, 1994)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Bear Family
• ASIN: B000001AZL
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #304,112 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Strange Lady In Town

2. Ramblin' Man

3. Rawhide

4. Champion The Wonderhorse

5. Blowing Wild (Ballad Of Black Gold)

6. Where The Winds Blow

7. I Let Her Go

8. The Tarrier Song

9. El Diablo

10. Ride Through The Night

11. Ghostriders In The Sky

12. Beyond The Blue Horizon

13. The Swamp Girl

14. Song Of The Open Road

15. Journey's End

16. Wagon Wheels

17. The 3:10 to Yuma

18. Cool Water

19. Gunfight at the O.K. Corral

20. High Noon

See all 29 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

This second helping of Laine's Western songs offers a different take of 'Rawhide' as well as lesser-known Western gems like 'Dead Man's Hand'. But some of the non-Western performances, such as an over-the-top arangement of Hank Williams' 'Ramblin' Man', or a surreal saga, 'The Swamp Girl', and a tribute to the space program, 'The New Frontier', are the stunners among these 29 Mitch Miller-produced performances, recorded between 1952 and 1962. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

15 of 15 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars If You Are Looking For One Album Of Trail Songs, This Is It, July 30, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: On the Trail Again (Audio CD)

Although I am not normally a proponent of Greatest Hits albums, if you are looking for an essential album of trail songs, buy this album. Essentially, "On The Trail Again" coalesces all of Mr. Lane's classic Western songs: "Strange Lady In Town" "Dueces Wild", "Dead Man's Hand", "High Noon", they are all here. If you are planning a road trip through the American West, these tunes are indispensable and combine great music with Hollywood's image of "The West of the Imagination". Again, highly recommended and (in my opinion) the best of Mr. Lane's compilation albums.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Western songs including Champion the wonder horse, April 4, 2003

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Peter Durward Harris "Pete the music fan" (Leicester England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: On the Trail Again (Audio CD)

I remember the long-running TV series Champion the wonder horse from the late fifties and early sixties. As with another TV series from around the same time, Rawhide, Frankie Laine sang the theme song. While Rawhide has always been easy to find, Champion the wonder horse has only rarely been re-released. Both themes are included on this excellent set of western-themed songs.

High noon the movie featured Tex Ritter's version of the title song, but it was Frankie Laine who had the biggest hit with the song. Other famous songs here are Ghost riders in the sky, Cool water and the Hank Williams song Rambling man. There is much more to this collection than just the famous tracks, great though Frankie sings them. Just listen to some of the others, including The 3.10 to Yuma, The new frontier and Blowing wild.

My only complaint is the liner notes. Bear Family are usually impeccable, but the notes here, while interesting, look as if they were written for a different album, as most of the songs mentioned are not included on the CD, while little is said about the songs that are actually here, except the recording information. Still, it's the music that counts and the quality of the re-mastering is clearly up to Bear Family's customary standard.

Together with the companion volume On the trail, this demonstrates that Frankie was a great singer of western songs.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Laine Only Laine, November 2, 2006

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kametamorphic "ametamorphic" (East Haven) - See all my reviews

This review is from: On the Trail Again (Audio CD)

I love "Gunfight At O.K. Corral" and "High Noon" because these songs just seem like they were made for Frankie Laine. It makes you wonder that after what Frankie Laine did with "High Noon" that Dimitri Tiomkin must have wanted Laine to sing "Gunfight At O.K. Corral" for the John Sturges Western. It really enhanced that film and drove the legend home. I like "Dead Man's Hand" quite a bit along with "Wheel Of Fortune." Another good Frankie Laine CD.