Walk Tall: The Mercury Hit Singles 1963-75 [Import]

Faron Young | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 11, 2003)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Westside UK
• ASIN: B00007GY3H
• Average Customer Review: 3.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #504,493 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Yellow Bandana

2. Nightmare

3. We've Got Something in Common

4. You'll Drive Me Back (Into Her Arms Again)

5. Keeping Up With the Joneses

6. My Friend on the Right

7. Walk Tall

8. My Dreams

9. Unmitigated Gall

10. Wonderful World of Women

11. She Went a Little Bit Farther

12. I Just Came to Get My Baby

13. Wine Me Up

14. Your Time's Comin'

15. Occasional Wife

16. If I Ever Fall in Love (With a Honky Tonk Girl)

17. Goin' Steady

18. Step Aside

19. Leavin' and Sayin' Goodbye

20. It's Four in the Morning

See all 24 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

Full title - Walk Tall - The Mercury Hit Singles 1963-1975. 2002 compilation for one of country music's biggest stars (89 hits in Billboard's country chart). Featuring 24 of his biggest hits for the Mercury label on one CD for the first time ever. Westside. 2002.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Don't bother, January 4, 2005

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Kenneth A. Hippler "Vintagecountry" (Minneapolis, MN) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Walk Tall: The Mercury Hit Singles 1963-75 (Audio CD)

When I first received this CD in the mail, I had very high hopes. I had the stereo Mercury LPs which these titles first appeared on. However, over the years they wore out and I was looking to replace some of the songs with digital copies. When I finally put this CD in my player, to say I was extremely disappointed would be an understatement. This has got to be, without a doubt, the most horrendous attempt at mastering for CD release I have EVER encountered. The folks who put this out should be ashamed of themselves!! What a way to treat one of the truly great stylists in the history of country music!! A real shame- -and a sham!!

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars 24 Original Mercury Hits, September 2, 2003

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Darrin Warren (Osburn, Idaho) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Walk Tall: The Mercury Hit Singles 1963-75 (Audio CD)

This import features most of the biggest hits of Farons Mercury years. The original recordings are here but the sound quality could be better as they sound like they may have come off from 2nd or 3rd generation tapes which gives some the songs a slight muddy sound. Most of these songs are hard to find on CD so buy it until something better comes along. Faron Young was one of true Country Giants of his time.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Some quality country music; bad presentation, September 29, 2004

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Eclectic Reviewer "Charlie" (Tucson, AZ.) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Walk Tall: The Mercury Hit Singles 1963-75 (Audio CD)

It was some time ago now, but as I am a Faron Young fan, I took well-preserved vinyls of my favorites which turned up on this product later, along with some of Faron's earlier works, and recorded them onto a cassette (my own version of his greatest hits). Having no sophisticated recording equipment at the time, I recorded them with an open microphone. Today, they still sound better on my tape player than they do on the compilation here (I never burned a CD). Even so, I question the quality of Mercury's original recordings. "Yellow Bandana", "She Went a Little Bit Farther" and "It's Four in the Morning" evoke special memories for me. They deserve a better presentation, a "do over" maybe.