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Waylon & Willie

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This remastered and unabridged version of the Willie and Waylon classic has been long overdue. I still haven't figured out why RCA released an edited version of this ten plus years ago and choose to omit "Don't Cuss That Fiddle" and the politically incorrect "The Year 2003 minus 25." Perhaps Willie got a little too controvesial for the music execs with the line "Who would have thought those Arabs would have bought The USA only to give it to the Jews". All in all this is an outstanding follow-up to their smash recording of Outlaws released 2 years earlier on RCA.

A super-groovy collection of good-natured, good ole boy-ish tunes from the poster children of the "outlaw" scene. This disc is so packed with goodies, it's hard to know where to begin heaping on the praise. Waylon's soul-drenched sound is a great match for Willie's jazzy sensibilities, and both guys sound like they had a blast recording this album. With songs like "Mammas, Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys," "Wurlitzer Prize," "Pick Up The Tempo" and "I Can Get Off On You," this is an absolute must-have album. Sure, you can get a lot of these tracks on best-of packages, but it's worth it to hear this collaboration in its glorious full context. Highly recommended.

This is the ultimate Waylon and Willie Album. The album includes their signature tune "Mommas don't let you babies grow up to be cowboys. They each sing three solos including Waylon's Wurlitzer Prize.Plus they sing five duets. This album show cases the best of these two singers.

Yep, this album is a classic. What makes an album a classic? Pure and simple greatness. That, and it sold quite a few copies--but sales aside, this album's greatest gem is the pairing of two musical geniuses. Waylon Jennings, the guy who established the outlaw movement and made it what it was; and Willie Nelson, the guy who took songwriting to a whole new level, and showed us that less is more. Waymore and the Red-Headed Stranger...two musical icons.

Enough praise aside--you know how great and important these two men were to music. Let's look at the songs. If you've never heard "Mamma's Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up to Be Cowboys" (in any of its incantations, though this is the best), then you need to turn your radio on every once in a while. And you just haven't lived until you've heard these two lamenting on Kris Kristofferson's witty "Don't Cuss the Fiddle." And "The Wurlitzer Prize," a Waylon solo effort, stands as one of the defining songs of country music.

Oh, there is much more to this album--but I'm gonna leave you with a few surprises. Whether they're dueting or going it alone, Waylon and Willie have crafted one of the single best albums ever made. WAYLON & WILLIE has withstood the test of time, and will continue to do so for generations to come.

I used to listen to this on an 8-track that my dad had. It's good to see it released in it's entirety.
The songs are great! This really captures the Willie/Waylon sound.

I had this on 8-Track many years ago and it is every bit as good now as it was then.

If I had to pick 10 albums to take on that island way out in the wild blue yonder this would be one of the ten without question. Just a fantastic album! One the the best ever! Enough said

This was a great purchase, I'm very pleased. I used to have this one on vinyl! Shipped quickly, no problems what so ever!

I have'nt Recieved this item yet. Im very disappointed its been long enough to have got it. so i'm not happy at all with this buy, Thank You

I'm sorry for giving only 4 stars on this album. From the viewpoint of outlaw beginners like me, some tunes are entertainment rather than spirit. Backed by the same Waylors, however, it's not supposed to be that way that Willie sing alone with karaoke. What difference did it make between rock (except boring ones) and outlaws was the schedule of releases. It was too thick for them, hardest working men in country music, to create songs full of freshness and originality. I also enjoy the duet and the solo tunes, but they're less impressing than the tunes in their hungry and thirsty years.