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Will the Wolf Survive

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After years of being on RCA and hitting a dry spell in the mid 80s, Waylon departed that label for a new start on MCA. And for the first time that decade, Waylon made a classic album and chose excellent songs from a then unknown Steve Earle (Devil's Right Hand), Los Lobos (the title track) and Don Cook (Working Without A Net) to which Will The Wolf Survive and Working Without A Net both hit top ten. This album comes very close to rock at times, and even though Waylon has stated in his book that working with producer Jimmy Bowen was not much fun, Waylon's vocals has a little more bite to them. The sound is buried in dated digital 80s country sound (which was the norm back then), but the music on this album rocks to the point that even the 80s sound can't bring down the quality of the songs.

The album itself is very hard to find on CD, but MCA has repackaged all of Waylon's MCA albums on a nifty 2 CD set called the Complete MCA Recordings, which would be more cost effective to get than trying to find this CD by itself. While the rest of the MCA albums have their moments and their charm, Will The Wolf Survive is Waylon's lost classic that stands head and shoulders above the other albums.

PS: Universal has quietly reissued Will The Wolf Survive and can be found for 8 dollars.

Finally!! I have always loved the Will the Wolf Survive album. I have just about worn out my cassette of it. For years I have looked high and low for this out of print jewel to no avail, but now MCA has finally released the 2CD set Waylon's "The Complete MCA Recordings" which contain the complete songs from the following 4 Waylon albums:
1. Will the Wolf survive
2. Hangin Tough
3. A Man Called Hoss (Another I have searched long for!)
4. Full Circle
So there you are, a great value and some great overlooked recordings!

I think this is one of his best albums. I was looking all over for this and couldn't believe I found it here.

Any music by Waylon Jennings is great , he was one of the best entertainers we have had !

I bought this CD for the one song and that's about all I got. This CD is lacking in my opinion. I would not recommend spending the $$ on it.

All i can say is that this CD is AWESOME!!! A collection for all to have.

I always buy from you all I get the best servive this cd i would say to all buy this cd a great page in the recordings of waylon it shows how this man kept up to what his fans would agreed is what make waylon the outlaw in contry music his music well live for ever