The Wondering Boy (1951-1958) [Box set]

Webb Pierce | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 27, 1994)
• Format: Box set
• Note on Boxed Sets: During shipping, discs in boxed sets occasionally become dislodged without damage. Please examine and play these discs. If you are not completely satisfied, we'll refund or replace your purchase.
• Label: Bear Family
• ASIN: B000001AX8
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #305,575 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #81 in Music > Indie Music > Country > Honky-Tonk

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Drifting Texas Sand

2. If Crying Would Make You Care

3. California Blues [Blue Yodel No. 4]

4. You Scared the Love Right Out of Me

5. New Silver Bells

See all 28 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. There's a Better Home

2. Mother Call My Name in Prayer

3. I'm Walking the Dog

4. You Just Can't Be True

5. Slowly

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Disc: 3

1. Call Me Your Sweetheart

2. If You Were Me (And I Were You)

3. Love, Love, Love

4. Why Baby Why

5. Yes, I Know Why (I Want to Cry)

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Disc: 4

1. New Panhandle Rag

2. I Know It Was You

3. Don't Do It Darlin'

4. Holiday for Love

5. How Long

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Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars The Way It Used To Be, June 13, 2000

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Fairfax Dave (Fairfax, Virginia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Wondering Boy (1951-1958) (Audio CD)

If you want to hear country music like it used to be, in the great era of the 1950's and 1960's, this is the set for you. Disc 4 is particularly outstanding with classic but little known songs like "Pick Me Up on Your Way Down" and the great prison song "Life To Go." It doesn't get much better than this, both as to songs and Pierce's unique style. A clear illustration as to how the style of country music has drastically changed over the past 40 years - for the worse, I would say! If you want total immersion in classic country music, buy this boxed set.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars An great collection of early hits from a honky tonk legend, December 11, 2001

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DJ Joe Sixpack (...in Middle America) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Wondering Boy (1951-1958) (Audio CD)

A big, fat, honkin' four-CD box set representing the holy grail of Webb's work that's actually in print. The LP-sized package includes 113 tracks and a lavish booklet with great liner notes by Webb-ologist Otto Kitsinger, as well as a complete discography of Webb's Decca sessions, giving info on side musicians, writers, producers, etc. Plus, there's over an album's worth of this material which had never been released before! ... So why do I so seldom actually listen to these discs? Well, slowly I find myself coming to the conclusion that Bear Family might do better off if they made single CD "economy" versions of some of their fabuloso box sets... The multi-disc boxes are great fetish items, but somewhat pricey and a bit daunting to delve into once you actually shell out the cash and drag one home. Don't get me wrong, though -- this collection is ace bunny killer. Not a bad track on it. Worth every pfennig. And the second that Bear Family puts out a follow-up collection of stuff from the late-'50s and early-'60s, I'll be standing in line to pick up my copy.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars real country, September 24, 2001

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Robert E VandenHeuvel (Verona Beach, New York United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Wondering Boy (1951-1958) (Audio CD)

Thus is a great boxed set, which reveals Webb as being the closest country artist to Hank Williams stylistically. A few songs have some odd percussion-almost sounding like coconut shells being banged against a table. A few other songs-although good-suffer from the intrusive piano found on numerous Nashville songs of the time. But, all in all, this is a great collection from a man who belongs in the Country music hall of fame and like most Bear Family boxed sets-a little expensive but worth the cost.