Rawhide/How the West Was Won

Sheb Wooley

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 17, 1995)
• Original Release Date: February 1996
• Label: Bear Family
• ASIN: B000001B41
• Also Available in: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #309,996 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

1. Rawhide

2. Mirage

3. Goodnight-Loving Trail

4. Shifting Whispering Sands

5. Indian Maiden

6. Story of Billy Bardell

7. Enchantment of the Prairie

8. Lonely Man

9. Wayward Wind

10. Bars Across the Windows

11. Cattle Call

12. Searching

13. Rawhide

14. How the West Was Won

15. Gotta Pull up Stakes (And Move on West)

16. High Lonesome

17. Wagonmaster's Diary/Buffalo Stampede

18. Rosie's the Queen of California

19. Building a Railroad

20. Plowin' in New Ground

See all 24 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars memories of How the West was Won, November 28, 2004

By	J. M. Keyte (UK) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I had an early vinyl copy of this,which I loved, long since lost and worn out, and I'm absolutly delighted that it's available on CD. Always loved Sheb Wooley's voice for this sort of music. Makes one think of the (mythical) West and provokes nostalgia for a lost (and in fact brutally hard)life led by some people in the not too distant past, for whom some of these sorts of songs were probably their only consolation while driving cattle. Only sorry that, in the UK, I probably can't get a copy.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars About time!, July 31, 2000

By	J. Anderson - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I have been waiting for YEARS for Rawhide to be re-released onto CD (I've worn out the record)! This CD also includes the album, "How the West was Won" (which according to the liner notes didn't do very well, which makes me kind of wonder why they included that particular album on this cd...)Every song on Rawhide is my favorite song - although I didn't think too much of "How the West was Won," there were a couple of outstanding songs that made it a real treat (i.e. Papa's Fiddle).

The inclusion of the liner notes adds so much more to the experience - it's a biography of Sheb Wooley as well as notes on his songs.

For anyone who remembers the original album or for anyone who simply loves western ballads, this CD is a One-Click-Buy-Right-Now!

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Different strokes. . . ., November 14, 2000

By A Customer

With all due respect to my fellow reviewer, the How the West Was Won segment of this release is uniformly excellent! I would go so far as to say I prefer it to the Rawhide side, but it's a tough call. Bottom line? More is better than less, so let's just be glad Bear Family put both on here! Chances are good HtWWW would have missed the CD revolution otherwise.

Say, if you're reading this and decide to put this CD in your shopping basket, consider Eddy Arnold's Cattle Call/Thereby Hangs a Tale--also from Bear Family and available from Amazon. It's got some great songs on it, and makes an interesting companion to Sheb's albums.