Gunfighter Ballads And Trail Songs

Bought a new copy of the classic, Marty Robbins' Gunfighter Ballads. This Columbia recording is of qood quality. Mr. Robbins' music has its usual unique, pleasing quality. All songs are smooth and great on the ears.

This may well be the greatest album of Marty Robbins' career. He seemed to have a passion for the Western music, although he was one of the greatest "crooners" in Country music as well.
I only have one complaint here and that is the inclusion of the "chopped up" version of El Paso, and (I guess technically two complaints) that the full length version of the song is not in stereo. I mean, come on, if the edited version is edited from the full length recording (and it was with one verse edited out) and the edited version was recorded in stereo, then wouldn't it just go unsaid that the full length version should be in stereo as well??
All in all this is a great album.

Old standards that have been great for almost fifty years. Well worth having in one's collection.

This album will never go out of style. It is classic lyrics, voice, and band combined.

My dad had this album when I was a kid and listened to it a lot. He really liked Marty Robbins. Now, a zillion years later, I stumbled upon this album while surfing around Amazon looking for music. This is great! I love how simply this is recorded - just Marty Robbins' voice and an acoustic guitar in the background. He has a really nice musical voice. This is not the kind of music I would normally listen to. I have always liked artists like Al Dimeola, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Roy Buchanan, etc. and have never liked "country" music, but this is certainly an exception! My dad isn't doing so well these days and I thought I would send him a copy and it might help brighten his day. I like it so much, I may just buy a copy for myself too!

I especially like "Cool Water" - I remember that song oh so well from around the house when I was a kid, and I liked it then. I could listen to 70's rock like Foghat, Led Zeppelin, etc. upstairs, then go downstairs and listen to Marty Robbins with my dad - "cool, clear water".

I also always liked "El Paso" too. Really, every single song on this album is great!