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- Date Released: July 25, 2000
- Genre: Country/Folk
- Style: Alt-Country
- Label: Goldenlane / The Orchard
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They Say...
Exactly half of these recordings previously appeared on the Hollywood Records compact disc Conversation With a Gun, including excellent remakes of "The Boll Weevil" and "Green Grow the Lilacs," both of which were recorded by Ritter for Capitol in the '40s. These recordings are said to be from a 1964 session for overseas radio broadcast, and Ritter remakes a number of his well-known songs. An answer to Lefty Frizzell's "Saginaw Michigan" is included ("Son of a Saginaw Fisherman"), along with the Harlan Howard's "The Gallows Pole" and an instrumental treatment of Johnny Bond's "Cimarron." The Very Best isn't Tex Ritter's very best -- not even close -- but fans will greatly enjoy a number of these tracks.
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| 01. |  |
Green Grow The Lilacs |
2:25 |
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| 02. | |
Fool’s Paradise |
3:07 |
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| 03. | |
Cielito Lindo |
2:00 |
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| 04. | |
The Gallows Pole |
2:43 |
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| 05. | |
Froggy Went A Courtin’ |
2:07 |
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| 06. | |
Boll Weevil |
2:14 |
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| 07. | |
Conversation With A Gun |
3:13 |
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| 08. | |
Have I Stayed Away Too Long |
2:26 |
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| 09. | |
The Keeper Of The Keys |
1:58 |
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| 10. | |
Hillbilly Heaven |
3:24 |
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| 11. | |
High Noon |
2:41 |
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11 Total Tracks, 28:18 Total Length
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Credits
- Tex Ritter - Main Performer // Jimmy Wakely - Producer // Johnny Bond - Producer // Dan Hersch - Digital Remastering // Cary E. Mansfield - Producer // Cary E. Mansfield - Collection // Bill Pitzonka - Art Direction // Bill Pitzonka - Design
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