The Wild West cowboy occupies a symbolic and central place in popular culture. The lone rider, out on the range. The white-hatted hero facing up to a gang of outlaws in a gunfight. The wagon train heading out over the horizon.Celebrated in cinema since the beginning of movies, the cowboy has also found a regular home on record, as this vinyl LP compilation testifies. Listen to these songs and, with just a little imagination, you can picture the solitary cowboy on his trusty steed, watching a cattle round-up, or making his way into a town like Tombstone. A timeless myth, captured forever in these ‘Songs of the Wild West’.
Tracks:
1: Don't Take Your Guns to Town - Johnny Cash
2: Big Iron - Marty Robbins
3: (Ghost) Riders in the Sky - Eddy Arnold
4: The 3:10 to Yuma - Frankie Laine
5: Gunslinger - Katie Lee
6: The Streets of Laredo - Don Gibson
7: The Old Chisholm Trail - Tex Johnson
8: Sam Bass - Tex Ritter
9: The Pony Express (I've Got to Carry the Mail) - Jimmy Driftwood
10: El Paso - Marty Robbins
11: Jesse James - The Kingston Trio
12: Wanted Man - Frankie Laine
13: Death Valley - Glen Campbell
14: Lost On the Desert - Johnny Cash
15: When It's Springtime in Alaska (It's Forty Below) - Johnny Horton
16: Nineteen Men - Johnny Western
17: Tennessee Stud - Eddy Arnold
18: The Long Black Veil - Lefty Frizzell
