Name: The King Of Western Swing : 25 Hits 1935 - 1945
Brand: Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys

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Bonus disc: No

Catalogue number

prmcd6012

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Rough Trade Exclusive: No

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Format detail

Format Music GB

Limited edition

Release date

2007-09-25

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2 / CD / Extended format: No / Rough Trade Exclusive: No / Signed copies: No

Artist

Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys

Genre GB

Country / Americana

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back in stock. western swing fans who know its full-fledged big-band sound of the 1940s will enjoy tracing its emergence from country jazz and blues and its migration from texas to california in this terrific collection of early recordings by bob wills. the cd kicks off with the band's biggest western swing hit, 'new san antonio rose' and then jumps back to their first recording, 'osage stomp' (a rough and ready tune that's part barn dance and part dixieland). the following six songs, all recorded in 1936, branch out from this into delta blues and rags, all with a country flavour, wills' characteristic encouragements to the band and trademark 'ah-haaa.' the swing-band sound predominates starting with the 1938 recordings ('whoa baby,' track 8) at a time when the band grew to 18 members. there follow some great standards, 'corrine, corrina' (1940), 'take me back to tulsa' (1941), 'you're from texas' (1942), and 'stay a little longer' (1945). among the songs are vocals by young tommy duncan (born 1911) and younger leon mcauliffe (born 1917), whose clear, mellow voices ring bright and sweetly smooth. many songs are also graced by the sound of mcauliffe's wonderful steel guitar. a short booklet with this cd recounts the career of bob wills and his band. for each of the 25 tracks, the notes identify the location and date of recording (tracks 1-15 in texas; tracks 16-25 in hollywood). with 70 minutes of music, this cd is a great value.

The King Of Western Swing : 25 Hits 1935 - 1945

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