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List Price: $69.98 | | Label: Rhino / Wea
Salesrank: 103898
Released: October 26, 1993 |
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| Used Price: $116.89 |
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| Media: Audio CD |
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Songs of the West Track Listing:
Disc 1:
1. Back in the Saddle Again - Gene Autry
2. Tumbling Tumbleweeds - Sons of the Pioneers
3. Cool Water - Sons of the Pioneers
4. Cattle Call - Tex Owens
5. (Take Me Back to My) Boots and Saddle - Tex Ritter
6. Gunfight at the O.K. Corral - Walter Brennan
7. Big Iron - Marty Robbins
8. Leavin' Cheyenne - Ian Tyson
9. Cowboy Blues - Gene Autry
10. I Want to Be a Cowboy's Sweetheart - Patsy Montana, The Prairie Ramblers
11. Ragtime Cowboy Joe - Riders of the Purple Sage, Foy Willing
12. Ride Cowboy Ride - Riders in the Sky
13. Mule Train - Frankie Laine, The Muleskinners
14. Strawberry Roan - Marty Robbins
15. Line Rider - Riders in the Sky
16. Last Roundup - Rex Allen, Victor Young
17. Wayward Wind - Harry Geller, Tex Ritter
18. Happy Trails - Dale Evans, Roy Rogers, The Whippoorwills
Disc 2:
1. I'm an Old Cowhand (From the Rio Grande) - Sons of the Pioneers
2. Rock Me to Sleep in My Saddle - Roy Rogers, Morton Scott & His Orchestra
3. Singin' in the Saddle - Tex Ritter & His Texans
4. Melody from the Sky - Sons of the Pioneers
5. That Silver Haired Daddy of Mine - Gene Autry, Jimmy Long
6. New San Antonio Rose - Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys
7. California Rose - Roy Rogers, The Whippoorwills
8. One Has My Name (The Other Has My Heart) - Jimmy Wakely
9. When It's Lamplighting Time in the Valley - Tex Ritter & His Texans
10. Twilight on the Trail - Riders of the Purple Sage, Foy Willing
11. Old Rivers - Walter Brennan, Johnny Mann Singers
12. Sioux City Sue - Gene Autry
13. I Love You So Much It Hurts - Jimmy Wakely
14. Don't Go Near the Indians - Rex Allen
15. (I Got Spurs That) Jingle, Jangle, Jingle - Tex Ritter & His Texans
16. Ridin' Down the Canyon - Gene Autry, Smiley Burnette
17. Desperados Waiting for a Train - Slim Pickens
18. Last of the Silver Screen Cowboys - Rex Allen, Jr., Rex Allen, Roy Rogers
Disc 3:
1. Yellow Rose of Texas - Gene Autry
2. Roving Cowboy - Sons of the Pioneers, Sons of the Pioneers
3. Under Fiesta Stars - Gene Autry
4. Echoes from the Hills - Sons of the Pioneers
5. Home on the Range - Gene Autry
6. Blue Bonnet Girl - Sons of the Pioneers
7. Ages and Ages Ago - Gene Autry
8. Cowboy Night Herd Song - Roy Rogers, Sons of the Pioneers
9. Tears on My Pillow - Gene Autry
10. That Pioneer Mother of Mine - Roy Rogers
11. Tweedle O'Twill - Gene Autry
12. Dust - Roy Rogers
13. Be Honest With Me - Gene Autry
14. When I Camped Under the Stars - Roy Rogers
15. Buttons and Bows - Gene Autry
16. Lovenworth - Roy Rogers
17. Dixie Cannonball - Gene Autry
18. Hoppy, Gene and Me - Roy Rogers
Songs of the West Reviews:
Return with us now to those thrilling days of yesteryear. 
2008-02-22 - This is a collection of cowboy music. Not REAL cowboy music, but rather the commercialized version that first became popular in the 1930s with the advent of "singing cowboy" movies. The four CDs in this set are divided by themes. Disc One is "Cowboy Classics". These are some of the best known western songs. Disc Two is "Silver Screen Cowboys". These are songs sung by western stars. Disc Three is "Gene Autry & Roy Rogers". These are songs by the two most popular singing cowboys. Gene and Roy also appear on all the other discs. Disc Four is "Movie & Television Themes". These are the theme songs from westerns, some of which are instrumentals. This is a really fun collection, especially for fans of old time westerns.
Perfect collection 
2007-12-17 - Pay no attention to the audiophile critic who claims this set needs remastering. It's a gem, lovingly assembled from the best sources and immaculately mastered, housed in a faux-leather album with a fabulous Western motif and a real leather strap that you wrap around a big silver buckle to secure it. A colorful 60-page book profiles and illustrates not only the major performers and genres of Western music but also the art and literature of the period, together with listings of Western museums and recommended resources. This is one of Rhino's most outstanding packages.
Needs remastering! 
2005-07-26 - The songs are wonderful but unfortunately, even a high-end system could'nt help the sound and fidelity.
best collection of old cowboy music ever
1999-10-04 - This doesn't have all of them but it has enough to satisfy most. All the greats are represented. I purchased it for myself and have purchased a box for each of my three married children. My grandchildren love this music. If you like real old cowboy music, you have to have this collection. By the way I am still looking for Tex Ritter's collection of children's songs including, Night Herder Song, Pony Express, Green Grass Grows All Around, Big Rock Candy Mountain, and more. If you know of the existence of the old two record set, contact me please.
Amazing!
1998-07-07 - This box set includes a fat book full of historical notes, cowboy art, and photos. Not knowing much about cowboy music, I picked this up from the public library because I had seen "High Noon" and fallen in love with Tex Ritter's "Do Not Forsake Me Oh My Darlin." I usually can't stand country music, so I didn't have high hopes for the rest of the box. But much of this collection totally blew me away with terrific singing and strangely heart-rending lyrics. I'm going to tape the whole thing and play it on my cross-country drive later this summer -- I know it will sound even cooler with the Western landscape all around.
