The last word on the first name in Western group harmony! This 6-CD set includes EVERYTHING The Sons of the Pioneers (Roy Rogers, Bob Nolan, Tim Spencer and the Farr Brothers, Hugh and Karl) recorded from 1934 to 1943, a period during which they invented western harmony including the beloved trio yodel. Includes the original versions of such hallowed tunes as Tumbling Tumbleweeds; Cool Water; (Happy) Roving Cowboy; Empty Saddles; Way Out There; One More Ride, and So Long to the Red River Valley, plus all of Roy Rogers' solo recordings from 1937 to 1942. And you better buckle up your saddle, Western fans, because 52 of these 182 songs are unissued takes or recordings! Ranger Doug of Riders in the Sky provides the book-length essay and track-by-track analysis inside the 160-page, LP-sized tome. An instant classic boxed set from Bear Family!
8 Will You Love Me When My Hair Has Turned to Silver
9 When Our Old Age Pension Check Comes to Our Door
10 When I Leave This World Behind
11 Over the Santa Fe Trail
12 Song of the Pioneers
13 Echoes from the Hills
14 Kilocycle Stomp
15 Cajon Stomp
16 Westward Ho
17 The Hills of Old Wyomin'
18 A Melody from the Sky
19 We'll Rest at the End of the Trail
20 Texas Star
21 Blue Bonnet Girl
22 Ride, Ranger, Ride
23 Empty Saddles
24 Blue Prairie
25 I'm An Old Cowhand (From the Rio Grande)
26 Way Out There
27 Will You Love Me When My Hair Has Turned to Silver
28 Song of the Pioneers
29 Blue Prairie
- Disc 2 -
1 One More Ride
2 Way Out There
3 Tumblin Tumbleweeds
4 My Saddle Pals and I
5 I Love You Nelly
6 I Wonder If She Waits for Me Tonight
7 When the Roses Bloom Again
8 Heavenly Airplane
9 Billie the Kid
10 Power in the Blood
11 Let's Pretend
12 Love Song of the Waterfall
13 Song of the Bandit
14 Down Along the Sleepy Rio Grande
15 Just A-Wearyin' for You
16 Smilin' Through
17 Kelly Waltz [Instrumental]
18 Open Range Ahead
19 Cajon Stomp
20 Blue Juniata
21 Send Him Home to Me
22 Cowboy Night-Herd Song
23 One More Ride
24 I Wonder If She Waits for Me Tonight
25 When the Roses Bloom Again
26 Billie the Kid
27 Power in the Blood
28 Open Range Ahead
29 Send Him Home to Me
30 Cowboy Night-Herd Song
- Disc 3 -
1 Black Sheep Blues
2 That Pioneer Mother of Mine
3 Hadie Brown (My Little Lady)
4 Hear Dem Bells
5 One More River to Cross
6 You Must Come in at the Door
7 Lead Me Gently Home, Father
8 The Devil's Great Grandson
9 Dwelling in Beulah Land
10 When the Golden Train Comes Down
11 The Hangin' Blues
12 Hold That Critter Down
13 Leaning on the Everlasting Arm
14 What You Gonna Say to Peter
15 At the Rainbow's End
16 The Touch of God's Hand
17 Lord, You Made the Cowboy Happy
18 That Pioneer Mother of Mine
19 Dust
20 When a Cowboy Sings a Song
21 Listen to the Rhythm of the Range
22 Hi-Yo, Silver!
23 A Lonely Ranger Am I
24 Old Pioneer
25 Ridin' Ropin'
26 Black Sheep Blues
27 One More River to Cross
28 You Must Come in at the Door
29 Hold That Critter Down
30 Leaning on the Everlasting Arm
31 The Touch of God's Hand
- Disc 4 -
1 I've Sold My Saddle for An Old Guitar
2 Colorado Sunset
3 There's a Ranch in the Rockies
4 When the Sun Is Setting on the Prairie
5 When I Camped Under the Stars
6 Born to the Saddle
7 When Mother Nature Sings Her Lullaby
8 Somebody's Smile
9 I've Learned a Lot About Women
10 The Man in the Moon Is a Cowhand
11 She's All Wet Now
12 I Hope I'm Not Dreaming Again
13 The Mail Must Go Through
14 Ridin' Down the Trail
15 Here on the Range
16 Let Me Build a Cabin
17 Headin' for Texas and Home
18 Rusty Spurs
19 Chapel in the Valley
20 You Waited Too Long
21 Nobody's Fault But My Own
22 No Matter What Happens, My Darling
23 Silent Night, Holy Night
24 O Come All Ye Faithful [Adeste Fideles]
25 Wondering Why
26 I Hope I'm Not Dreaming Again
27 Chapel in the Valley
28 You Waited Too Long
29 Nobody's Fault But My Own
30 Silent Night, Holy Night
31 O Come All Ye Faithful [Adeste Fideles]
- Disc 5 -
1 Wondering Why
2 (Without You Darling) Life Won't Be the Same
3 New Worried Mind
4 Time Changes Everything
5 Yesterday
6 Melody of the Plains
7 So Long to the Red River Valley
8 My Love Went Without Water (Three Days)
9 (Goodbye My Darlin') They Drew My Number
10 He's Gone Up the Trail
11 A Love That Ended Too Soon
12 Cielito Lindo
13 Cool Water
14 You Don't Love Me But I'll Always Care
15 There's a Long, Long, Trail
16 Kelly Waltz
17 Lonely Rose of Mexico
18 Rye Whiskey
19 Wagner Hoedown
20 Boggy Road to Texas
21 Don't Be Blue, Little Pal, Don't Be Blue
22 You Were Right and I Was Wrong
23 I'm Trusting in You
24 I'll Be Honest with You (Answer to Be Honest with Me)
25 (Without You Darling) Life Won't Be the Same
26 New Worried Mind
27 Time Changes Everything
28 Melody of the Plains
29 My Love Went Without Water (Three Days)
30 (Goodbye My Darlin') They Drew My Number
31 He's Gone Up the Trail
- Disc 6 -
1 I Knew It All the Time
2 You Broke My Heart, Little Darlin'
3 How Was I to Know
4 When the Moon Comes Over Sun Valley
5 Down By the Old Alamo
6 I Know I Shouldn't Worry (But I Do)
7 A Gay Ranchero [Las Altenitas]
8 Blue Bonnet Lane
9 Don't Waste Your Love on Me
10 It's Just the Same
11 A Man and His Song
12 I've Sold My Saddle for An Old Guitar
13 Pay Me No Mind
14 Salt River Valley
15 Tumbleweed Trails
16 Plain Old Plains
17 You're the Answer to My Prayer
18 Little Old Chruch on the Hilltop
19 She Gave Her Heart to a Soldier Boy
20 Think of Me
21 Private Buckaroo
22 O-O-Oh, Wonderful World
23 I'll Be Around Somewhere
24 I'm Crying My Heart Out Over You
25 I Hang My Head and Cry
26 Home in San Antone
27 Let Me Keep My Memories
28 There's a New Moon Over My Shoulder
29 Pay Me No Mind
30 Salt River Valley
The last word on the first name in Western group harmony! This 6-CD set includes EVERYTHING The Sons of the Pioneers (Roy Rogers, Bob Nolan, Tim Spencer and the Farr Brothers, Hugh and Karl) recorded from 1934 to 1943, a period during which they invented western harmony including the beloved trio yodel. Includes the original versions of such hallowed tunes as Tumbling Tumbleweeds; Cool Water; (Happy) Roving Cowboy; Empty Saddles; Way Out There; One More Ride, and So Long to the Red River Valley, plus all of Roy Rogers' solo recordings from 1937 to 1942. And you better buckle up your saddle, Western fans, because 52 of these 182 songs are unissued takes or recordings! Ranger Doug of Riders in the Sky provides the book-length essay and track-by-track analysis inside the 160-page, LP-sized tome. An instant classic boxed set from Bear Family!
