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| | For the Last Time | | | Music Artist : | | Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys | | Music Style : | | General | | Record Label : | | Capitol | | Release Date : | | 1994-04-19 | | Store Price : | | $8.94 | | Artistopia's Price: $8.94 | | Usually ships in 24 hours | | |
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CD Tracks/Songs
Disc 11. Playboy Theme
2. Yearning (Just for You)
3. Faded Love
4. What Makes Bob Holler
5. Stay All Night (Stay a Little Longer)
6. Goin' Away Party
7. Big Ball's in Cowtown
8. Keeper of My Heart
9. Twin Guitar Boogie
10. Bubbles in My Beer
11. Blue Bonnet Lane
12. When You Leave Amarillo (Turn off the Lights)
13. San Antonio Rose
14. I Wonder If You Feel the Way I Do
15. My Shoes Keep Walking Back to You
16. Miss Molly
17. I Can't Go on This Way
18. That's What I Like About the South
19. Silver Lake Blues
20. Milk Cow Blues
21. Comin' Down from Denver
22. Baby, That Would Sure Go Good
23. She's Really Gone
24. Crippled Turkey
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Customer Reviews of This Album/CD |
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 pure texas
Submitted on: 2009-07-16 |
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| I listened to these guys on my Grandma's old radio when I was a little boy. Early 40's. They are the best at country swing. I really didnt realize how good they were til I got back into them in 2009. All other country swing bands give Bob Wills and his Texas Playboys the utmost respect. The Original. No other. |
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This is the one
Submitted on: 2008-03-13 |
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| As another reviewer said, "For the Last Time" is the album to take to the desert island or the fallout shelter. If you don't own any Bob Wills music, buy this first. Great musicians (most from the Texas Playboys at one time or another), great vocals (but too bad Tommy Duncan wasn't still alive), and first-class old-fashioned recording: everyone in the studio at the same time, performing like they were on the stage, and having a great time. It shows! And super liner notes. |
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You won`t believe it!
Submitted on: 2007-12-30 |
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At the end of this collection of music you`ll only stop grinning long enough to start the music again! In my opinion the best collection of music ever recorded at one time by Bob Wills and His Texas Playboys. I would try to pick my favorite but once you buy this CD and listen you will realize "favorite" and Bob Wills music are mutually exclusive. "Favorites" plural if I do say so myself!
You`re gonna wear this one out! |
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Addional reasons to add this to your collection
Submitted on: 2007-09-09 |
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The reviews above are mostly excellent, reflecting a sincere appreciation of the music and the musicians. "For the Last Time" is remarkable because it is both an historical monument and thoroughly enjoyable entertainment. There are several additional reasons to add this to your collection.
Merle Haggard is the lead vocalist on three tracks, "Playboy Theme," "I Wonder If You Feel the Way I Do," and "Yearning," and plays fiddle on other tracks. Merle was a Texas Playboy for a single day.
The liner notes alone are worth ordering the record. They were written by Dr. Charles Townsend who subsequently published "San Antonio Rose," the definitive Bob Wills biography. He won a Grammy for the liner notes. Dr. Townsend also is the announcer who kicks off the record with "The Texas Playboys Are On The Air!" which started their radio broadcasts for years.
Of the 24 tracks, seven are songs written by the extraordinary Cindy Walker. Cindy had a long and very prolific songwriting career, and Bob recorded more than 50 of her songs (she had about 500 recorded by some of the most famous performers in C/W and popular music). Cindy died in Mexia, Texas in March, 2006. A few days earlier Willie Nelson had released an excellent tribute, "You Don't Know Me: The Songs of Cindy Walker."
The recording picks up the musicians' chatter between some of the songs, and it's funny and interesting.
The recording's only downside is that Bob Wills was unable to contribute his "hollars" except in a very strained way. As another of the reviewers suggested, get a recording of a little earlier vintage to appreciate Bob's "hollars."
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The King Is Dead... Long Live The King
Submitted on: 2007-03-29 |
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| Nowhere in the world can you get a better piece of American music history for less than $8!!! I bought this album when it was first released in the early 70's. It was my first real "Country" music purchase as I was trying to find music that sent shivers up my spine. At the time, my two favourites were Jimmy Reed and Frank Zappa!!!!!!! Then along came Bob Wills and I found another. This album started my long and fruitful journey into country music and I find it difficult to recall a better album. Most of the reviewers here have got it right, except that Take Me Back To Tulsa was NOT on the original album. I particularly endorse the reviewer who wrote about the rhythm section and guitars. I am a guitarist of humble expertise and have been trying to copy some of the rhythm guitar patterns off these songs for the last 30 years or so and still struggle to work out how it's done. This is very sophisticated music, make no mistake. It may sound slight at first listen but delve deeper into the music and you will be richly rewarded. This album contains some of the best music and songs (esp. the late, great Cindy Walker) performed in the last century of American "roots" music. It is not a tribute album but the final Texas Playboys record and, given the technology of the day, probably the finest album made by one of the finest groups in music history. "Take it away Leon". |
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