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Ernest Tubb - Texas Troubadour

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Artist(s)Ernest Tubb
StudioProper Box UK
Release DateFebruary 24, 2003
UPC Code805520020541
 

About Ernest Tubb - Texas Troubadour

100 tracks are included in the budget priced 4 CD box, which comes with a 48-page illustrated booklet bearing all the proper hallmarks. Four standard jewel cases housed in cardboard slipbox. Proper. 2003. Album Description

Tracks

  1. Walking The Floor Over You
  2. Try Me One More Time
  3. Soldiers Last Letter
  4. Yesterdays Tears
  5. Keep My Memry In Your Heart
  6. Tomorrow Never Comes
  7. Careless Darlin
  8. Its Been So Long Darling
  9. Rainbow At Midnight
  10. Filipino Baby
  11. Drivin Nails In My Coffin
  12. Dont Look Now (But Your Broken Heart Is Showing)
  13. So Round So Firm So Fully Packed
  14. Ill Step Aside
  15. Seamans Blues
  16. You Nearly Lose Your Mind
  17. Forever Is Ending Today
  18. That Wild And Wickedlook In Your Eye
  19. Have You Ever Been Lonely (Have You Ever Been Blue)
  20. Lets Say Goodbye Like We Said Hello
  21. Till The End Of The World
  22. Im Biting My Fingernails And Thinking Of You
  23. Dont Rob Another Mans Castle
  24. Daddy When Is Mommy Coming Home
  25. Mean Mama Blues
  26. Slippin Around
  27. My Tennessee Baby
  28. My Filipino Rose
  29. Warm Red Wine
  30. Blue Christmas
  31. White Christmas
  32. Tennessee Border No 2
  33. Letters Have No Arms
  34. Dont Be Ashamed Of Your Age
  35. Ill Take A Back Seat For You
  36. I Love You Because
  37. Unfaithful One
  38. Throw Your Love My Way
  39. Give Me A Little Old Fashioned Love
  40. Hillbilly Fever No 2
  41. (Remember Me) Im The One Who Loves You
  42. Goodnight Irene
  43. Dont Stay Too Long
  44. Hey La La
  45. Driftwood On The River
  46. The Strange Little Girl
  47. Missing In Action
  48. Somebodys Stolen My Honey
  49. Fortunes In Memories
  50. Too Old To Cut The Mustard
  51. Blue Eyed Elaine
  52. Ill Get Along Somehow
  53. Swell San Angelo
  54. Ill Never Cry Over You
  55. My Baby And My Wife
  56. Please Remember Me
  57. Our Babys Book
  58. First Year Blues
  59. Wasting My Life Away
  60. When The World Has Turned You Down
  61. Ill Always Be Glad To Take You Back
  62. I Aint Goin Honky Tonkin Anymore
  63. Ive Really Learned A Lot
  64. Im Wondering How
  65. I Know What It Means To Be Lonely
  66. Are You Waiting Just For Me
  67. Answer To Walking The Floor Over You
  68. Theres A Little Bit Of Everything In Texas
  69. Should I Come Back Home To You
  70. Youll Want Me Back (But I Wont Care)
  71. Theres Gonna Be Some Changes Made Around Here
  72. Im Free At Last
  73. Wondering If Youre Wondering Too
  74. Theres Nothing On My Mind
  75. Dont Brush Them On Me
  76. The Last Thoughts Of Jimmie Rodgers
  77. Im Missing You
  78. Time After Time
  79. Fort Worth Jail
  80. You Were Only Teasing Me
  81. A Lonely Heart Knows
  82. You Hit The Nail Right On The Head
  83. Headin Down The Wrong Highway
  84. Waiting For A Train
  85. When I Take My Vacation In The Sky
  86. Stand By Me
  87. The Old Rugged Cross
  88. What A Friend We Have In Jesus
  89. The Wonderful City
  90. Farther Along
  91. Texas Vs Kentucky
  92. G I R L Spells Trouble
  93. Im Free From The Chain Gang Now
  94. The Lovebug Itch
  95. Kentucky Waltz
  96. Im With The Crowd But So Alone
  97. My Mother Must Have Been A Girl Like You
  98. Somebody Loves You
  99. Dont Trifle On Your Sweetheart

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User Reviews

Average user review: 4.5 (8 reviews)

rating: 5 QuoteTexas TroubadourQuote
Lots of good old country music in this set. You really get your money's worth. We really enjoy listening to Ernest Tubb and the other "oldies". January 6, 2008

rating: 5 QuoteUnbelieveableQuote
Here is a 4-CD Set that costs less than most 2-CD Sets; and this one has 100 songs; all original. You cannot go wrong with this one. A fine booklet is also included which provides info regarding discography. All of ET's big hits are here, as well as some lesser known numbers. There's duets with the legendary Red Foley, and you can hear the incredible lead guitar which made his music so recognizable, despite the ever-changing lineup of guitarists on display here. Proper Records released this set, and they deserve a big thumbs-up on this one. March 13, 2006

rating: 5 QuoteGreat Value Quote
Wow - a compendium of the best of Ernest Tubb from 1941-1950 at a bargain price. Sound quality is excellent (given the age of the masters) and the music is quintessential Texas Troubador, including the original versions of most of his biggest hits. Proper has put out a set which restores the early Tubb catalog in a manner befitting the efforts of Bear Family but at about 1/3 of the price of an equivalent Bear collection. Ernest was in his vocal prime with these recordings, and (although his bands here were not as good as later collections of Texas Troubadors -particularly the mid-60s batch), The Texas Troubadors augment ET's efforts in an appropriate manner. Those who saw ET in his later years will note that the arrangements of some of his 40s hits changed over time, particularly that of his signature tune "Walking The Floor Over You" , which sounds relatively acoustic here compared to the rather jazzy number it became in the hands of later, more amplified, versions of the Texas Troubadours December 29, 2005

rating: 5 QuoteERNEST TUBBQuote
GOOD OLE ERNEST TUBB, HE'S ANOTHER GOOD ONE, I GREW UP WITH HIS SONGS OR MOST OF THEM. October 7, 2005

rating: 5 QuoteI spent my misspent youth listening to Ernest TubbQuote


I have Peter Harris to thank for bringing this boxed set to my attention. I had a small collection of Tubb's songs, but one in particular, which I always liked, I could not find anywhere;
probably because I had the name wrong: I thought it was "On My Way to Italy (From the Gulf of Mexico)". It was, instead, titled "Seaman's Blues." I could play it on the guitar, and knew the lyrics, but I wanted it by Ernest Tubb. Now I have it. Thanks again, Peter Harris (see his spotlight review.)

There are four CDs in this boxed set, with 25 songs on each, all by Ernest Tubb. Too many to critique them all, but if you are familiar with his singing, you won't need a critique. Contrary to another critic, I found the quality of the CD quite good. I'm always amazed at the number of critics who spend more time criticizing the technical quality of the vehicle (CD, DVD, etc.) than the quality of the singer's voice or instrumental skill of the side men.

These days, it is the digital mastering. In the old days it was the clicks and pops in the records. Well, in the beer halls on the Mex border, we were often too drunk to care, and we enjoyed the music for the music itself. T. Texas Tyler and Ernest Tubb were big with that audience. Marty Robbins was in the Navy at the time (along with me) and no one had yet heard of him. We never heard of Patsy Cline or Jim Reeves, either, although they may have been around. We surely knew Eddy Arnold, although he was not yet Pat Boone's father-in-law, and Red Foley.

So, don't expect soothing pop music from Ernest Tubb. It's country/western, beer hall music that you could sit and nurse your broken heart to all night. Run Western music backwards, as they say, and you get your girl back, your truck back, your dog back, your horse back, and you don't need Western music anymore. And that would be a shame.

Joseph (Joe) Pierre

author of Handguns and Freedom...their care and maintenance
and other books.

June 12, 2004

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