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Bob Will & Texas Playboys, Tommy Duncan
Hall of Fame
Genres: Country, Pop
 
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This collection, originally a 1973 two-LP set, was among the first Bob Wills reissues to exploit the renewed interest in his music, drawing from his 1960-to-'63 recordings for Liberty Records. Despite the fact that Western...  more »

     
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All Artists: Bob Will & Texas Playboys, Tommy Duncan
Title: Hall of Fame
Members Wishing: 1
Total Copies: 0
Label: Dcc Compact Classics
Original Release Date: 4/4/2000
Release Date: 4/4/2000
Album Type: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
Genres: Country, Pop
Styles: Classic Country, Western Swing
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 010963018325

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This collection, originally a 1973 two-LP set, was among the first Bob Wills reissues to exploit the renewed interest in his music, drawing from his 1960-to-'63 recordings for Liberty Records. Despite the fact that Western swing's popularity had bottomed out during that era, Wills had his strongest Texas Playboy lineup in years, centered around veteran fiddler Joe Holley, steel guitarist Gene Crownover, and guitarist Leon Rausch. Of greater significance was the fact that he'd reunited with original vocalist Tommy Duncan, whom he'd fired in 1948. Though omitting Wills's final, honky-tonk-oriented hit singles with Liberty, the set offers up respectable remakes of 1930s and 1940s Wills favorites like "My Confession," "Boot Heel Rag," "Time Changes Everything," "Stay a Little Longer," "San Antonio Rose," and "Blues for Dixie." Wills and Duncan resumed their old patter as if they'd never stopped (Bob nearly breaks him up on "Bubbles in My Beer"). With excellent playing and a couple of rough-hewn Wills vocals, the set reflects the best of his autumnal years, before failing health and musical malaise set in. --Rich Kienzle

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A classic compilation of his Liberty recordings
Bradley Olson | Bemidji, MN United States | 08/12/2004
(5 out of 5 stars)

"This double LP compilation remastered on 1 CD by the one and only Steve Hoffman offers a western swing delight by offering many of his 1960-1963 recordings for Liberty and they include many remakes of his 30's-40's hits that are well done. As Rich Kienzle said, Bob did reunite with Tommy Duncan on the lead vocals whom he fired in 1948. If you were never a western swing fan, this will convert you into one. This is not the same as the Country Music Hall of Fame CD released by MCA in 1991, this compilation was first released in 1973. The remastering and the sound quality are great as well."
ONE OF THE BEST
Jim Manning | Garland, TX | 07/19/2000
(5 out of 5 stars)

"One of the first Bob Wills, albums I bought as a kid. This album introduces the listner to several of the great Bob Wills classics. You also get to hear the singing of the great Tommy Duncan. If you are not a western swing fan before, you will be after listening to this CD."