Willie Nelson - Red Headed Stranger/To Lefty from Willie

Title: Red Headed Stranger/To Lefty from Willie Artist: Willie Nelson Release Date: 2/26/2008 Label: Columbia/Legacy Album Type(s): Greatest Hits, Enhanced CD-ROM UPC: 886972212722 Genre: Country Styles: Progressive Country, Nashville Sound/Countrypolitan, Outlaw Country Moods: Amiable/Good-Natured, Laid-Back/Mellow, Meandering, Organic, Playful, Bittersweet, Calm/Peaceful, Earthy, Gentle, Reflective, Sad, Wry, Yearning, Ambitious, Earnest, Freewheeling, Intimate, Poignant, Refined/Mannered, Rollicking, Rousing, Searching, Sentimental, Soothing, Plaintive, Ramshackle, Reserved, Sophisticated, Cheerful, Complex, Detached, Happy, Light, Melancholy, Messy, Party/Celebratory, Relaxed, Restrained, Reverent, Romantic, Warm, Wistful Total Copies: 0 Members Wishing: 1 Number of Discs/SwapaCD Credits: 2

1. Time of the Preacher
2. I Couldn't Believe It Was True
3. Time of the Preacher (Theme)
4. Medley: Blue Rock Montana/Red Headed Stranger [Medley]
5. Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain
6. Red Headed Stranger
7. Time of the Preacher (Theme)
8. Just as I Am
9. Denver
10. O'er the Waves
11. Down Yonder
12. Can I Sleep in Your Arms
13. Remember Me (When the Candlelights Are Gleaming)
14. Hands on the Wheel
15. Bandera
16. Bach Minuet in G [*]
17. I Can't Help It (If I'm Still in Love with You) [*]
18. A Maiden's Prayer [*]
19. Bonaparte's Retreat [*]

1. Mom and Dad's Waltz
2. Look What Thoughts Will Do
3. I Love You a Thousand Ways
4. Always Late (With Your Kisses)
5. I Want to Be with You Always
6. She Gone, Gone, Gone
7. A Little Unfair
8. I Never Go Around Mirrors
9. That's the Way Love Goes
10. Railroad Lady
11. If You've Got the Money I've Got the Time [*]
12. [CD-ROM Track]

Year Type Label Catalog # 2008 CD Columbia/Legacy 8869722127

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As far as Willie Nelson goes, it really doesn't get any better than this. This Sony two-fer pairs remastered versions of two of the singer/songwriter's best records in a single package. Red Headed Stranger, released in 1975, was Nelson's breakthrough recording on Columbia. Strangely enough, a concept album -- he'd recorded them before (see RCA's excellent if brief Phases and Stages) -- it contained Nelson's reading of Fred Rose's "Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain," which went straight to the top and stayed there. Since it was an album-oriented time, other tracks from the platter got airplay as well, including Nelson's own "Just as I Am" and "O'er the Waves." Add to this the inclusion of eight bonus tracks. In addition in the same slipcase (the box is dodgy; recycle it), the latter album, To Lefty from Willie, is a loving and truly enduring tribute to one of Nelson's great influences both as a singer and writer, Lefty Frizzell. The set contains tracks either written or co-written by Frizzell, and a couple that perhaps should have been. That said, Nelson does these songs in his own inimitable fashion, and over 30 years later was placing them in his set lists on the road. This recording plays seamlessly from front to back, and includes "Mom and Dad's Waltz," "I Love You a Thousand Ways," "If You've Got the Money I've Got the Time," "Look What Thoughts Will Do," and the killer first -- and only -- collaborative effort between songwriters Jimmy Buffett and Jerry Jeff Walker, "Railroad Lady." A bonus on this disc -- since it couldn't be improved upon -- is the inclusion of a CD-R track with video footage that features Nelson talking about Frizzell and the making of the album. ~ Thom Jurek, All Music Guide

Name Credits Aaron Rosenbaum Packaging Manager Al Quaglieri Reissue Producer Bee Spears Bass Billy Gene English Drums Bobbie Nelson Piano Boo Macleod Assistant Engineer Bucky Meadows Guitar Chet Flippo Liner Notes Darren Salmieri Artist Coordination David Gahr Photography David Swope Mixing Don Hunstein Photography Eric Paul Engineer Gregg Geller Reissue Producer Howard Fritzson Art Direction Jody Payne Mandolin, Guitar John Jackson Project Director, Series Director John Morthland Liner Notes Joseph M. Palmaccio Mastering Linda Chang Packaging Manager Liz Reilly Photo Research Mark Wilder Mastering Mickey Raphael Photo Courtesy, Harmonica Monica White Design, Cover Art Nick Shaffran Series Consultant Paul English Drums Randall Martin Design Rex Ludwig Drums Steven Berkowitz A&R Tim Smith Artist Coordination Willie Nelson Vocals, Producer, Arranger, Original Recording Producer, Guitar