Wand'rin' Star

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Overview

Wand'rin' Star is the third of three compilations from Bear Family Records devoted to music from western films (My Rifle, My Pony and Me and From Alamo to El Dorado are the previous volumes). The songs are a mixture of commercial recordings and performances lifted directly from films. James Stewart's "You Can't Get Far Without a Railroad" from the 1957 film Night Passage, for example, features dialogue and extraneous noise throughout the song. Gene Pitney's "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance" and Claude King's "The Comancheros" were written for, but not used in, films of the same name. Despite the overarching western theme, the music is varied, from orchestral themes (Victor Young's "The Call of the Far Away Hills") and pop songs (Peggy Lee's "Johnny Guitar") to the more rugged sounds of singing cowboys and mainstream country stars. The handful of celebrity vocal performances by Kirk Douglas, Robert Mitchum, and Lee Marvin (who sang "Wand'rin' Star" in Paint Your Wagon) are fun, and collectors will appreciate the more obscure commercial recordings by Rusty Draper, Gordon MacRae, the Prairie Chiefs, and the Lancers. Spanning the years 1953-1969, Wand'rin' Star is a treat for western film fans and a strong entry in this lavishly produced series. ~ Greg Adams

Product Details

Release Date:	12/14/1999
Label:	Bear Family Records
UPC:	4000127161666
Rank:	98643

Tracks

1. Wand'rin Star  - Alan Jay Lerner  - Frederick Loewe  - Lee Marvin
2. Get Along Home, Cindy  - Walter Brennan  - Rick Nelson  -  Traditional
3. The Call of the Faraway Hills  - Victor Young
4. River of No Return  - Ken Darby  - Tennessee Ernie Ford  - Lionel Newman
5. Jim Bowie  - Sidney Clare  - Gordon MacRae  - Max Steiner
6. High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me)  - Frankie Laine  - Dimitri Tiomkin  - Ned Washington
7. Bonanza  - Ray Evans  - Jay Livingston
8. You Can't Get Far Without a Railroad  - James Stewart  - Dimitri Tiomkin  - Ned Washington
9. Ballad of Wes Tancred  - Eddy Arnold  - Josef Myrow  - Robert Wells
10. A Man Is as Good as His Word  -  Lancers  - Alfred Perry
11. (The Man Who Shot) Liberty Valance  - Burt Bacharach  - Hal David  - Gene Pitney
12. Laramie  - Rex Allen  - Frederick Herbert  - Arnold Hughes
13. The Comancheros  - Tillman Franks  - Claude King
14. Young Billy Young  - Shelly Manne  - Robert Mitchum  - Ernie Sheldon
15. King of the Five Card Stud  - Maurice Jarre  - Dean Martin
16. Wagon Train  - Leon Rene  - Bob Russell  -  Sons of the Pioneers
17. The Last Wagon  - Lionel Newman  - Tex Ritter
18. Whiskey, Leave Me Alone  - Kirk Douglas  - Dewey Martin  - Dimitri Tiomkin
19. Johnny Guitar  - Peggy Lee  - Victor Young
20. The Last Frontier  - Rusty Draper  - Lester Lee  - Ned Washington
21. Hanna Lee  - Stan Jones  - Guy Mitchell
22. Tales of Wells Fargo  - Mort Greene  - Stanley Wilson
23. To Yuma  - George Duning  - Frankie Laine
24. Ballad of Waterhole #3  - Dave Grusin  - Roger Miller
25. Happy Trails  - Dale Evans  - Roy Rogers

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Tennessee Ernie Ford   Primary Artist
Gordon MacRae   Primary Artist
Tex Ritter   Primary Artist
Kirk Douglas   Primary Artist
The Lancers   Primary Artist
Claude King   Primary Artist
Frankie Laine   Primary Artist
Roger Miller   Primary Artist
Gene Pitney   Primary Artist
Rusty Draper   Primary Artist
Lee Marvin   Primary Artist
Robert Mitchum   Primary Artist
Dewey Martin   Primary Artist
Peggy Lee   Primary Artist
Roy Rogers   Primary Artist
Rick Nelson   Primary Artist
Guy Mitchell   Primary Artist
Dale Evans   Primary Artist
Eddy Arnold   Primary Artist
Dean Martin   Primary Artist
Walter Brennan   Primary Artist
Rex Allen   Primary Artist
Victor Young   Primary Artist
James Stewart   Primary Artist
The Sons of the Pioneers   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Shelly Manne   Composer
Tennessee Ernie Ford   Performer
Traditional   Composer
The Sons of the Pioneers   Performer
Tex Ritter   Performer
Bob Russell   Composer
Kirk Douglas   Performer
The Lancers   Performer
Alan Jay Lerner   Composer
Claude King   Performer
Frankie Laine   Performer
Roger Miller   Performer
Gene Pitney   Performer
Josef Myrow   Composer
Rusty Draper   Performer
Lee Marvin   Performer
Robert Mitchum   Performer
Leon Rene   Composer
Lionel Newman   Composer
Dewey Martin   Performer
Dave Grusin   Composer
Max Steiner   Composer
Sidney Clare   Composer
Ken Darby   Composer
Hal David   Composer
Michael Ochs   Illustrations,Photography
Peggy Lee   Composer,Performer
Lester Lee   Composer
Ned Washington   Composer
Maurice Jarre   Composer
Roy Rogers   Performer
Rick Nelson   Performer
Ray Evans   Composer
Stanley Wilson   Composer
Tillman Franks   Composer
Burt Bacharach   Composer
George Duning   Composer
Guy Mitchell   Performer
Dale Evans   Composer,Performer
Eddy Arnold   Performer
Jay Livingston   Composer
Dean Martin   Performer
Walter Brennan   Performer
Dimitri Tiomkin   Composer
Richard Weize   Producer,Tape Research
Rex Allen   Performer
Victor Young   Composer,Performer
Robert Wells   Composer
Volker Kurze   Producer,Photography,Illustrations,Tape Research
Asja Esha   Artwork
Packy Smith   Photography,Illustrations
Alfred Perry   Composer
Adam Skeaping   Mastering
Frederick Herbert   Composer
R.A. Andreas   Photography,Illustrations
Mort Greene   Composer
Arild Rafatzik   Photography,Illustrations
Dieter Machon   Photography,Illustrations
Arnold Hughes   Composer
Ernie Sheldon   Composer
James Stewart   Performer
Stan Jones   Composer
Frederick Loewe   Composer
Gordon MacRae   Performer