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Music CD - Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings: White Mansions/The Legend of Jesse James
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Music CD: White Mansions/The Legend of Jesse James
Artist: Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings
List Price: $19.98
Our Price: $13.97
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Manufacturer: A&M
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Tracks:
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1. White Mansions: Story To Tell (The Preface)
2. White Mansions: Dixie, Hold On
3. White Mansions: Join Around The Flag
4. White Mansions: White Trash
5. White Mansions: The Last Dance & The Kentucky Racehorse
6. White Mansions: Southern Boys
7. White Mansions: The Union Mare & Confederate Grey
8. White Mansions: No One Would Believe A Summer Could Be So Cold
9. White Mansions: The Southland's Bleeding
10. White Mansions: Bring Up The Twelve Pounders
11. White Mansions: They Laid Waste To Our Land
12. White Mansions: Praise The Lord
13. White Mansions: The King Has Called Me Home
14. White Mansions: Bad Man
15. White Mansions: Dixie, Now You're Done
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0731454079129
Format: Extra tracks
Label: A&M
Manufacturer: A&M
Number Of Discs: 2
Publisher: A&M
Release Date: 1999-07-27
Studio: A&M
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Spotlight customer reviews:
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Customer Rating: 
Summary: Listen carefully and more than once for the best effect...
Comment: I had the vinyl version of "White Mansions" back in the 1980's, and I liked it because I am a Civil War buff, and a country/folk fan. However, somehow I never knew a companion album about the James Boys was created two years later. I stumbled on this offering by accident a few weeks ago while browsing Amazon, and immediately ordered it. "White Mansions" seems even better than I remembered it. "Jesse James" was a touch disappointing, musically, upon first hearing, which was in my car with the windows down due to my Golden Retriever occupying the back seat. That one makes a better debut if you listen with earphones, or at least with full attention, in a quiet room. Now I like both equally. Paul Kennerly created, with high historical accuracy, musical tributes to first the misguided Southern secessionists and soldiers, and then the also misguided James Gang. He pulls off being objective to both lost causes without being overly sympathetic to either the wrongs of slavery or of bank and train robbing. His recruits, first for "White Mansions" with Waylon Jennings, his wife Jessi Colter, Eric Clapton and other gifted singers and pickers, and then for "Jesse James" with Johnny and Rosanne Cash, her then-husband Rodney Crowell, Charlie Daniels, Levon Helm and Emmylou Harris, can't be faulted. As a Yankee, I don't care all that much for the white Southerners whose racism fueled the terrible war. As a law-abiding person, I admit a nearly life-long fascination with the James brothers which stops short of admiration. But as a fan of story songs about the American experience, I confess to thinking this two-CD package a remarkable achievement which deserves wider recognition.
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Summary: Gift for husband
Comment: I bought this CD as a gift for my husband. He had the "White Mansions" album and I wanted him to have the CD. I had not heard of "The Legend of Jesse James" and neither had he, but he is enjoying both selections.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Incredibly Good
Comment: This album is so incredibly good I can't hardly stand it. It is the best country album I've ever owned/heard. If you like classic country, old Charlie Daniels, "Outlaw" country, concept albums in general, or just plain good music, you will like this.
Customer Rating:
Summary: What's up
Comment: I was looking for these two albuns for a long ago. I'm very glad finally got them. That's all and thanks.
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Summary: Legend of Jesse James
Comment: I had heard of this album in 1981 or so. Although I have the LP I wanted the
CD also. I really like the story telling aspect of this cd. Starting with the
first tract completely through the last. Also, the caliber of the singers
included really pleased me. Charlie Daniels, Johnny Cash and Levon Helm's
voices are so well suited for the characters that they portray. It also made
me interested enough to do a little history reading on the real Jesse James.
History would be a lot more interesting to people, I think, if more were
presented in such a well done way.
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Editorial Reviews:
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This double-disc reissue documents one of the more curious careers in country music. Both 1978's White Mansions and 1980's The Legend of Jesse James are Southern song cycles that were conceived by Britain's Paul Kennerley, then an unknown songwriter who somehow recruited a high-profile cast for each. A Civil War saga from the Southern perspective, White Mansions suffers from caricature and cliché but benefits from signature contributions by Waylon Jennings, Jessi Colter, and Eric Clapton. Jesse James has more focus and narrative momentum, with Levon Helm, Johnny Cash, and Emmylou Harris in lead roles. Though the albums are more noteworthy for artistic ambition than memorable material, Kennerley subsequently became a successful Nashville songwriter and Harris's husband from 1985 to 1993. --Don McLeese
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