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Music CD - Asleep at the Wheel: Asleep at the Wheel - 20 Greatest Hits
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Music CD: Asleep at the Wheel - 20 Greatest Hits
Artist: Asleep at the Wheel
List Price: $16.98
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Manufacturer: Capitol
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Tracks:
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1. Take Me Back To Tulsa
2. Fat Boy Rag
3. The Letter That Johnny Walker Read
4. Bump Bounce Boogie
5. Nothin' Takes The Place Of You
6. Route 66
7. Miles And Miles Of Texas
8. The Trouble With Loving Today
9. Once O'Clock Jump
10. Texas, Me And You
11. Choo Choo Ch'Boogie (Live)
12. House Of The Blue Lights
13. Keepin' Me Up Nights
14. Corrine, Corrina
15. Red Wing
16. Blues For Dixie
17. Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! (That Cigarette)
18. Hightower
19. You Ain't Woman Enough
20. If You See My Baby
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Binding: Audio CD
EAN: 0724354179129
Format: Original recording remastered
Label: Capitol
Manufacturer: Capitol
Number Of Discs: 1
Publisher: Capitol
Release Date: 2003-04-01
Studio: Capitol
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Summary: Texas Swing at its Finest
Comment: This CD is the best example of Texas Swing at it's best! The best CD of this genre.
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Summary: If you want original recordings of AATW hits -- this is it
Comment: Asleep at the Wheel has been around since 1975. Although the style is still pretty much the same, the size and sound of the band has matured and improved over time. If you want to hear your favorite songs as originally recorded, then buy this album. You'll get Ray Benson's slightly higher pitched voice and a bigger band on the early tunes. Fans might also notice that the lyrics have changed over time on "Take Me Back to Tulsa." This album uses the original lyrics Bob Wills recorded. But since those lyrics are not too PC, Ray Benson sings a more modern and even sexier version. If you want to hear that version, and new recordings of most of these same songs, then you want to buy the Very Best of Asleep at the Wheel, now available from Amazon.com, or one of the live albums recently recorded, such as Kings of the Texas Swing.
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Summary: Asleep at the Wheel
Comment: Never received the item, had to get in touch with customer service to resend the item. Other than the delay in getting the CD the process worked well.
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Summary: Gotta love Texas Swing!
Comment: Since the 70s, Ray Benson and Asleep at the Wheel has kept the spirit of Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys alive and well. This is a good representation of some of their favorites, including "Route 66", "Choo Choo Ch'Boogie" and "Take me Back to Tulsa". Because there have been quite a few personnel changes throughout the years, this collection could have used better annotation so listeners know who played what on what and when the songs were released. Otherwise, no complaints. The remastered CD sounds great and brings back a lot of memories.
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Summary: Excellent selection, mixture of fun, serious, and in between
Comment: Thank goodness CDs have more room than vinyl. It's hard enough to restrict the collection to 20 songs. The collection has a nice diversity, with instrumentals, ballads, swing, and free-spirited fun. The band is in fine form throughout, with crisp playing in both studio and live numbers. Be prepared for some foot tapping and singing along.
Obviously AATW recorded many of these songs many times. Only "Route 66" came to mind as having a better version elsewhere, because the vocals here didn't have the style I prefer.
The other vocalists (mostly Ray and Chris) were right on target. Ray conveys such energy and fun in the rousing "Choo Choo Ch'Boogie" and the amusing "Smoke! Smoke! Smoke! That Cigarette" and others, when he and the band let loose. His voice is not a classically great voice, but he seems so well-suited also to "Miles and Miles of Texas" and similar, more moderate tunes. Ray must believe in the old chestnut, "Know thyself".
This is not the album if you want to feature Chris' vocals. She leads on only three.
The liner notes could have used more retrospective. If the band wants this to be considered a key collection, now would have been a good time to provide some more text about the band and the specific songs. They ended up with a relatively sparse amount, in my opinion, and even had a couple of typos in the list of songs.
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