UPC: 813411010557
Format: CD (2 disc)
Release Date: Nov 10, 2009
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Audio Remasterer: Dave Donnelly .
Liner Note Author: Bill Dahl.
There could only ever be one Slim Whitman. A left-handed guitar player with an arresting falsetto vocal style that sounds eerily like Johnny Mathis blended with Roy Orbison, Whitman fell to the western side of country music, but he also had an odd pop sensibility, too, and his most memorable recordings are a fascinating mesh of motifs, whether Whitman intended it that way or not. Helped immeasurably by Thomas "Hoot" Rains, whose fluid slide steel runs provided an achingly chilly complement to Whitman's unforgettable falsetto vocal lines, songs like 1951's "Love Song of the Waterfall" and 1952's "Indian Love Call" are decidedly postmodern recordings that sound like they belong to the soundtrack of some Hollywood western shot half underwater and half from outer space. But Whitman wasn't a on- trick sideshow pony, and he could sing like a beautifully errant angel, as his gorgeous version of Mathis' "The Twelfth of Never" makes clear. All three of these unique sides are included in this fine two-disc survey of Whitman's career from 1951 to 1971, along with other Whitman gems like "Rose-Marie," "Tell Me Pretty Words," and the folky ragtime of "What's This World a Comin' To." With 28 tracks, everything essential is here. ~ Steve Leggett
Liner Note Author: Bill Dahl.
There could only ever be one Slim Whitman. A left-handed guitar player with an arresting falsetto vocal style that sounds eerily like Johnny Mathis blended with Roy Orbison, Whitman fell to the western side of country music, but he also had an odd pop sensibility, too, and his most memorable recordings are a fascinating mesh of motifs, whether Whitman intended it that way or not. Helped immeasurably by Thomas "Hoot" Rains, whose fluid slide steel runs provided an achingly chilly complement to Whitman's unforgettable falsetto vocal lines, songs like 1951's "Love Song of the Waterfall" and 1952's "Indian Love Call" are decidedly postmodern recordings that sound like they belong to the soundtrack of some Hollywood western shot half underwater and half from outer space. But Whitman wasn't a on- trick sideshow pony, and he could sing like a beautifully errant angel, as his gorgeous version of Mathis' "The Twelfth of Never" makes clear. All three of these unique sides are included in this fine two-disc survey of Whitman's career from 1951 to 1971, along with other Whitman gems like "Rose-Marie," "Tell Me Pretty Words," and the folky ragtime of "What's This World a Comin' To." With 28 tracks, everything essential is here. ~ Steve Leggett
Tracks:
Disc 1:
1 - Indian Love Call
2 - Love Song of the Waterfall
3 - Keep It a Secret
4 - My Hear Is Broken in Three
5 - North Wind
6 - Secret Love
7 - Rose-Marie
8 - Singing Hills
9 - Cattle Call
10 - More Than Yesterday
11 - Twelfth of Never
12 - I Remember You
13 - Rainbows Are Back in Style
14 - Guess Who?
Disc 2:
1 - Something Beautiful (To Remember)
2 - Bells That Broke My Heart
3 - Happy Street
4 - Tomorrow Never Comes
5 - Shutters and Boards
6 - It's a Sin to Tell a Lie
7 - Tell Me Pretty Words
8 - My Happiness
9 - One Dream
10 - What's This World a Comin' To
11 - Loveliest Night of the Year
12 - I'm a Fool
13 - Irresistible
14 - It's No Sin
1 - Indian Love Call
2 - Love Song of the Waterfall
3 - Keep It a Secret
4 - My Hear Is Broken in Three
5 - North Wind
6 - Secret Love
7 - Rose-Marie
8 - Singing Hills
9 - Cattle Call
10 - More Than Yesterday
11 - Twelfth of Never
12 - I Remember You
13 - Rainbows Are Back in Style
14 - Guess Who?
Disc 2:
1 - Something Beautiful (To Remember)
2 - Bells That Broke My Heart
3 - Happy Street
4 - Tomorrow Never Comes
5 - Shutters and Boards
6 - It's a Sin to Tell a Lie
7 - Tell Me Pretty Words
8 - My Happiness
9 - One Dream
10 - What's This World a Comin' To
11 - Loveliest Night of the Year
12 - I'm a Fool
13 - Irresistible
14 - It's No Sin