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Title: Very Comprehensive Western Compilation
Review: Here you have the classic "El Paso", the first of a trilogy of songs about Feleena and the unnamed cowboy who had no reason to be jealous we later find out. (Marty Robbins never said where he got the unique Spanish-American name found nowhere else). "Cool Water" of course was a song written by a hero of Marty's, Bob Nolan of the original Sons of the Pioneers. "Big Iron" was inspired by an older relative of Marty's who told him tales of the Arizona Rangers, a small band of lawmen from Wild West days. "Strawberry Roan" had been done years earlier in a Gene Autry movie and is effectively covered here by Marty. He also sung the theme song to the movie, "The Hanging Tree" which gave it a more satisfying ending. This is a good compilation of Western songs; nobody did it better than Marty Robbins. There could have been others such as Nolan's "Song of the Bandit" you'll find on other compilations but nevertheless I can recommend this one highly.
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