It was Johnny Cash who declared: “There’s no greater country singer than Marty Robbins”. Yet Marty Robbins (1925-1982) was so much more than one of the most popular country artists of all time. His warm, appealing voice proved equally adept at rock ’n’ roll, pop, Hawaiian music, standards, cool jazz and, especially, his own genre of “gunfighter ballads” – few singers have successfully displayed such wide-ranging styles, all of them represented in Retrospective’s centenary tribute. From his debut 1951 recording, Tomorrow You’ll Be Gone, through to his biggest UK hit, Devil Woman, in 1962, here is Marty’s very best. The first No.1, I’ll Go On Alone, is followed by a string of others: Singing The Blues, A White Sport Coat, The Story Of My Life. Then come the magnificent gunfighter ballads such as El Paso, Big Iron, The Hanging Tree, Running Gun, The Ballad Of The Alamo… Johnny Cash was right.

Contents:

CD 1
1. El Paso
2. Tomorrow You’ll Be Gone
3. I’ll Go On Alone
4. Pretty Words
5. I Couldn’t Keep From Crying
6. Aloha Oe
7. Call Me Up
8. Time Goes By
9. That’s All Right, Mama
10. Maybellene
11. Mean Mama Blues
12. I Can’t Quit
13. Singing The Blues
14. Tennessee Toddy
15. Long Gone Lonesome Blues
16. Knee Deep In The Blues
17. The Letter Edged In Black
18. Lovesick Blues
19. I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry
20. Moanin’ The Blues
21. Have I Told You Lately That I Love You?
22. A White Sport Coat
23. Grown-Up Tears
24. The Story Of My Life
25. Song Of The Islands
26. Sweet Leilani
27. Now Is The Hour
28. Stairway Of Love
29. Just Married
30. She Was Only Seventeen
31. Ain’t I The Lucky One?

CD 2
1. The Hanging Tree
2. The Blues, Country Style
3. Kaw-Liga
4. Big Iron
5. Cool Water
6. Billy The Kid
7. The Master’s Call
8. Running Gun
9. Saddle Tramp
10. Five Brothers
11. Ballad Of The Alamo
12. Streets Of Laredo
13. Song Of The Bandit
14. My Love
15. Don’t Worry
16. It’s Your World
17. To Each His Own
18. Half As Much
19. Unchained Melody
20. Too Young
21. I’m In The Mood For Love
22. September In The Rain
23. Don’t Throw Me Away
24. All The Way
25. Lolene
26. Sometimes I’m Tempted
27. Love Can’t Wait
28. Ruby Ann
29. Devil Woman