[.ca] Rockin'/Hell Bent for Leather!

greatgift for cowboy postman:
I purchased the CD for a friend who said he had been looking for it for years..he was even more thrilled to find two albums on the CD. He loves it it makes him happy which is what life is all about but he fears his neighbors may be planning a sectrt mission to confiscate the CD and send it to another galaxy. Truely YL

keep the flame let it burn, until I return...:
You can check out from the OK Corral, but you can never leave if you, as I, had certain cowboy music components of the brain roped in at a tender age by Frankie Laine and his sensuous renditions of the best of the west. The songs are here again for you. You and Dan. You will thirst strangely after you listen to Cool Water. You will want to gallop along with the mule train (clippity cloppin' all along) long before Frankie draws out his ol' bowie knife...and when it comes to Rawhide..you will cut 'em out and ride 'em in and and soar (wild goose-like) on the last sustained "...hide......!!" I dare you not to sing along...

Hellbent for Leather:
Songs on the original album, Hellbent for Leather, are classics. My brother and I listened to them over and over as young boys and by the time we were old enough to leave home, that old record had lots of scratches on it. We have taped it several times throughout the years and still listen to the tunes now and then. Now we can own a clean copy on CD! This is a must have for anyone who enjoyed the Westerns of the 1950s.

Hell Bent for Leather:
I totally agree with the other reviews. I grew up on Frankie Laine and looked for this album on CD for years. I was completely afraid that Columbia had forgotten it, I even called the company about 5 years ago and no one I talked to even knew who Frankie Laine was!!!! GREAT ALBUM. Frankie is a very versatile singer.

An odd mix of albums....:
Frankie Laine recorded in so many different styles during his career, including pop, blues, jazz, Western, folk and inspirational, it's sometimes jarring to listen to his music, because the styles vary so much. This disc oddly combines "Rockin," a great, swinging production featuring brassy arrangements by the great Paul Weston, and "Hell Bent For Leather!," which consists of all Western-themed songs. Personally, I don't much care for the Western songs. But on "Rockin," Frankie is spectacular! His voice is loose and limber, and the arrangements crackle with excitement. His version of "That Ain't Right" is amazing: He snaps out the words with a punchy joy, even changing the lyrics from "You rode home in a taxi and I caught the subway train" to "You rode home in a taxi and I caught the mule train," a playful reference to his hit song! It's a delightful disc, but it would have been better combined with, say, "Jazz Spectacular" or "Reunion In Rhythm," Frankie's amazing collaboration with Michel Legrand. That said, I hope more of Frankie's classic albums continue to get reissued on CD. He is truly one of our all-time greatest vocalists, and deserves that respect.

• By the River Sainte Marie
• (What Did I Do to be So) Black and Blue
• That's My Desire
• Blue Turning Grey Over You
• That Lucky Old Sun
• That Ain't Right
• Shine
• Rockin' Chair
• We'll be Together Again
• West End Blues
• Give Me a Kiss for Tomorrow
• On the Sunny Side of the Street
• Wanted Man
• High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me)
• Gunfight at the O.K. Corral
• Bowie Knife
• Along the Navajo Trail
• The Cry of the Wild Goose
• Theme From "Rawhide"
• City Boy
• Cool Water
• The 3:10 to Yuma
• The Hanging Tree
• Mule Train