Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs

Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs
Studio album by Marty Robbins
Released September 1959 (LP)
1999 (CD)
Recorded April 7, 1959
Genre Country
Length 35:25 (1959 LP)
44:44 (1999 CD)
Label Columbia
Producer Don Law
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Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs is an album released by Marty Robbins on the Columbia Records label in September 1959, peaking at #6 on the U.S. pop albums chart. It was recorded on April 7, 1959

It is perhaps best known for Robbins’ most successful single, “El Paso”, a major hit on both the country and pop music charts. It reached #1 in both charts at the start of 1960 and won the Grammy Award for Best Country & Western Recording that same year.

In 1999 it was re-released on the Legacy Records reissue label with the tracks resequenced and included three bonus tracks, including the full length version of “El Paso.”

Track listing (1959 LP)

Side 1:

  1. "Big Iron" (Marty Robbins) – 3:56
  2. "Cool Water" (Bob Nolan) – 3:09
  3. "Billy The Kid" (Traditional) – 2:19
  4. "A Hundred And Sixty Acres" (David Kapp) – 1:40
  5. "They're Hanging Me Tonight" (James N. Low - Art Wolpert) – 3:05
  6. "The Strawberry Roan" (Traditional) – 3:25


Side 2:

  1. "El Paso" (Marty Robbins) – 4:19
  2. "In The Valley" (Marty Robbins) – 1:48
  3. "The Master's Call" (Marty Robbins) – 3:05
  4. "Running Gun" (Tompall Glaser - Jim Glaser) – 2:10
  5. "The Little Green Valley" (Carson Robison) – 2:26
  6. "Utah Carol" (Traditional) – 3:13

Track listing (1999 CD)

  1. "Big Iron" (Marty Robbins) – 3:56
  2. "A Hundred And Sixty Acres" (David Kapp) – 1:40
  3. "They're Hanging Me Tonight" (James N. Low - Art Wolpert) – 3:05
  4. "Cool Water" (Bob Nolan) – 3:09
  5. "Billy The Kid" (Traditional) – 5:14
  6. "Utah Carol" (Traditional) – 3:13
  7. "The Strawberry Roan" (Traditional) – 3:25
  8. "The Master's Call" (Marty Robbins) – 3:05
  9. "Running Gun" (Tompall Glaser - Jim Glaser) – 2:10
  10. "El Paso" (Marty Robbins) – 4:19
  11. "In The Valley" (Marty Robbins) – 1:48
  12. "The Little Green Valley" (Carson Robison) – 2:26
  13. "The Hanging Tree" (Jerry Livingston - Mack David) - 2:50
  14. "Saddle Tramp" (Marty Robbins) - 2:03
  15. "El Paso (Full Length Version)" (Marty Robbins) – 4:38

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