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Marvin Rainwater: Classic Recordings (4-CD Box Set)

4-CD boxed set (LP-size) with 35-page book, 120 tracks. Playing time approx. 291 mns.

Marvin Rainwater was a quarter Cherokee Indian, a country singer of a special kind and also the somewhat different rock 'n' roller. His greatest success comes with Gonna Find Me A Bluebird but there's much more here - like The Pale Faced Indian, later revived as Indian Reservation.

Starting with a demo cut the day Hank Williams died, this set includes every recording made up to and including his Warner Bros. sides in 1969. The duet with Connie Francis is included, as well as incredible rock 'n' roll sides Hot And Cold, Whole Lotta Woman, I Dig You Baby, Mr. Blues, and Half Breed. It's everything you need to hear by a true maverick.

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  • Interpret: Marvin Rainwater

  • Album titlle: Classic Recordings (4-CD Box Set)

  • Genre Rock'n'Roll

  • Label Bear Family Records

  • Preiscode DI
  • Edition 2 Deluxe Edition
  • Artikelart Box set

  • EAN: 4000127156006

  • weight in Kg 1.3
Rainwater, Marvin - Classic Recordings (4-CD Box Set) Box set 1
01 Daddy's Glad You Came Home Marvin Rainwater
02 Albino (Pink Eyed) Stallion Marvin Rainwater
03 Sticks And Stones Marvin Rainwater
04 Tea Bag Romeo Marvin Rainwater
05 Tennessee Houn' Dog Yodel Marvin Rainwater
06 Dem Low Down Blues Marvin Rainwater
07 Where Do We Go From Here Marvin Rainwater
08 Hot And Cold Marvin Rainwater
09 Mr. Blues Marvin Rainwater
10 Get Off The Stool Marvin Rainwater
11 What Am I Supposed To Do Marvin Rainwater
12 (Sometimes) I Feel Like Leaving Town Marvin Rainwater
13 Why Did You Have To Go And Leave Me Marvin Rainwater
14 Gonna Find Me A Bluebird Marvin Rainwater
15 Cause I'm A Dreamer Marvin Rainwater
16 So You Think You've Got Troubles Marvin Rainwater
17 Look For Me (I'll Be Waiting For You) Marvin Rainwater
18 Wayward Angel Marvin Rainwater
19 My Brand Of Blues Marvin Rainwater
20 My Love Is Real Marvin Rainwater
21 Lucky Star Marvin Rainwater
22 The Majesty Of Love (& CONNIE FRANCIS) Marvin Rainwater
23 You, My Darling You (& CONNIE FRANCIS) Marvin Rainwater
24 Whole Lotta Woman (undubbed version) Marvin Rainwater
25 Whole Lotta Woman Marvin Rainwater
26 That's The Way I Feel Marvin Rainwater
27 Baby, Don't Go Marvin Rainwater
28 Two Fools In Love (& PATTY RAINWATER) Marvin Rainwater
29 Because I'm A Dreamer (& PATTY RAINWATER) Marvin Rainwater
30 Down In The Cellar Marvin Rainwater
Rainwater, Marvin - Classic Recordings (4-CD Box Set) Box set 2
01 Moanin' The Blues Marvin Rainwater
02 Gamblin' Man (Roving Gambler) Marvin Rainwater
03 I Dig You Baby Marvin Rainwater
04 Dance Me Daddy Marvin Rainwater
05 Nothin' Needs Nothin' (Like I Need You) Marvin Rainwater
06 (There's Always) A Need For Love Marvin Rainwater
07 No Good Runaround Marvin Rainwater
08 (Don't Be) Late For Love Marvin Rainwater
09 The Last Time Marvin Rainwater
10 Can I Count On Your Love (& PATTY RAINWATER) Marvin Rainwater
11 Let Me Live Again (& PATTY RAINWATER) Marvin Rainwater
12 Lonely Island Marvin Rainwater
13 Born To Be Lonesome Marvin Rainwater
14 Love Me Baby (Like There's No Tomorrow) Marvin Rainwater
15 That's When I'll Stop Loving You Marvin Rainwater
16 A Song Of New Love Marvin Rainwater
17 Halfbreed Marvin Rainwater
18 The Valley Of The Moon Marvin Rainwater
19 Young Girls Marvin Rainwater
20 The Pale Faced Indian (Lament Of The Cherokee Marvin Rainwater
21 Wayward Angel Marvin Rainwater
22 Hard Luck Blues Marvin Rainwater
23 She's Gone Marvin Rainwater
24 Yesterday's Kisses Marvin Rainwater
25 You're Not Happy Marvin Rainwater
26 I Can't Forget Marvin Rainwater
27 Boo Hoo Marvin Rainwater
28 Tough Top Cat Marvin Rainwater
29 (There's A) Honky Tonk In Your Heart Marvin Rainwater
Rainwater, Marvin - Classic Recordings (4-CD Box Set) Box set 3
01 Do It Now Marvin Rainwater
02 It Wasn't Enough Marvin Rainwater
03 That Little House Marvin Rainwater
04 Part Time Lover (& BILL GUESS) Marvin Rainwater
05 That Aching Heart (& BILL GUESS) Marvin Rainwater
06 Love's Prison (& BILL GUESS) Marvin Rainwater
07 These Thoughts Of You/Bad Girl (& BILL GUESS) Marvin Rainwater
08 I Saw Your New Love Today (& BILL GUESS) Marvin Rainwater
09 My Old Home Town Marvin Rainwater
10 Branded Marvin Rainwater
11 It Wasn't Enough Marvin Rainwater
12 Sing The Girls A Song Marvin Rainwater
13 Indian Burial Ground Marvin Rainwater
14 The Black Sheep Marvin Rainwater
15 Troubles My Little Boy Had Marvin Rainwater
16 Sorrow Brings A Good Man Down Marvin Rainwater
17 I Want Your Heart Marvin Rainwater
18 Talk To Me Marvin Rainwater
19 Run For Your Life Boy Marvin Rainwater
20 The Old Gang's Gone (& BILL GUESS) Marvin Rainwater
21 Cold Woman (double tracked vocal) Marvin Rainwater
22 Oklahoma Hills Marvin Rainwater
23 Wedding Rings (& PATTY RAINWATER) Marvin Rainwater
24 Let Me Live Again Marvin Rainwater
25 I Love My Country Marvin Rainwater
26 Burning Bridges Marvin Rainwater
27 Black Jack McClain Marvin Rainwater
Rainwater, Marvin - Classic Recordings (4-CD Box Set) Box set 4
01 Hit And Run Lover Marvin Rainwater
02 Korea's Mountain Northland Marvin Rainwater
03 Tainted Gold Marvin Rainwater
04 Don't Tell My Boy (In Prison Living A Lie) Marvin Rainwater
05 Don't Try To Change Your Little Woman Marvin Rainwater
06 Do You Want To Know Marvin Rainwater
07 Engineer's Song (The Boy And The Engineer) Marvin Rainwater
08 Freight Train Blues Marvin Rainwater
09 The Key Marvin Rainwater
10 Let's Go On A Picnic Marvin Rainwater
11 Moments Of Love Marvin Rainwater
12 So Long Marvin Rainwater
13 Teardrops Marvin Rainwater
14 The Wanderer In Me Marvin Rainwater
15 What You Got, You Don't Want Marvin Rainwater
16 Would Your Mother Be Proud Of You Marvin Rainwater
17 You Can't Keep A Secret Marvin Rainwater
18 Love Me Baby (Like There's No Tomorrow) Marvin Rainwater
19 (There's A) Honky Tonk In Your Heart Marvin Rainwater
20 My Old Home Town (alt.) Marvin Rainwater
21 The Old Gang's Gone (& BILL GUESS) (alt.) Marvin Rainwater
22 Cold Woman (slow version) (alt.) Marvin Rainwater
23 Wedding Rings (& PATTY RAINWATER) Marvin Rainwater
24 LIVE AT WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA: Marvin Rainwater
25 Introduction Marvin Rainwater
26 So You Think You've Got Troubles Marvin Rainwater
27 Halfbreed Marvin Rainwater
28 Whole Lotta Woman Marvin Rainwater
29 I'll Always Be Lonely (& PATTY RAINWATER) Marvin Rainwater
30 Wishful Thinking (& PATTY RAINWATER) Marvin Rainwater
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If you peruse 'Billboard's' Charts, you will notice that Marvin Rainwater had 4 chart entries on the U.S. country charts and one top forty hit on the U.S. pop charts. This information only serves to confirm that chart statistics are not the only guide to quality and longevity in the country and rock 'n' roll business. In reality they have little to do with a performer's talent and appeal.

Like many older artists still thrilling audiences of all ages in the U.S.A. and Europe, Marvin's reputation is firmly built on his fifties recordings that have established his credentials as both a country and rock 'n' roll performer. But as I found out many years ago, his repertoire was quite different when he toured in the seventies. More on that later.

The Marvin Rainwater story has been covered in detail in the book accompanying the 4-CD boxed set 'The Classic Recordings' (BCD 15600) and the single CD 'Whole Lotta Woman - Rockin' Rollin' Rainwater' (BCD 15812).

However for newcomers, he was born Marvin Percy Rainwater in Wichita, Kansas on July 2, 1925. After a stint in the Navy, he made tentative steps towards a singing career leading to appearances on the Arthur Godfrey Talent Show in 1955 after he had I Gotta Go Get My Baby out on Coral Records. He won! A contract with MGM Records followed and after a bunch of fine unsuccessful releases he scored his biggest U.S. hit in 1957 with Gonna Find Me A Bluebird which went to #3 country and #18 pop. A duet with then-unknown Connie Francis followed (The Majesty Of Love) and in 1958 came his big overseas smash, Whole Lotta Woman. Although it was only a minor hit in the States, it went to the top  in England, resulting in Marvin's first visit to Blightly. While in England he recorded 2 titles, Dance Me Daddy and I Dig You Baby, the latter achieving a #19 chart placing in June of 1958.

The '60s saw a downturn in his commercial success despite the fine quality of his recordings for Warwick, Brave, United Artists and Warner Brothers.

Return visits to the United Kingdom in the '70s saw performances at country music venues when, as yet, the rockabilly revival had not caught on. On one such tour I first saw the Rainwater magic at the Empire Theatre, Sunderland on Tuesday 17th April 1973. Strangely his show at that time comprised of only three of his recordings, Gonna Find Me A Bluebird, Whole Lotta Woman and The Troubles My Little Boy Had, this in spite of audience calls for I Dig You Baby and Halfbreed. The bulk of the songs were far better known via recordings by other artists, and probably reflected the show he gave back home. He had opened with Jambalaya followed by Running Bear and on to Peter LaFarge's Ballad Of Ira Hayes which he told the audience he had just recorded. The Merle Haggard catalogue was mined for Okie From Muskogee and Mama Tried and there was a tribute to Johnny Cash with a medley of I Got Stripes, Ring Of Fire, I Walk The Line and Folsom Prison Blues, much to the delight of the audience. Other highlights were Billy Grammer's Gotta Travel On and a new ballad I Don't Care About Tomorrow. Always a joker, he introduced Running Bear with the comment "Since the indians tore my clothes off they call me ..." Yes, you've got it!

In 1975 he was back, deputizing for the ailing Leftly Frizzell at Mervin Conn's International Festival of Country Music at the Empire Pool Wembley. There he scored a genuine triumph informing the audience, "I'll tell Lefty that he went down real well!"

By the tail end of the '70s, Marvin was trawling his own catalogue to a much greater degree than in 1973. By the time we met up again for an interview for my 'North Country' show on BBC Radio Newcastle in November 1979, he had started to include some of his obscure MGM and Warwick material like Mr. Blues and Boo Hoo. When I say "obscure", I mean to the general country music fan who had been the main intended customer for his show in 1973.

The Wembley Festival beckoned again in 1981 and once more he delighted the audience with his joyful mix of country and rockabilly. One of the highlights of the set was his version of Teddy Bear. Again I interviewed him for my radio show and we discussed the missed opportunities that had haunted him through the years. In  reality though, he has survived the music industry better than most. He's still out there touring in the U.S. and the U.K. where he topped the bill at Willie Jeffery's Hemsby Rock 'n' Roll Weekender in 1999, receiving rave reviews in the process.

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Tracklist
Rainwater, Marvin - Classic Recordings (4-CD Box Set) Box set 1
01 Daddy's Glad You Came Home
02 Albino (Pink Eyed) Stallion
03 Sticks And Stones
04 Tea Bag Romeo
05 Tennessee Houn' Dog Yodel
06 Dem Low Down Blues
07 Where Do We Go From Here
08 Hot And Cold
09 Mr. Blues
10 Get Off The Stool
11 What Am I Supposed To Do
12 (Sometimes) I Feel Like Leaving Town
13 Why Did You Have To Go And Leave Me
14 Gonna Find Me A Bluebird
15 Cause I'm A Dreamer
16 So You Think You've Got Troubles
17 Look For Me (I'll Be Waiting For You)
18 Wayward Angel
19 My Brand Of Blues
20 My Love Is Real
21 Lucky Star
22 The Majesty Of Love (& CONNIE FRANCIS)
23 You, My Darling You (& CONNIE FRANCIS)
24 Whole Lotta Woman (undubbed version)
25 Whole Lotta Woman
26 That's The Way I Feel
27 Baby, Don't Go
28 Two Fools In Love (& PATTY RAINWATER)
29 Because I'm A Dreamer (& PATTY RAINWATER)
30 Down In The Cellar
Rainwater, Marvin - Classic Recordings (4-CD Box Set) Box set 2
01 Moanin' The Blues
02 Gamblin' Man (Roving Gambler)
03 I Dig You Baby
04 Dance Me Daddy
05 Nothin' Needs Nothin' (Like I Need You)
06 (There's Always) A Need For Love
07 No Good Runaround
08 (Don't Be) Late For Love
09 The Last Time
10 Can I Count On Your Love (& PATTY RAINWATER)
11 Let Me Live Again (& PATTY RAINWATER)
12 Lonely Island
13 Born To Be Lonesome
14 Love Me Baby (Like There's No Tomorrow)
15 That's When I'll Stop Loving You
16 A Song Of New Love
17 Halfbreed
18 The Valley Of The Moon
19 Young Girls
20 The Pale Faced Indian (Lament Of The Cherokee
21 Wayward Angel
22 Hard Luck Blues
23 She's Gone
24 Yesterday's Kisses
25 You're Not Happy
26 I Can't Forget
27 Boo Hoo
28 Tough Top Cat
29 (There's A) Honky Tonk In Your Heart
Rainwater, Marvin - Classic Recordings (4-CD Box Set) Box set 3
01 Do It Now
02 It Wasn't Enough
03 That Little House
04 Part Time Lover (& BILL GUESS)
05 That Aching Heart (& BILL GUESS)
06 Love's Prison (& BILL GUESS)
07 These Thoughts Of You/Bad Girl (& BILL GUESS)
08 I Saw Your New Love Today (& BILL GUESS)
09 My Old Home Town
10 Branded
11 It Wasn't Enough
12 Sing The Girls A Song
13 Indian Burial Ground
14 The Black Sheep
15 Troubles My Little Boy Had
16 Sorrow Brings A Good Man Down
17 I Want Your Heart
18 Talk To Me
19 Run For Your Life Boy
20 The Old Gang's Gone (& BILL GUESS)
21 Cold Woman (double tracked vocal)
22 Oklahoma Hills
23 Wedding Rings (& PATTY RAINWATER)
24 Let Me Live Again
25 I Love My Country
26 Burning Bridges
27 Black Jack McClain
Rainwater, Marvin - Classic Recordings (4-CD Box Set) Box set 4
01 Hit And Run Lover
02 Korea's Mountain Northland
03 Tainted Gold
04 Don't Tell My Boy (In Prison Living A Lie)
05 Don't Try To Change Your Little Woman
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20 My Old Home Town (alt.)
21 The Old Gang's Gone (& BILL GUESS) (alt.)
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23 Wedding Rings (& PATTY RAINWATER)
24 LIVE AT WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA:
25 Introduction
26 So You Think You've Got Troubles
27 Halfbreed
28 Whole Lotta Woman
29 I'll Always Be Lonely (& PATTY RAINWATER)
30 Wishful Thinking (& PATTY RAINWATER)