Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys San Antonio Rose (11-CD & 1-DVD & Book)

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Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys: San Antonio Rose (11-CD & 1-DVD & Book)
Beyond influential. Beyond seminal. That's Bob Wills' Columbia recordings, complete for the first time. In the quarter-century since his death, Bob Wills has become recognized for the innovative way he synthesized many American musical genres into an adventurous style that he called 'Texas Fiddle Music' and the world called 'Western Swing.' It's a measure of his influence that he is a member of both the Country Music Hall of Fame and the Rock 'n' Roll Hall of Fame.
Here is the music that turned the world on its ear: the first fifteen years (1932-1947) of Bob Wills' recording career. This momentous body of music has never been available in its totality, and has never been packaged with the care and attention to detail it merits, nor has the music been as carefully restored as it is here.
This epochal anthology begins with Bob Wills' 1932 Victor recordings with Milton Brown as the Fort Worth Doughboys, then includes the complete Bob Wills and the Texas Playboys' 1935-1947 sessions for ARC and Columbia. Tommy Duncan is the featured vocalist on the majority of these recordings. This anthology includes the original versions of songs that have become American music classics, such as
San Antonio Rose, New San Antonio Rose, Spanish Two Step, Maiden's Prayer, Steel Guitar Rag, Take Me Back To Tulsa, Roly Poly, Stay A Little Longer, Hang Your Head In Shame, Right Or Wrong,
Trouble In Mind, Home In San Antone and Miss Molly. A fresh search of the vaults has also yielded rare alternate takes, unreleased (and previously unknown) material, studio chatter and a few rare mid-'40s radio airshots. In addition, all the recordings have been carefully remastered for optimum sound quality, vastly better than any previous anthology. Depth, presence and subtleties rarely heard on the original 78s and subsequent reissues are heard here. This is how Wills and the Playboys sounded onstage: daring, witty, moving and charismatic.
This 11-CD/1-DVD box, which features the movie 'Take Me Back To Oklahoma' (NTSC format) includes a book with a biography and musical analysis by Rich Kienzle, based on unpublished interviews with various Playboys. It also includes Bob Pinson's revised discography, an introduction from 'Asleep at the Wheel' founder Ray Benson, as well as rare photos and Wills memorabilia from the archives of collector Glenn P. White.
Article properties:Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys: San Antonio Rose (11-CD & 1-DVD & Book)
Interpret: Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys
Album titlle: San Antonio Rose (11-CD & 1-DVD & Book)
Genre Country
Label Bear Family Records
- Edition 2 Deluxe Edition
- Preiscode LL
Artikelart Box set
EAN: 4000127159335
- weight in Kg 3
| Wills, Bob & His Texas Playboys - San Antonio Rose (11-CD & 1-DVD & Book) Box set 12 | ||||
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| 01 | 'Take Me Back To Oklahoma'(full length movie) | Bob Wills & His Texas Playboys | ||
In den 30er bis 50er Jahren war er eine der einflußreichsten Persönlichkeiten in der Geschichte der Country Music: der legendäre Bob Wills, ein Pionier des jazzigen Western Swing, der im amerikanischen Südwesten und später an der Westküste entstand und seine große Blütezeit erlebte. Der Texaner – der innovative und charismatische 'König des Western Swing' - verbrachte die Hoch-Zeit seiner Karriere in Oklahoma und Kalifornien. Mit seiner klassischen Band, den Texas Playboys, vereinigte er texanische Fiddlemusic mit Hot Jazz, Blues, Pop und anderen Stilrichtungen. Bis sein Riesen-Hit San Antonio Roseihn landesweit berühmt machte, war Wills lediglich eine lokale Größe. Dann aber bescherte ihm seine Musik eine überdurchschnittliche Popularität und hatte einen unverrückbaren Einfluß auf die Entwicklung der herkömmlichen Country Music; außerdem machten ihn der Einsatz elektrischer Gitarren, ein betonter Beat und ein Blues-Touch in seiner Musik auch zum wichtigen Wegbereiter des Rock 'n' Roll.
Wills verstarb 1975, doch seine Popularität und Wirkung leben weiter. 2005 wäre er 100 Jahre alt geworden, und Bear Family Records feiert dies mit einer besonderen Ankündigung: Es wird ein zweites Wills-Box-Set geben, das die erste Box aus dem Jahr 2000, 'San Antonio Rose' (BCD 15933), ergänzt. Dieses gigantische Projekt – mit 11 CDs und einer DVD mit Wills' erstem Kinofilm – enthielt bereits Wills' richtungweisende frühe Aufnahmen aus den Jahren 1932 bis 1947. Volume 2 setzt seine Veröffentlichungen lückenlos fort – mit Wills' ersten MGM-Einspielungen aus dem Herbst 1947 bis zu seinen letzten Arbeiten von 1973. Die Box wird zahlreiche, bislang unveröffentlichte Songs präsentieren; außerdem eine komplette, ebenfalls bisher nicht veröffentlichte Reunion-Session von 1971, die von Country-Music-Legende Merle Haggard organisiert wurde, der auch selbst mitspielte.
Weiterführende Informationen werden wir rechtzeitig in unseren Katalogen und auf der Internetseite www.bear-family.de bekanntgeben.
Geb. 6. 3. 1905 im Limestone County - Texas
Gest. 13.5. 1975 in Fort Worth - Texas
Record Labels: Okeh, Brunswick, Columbia, Silver Bell, Decca, Harmony, Liberty, Kapp, MGM, MVA, Starday, United Artists, Capitol, Epic, RCA, Tishomingo, Bear Family
Erster No. 1 Hit: Silver Dew On The Blue (1945)
James Robert Wills, der King Of Western Swing, leitete vier Jahrzehnte lang eine der besten und einflussreichsten Western Swing Bands, die Texas Playboys. Mit einem Duo, der Wills Fiddle Band, hatte der Sänger und Fiddler Bob Wills zusammen mit dem Gitarristen Herman Arnspiger 1929 begonnen, 1931 war noch der Sänger Milton Brown dazugekommen und wenig später hatten sich aus der "Wills Fiddle Band die "Light Crust Doughboys entwickelt, eine Western Swing Formation, die später zur Legende hochstilisiert wurde.
1933, als Milton Brown und Bob Wills die Light Crust Doughboys verlassen hatten, gründete Bob seine eigene Band, die "Texas Playboys, eine Gruppe, mit der er Maßstäbe für den gesamten Western Swing Stil setzte. Er wurde im Verlauf weniger Jahre der Benny Goodman des Western Swing.
1968 wurde Bob Wills in die Country Music Hall Of Fame aufgenommen, doch den wohl schönsten Tribut zollte ihm Waylon Jennings, als er sang: "No matter who`s in Austin, Bob Wills is still the King."
11 stars!
I have dreamed of having both of these Bob Wills box sets for many years. In the last year or so I have seen some other box sets go out of print because CD sales are dropping off rapidly. I finally decided I could not take a chance on these disappearing so I ordered both of them. I'm so glad I did because they have met the high expectations I have had all these years. But of course they did! It's Bear Family! The documentation is so thorough and well-written and the packaging is superb. I have to say this is a flawless presentation of some of best music in the world. Thank you Bear Family for such an outstanding job.
A thing of wonder
Beautifully made, curated with great care, the sound is excellent. I cannot imagine a better tribute to one of the greatest bands this planet has ever heard. This will keep me busy for years. It is wonderful that there are people somewhere who do this kind of thing. Thank you!
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