great music - really brings back memories
My dad had this album when I was a kid and listened to it a lot. He really liked Marty Robbins. Now, a zillion years later, I stumbled upon this album while surfing around Amazon looking for music. This is great! I love how simply this is recorded - just Marty Robbins' voice and an acoustic guitar in the background. He has a really nice musical voice. This is not the kind of music I would normally listen to. I have always liked artists like Al Dimeola, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Roy Buchanan, etc. and have never liked "country" music, but this is certainly an exception! My dad isn't doing so well these days and I thought I would send him a copy and it might help brighten his day. I like it so much, I may just buy a copy for myself too!

I especially like "Cool Water" - I remember that song oh so well from around the house when I was a kid, and I liked it then. I could listen to 70's rock like Foghat, Led Zeppelin, etc. upstairs, then go downstairs and listen to Marty Robbins with my dad - "cool, clear water".

I also always liked "El Paso" too. Really, every single song on this album is great!

The Ultimate C & W Album
When I Listen To What Passes For C&W Music Nowadays, I GET Depressed.Most Of The New Breed Of Country Singers Are Just Pseudo Rock Singers Latching Onto A Lucrative Market.Marty Robbins Would Be In The Top Five Of My All Time Greats.Gunfighter Ballads Has To BE In The Top Three Of The Greatest Country Albums Ever Recorded.The Marvellous Acoustic Spanish Guitar Sound That Accompanied Most Of His Gunfighter Ballads Is So Refreshing.Being Around Awhile Needless To Say I'VE Practically All His Albums

Great cd
This is a great cd for any classic country collection. I grew up listening to this cd when it was on a record. This is Marty Robbins at his best...

Tired of C&W songs where you can't understand the words?
Well, let me start with this fact. I can not stand the new Country & Music Artists of today. What words are there? Comes across to me that they don't know the words to the song. So they pronounce the words they do remember and the rest is making vocal sounds only! Not so with Marty! You can understand each and every word that came out of his mouth. The songs he sings make it very clear, easy to follow & understand. His songs which tell a story like "El Paso" - flow easily from beginning to end like reading a good book.

It is easy on the ears for relaxation. Your mind can go into a stage of dreaming and being there watching the story play out.

I certainly hope that the new country music stars will look back and see how performers such as Marty Robbins, Jim Reeves, Eddy Arnold and The Statler Brothers (with Lew De Witt - not Jimmy Fortune) sang. You never saw them sing like they were trying to swallow a microphone. This record lets you go back to the "good ole days" of Country Music.

Some of the best of Marty Robbins
I have the original record album and it is almost worn out from so much playing so we were glad to find it on CD and love to listen to it.
I would recommend it to any Marty Robbins' fan.