9-CD box (LP-size) with 104-page hardcover book, 215 tracks. Playing time 615:42 mns.

This, the third of the Bear Family boxed sets of Frankie Laine recordings, completes the series, and takes in his studio work for the Columbia label through the years 1956 to 1964. The hit singles, which were hitherto his stock in trade, came along less frequently during this period. As with many of the balladeers of the 1940s and 1950s, rock 'n' roll swept aside many of the fine recordings he made for the singles market. Nevertheless, he was to enjoy a million selling hit in 1956 with Moonlight Gambler, and was still charting during his final year at Columbia with Don't Make My Baby Blue. But it was his recording of the TV Western theme Rawhide that would be his most significant and best remembered single of this era.

It will be noted in the earlier Bear Family sets that Frankie Laine had already begun to establish himself as the voice of Western movies, with notable themes for 'Blowing Wild' and 'Strange Lady In Town' - but during the period covered here he cemented that role for all-time by recording the classics Gunfight At The O. K. Corral and The 3:10 To Yuma. This was reflected also in the concept albums made in subsequent years, beginning in 1960 with 'Hell Bent For Leather,' and continuing with 'Deuces Wild' and 'Call Of The Wild.' These, together with his final album for Columbia, 'Wanderlust', benefited from the exciting orchestrations of Johnny Williams.

Throughout the entire period covered by this boxed set, Frankie Laine was to make giant strides into the rapidly blossoming concept album market with a wide-ranging series of LPs. In 1957 he revisited 12 of the songs, mostly jazz standards, that had established him during his early years with the Mercury label - Paul Weston giving sparkling new life to these old warhorses for the album 'Rockin'. It enjoyed a healthy run in the then recently inaugurated 'Billboard' Pop Album charts...Read more at: https://www.bear-family.de/

Track Listing

• A Capital Ship
• The Most Happy Fella
• Hell Hath No Fury
• There's Not A Moment To Spare
• Make Me A Child Again
• Don't Cry
• On The Road To Mandalay
• Only If We Love
• Lotus Land
• Moonlight Gambler
• Lonely Man
• Up Above My Head (I Hear Music In The Air)
• Good Evening Friends (& JOHNNIE RAY)
• Love Is A Golden Ring (& THE EASY RIDERS)
• Without Him
• By The River Of 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

• My Gal And A Prayer
• The 3:10 To Yuma
• Gunfight At O.K. Corral
• East Is East
• You Know How It Is
• The Greater Sin
• The Lonesome Road
• Annabel Lee
• Jezebel
• Uh Huh, Oh Yeah
• All Of These And More
• Laura
• Mam'selle
• Addormentarmi Cosi
• Autumn Leaves
• Nao Tem Solucao
• La Paloma
• Mona Lisa
• Si Tu Partais
• Quiereme Mucho (Yours)
• Torna A Surriento
• Too Young
• Besame Mucho

• I Have To Cry
• Choombala Bey
• A Kiss Can Change The World
• Lovin' Up A Storm
• El Diablo
• A Cottage For Sale
• Torchin'
• I Cover The Waterfront
• Here Lies Love
• You've Changed
• Midnight On A Rainy Monday
• I Get Along Without You Very Well
• It's The Talk Of The Town
• These Foolish Things (Remind Me Of You)
• I Got It Bad (And That Ain't Good)
• It Only Happens Once
• Body And Soul

• Too Marvelous For Words
• I Forgot The Time
• September In The Rain
• You're Just The Kind
• I Would Do Anything For You
• Lover, Come Back To Me
• Blue Moon
• The Love Of Loves
• Dream A Little Dream Of Me
• Baby, Just For Me
• I'm Confessin'
• Marie
• Rawhide
• Magnificient Obsession
• You Are My Love
• I Married An Angel
• Forever More
• Second Honeymoon
• My Kind Of Woman
• Side By Side
• The Touch Of Your Lips
• Because
• To My Wife
• Try A Little Tenderness
• I'll Get By
• We Just Couldn't Say Goodbye

• When I Speak Your Name
• The Valley Of The Hundred Hills
• Journey's End
• In My Wildest Dreams
• My Little Love
• Rocks And Gravel
• Old Virginny
• Cherry Red
• On A Monday
• Careless Love
• Sixteen Tons
• Jelly Coal Man
• Lucy D
• New Orleans
• Old Blue
• Stack Of Blues
• And Doesn't She Roll
• Rockin' Mother
• Kisses That Shake The World
• Et Voila
• St. James Infirmary
• Seven Women
• Sampson
• Here She Comes Now
• God Bless This House
• You're All I Want For Christmas

• Wanted Man
• High Noon
• Bowie Knife
• Along The Navajo Trail
• Cry Of The Wild Goose
• City Boy
• Cool Water
• The Hanging Tree
• Mule Train
• Gunslinger
• The Green Leaves Of Summer
• The Hard Way
• Camptown Races
• Luck Be A Lady
• Get Rich Quick
• Horses And Women
• Ace In The Hole
• The Man Who Broke The Bank At Monte Carlo
• Dead Man's Hand
• The Roving Gambler
• Deuces Wild
• Gamblin' Woman
• Wheel Of Fortune
• Miss Satan
• Ride Through The Nihgt
• Cow-Cow Boogie

• Song Of The Open Road
• North To Alaska
• The Swamp Girl
• Beyond The Blue Horizon
• Call Of The Wild
• On The Trail
• The Wayfaring Stranger
• Tumbling Tumbleweeds
• The High Road
• Rolling Stone
• The New Frontier
• The Girl In The Wood
• A Wedded Man
• Love Is Where You Find It
• Serenade
• Wagon Wheels
• I Let Her Go
• Misirlou
• Riders In The Sky
• De Glory Road
• What Kind Of Fool Am I'
• If I Love Again
• The Moment Of Truth
• I'm Gonna Live 'till I Die

• Don't Make My Baby Blue
• Take Her
• I'm Gonna Be Strong
• I'm Gonna Be Strong (with chorus)
• Prairie Belle
• Up Among The Stars
• Lonely Days Of Winter
• Tangolita (english)
• For Your Love I'd Wait A Lifetime
• Journey's End (single version)
• And Doesn't She Roll (mono)
• Jelly Coal Man (mono)
• Rocks And Gravel (single version)
• Deuces Wild (alt)
• Riders In The Sky (alt)
• De Glory Road (alt)
• Live Along With Me (Get with It)
• Non Farla Piangere (italian)
• Saro Forte (italian)
• Che Me Ne Importa...A Me (italien)
• No La Hagas Sufrir (spanish)
• No Sabras Mi Dolor (spanish)
• Die Welt war niemals so schön (german)
• Ich lass dich gehn (german)
• Gunfight At O.K. Corral (film version)

Additional Details

Label: Bear Family Records

Genre: Pop/Rock

Run Time: 615 mins

Release Date: 01/02/07

UPC: 4000127165220