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It was part of Sony's American Milestones reissue series for classic country and western albums including, among others, At Folsom Prison by Johnny Cash and Red Headed Stranger by Willie Nelson.

#Marty robbins gunfighter ballads zip full

In 1999 the album was reissued for compact disc on the Legacy Records label with the tracks resequenced and with three bonus tracks, including the full length version of 'El Paso'. Three were written and previously recorded by others: ' Cool Water', 'Billy the Kid', and ' The Strawberry Roan'. Three of them were written by Robbins: 'El Paso', 'Big Iron', and 'The Master's Call'. Years after the album's release, members of the Western Writers of America chose six of its songs as being among the Top 100 Western Songs of all time. It is included in every revision of the list of 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die.

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Reception Professional ratings Review scoresДЄllMusic gave the album four-and-a-half stars, calling it 'the single most influential album of Western songs in post-World War II American music'. In 2017, Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs was selected for preservation in the National Recording Registry by the Library of Congress as being 'culturally, historically, or artistically significant.' A follow-up album of cowboy songs, More Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs, was released in 1960. Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs reached #1 in both the country and pop music charts at the start of 1960 and won the Grammy Award for Best Country & Western Recording the following year. It is perhaps best known for Robbins' most successful single, ' El Paso', a major hit on both the country and pop music charts, as well as for its opening track ' Big Iron,' a song that gained a resurgence in popularity online as an Internet meme. It was recorded in a single eight-hour session on April 7, 1959, and was certified Gold by the RIAA in 1965 and Platinum in 1986. Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs is the fifth studio album by Marty Robbins, released on the Columbia Records label in September 1959 and peaking at #6 on the U.S.