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Great Value

Paul W. Dennis | Winter Springs, FL USA | 11/04/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"This 4 CD set covers approximately the same ground as the TENNESSEE PLOWBOY set issued by Bear Family - it is about 90% as good at about 25% of the cost. The reason for this discrepancy is that copyrights in Europe run only 50 years and are non-renewable so that neither Proper nor JSP (a very jazz oriented label) needs to pay royalties as long as they pick recordings at least 50 years old. Richard Weitze at Bear pays royalties whether he is required to or not



This set contains all of the Eddy Arnold hits of the 40s and early 50s with great sound. These are the original recordings from the days when Arnold was justly billed as the "Tennessee Plowboy", including the original versions of "I'll Hold You In My Heart" , "Any Time" and "Bouquet of Roses", three songs that spent a combined 49 weeks at #1. Legendary (non-pedal) steel guitar player "Little" Roy Wiggins (a/k/a Mr. Ting-A-Ling) is featured on many of these recordings."

This is the real"Texarkana Baby"!

J. F Kopeck | Parkville, Maryland United States | 11/01/2005

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Proper Records has done it again. I just recieved this set from Amazon and have listened to most of it . All the classic EA songs from the late 40's and early 50's are here - and the sound is great. These are the original recordings some are on hear twice with an additional virsion. Listening to songs like "Take me in your arms, Cuddle Buggin'Baby, Bouquet of Roses and Cattle Call sound better the second time around now that I am 50+ and can really apperciate this great artist. Yes they even included EA's early Christmas hits - C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S ,White Christmas,Will Santa come to Shanty Town and several others. This complete set of 90 hits is a real steal for a little more then 25 bucks. I can't believe that I am the first one to review this historical set on Amazon. You can get more expensive sets from other German recording companies and I have purchased many over the years but if your pockets aren't that deep this time of the year go for this set. Anyway you look at it this set deserves more then the 5 stars I just gave it as does Eddy Arnold who at 87 years old just recorded his 100 album with Cowboy Jack Clemmens for RCA!



"Enjoy" Joe Kopeck from Shanty Town,USA"

A most prolific country hit-maker

Peter Durward Harris | Leicester England | 06/13/2008

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Eddy Arnold scored 28 number one hits and more than 100 other hits on the American country charts. Listening to his music, it's easy to understand why he was successful. It is more difficult to explain why his music gets so little attention these days but may have something to do with Eddy's role in taking country music into the cities. One of the more intriguing facts about Eddy's career is that his early rise to stardom was manged by Colonel Tom Parker. Eddy eventually dispensed with his services. It didn't do the colonel any harm; he simply found somebody else to propel to stardom - Elvis Presley.



This particular compilation focuses exclusively on Eddy's music recorded up to 1952, during which period his music was firmly country. Even so, Eddy was never a stereotypical country singer. Although he could often be seen wearing cowboy hats, he avoided the more colorful outfits that some country singers became renowned for. Furthermore, Eddy had clear ideas about the kind of songs that he was willing to record, mainly focusing on love songs although he also recorded western songs (most notably Cattle call, which he recorded several times during his career), gospel songs and Christmas songs, but he avoided recording songs about drinking. Nevertheless, Eddy's music in his early years was solidly country in style, without any concessions to the pop music market. Despite this, Eddy generated interest among pop music fans even in those early days simply because his wonderful, smooth baritone voice was such a joy to listen to.



All of Eddy's important hits are here up to and including Eddy's song, which was recorded and released in 1952 but made number one in the American country charts of 1953. Before that, he had scored number one hits with What is life without love, It's a sin, I'll hold you in my heart, Bouquet of roses, Texarkana baby, Anytime, Just a little lovin', A heart full of love, Don't rob another man's castle, Take me in your armas and hold me, There's been a change in me, Kentucky waltz and I wanna play house with you. To those must be added plenty of near-misses that peaked at 2. Although two early (but different) recordings of Cattle call are included here, it was Eddy's pop-sounding 1955 recording that became a number one hit for Eddy. That version came three years too late for inclusion in this box. If you're familiar with the famous version, it makes an interesting contrast with the versions here. Three other songs (C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S, Many tears ago, I walk alone) also appear in two different records. In all cases, the two versions are distinct from each other.



Eddy's music changed a lot later in the fifties and during the sixties. You must look elsewhere for notable later hits incliding I really don't want to know, That do make it nice, Just call me lonesome, What's he doing in my world, Make the world go away, I want to go with you, Last word in lonesome is me, Somebody like me, Lonely again, Misty blue, Turn the world around and Then you can tell me goodbye. But this compilation of Eddy's early hits forms an excellent starting point or addition to any collection of Eddy's music, and it comes at a very reasonable price."