NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Country Rewind Records, best known for bringing unreleased traditional Country music into the contemporary era has released Tex Ritter, The Songs Of The West. The project was produced by Jim Farrell and Co-Produced by Rex Allen Jr. The Executive Producer on the project was Tom Gramuglia. The new music released is being distributed by Select-O-Hits and is available to order on Country Rewind Records website as well as for streaming and download to include Spotify, Amazon Music, Apple Music, Pandora and more. Tex Ritter, The Songs Of The West is available on all digital music platforms here.
Tex Ritter was well suited to the role of singing cowboy. He looked and acted the part and was singing the type of songs he loved best. He became one of the first artists signed by the newly formed Capitol Records and was one of the first artists to record albums built around a central theme, as he recorded albums of cowboy songs, patriotic songs, hymns, and Mexican songs as well as albums of country music. In 1961 Ritter recorded “I Dreamed of a Hillbilly Heaven,” which became one of his biggest hits and displayed the fine way he delivered recitations.Tex Ritter was a true multimedia celebrity, a star of stage, screen, records and radio, and it is on radio that the recordings on this album came to life.
“Tex recorded these tracks for broadcast on the radio and these versions of the songs were never commercially released,” noted Jim Farrell who produced Tex Ritter, The Songs of the West.
Farrell took on the project of producing this collection after Country Rewind Records president Thomas Gramuglia rescued the ‘lost’ master tapes that required expert forensic recovery to bring them to twenty-first century audio quality.
Tex Ritter – The Songs Of The West – Tracklist:
1. Best Time Of All
2. You Will Have To Pay
3. Have I Stayed Away Too Long
4. I Dreamed Of A Hillbilly Heaven
5. Remember The Alamo
6. The Wayward Wind
7. Boll Weevil
8. Green Grow The Lilacs
9. Beaumont Rag
10. A Fallen Star
11. Cielito Lindo
12. These Hands
13. I’ve Lived A Lot In My Time
14. High Noon (Do Not Forsake Me)
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