Cool Water

by The Sons of the Pioneers

Cool Water cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: March 1960
  • Label: RCA Victor
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 42:12
  • Community rating: 3.5/5 from 2 ratings

Artists on this release: Neely Plumb

Album Notes & Community Reviews

The project comprises high-fidelity stereo re-recordings of the vocal group's classic, mid-century cowboy repertoire. Featuring intricately harmonized ballads penned by Bob Nolan, the release profoundly reinforced and perpetuated the romanticized, cinematic mythology of the American West.

Genres

Descriptors: conceptual

Tracklist

  1. Cool Water (2:11)
  2. Whoopee-Ti-Yi-Yo (2:07)
  3. Wind (2:38)
  4. Cowboy's Dream (2:16)
  5. The Last Roundup (2:53)
  6. Ridin' Home (2:03)
  7. Twilight On The Trail (2:30)
  8. Red River Valley (2:18)
  9. Wagon Wheels (2:18)
  10. (Ghost) Riders In The Sky (2:24)
  11. Blue Prairie (2:53)
  12. Way Out There (1:45)
  13. Empty Saddles (1:55)
  14. Teardrops In My Heart (2:25)
  15. Blue Shadows On The Trail (2:16)
  16. Ridin' Down The Canyon (2:29)
  17. Timber Trail (2:16)
  18. Tumbling Tumbleweeds (2:27)

Credits

  • The Sons of the Pioneers - primary artist
  • Tim Spencer - arranged by, written-by
  • Darol Rice - conductor [orchestra]
  • John Norman - engineer [recording]
  • Neely Plumb - producer
  • Bob Nolan - written-by
  • Traditional - written-by
  • Billy Hill - written-by
  • Louis Alter - written-by
  • Sidney Mitchell - written-by
  • Peter De Rose - written-by
  • Stan Jones - written-by
  • Vaughn Horton - written-by
  • Eliot Daniel - written-by
  • Johnny Lange - written-by
  • Gene Autry - written-by
  • Smiley Burnette - written-by

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