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Topic: Ray Price CD's with Great Steel? |
Jeff Garden
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Center Sandwich, New Hampshire, USA
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Posted 4 Apr 2008 7:02 am |
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| Just wondering what folks' recommendations were for classic Ray Price CD's with lots of pedal steel on them. I keep finding overly orchestrated (and often "steel-less") "best of" collections at Wal-Mart or, at the opposite extreme, the $300+ 10CD set. As always, thanks in advance for the advice... |
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Greg Simmons
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where the buffalo (used to) roam AND the Mojave
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Posted 4 Apr 2008 7:20 am
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how about that "Columbia Country Classics - The Essential Ray Price (1951-1962)", plus there's a 2 CD "Essential" also...gotta love the motherlode though - aka the Bear Family Set 
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Kevin Macneil Brown
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Montpelier, VT, USA
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Posted 4 Apr 2008 8:02 am
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A while back Koch re-issued a handful of classic Ray Price albums from the Columbia Records years. They might still be around, though it may require a bit of digging.
In particular NIGHT LIFE and SAN ANTONIO ROSE-- a tribute to Bob Wills-- feature great steel from, respectively, Buddy Emmons and Jimmy Day. And they are great albums all the way through: "concept albums."
THE OTHER WOMAN has some fine steel and great songs too, now that I think of it. |
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Jack Stoner
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Kansas City, MO
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Posted 4 Apr 2008 8:03 am
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| All of the Step One Records (SOR) label had Buddy Emmons on Steel. Step One is out of business but you may still be able to find those CD's (there were several). |
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John Jeffries
From:
New Brunswick, Canada
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Posted 4 Apr 2008 8:10 am
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| Two of the more recent Ray Price CD's are: "Time", and "Run That By Me One More Time" (with Willie Nelson). Both contain excellent choices of material with some great steel from Buddy!! |
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Ray Minich
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Bradford, Pa. Frozen Tundra
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Posted 4 Apr 2008 8:15 am
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| The Bear Family Box Set of 10 CD's will entertain for decades. Lots of Buddy Emmons and Jimmy Day too. |
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Mike Shefrin
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Posted 4 Apr 2008 9:15 am
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| What Ray said. I have the Box set, and it's worth every penny. You can't beat those old recordings of Jimmy Day and Big E. |
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Pete Finney
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Nashville Tn.
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Posted 4 Apr 2008 9:21 am
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| As far as what's easily available (and affordable) I'd say the 2 CD "Essential Ray Price" looks like a great deal; it's got some of the early classics, and a good selection of the tunes with Day and Emmons; 30+ tunes, (though some of them are the later ones with no steel). I've also seen a CD recently that has the "Touch My Heart" album and the "Burning Memories" album together on one CD, that'd be a good one for classic Emmons stuff. |
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Mike Shefrin
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Posted 4 Apr 2008 10:09 am
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Pete,
Excellent suggestions.While the Bear Family box set is expensive, I like it because you get to hear how Ray started out imitating Hank Williams, and then later developed his own style. The chronology is interesting for me. The box set also comes with a bound book (not a booklet) that has tons of info and some great photos ( I also shelled out for a couple of the Bear Family box sets of Ernest Tubb which has some of Buddy Charleton's best work). Now somebody will probably say "Hey Mike, it must be nice to be rich" but I figure that I'll have those recordings for a lifetime so the "price of Price" works out in the end. 
btw-I was listening to your work on that old album of Foster and Lloyd, "Version Of The Truth" the other day. Whew, that was awhile back. Great album, and your playing on it is beautiful.
respectfully, Mike |
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Greg Cutshaw
From:
Corry, PA, USA
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Posted 4 Apr 2008 11:10 am
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Like Mike and others, I shelled out for the box set. CDWolf has the lowest new price on ebay but you can buy it used on ebay for less. It also covers the Ray Price sings Bob Wills songs that have tons of up front steel and other great cuts with Wade Ray and songs like "Burnt Fingers" where Buddy used the talking Steel apparatus!
Greg |
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Pete Finney
From:
Nashville Tn.
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Posted 4 Apr 2008 11:49 am
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Thanks for the kind words, Mike. That was a fun band to be in (though I'd remix that album if they'd let me, they did some weird stuff to my tone after the fact!)
I wish I had that Bear Family Ray Price Box... I'll confess that I borrowed that one and burned a few discs of stuff I didn't already have (and read the book cover to cover). A real monument of classic steel guitar for sure! And it's really great to have "Western Strings" on CD.
I've splurged over the years on the two Ernest Tubb ones that have the classic band with Charlton and Rhodes, and also the Haggard and Osborne Brothers (Hal Rugg!) ones. They are all so well done but damn, they're expensive. But without them so much of the old country would be out of print forever, I'd guess. Occasionally some will pop up used in stores but that's rare in my experience... |
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Craig A Davidson
From:
Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin USA
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Posted 5 Apr 2008 3:51 am
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| The Touch My Heart album is also out on CD. It is paired with the Burning Memories album. |
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Jeff Garden
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Center Sandwich, New Hampshire, USA
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Posted 5 Apr 2008 8:33 am
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| Thanks for all of the responses, guys - much appreciated. I've got some real nice instrumental steel guitar recordings of Ray Price tunes but thought I should fill in some gaps in my music collection and check out the original versions from the "shuffle king". |
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Rick Kornacker
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Dixon Springs, Tennessee, USA
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Posted 6 Apr 2008 5:52 pm "can't believe nobody mentioned....
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...The Cherokee Cowboys Reunited. "Different Kind of Flower", "Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes", and the whole rest of the album for that matter. Just a "must have" in my book. Hope you're doing good Jeff...you need to go out find a copy of this one. Regards,RK
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Mike Cass
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Posted 8 Apr 2008 8:28 am
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".......Reunited", now theres an album! Ray, Buddy, Grady, Bob Moore, et.all in one of the finest recordings ever to bear The Chief's name,imho.
hey, Rick K. long time no see |
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Pete Finney
From:
Nashville Tn.
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Posted 8 Apr 2008 7:21 pm
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Hey Mike, how are ya...? Has "Reunited" ever been released on CD? I remember wearing that LP out when it came out (late 70's ?).
I've never gotten to see you play with Ray; I'm gonna try to make it to the Ryman for your upcoming show; that should be a night to remember all around... You've got the dream steel playing gig but I know you know that, and nobody belongs there more than you IMHO... |
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Mike Cass
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Posted 9 Apr 2008 9:11 am
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Doing fine Pete, thanks for your kind words. Hope youre well too.
Ive never seen "...Reunited" on CD but Id buy it in a flash if I could. If you make the show, come up and say hello.
The gig is alot of fun and Ray still sings his tail off, just as he has for the past 60+ years. Buddy Emmons once told me that every steel guitarist should do at least one tour with The Chief...how true.
This job isnt what one might think it is: my first gig...I see "A Way To Survive-C" halfway down the set list, with a big red "X" thru it  ... that pretty well sums it up.
If anyone thinks they've got nothing more to learn, one weekened out with RP will change your thinking, boy howdy! Ive worked for some awful good singers, but none like Ray. Its humbling, and I guess thats a good thing. |
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Greg Simmons
From:
where the buffalo (used to) roam AND the Mojave
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Posted 22 Apr 2008 8:12 pm
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Hey guys, thanks for the tip on the "Reunited" album, last week found a still-sealed copy for $5
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<i>�Head full of this kaleidoscope of brain-freight, Heart full of something simple and slow�</i>
-Mark Heard
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Nick Reed
From:
Russellville, KY USA
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Dag Wolf
From:
Bergen, Norway
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Posted 23 Apr 2008 11:20 pm
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Reunited from -76 was my first album of Ray Price.
"Different Kind of Flower" sounds so great but so does the whole album
A link which captures the "sound" of this album with Ray & Buddy.
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=GXdw5JMWZg8&feature=related
Listen to the great vibrato Buddy uses.
Dag |
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Tim Tyner
From:
Ayden, North Carolina U.S.A
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Posted 24 Apr 2008 6:17 pm
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I don't know if you can get it on cd or
not it was cut originally on Columbia in I think
1965." Another Bridge To Burn"Emmons on Steel and
Grady Martin on acoustic guitar.It was a monaural
album but contains some of the most beautiful
steel playing imaginable.My all time favorite
Ray Price record.43 Years ago and most of us
would klll to play like that now.Just my opinion
but I have never heard anyone deliver tone and
phrasing like Emmons can. |
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Mike Cass
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Posted 25 Apr 2008 7:13 am
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| yup, thats another one! the cut; "Id Fight The World"!! Gary Spaeth and I used to marvel at E's playing on that, and the whole album, really. Maybe the best album from that period.... |
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Ken Byng
From:
Southampton, England
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Posted 25 Apr 2008 12:50 pm
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| I just bought a Ray Price DVD of a live show featuring one Jimmy Day on his beautiful blue ShoBud SuperPro 11. Jimmy gets to play quite a bit throughout. |
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Tim Tyner
From:
Ayden, North Carolina U.S.A
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Posted 25 Apr 2008 2:33 pm
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By the way Mike.I saw you a few months back
in Morehead City,N.C. with Ray.Great show.I marveled
at your performance as well,You played a black Excel.
You may not remember but they stuck your guitar case
behind the curtain and I helped you find it.
You were im kind of a hurry.Billy Knowles was there
as well.Hope to hear you again soon.
Regards,Tim |
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Mike Shefrin
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Posted 25 Apr 2008 3:25 pm
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| Ken Byng wrote: |
| I just bought a Ray Price DVD of a live show featuring one Jimmy Day on his beautiful blue ShoBud SuperPro 11. Jimmy gets to play quite a bit throughout. |
Ken, is that the DVD with Ray Price, and Jim Reeves with Ernest Tubb? I definitely want to get that. I am a huge fan of Jimmy Day's playing.
Thanks, Mike |
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