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26 of 27 found the following review helpful:
 Very good, but incomplete :-(((Dec 21, 2001
By A Reader
"anti-Federalist to the core"
I love Marty Robbins and all the music on this CD, but was VERY disappointed to discover that an entire verse had been omitted from his all-time greatest cowboy outlaw song "El Paso." In case you don't have a photographic music memory, the missing verse is right after he shoots the cowboy. Here is what is missing:
"... the handsome young stranger lay dead on the floor.JUST FOR A MOMENT I STOOD THERE IN SILENCE
SHOCKED BY THE FOUL, EVIL DEED I HAD DONE.
MANY THOUGHTS RACED THROUGH MY MIND AS I STOOD THERE.
I HAD BUT ONE CHANCE, AND THAT WAS TO RUN. Out through the back door of Rose's I ran..... This CD contains "digitally remastered" versions of his old hits. Whoever digitally remastered this first track on the CD did so seamlessly, and if you don't know all the words you won't realize it is missing. Nevertheless, I am shocked by the foul, evil deed that was done to this epic song.
8 of 8 found the following review helpful:
Great Western MusicAug 03, 1999
Most of Marty Robbins Greatest Western ballads. This CD brings you back to the old west, back to the times of cattle drives and gun fights. It shows the true range of this incredible artist.
9 of 10 found the following review helpful:
THE BEST MARTY COLLECTIONDec 16, 1999
If you like cowboy songs, if you like Marty Robbins, then you have to have this collection. The Cowboy in the Continental Suit - What a classic. If you don't have it, GET IT!
6 of 6 found the following review helpful:
Enough to SatisfyNov 29, 2004
By Eclectic Revisited
"Charlie"
Just as people called Johnny Cash the "Man in Black" (as to how he usually dressed) and he wrote a song by that name and George Jones was "No Show" Jones (for missing shows) and wrote a song also, Marty Robbins was referred to in a review long ago as the "Cowboy in the Continental Suit" and wrote the song. It was not a spectacular hit. It's included here. Between the two El Paso songs was the middle of the story ("Feleena, the Girl From El Paso"). It's left out here; it was not a big hit but we learned she DID love only that cowboy in El Paso. Marty sings "Red River Valley" as well as it's ever been sung (nobody is sure who wrote it). Two songs written by a man Marty admired, Bob Nolan of the Sons of the Pioneers, are included.("Cool Water", "Tumbling Tumbleweeds"). There are also two by Victor Young who wrote movie themes from the early 1930s to 1956, "Strawberry Roan" (previously done by Gene Autry) and "Streets of Laredo". With that history and Marty Robbins doing the vocals, a Western fan can't go wrong. Five stars.
6 of 6 found the following review helpful:
An excellent introduction to Marty's western materialFeb 08, 2003
By Bradley Olson
The other reviews have stated what this exactly is: A compilation of 20 of Marty's classic western songs. William Fairchild, the deal with El Paso being edited is that's what's on the stereo album master which is the source Gusto/TeeVee used for this track rather than the mono 45rpm master which has the additional verse. If you would have bought the Legacy/American Milestones series remaster of Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs or the Bear Family Under Western Skies boxed set, you would have known this already.
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