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The One Rose: The Capitol Years

The One Rose: The Capitol Years
Rose Maddox

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Track Listing

Disc 1:

  1. What Makes Me Hang Around
  2. Bill Cline
  3. Gambler's Love
  4. Lies and Alibis
  5. Custer's Last Stand
  6. I Lost Today
  7. Live and Let Live
  8. My Little Baby
  9. Philadelphia Lawyer [Master]
  10. Tramp on the Street
  11. Gathering Flowers for the Master's Bouquet
  12. I'm Happy Every Day I Live
  13. Sally Let Your Bangs Hang Down
  14. Whoa, Sailor
  15. On the Banks of the Old Ponchartrain
  16. Honky Tonkin'
  17. At the First Fall of Snow
  18. Why Don't You Haul Off and Love Me
  19. Chocolate Ice Cream Cone
  20. Move It on Over
  21. Shining Silver Gleaming Gold
  22. Down, Down, Down
  23. Please Help Me, I'm Falling
  24. Johnny's Last Kiss
  25. Philadelphia Lawyer [Alt. Take5]
  26. Wait a Little Longer, Please Jesus
  27. Empty Mansion
  28. Great Speckled Bird
  29. This World Is Not My Home

Disc 2:

  1. That Glory Bound Train
  2. Drifting Too Far from the Shore
  3. When I Take My Vacation in Heaven
  4. How Beautiful Heaven Must Be
  5. I'll Reap My Harvest in Heaven
  6. Smoke, Fire and Brimstone
  7. Will the Circle Be Unbroken
  8. Kneel at the Cross
  9. There's a Better Times a Comin'
  10. I Want to Live Again
  11. Kissing My Pillow
  12. Dime a Dozen
  13. Loose Talk - Rose Maddox,
  14. Mental Cruelty - Rose Maddox, Buck Owens
  15. Conscience I'm Guilty
  16. Read My Letter Once Again
  17. Tall Men
  18. Early in the Morning
  19. There Ain't No Love
  20. What Am I Living For?
  21. Stop the World (And Let Me Off)
  22. Jim Dandy
  23. North to Alaska
  24. Lonely Street
  25. Gotta Travel On
  26. Just One More Time
  27. Don't Tell Me Your Troubles
  28. There Ain't No Love
  29. Your Kind of Lovin' Won't Do

Disc 3:

  1. Take Me Back Again
  2. Fool Me Again
  3. Long Journey Home
  4. From a Beggar to a Queen
  5. Let's Pretend We're Strangers
  6. If You See My Baby
  7. Let Those Brown Eyes Smile at Me
  8. When the Sun Goes Down
  9. Alone With You
  10. My Life Has Been a Pleasure
  11. Curly Joe
  12. Here We Go Again
  13. Long Black Limousine
  14. White Lightnin'
  15. Uncle Pen
  16. Footprints in the Snow
  17. Blue Moon of Kentucky
  18. My Rose of Old Kentucky
  19. Molly and Tenbrooks
  20. Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms
  21. Cotton Fields (The Cotton Song)
  22. Each Season Changes You
  23. Old Crossroads Is Waitin'
  24. I'll Meet You in Church Sunday Morning
  25. Down, Down, Down
  26. Ole Slew Foot
  27. Lonely Teardrops
  28. Sing a Little Song of Heartache
  29. Tie a Ribbon in the Apple Tree
  30. George Carter

Disc 4:

  1. Let Me Kiss You for Old Times
  2. I Don't Hear You
  3. Down to the River
  4. Somebody Told Somebody
  5. Sweethearts in Heaven - Rose Maddox, Buck Owens
  6. We're the Talk of the Town - Rose Maddox, Buck Owens
  7. Back Street Affair - Rose Maddox, Buck Owens
  8. No Fool Like an Old Fool - Rose Maddox,
  9. I Won't Come in While He's There
  10. Silver Threads and Golden Needles
  11. Bluebird Let Me Tag Along
  12. That's a Mighty Long Way to Fall
  13. Stand up Fool
  14. Silver Threads and Golden Needles [Master]
  15. Great Pretender
  16. Tia Lisa Lynn
  17. Lonely One
  18. Big Ball's in Cowtown
  19. Wabash Cannonball
  20. I'll Always Be Loving You
  21. Mad at the World
  22. Big, Big Day Tomorrow
  23. Cottonwood Road
  24. Down to the River [Live]

Product Details

  • Amazon Sales Rank: #476527 in Music
  • Released on: 1994-06-28
  • Format: Box set

Customer Reviews

why isn't this woman worshiped like a goddess?4
Yet another stellar box from the good folks at Bear Family. (if you've ever gotten one you already know about the booklet and the pristine sound and retentive attention to detail) This one collects all of Rose's Capitol sides after separating from the family group. They try her in a bunch of settings with studio musicians from the jumped up novelties that she made famous with her brothers to more straight ahead pop songs. She sounds a little uncomfortable with standard pop fare, but when she wraps those brassy pipes around a country or bluegrass tune, stand back brother, she rocks. The highlights are the songs from "Sings Bluegrass" with uncredited contributions by Bill Monroe and some great duets with Buck Owens. It really saddens me that this incredible performer and pioneer female country artist never gets the credit thats her due. (A Nashville bias probably, as she was based in CA.) But if you're looking for some unbridled country goodness this is a great place to start.

The One Rose4
This sparkling Rose Maddox collection is well worth the price. The Germany-based company Bear Family really gives our early country artists like R Maddox the respect and care they merit, with truly professional re-masterings, lush commentary and gorgeous packaging. Having said that, This Rose puts Bette Midler's to shame (and I'm a Bette fan, too)! My guess is that Rose's somewhat twangy vocal quality kept her from achieving the "superstar" status of a Loretta or a Tammy. But if you relish the pleasing sound of unadulterated, double-barrel windpipes matched with catchy toe-tappers, down 'n dirty honky-tonk, uplifting gospel harmonies, forlorn love ballads, and even some epic story-telling (Custer's Last Stand), check out this fabulous boxed collection. I am a country fan, no question--but unlike collections featuring "feminine" crooners Kitty Wells or Patsy Cline, either of whom can send me to Sleepland after a few CD sides, I can listen to Rose the Powerhouse all day and still not get enough! Truly a collection to be treasured!

Sixties country music for traditionalists5
Rose originally established her reputation as leader singer of the family group, Maddox Brothers and Rose, a very successful high-energy live act of the forties and fifties. They also made some excellent recordings on Four Star and Columbia, most of which has been released on CD. Eventually, Rose went solo. This boxed set contains everything that Rose recorded for Capitol between 1959 and 1965. Some of these songs are re-recordings of songs that she had previously recorded with her brothers. Many of the songs here were never released at the time and remained in the vaults until this boxed set was released.

Rose's music had mellowed a little by the time she signed for Capitol, but do not fear - there is still plenty of up-tempo material here although there are also plenty of slower songs. Rose is co-credited as songwriter on several songs but this is only because she was a good negotiator, agreeing to record these songs in return for half the royalties. This follows the example of Elvis Presley, who also managed to get co-credited on the same basis.

Among the many notable original songs here are Custer's last stand, Chocolate ice cream cone and Sing a little song of heartache. Rose recorded Please help me I'm falling at around the same time as Hank Locklin. Unfortunately, Capitol was slow to release it as a single so Hank's version got a clear run and became the definitive version. We can only wonder at what might have been.

Rose recorded a gospel album (Glory bound train) and a bluegrass album (Rose Maddox sings bluegrass) for Capitol. All the tracks from those albums are included here. The gospel album includes Rose's covers of The great speckled bird, This world is not my home, Will the circle be unbroken and many other brilliant but less famous songs, most of them traditional. The bluegrass album featured many covers of Bill Monroe songs - not surprising as it was Bill's idea to do it - the most famous being Uncle Pen, Blue moon of Kentucky, Rolling in my sweet baby's arms and My rose of old Kentucky. Among the other songs is a fine cover of Cotton fields (Leadbelly).

In 1961, Rose recorded two duets with Buck Owens - Loose talk and Mental cruelty. Apparently, Wanda Jackson had been Buck's first choice for a duet partner but she declined, as did a couple of others. Rose and Buck recorded further duets later, all of them included here.

There are many other great covers here including Philadelphia lawyer (Woody Guthrie), Whoa sailor (Hank Thompson), Why don't you haul off and love me (Wayne Raney), Honky tonkin', Move it on over (both Hank Williams), North to Alaska (Johnny Horton), Lonely street (Kitty Wells), Don't tell me your troubles (Don Gibson), White lightning (George Jones), Silver threads and golden needles (first recorded by Wanda Jackson but more commonly associated with Linda Ronstadt), The great pretender (Platters) and Wabash Cannon Ball (Roy Acuff).

You have to love traditional country to appreciate this collection, but if you do, you'll surely enjoy it.