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HIGH NOON includes previously unreleased material. Personnel includes: Tex Ritter, Merle Travis, Les Baxter Orchestra, Speedy West, Harold Hensley, Cliffie Stone. Recorded between 1949 and 1954. Personnel: Tex Ritter (vocals, guitar, sound effects); Robert MacGimsey (vocals, whistling); Wesley Tuttle (vocals, guitar, steel guitar); Merle Travis (vocals, guitar); Marshall Sosson (vocals, violin); Harold Hensley (vocals, fiddle); The Starlighters (vocals); Jack Marshall (guitar, drums); Eddie Kirk, Andy Wolkowsky, Luther Roundtree, Eugine Rogers, Ivy J. "Jimmy" Bryant, Jimmie Widener, Joe Maphis, Johnny Bond, Andy Parker (guitar); Agapito "Pete" Martinez, Frank Juricek, Donald D. Davis, Wesley Webb West (steel guitar); Kathryn Tompson (harp); Mischa Russell, Henry Hill , Misha Russel, Felix Slatkin, Lou Raderman, Dan Lube, Eudice Shapiro (violin); Rex Call, Cactus Soldi, Ernie Hunter, Margie Ann Warren, Harry (Simovitz) Sims, Sleazy Christopherson (fiddle); Paul Robyn (viola); Eleanor Slatkin (cello); Jules Kinsler (flute, saxophone); Paul Sells, William Edward "Billy" Liebert (accordion, organ); Dominic Frontiere, George Bamby, Johnny Douglas (accordion); Jules Jacob, Phil Sobel, Henry "Butch" Stone (saxophone); Conrad Gozzo , Emanuel Klein, Jack Hansen, Ray Linn (trumpet); Vincent DeRosa, John Cave (French horn); Simon Zenther, Ray Klein, Murray McEachern, Si Zentner (trombone); Donald Robertson , Ray Sherman (piano); David Cavanaugh (organ); Irving Cottler (xylophone, drums); Frank Carlson, Milton Curtis "Muddy" Berry, Lee Gillette, Milt Holland, Roy Harte (drums); Lew Stevenson, Pat Ryan (tom tom). Recording information: Capital Record Warehouse, Charlotte, NC (12/23/1952-12/27/1954); Capital Studio, Hollywood, CA (12/23/1952-12/27/1954); Castle Studio Tulane Hotel, Nashville, TN (12/23/1952-12/27/1954); Decca Studios, West Hampstead, London, England (12/23/1952-12/27/1954); KWKH Studio, Shreveport, LA (12/23/1952-12/27/1954); Los Angeles, CA (12/23/1952-12/27/1954); Radio Recorders, Hollywood, CA (12/23/1952-12/27/1954). Illustrators: Michael Ochs Archives; Les Leverett; R.A. Andreas; Packy Smith. Photographers: Michael Ochs Archives; Les Leverett; R.A. Andreas; Packy Smith. The single best collection of Tex Ritter's Capitol recordings isn't quite complete, but it's a lot better than Capitol's own Collector Series release on Ritter, and it's the best listeners are likely ever to see on this extraordinary artist, at least until a boxed set is forthcoming. The 28 songs here include most of the important tracks that he cut for Capitol between 1942-1956, including the ultra-rare 1952 British recording of "High Noon" (bar none, the best version of the song that Ritter ever did, and one that has a very unusual history to it) as well as the undubbed (i.e., drumless) original Capitol release; "Blood On the Saddle," "Jingle, Jangle, Jingle," "Goodbye, My Little Cherokee," the pop-western "Boogie Woogie Cowboy," and Ritter's definitive 1946 version of "
