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So Victor Young’s poignant and exhilarating themes for Rio Grande are complemented by American folk songs and traditional Mexican song, hymnody, songs of the Civil War and such period music as the parlour ballads of Stephen Foster, performances of cultural, historical and aesthetic significance given by the choirs of Norman Luboff, Roger Wagner and Robert Shaw and the vocal harmony group the Sons of the Pioneers and supplemented by recordings made by such legends from the first half of the twentieth century as the irish tenor John McCormack and the “Empress of the Blues”, Bessie Smith. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Country music icons Johnny Cash, Dale Evans and Eddy Arnold. The writer and poet Carl Sandburg. Folk singers and political activists Odetta and Pete Seeger. The light classical music composer Leroy Anderson, with selections from his Irish Suite performed by the Boston Pops Orchestra under Arthur Fielder. Chart-toppers Johnnie Ray, the “Nabob of Sob” (whose hearing-aid was appropriated in homage by Morrissey), the maestro of the singalong, the musical impresario, Mitch Miller, and Gene Pitney, whose version of The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (a number also performed here with distinction by the University of Oregon folk group, the Fairmount Singers) was a hit for the nascent songwriting team of Burt Bacharach and Hal David. A diversity of talents who together evoke the Fordian atmosphere. Preponderance of song is one of the certainties of any Ford western. Biographer Tag Gallagher’s assertion that “Ford’s cinema can, without too much exaggeration, at times be likened to a trailer for a musical” is supported by actor James Stewart’s claim that the atmosphere established by the musical aspects of a Ford western rendered the film’s dialogue almost unnecessary.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Acme","offers":[{"title":"CD | x3","offer_id":50458562101579,"sku":"1152338","price":15.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/904d3f42-b003-444c-95b5-00283e651305_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727211869"},{"product_id":"orion-awakes","title":"Orion Awakes","description":"\u003cp\u003eEpic early to mid-1970's instrumental psychedelic space-rock from the Pyramid Records archive, said to be pseudonymous after-hours studio sessions featuring the biggest names on the Krautrock scene at the time.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHeavy drums, jamming guitars and Hammond organ: in short, and amazing improvised free-form trip of impressive magnitude, on par with the music of Krautrock heavyweights like Neu! and Gila or Ash Ra Tempel. An adventurous atmosphere throughout, whether the result is hallucinogenic and jazzy ('Jupiter'), the heavy freak and roll of 'The Returning,' with crushing guitars and massive, repetitive almost funky rhythm, or the Jimi Hendrix-inspired 'Godhead Dance.' As our CD version booklet essay examines, there is some controversy surrounding this and other recordings first made known to the world via Virgin Records' three disc \"Unknown Deutschland\" series of compilations from the 1990's, including the fact that one \"Genius P Orridge\" is named as producer of the Golem album. It's clear enough to all that Genius P Orridge is strangely similar to the name Genesis P Orridge, he of Throbbing Gristle and Psychic TV fame. The fact that the other names on the Golem album jacket lead nowhere only adds to the confusion. 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