Hank Snow - Under Western Skies

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• Kunto Uusi
• Tyyppi CD
• Julkaisija Bear Family Records
• SKU bcd16428
• Artisti Hank Snow
• Lyhyt kuvaus From his earliest years in Nova Scotia, Hank Snow was fascinated by the songs and lore of the American West. Every Canadian recording session he made between 1936 and 1947 featured at least one song about Texas and the open range. Long after resettling in the United States, Snow often revisited the West in his concerts, record albums and Grand Ole Opry appearances. This collection features many of Snow's Western sagas, starting with his first record from 1936, Prisoned Cowboy. It also includes tracks from 'Heartbreak Trail,' his best-selling 1965 tribute to the Sons of the Pioneers, along with rarities from his early years in Canada plus five tracks from his celebrated Thesaurus radio transcriptions of the early '50s. Quality and creativity – for more than thirty years these basic principles established Bear Family products as something unique and esteemed throughout the world. But what you hear is only part of the complete equasion. Bear Family devotes just as much detail to the graphics. For more than three decades lavishly illustrated books have accompanied our compact disc boxed sets. Today, even our smaller-sized CD releases receive the same eye-catching designs as their larger counterparts. That's why we're honored to be associated with Reinhard Kleist, a renown German artist whose multifaceted creations are celebrated across international circles. Born near Cologne, Kleist graduated from Münster's College Of Higher Education For Graphic And Design. Since moving to Berlin in 1996, he has primarily worked out of his Prenzlauer Berg studio with extended time off for residencies in New York and Cuba. Long fascinated with the darker sides of America and his home country, Kleist has created thematic works like 'Amerika', and 'The Secrets Of Coney Island'. He also worked on 'Narbenstadt ('City Of Scars') – Berlinoir' (a trilogy). Critics and gothic lit fans raved over his optical transfers of H.P. Lovecraft's short stories, 'Das Grauen im Gemäuer' ('The Ruin's Horror'). Kleist also created imaginative graphic novels around popular music icons. His comic biography, 'Elvis,' is a genre highlight. His fascinating 'Cash – I See A Darkness' received three prestigious awards: the Münchner Comic Preis (Munich Comic Award), the Preis der Frankfurter Buchmesse (Frankfort Book Fair award) and the Max-und-Moritz Preis (Max-and-Moritz Award). This exceptional artist has done distinctive cover designs and illustrations for several recent Bear Family CDs, including a Christmas album by country legend Hank Snow; the 'Deep Roots Album' with originals of Johnny Cash songs; 'Shit Happens', a 'bad luck' anthology of ironic songs; and 'Ein Herz aus Stein', the first collection of Rolling Stones covers sung in German. Kleist also designed the cover for Bear Family's boxed set of the famous German political comedy group 'Die Stachelschweine' ('The Porcupines'). And now Kleist has designed striking graphics for four new thematic Hank Snow compilations covering railroads,life on the Western Plains, the enchanting Hawaiian Islands and those exotic locales south of the American border.
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