We've Got Something in Common - Faron Young, Crutchfield, Jan
You'll Drive Me Back (Into Her Arms Again) - Faron Young, Kilgore, Merle
Keeping Up With the Joneses - Faron Young, Tubb, Justin
My Friend on the Right - Faron Young, Lane, Red
Walk Tall - Faron Young, Choate, Don
My Dreams - Faron Young, Duncan, Jim
Unmitigated Gall - Faron Young, Tillis, Mel
Wonderful World of Women - Faron Young, Miller, Eddie [2]
She Went a Little Bit Farther - Faron Young, Kilgore, Merle
I Just Came to Get My Baby - Faron Young, Kemp, Wayne
Wine Me Up - Faron Young, Deaton, Bill
Your Time's Comin' - Faron Young, Kristofferson, Kris
Occasional Wife - Faron Young, Kandy, Jim
If I Ever Fall in Love (With a Honky Tonk Girl) - Faron Young, Hall, Tom T.
Goin' Steady - Faron Young, Young, Faron
Step Aside - Faron Young, Griff, Ray
Leavin' and Sayin' Goodbye - Faron Young, Seely, Jeannie
It's Four in the Morning - Faron Young, Chesnut, Jerry
This Little Girl of Mine - Faron Young, Crutchfield, Jan
Just What I Had in Mind - Faron Young, Peters, Ben [1]
Some Kind of a Woman - Faron Young, Cash, Tommy
Here I Am in Dallas - Faron Young, Hughes, Ronny
Full title - Walk Tall - The Mercury Hit Singles 1963-1975. 2002 compilation for one of country music's biggest stars (89 hits in Billboard's country chart). Featuring 24 of his biggest hits for the Mercury label on one C... more »D for the first time ever. Westside. 2002.« less
Full title - Walk Tall - The Mercury Hit Singles 1963-1975. 2002 compilation for one of country music's biggest stars (89 hits in Billboard's country chart). Featuring 24 of his biggest hits for the Mercury label on one CD for the first time ever. Westside. 2002.
CD Reviews
24 Original Mercury Hits
Darrin Warren | Osburn, Idaho | 09/03/2003
(3 out of 5 stars)
"This import features most of the biggest hits of Farons Mercury years. The original recordings are here but the sound quality could be better as they sound like they may have come off from 2nd or 3rd generation tapes which gives some the songs a slight muddy sound. Most of these songs are hard to find on CD so buy it until something better comes along. Faron Young was one of true Country Giants of his time."
Some quality country music; bad presentation
Eclectic Reviewer | Tucson, AZ. | 09/29/2004
(3 out of 5 stars)
"It was some time ago now, but as I am a Faron Young fan, I took well-preserved vinyls of my favorites which turned up on this product later, along with some of Faron's earlier works, and recorded them onto a cassette (my own version of his greatest hits). Having no sophisticated recording equipment at the time, I recorded them with an open microphone. Today, they still sound better on my tape player than they do on the compilation here (I never burned a CD). Even so, I question the quality of Mercury's original recordings. "Yellow Bandana", "She Went a Little Bit Farther" and "It's Four in the Morning" evoke special memories for me. They deserve a better presentation, a "do over" maybe."
Some Good and Some Bad
Cory L. Schwent | Bloomsdale, MO United States | 10/09/2003
(4 out of 5 stars)
"This package includes all of Faron Young's Top 10 Mercury Hits and most of his bigger hits for the label.Now some bad news up front. Like the previous reviewer, I must complain about the sound. It does sound like some of these cuts were taken off 3rd and 4th generation masters. For such an important compiliation, that is unexusable. More bad news, no recording data. At least a listing of the dates by the songs would have been appreciated.But on the other hand, I guess this is better than nothing!!! The songs are all original recordings. The booklet is very imformative, and like I said, the only thing missing is the recording data."
A Revelation!
luckyoldsun | New York New York | 10/27/2007
(4 out of 5 stars)
"I had never heard Faron Young's later music--except for "Four the Morning." I bought this with low expectations, not knowing what it would sound like.
The man was a giant and when he was in his groove, the music was stunning. Faron's "Wine Me Up" is the best up-tempo drinking record from '60s-'70s era that I've heard, and its follow-up "Your Time's Coming" is just a briliant vocal achievement. The rockin' remake of "Going Steady" is a killer--as good as or better than the '50s original.
I won't give it a full five stars because there's also some weak stuff here, where Faron appears to be copying Marty Robbins or other singers, to little avail.
Track Listings (24) - Disc #1