Cat. No. VV 1405: JOHNNY HORTON ~ JOHNNY HORTON MAKES HISTORY. CBS / CORONET KLP 891.

USED VINYL RECORD. PART OF A COLLECTION NOW UP FOR SALE.

JOHNNY HORTON HAD ONE OF THE BEST-SELLING RECORDS OF ALL TIME WITH IS VERSION OF THE JIMMY DRIFTWOOD SONG "THE BATTLE OF NEW ORLEANS". JOHNNY'S REMARKABLE SINGING AND STORY-TELLING GIFTS OPENED UP A WHOLE NEW WORLD OF MUSIC BY REVIVING AN OLD TRADITION - THE NARRATIVE BALLAD OF AMERICAN HISTORY. MILLIONS OF AMERICANS LEARNED THAT THEIR HISTORY WAS FULL OF EXCITING AND ENTERTAINING EVENTS AND THAT THERE WERE WONDERFUL SONGS CELEBRATING THOSE OCCASIONS. IN THIS COLLECTION JOHNNY HORTON SINGS ABOUT SOME OF THE LEGENDARY CHARACTERS AND THRILLING EVENTS OF THE PAST. THE SONGS ALSO INTRODUCED MILLIONS AROUND THE WORLD TO THIS PART OF AMERICAN HISTORY. 

THE SLEEVE IS IN GOOD CONDITION WITH SOME MINOR WEAR INCLUDING A SMALL CREASE IN THE TOP R/H CORNER OF THE SLEEVE AND SOME VERY, VERY MINOR WEAR ALONG A COUPLE OF EDGES AND VERY FEINT EVIDENCE OF RING WEAR. THERE ARE NO TEARS IN THE SLEEVE. THE RECORD IS GRADED AS EXCELLENT WITH NO EVIDENCE OF SKIPPING.

TRACK LISTING: Side 1 - Johnny Freedom / Jim Bridger / Comanche (The Brave Horse) / Snow-shoe Thompson / O'Leary's Cow / The Battle Of New Orleans. Side 2 - John Paul Jones / Young Abe Lincoln / The Battle Of Bull Run / The Sinking Of The Reuben James / Johnny Reb / Sink The Bismark. 

12" VINYL RECORD