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24 music tracks with bonus DVD of feature film Man from Music Mountain!

Autry, a singing railroad man born in 1907 in Oklahoma, was the St. Paul of western music. Everything idyllic a kid could imagine about life out on the range – a desert sun going down, blooming cacti, riding herd on 'dogies' – is included in Autry's heavenly "Ridin' Down the Canyon," just one of 24 classic recordings from the '30s and the '40s on The Last Round Up… He had a hit with "Blueberry Hill" 16 years before Fats Domino, and in his hands "Don't Fence Me In" sounded more than a genre exercise from the tune's composer, Cole Porter. "The Last Round Up" and "I'll Go Round That Texas Trail" are also homages to [Jimmie] Rodgers, via liberal usage of his "blue yodel" ("yo-del-ay-hee"). — Rob Kemp

Man From Music Mountain - 1938 - Directed by Joseph Kane
This 1938 classic "modern" western runs approximately 58 minutes. It was directed by Joseph Kane, one of the top western directors of his time who also directed numerous John Wayne and Roy Rogers movies. The story follows Autry and his sidekick Frog Millhouse, played by Smiley Burnette, who step in to stop the Eastern swindlers from taking advantage of the local struggling ranchers. Plenty of good singing (Gene sings four original songs and Smiley sings one) and action. Also included, a bonus 50-minute 1965 documentary by the famed comedy team of Wayne and Shuster entitled "Wayne and Shuster Take an Affectionate Look at the Westerns".