Brennan,Walter Mark Twain / By The Fireside CD

A hugely versatile and talented man, WALTER BRENNAN was one of America's favourite character actors (he won three Oscars for "Best Supporting Actor") and also famously pursued a successful, parallel singing career. The companion to an earlier Jasmine release, "Reminiscing With Walter Brennan" (JASMCD3647), this compilation is built around two unfeasibly rare albums, "Stories Of Mark Twain" (on which he performed two lengthy narrations) and "By The Fireside", an ambitious, "Glorious Americana" collaboration with songwriter/singer Stan Jones, neither of which have ever previously appeared on CD. Bonus tracks are included by way of a handful of rare 45s, notably 'Space Mice' and 'The Epic Ride Of John H. Glenn', which are equally rare. Much of this material has never previously been reissued, in any format - indeed, all but two of these sides have never previously been issued in the digital format.

1. The Jumping Frog of Calaveras County 2. Jim Baker's Blue Jay Yarn 3. Sweet Little Lark 4. Deep Water 5. Twilight Rhapsody 6. The Searchers 7. The Old Church Square 8. Cottonwood Tree 9. Amor Vera 10. The Soul O' Big Jack Dunn 11. Knight in Bright Armor 12. Little Son 13. The Lilies Grow High 14. Peace Within 15. Space Mice 16. The Epic Ride of John H. Glenn 17. Conversations with a Mule 18. Henry Had a Merry Christmas