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Chanteur Country US né le 13
Mars 1945 à Dallas (Texas).
In many
ways, Michael Martin Murphey has the career that Michael Nesmith of the Monkees
— with whom Murphey performed early in both of their careers — might've had if
he'd never been picked for the NBC series. A guitarist/songwriter, Murphey led
the country-rock group the Lewis & Clarke Expedition in the mid-to-late '60s and
had some pop success, and even got one song, "What Am I Doing Hangin' 'Round?,"
recorded by the Monkees (with Nesmith singing lead, natch). His songs were cut
by the likes of Flatt & Scruggs,
Kenny Rogers,
Roger Miller, and
Bobbie Gentry, and he eventually began
recording for A&M Records, and later for Epic Records, where he enjoyed a huge
pop hit in the 1970s with "Wildfire." For a time he was known as the Cosmic
Cowboy after one of his early songs. Murphey moved to Liberty Records in the
early '80s and later jumped to Warner Bros., where his interest in cowboy and
Native American subjects led to the foundation of the Warner Western imprint, a
subsidiary label devoted to cowboy music and poetry.
Murphey was born in Dallas, TX, and quickly took to playing the ukulele. He had
a special love for cowboy stories and songs and also read avidly as a boy —
especially the work of Mark Twain and William Faulkner — and was writing poetry
before he was in his teens. He began performing as an amateur while in junior
high school and within a few years was playing the clubs around Dallas in the
early '60s, combining country, folk, and rock music. Somehow, despite the
inherently conservative nature of all of those audiences, Murphey made it work,
and he formed a band with a decent following in the area around Dallas. He
studied poetry and writing at the University of California, and soon after
arriving in the Golden State he was signed up as a songwriter with Sparrow
Music. By 1964, he was a popular figure in the folk clubs around Los Angeles and
had formed up with three like-minded musicians, Nesmith, John London, and John
Raines, under the name the Trinity River Boys, who recorded one never-to-be-released
album before disbanding.
In 1967, Murphey formed the Lewis & Clarke Expedition with Owen Castleman (aka
Boomer Clarke). This group recorded one self-titled album for the Colgems label
— not coincidentally, the label for which the Monkees, of whom Nesmith was a
member, recorded — and got a moderate hit out of the single "I Feel Good (I Feel
Bad)." It was around this time that the Monkees recorded Murphey's "What Am I
Doing Hangin' 'Round?"
Murphey left Los Angeles in 1968 to take up residence in the San Gabriel
Mountains, where his songwriting blossomed anew. He was signed to Screen Gems
(the publishing arm of Columbia Pictures, which also owned Colgems) as a
songwriter, and with the exposure that he received from this association, both
songs recorded by Flatt & Scruggs and
Bobbie Gentry. It was
Kenny Rogers who gave Murphey his best
showcase as a songwriter, however, by cutting an entire album, The Ballad of
Calico, comprised of songs Murphey had written about a Mojave Desert ghost
town.
Back in Texas, in the Austin area, during the early '70s, he resumed his singer/songwriter
career and fell in with Jerry Jeff
Walker, Willie Nelson, and B.W.
Stevenson. He also put together a new band that specialized in country-rock and
folk-rock. In 1971, he was signed to his first solo recording contract on A&M
Records, and his first album, Geronimo's Cadillac (1972), yielded a
modest hit in the title song, which was covered by several other artists,
including
Hoyt Axton, and also taken up as an anthem by Native American civil rights
activists. A second album, Cosmic Cowboy Souvenir, was well received
critically and also a modest hit in the Austin area.
In 1974, Murphey moved to Epic Records, a division of Columbia, and recorded the
first of six albums, Michael Murphey, that same year. It was his second
album, Blue Sky - Night Thunder, recorded in 1975, however, that marked
Murphey's commercial breakthrough. He had first heard the story about a ghost
horse rescuing people on the desert when he was a boy, from his grandfather, and
Murphey dreamed of something similar one night as an adult and set it down to
music and words in half an hour that same evening. The resulting song, "Wildfire,"
got to number three on the pop charts in 1975 and became Murphey's first gold
record. Another song off of the same album, "Carolina in the Pines," also made
the Top 30.
He saw more success with Swans Against the Sun — which included his first
country chart hit, "A Mansion on the Hill" and "Flowing Free Forever," both in
1976. "Cherokee Fiddle" off of that album was a modestly successful single for
Murphey, but six years later Johnny Lee
brought it into the Top Ten and into the movie Urban Cowboy. Up until
1981, he'd been known as Michael Murphey, but that year he began making a series
of film acting appearances, starting with Gus Trikonis' Take This Job and
Shove It, and began using his middle name in films and on albums, as a way
of distinguishing himself from the actor Michael Murphy (Manhattan).
In 1982, Murphey signed a recording contract with Liberty Records, which yielded
two original albums, Michael Martin Murphey and The Heart Never Lies,
as well as a best-of — made up of superb re-recordings of his A&M and Epic hits
as well as his original Liberty hits "Still Taking Chances," "Love Affairs," "Don't
Count the Rainy Days," "Will It Be Love," and "Radio Land," the latter a sort of
country-flavored equivalent to "American Pie." By that time he'd been voted Best
New Male vocalist of the year 1983 by the American Country Music Association.
Additionally, his re-recording of "Carolina in the Pines" rose to the country
Top Ten in 1985, outperforming the original Epic version.
In 1985, Murphey moved to Warner Bros. records, making his debut on the label
with Tonight We Ride. A year later he got to the country Top Five with "A
Face in the Crowd," recorded with Holly Dunn,
and then reached the number one spot with "A Long Line of Love." Murphey's
singles chart success slackened off after 1989 with "Never Givin' Up on Love,"
which had been used in the Clint
Eastwood film Pink Cadillac that same year.
It was after this that Murphey returned to one of the first loves of his life,
cowboy music. In 1990, he cut an album, Cowboy Songs, made up of
traditional and well-known popular songs from the genre, including "The Yellow
Rose of Texas" and "Tumbling Tumbleweeds." That record uncovered a niche waiting
to be filled, selling several times more than any of Murphey's other Warner Bros.
releases. That success, in turn, led the label to establish its Warner Western
imprint, which, in addition to Murphey (who also produces a lot of the work),
has also recorded the harmony group the Sons of the San Joachin, veteran singing
cowboy Herb Jeffries, and poet Waddie Mitchell.
Murphey has since recorded two subsequent albums of Western songs. Cowboy
Songs III (1993) features a duo with the late
Marty Robbins, no doubt inspired by
the success of Natalie Cole's "Unforgettable" duo with her own father — using a
voice track recorded by Robbins in
1960 — on the song "Big Iron." In 1996, Murphey released a live album on which
he is backed by a full orchestra. He has also organized a series of annual
celebrations of the American West, called West Fest, which he stages in various
western states. Cowboy Songs 4 appeared in 1998 and several collections
followed. In summer 2002, his storytelling continued on Cowboy Classics: Playing
Favorites II. Buckaroo Blue Grass appeared in 2009 from Rural Rhythm Records,
followed by Cowboy Classics: Old West Cowboy Collection later that same year.
Lone Cowboy, a solo live set recorded at the Western Jubilee Warehouse in
Colorado Springs, appeared early in 2010.
http://www.michaelmartinmurphey.com/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Martin_Murphey
Talents : Vocals, Songwriter, Guitar, Banjo, Harmonica, Piano, Actor
Style musical : Western, Traditional Country, Country Rock
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3J1J61VsYM
Years in activity :
| 1910 | 20 | 30 | 40 | 50 | 60 | 70 | 80 | 90 | 2000 | 10 | 20 |
DISCOGRAPHY
Singles
| 06/1972 | SP A & M 1368-S (US) |
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Michael MURPHEY - Geronimo's Cadillac / Boy From The Country |
| 1972 | SP Regal Zonophone 1C 006-93822 (GER) |
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Michael MURPHEY - Geronimo's Cadillac / Boy From The Country |
| 1972 | SP Regal Zonophone 3C 006 93822 (I) |
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Michael MURPHEY - Geronimo's Cadillac / Boy From The Country |
| 05/1973 | SP A & M 1447-S (US) | . | Michael MURPHEY - Cosmic Cowboy / Temperature Train |
| 05/1973 | SP A & M 1447 (US) (promo) | . | Michael MURPHEY - Cosmic Cowboy [mono] / Cosmic Cowboy [stereo] |
| 1973 | SP A & M 1459-S (US) | . | Michael MURPHEY - Calico Silver / Blessing In Disguise |
| 05/1974 | SP EPIC 5-11130 (US) |
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Michael MURPHEY - Holy Roller / Rye By-The-Sea |
| 05/1974 | SP EPIC 5-11130 (US) (promo) | . | Michael MURPHEY - Holy Roller [mono] / Holy Roller [stereo] |
| 08/1974 | SP EPIC 8-50014 (US) | . | Michael MURPHEY - Fort Worth I Love You / You Can Only Say So Much |
| 02/1975 | SP EPIC 8-50084 (US) | . | Michael MURPHEY - Wildfire / Night Thunder |
| 1975 | SP EPIC EPC S 3242 (GER) |
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Michael MURPHEY - Wildfire / Night Thunder |
| 1975 | SP EPIC EPC 3242 (NL) |
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Michael MURPHEY - Wildfire / Night Thunder |
| 02/1975 | SP EPIC 8-50084 (US) (promo) | . | Michael MURPHEY - Wildfire [mono] / Wildfire [stereo] |
| 08/1975 | SP EPIC 8-50131 (US) | . | Michael MURPHEY - Carolina In The Pines / Without My Lady There |
| 08/1975 | SP EPIC 8-50131 (US) (promo) | . | Michael MURPHEY - Carolina In The Pines [mono] / Carolina In The Pines [stereo] |
| 1975 | SP EPIC EPC S 3637 (GER) |
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Michael MURPHEY - Carolina In The Pines / Without My Lady There |
| 1975 | SP EPIC EPC 3637 (SP) |
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Michael MURPHEY - Carolina En Los Pinos - Carolina In The Pines / Without My Lady There |
| 12/1975 | SP EPIC 8-50184 (US) | . | Michael MURPHEY - Renegade / A Mansion On The Hill |
| 12/1975 | SP EPIC 8-50184 (US) (promo) | . | Michael MURPHEY - Renegade [short version] / Renegade [long version] |
| 12/1975 | SP EPIC 8-50184 (US) (promo) | . | Michael MURPHEY - A Mansion On The Hill [mono] / A Mansion On The Hill [stereo] |
| 1975 | SP A & M 1712-S (US) | . | Michael MURPHEY - Blessing In Disguise / Geronimo's Cadillac |
| 1976 | SP EPIC EPC S 3978 (GER) |
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Michael MURPHEY - Renegade / A Mansion On The Hill |
| 1976 | SP EPIC EPC 3978 (S) |
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Michael MURPHEY - Desertor / Una Casa En La Colina |
| 03/1976 | SP EPIC 8-50214 (US) | . | Michael MURPHEY - Rhythm Of The Rain / Swans Against The Sun |
| 12/1976 | SP EPIC 8-50319 (US) | . | Michael MURPHEY - Cherokee Fiddle / Running Wide Open |
| 1976 | SP EPIC MEMORY LANE 15-2348 (US) | . |
Michael MURPHEY - Wildfire / A Mansion On The Hill |
| 03/1977 | SP EPIC 8-50369 (US) | . | Michael MURPHEY - Changing Woman / North Wind And A Neon Moon |
| 03/1978 | SP EPIC 8-50540 (US) | . | Michael MURPHEY - Nothing Is Your Own / Song Dog |
| 06/1978 | SP EPIC 8-50572 (US) | . | Michael MURPHEY - Paradise Tonight / Song Dog |
| 06/1978 | SP EPIC 8-50572 (US) (promo) | . | Michael MURPHEY - Paradise Tonight / Paradise Tonight |
| 08/1978 | SP TRAV MA 1190 (US) | . | What's It All About? - José Feliciano featuring his music and an interview with the artist / Michael Murphey featuring his music an interview with the artist |
| 04/1979 | SP EPIC 8-50586 (US) | . | Michael MURPHEY - Chain Gang / Lightning |
| 07/1979 | SP EPIC 9-50739 (US) | . | Michael MURPHEY - Backslider's Wine / South Coast |
| 07/1979 | SP EPIC 9-50739 (US) (promo) | . | Michael MURPHEY - Backslider's Wine [mono] / Backslider's Wine [stereo] |
| 05/1981 | SP EPIC 19-02075 (US) | . | Michael MURPHEY & Kathy MOFFATT - Take It As It Comes / Hard Country |
| 02/1982 | SP LIBERTY B-1455 (US) | . | Michael MURPHEY - The Two-Step Is Easy / Lost River |
| 02/1982 | SP LIBERTY P-B-1455 (US) (promo) | . | Michael MURPHEY - The Two-Step Is Easy / The Two-Step Is Easy |
| 06/1982 | SP LIBERTY B-1466 (US) | . | Michael MURPHEY - What's Forever For / Crystal |
| 09/1982 | SP LIBERTY UP 656 (UK) |
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Michael MURPHEY - What's Forever For / Crystal |
| 1982 | SP LIBERTY 1A 006-83348 (NL) |
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Michael MURPHEY - What's Forever For / Crystal |
| 10/1982 | SP LIBERTY B-1486 (US) | . | Michael MURPHEY - Still Taking Chances / Lost River |
| 02/1983 | SP LIBERTY B-1494 (US) | . | Michael MURPHEY - Love Affairs / Crystal |
| 08/1983 | SP LIBERTY B-1505 (US) |
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Don't Count The Rainy Days / Heart Never Lies |
| 12/1983 | SP LIBERTY B-1514 (US) |
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Will It Be Love By Morning / Goodbye Money Mountain |
| 03/1984 | SP LIBERTY B-1517 (US) |
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Disenchanted / Scared Heart |
| 1984 | SP LIBERTY 1A 006-20 0384 7 (NL) |
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Disenchanted / Scared Heart |
| 07/1984 | SP LIBERTY B-1523 (US) | . | Radio Land / Heart Never Lies |
| 10/1984 | SP EMI B-8243 (US) |
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What She Wants / Still Taking Chances |
| 04/1985 | SP EMI B-8265 (US) |
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Carolina In The Pines / Cherokee Fiddle |
| 04/1985 | SP EMI P-B-8265 (US) (promo) | . | Carolina In The Pines / Carolina In The Pines |
| 11/1985 | SP WARNER BROS. PRO-S-2409 (US) (promo) | . | Colorado Christmas (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band) / The Cowboys' Christmas Ball (Michael Martin Murphey with Riders In The Sky) |
| 01/1986 | SP WARNER BROS. 7-28797 (US) | . | Tonight We Ride / Santa Fe Carolina |
| 05/1986 | SP WARNER BROS. 7-28694 (US) | . | Rollin' Nowhere / Face To Face With The Night |
| 08/1986 | SP WARNER BROS. 7-28598 (US) | . | Fiddlin' Man / Ghost Town |
| 12/1986 | SP WARNER BROS. 7-28471 (US) | . | Face In The Crowd (Michael Martin Murphey & Holly DUNN) / You're History |
| 12/1986 | SP WARNER BROS. 7-28471 (US) (promo) | . | Michael Martin Murphey & Holly DUNN - A Face In The Crowd / A Face In The Crowd |
| 04/1987 | SP WARNER BROS. 7-28370 (US) | . | Long Line Of Love / Worlds Apart |
| 09/1987 | SP WARNER BROS. 7-28168 (US) |
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I'm Gonna Miss You Girl / Running Blood |
| 1987 | SP WARNER BROS. PRO-S-2869 (US) (promo) | . | The Cowboys' Christmas Ball (Michael Martin Murphey) / Colorado Christmas (Nitty Gritty Dirt Band) |
| 02/1988 | SP WARNER BROS. 7-27947 (US) |
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Talkin' To The Wrong Man (duet with Ryan Murphey) / What Am I Doin' Hangin' Around |
| 07/1988 | SP WARNER BROS. 7-27810 (US) | . | Pilgrims On The Way / Still Got The Fire |
| 1988 | SP WARNER BROS. 7-21895 (US) | . | Talkin' To The Wrong Man / I'm Gonna Miss You Girl |
| 11/1988 | SP WARNER BROS. 7-27668 (US) | . | From The Word Go / Vanishing Breed |
| 03/1989 | SP WARNER BROS. 7-22970 (US) |
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Never Givin' Up On Love / Desperation Road |
| 1989 | CD WARNER BROS. PRO-CD-3498 (US) (promo) | . |
Never Givin' Up On Love (Michael Martin Murphey) / Any Way The Wind Blows (Southern Pacific) |
| 08/1989 | SP WARNER BROS. 7-22765 (US) | . | Family Tree / Woodsmoke In The Wind |
| 12/1989 | SP WARNER BROS. 7-22666 (US) | . | Route 66 / Jukebox |
| 07/1990 | SP WARNER BROS. 7-19724 (US) | . | Cowboy Logic / Spanish Is The Loving Tongue |
| 02/1991 | SP WARNER BROS. 7-19412 (US) | . | Let The Cowboy Dance / Red River Valley |
| 08/1991 | SP WARNER BROS. 7-19290 (US) | . | What Am I Doing Here / Where Do Cowboys Go When They Die |
| 04/1992 | SP WARNER BROS. 7-18928 (US) | . | I'm Gonna Miss You Girl / I Don't Do Floors |
| 01/1994 | SP WARNER BROS. 7-18321 (US) | . |
Big Iron (Michael Martin Murphey with Marty ROBBINS) / Cowboy Logic (Michael Martin Murphey) |
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Albums
| 06/1972 | LP 12" A & M SP-4358 (US) |
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GERONIMO'S CADILLAC - Michael MURPHEY - Geronimo's Cadillac / Natchez Trace / Calico Silver / Harbor For My Soul / Rainbow Man / Waking Up / Crack Up In Las Cruces / Boy From The Country / What Am I Doing Hangin' Around? / Michael Angelo's Blues (Song For Hogman) / Backslider's Wine / Lights of the City | ||
| 04/1973 | LP 12" A & M SP-4388 (US) |
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COSMIC COWBOY SOUVENIR - Michael MURPHEY - Cosmic Cowboy, Pt.1 / Alleys Of Austin / South Canadian River Song / Blessing In Disguise / Temperature Train / Drunken Lady Of The Morning / Prometheus Busted / Honolulu / Rolling Hills | ||
| 1974 | LP 12" EPIC KE-32835 (US) |
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MICHAEL MURPHEY - Nobody's Gonna Tell Me How To Play My... / Healing Springs / Rye By-The-Sea / You Can Only Say So Much / Observer / Holy Roller / Good Ol' Natural Habits / Fort Worth I Love You / Ace In The Hole / Southwestern Pilgrimage | ||
| 01/1975 | LP 12" EPIC KE-33290 (US) |
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BLUE SKY - NIGHT THUNDER - Michael MURPHEY - Wildfire / Carolina In The Pines / Desert Rat / Wild Bird / Blue Sky Riding Song / Medicine Man / Secret Mountain Hideout / Without My Lady There / Night Thunder / Rings Of Life | ||
| 11/1975 | LP 12" EPIC KE-33851 (US) |
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SWANS AGAINST THE SUN - Michael MURPHEY - Swans Against The Sun / Renegade / Rhythm Of The Road / Pink Lady / Mansion On The Hill / Dancing In The Meadow / Temple Of The Sun / Buffalo Gun / Wild West Show / Natural Bridges / Seasons Change | ||
| 10/1976 | LP 12" EPIC PE-34220 (US) |
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FLOWING FREE FOREVER - Michael MURPHEY - Flowing Free Forever / North Wind And A New Moon / Cherokee Fiddle / See How All The Horses Come Dancing / Yellow House / Changing Woman / High Country Caravan / Running Wide Open / Our Lady Of Sante Fe / Wandering Minstrel | ||
| 02/1978 | LP 12" EPIC KE-35013 (US) |
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LONEWOLF - Michael MURPHEY - Nothing Is Your Own / Paradise Tonight / No Man's Land / Loners / Song Dog / Arrows In The Darkness / Hard To Live Together / Night Patrol / Loving Time / Song Dog | ||
| 02/1979 | LP 12" EPIC JE-35742 (US) |
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PEAKS, VALLEYS, HONKY TONKS & ALLEYS - Michael MURPHEY - Cosmic Cowboy - Cosmic Breakdown / Another Cheap Western - Western Movies / Years Behind Bars / Backslider's Wine / Geronimo's Cadillac / South Coast / Chain Gang / Once a Drifter / Texas Morning / Lightning | ||
| 05/1981 | LP 12" EPIC SE-37367 (US) |
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HARD COUNTRY - Hard Country (Michael Murphey with Katy Moffatt) / Hard Partyin'Country Darlin' (Michael Murphey) / Texas ((When I Die) (Tanya TUCKER) / Cowboy Cadillac (Michael Murphey) / Break My Mind (Michael Murphey) / Take It As It Comes (Michael Murphey with Katy Moffatt) / Somebody Must Have Loved You Right Last Night (Tanya TUCKER) / Gonna Love You Antway (Tanya TUCKER) / I Love You So Much It Hurts (Jerry Lee LEWIS) / West Texas (Joe ELY) |
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| 1981 | LP 12" A & M SP-3134 (US) |
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GERONIMO'S CADILLAC - Michael MURPHEY - Geronimo's Cadillac / Natchez Trace / Calico Silver / Harbor For My Soul / Rainbow Man / Waking Up / Crack Up In Las Cruces / Boy From The Country / What Am I Doing Hangin' Around? / Michael Angelo's Blues (Song For Hogman) / Backslider's Wine / Lights of the City | ||
| 03/1982 | LP 12" LIBERTY LT-51120 (US) |
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MICHAEL MARTIN MURPHEY - Still Taking Chances / The Two-Step Is Easy / What's Forever For / Take It Like A Man / First Taste Of Freedom / Love Affairs / Ring Of Truth / Crystal / Lost River / Heart In The Right Place | ||
| 08/1983 | LP 12" LIBERTY LT-51150 (US) |
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THE HEART NEVER LIES - Will It Be Love By Morning / Don't Count The Rainy Days / Disenchanted / Goodbye Money Mountain / Radio Land / May This Time / Showdown / Sacred Heart / Crazy Blue / The Heart Never Lies | ||
| 10/1984 | LP 12" CAPITOL ST-17143 (US) |
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THE BEST OF MICHAEL MARTIN MURPHEY - Carolina In The Pines / Geronimo's Cadillac / Cherokee Fiddle / Still Taking Chances / What's Forever For / Wildfire / What She Wants / Love Affairs / Disenchanted / Don't Count The Rainy Days / Will It Be Love By Morning / Radio Land | ||
| 02/1986 | LP 12" WARNER BROS. B1-25369 (US) |
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TONIGHT WE RIDE - Tonight We Ride / Rollin' Nowhere / Innocent Hearts / Close To My Heart / Face To Face With The Night / Building Bridges / Fiddlin' Man / I'll Break Out Again Tonight / One That Got Away / Santa Fe Cantina / Ghost Town | ||
| 03/1987 | LP 12" WARNER BROS. B1-25500 US) |
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AMERICANA - A Face In The Crowd / A Long Line Of Love / Once Upon A Time / Out Of Touch / Almost Free / Worlos Apart / No One Else But You / You're History / My Darling Wherever You Are / I'm Never Gonna Let You Go | ||
| 03/1988 | CD WARNER BROS. 9 25644-2 (US) |
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RIVER OF TIME - From The Word Go / Talkin' To The Wrong Man / River Of Time / Vanishing Breed / Pilgrims On The Way (Matthew's Song) / The Running Blood / Children Of The Wild World / (I'm Gonna) Miss You Girl / What Am I Doing Hangin' 'Round? / Still Got The Fire | ||
| 06/1989 | CD WARNER BROS. 9 25894-2 (US) |
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LAND OF ENCHANTMENT - Never Givin' Up On Love / Got To Pay The Fiddler / Route 66 / Land Of Enchantment / Jukebox / Woodsmoke In The Wind / The Heart Knows The Truth / Land Of The Navajo / Desperation Road / Family Tree | ||
| 07/1990 | CD CURB D2-77336 (US) |
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THE BEST OF COUNTRY - What's Forever For / Still Taking Chances / Carolina In The Pines / What She Wants / The Two-Step Is Easy / Hearts In The Right Place / Love Affairs / Ring Of Truth / Lost River / Crystal | ||
| 08/1990 | CD WARNER BROS. 9 26308-2 (US) |
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COWBOY SONGS - Cowboy Logic / I Ride an Old Paint - Whoopee Ti-Yi-Yo, Git Along... / Tumbling Tumbleweeds / Tying Knots In The Devil's Tail / The Old Chisholm Trail / Home On The Range / What Am I Doing Here / Wild Ripplin' Waters / The Yellow Rose Of Texas / Spanish Is The Lovin' Tongue Cowboy Pride / Red River Valley / Let The Cowboy Dance / Jack Of Diamonds / Texas Rangers / When The Work's All Done This Fall / The Streets Of Laredo / O Bury Me Not On The Lone Prairie / Where Do Cowboys Go When They / Die - Reincarnation / Goodbye Old Paint Happy Trails | ||
| 05/1991 | CD WARNER BROS. 2-26647 (US) |
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COWBOY CHRISTMAS - COWBOY SONGS II - I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day - Old Time... / Jolly Old St. Nicholas - The Christmas Letter / The Creak Of The Leather / Christmas On The Line (The Line Rider's Christmas) / Sleigh Ride - Jingle Bells / The Christmas Trail / Merry Texas Christmas You All! / Ridin' Home On Christmas Eve / Corn, Water And Wood / The Cowboy Christmas Ball / Polka Medley: Good King Wenceslas - Under The... / Christmas Cowboy Style / The Santa Claus Schottische: Up On The House... / Two-Step 'Round The Christmas Tree / Two Step Medley: Cotton-Eyed Joe - Deck The... / Log Cabin Home In The Sky / Waltz Medley: O Christmas Tree - Pearls In The Snow - Good Night Ladies - Auld Lang Syne - The Christmas... | ||
| 1992 | CD CEMA S21-57075 (US) |
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WHAT'S FOREVER FOR - What's Forever For / Don't Count The Rainy Days / Radio Land / Love Affairs / The Two-Step Is Easy / Disenchanted / The Heart Never Lies / Maybe This Time / Will It Be Love By Morning / What She Wants | ||
| 10/1993 | CD WARNER BROS. 9 45423-2 (US) |
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COWBOY SONGS III - Rhymes Of The Renegades - Big Iron / Rhymes Of The Renegades / Riders In The Sky / El Paso / Sonora's Death Row / Ballad Of Billy The Kid / Billy Gray / Roses And Thorns / Strawberry Roan / The Wild West Is Gonna Get Wilder / The Ballad Of Jesse James / Frank James' Farewell / Cole Younger / Belle Star / Queen Of Heartaches / Sam Bass / Birmingham Jail | ||
| 12/1994 | CD WARNER BROS. 9 45791-2 (US) |
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AMERICA'S HORSE - Tennessee Stud / Running Shadow / Ponies / Wildfire / Running Blood / See How All The Horses Come / Palomino Days / Run For The Roses / Pony Man / Quarter Horse Rider (America's Horse) | ||
| 09/1995 | CD WARNER BROS. 9 45834-2 (US) |
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SAGEBRUSH SYMPHONY - Sounds Of The Range / Cowboy Overture / Cowboy Logic / The Old Chisholm Trail / Down In The Valley / Red River Valley / Tumbling Tumbleweeds / Cool Water / Timber Trail / Back In The Saddle Again / I'm A Happy Cowboy / Texas To A "T" / Storm On The Prairie / Riders In The Sky / Wildfire / Wind Message / Geronimo's Cadillac / Adobe Walls / Yellow Rose Of Texas / San Antonio Rose / Happy Trails | ||
| 07/1997 | CD WARNER BROS. 46584 (US) |
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THE HORSE LEGENDS - Tennessee Stud / Running Shadow / Ponies / Wildfire / The Running Blood / See How All The Horses Come Dancing / Palomino Days / Run For The Roses / The Pony Man / Quarter Horse Rider (America's Horse) | ||
| 07/1998 | CD VALLEY VE 15007-2 (US) |
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COWBOY SONGS FOUR - Song From Lonesome Dove / Trail Song Medley : Colorado Trail - Twilight / Born To Be A Cowboy / Farther Down The Line / Born To Buck Bad Luck / Easy On The Pain / Utah Carroll / Freewheeler / Rangeland Rebel / Run Toward The Light / The Bunkhouse Orchestra / Little Joe, The Wrangler / Summer Ranges / Old Horse / Night Hawk | ||
| 10/1998 | CD RAVEN RVCD-79 (AUS) |
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WILDFIRE 1972-1984 - Geronimo's Cadillac / Natchez Trace / What Am I Doing Hangin' Around? / Boy From The Country / Cosmic Cowboy / Alleys Of Austin / Wildfire / Carolina In The Pines / Rhythm Of The Road / Dancing In The Meadow / Renegade / Cherokee Fiddle [From Urban Cowboy] / Nothing Is Your Own / Texas Morning / Backslider's Wine [live] / Take It As It Comes [From Hard Country] / What's Forever For / Still Takin' Chances / Don't Count The Rainy Days / What She Wants | ||
| 09/1999 | CD VALLEY VE 15036-2 (US) |
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ACOUSTIC CHRISTMAS CAROLS II - Home Sweet Home / O Little Town Of Bethlehem / The First Noel / In The Bleak Midwinter / Twas In The Moon Of Wintertime (Huron...) / Away In A Manger / Joy To The World / It Came Upon A Midnight Clear / We Three Kings / Go Tell It On The Mountain / Silent Night / What Child Is This? / I Heard The Bells On Christmas Day / Home Sweet Home | ||
| 03/2001 | CD EMI / CAPITOL 30125 (US) |
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BACK TO BACK - DAN SEALS - MICHAEL MARTIN MURPHY - Will It Be Love By Morning / Carolina In The Pines / What's Forever For / Still Taking Chances / Don't Count The Rainy Days / + Dan SEALS | ||
| 08/2001 | CD REAL WEST RWP-6005 (US) |
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PLAYING FAVORITES - Carolina In The Pines / Adobe Walls / Cherokee Fiddle / Long Line Of Love / All The Dancing Horses / Fiddlin' Man / Cowboy Logic / I'm Gonna Miss You Girl / From The Word Go / Geronimo's Cadillac / What's Forever For / Wildfire | ||
| 10/2001 | CD HIP-O 314 556 698-2 (US) |
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ULTIMATE COLLECTION - I Feel Good (I Feel Bad) / Geronimo's Cadillac / Natchez Trail / Calico Silver / Harbor For My Soul / Boy From The Country / What Am I Doing Hangin' Around? / Backslider's Wine / Drunken Lady Of The Morning / Cosmic Cowboy, Pt.1 / Wildfire / Carolina In The Pines / Cherokee Fiddle / Swans Against The Sun / Renegade / What's Forever For? / Still Taking Chances / Will It Be Love By Morning? / A Long Line Of Love / From The Word Go / I'm Gonna Miss You, Girl | ||
| 05/2002 | CD REAL WEST RWP-6006-2 (US) |
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COWBOY CLASSICS - PLAYING FAVORITES II - I Ride An Old Paint / Whoopie Ti-Ti-Yo / The Old Chisolm Trail / Strawberry Roan / Red River Valley / Little Joe The Wrangler / The Colorado Trail / Tying Knots In The Devil's Tail / When The Work's All Done This Fall / The Yellow Rose Of Texas / Utah Carroll / The Streets Of Laredo / I Ride An Old Paint (Reprise) | ||
| 2002 | CD WILDFIRE ? (US) |
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COWBOY CHRISTMAS III - Are You Going Home For Christmas? / The Old Times Christmas / Draggin' In The Christmas Tree / The Kill Pen / Doc's Morning Star Ranch Christmas Trilogy / The Cowboy's Christmas Prayer / The Night Before Cowboy Christmas / Riding the River Styx | ||
| 03/2004 | CD SMITH Music Group 5028-2 (US) |
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LIVE AT BILLY BOB'S - Southwestern Pilgrimage / Alleys Of Austin / Carolina In The Pines / Cherokee Fiddle / A Long Line Of Love / What's Forever For / Geronimo's Cadillac / Running Shadow / Cowboy Logic / Born To Be A Cowboy / Big Iron / Wildfire / Brothers Under The Sun / Blue Sky Riding Song | ||
| 08/2004 | CD RAVEN RVCD-191 (AUS) |
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GERONIMO'S CADILLAC - Geronimo's Cadillac / Natchez Trace / Calico Silver / Harbor For My Soul / Rainbow Man / Waking Up / Crack Up In Las Cruces / Boy From The Country / What Am I Doing Hangin' Around? / Michael Angelo's Blues (Song For Hogman) / Backslider's Wine / Lights Of The City / Live At The Rubiayat, Austin, Texas New Year's Eve : You Can Only Say So Much / Blood Brothers / Kansas City Catfish Man / Sikston County Wildman / Fort Worth, I Love You | ||
| 10/2006 | CD ACME 983232 (US) |
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HEARTLAND COWBOY - COWBOY SONGS VOL. 3 - Free Rein / Close To The Land / Wheel Comes Around / Dry Lightning / Out Of Line / Long And Lonesome Ride To Dalhart / Storm Over The Rangeland / Ride Out The Storm / Bluebonnets / My Country Under God / America's Heartland Reprise/Simple Gifts | ||
| 10/2006 | CD + DVD WILDFIRE 3383 (US) |
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THE COWBOY CHRISTMAS GIFT SET :
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| 12/2008 | CD Black Irish Band ? (US) |
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California Story - Black Irish Band featuring Michael Martin Murphey - Captain Jack (The 1870s Modoc Indian War) / Grizzly Of Old California / Sweet Thursday (The Doc Rickett's Theme) / Shasta Sunset / Sonora Farewell / Mic And Paddy (The Irish Build the U.P. R.R.) / Men Of Iron (The Chinese On The C.P. R.R.) / In The High Sierra / Yosemite Waltz / Life Is Like A Mountain Railway / Mendocino I Hear / California's Gold / Cannery Row / Ballad Of John Muir / Huntington Beach (Surf Song) / Manzanar Overture / In The High Sierra Final |
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| 02/2009 | CD RURAL RHYTHM RHY-1044 (US) |
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BUCKAROO BLUE GRASS - Lone Cowboy / What Am I Doing Hanging Around / Lost River / Carolina In The Pines / Cherokee Fiddle / Dancing In The Meadow / Healing Spring / Fiddlin' Man / Boy From The Country / Wild Bird / Close To The Land ( America's Heartland) | ||
| 06/2009 | CD RURAL RHYTHM RHY-1048 (US) |
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COWBOY CLASSICS - OLD WEST COWBOY COLLECTION - I Ride An Old Paint / Whoopie Ti-Yi-Yo / The Old Chisolm Trail / Strawberry Roan / Red River Valley / Little Joe The Wrangler / The Colorado Trail / Tying Knots In The Devil's Tail / When The Work's All Done This Fall / The Yellow Rose Of Texas / Utah Carroll / The Streets Of Laredo / The Bunkhouse Orchestra / Old Horse / Night Hawk | ||
| 01/2010 | CD WESTERN JUBILEE 824761-36512-9 (US) |
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LONE COWBOY - LIVE & SOLO - Lone Cowboy - Carolina In The Pines / Partner To The Wind - Cool Water / Little Joe The Wrangler - Oh Bury Me Not On The Lone Prairie / Long And Lonesome Road To Dalhart / Wildfire / When The Work's All Done This Fall / What Am I Doing Here? / Vanishing Breed / Cherokee Fiddle / Close To The Land / Summer Ranges | ||
| 02/2010 | CD RURAL RHYTHM RHY-1056 (US) |
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BUCKAROO BLUE GRASS II - RIDING SONG - Running Gun / Blue Sky Riding Song / Goodbye Old Desert Rat / Cosmic Cowboy / Backslidders Wine / Wildfire / Renegade / Way Out There / Running Blood / Medicine Man / Southwest Pilgrimage / Rolling Nowhere | ||
| 02/2011 | 2 CD RAVEN 317 (AUS) |
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MICHAEL MURPHEY / LONE WOLF / PEAKS VALLEYS
HONKY-TONKS & ALLEYS... PLUS :
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| 06/2011 | CD RURAL RHYTHM RHY-1077 (US) |
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Tall Grass And Cool Water / Cowboy Songs VI - Buckaroo Blue Grass III - Texas Cowboy / Cool Water / Santa Fe Trail / Way Out There / Railroad Corral / Partner To The Wind / Trusty Lariat / Ballad Of Cole Younger / Ballad Of Jesse James / Frank James / Blue Prairie / Springtime In The Rockies |
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| 02/2012 | CD WESTERN JUBILEE 824761-44522-7 (US) |
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Campfire On The Road - Lone Cowboy II - Live And Solo - Intro / Campfire On The Road / Boy From The Country / Lost River / Crystal / Texas Morning / West Texas Highway / Spanish Is The Loving Tongue (Border Affair) / Old Chisholm Trial / Geronimo's Cadillac / Red River Valley - Campfire Reprise |
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| 07/2013 | CD Red River RRE-CD-052 (US) |
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Red River Drifter - Peaceful Country / Under A Rolling Sky / Secret Smile / Faded Blues / Shake It Off / Hardscrabble Creek / Mountain Storm / The Gathering / New Old Love / Unfinished Symphony |
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| 09/2013 | 2 CD BGO BGOCD1115 (UK) |
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Flowing Free Forever * Lone Wolf * Peaks, Valleys, Honky-Tonks & Alleys :
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| 2016 | CD Murphey Kinship (US) |
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High Stakes - High Stakes / Campfire On The Road / Running Gun / Emilia Farewell / Master's Call / Drover Road To Amulree / Betrayal Of Johnnie Armstrong / Three Sons / I've Got The Guns / Honor Bound / End Of The Road |
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