This album presents a selection of some of the early recordings of a country music legend who has sold many millions of records around the world. Unlike so many artistes, even his early recordings were good and the voice was always strong and true. As you listen to the songs you can also hear how the vocal quality and control improved from those very early RCA cuts to some of the classic masters recorded only five years later as the Whitman "Shooting Arrows" sound evolved. Just a couple of years later, the phenomena of "Whitmania" would be witnessed for the first time as the sound of Slim Whitman crossed the Atlantic. See also: JASMCD3564 - The Man with The Singing Guitar - Volume 2 JASMCD3580 - The Man with The Singing Guitar - Volume 3