Riding out of the sunny back lots of Hollywood, All Star Western Theater delivered Republic Western-style entertainment with chuck wagon-sized doses of fine music, broad humor, and guest appearances by the best of the West. Recorded live during the mid-1940s, this collection of 120 recordings (57 hours of programming) captures a rare blend of western swing, comedy sketches, and dramatic vignettes that transported studio audiences to a simpler, sunnier time. Featuring the musical talents of Foy Willing and the Riders of the Purple Sage—whose harmonies also graced the Andrews Sisters' Eight-to-the-Bar Ranch and the Roy Rogers Show—this series is a joyful ride through an era when cowboy entertainment was honest, sincere, and unassuming.
