All Star Western Theater
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.
Collection Highlights
- Hear Johnny Mack Brown perform his legendary pistol tricks and join in action-packed sketches and knee-slapping humor skits, bringing the spirit of Republic westerns to life on the radio.
- Enjoy a treasure trove of western swing music, a distinctly American genre that shines here with lively renditions by the Riders of the Purple Sage, featuring Kenny Driver, Al Sloey, and Johnny Paul.
- Explore episodes spanning 1946 to 1949, with titles like "The Cowboy Dentist," "Ghost in Little Deer Canyon," and "Hot Buttered Popcorn," each offering a unique blend of music, laughter, and rustic storytelling.
- Discover rare appearances by guest stars such as Roy Rogers, Dale Evans, and Jimmy Wakely, all woven into a format that feels as comfortable as an old saddle.
Track Listing
Show all 240 tracks (57 hours, 1 min)
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- ALLSTARW 460811 0001 MISSY GOES WEST
- ALLSTARW 460818 0002 ROSE OF SAN ANTONNE
- ALLSTARW 460901 0004 BACK TO OLD WYOMING
- ALLSTARW 460908 0005 DUDE RANCH SERENADE
- ALLSTARW 460915 0006 CLEM NORMANS STORY
- ALLSTARW 460922 0007 DRIFTING
- ALLSTARW 460929 0008 THE COWBOY DENTIST
- ALLSTARW 461006 0009 BILLY THE KID
- ALLSTARW 461013 0010 I CAME FROM TEXAS
- ALLSTARW 461020 0011 THE MAN FROM ALABAMA
- ALLSTARW 461027 0012 ALAN LANEAT SUNDOWN
- ALLSTARW 461103 0013 THE BANDIT
- ALLSTARW 461110 0014 GOOD ACTING DONE CHEAP
- ALLSTARW 461117 0015 DOWN MEXICO WAY
- ALLSTARW 461124 0016 FROM EAST TO WEST
- ALLSTARW 461201 0017 THE VOUGHT COWBOY
- ALLSTARW 461215 0019 STAR BARBAR W FUED
- ALLSTARW 461222 0020 THE PHANTOM RIDER
- ALLSTARW 470105 0022 BENSON CITY STORY
- ALLSTARW 470112 0023 STREETS OF LAREDO
- ALLSTARW 470119 0024 TRAIL CITY MURDER
- ALLSTARW 470126 0025 WILD COW MILKING RODEO
- ALLSTARW 470202 0026 THE MARSHALL OF REDROCK
- ALLSTARW 470216 0028 WHY DID I EVER LEAVE WYO
- ALLSTARW 470223 0029 THE TRAILTO MEXICO
- ALLSTARW 470302 0030 NEW MEXICO BADMAN
- ALLSTARW 470309 0031 ALIAS MARY SMITHERS
- ALLSTARW 470316 0032 CRIPPLE CREEK FUED
- ALLSTARW 470318 KENCARD
- ALLSTARW 470323 0033 MATT SIMPSONS MURDER
- ALLSTARW 470330 0034 COOPERS UNCONDITIONAL SU
- ALLSTARW 470401 KENCARD
- ALLSTARW 470408 MONTYHALE
- ALLSTARW 470415 FOYWILLING
- ALLSTARW 470420 0037 CATTLE DRIVE TO ABELIENE
- ALLSTARW 470422 JIMMYWAKELY
- ALLSTARW 470503 0039 THE DEACON
- ALLSTARW 470510 0040 BID FOR ELECTION
- ALLSTARW 470524 0042 LITTLE HOOF
- ALLSTARW 470531 0043 JOEY
- ALLSTARW 470607 0044 SLEEPY WEED AND SMILEY
- ALLSTARW 470614 0045 HANNAH MORGANS SON
- ALLSTARW 470621 0046 THE YOUNGEST DUDE
- ALLSTARW 470623 FOYWILLING
- ALLSTARW 470628 0047 TIME TO RIDE
- ALLSTARW 470705 0048 LEE HOP CELEBRATION
- ALLSTARW 470712 0049 LOCO LOUIE AND EAST DUDE
- ALLSTARW 470719 0050 FIRES OF SHERMAN POINT
- ALLSTARW 470726 0051 SHARP SHOOTING GAL
- ALLSTARW 470802 0052 THE VARMIT AND THE BABY
- ALLSTARW 470809 0053 SCOTTY LEAVES THE CITY
- ALLSTARW 470816 0054 HEAVEN IS A STAR
- ALLSTARW 470823 0055 MUSIC EXCERPTS ONLY
- ALLSTARW 470906 0057 THE RAISIN BEE
- ALLSTARW 470908 DALEEVANS
- ALLSTARW 470913 0058 CUPIDS AGENT
- ALLSTARW 471004 0061 THE BANKERS PRISONER
- ALLSTARW 471011 0062 YOUNG LOVE MANANA JOE
- ALLSTARW 471018 0063 THE RABBIT
- ALLSTARW 471025 0064 TO SETTLE AN ACCOUNT
- ALLSTARW 471101 0065 LIFE DEATH AND SCOTTY
- ALLSTARW 471108 0066 COMBINATION HARD TO BEAT
- ALLSTARW 471115 0067 ONE MANS POISON
- ALLSTARW 471129 0069 GHOST IN LITTLE DEER CANY
- ALLSTARW 471206 0070 THE SUCCESSFUL OPERATION
- ALLSTARW 471213 0071 JUST ONE SHOT
- ALLSTARW 471216 FOYWILLING
- ALLSTARW 471220 0072 THE WORDSSIGNS FOLLOW
- ALLSTARW 471227 0073 WITH EDGARCHARLIEMORTIM
- ALLSTARW 480100 COLLEANSUMMERS
- ALLSTARW 480103 0074 THE BIG HOLDUP
- ALLSTARW 480110 0075 JERRY AND HIS DONKEY
- ALLSTARW 480117 0076 CRY CAUGHT THE KILLER
- ALLSTARW 480124 0077 THE SHERIFF
- ALLSTARW 480131 0078 THE FUGITIVE
- ALLSTARW 480202 JOHNNYMACKBROWN
- ALLSTARW 480207 0079 THE GOLD SPURS
- ALLSTARW 480214 0080 HOT BUTTERED POPCORN
- ALLSTARW 480221 0081 BUS RIDE FROM SANTA THERESA
- ALLSTARW 480306 0083 APPLE PIE AND ARSENIC
- ALLSTARW 480313 0084 BURIED TREASURE
- ALLSTARW 480320 0085 PAINTED ON THE WALL
- ALLSTARW 480327 0086 CACTUS IS WONDERFUL
- ALLSTARW 480403 0087 YEAR OF THE TERRIBLE BLIZZARD
- ALLSTARW 480410 0088 LIGHTS OF BUFFALO SPRINGS
- ALLSTARW 480417 0089 GUNSMOKE
- ALLSTARW 480424 0090 WINDMILL ON THE RIVER
- ALLSTARW 480501 0091 RIDE OF THE RANCHEROS
- ALLSTARW 480508 0092 RANCH FOR SALE
- ALLSTARW 480515 0093 CIRCUS PITCH
- ALLSTARW 480529 0095 JOCKEY AND THE COWPOKE
- ALLSTARW 480605 0096 CHIEF MANY HORNS
- ALLSTARW 480612 0097 LIVING WESTERN STYLE
- ALLSTARW 480619 0098 NICE WEATHER TODAY
- ALLSTARW 480626 0099 CACTUS IS WONDERFUL
- ALLSTARW 480710 0101 SUNSHINE JORDAN
- ALLSTARW 480717 0102 WIDOW OF RAINBOW VALLEY
- ALLSTARW 480807 0105 STONY SMITH STORY
- ALLSTARW 480814 0106 JACK THE JOKER
- ALLSTARW 490000 HSG07 Miss East Goes West
- ALLSTARW 490000 HSG08 Drifting Along
- ALLSTARW 490000 HSG11 Dude Ranch Serenade
- ALLSTARW 490000 HSG12 Clem Norman
- ALLSTARW 490000 HSG14 Drifting
- ALLSTARW 490000 HSG15 Goodbye to the Red River Valley
- ALLSTARW 490000 HSG16 The Beginning of Bill Barlow
- ALLSTARW 490000 HSG17 I Came from Texas
- ALLSTARW 490000 HSG18 The Man from Alabama
- ALLSTARW 490000 HSG19 At Sundown
- ALLSTARW 490000 HSG21 Good Acting Done Cheap
- ALLSTARW 490000 HSG22 Down Mexico Way
- ALLSTARW 490000 HSG23 From East to West
- ALLSTARW 490000 HSG24 The Vought Cowboy
- ALLSTARW 490000 HSG25 The Efficiency Expert
- ALLSTARW 490000 HSG26 The Feud
- ALLSTARW 490000 HSG27 The Phantom Rider
- ALLSTARW 490000 HSG28 Cowboy Goes West
- ALLSTARW 490000 HSG29 Benson City Story
- ALLSTARW 490000 HSG30 The Streets of Laredo
- ALLSTARW 000000 0000
- ALLSTARW 460811 0001 MISSY GOES WEST
- ALLSTARW 460818 0002 ROSE OF SAN ANTONNE
- ALLSTARW 460901 0004 BACK TO OLD WYOMING
- ALLSTARW 460908 0005 DUDE RANCH SERENADE
- ALLSTARW 460915 0006 CLEM NORMANS STORY
- ALLSTARW 460922 0007 DRIFTING
- ALLSTARW 460929 0008 THE COWBOY DENTIST
- ALLSTARW 461006 0009 BILLY THE KID
- ALLSTARW 461013 0010 I CAME FROM TEXAS
- ALLSTARW 461020 0011 THE MAN FROM ALABAMA
- ALLSTARW 461027 0012 ALAN LANEAT SUNDOWN
- ALLSTARW 461103 0013 THE BANDIT
- ALLSTARW 461110 0014 GOOD ACTING DONE CHEAP
- ALLSTARW 461117 0015 DOWN MEXICO WAY
- ALLSTARW 461124 0016 FROM EAST TO WEST
- ALLSTARW 461201 0017 THE VOUGHT COWBOY
- ALLSTARW 461215 0019 STAR BARBAR W FUED
- ALLSTARW 461222 0020 THE PHANTOM RIDER
- ALLSTARW 470105 0022 BENSON CITY STORY
- ALLSTARW 470112 0023 STREETS OF LAREDO
- ALLSTARW 470119 0024 TRAIL CITY MURDER
- ALLSTARW 470126 0025 WILD COW MILKING RODEO
- ALLSTARW 470202 0026 THE MARSHALL OF REDROCK
- ALLSTARW 470216 0028 WHY DID I EVER LEAVE WYO
- ALLSTARW 470223 0029 THE TRAILTO MEXICO
- ALLSTARW 470302 0030 NEW MEXICO BADMAN
- ALLSTARW 470309 0031 ALIAS MARY SMITHERS
- ALLSTARW 470316 0032 CRIPPLE CREEK FUED
- ALLSTARW 470318 KENCARD
- ALLSTARW 470323 0033 MATT SIMPSONS MURDER
- ALLSTARW 470330 0034 COOPERS UNCONDITIONAL SU
- ALLSTARW 470401 KENCARD
- ALLSTARW 470408 MONTYHALE
- ALLSTARW 470415 FOYWILLING
- ALLSTARW 470420 0037 CATTLE DRIVE TO ABELIENE
- ALLSTARW 470422 JIMMYWAKELY
- ALLSTARW 470503 0039 THE DEACON
- ALLSTARW 470510 0040 BID FOR ELECTION
- ALLSTARW 470524 0042 LITTLE HOOF
- ALLSTARW 470531 0043 JOEY
- ALLSTARW 470607 0044 SLEEPY WEED AND SMILEY
- ALLSTARW 470614 0045 HANNAH MORGANS SON
- ALLSTARW 470621 0046 THE YOUNGEST DUDE
- ALLSTARW 470623 FOYWILLING
- ALLSTARW 470628 0047 TIME TO RIDE
- ALLSTARW 470705 0048 LEE HOP CELEBRATION
- ALLSTARW 470712 0049 LOCO LOUIE AND EAST DUDE
- ALLSTARW 470719 0050 FIRES OF SHERMAN POINT
- ALLSTARW 470726 0051 SHARP SHOOTING GAL
- ALLSTARW 470802 0052 THE VARMIT AND THE BABY
- ALLSTARW 470809 0053 SCOTTY LEAVES THE CITY
- ALLSTARW 470816 0054 HEAVEN IS A STAR
- ALLSTARW 470823 0055 MUSIC EXCERPTS ONLY
- ALLSTARW 470906 0057 THE RAISIN BEE
- ALLSTARW 470908 DALEEVANS
- ALLSTARW 470913 0058 CUPIDS AGENT
- ALLSTARW 471004 0061 THE BANKERS PRISONER
- ALLSTARW 471011 0062 YOUNG LOVE MANANA JOE
- ALLSTARW 471018 0063 THE RABBIT
- ALLSTARW 471025 0064 TO SETTLE AN ACCOUNT
- ALLSTARW 471101 0065 LIFE DEATH AND SCOTTY
- ALLSTARW 471108 0066 COMBINATION HARD TO BEAT
- ALLSTARW 471115 0067 ONE MANS POISON
- ALLSTARW 471129 0069 GHOST IN LITTLE DEER CANY
- ALLSTARW 471206 0070 THE SUCCESSFUL OPERATION
- ALLSTARW 471213 0071 JUST ONE SHOT
- ALLSTARW 471216 FOYWILLING
- ALLSTARW 471220 0072 THE WORDSSIGNS FOLLOW
- ALLSTARW 471227 0073 WITH EDGARCHARLIEMORTIM
- ALLSTARW 480100 COLLEANSUMMERS
- ALLSTARW 480103 0074 THE BIG HOLDUP
- ALLSTARW 480110 0075 JERRY AND HIS DONKEY
- ALLSTARW 480117 0076 CRY CAUGHT THE KILLER
- ALLSTARW 480124 0077 THE SHERIFF
- ALLSTARW 480131 0078 THE FUGITIVE
- ALLSTARW 480202 JOHNNYMACKBROWN
- ALLSTARW 480207 0079 THE GOLD SPURS
- ALLSTARW 480214 0080 HOT BUTTERED POPCORN
- ALLSTARW 480221 0081 BUS RIDE FROM SANTA THERESA
- ALLSTARW 480306 0083 APPLE PIE AND ARSENIC
- ALLSTARW 480313 0084 BURIED TREASURE
- ALLSTARW 480320 0085 PAINTED ON THE WALL
- ALLSTARW 480327 0086 CACTUS IS WONDERFUL
- ALLSTARW 480403 0087 YEAR OF THE TERRIBLE BLIZZARD
- ALLSTARW 480410 0088 LIGHTS OF BUFFALO SPRINGS
- ALLSTARW 480417 0089 GUNSMOKE
- ALLSTARW 480424 0090 WINDMILL ON THE RIVER
- ALLSTARW 480501 0091 RIDE OF THE RANCHEROS
- ALLSTARW 480508 0092 RANCH FOR SALE
- ALLSTARW 480515 0093 CIRCUS PITCH
- ALLSTARW 480529 0095 JOCKEY AND THE COWPOKE
- ALLSTARW 480605 0096 CHIEF MANY HORNS
- ALLSTARW 480612 0097 LIVING WESTERN STYLE
- ALLSTARW 480619 0098 NICE WEATHER TODAY
- ALLSTARW 480626 0099 CACTUS IS WONDERFUL
- ALLSTARW 480710 0101 SUNSHINE JORDAN
- ALLSTARW 480717 0102 WIDOW OF RAINBOW VALLEY
- ALLSTARW 480807 0105 STONY SMITH STORY
- ALLSTARW 480814 0106 JACK THE JOKER
- ALLSTARW 490000 HSG07 Miss East Goes West
- ALLSTARW 490000 HSG08 Drifting Along
- ALLSTARW 490000 HSG11 Dude Ranch Serenade
- ALLSTARW 490000 HSG12 Clem Norman
- ALLSTARW 490000 HSG14 Drifting
- ALLSTARW 490000 HSG15 Goodbye to the Red River Valley
- ALLSTARW 490000 HSG16 The Beginning of Bill Barlow
- ALLSTARW 490000 HSG17 I Came from Texas
- ALLSTARW 490000 HSG18 The Man from Alabama
- ALLSTARW 490000 HSG19 At Sundown
- ALLSTARW 490000 HSG21 Good Acting Done Cheap
- ALLSTARW 490000 HSG22 Down Mexico Way
- ALLSTARW 490000 HSG23 From East to West
- ALLSTARW 490000 HSG24 The Vought Cowboy
- ALLSTARW 490000 HSG25 The Efficiency Expert
- ALLSTARW 490000 HSG26 The Feud
- ALLSTARW 490000 HSG27 The Phantom Rider
- ALLSTARW 490000 HSG28 Cowboy Goes West
- ALLSTARW 490000 HSG29 Benson City Story
- ALLSTARW 490000 HSG30 The Streets of Laredo
