Top 10 smashes abound: A Picture of Me (Without You); What My Woman Can't Do; These Days (I Barely Get By); Bartender's Blues; Still Doin' Time; I Always Get Lucky with You; Wine Colored Roses; The Right Left Hand; Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes , and more!
50 Years of Hits Music Artist : George Jones Music Label : Bandit Records Release Date : 2004-11-09 Artistopia's Price :$20.92
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Who dares trot out the contradictions between Jones’s dissolute life and the sentiments of these songs when the man has always been such a True Believer of some sort? He calls this his musical response to the infamous 1999 car wreck that caused him to finally give up booze, caffeine, and tobacco. Circuit-preacher’s son Billy Sherrill, who guided Jones’s 1970s commercial ascension, came out of retirement to produce these 24 songs (on two discs) and, especially for a guy accused back then of gussying up country too much, he forges an austere sound. Jones’s voice can’t execute the many twists, turns, and tricks it once did, but it’s still ripe with deep feeling; when he sings "I’m so tired and so weary," you don’t doubt him. So forgive them both for trying too hard occasionally ("The Old Rugged Cross") and appreciate this for the old-school testimonial, musical and spiritual, that it is. --John Morthland
(CD with 48-page Booklet) The greatest singer in country music history is renowned for ballads, but throughout his early career, he recorded rockin' songs... even a little rockabilly! This is the first anthology of Jones' rocking side!
Includes extremely rare recordings, unreissued on CD or LP! Also includes the #1 country hits Why Baby Why and White Lightnin'!
At 81, George Jones has enjoyed the status of world's greatest living country singer for more than half-century. Much of that reputation is rooted in raw, emotional ballads, such as He Stopped Loving Here Today, The Grand Tour, Walk Through This World With Me, She Thinks I Still Care, and Tender Years.
But that's only one part of the story. Jones was no less masterful on hotter material starting with his first hit, Why Baby Why. This collection includes that first hit as well as rarities, obscurities, and shoulda-been-hits like No Money In This Deal, Too Much Water, Tall Tall Trees (written by Roger Miller and later a #1 hit for Alan Jackson), Nothing Can Stop Me and That's The Way I Feel, Revenooer Man (written by Donny Young, aka Johnny Paycheck), Who Shot Sam, and Sparkling Brown Eyes. And then there's Jones' only major pop hit (and #1 country hit) White Lightnin' (written by the Big Bopper).
There's more! STARDAY RECORDS coerced Jones into recording several rockabilly classics under the name of Thumper Jones: Rock It and How Come It. Short of cash, Jones also covered other artists' hits for Starday's budget-priced series of Dixie EPs. These included Heartbreak Hotel and Johnny Horton's I'm A One-Woman Man (a 1988 hit when George re-recorded it for EPIC). The wilder side of Jones's life is well known; this collection assembles 35 of his most aggressive performances from STARDAY and MERCURY...many of them featuring the classic east Texas honky tonk sound. Plus, there's a rare radio spot from his STARDAY years, notes by Rich Kienzle, and a detailed discography.
CD debut for this pair of stellar '70s albums by the greatest singer in country music! These two Epic releases from '72 and '77 include his Top 10 smashes We Can Make It and Loving You Could Never Be Better and hits Old King Kong and If I Could Put Them All Together (I'd Have You) . This 28-track reissue adds a heap of bonus '70s tracks including two more Top 10 smashes: Her Name Is and Nothing Ever Hurt Me (Half As Much As Losing You) !
LOST GEORGE JONES HITS -- FIRST TIME EVER ON CD! Includes 2 Unreleased Tracks!
Many consider George Jones to be the greatest singer in country music history, but a number of his best-loved recordings from his chart-topping years have never been available on CD. Jones recorded for Musicor Records from 1965 until 1972, when he was at the peak of his vocal form, and for years these tracks have been tied up in litigation and haven't been available on CD, until now. Time Life is proud to release GEORGE JONES: THE GREAT LOST HITS and conducted extensive research to identify the best sources for sound quality on this fabulous collection. The productions are simple and to the point -- a voice like George's needs no more ornamentation than it has here. This is the gold standard of country singing. Our 34-song, 2-CD collection includes his all-time classics like 'A Good Year for the Roses,' 'Walk through this World with Me,' 'I'll Share My World with You,' 'Love Bug,' and 'When the Grass Grows over Me.' We've also included the original version of 'Beneath Still Waters' (later a #1 country hit for Emmylou Harris) and 'Your Angel Steps out of Heaven' (later recorded by Elvis Costello, Flying Burrito Brothers and others). Plus we've got the original version of 'Where Grass Won't Grow,' later re-recorded by George with Trisha Yearwood, Dolly Parton and Emmylou Harris. George Jones is the gold standard of country vocalists, and his distinctive voice evokes the raw emotions caused by grief, love, and emotional hardship. There is no doubt that Jones helped set the standard for modern country music.
UK three CD collection. This important compilation brings together, for the first time, the birth of the legend. Collecting all the A- and B-sides of every one of Jones' early singles for the Texas-based Starday label from his recording debut in January 1954 through the switch to the major Mercury Records in 1957 and on into 1959 when he crossed over into the mainstream pop charts and beyond. Featuring no less than 18 US Country and Pop chart smash hits. In addition to this proud legacy of stone Honky Tonk and Country Gospel, we also offer George's secret history when, hiding behind pseudonyms such as Thumper Jones or Hank Smith, he recorded cover versions of country hits for various mail-order record companies and along the way was responsible for some of the wildest Rockabilly to be recorded outside of Memphis. Future Noise.
