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George Jones - The Best of George Jones (1955-1967) Audio CD

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George Jones Band: George Jones
Title: The Best of George Jones (1955-1967)
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Release Date: 1991-07-30
Media: Audio CD

Tracks: 1: Why Baby Why 2: What Am I Worth [*] 3: Just One More 4: Don't Stop the Music [*] 5: Color of the Blues [*] 6: White Lightning 7: Window Up Above 8: Tender Years 9: Achin' Breakin' Heart 10: She Thinks I Still Care 11: Girl I Used to Know 12: We Must Have Been Out of Our Minds - George Jones, Melba Montgomery 13: You Comb Her Hair 14: Race Is On 15: I've Got Five Dollars and It's Saturday Night [*] - George Jones, Gene Pitney 16: Love Bug [*] 17: I'm a People [*] 18: Walk Through This World With Me

Ultra Country Gold George Jones
This CD has his early songs and also has his best songs, "Just a Girl I Used to Know", Window Up Above" She Thinks I Still Care" just to name my top three favorites. If you are any type of fan of George Jones, this CD is a must. George's style and the songs he sings makes him one of a kind. Most of the classic Country songs from days gone by, one knew who the artists were the moment they begin to sing or with just a few notes you knew what song it was going to play. Again, this CD is Ultra Country Gold George Jones. I highly recommend this Classic CD !.


The very Best
He is a great singer but he sounded better back then. This CD is great and I have to say, these are probably his best songs. And the music is also great with why baby why, and white lightin. And favorite George Jones song "she thinks I still care" you cant miss. And these are real country songs you just dont hear no more. .


The Best of George Jones (1955-1967)


If you are a fan of classic country this is a must have. George Jones is the greatest country singer ever,
and this compilation shows why George Jones is a country singing legend. George Jones is a legend that not many singers can come close to,
and only Nashville singers wish they could be.


Outstanding
The early years of George Jones were the premium years. . . and this CD is a snapshot of an era of perfection. While George Jones flourished in the '70's and early '80's, he adopted the same tired sound reflective of that decade, just as Merle Haggard did; and his later sound doesn't come close to his early stuff. This album has 18 tracks, including the honky-tonk sound that got him started, and a few of the love songs/ballads that would later be his signature sound. I never understood the collaboration George did with Gene Pitney, but "I've Got Five Dollars. . . " is included here, as well. I would have preferred a few more duets with Melba Montgomery; this was one incredible duet, and some say it was better than those with Tammy. But, overall, this is a fine collection of straight forward Country Music, reflective of those golden years of Buck Owens, Ernest Tubb, and Faron Young. The recordings are original, but pure and nearly perfect sound. . . . . buy it.


The Stuff Upon Which Legends are Built
Jones has continued to make geat records, and is still a major contender for 'cool' in country music, but the early material on this CD is what MADE the legend upon which Mr. This is the definitive George Jones collection as far as I am concerned. Jones was able to sustain his career.

This is almost rockabilly; the stuff that drove crowds wild for legendary performers like Elvis Presley, Marty Robbins, and dozens of other ''music greats'' who acknowledge that they owed as much to Country Music as they did to Rhythm and Blues for their success.

Jones' later work with Tammy Wynette and Epic records was more commercially succssful, and it is also excellent. But his early work has a level of intensity and energy that the later work is missing. So his best work with Tammy Wynette and on his own is no less essential for a complete collection of good music. But unlike the later music, this early material just sounds like "must-own" material. Listening to it makes one realize why Jones has been such a success for so long: HIS talent, not engineering and production talent, is at the core.

Many fans of today's country & western radio might find this a bit too close to rock and roll. But people who think too much of today's radio-format-friendly Country and western is just "velveeta music" (not only cheesy, but also synthetic and artificial), who want more upbeat cover-songs by Alan Jackson, Dwight Yoakam, or Brooks & Dunn will find this to be a breath of fresh air.


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