Description
DESCRIPTION
2013 collection of classic tracks from the Country icon spanning the years 1962-66. On this compilation that focuses on his singles for the United Artists label, the diversity of the material is astounding. You hear Jones master all the flavors of vintage Country: lovelorn ballads, inspirational Gospel, up tempo honky-tonk, humorous novelty numbers, old-timey murder ballads and even holiday and Western songs. Right out of the box at UA, Jones hit the jackpot with his third chart-topper, 'She Thinks I Still Care' backed with the gorgeous ballad, 'Sometimes You Just Can't Win,' also a hit. Both sides of the plaintive single pointed the way to the kind of material that in Jones' hands would become his signature style, leading to such landmark recordings as 1980's 'He Stopped Loving Her Today.'
TracksCredits
1 She Thinks I Still Care
2 Sometimes You Just Can't Win
3 Beacon in the Night
4 He Made Me Free
5 Open Pit Mine
6 Geronimo
7 He's So Good to Me
8 Magic Valley
9 A Girl I Used to Know
10 Big Fool of the Year
11 Not What I Had in Mind
12 I Saw Me
13 Lonely Christmas Call
14 My Mom and Santa Claus (Twistin' Santa Claus)
15 You Comb Her Hair
16 Ain't It Funny What a Fool Will Do
17 Your Heart Turned Left (And I Was on the Right)
18 My Tears Are Overdue
19 Something I Dreamed
20 Where Does a Little Tear Come from
21 The Race Is on
22 She's Lonesome Again
23 Least of All
24 Brown to Blue
25 Wrong Number
26 The Old, Old House
27 What's Money
28 I Get Lonely in a Hurry
29 World's Worst Lover
30 I Can't Change Overnight
31 Best Guitar Picker
32 A Good Old Fashioned Cry
