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Great CD for the price. Feb 19, 2010
There are 22 selections on this one CD. If you are a George Jones fan then you will like this one. CD comes with a fold out that gives a brief write up of George Jones' history. I can't believe there is no list of the songs on this listing so here they are.
1. We Can Make It
2. Loving You Could Never Be Better
3. A Picture of Me (Without You)
4. What My Woman Can't Do
5. Nothing Ever Hurt Me (Half as Bad as Loosing You)
6. Once You've Had the Best
7. Her Name is...
8. Old King Kong
9. Bartender's Blues
10. I'll Just Take it Out in Love
11. Someday My Day Will Come
12. The Grand Tour
13. The Door
14. These Days (I Barely Get By)
15. Memories of Us
16. The Battle
17. He Stopped Loving Her Today
18. I'm Not Ready Yet
19. If Drinking Don't Kill Me (Her Memory Will)
20. Good Ones and Bad Ones
21. Still Doin' Time
22. Same Ole Me
George Jones, Anniversary: Ten Years of Hits Nov 21, 2009
George Jones is, without question, the king of country vocalizing. The very fact that they have selected a decade of golden hits makes it plain that they were not able to select hits before and after this "anniversary" time frame. Therefore some of my very favorite selections from the George Jones' hit list are not included. But, those that are included are true jewels of country music. "He Stopped Loving Her Today", "The Grand Tour" are among his very best but I could cite the whole album as "favorites". This album is available at a bargain price but the music within is priceless! Bill Joe Nix
Awesome collection of his work on Epic Records Apr 28, 2009
George Jones
"Anniversary: Ten Years of Hits"
(Epic, 1983)
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For my money, this is the single best collection of George Jones hits from his tenure on Epic Records. There are a slew of classic hits produced by Billy Sherill, some great novelty numbers and weepers galore. Sure, there are a lot of chart-toppers sung with Tammy Wynette that aren't on here, but personally I'm not that big a fan of Wynette's work, and hearing a bunch of pure George is heaven to me. Strangely, Sony-BMG has let this lapse out of print (I'm writing in 2009) but it's worth tracking an old copy down (on either vinyl or CD) and if they ever do a remastering and reissue of the original album, don't hesitate to snap it up. It's pure country gold, one of my favorite albums ever. (DJ Joe Sixpack, Slipcue Guide To Country Music)
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Sony does George justice!!! Mar 02, 2008
George Jones. He is the king of what I like to call 'barroom music' and is a honky tonk hero. He is simply amazing, and his voice is perfect for the country music genre.
'Anniversary' was released way back when and was a double vinyl set. Thanks to the fact that the tracks are short and Sony's excellent remastering, the album turned into just one CD.
Here, you get most of George Jones' biggest hits. 'If Drinkin' Don't Kill Me (Her Memory Will),' 'We Can Make It,' 'Same Ole Me,' and 'A Picture Of Me' all appear on this set.
This isn't my all-time favorite period of George Jones (the later MCA years are), but this is still excellent. A very enjoyable George Jones set. Highly recommended for the new or casual George Jones fan.
ENJOY!!!
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 An OK Compilation Of His Solo Hits From 1972 To 1982 Aug 12, 2007
Typical of compilations to come out of the giant companies like Sony, this lacks any appreciable liner notes [just two meagre paragraphs] and no discography of the contents.
In the period covered he actually had 44 hit singles, but in this they decided not to give us any of the 12 duets with Tammy Wynette, the one with stepdaughter Tina, the four with Johnny Paycheck, or the two with Merle Haggard [four of the foregoing were # 1 hits].
Generally speaking, the 22 selections included do represent his best solo hits in the period covered, with the exception of Good Ones And Bad Ones, which was the uncharted flipside of the 1981 # 1 Still Doin' Time. A better choice in retrospect may have been the 1977 # 24 If I Could Put Them All Together (I'd Have You).
What you have to remember is, by the time of the earliest selection included here [We Can Make It - # 6 in early 1972], he already had 80 hit singles to his credit dating back to 1955 and, from the time of the latest one here [Same Old Me - # 19 in early 1982 with The Oak Ridge Boys], he added another 36 to 1997.
A better choice for a solid George Jones compilation would be the 2-CD set Essential George Jones Spirit which does include many of the Tammy duets. Even so, this isn't a bad choice at the price.
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