50 Years Of Hits (2004)

Product Summary Label: Welk Music Group UPC: 00015707022026 Release Date: 11/9/2004 Buy.com Sku: 63911378 Item#: MXTHGR Buy.com Sales Rank: 24730 Format:  CD Song Listing Disc 1 Song Title Sample 1. Why Baby Why ~ George Jones 2. Just One More ~ George Jones 3. Tall, Tall Trees ~ George Jones 4. Color Of The Blues ~ George Jones 5. White Lightning ~ George Jones 6. Window Up Above ~ George Jones 7. Tender Years ~ George Jones 8. She Thinks I Still Care ~ George Jones 9. You Comb Her Hair ~ George Jones 10. Race Is On, The ~ George Jones 11. We Must Have Been Out of Our Minds - (with Melba Montgomery) ~ George Jones 12. Still Doin' Time ~ George Jones 13. Walk Through This World With Me ~ George Jones 14. She's Mine ~ George Jones 15. I'll Share My World With You ~ George Jones 16. Good Year For the Roses, A - (with Alan Jackson) ~ George Jones 17. Take Me - (with Tammy Wynette) ~ George Jones Disc 2 Song Title Sample 1. Picture Of Me Without You, A ~ George Jones 2. Once You've Had The Best ~ George Jones 3. Grand Tour, The ~ George Jones 4. These Days I Barely Get By ~ George Jones 5. Her Name Is ~ George Jones 6. Near You - (with Tammy Wynette) ~ George Jones 7. Bartender's Blues - (with James Taylor) ~ George Jones 8. Nightlife - (with Waylon Jennings) ~ George Jones 9. He Stopped Loving Her Today ~ George Jones 10. Yesterday's Wine - (with Merle Haggard) ~ George Jones 11. Same Ole ~ George Jones 12. I Always Get Lucky With You ~ George Jones 13. She's My Rock ~ George Jones 14. Who's Gonna Fill Their Shoes ~ George Jones 15. One I Loved Back Then, The (Corvette Song) ~ George Jones 16. Right Left Hard, The ~ George Jones 17. Radio Lover ~ George Jones Disc 3 Song Title Sample 1. I'm a One Woman Man ~ George Jones 2. Few Ole Country Boys, A - (with Randy Travis) ~ George Jones 3. You Couldn't Get The Picture ~ George Jones 4. Finally Friday ~ George Jones 5. I Don't Need Your Rockin' Chair ~ George Jones 6. High-Tech Redneck ~ George Jones 7. One - (with Tammy Wynette) ~ George Jones 8. I Must Have Done Something Bad ~ George Jones 9. When Did You Stop Loving Me ~ George Jones 10. Wild Irish Rose ~ George Jones 11. Choices ~ George Jones 12. Cold Hard Truth, The ~ George Jones 13. Beer Run (B Double E Double Are You in?) - (with Garth Brooks) ~ George Jones 14. 50,000 Names ~ George Jones 15. I Got Everything ~ George Jones 16. Amazing Grace ~ George Jones   Album Notes and Credits Notes & Personnel Info Personnel include: George Jones (vocals, guitar); Melba Montgomery (vocals); Garth Brooks, Alan Jackson, Merle Haggard, Randy Travis, Tammy Wynette, Waylon Jennings. Recording information: 1955 - 2004. Even the title of the three-disc George Jones collection 50 YEARS OF HITS should be enough to tell you that the man being anthologized is one of the all-time giants of country music. A towering influence on all that followed him, not only in country but in rock and pop as well, Jones started out in the 1950s as a Hank Williams-influenced honky-tonk man who wasn't afraid of a little rockabilly either (the Hank influence is clearly audible on such early tracks as "Just One More"). By the '60s, he'd refined his approach, taking a bit from the jazz-inflected style of Lefty Frizzell and becoming a striking balladeer. "She Thinks I Still Care" and "Color of the Blues" stand as templates for how to sing a country ballad. For most performers, that would have been enough, but Jones never stopped turning out heart-stopping performances. This is underscored by the presence of the mid-period mind-blower "He Stopped Loving Her Today," which reaches a superhuman level of pathos, and latter-day tracks such as the unstintingly bleak "The Cold Hard Truth," as well as the high-spirited, good-humored "Beer Run (B Double E Double Are You In?)." In case future generations want to know what country music was all about back in the 20th century, there should be a copy of 50 YEARS OF HITS placed in a time capsule.   Compilation Appearances Christmas With The Country Stars Duets Best Of Barbara Mandrell-Mille Rhythm Country & Blues Swingers Clinch Mountain Country Kings Of Country I Will Stand Saturday Night & Sunday Bocephus Box Set (Bonus Tracks) Yesterdays Wine (1981-88) Vol. 1-Singin With Emmylou Har 50 Years 1998-Country Music Hall Of Fam Part II Unleashed Caught In The Webb Ultimate Classic Country Collection #1 Country Legendary Hits Volume 2 Best Of Johnny Pay Check Ultimate Country Super Hits Pure Country Classics Number 1 Hits 61 (Limited Edition) (HBO) Bluegrass Today Classic Country: The '80s 40 #1 Hits Ultimate Country Touch My Heart: tribute To Johnny P Musical Heritage Of The Carter Fa Tribute To Dad Classic Country: God Country & Family / Vario Classic Country Great Duets Country Radio's Most Requested Hits Truckin Classic Country: Kings Of Country Put The O Back In Country Angels & Outlaws 1 Classic Country: Great Country Gospel / Vario Classic Country:crazy Country Hits Classic Country: Stars Of Branson Classic Country Gold 32 Country Gospel Favorites Country Christmas Those Were The Days Hee Haw Country Salute To Bob's 100th Birthday CLASSIC COUNTRY: SWEET COUNTRY BALLADS / VARI Vestal & Friends Vol 1 The Dollar Superstars Of Country: Live Best Of Classic Country 50's Classic Country:country Standard Time Classic Country: Sing Me A Hank Williams Song Highway Fever: All Time Greatest Country Road Wanna Be Your Joe Country Line Dancing Last Man Standing #1 Country Hits-3cd Tin Long List Of Heartaches Redneck Christmas Classic Country:best Of Classic Count All Gone Fishin Texas Hold Em Poker Songbird: Rare Tracks and Forgotten Gems Great Country Duets Charlie Louvin (Dig) All Country Dance Definitive Collection Merle Haggard Gospel Duets With Treasured Friends Country Number 1's Classic Country:killer Country B Side Pure BS All Country Outlaws Compadres:anthology Of Duets Greatest Country Love Songs Bring It On Ultimate Hits (w/ Bonus DVD) Legends Of American Music:original Ou Ultimate Grammy Collection: Contemporary Country Best Of The Johnny Cash TV Show Pure Bs Alan Freed Rock N Roll Show Honky Tonkin Rhythm 1950'S Country Bo Country's 20 Classic Songs of the Century Golden Age Of American Popular Music Country Bluegrass Homecoming Vol 1 Country Bluegrass Homcoming Vol 2 Country Bluegrass Homcoming Vol 2 Live At The Louisiana Hayride(Limited Edition) Bad Magick:best Of Shooter Jennings Greatest Country Love Songs W/ Karaok Country Gospel Favorites Good Old Bible Music Of Waylon Jennings   Associated Artists and Works Cash, Johnny Cash, Johnny Cash, Johnny Live At The Louisiana Hayride [Box] ~ Cash, Johnny Cline, Patsy Cline, Patsy Cline, Patsy Cline, Patsy George Jones & Tammy Wynette Haggard, Merle Haggard, Merle Haggard, Merle Haggard, Merle Haggard, Merle Haggard, Merle Nelson, Willie Paycheck, Johnny   Technical Info Release Date : 11/09/2004 Original Release Date : 2004 Catalog ID : 220 Label : Bandit Records Number of Discs : 3 Studio/Live : Studio Mono/Stereo : Stereo SPAR Code : n/a UPC : 00015707022026   Professional Reviews Entertainment Weekly (p.93) - "Strict chronology allows for fun realizations..." - Grade: A    Product Image