George Jones - Walk Through This World With Me, The Complete Musicor Recordings 1965-1971, Part 1 [2009] + A Good Year For the Roses, The Complete Musicor Recordings 1965-1971, Part 2 [2009] (9 x CDs)

GEORGE JONES

George Jones - Walk Through This World With Me, The Complete Musicor Recordings 1965-1971, Part 1 [2009] + A Good Year For the Roses, The Complete Musicor Recordings 1965-1971, Part 2 [2009] (9 x CDs)

George Glenn Jones (September 12, 1931 - April 26, 2013) was an American country musician, singer, and songwriter. He achieved international fame for a long list of hit records, and is well known for his distinctive voice and phrasing. For the last two decades of his life, Jones is frequently referred to as "the greatest country singer", "The Rolls-Royce of Country Music", and had more than 160 chart singles to his name from 1955 until his death in 2013.

His earliest musical influences were Roy Acuff and Bill Monroe. However, the artistry of Hank Williams and Lefty Frizzell helped to crystallize his vocal style. He served in the United States Marine Corps and was discharged in 1953. In 1959, Jones recorded "White Lightning", written by The Big Bopper, which launched his career as a singer. Years of alcoholism compromised his health and led to his missing many performances, earning him the nickname "No Show Jones." Jones died in 2013, aged 81, from hypoxic respiratory failure

George Jones - Walk Through This World With Me, The Complete Musicor Recordings 1965-1971, Part 1 [2009]

 These were George Jones' truly classic years. After more than a decade as one of country music's top stars, newfound maturity and soulfulness augmented what was already the greatest voice in country music. The six years from 1965 to 1971 that Jones spent on Musicor Records were marked by personal turmoil and unprecedented success, but through it all he kept minting one country standard after another. This is the first part of Bear Family's comprehensive two volume edition of Jones' complete Musicor recordings, covering all sessions from 1965 until mid-1967. Until now, the Musicor sides were randomly packaged and many were unavailable, but the two Bear Family boxes (plus one CD of duets with Gene Pitney available elsewhere on Bear Family) will tell the complete story. Here are the fabulous original albums, including his tribute to Dallas Frazier and the duet albums with Melba Montgomery, plus such all-time George Jones standards as Things Have Gone To Pieces, Love Bug, Take Me, I'm A People, Four-O-Thirty Three, and one of the greatest ever country classics, Walk Through This World With Me. It's all here in stunningly restored sound together with ten previously unissued recordings, including fabulous early versions of Love Bug and Take Me, recorded in Houston.

Of special interest in this box set are the many covers, often of hits that were fairly recent at the time by other artists. George's versions of these songs are fantastic. He doesn't reinvent these songs but simply sings them in his style, which makes them new and different and usually better than the original version.

In all, this set includes 142 songs on five CDs, plus two complete sessions from Houston with false starts and alternate takes. In 1971, George Jones broke acrimoniously from Musicor's co-owner, Pappy Daily, who'd discovered and nurtured him, to join his new wife, Tammy Wynette, on Epic Records. The hits, of course, would continue, but George Jones would never sound as good again!

George Jones - A Good Year For the Roses, The Complete Musicor Recordings 1965-1971, Part 2 [2009]

These were George Jones' truly classic years. After more than a decade as one of country music's top stars, newfound maturity and soulfulness augmented what was already the greatest voice in country music. It was during these years that George Jones married Tammy Wynette and this set includes his earliest duets with Tammy. . . plus a rare duet with Johnny Paycheck! And then there are the original versions of such all-time George Jones standards as 'When The Grass Grows Over Me' 'I'll Share My World With You', 'As Long As I Live' and one of the greatest ever country classics, 'A Good Year For The Roses'! They're all here in stunningly restored sound together with 20 previously unissued recordings. In 1971.

George Jones is one of those singers about whom it has been said that he could sing the phone book. George doesn't sing the phone book in this set, but he does sing one of the more inane pop songs of all time, "Knock Three Times" and makes it palatable, aided by a neat country arrangement. (B)

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Track lists

Walk Through This World With Me

CD1

01 George Jones - I Just Lost My Favorite Girl 2:39

02 George Jones - What's Bad for You is Good for Me 2:22

03 George Jones - Don't You Ever Get Tired 2:17

04 George Jones - How Proud I Would Have Been 2:41

05 George Jones - Let A Little Lovin' Come In 2:20

06 George Jones - Worst of Luck 2:35

07 George Jones - Even The Bad Times Are Good 2:33

08 George Jones - The Sea Between Our Hearts 2:26

09 George Jones - Things Have Gone to Pieces 2:53

10 George Jones - The Selfishness in Man 2:44

11 George Jones - Wearing My Heart Away 2:28

12 George Jones - Gonna Take Me Away From You 2:27

13 George Jones - Simply Divine  [w Melba Montgomery] 2:44

14 George Jones - I Can't Get Used to Being Lonely 2:37

15 George Jones - The Lonely Know My Secret 2:24

16 George Jones - Flowers for Mama 2:49

17 George Jones - Feudin' and Fightin'  [w Melba Montgomery] 2:08

18 George Jones - Along Came You 2:10

19 George Jones - Take Me 2:45

20 George Jones - Love Bug 1 2:47

21 George Jones - I Made Her That Way 1 2:54

22 George Jones - I Made Her That Way 2 2:51

23 George Jones - Love Bug 2 2:07

24 George Jones - Love Bug 2:02

25 George Jones - I Woke Up From Dreaming 2:38

26 George Jones - Blindfold of Love 2:08

27 George Jones - Till I Hear it From You 2:32

28 George Jones - I Made Her That Way 2:28

29 George Jones - Four-O-Thirty Three 2:30

30 George Jones - I'm Wasting Good Paper 2:33

31 George Jones - Along Came You 2:35

32 George Jones - Take Me 2:46

33 George Jones - I'd Rather Switch Than Fight 2:10

34 George Jones - If You Won't Tell on Me (I Won't Tell on You) 2:37

CD2

01 George Jones - My Favorite Lies 2:37

02 George Jones - Memory Is 3:03

03 George Jones - Feeling Single, Seeing Double 2:11

04 George Jones - Don't Think I Don't Love You 2:07

05 George Jones - I'm A People 2:11

06 George Jones - Old Brush Arbors 2:29

07 George Jones - Ship of Love 2:26

08 George Jones - We're Watching Our Step 3:00

09 George Jones - Six Days on The Road 2:29

10 George Jones - Blue Side of Lonesome 2:46

11 George Jones - Once A Day 2:25

12 George Jones - All My Friends Are Gonna Be Strangers 2:25

13 George Jones - Don't Be Angry 2:47

14 George Jones - Don't Let Me Cross Over 2:31

15 George Jones - I Don't Love You Anymore 2:31

16 George Jones - The Bridge Washed Out 2:34

17 George Jones - King of The Road 2:24

18 George Jones - World of Forgotten People 2:22

19 George Jones - If You Believe 2:12

20 George Jones - Talk Back Trembling Lips 2:32

21 George Jones - Unfaithful One 2:10

22 George Jones - Will There Be Any Stars in My Crown 3:03

23 George Jones - Where We Never Grow Old 2:25

24 George Jones - Leaning on The Everlasting Arms 2:27

25 George Jones - The Lilly of The Valley 2:13

26 George Jones - Won't it Be Wonderful There 2:22

27 George Jones - Well It's Allright 3:03

28 George Jones - Lord You've Been Mighty Good to Me 2:28

29 George Jones - How Beautiful Heaven Must Be 2:24

30 George Jones - Your Steppin' Stone 3:03

31 George Jones - I'll Fly Away 2:41

32 George Jones - Close Together as You and Me  [w Melba Montgomery] 2:17

33 George Jones - Living on Easy Street  [w Melba Montgomery] 2:05

34 George Jones - Long as We're Dreaming  [w Melba Montgomery] 2:46

CD3

01 George Jones - Let's Both Have A Cry  [w Melba Montgomery] 2:35

02 George Jones - Back Into My Baby's Arms Again 2:02

03 George Jones - Don't Keep Me Lonely Too Long 2:41

04 George Jones - Please Don't Let That Woman Get Me 2:08

05 George Jones - Your Steppin' Stone 2:52

06 George Jones - Ain't Nothin' Shakin' (But The Leaves) 2:06

07 George Jones - From Here to The Door 2:39

08 George Jones - In Person 2:32

09 George Jones - Swinging Doors 2:28

10 George Jones - Developing My Pictures 2:17

11 George Jones - Walk Through This World With Me (1966) 2:31

12 George Jones - The Shoe Goes on The Other Foot Tonight 2:36

13 George Jones - There Goes My Everything 2:38

14 George Jones - Life Turned Her That Way 2:30

15 George Jones - Sweet Thang 2:48

16 George Jones - Almost Persuaded 2:59

17 George Jones - Soldier's Last Letter 3:18

18 George Jones - Am I That Easy to Forget 2:05

19 George Jones - That Heart Belongs to Me 3:05

20 George Jones - Apartment #9 2:32

21 George Jones - Lonely Street 2:06

22 George Jones - Seasons of My Heart 2:11

23 George Jones - Green, Green Grass of Home 2:39

24 George Jones - I'll Be Loving You  [w Melba Montgomery] 2:36

25 George Jones - Let's Get Together (One More Time)  [w Melba Montgomery] 2:45

26 George Jones - Long Walk Off A Tall Rock  [w Melba Montgomery] 2:10

27 George Jones - Party Pickin'  [w Melba Montgomery] 2:26

28 George Jones - The Day I Lose My Mind  [w Melba Montgomery] 2:39

29 George Jones - We Must Have Been Out of Our Minds  [w Melba Montgomery] 2:36

30 George Jones - Everybody Oughta Sing A Song  [w Melba Montgomery] 1:59

31 George Jones - Walk Through This World With Me (1967) 2:18

32 George Jones - The Man That You Once Knew 2:21

33 George Jones - The Good Old Bible 2:26

34 George Jones - Small Time Laboring Man 2:35

CD4

01 George Jones - Give Me Just One Day Lord 2:13

02 George Jones - Cup of Loneliness 2:25

03 George Jones - Taggin' Along 2:49

04 George Jones - Wandering Soul 2:34

05 George Jones - When My Heart Hurts No More 2:41

06 George Jones - Poor Man's Riches 2:01

07 George Jones - Accidentally on Purpose 2:36

08 George Jones - Time Lock 2:35

09 George Jones - Tender Years 2:28

10 George Jones - Bringin' it Home 2:37

11 George Jones - The Old Rugged Cross 2:54

12 George Jones - Where The Soul Never Dies 2:19

13 George Jones - Take The World But Give Me Jesus 2:39

14 George Jones - The Unclouded Day 2:48

15 George Jones - Family Bible 3:14

16 George Jones - The Honky Tonk Downstairs 2:11

17 George Jones - My Baby Left Her Jinglin' John (For Foldin' Fred) 2:36

18 George Jones - I Can't Get There From Here 2:28

19 George Jones - Lookin' for My Feel Good 2:17

20 George Jones - Window Up Above 2:42

21 George Jones - White Lightnin' 2:39

22 George Jones - Treasure of Love 2:20

23 George Jones - Run 'Em Off 1:54

24 George Jones - Half of Me is Gone 2:41

25 George Jones - Talk to Me Lonesome Heart 2:41

26 George Jones - She Thinks I Still Care 2:46

27 George Jones - Color of The Blues 2:23

28 George Jones - Until I Remember You're Gone 2:29

29 George Jones - If My Heart Had Windows 2:45

30 George Jones - The Honky Tonk Downstairs 2:32

31 George Jones - When Love Was Green 2:17

32 George Jones - Hangin' on to One (And Hangin' Round The Other) 2:31

33 George Jones - Say It's Not You 2:27

34 George Jones - There Ain't No Grave Deep Enough 2:05

CD5

01 George Jones - The Girl Almost Knew 2:47

02 George Jones - I Threw Away The Rose 2:54

03 George Jones - There's Nothing Left for You 2:18

04 George Jones - I Stopped Living Yesterday 2:22

05 George Jones - The Stranger's Me 2:00

06 George Jones - Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town 2:38

07 George Jones - Along Came You - Take 1 0:18

08 George Jones - Along Came You - Take 2 2:18

09 George Jones - Along Came You - Take 3 0:12

10 George Jones - Along Came You - Take 4 1:16

11 George Jones - Along Came You - Take 5 0:12

12 George Jones - Along Came You - Take 6 0:42

13 George Jones - Along Came You - Take 7 2:06

14 George Jones - Along Came You - Take 8 0:19

15 George Jones - Along Came You - Take 9 1:45

16 George Jones - Along Came You - Take 10 1:54

17 George Jones - Along Came You - Take 11 0:27

18 George Jones - Along Came You - Take 12 1:47

19 George Jones - Along Came You - Take 13 0:11

20 George Jones - Along Came You - Take 14 1:42

21 George Jones - Along Came You - Take 15 0:22

22 George Jones - Along Came You - Take 16 0:08

23 George Jones - Along Came You - Take 17 2:16

24 George Jones - Along Came You - Take 18 1:40

25 George Jones - Along Came You - Take 19 2:14

26 George Jones - Take Me - Take 1  [w string overdub] 2:44

27 George Jones - Love Bug - Take 1 0:43

28 George Jones - Love Bug - Take 2 2:46

29 George Jones - Love Bug - Take 3 2:50

30 George Jones - Love Bug - Take 4 0:13

31 George Jones - Love Bug - Take 5 2:49

32 George Jones - I Made Her That Way - Take 1 0:50

33 George Jones - I Made Her That Way - Take 2 3:25

34 George Jones - I Made Her That Way - Take 3 0:47

35 George Jones - I Made Her That Way - Take 4 0:46

36 George Jones - I Made Her That Way - Take 5 0:30

37 George Jones - I Made Her That Way - Take 6 1:55

38 George Jones - I Made Her That Way - Take 7 3:43

39 George Jones - I Made Her That Way - Take 8 0:24

40 George Jones - I Made Her That Way - Take 9 3:05

41 George Jones - I Made Her That Way - Take 10 0:13

42 George Jones - I Made Her That Way - Take 11 0:19

43 George Jones - I Made Her That Way - Take 12 0:27

44 George Jones - I Made Her That Way - Take 13 0:29

45 George Jones - I Made Her That Way - Take 14 2:33

46 George Jones - I Made Her That Way - Take 15 0:20

47 George Jones - I Made Her That Way - Take 16 1:11

48 George Jones - I Made Her That Way - Take 17 0:19

49 George Jones - Love Bug (Mira Sound Studios) -Take 1 2:18

50 George Jones - Love Bug (Mira Sound Studios) -Take 2 0:32

51 George Jones - Love Bug (Mira Sound Studios) -Take 3 2:16

52 George Jones - Love Bug (Mira Sound Studios) -Take 4 1:18

53 George Jones - Love Bug (Mira Sound Studios) -Take 5 2:45

54 George Jones - Love Bug (Mira Sound Studios) -Take 6 1:11

55 George Jones - Love Bug (Mira Sound Studios) -Take 7 2:20

56 George Jones - Love Bug (Mira Sound Studios) -Take 8 2:07

57 George Jones - Love Bug (Mira Sound Studios) -Take 9 1:03

A Good Year For the Roses

CD1

01 George Jones - Wrong Side of The World 2:29

02 George Jones - As Long as I Live 2:30

03 George Jones - The Poor Chinee 2:01

04 George Jones - New Man in Town 2:34

05 George Jones - Beneath Still Waters 2:39

06 George Jones - The Green Grass Grows All Around 1:50

07 George Jones - Let it Rain Let it Shine 2:10

08 George Jones - I'll Sail My Ship Alone 2:22

09 George Jones - Possum Holler 2:19

10 George Jones - I Can't Go Home 2:38

11 George Jones - How Wonderful A Poor Man's Life Can Be 2:18

12 George Jones - Unwanted Babies 2:25

13 George Jones - Tell Me Something I Don't Know 2:28

14 George Jones - Even The Loser (Likes to Dream) 2:19

15 George Jones - Between My House and Town 2:31

16 George Jones - Mansion Hill 2:27

17 George Jones - Your Angel Steps Out of Heaven 2:16

18 George Jones - On Second thought 2:25

19 George Jones - Barbara Joy 2:24

20 George Jones - When The Grass Grows Over Me 2:55

21 George Jones - Burn Another Honky Tonk Down 2:34

22 George Jones - Same Old Boat 2:13

23 George Jones - When The Wife Runs Off 2:30

24 George Jones - I Don't Have Sense Enough (To Come in Out of The Pain) 2:25

25 George Jones - Do What You Think's Best 2:02

26 George Jones - Third Time Down 2:26

27 George Jones - Our Happy Home 2:21

28 George Jones - You've Become My Everything 2:41

29 George Jones - My Mom & Santa Claus 2:32

30 George Jones - Lonely Christmas Call 2:28

31 George Jones - I Cried Myself Awake 2:51

32 George Jones - Heartaches & Hangovers 2:14

33 George Jones - Divorce Or Destroy 2:45

34 George Jones - Great Big Spirit of Love 2:10

35 George Jones - Milwaukee Here I Come 2:36

CD2

01 George Jones - Just an Average Couple 2:46

02 George Jones - I'll See You A While Ago 2:32

03 George Jones - Shes Mine 2:59

04 George Jones - If Not for You 3:02

05 George Jones - The Race is On 2:06

06 George Jones - Ill Share My World With You 2:32

07 George Jones - The Hardest Part of All 2:41

08 George Jones - How Much Rain 2:24

09 George Jones - Where The Grass Wont Grow 3:16

10 George Jones - Old Blue Tomorrow 2:18

11 George Jones - Shoulder to Shoulder 2:25

12 George Jones - The Fortune Ive Gone Through 2:36

13 George Jones - For Better Or for Worse 2:23

14 George Jones - Shes as Close as I Can Get 2:46

15 George Jones - No Blues is Good News 2:31

16 George Jones - I Know 2:40

17 George Jones - Among The Few 2:30

18 George Jones - Papas Wagon 2:45

19 George Jones - Never Grow Old 2:41

20 George Jones - Mama Take Me Home 2:54

21 George Jones - Playing Possum 2:16

22 George Jones - I Just Got Tired of Being Poor 2:23

23 George Jones - You Can Always Come Back 2:32

24 George Jones - Going Lifes Way 2:42

25 George Jones - Okie From Muskogee 2:44

26 George Jones - Image of Me 2:54

27 George Jones - Love Me 2:35

28 George Jones - I Stayed Long Enough 2:32

29 George Jones - All I Have to Offer is Me 3:06

30 George Jones - Mamas Hungry Eyes 3:11

31 George Jones - Each Season Changes You 2:11

32 George Jones - Will You Visit Me on Sunday 2:51

CD3

01 George Jones - Im Finally Over You 2:21

02 George Jones - Rosie Bokay 2:47

03 George Jones - These Hands 2:51

04 George Jones - A Wound Time Cant Erase 2:52

05 George Jones - Try 2:17

06 George Jones - Where Could I Go 3:16

07 George Jones - Loving You Makes You Mine 2:37

08 George Jones - Tell Me My Lying Eyes Are Wrong 2:25

09 George Jones - Leaning on The Shoulder of Love 2:13

10 George Jones - A Good Year for The Roses 3:11

11 George Jones - A Day in The Life of A Fool 2:15

12 George Jones - You and Your Sweet Love 3:01

13 George Jones - A Good Year for The Roses 3:05

14 George Jones - Ill Follow You (Up to Our Cloud) 2:39

15 George Jones - With Half A Heart 2:22

16 George Jones - A Good Old Fashioned Cry 2:52

17 George Jones - Imitation of Love 2:40

18 George Jones - Youre Still on My Mind 2:17

19 George Jones - Open Pit Mine 3:13

20 George Jones - Poor Little Rich Boy 2:44

21 George Jones - My Favorite Lies 2:44

22 George Jones - The Old Old House 2:41

23 George Jones - Theres No Justice 2:32

24 George Jones - I Made Leaving (Easy for You) 2:49

25 George Jones - Brothers of A Bottle 2:50

26 George Jones - Late Getting Home 2:43

27 George Jones - They'll Never Take Her Love From Me 2:40

28 George Jones - Lifetime to Regret 2:48

29 George Jones - You Put Living Back in Life 2:21

30 George Jones - She's Lonesome Again 2:39

31 George Jones - You Gotta Be My Baby 2:25

32 George Jones - Wrong Number 2:38

CD4

01 George Jones - I Wouldnt Know About That 2:11

02 George Jones - Yearning 3:14

03 George Jones - Would it Do Me Any Good 2:29

04 George Jones - Someone Sweet to Love 2:14

05 George Jones - Sometimes You Just Cant Win 2:22

06 George Jones - Right Wont Touch A Hand 2:09

07 George Jones - Getting Over The Storm 3:30

08 George Jones - Wrapped Around Her Finger 2:51

09 George Jones - I Can Still See Him in Your Eyes 2:47

10 George Jones - Fightin Side of Me 2:35

11 George Jones - Come Sundown 3:01

12 George Jones - Knock Three Times 2:16

13 George Jones - The Last One to Touch Me 3:26

14 George Jones - Free as A Breeze 2:05

15 George Jones - After You 3:28

16 George Jones - Love Makes it Alright 2:55

17 George Jones - Saginaw Michigan 2:51

18 George Jones - Wholl Turn Out The Lights 2:42

19 George Jones - Hello Darlin 2:56

20 George Jones - High on The Thought of You 2:22

21 George Jones - You Made A Believer Out of Me 2:06

22 George Jones - I Fall in Love Every Day 2:28

23 George Jones - Get Some Loving Done 2:07

24 George Jones - Our Love is Forever 2:38

25 George Jones - Everythings Gonna Be Alright 2:10

26 George Jones - Will I Ever Love Again 3:12

27 George Jones - I Had You 2:32

28 George Jones - My Special Memory 2:31

29 George Jones - Everytime I Think About You 2:50

30 George Jones - Shes More of A Woman 2:56

31 George Jones - Heaven Made Woman 2:00

32 George Jones - I Can Love You Enough 3:14

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