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Tuesday, June 17,2008
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George Jones
The Hits...Then ’Til Now (Time Life)
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booklet accompanying the new George Jones box set notes that during his three
years with the United Artists label, the singer recorded no less than 150
songs. Surely, some of the choices were misjudged; some of the performances
must have been off-stride. But on the evidence of the tracks collected on this
three-CD retrospective, Jones maintained a more consistent level than most
Nashville acts in a recording career that began in 1955 and continues today.
Jones
sometimes pushed toward rockabilly early on, and in later years hit the duet
circuit, singing songs with everyone from Ray Charles to The Oak Ridge Boys.
His gold standard was usually midtempo laments (“She Thinks I Still Care”) sung
with resilient determination and deep country grit. The Hits…Then ’Til Now is a good way to own most of his best tracks
in one attractive package.
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