The complete George Jones United Artists recordings from 1962 to '64, 150 songs compiled in one package for the first time ever.
Compiles every surviving title including six previously unissued tracks and his geatest hits from the era: She Thinks I Still Care, You Comb Her Hair, A Girl I Used To Know, She Once Lived Here and The Race Is On along with lesser-known George Jones gems including Open Pit Mine and Jones's overlooked original composition In The Shadow Of A Lie. Features his highly regarded tribute albums to Little Jimmy Dickens, Hank Williams, Bob Wills along with 'George Jones Sings The Hits Of His Country Cousins' the gospel package 'Homecoming In Heaven' and 'The Best Of George Jones'.
Includes his complete UA duet recordings with Melba Montgomery including their admired 'Bluegrass Hootenanny' album, Plus a full bio covering the UA years and rare photos.
George Jones was coming off a successful Mercury Records contract when his producer Pappy Daily took him to United Artists Records in 1962. Instantly, he became UA's top country star and got off to a powerful start with Dickey Lee's ballad She Thinks I Still Care, an award-winning performance at the time, a country music standard today. Over the next two and a half years, Jones recorded originals along with songs written by some of Nashville's greatest, among them Jack Clement (Not What I Had In Mind), Justin Tubb (Big Fool Of The Year), Hank Cochran and Harlan Howard (You Comb Her Hair) and Freddie Hart (My Tears Are Overdue).
Even then, George Jones' peers began embracing his still-evolving singing style, rooted in his admiration for both Roy Acuff and Hank Williams, as a vocal Gold Standard. At UA, that style continued developing while at the same time he expanded his scope by teaming with the truly great female duet partner: Melba Montgomery. Together, they created an amazing, even hypnotic traditional vocal synergy on hits including We Must Have Been Out Of Our Minds and to this day, Jones considers his work with Melba his best work with a female singer. On tour, his antics still centered around his legendary boozing and hell-raising yet George Jones's studio output for UA was amazingly consistent, the accompaniment traditional though the Jordanaires frequently appeared on various UA sessions.
Along with revealing the complete scope of George Jones's two and a half years, the collection also includes rare photos and extensive, detailed liner notes by Rich Kienzle including comments from George Jones, Montgomery and the late Buck Owens.
CD1
1-01 She Thinks I Still Care
1-02 Root Beer
1-03 Three's A Crowd
1-04 Poor Little Rich Boy
1-05 Sometimes You Just Can't Win
1-06 Running Bear
1-07 She Once Lived Here
1-08 Open Bit Mine
1-09 Imitation Of Love
1-10 Beggar To A King
1-11 Best Guitar Picker
1-12 What Am I Worth
1-13 There's No Justice
1-14 I Saw Me
1-15 Geronimo
1-16 Peace In The Valley
1-17 Bubbles In My Beer
1-18 Faded Love
1-19 Roly Poly
1-20 Trouble In Mind
1-21 Take Me Back To Tulsa
1-22 The Warm Red Wine
1-23 Times Changes Everything
1-24 Worried Mind
1-25 Silver Dew On The Bluegrass Tonight
1-26 San Antonio Rose
1-27 Homecoming In Heaven
1-28 My Cup Runneth Over
1-29 Wandering Soul
1-30 He's So Good To Me
1-31 Magic Valley
1-32 Kneel At The Feet Of Jesus
CD2
2-01 It's A Sin
2-02 The Precious Jewel
2-03 I Could Never Be Ashamed Of You
2-04 Yes, I Know Why
2-05 Give My Love To Rose
2-06 The Same Sweet Girl
2-07 Don't Let The Stars Get In Your Eyes
2-08 Wings Of A Dove
2-09 A Little Bitty Tear
2-10 Beacon In The Night
2-11 Matthew Twenty Four
2-12 He Made Me Free
2-13 Someone's Watching Over You
2-14 Mansion On The Hill
2-15 Take These Chains From My Heart
2-16 Wedding Bells
2-17 I Heard You Crying In Your Sleep
2-18 I Just Don't Like This Kind Of Livin'
2-19 You Win, Again
2-20 You're Gonna Change (Or I'm Gonna Leave)
2-21 Lonesome Whistle
2-22 A House Without Love
2-23 Your Cheatin' Heart
2-24 They'll Never Take Her Love From Me
2-25 Steel Guitar Rag
2-26 Big Beaver
2-27 A Girl I Used To Know
2-28 Lonesome Life
2-29 Big Fool Of The Year
2-30 Not What I Had In Mind
CD3
3-01 Lonely Christmas Call
3-02 My Mom And Santa Claus (Twistin' Santa Claus)
3-03 Not What I Had In Mind
3-04 I Saw Me
3-05 Wrong Number
3-06 The Old Old House
3-07 I Can't Change Overnight
3-08 World's Worst Loser
3-09 Every Time I Look At You
3-10 Seasons Of My Heart
3-11 Ain't It Funny What A Fool Will Do
3-12 You Comb Her Hair
3-13 I Wish Tonight Would Never End
3-14 In The Shadow Of A Lie
3-15 She's Lonesome Again
3-16 Your Kind Of Loving Won't Do
3-17 Lonesome Old Town
3-18 I'll Never Let Go Of You
3-19 Jonsey (Instr.)
3-20 Forgive Me, Now
3-21 You Done Me Wrong
3-22 Color Of The Blues
3-23 Cuttin' A Rug (Instr.)
3-24 A Real Close Friend
3-25 I Won't Love You Anymore
3-26 Ragged But Right
3-27 It Scares Me Half To Death
3-28 A Rose From A Bride's Bouquet
3-29 When Your House Is Not A Home
3-30 I'm Just Blue Enough
3-31 Just When I Needed You
3-32 My Heart's Bouquet
CD4
4-01 We Could
4-02 Take Me As I Am
4-03 Where Did The Sunshine Go
4-04 Making The Rounds
4-05 I've Just Got To See You Once More
4-06 Lovin' Lies
4-07 Let's Invite Them Over (with Melba Montgomery)
4-08 What's In Our Hearts (with Melba Montgomery)
4-09 Suppose Tonight Would Be Our Last (with Melba Montgomery)
4-10 I Let You Go (with Melba Montgomery)
4-11 Afraid (with Melba Montgomery)
4-12 Multiply The Heartaches
4-13 Don't Go
4-14 There's A Friend In The Way
4-15 She's My Mother
4-16 Alabama
4-17 The Race Is On
4-18 Flame In My Heart (with Melba Montgomery)
4-19 We Must Have Been Out Of Our Minds (with Melba Montgomery)
4-20 Now Tell Me (with Melba Montgomery)
4-21 Until Then (with Melba Montgomery)
4-22 Your Heart Turned Left (And I Was On The Right)
4-23 Something I Dreamed
4-24 My Tears Are Overdue
4-25 I Get Lonely In A Hurry
CD5
5-01 Wait A Little Longer, Please Jesus (with Melba Montgomery)
5-02 I'll Be There To Welcome You Home (with Melba Montgomery)
5-03 Rollin' In My Sweet Baby's Arms (with Melba Montgomery)
5-04 Blue Moon Of Kentucky (with Melba Montgomery)
5-05 House Of Gold (with Melba Montgomery)
5-06 I Can't Get Over You (with Melba Montgomery)
5-07 Dixieland For Me (with Melba Montgomery)
5-08 Once More (with Melba Montgomery)
5-09 Will There Ever Be Another (with Melba Montgomery)
5-10 Will There Ever Be Another (with Melba Montgomery)
5-11 I'd Jump The Mississippi (with Melba Montgomery)
5-12 Please Be My Love (with Melba Montgomery)
5-13 I'd Dreamed My Baby Came Home (with Melba Montgomery)
5-14 Brown To Blue
5-15 Without A Reason
5-16 Where Does A Little Tear Come From
5-17 What's Money
5-18 Wouldn't It Be Something
5-19 Let's Go Home
5-20 Please Talk To My Heart
5-21 Gonna Have A Little Talk With You Friend
5-22 I've Been Known To Cry
5-23 A Good Old Fashion Cry
5-24 Book Of Memories
5-25 Is This How A Broken Heart Dies
5-26 Holiday Of Love
5-27 Gold And Silver
5-28 Love's Gonna Live Here
5-29 She's Mine
5-30 I'm Gonna Change Everything
5-31 Least of All
