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| Disc: 1 | |||
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| 1. You Don't Mess Around With Jim | |||
| 2. Tomorrow's Gonna Be A Brighter Day | |||
| 3. New York's Not My Home | |||
| 4. Hard Time Losin' Man | |||
| 5. Photographs And Memories | |||
| 6. Walkin' Back To Georgia | |||
| 7. Operator (That's Not The Way It Feels) | |||
| 8. Time in A Bottle | |||
| 9. Rapid Roy (The Stock Car Boy) | |||
| 10. Box # 10 | |||
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| Disc: 2 | |||
| 1. I Got A Name | |||
| 2. Lover's Cross | |||
| 3. Five Short Minutes | |||
| 4. Age | |||
| 5. Workin' At The Carwash Blues | |||
| 6. I'll Have To Say I Love You In A Song | |||
| 7. Salon And Saloon | |||
| 8. Thursday | |||
| 9. Top Hat Bar And Grille | |||
| 10. Recently | |||
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Singer-songwriter Jim Croce’s untimely death in a aeroplane crash (in September 1973, aged just 30) came at a point in his career when he seemed set for a lengthy and rewarding career. To the millions of fans he had made through his music, his death was almost like losing a close friend. Jim Croce’s emergence to global prominence came in the early 1970’s, an era dominated by the confessional singer-songwriter – albums such as Carole King’s ‘Tapestry’, James Taylor’s ‘Sweet Baby James’ and Neil Young’s ‘Harvest’ sold in their multi-millions. • After travelling the folk circuit and a couple of false starts, Croce released “You Don’t Mess Around With Jim” in July 1972. The title track reached # 8 and “Operator” reached # 17 in the US when issued as singles, and the album eventually got to # 1. “Life And Times” was issued in February 1973, a # 7 album which featured the # 1 hit “Bad, Bad Leroy Brown”. • The title track of “I Got A Name” had been issued as a single, but the album wasn’t issued until after Croce’s tragic death. The album subsequently sold millions, as did single issues of two of his best known songs, “Time In A Bottle” and “I’ll Have To Say I Love You In A Song”. • The 50 songs on this two CD set represent his three albums as well as sixteen recordings issued on posthumous compilations. The 32 page booklet includes the lyrics to every song along with the full musician credits, and a 2000 word note by Alan Robinson.
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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful
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There have been many compilations of Jim Croce's work over the years, many from the Castle/Sanctuary labels, and if you have any of them you will already have many of the tracks included here. What makes this release from Edsel stand out from the crowd is the quality of its presentation - you get Jim's three studio albums, as released by the ABC label, in chronological order with their tracks in the correct order, followed by a selection of bonus tracks.
CD one contains the two albums You Don't Mess Around With Jim and Life And Times, and CD two features the album I Got A Name along with sixteen bonus tracks which have been previously released on various compilations issued after Jim's death. All 50 tracks have been re-mastered for this release and sound pretty good. Also included is a 32 page booklet containing lyrics to all the songs and a 2000 word essay by Alan Robinson.
Edsel have produced what must now be considered to be the definitive release of Jim's most popular and well-known work in a lovingly created package selling for a very reasonable price. If you have no Jim Croce in your collection do not hesitate to buy this one - and if you are a fan with many tracks already then this CD offers enough for the price to make it worth adding to your collection!
CD one contains the two albums You Don't Mess Around With Jim and Life And Times, and CD two features the album I Got A Name along with sixteen bonus tracks which have been previously released on various compilations issued after Jim's death. All 50 tracks have been re-mastered for this release and sound pretty good. Also included is a 32 page booklet containing lyrics to all the songs and a 2000 word essay by Alan Robinson.
Edsel have produced what must now be considered to be the definitive release of Jim's most popular and well-known work in a lovingly created package selling for a very reasonable price. If you have no Jim Croce in your collection do not hesitate to buy this one - and if you are a fan with many tracks already then this CD offers enough for the price to make it worth adding to your collection!
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Jim Croce didn't make many albums in his time and this is great having all 3 together, I love his singing and if you listen to the words he is singing about things that you could feel taking place today.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Audio CD
Must be the best collection available at the price. All the expected numbers plus some I had not previously heard. I had wanted to update an elderly vinyl version - this was the one.
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Photographs and memories...and much more
A recent Sky documentary and some BBC 4 footage made me remember how I felt when I used to listen to Jim Croce as a teenager in the 70's. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Jas
THe Original Albums Jim Croce
Without any doubt Jim Croce was a great singer guitarist,his death a very early age was so sad.
Had he lived he would be rated along with James Taylor,Joni Mitchell and Paul... Read more
Had he lived he would be rated along with James Taylor,Joni Mitchell and Paul... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Peter Bothy
Wonderful stuff!
Jim Croce was just hitting his straps as a performer and songwriter when he died in an air crash in 1973, aged just 30. Read more
Published 2 months ago by The Ghost of Sandy Denny
A rare and original talent
For years I have been scouring music outlets for a copy of Jim Croce's material without sucess until I tried Amazon. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Mr Bee
Bittersweet
Ordering this on a whim after realising I hadn't ever replaced much earlier cassette...what a joy. The voice, great lyrics and melodies, especially the slower classics. Read more
Published 5 months ago by MissSfinari
You don't need those compilations.
I have been a big Jim Croce fan since the seventies. His albums on CD have been hard to find and often available at greatly exaggerated prices. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Labsmgr9
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