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George Jones
Birth Of A Legend: The Truly Complete Starday & Mercury Recordings 1954-1961
Compil. DE 2017 on Bear Family Records label
Country (Country)
6-CD boxed set (LP-size) with 174-page hardcover book, 200 tracks. Total playing time approx. 458 minutes. His fans and country music lovers have been asking for this definite set with George Jones’ early Starday and Mercury recordings for years. • One of Bear Family's most requested sets ... ever! • The beginning of the greatest career in country music • All of George Jones' classic early recordings, including Why Baby Why, White Lightning, Treasure Of Love, Window Up Above, Tender Years, and twenty more charted hits! • More than 20 previously unissued takes and songs! • Includes the Thumper Jones rockabilly single and all of George Jones' soundalike recordings for Dixie! • All the era's duets with Jeanette Hicks, Bobbie Ellison, Margie Singleton, Virginia Spurlock, as well as harmony vocals by Sonny Burns, Darrell McCall, James O'Gwynn, Floyd Robinson, and Donny Young (aka Johnny Paycheck). • Exhaustive newly researched biography and discography! • 6 CDs with a 174 page book, featuring photos from the Jones' family's personal scrapbook!
Musicians
 | George Jones voc, 1931-2013 US album by |
 | Kevin Coffey b, liner notes, reissue producer, research, tape research, tape, tape comparison |
 | Colin Escott , *1949 CA music consultant, consultant |
Producers
| Mychael Gerstenberger artwork |
| Richard Weize executive producer, research, tape research |
| Christian Zwarg mastered by, mastering |
| Dave Sax research, tape research |
Album Tracks
| No | Title | Artist | Composer | Duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No Money In This Deal | George Jones | ||
| 2 | No Money In This Deal (alt) | George Jones | ||
| 3 | For Sale Or For Lease (take 1) | George Jones | ||
| 4 | For Sale Or For Lease (take 2) | George Jones | ||
| 5 | Play It Cool Man – Play It Cool | George Jones | ||
| 6 | You’re In My Heart | George Jones | ||
| 7 | If You Were Mine | George Jones | ||
| 8 | Wrong About You | George Jones | ||
| 9 | You All Goodnight | George Jones | ||
| 10 | Hold Everything | George Jones | ||
| 11 | Hold Everything (alt) | George Jones | ||
| 12 | Heartbroken Me | George Jones | ||
| 13 | Heartbroken Me (2) | George Jones | ||
| 14 | Let Him Know | George Jones | ||
| 15 | My Sweet Imogene | George Jones | ||
| 16 | What’s Wrong With You | George Jones | ||
| 17 | What’s Wrong With You (alt) | George Jones | ||
| 18 | Painless Heart | George Jones | ||
| 19 | Still Hurtin’ | George Jones | ||
| 20 | Settle Down | George Jones | ||
| 21 | Dancing Mexican Boy | George Jones | ||
| 22 | Mexican Boogie (Boogie Woogie Mexican Boy) | George Jones | ||
| 23 | Why Baby Why | George Jones | ||
| 24 | What Am I Worth | George Jones | ||
| 25 | Seasons Of My Heart | George Jones | ||
| 26 | Seasons Of My Heart (alt) | George Jones | ||
| 27 | What Am I Worth (remake) | George Jones | ||
| 28 | It’s OK | George Jones | ||
| 29 | Your Heart | George Jones | ||
| 30 | Dancing Mexican Boy (alt) | George Jones | ||
| 31 | You Never Thought | George Jones | ||
| 32 | I’m Ragged But I’m Right | George Jones | ||
| 33 | I’m Ragged But I’m Right (alt) | George Jones | ||
| 34 | You Gotta Be My Baby (take 1) | George Jones | ||
| 35 | You Gotta Be My Baby (take 2) | George Jones | ||
| 36 | You Gotta Be My Baby (take 3) | George Jones | ||
| 37 | I’ve Got Five Dollars And It's Saturday Night | George Jones | ||
| 38 | Run Boy | George Jones | ||
| 39 | Heartbreak Hotel (short ending) | George Jones | ||
| 40 | Yes I Know Why | George Jones | ||
| 41 | 'Cause I Love You | George Jones | ||
| 42 | You Gotta Be My Baby | George Jones | ||
| 43 | Rock It | George Jones | ||
| 44 | Rock It (alt) | George Jones | ||
| 45 | How Come It | George Jones | ||
| 46 | Boat Of Life | George Jones | ||
| 47 | Taggin’ Along | George Jones | ||
| 48 | Yearning | George Jones | ||
| 49 | Yearning (alt) | George Jones | ||
| 50 | I’m With The Wrong One | George Jones | ||
| 51 | Sweet Dreams | George Jones | ||
| 52 | I Take The Chance | George Jones | ||
| 53 | Any Old Time | George Jones | ||
| 54 | Gonna Come Get You | George Jones | ||
| 55 | Gonna Come Get You (alt) | George Jones | ||
| 56 | Just One More | George Jones | ||
| 57 | No Money In This Deal | George Jones | ||
| 58 | I’m With The Wrong One (edit) | George Jones | ||
| 59 | I’m With The Wrong One | George Jones | ||
| 60 | You’re Running Wild | George Jones | ||
| 61 | Singing The Blues | George Jones | ||
| 62 | Wasted Words | George Jones | ||
| 63 | One Woman Man | George Jones | ||
| 64 | Before I Met You | George Jones | ||
| 65 | Go Away With Me | George Jones | ||
| 66 | Radio Spot 1, 1956 | George Jones | ||
| 67 | Radio Spot 2, 1956 | George Jones | ||
| 68 | Radio Spot 3, 1956 | George Jones | ||
| 69 | You're Back Again | George Jones | ||
| 70 | Don't Stop The Music | George Jones | ||
| 71 | (That's) All I Want To Do | George Jones | ||
| 72 | Uh, Uh, No | George Jones | ||
| 73 | Uh, Uh, No (alt) | George Jones | ||
| 74 | Cup Of Loneliness | George Jones | ||
| 75 | Cup Of Loneliness (alt) | George Jones | ||
| 76 | Please Take The Devil Out Of Me | George Jones | ||
| 77 | Giveaway Girl | George Jones | ||
| 78 | Too Much Water | George Jones | ||
| 79 | Flame In My Heart | George Jones | ||
| 80 | No, No, Never | George Jones | ||
| 81 | Don't Do This To Me | George Jones | ||
| 82 | Hearts In My Dreams | George Jones | ||
| 83 | Tall Tall Trees | George Jones | ||
| 84 | No Use To Cry | George Jones | ||
| 85 | One Is A Lonely Number | George Jones | ||
| 86 | That's The Way I Feel | George Jones | ||
| 87 | Frozen Heart | George Jones | ||
| 88 | Never Been So Weary | George Jones | ||
| 89 | Maybe Next Christmas | George Jones | ||
| 90 | New Baby For Christmas | George Jones | ||
| 91 | Wandering Soul | George Jones | ||
| 92 | If You Want To Wear A Crown | George Jones | ||
| 93 | Gotta Talk To Your Heart | George Jones | ||
| 94 | Nothing Can Stop Me | George Jones | ||
| 95 | I Always Wind Up Losing | George Jones | ||
| 96 | Color Of The Blues | George Jones | ||
| 97 | Eskimo Pie | George Jones | ||
| 98 | Maybe Little Baby | George Jones | ||
| 99 | Rain Rain (Rain Keeps Fallin') | George Jones | ||
| 100 | (I Believe) The Good Old Bible | George Jones | ||
| 101 | We'll Understand It (Farther Along) | George Jones | ||
| 102 | I’m Gonna Burn Your Playhouse Down | George Jones | ||
| 103 | Will The Circle Be Unbroken | George Jones | ||
| 104 | Life To Go | George Jones | ||
| 105 | Jesus Wants Me | George Jones | ||
| 106 | My Lord Has Called Me | George Jones | ||
| 107 | All By Yourself (Previously Unreleased) | George Jones | ||
| 108 | Deep In The Heart Of A Fool (Previously Unreleased) | George Jones | ||
| 109 | Last Night (Previously Unreleased) | George Jones | ||
| 110 | Now Tell Me (take 1) (Previously Unreleased) | George Jones | ||
| 111 | Now Tell Me (take 2) (Previously Unreleased) | George Jones | ||
| 112 | Now Tell Me (take 3) (Previously Unreleased) | George Jones | ||
| 113 | Now Tell Me (take 4) (Previously Unreleased) | George Jones | ||
| 114 | Treasure Of Love | George Jones | ||
| 115 | White Lightnin' | George Jones | ||
| 116 | Long Time To Forget | George Jones | ||
| 117 | If I Don't Love You (Grits Ain't Groceries) | George Jones | ||
| 118 | Stay On Board (Previously Unreleased) | George Jones | ||
| 119 | The Likes Of You | George Jones | ||
| 120 | There's Gonna Be One | George Jones | ||
| 121 | Into My Arms Again | George Jones | ||
| 122 | Who Shot Sam | George Jones | ||
| 123 | Mr. Fool | George Jones | ||
| 124 | Candy Hearts (undubbed) | George Jones | ||
| 125 | Candy Hearts | George Jones | ||
| 126 | Have Mercy On Me | George Jones | ||
| 127 | If You Believe | George Jones | ||
| 128 | Big Harlan Taylor | George Jones | ||
| 129 | Someone Sweet To Love | George Jones | ||
| 130 | Everything Ain't Right | George Jones | ||
| 131 | Relief Is Just A Swallow Away | George Jones | ||
| 132 | Money To Burn | George Jones | ||
| 133 | Time Lock | George Jones | ||
| 134 | Talk To Me Lonesome Heart | George Jones | ||
| 135 | Your Old Standby | George Jones | ||
| 136 | Watcha Gonna Do | George Jones | ||
| 137 | Accidentally On Purpose | George Jones | ||
| 138 | Vitamins L-O-V-E | George Jones | ||
| 139 | The Last Town I Painted | George Jones | ||
| 140 | Revenooer Man | George Jones | ||
| 141 | Sparkling Brown Eyes | George Jones | ||
| 142 | The First One | George Jones | ||
| 143 | You Better Treat Your Man Right | George Jones | ||
| 144 | Out Of Control | George Jones | ||
| 145 | Glad To Let Her Go | George Jones | ||
| 146 | You're Still On My Mind | George Jones | ||
| 147 | Just Little Boy Blue | George Jones | ||
| 148 | Tarnished Angel | George Jones | ||
| 149 | Slave Lover | George Jones | ||
| 150 | Why Baby Why | George Jones | ||
| 151 | Poor Man's Riches | George Jones | ||
| 152 | Heartaches By The Number | George Jones | ||
| 153 | I Love You Because | George Jones | ||
| 154 | Oh Lonesome Me | George Jones | ||
| 155 | (I'll Be There) If You Ever Want Me | George Jones | ||
| 156 | If You've Got The Money (I've Got The Time) | George Jones | ||
| 157 | I Walk The Line | George Jones | ||
| 158 | It's Been So Long | George Jones | ||
| 159 | Just One More | George Jones | ||
| 160 | You Gotta Be My Baby | George Jones | ||
| 161 | Life To Go | George Jones | ||
| 162 | Settin' The Woods On Fire | George Jones | ||
| 163 | Window Shopping | George Jones | ||
| 164 | Howlin' At The Moon | George Jones | ||
| 165 | There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight | George Jones | ||
| 166 | Hey Good Lookin' | George Jones | ||
| 167 | Half As Much | George Jones | ||
| 168 | Nobody's Lonesome For Me | George Jones | ||
| 169 | Cold, Cold Heart | George Jones | ||
| 170 | Why Don't You Love Me | George Jones | ||
| 171 | Honky Tonkin' | George Jones | ||
| 172 | Jambalaya (On The Bayou) | George Jones | ||
| 173 | I Can't Help It | George Jones | ||
| 174 | Family Bible | George Jones | ||
| 175 | The Window Up Above | George Jones | ||
| 176 | I Wouldn't Know About That | George Jones | ||
| 177 | With Half A Heart | George Jones | ||
| 178 | Aching Breaking Heart | George Jones | ||
| 179 | Battle Of Love | George Jones | ||
| 180 | Tender Years | George Jones | ||
| 181 | When My Heart Hurts No More | George Jones | ||
| 182 | Did I Ever Tell You | George Jones | ||
| 183 | Not Even Friends | George Jones | ||
| 184 | I Want To Be Where You're Gonna Be | George Jones | ||
| 185 | Waltz Of The Angels | George Jones | ||
| 186 | Are You Mine | George Jones | ||
| 187 | One Excuse Is As Good As Another | George Jones | ||
| 188 | Yearning | George Jones | ||
| 189 | Looking Back To See | George Jones | ||
| 190 | One By One | George Jones | ||
| 191 | If You Don't Somebody Else Will | George Jones | ||
| 192 | When Two Worlds Collide | George Jones | ||
| 193 | Baby (You've Got What It Takes) | George Jones | ||
| 194 | Talk About Lovin' | George Jones | ||
| 195 | I Don't Hear You | George Jones | ||
| 196 | Why Baby Why (Edited Version) | George Jones | ||
| 197 | Seasons Of My Heart (Remake) | George Jones | ||
| 198 | Heartbreak Hotel (Long Edit) | George Jones | ||
| 199 | Let Me Be Your Salty Dog (Previously Unreleased) | George Jones | ||
| 200 | Back To The Country (Previously Unreleased) | George Jones |
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