Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. I Just Lost My Favorite Girl
2. What's Bad for You Is Good for Me
3. Don't You Ever Get Tired
4. How Proud I Would Have Been
5. Let a Little Lovin' Come In
6. Worst of Luck
7. Even the Bad Times Are Good
8. Sea Between Our Hearts
9. Things Have Gone to Pieces
10. Selfishness in Man
11. Wearing My Heart Away
12. Gonna Take Me Away from You
13. Simply Divine - George Jones, Melba Montgomery
14. I Can't Get Used to Being Lonely
15. Lonely Know My Secret
16. Flowers for Mama
17. Feudin' and Fightin' - George Jones, Melba Montgomery
18. Along Came You
19. Take Me
20. Love Bug
21. I Made Her That Way
22. I Made Her That Way
23. Love Bug
24. Love Bug
25. I Woke Up from Dreaming
26. Blindfold of Love
27. Till I Hear It from You
28. I Made Her That Way
29. Four-O-Thirty Three
30. I'm Wasting Good Paper
31. Along Came You
32. Take Me
33. I'd Rather Switch Than Fight
34. If You Won't Tell on Me (I Won't Tell on You)

Disc 2:

1. My Favorite Lies
2. Memory Is
3. Feeling Single, Seeing Double
4. Don't Think I Don't Love You
5. I'm a People
6. Old Brush Arbors
7. Ship of Love
8. We're Watching Our Step
9. Six Days on the Road
10. Blue Side of Lonesome
11. Once a Day
12. All My Friends Are Gonna Be Strangers
13. Don't Be Angry
14. Don't Let Me Cross Over
15. I Don't Love You Anymore
16. Bridge Washed Out
17. King of the Road
18. World of Forgotten People
19. If You Believe
20. Talk Back Trembling Lips
21. Unfaithful One
22. Will There Be Any Stars in My Crown
23. Where We Never Grow Old
24. Leaning on the Everlasting Arms
25. Lilly of the Valley
26. Won't It Be Wonderful There
27. Well It's Alright
28. Lord You've Been Mighty Good to Me
29. How Beautiful Heaven Must Be
30. Your Steppin' Stone
31. I'll Fly Away
32. Close Together as You and Me - George Jones, Melba Montgomery
33. Living on Easy Street - George Jones, Melba Montgomery
34. Long as We're Dreaming - George Jones, Melba Montgomery

Disc 3:

1. Let's Both Have a Cry - George Jones, Melba Montgomery
2. Back into My Baby's Arms Again
3. Don't Keep Me Lonely Too Long
4. Please Don't Let That Woman Get Me
5. Your Steppin' Stone
6. Ain't Nothin' Shakin' (But the Leaves)
7. From Here to the Door
8. In Person
9. Swinging Doors
10. Developing My Pictures
11. Walk Through This World with Me
12. Shoe Goes on the Other Foot Tonight
13. There Goes My Everything
14. Life Turned Her That Way
15. Sweet Thang
16. Almost Persuaded
17. Soldier's Last Letter
18. Am I That Easy to Forget
19. That Heart Belongs to Me
20. Apartment #9
21. Lonely Street
22. Seasons of My Heart
23. Green, Green Grass of Home
24. I'll Be Loving You - George Jones, Melba Montgomery
25. Let's Get Together (One More Time) - George Jones, Melba Montgomery
26. Long Walk off a Tall Rock - George Jones, Melba Montgomery
27. Party Pickin' - George Jones, Melba Montgomery
28. Day I Lose My Mind - George Jones, Melba Montgomery
29. We Must Have Been out of Our Minds - George Jones, Melba Montgomery
30. Everybody Oughta Sing a Song - George Jones, Melba Montgomery
31. Walk Through This World with Me
32. Man That You Once Knew
33. Good Old Bible
34. Small Time Laboring Man

Disc 4:

1. Give Me Just One Day Lord
2. Cup of Loneliness
3. Taggin' Along
4. Wandering Soul
5. When My Heart Hurts No More
6. Poor Man's Riches
7. Accidentally on Purpose
8. Time Lock
9. Tender Years
10. Bringin' It Home
11. Old Rugged Cross
12. Where the Soul Never Dies
13. Take the World But Give Me Jesus
14. Unclouded Day
15. Family Bible
16. Honky Tonk Downstairs
17. My Baby Left Her Jinglin' John (For Foldin' Fred)
18. I Can't Get There from Here
19. Lookin' for My Feel Good
20. Window Up Above
21. White Lightnin'
22. Treasure of Love
23. Run 'Em Off
24. Half of Me Is Gone
25. Talk to Me Lonesome Heart
26. She Thinks I Still Care
27. Color of the Blues
28. Until I Remember You're Gone
29. If My Heart Had Windows
30. Honky Tonk Downstairs
31. When Love Was Green
32. Hangin' on to One (And Hangin' Round the Other)
33. Say It's Not You
34. There Ain' No Grave Deep Enough

Disc 5:

1. Girl I Almost Knew
2. I Threw Away the Rose
3. There's Nothing Left for You
4. I Stopped Living Yesterday
5. Stranger's Me
6. Ruby, Don't Take Your Love to Town
7. Along Came You [Take 1][*]
8. Along Came You [Take 2][*]
9. Along Came You [Take 3][*]
10. Along Came You [Take 4][*]
11. Along Came You [Take 5][*]
12. Along Came You [Take 6][*]
13. Along Came You [Take 7][*]
14. Along Came You [Take 8][*]
15. Along Came You [Take 9][*]
16. Along Came You [Take 10][*]
17. Along Came You [Take 11][*]
18. Along Came You [Take 12][*]
19. Along Came You [Take 13][*]
20. Along Came You [Take 14][*]
21. Along Came You [Take 15][*]
22. Along Came You [Take 16][*]
23. Along Came You [Take 17][*]
24. Along Came You [Take 18][*]
25. Along Came You [Take 19][*]
26. Take Me [Take 1 with String Overdub]
27. Love Bug [Take 1][*]
28. Love Bug [Take 2][*]
29. Love Bug [Take 3][*]
30. Love Bug [Take 4][*]
31. Love Bug [Take 5][*]
32. I Made Her That Way [Take 1][*]
33. I Made Her That Way [Take 2][*]
34. I Made Her That Way [Take 3][*]
35. I Made Her That Way [Take 4][*]
36. I Made Her That Way [Take 5][*]
37. I Made Her That Way [Take 6][*]
38. I Made Her That Way [Take 7][*]
39. I Made Her That Way [Take 8][*]
40. I Made Her That Way [Take 9][*]
41. I Made Her That Way [Take 10][*]
42. I Made Her That Way [Take 11][*]
43. I Made Her That Way [Take 12][*]
44. I Made Her That Way [Take 13][*]
45. I Made Her That Way [Take 14][*]
46. I Made Her That Way [Take 15][*]
47. I Made Her That Way [Take 16][*]
48. I Made Her That Way [Take 17][*]
49. Love Bug [Take 1][*]
50. Love Bug [Take 2][*]
51. Love Bug [Take 3][*]
52. Love Bug [Take 4][*]
53. Love Bug [Take 5][*]
54. Love Bug [Take 6][*]
55. Love Bug [Take 7][*]
56. Love Bug [Take 8][*]
57. Love Bug [Take 9][*]

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #31107 in Music
• Released on: 2009-05-26
• Number of discs: 5
• Formats: Box set, Import
• Dimensions: 2.40 pounds

Customer Reviews

so good, it's almost worth the wait ....
Like at least one other reviewer I also consider G. Jones the finest country singer alive (or dead), so it's a huge relief to finally have this first collection of Jones' Musicor recordings, with the second also now available. I can't really comment about the sound, as I've mostly been listening in the car, but I wouldn't dismiss the listed opinion regarding the possibility of less-than-pristine master tapes from which Bear Family produced these CD's. In any case, the sound seems fine to me, without really anything to compare except for all those dubious Dutch and Spanish CD's of Musicor material, whose sound was sometimes awful. It seems to me that Bear Family has done the best (as they almost always do) with the source material(s) they have. I'm another one who is somewhat put off by the lukewarm sometimes condescending tone of Rich Kienzle in his notes. I've always enjoyed Kienzle's writing and I have great respect for his country music historical knowledge, but one significant aspect of George Jones' artistry has totally escaped Kienzle, and that is Jones' ability to elevate the material, to make a mediocre song good and a good song absolutely great. Come on, Rich! Calling "Flowers for Mama" "bathos-plagued," and complaining about Jones' recitation in the song?? Referring to "I Just Lost My Favorite Girl" as a "flat ballad?" Country Music was built on emotionally raw, maudlin songs like this and Jones proves his magnificence as a singer by carrying off these songs and many such others in this set. I hope no-one is discouraged from buying this set by my or any other review ... No one in country music history, and few other singers of any other genre can match the combination of raw emotion and assured grace which George Jones brings to a song. In terms of percentage, there is probably more good/great material here than on the UA set (also strongly recommended, nevertheless.)

finally!
Been waiting and waiting! So great; cannot wait for volume 2. GET THIS NOW; DO NOT HESITATE!!!

A Must Have For Your Jones Collection
What can I say? This is great!!! Some of these tracks have been out of circulation for many years, and there are a few "alternate takes" here (some of which are better than the hit version of the songs... "Walk Through This World With Me" for one).
If you like George Jones, this is a must have collection. His absolute best work was done for United Artists and Musicor. Stay Tuned... Part Two is coming soon.