20 Original Greatest Hits in Bloomington, MN

These 20 tracks by
George "Possum" Jones
, (mostly) come from his
Musicor
catalog, which has been largely unavailable.
Jones
recorded with the label in the late '50s through the early '60s with producer
Pappy Dailey
, and recorded a number of big hits for the imprint. Namely,
"The Race Is On,"
"She Thinks I Still Care,"
and the duet
"We Must Have Been Out of Our Minds,"
with
Melba Montgomery
. But there is much more here to discover, including his near signature version of
Hank Williams
'
"You Win Again,"
"Least of All,"
and
"It's Funny What a Fool Will Do,"
just to name a few. This set is great as far as it goes, though it does lack any of his great duet performances with
Gene Pitney
from the same period, but consider it a teaser: if you like what's here, either in addition to, or opposed to the
Columbia
material, Germany's
Bear Family
imprint began issuing
complete
catalog in 2009 in multiple volume box sets. For the money, though, this is a very attractive CD musically, even if its packaging runs to the generic. ~ Thom Jurek