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Posted by Gianluca Cludi
on September 29, 2008, 3:52 am
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Probably for a mistake, The version of "According to my heart" on the double anthology cd "The Essential Jim Reeves"(Sony-Bmg 2006), (originally released in 2003 under the title "Jim Reeves - Anthology") is not the 1956 hit version
(as indicated in the booklet) but the rejected slow version from December 1955 session who appear for the first time
(in Europe) in 1989 in the now deleted Bear Family 4 cd box set "Gentleman Jim, 1955-1959"(originally intended as
the first of a series of separate Bear box sets with chronologically treatment of all Jim's discography, but, instead,
Bear Family in 1994 prefer to issue the 16 cd box set "Welcome to my world" with all Jim's studio recordings
on one massive box set).
If the double anthology cd "The Essential Jim Reeves" contain the wrong version of "According to my heart",
the Bear 16 cd box set contain a wrong version of " Losing your love" (1961) (probably a outake from the same
session) : on the Bear box the line "I forgot to kiss you and hold to your charms, success seems like nothing
to these empty arms" (around min. 1:23) is sung more slowly and less linear rather than the hit version who appear
on the double anthology cd "The Essential Jim Reeves".
Yours sincerely to all Jim's fans all around the world.
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