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Posted by Mr. Even Bjerkelien
on June 24, 2009, 10:21 am, in reply to "Your Top 5 Jim albums"
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If forgot to give you a warm welcome, Andy!
Such an interesting question as yours hasn't been asked on this forum in a long time. Thank you!
Picing just 5 albums is hard but here are some of my favourites:
Good 'N' Country - a classic 'modern' country album featuring some of the first recordings made with Pete Drake's "talking" steel.
We Thank Thee - This religious album will always be a favourite of mine with Jim's heartfelt performances of beautiful songs/hymns with a message.
Tall Tales and Short Tempers - Great old and newer country and western songs featuring songs with a story. The story was made popular by Johnny Horton ca. 1957-60. Jim had a hit single in 1959 with the Danny Dill song "Partners".
Moonlight and Roses - Crooner classics performed to perfection. "Roses" was a hit in the 1940's for Dick Haymes.
The Jim Reeves Way - features Jim at his best. His version of the Dick Haymes 1940's hit "You'll Never Know" is classic. I love this album. It even features Jim's beautiful rendition of "Beautiful Dreamer" - "Bolandse Noointjie" in Afrikaans.
There are many more albums which could have been included. I'd want to start threads on every single album he released. It would be interesting to read more extensive reviews of all the albums.
Even
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