50 Golden Greats: The Complete Early Years [Original recording remastered]

Patsy Cline | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 28, 2006)
• Original Release Date: 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording remastered
• Label: Empire Musicwerks
• ASIN: B000EMGAE4
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #216,144 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Hidin’ Out

2. Turn The Cards Slowly

3. A Church, A Courtroom, And Then Goodbye

4. Honky Tonk Merry-Go-Round

5. I Love You Honey

6. Come On In

7. I Cried All The Way To The Altar

8. Stop, Look And Listen

9. I’ve Loved And Lost Again

10. Dear God

See all 23 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. That Wonderful Someone

2. In Care Of The Blues

3. Hungry For Love

4. I Can’t Forget

5. I Don’t Wanta

6. Ain’t No Wheels On This Ship

7. Stop The World

8. Walking Dream

9. Cry Not For Me

10. If I Could See The World

See all 27 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Every song from the first half of her career, October 19, 2006

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Peter Durward Harris "Pete the music fan" (Leicester England) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: 50 Golden Greats: The Complete Early Years (Audio CD)

Please note that this is a re-issue of a long-out-of print double CD (Crazy dreams - the Four Star years) with exactly the same track listing but different packaging.

Patsy's recording career lasted from 1956 to 1963 and was divided between two record labels - Four Star and Decca, the switch occurring in 1960. Most of her success came with Decca but this collection focuses on the Four Star recordings, for which this is the best ever released, containing every song she ever recorded for the label, superbly re-mastered. There are extensive liner notes including session details for these recordings, even including an outline of her career with Decca. The style of Patsy's music on Four Star was solidly traditional country with none of the strings that were used on her Decca recordings.

Patsy's only hit during her time with Four Star was Walking after midnight, a song that Patsy later re-recorded for Decca. Part of the reason for Patsy's limited success (and the main reason that she eventually left Four Star) was that she was only allowed to record songs for which the record label held the publishing copyright. Despite this limitation, there are many excellent songs here.

Apart from Walking after midnight, the most famous original song here is the classic ballad, Just out of reach, a song that has often been covered by country, pop and soul singers. Now, why wasn't Patsy's recording a hit? Among the other great songs here are Pick me up on your way down, A poor man's roses (later covered by Reba McEntire, a huge fan of Patsy's music), In care of the blues and Come on in.

Towards the end of Patsy's contract with Four Star, the label relented and she was able to record some other songs including covers of Lovesick blues, Life's railway to heaven and Just a closer walk with thee. It was too late. Patsy moved to Decca and suddenly became a major star by recording some of the best original songs available.

If you are new to Patsy's music, I recommend that you should first look for a collection of her Decca music including such classics as I fall to pieces, Crazy and She's got you. If you want to explore further, you will enjoy this.

5.0 out of 5 stars Patsy Cline 50 golden greats:complete early years, February 22, 2008

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THOMAS C. BIAGI "tomcatss" (fairfield, ca.) - See all my reviews
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Patsy's powerful voice transends Country Music. Everyone I know has a Patsy song that brings special memories good or bad. This cd set ties the knot in performances that I can listen to anytime.

5.0 out of 5 stars never heard the early Patsy, December 21, 2007

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M. baker (california) - See all my reviews
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This CD was a revelation to me. I have long known and enjoyed the well-known Cline songs (Walking After Midnight, Crazy, etc) but sort of thought of her as arriving full-blown. This fall I read a biography of her ("Patsy" by Margaret Jones, Da Capo Press, 1999) that spoke of many early iconic Cline songs such as A Church, a Courtroom, and Then Goodbye; Three Cigarettes in an Ashtray. These sound like (and are) self-explanatory storylines but hearing the songs was a knockout. Had all the songs I wanted to hear after reading the bio.Patsy: The Life and Times of Patsy Cline