The Complete '60s Duets

George Jones | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 29, 2005)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Varese Fontana
• ASIN: B0007XBMWK
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #136,964 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. I've Got Five Dollars and It's Saturday Night

2. Wreck on the Highway

3. Sweeter Than the Flowers

4. One Has My Name

5. I'm a Fool to Care

6. Don't Rob Another Man's Castle

7. My Shoes Keep Walking Back to You

8. I've Got a New Heartache

9. Big Job

10. That's All It Took

11. Mockin' Bird Hill

12. As Long as I Live

13. Y'All Come

14. Someday You'll Want Me to Want You

15. Louisiana Man

16. Your Old Standby

17. Why Baby Why

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Unusual duet pairing works well, June 12, 2005

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hyperbolium (Earth, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Complete '60s Duets (Audio CD)

Jones has probably had stranger singing partners in his lengthy career, but on its surface, this pairing with 1960s pop star Gene Pitney ("It Hurts to Be in Love" "Town Without Pity") seems to be one of the oddest. Even more surprising is how effectively Pitney lent himself to country material, and how well his tenor blended with and complimented Jones. Brought together in 1965 by Musicor, their then-shared record label, they recorded this fetching collection of ballad and up-tempo covers with many of Nashville's studio regulars, including The Jordanaires.

Highlights include a rousing version of the Faron Young hit "I've Got Five Dollars and It's Saturday Night," the hillbilly harmonies of "Y'all Come," and an Everly Brothers styled duet on Moon Mullican's late-40s ballad "Sweeter than the Flowers." Pitney didn't so much mimic Jones' style as he mediated his own pop tendencies in providing support for the country legend's phrasings and bends. Varese's disc pulls together all 17 tracks recorded by the duo, comprising a minor chapter in each star's chart lives, but a unique and surprisingly worthwhile corner of their musical careers.

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5.0 out of 5 stars George Jones & Gene Pitney = A Brilliant Pairing, November 7, 2006

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V. A. Peek (Summerville, SC) - See all my reviews
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Well, I've done this all wrong. I have given sort of a review I guess in commenting on "JESS JESS"'s review. So my diatribe is gotten to by clicking on COMMENT 1 at the end of his review.
To be brief, I loved it back in the 60's and I love it now. It sounded so different from anything we'd ever heard where I come from, and it was just great to hear someone singing with one of our favorites. But, you know, that was in a totally different world and time. We Southerners/hillbilly/country lovers were laughed at and made fun of back then. But we didn't care, we still loved our hillbilly/country music. We appreciated and treasured things like that. It sounded great in those days. Even on our scratchy records. I didn't pass up listening to any of the songs. I played the whole thing over and over. I'm just glad to be able to hear it again on the CD I purchased through Amazon.

5.0 out of 5 stars Neglected mini-masterpiece, June 21, 2010

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This review is from: The Complete '60s Duets (Audio CD)

Wonderful collection of the two albums Jones and Pitney made together in the mid-60s. The pairing sounds far-fetched, but works amazingly well and their voices are a great surprise match. The material is generally first-rate as well (a couple of hokey bits, but that is par for the course for Jones, who seems to have a soft spot for corn even today). Fans of either singer need this record, fans of country music need this record, fans of duet singing need this record.