Conway Twitty Collection [Box set]

Conway Twitty | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (September 27, 1994)
• Original Release Date: September 27, 1994
• Number of Discs: 4
• Format: Box set
• Note on Boxed Sets: During shipping, discs in boxed sets occasionally become dislodged without damage. Please examine and play these discs. If you are not completely satisfied, we'll refund or replace your purchase.
• Label: Mca Nashville
• ASIN: B000002OTE
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (34 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #16,246 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #100 in Music > Rock > Oldies & Retro > Rockabilly
  • #100 in Music > Country > Classic Country > Nashville Sound

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Cry Baby Heart

2. Maybellene

3. Rock House

4. I Need Your Lovin'

5. It's Only Make Believe

See all 24 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. I Wonder What She'll Think About Me Leaving

2. Lead Me On

3. (Lost Her Love) On Our Last Date

4. I Can't Stop Loving You

5. She Needs Someone To Hold Her (When She Cries)

See all 23 tracks on this disc

Disc: 3

1. I've Already Loved You In My Mind

2. The Grandest Lady Of Them All

3. Your Love Had Taken Me That High

4. Boogie Grass Band

5. Don't Take It Away

See all 22 tracks on this disc

Disc: 4

1. I Want To Know You Before We Make Love

2. That's My Job

3. Goodbye Time

4. Saturday Night Special

5. (I Wish I Was) Still In Your Dreams

See all 20 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

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Media Type: CD
Artist: TWITTY,CONWAY
Title: COLLECTION
Street Release Date: 09/27/1994
Domestic
Genre: COUNTRY

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

28 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Conway!!, December 5, 2003

By 

Jerry McDaniel - See all my reviews

This review is from: Conway Twitty Collection (Audio CD)

I love this box-set. The booklet that accompanies it is full of pictures and information highlighting the career(s) of Conway from 1957 through 1993. We have all the Top-40 pop hits plus several that charted in the Hot 100 but peaked below #40. We have almost every Top-10/#1 hit he had as a country artist.

The only bad thing is that the box set is by MCA and therefore only the MCA hits get much of the fan-fare. His Warner Brothers era, 1982-1986, is represented by just a couple of songs from 1982 and 1984. His 50th #1 hit from 1985, "Don't Call Him a Cowboy", isn't included neither is his 1986 #1 hits "Desperado Love" and "Fallin' For You For Years".

A fellow reviewer lamented that "Lost in the Feeling" from 1983 was also left off. Well, the Warner Brothers material always gets passed over. Customers should buy this box-set and seek out the 1988 collection "#1's: The Warner Brothers Years" if anyone wants to hear Conway at the peak of his #1 popularity.

One of the things that might make you scratch your head is the 1975 Russian version of "Hello Darlin" that Conway recorded for a space mission. It's a unique recording to say the least! Along the way you'll hear unreleased songs like "I Just Had You On My Mind", "Sweet, Sweet Spirit", "I'll Always Find My Way To You", and a live version of "Why Me, Lord?". One of my favorites on here is "Clinging To a Saving Hand".

One of the reviewers said that this box-set contained all 55 of Conway's #1 hits. That's just a slight error, though. The #1 hits that they left out are: "We Really Did But Now You Don't" (1982); "Lost in the Feeling" (1983); "Ain't She Somethin' Else?" (1985); "Don't Call Him a Cowboy" (1985); "Desperado Love" (1986); and "Fallin' For You For Years" (1987). So, technically we have 49 of his 55 #1 hits in addition to all his Top-10 pop and country singles that didn't quite make #1. Conway placed a total of 96 singles onto the Top-40 portion of the charts during a time-span that lasted from 1958 through mid 1991. Conway had the bulk of his major hit singles on the Decca, later MCA, label and given that this Box Set was issued by MCA it makes sense why the recordings he did for them would take more precedence over the singles he did for Warner Brothers.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Impressive collection!, March 30, 2002

By 

Rizzo (Nowhere) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Conway Twitty Collection (Audio CD)

With plenty of Number 1 hits with a genre ranging from rockabilly, gospel, southern rock, honky tonk, blues to pop, something must be done right.

This Conway Twitty collection is the ultimate, a gem! It has everything you ever needed to know about the giant of a man, Conway Twitty, An informative booklet is included and attached to the cover of the CD book. It is filled with history, pictures, quotes, etc. There is an impressive discography: The albums, country single discography, rock single discography, gold/platinum listing, and a list of sings written or co-written by Conway.

Every song in the 4-CD collection with 89 songs is listed including the year and a short synopsis of the origination of the song, its awards, inspiration etc.

Harold Lloyd Jenkins grew up influenced by music. As a young boy in Friars Point, Miss. he would hear the Dixieland and minstrel music from the showboats that would occasionally stop at the small town. He learned from a bluesman who played harmonic and guitar. And he credits a strong influence from the "holiness churches."

I was pleased to have his collection of hits from the "pretty boy rock and roll era" Especially good are: "Lonely Blue Boy", "What Am I Living For", "Such a Night" and my all time favorites "Make Believe" and "Last Date."

The duet career with Loretta Lynn is covered extensively. And the classics are here:
"Hello Darlin'" (also a Russian version), "Image of Me", "Fifteen Years Ago", "Tight Fittin' Jeans" "Play Guitar Play" etc., etc. Included are many not as popular but equally impressive Conway tunes.

You will find out how "that growl thing" happened, his shocking decision to go from rock and roll to country and the history of his astonishing career into country music.

It is been said that Conway sang TO the women and sang FOR the man. He would sing the words a woman wanted to hear and sing the words a man needed to say.

When he died, a legend died. Excellent collection....MzRizz

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great Collection of classic country!, October 10, 2004

By 

G. Clark (San Diego) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Conway Twitty Collection (Audio CD)

Overall an excellent collection of legendary hits! However, like all Greatest Hits/Best of collections, this boxset is missing some very substantial material. Some of the hits that were not included: We Did But Now You Don't, Georgia Keeps Pulling On My Ring, Don't Cry Joni (w/ daughter Joni), Don't Call Him a Cowboy, Between Blue Eyes and Jeans, I Can't See Me Without You, Desperado Love, Tight Fittin' Jeans (original single version), Lost In the Feeling, Fallin' For You For Years, Ain't She Something Else and Heartache Tonight. My recommendation to fans: buy the boxset, and also the other greatest hits/best of CD's that have these other "essential" hits. Hopefully soon we will see a comprehensive collection that includes every top 10 hit by this amazing artist. But 'til then ....