The Essential Vince Gill [Import]

Vince Gill | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 1, 1999)
• Original Release Date: March 28, 1995
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Bmg Int'l
• ASIN: B000002WS7
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #82,922 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Out of print in the U.S.! 20 track compilation from one of Country's greatest modern artists. Gill is the owner of a great voice and a musical talent that allows him to play many, if not all, instruments (he was best known for his mandolin work with Pure Prairie League). As a solo artist, Gill has been an award-winning favorite on Country radio for over two decades. Features 'Victim Of Life's Circumstances', 'Oh Carolina', 'Turn Me Loose', 'Midnight Train' and others. RCA.

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is "Essential" early Vince Gill Recordings!, September 4, 1998

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C. Jones "Charlie" (West Linn, OR USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Essential Vince Gill (Audio CD)

This is a collection of early Vince Gill work before he made it "big" with MCA Nashville. Vince often plays several of these songs at his concerts including the rousing up tempo tunes "Turn Me Loose", "Oklahoma Borderline" & "Cinderella". It includes songs that he wrote when his wife was a big hit with her group Sweethearts of The Rodeo, such as "The Radio" and "Everybody's Sweetheart". It also has the heart felt ballad "Colder Than Winter" and an early version of "I Never Knew Lonely". There is 20 fine selections for a great price (really a double CD for the price of one!) Vince was putting out great country music years before his biggest hits. This CD should be a part of any Country Music lovers music collection!

10 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Hardly "Essential", January 8, 2000

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jekyllnhyde "jekyllnhyde" (NJ) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Essential Vince Gill (Audio CD)

The title of this CD is very misleading. Except for "I Never Knew Lonely" & maybe "Oklahoma Borderline", none of his real hits are here. Not that these songs are bad at all, it's just that there are much better places to start your Vince collection.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Before his breakthrough, April 13, 2004

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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: The Essential Vince Gill (Audio CD)

Vince became a major country star because of his first MCA album, When I call your name, and the singles from it. His career before then was one of slow but steady progress, beginning with Boone Creek (a bluegrass group that also featured Ricky Skaggs) then Pure Prairie League (a country rock group). The RCA recordings he made during the eighties showed promise of what was to come, yielding several major country hits. Vince wrote or co-wrote most of his own songs but occasionally recorded outside songs.

Apart from his duet with Rosanne Cash (If it weren't for him), all his essential recordings from this period of his career are included, notably Victim of life's circumstances, Turn me loose, Oh Carolina, Oklahoma borderline and Cinderella. One song that wasn't released during this time (Never knew lonely) should have been - Vince re-recorded it for MCA and had a huge country hit with it.

This collection contains plenty of variety, which some songs that really rock, some heartfelt ballads and the occasional nod to his roots in bluegrass. His then-wife was one-half of Sweethearts of the Rodeo, who had much greater success. Their success was the inspiration for a couple of the songs here (Everybody's sweetheart, The radio) and may have indicated that their marriage was in trouble - they eventually divorced but not as soon as these songs might suggest.

Several collections of Vince's RCA music have been released since his success with MCA but this is by far the best - however, if you particularly want that duet with Rosanne Cash, you can find it on Platinum and gold collection, which has fewer tracks overall. If you enjoy his more famous MCA music, this is definitely worth a listen.