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Gold

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Currently experiencing a career resurgence thanks to her Grammy-winning album Van Lear Rose, Loretta Lynn established herself as one of country music's greatest artists during her twenty-plus years on Decca/MCA. Universal (Decca/MCA's parent company) keeps whipping out collections of her music about once a year and they are slowly but surely getting better. This two-disc, 36-track set improves upon 2005's 25-track Definitive Collection which improved upon 2002's 22-track All-Time Greatest Hits.

This set includes such definitive Loretta Lynn recordings as her first hit "Honky Tonk Girl" (1960, for the Zero label), her first Decca hit "Success" (1962) and her last top-ten hit "I Lie" (1981) which were left off the other two aforementioned sets. Unfortunately, Universal continues to leave off such fan favorites as "To Make A Man (Feel Like A Man)," "Home," and "Red, White, and Blue" (none of which are on her three disc box set Honky Tonk Girl either). Meanwhile, "We've Come A Long Way Baby" is only available on 1987's nonremastered 20 Greatest Hits. So, the frustration continues.

People looking for a lot of Lynn's best recordings - and no filler - should probably purchase this Gold collection over the Honky Tonk Girl box set which contains a sizable sampling of nonhit material. Gold is also a lot less expensive (although Honky Tonk Girl has the nicer packaging, including lots of photos and extensive liner notes/recording session information). Gold also has two bonus tracks not included on previous Loretta Lynn sets: the 1993 single "Silver Threads And Golden Needles" with fellow country icons Tammy Wynette and Dolly Parton as well as "Country In My Genes," a solo single for the Audium label which nicked the charts in 2000.

Ultimately, it is a shame that Universal music didn't include the extra 12 hits that it had room for on this two-disc set (each disc is under 60 minutes long) in order to make this a worthwhile purchase for ALL of Lynn's fans. For the casual Loretta Lynn fan, this collection should suffice.

This is a great compilation of most of Loretta's most popular songs. The best part is that they are arranged in chronological order so you can hear her voice progress as they hits go by. She sounds so young on "Honky Tonk Girl" and by the end of disc 2 you can hear how her voice has matured. It is AWESOME! Plus you get some great music including Conway Twitty, Dolly Parton and Tammy Wynette. I highly recommend this collection for any true Loretta Lynn fan!

This is a good selection of Loretta Lynn music except I wish they included a WHO WAS THAT STRANGER from her 1988 release. However, it doesn't take any stars away. The music here is remastered and sounds great.

After 40 plus years in the music business, you'd think they could compile some more juicy material I haven't already bought. Loretta is one of a kind and I'd love to see more of her work from the 70's and 80's on CD. "Silver Threads.." was a neat idea, but probably a better choice for Tammy Wynette fans. Of course I bought "GOLD," I'm a die hard after all and it IS a great collection, especially for the re-mastering and for the casual fan purchase.

I'm not sure just how "remastered" this set is - many tracks sound a LOT like earlier comps - but, whatever, it sounds fine and assembles what I believe are all the right tunes. (Watch out for the packages omitting "Dear Uncle Sam"!)

Lynn sorta played the Stones to Parton's Beatles - darkness, sex and drinking everywhere - but, at her most essential, she was an ideologue. Proto-feminist, proto-riot grrl - "Fist City," "The Pill" and "One's On The Way" are not to be believed!

It's cool by me the Van lear Rose sessions are not included; Jack White's heavy laminations just seemed like so many gimmicks on retreads. Here is Lynn, powerful and proud, in the 60's and (early) 70's singing truth to power with a nice clean sound.

Yeh!

(BTW, I sorta gotta karaoke following in my hometown, and no doubt, doin' "One's On The Way" is always the jaw-dropper.)

I used to have a couple of LL albums back in high school. I missed hearing those songs, so I searched for a CD to replace them. I am so glad that I did. Listening to her take on marriage, women, men, etc. brings a smile and often an outloud chuckle. "One's on the Way" and "Hey, Loretta" hits home for this married lady.

I bought this for my sister. She loved it. Then she played it for me. I do't do country western. Just give me that old time rock and roll.