A Legend In My Time [Import]

Don Gibson | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 28, 1999)
• Original Release Date: 1999
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Bear Family
• ASIN: B000028309
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #202,377 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Sittin' Here Cryin'

2. Blue Blue Day

3. Oh, Lonesome Me

4. I Can't Stop Loving You

5. Look Who's Blue

6. If You Don't Know It

7. Bad Bad Day

8. Sweet, Sweet Girl

9. Give Myself a Party

10. Who Cares (For Me)

11. Didn't Work Out, Did It?

12. Lonesome Old House

13. Don't Tell Me Your Troubles

14. I Couldn't Care Less

15. Just One Time

16. (I'd Be) A Legend in My Time

17. Far, Far Away

18. Sweet Dreams

19. Sea of Heartbreak

20. I Sat Back and Let It Happen

See all 26 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

22 of 22 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Definitive Recordings from a Great Talent, March 27, 2001

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hypnovision (Long Beach, CA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: A Legend in My Time (Audio CD)

Don Gibson was a very popular performer in the late 50's and 60's. Curiously he has not been canonized by an industry always willing to enshrine even it's lesser stars.

There is no doubt that Don Gibson is a genuine legend. His voice alone should be enough to solidify his legacy. On top of that add his abilities as a songwriter. He wrote a slew of classics including "Sweet Dreams", "Oh, Lonesome Me", "Sea of Heartbreak" & "Legend In My Time. If that's not enough to convice you, just listen to his energetically strummed Django Reinhardt-inspired rythym guitar.

I've played "Sea of Heartbreak" for lots of people who said they didn't like country and they all immediately fell in love with it. While there is a little filler on here (and what country artist doesn't have some) there is plenty to fall in love with, including rarites like "Sweet, Sweet Girl" and "If You Don't Know the Sorrow".

For anyone with more than a passing interest in this artist or in good country music, this Bear Family collection is the only one to consider. It's the only one I have found that includes the ORIGINAL recordings of all of his classics. Avoid those lower-priced and far inferior Curb & Hickory sets of late-career re-recordings. Don Gibson deserves better and so do you.

12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Original recordings, barely country, September 7, 1999

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This review is from: A Legend in My Time (Audio CD)

This CD offers original recordings of most of Gibson's late 50-ealrly 60 hits. Mostly unavailable, if you are a Gibson fan this makes it worth buying. The CD chronicals Gibson's attempts to immitate his 'Blue Day' and 'Lonesome Me' sound through many songs. Sadly, much of this comes across as shallow albumn filler. DO NOT BUY THE HICKORY - CURB OFFERINGS UNDER GIBSON'S NAME. These are re-recordings, always inferior, of his early hits.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Superb Collection, November 18, 2005

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Jess "Jess" (Coal Country, PA) - See all my reviews

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This review is from: A Legend In My Time (Audio CD)

And, they're original recordings. Here is an affordable, yet absolutely complete, collection of original Don Gibson recordings. Of course, we have Bear Family records to thank. I would gladly pay more for cd's if companies would release albums and compilations of the same quality as this. This CD includes all of the greats, to include: "Sea Of Heartbreak", "Oh Lonesome Me", "A Legend in My Time", "Blue, Blue, Day", and in my opinion, his finest, "Lonesome Number One". A total of 26 perfectly penned, sung, and recorded songs. You'd be foolish to pass this one up.