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Michael has reprised and re-recorded a dozen of his favorite tunes from his long and illustrious career, going all the way back to "Geronimo's Cadillac" (my first contact with his music) and ending with the beginning of his current incarnation, the senior cowboy songster. To be sure, "Wildfire", "Carolina In The Pines", and "Cherokee Fiddle" are included, although you might find those on a number of other collections. What sets this apart are some tunes that have only been available a time or two before, and, in one case, on no MMM collection (Thom Schuyler and Paul Overstreet's wonderful "A Long Line Of Love"). Some of you may have most of these already, but the updated arrangements are more than worth the price of admission here, and this is certainly a welcome addition to my collection. I just wish he'd come to the mid-Atlantic a little more frequently!!!

I was extremely disappointed to find these tunes to be all remakes of the originals. I love Michael's music, but he missed the mark this time. The instrumentals aren't close to the originals and Michael strains to reach each high note. Top tunes have been redone and are almost as good. Put out the originals!! I'll pay extra!!

This is about as good as I've heard from Murphey,putting this together had to be all his thoughts.Go get'em Michael!!!!

I used to be annoyed when my favorite artists put out an album of totally new recordings of previously released material. I still would prefer having more music by these familiar voices, but some of these reworked gems are very well done, as is the case with this collection. The artist gets to try the song in a different mood or interpret a song from a more mature point of view. It IS almost like a collection of truly new material. Michael is in good voice and the tracks are his usual standard of excellence. Very enjoyable.