Take This Job & Shove / Armed & Crazy (2-For-1)

Johnny Paycheck | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (August 20, 2007)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Raven [Australia]
• ASIN: B000RW6WZI
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #114,030 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Take This Job And Shove It

2. From Cotton To Satin (From Birmingham To Manhattan)

3. The Spirits Of St. Louis

4. The 4-F Blues

5. Barstool Mountain

6. Georgia In a Jug

7. The Fool Strikes Again

8. The Man From Bowling Green

9. When I Had a Home To Go To

10. Colorado Kool-Aid

11. Friend, Lover, Wife

12. Armed And Crazy

13. Mainline

14. Thanks To the Cathouse (I'm In the Doghouse With You)

15. Leave It To Me

16. Me And the I.R.S.

17. Let's Have a Hand For the Little Old Lady

18. Just Makin' Love Don't Make It Love

19. Look What The Dog Drug In

20. The Outlaw's Prayer

See all 25 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

For the first time ever on CD, Raven presents two era-defining albums by the legendary JOHNNY PAYCHECK - Take This Job and Shove It (1977) and the follow-up Armed And Crazy (1978). Born Donald Eugene Lytle, Paycheck was dubbed "one of the greatest honky tonkers of his time", going on to prove the point by sending the flipping-the-finger ‘Take This Job And Shove It' to #1 on the US Country singles chart. The album of the same name was Paycheck's commercial high water mark reaching #2 on the LP chart. It seems incredible that this is its first ever release on compact disc! Paycheck consolidated his fully fledged star status when ‘Georgia in a Jug' made the Top 20 (#17) and ‘Friend, Lover, Wife' went Top 10 (#7). All these hits, and more, are contained on this top value 2-for-1 CD. Take This Job and Shove It and Armed And Crazy defined a new era in country music that reverberates with contemporary artists to this day. With five bonus tracks from Paycheck's stunning tribute to Merle Haggard Mr. Hag Told My Story this release captures the distinctive voice of a rebellious and influential country artist at the peak of his craft. With superb quality audio, 25 tracks, over 75 minutes of music and detailed liner notes. 2 -for-1.

Customer Reviews

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Prime Paycheck, November 30, 2008

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This review is from: Take This Job & Shove / Armed & Crazy (2-For-1) (Audio CD)

This is a worthy successor to the first Raven Records Paycheck twofer - good songs, outstanding sound quality, informative liner notes, and overall a great value. The first Raven twofer contained as bonus tracks the first 5 tracks (side 1) of the Epic LP "Mr Hag Told My Story." This CD contains side 2 of that album as bonus tracks, thus making both CDs "twofers and a half." Keep it coming!

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Johnny Paycheck's Comeback Song..., June 6, 2008

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R. Webb "minstrel man" (u.s.a.) - See all my reviews
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Take This Job and Shove It, the recording that launched Johnny Paycheck into stardom, the working man's anthem steadily written by David Allan Coe. This album rolls right on down the line with honky-tonk melodies of the good ol' days and ways, - "4F Blues", "Spirits Of St.louis", "Georgia In A Jug", "Barstool Mountain", "Bowling Green", "Colorado Kool-aid",...there's something about Johnny Paycheck singing a ballad, his true colors are revealed on the, "Fool Strikes Again",...this is the 1977 Epic recording that brought Paycheck back to life after the legendary "Little Darlin" years, essential. The follow up Epic record, Armed And Crazy, 1979, not alot to say except, not one of Paycheck's better efforts, though it's one of the singer's harder to find albums - included on this RAVEN CD are five bonus songs from the scarce album "Hag, You Told My Story In That Song", the audio is good, could stand to be a little louder, Australian import.

0 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars country legends, March 13, 2009

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Paul Kinna "Paul" (Melbourne, Australia) - See all my reviews
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disappointing, there were only a few tracks that i enjoyed Take This job of course, was one, however if you like country legends of this era then i would suggest to have it in your collection