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The New Favorites of George Jones, the Possum's first album for United Artists, is a mixed bag that is highly indicative of the crossroads country music faced in the early '60s. Stylistically, New Favorites is all over the place, as it tries to appeal to not only Jones' hardcore honky tonk audience, but also to country-pop fans and those listener that had been seduced by the burgeoning rock & roll audience. So, honky tonk weepers like "She Once Lived Here" and "She Thinks I Still Care" sit next to up-tempo country-pop cuts like "What Am I Worth" and "Imitation of Love," and that only scratches the surface of what's here. There's also folk ballads ("Open Pit Mine"), crossover attempts ("Poor Little Rich Boy," "Running Bear"), the requisite novelties ("Best Guitar Picker"), and the ridiculous "White Lightnin'" rewrite, "Root Beer." Even the dated material like the novelties and crossovers are enjoyable, but Jones is at his best when he's singing honky tonk or country-pop. Still, the wide range of material on New Favorites does prove that neither artists, producers, or labels knew how to retain the splintering country audience of the '50s.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Darrell Edwards, ComposerLyricist - GEORGE JONES, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Herbie Treece, ComposerLyricist - Pappy Daily, Producer
℗ 1962 Capitol Records, LLC
GEORGE JONES, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - H.W. "Pappy" Daily, Producer - Don Carter, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1961 Capitol Records, LLC
Darrell Edwards, Composer - GEORGE JONES, Composer, MainArtist - H.W. "Pappy" Daily, Producer - Pappy Daily, Producer
℗ 1961 Capitol Records, LLC
Darrell Edwards, ComposerLyricist - GEORGE JONES, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Pappy Daily, Producer
℗ 1961 Capitol Records, LLC
GEORGE JONES, MainArtist - Autry Inman, ComposerLyricist - Pappy Daily, Producer
℗ 1962 Capitol Records, LLC
GEORGE JONES, MainArtist - Pappy Daily, Producer - Adrian Roland, ComposerLyricist - Howard Gregory, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1961 Capitol Records, LLC
GEORGE JONES, MainArtist - D.T. Gentry, ComposerLyricist - Harold "Pappy" Daily, Producer
℗ 1962 Capitol Records, LLC
GEORGE JONES, MainArtist - J P Richardson, Composer - Pappy Daily, Producer
℗ 1962 Capitol Records, LLC
GEORGE JONES, MainArtist - Dickey Lee, ComposerLyricist - Harold "Pappy" Daily, Producer
℗ 1962 Capitol Records, LLC
GEORGE JONES, MainArtist - H.W. "Pappy" Daily, Producer - Johnny Preston Richardson, Composer
℗ 1961 Capitol Records, LLC
Jack Clement, ComposerLyricist - GEORGE JONES, MainArtist - H.W. "Pappy" Daily, Producer
℗ 1961 Capitol Records, LLC
GEORGE JONES, MainArtist - Smokey Stover, Composer - Pappy Daily, Producer
℗ 1993 Capitol Records, LLC
Album review
The New Favorites of George Jones, the Possum's first album for United Artists, is a mixed bag that is highly indicative of the crossroads country music faced in the early '60s. Stylistically, New Favorites is all over the place, as it tries to appeal to not only Jones' hardcore honky tonk audience, but also to country-pop fans and those listener that had been seduced by the burgeoning rock & roll audience. So, honky tonk weepers like "She Once Lived Here" and "She Thinks I Still Care" sit next to up-tempo country-pop cuts like "What Am I Worth" and "Imitation of Love," and that only scratches the surface of what's here. There's also folk ballads ("Open Pit Mine"), crossover attempts ("Poor Little Rich Boy," "Running Bear"), the requisite novelties ("Best Guitar Picker"), and the ridiculous "White Lightnin'" rewrite, "Root Beer." Even the dated material like the novelties and crossovers are enjoyable, but Jones is at his best when he's singing honky tonk or country-pop. Still, the wide range of material on New Favorites does prove that neither artists, producers, or labels knew how to retain the splintering country audience of the '50s.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 12 track(s)
- Total length: 00:30:18
- Main artists: George Jones
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: EMI Music Nashville (ERN)
- Genre: Blues/Country/Folk Country
© 1962 Capitol Records, LLC ℗ 1962 Capitol Records, LLC
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