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A truly comprehensive four-CD compilation covering the years 1976-1995, including all 31 of his number one hits, 11 more chart singles of great musical significance, 19 LP tracks, and 11 more rare tracks, plus a brace of unreleased songs that are anything but leftovers. The opening three tracks, all written by Strait and dating from 1976-1979, show a lot of potential on his part as a singer fronting a competent band. 1981's "Unwound" was where his career lifted off, and his singing takes on serious depth and range. Beyond "Unwound," there's a lot here that could've done well as singles, displaying his early sound as a mix of traditional country and country-pop. Strait ultimately rebelled against the latter, but the songs off of his first two LPs show a prodigious talent in any milieu he'd have chosen to work. Disc two opens with the Bob Wills number "Right or Wrong," which became central to Strait's sound and image and, in the early '80s, was a reminder that as smooth as those early MCA songs had been, Strait had a genuine commitment to Western swing and traditional country music. Disc three divides its space between ballads and honky tonk numbers, with some comedy and some bracing Western swing. Disc four is all '90s material, right up through 1995. The cut that helped sell this set is Strait's never-issued 1993 duet with Frank Sinatra on "Fly Me to the Moon," which never should have been left off the Duets album -- the two singers' voices sound right together, and the song works as is. The producers have provided a booklet with an extensive biographical essay, a full sessionography, and comments from Strait himself on each of the songs included.
© Bruce Eder /TiVo
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George Strait, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Don Daily, Producer
℗ 1976 D Records
George Strait, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Don Daily, Producer
℗ 1978 D Records
George Strait, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Don Daily, Producer
℗ 1979 D Records
Frank Dycus, ComposerLyricist - DEAN DILLON, ComposerLyricist - Blake Mevis, Producer - George Strait, MainArtist
℗ 1981 MCA Nashville
Darrell Staedtler, ComposerLyricist - Blake Mevis, Producer - George Strait, MainArtist
℗ 1981 MCA Nashville
Frank Dycus, ComposerLyricist - DEAN DILLON, ComposerLyricist - Blake Mevis, Producer - George Strait, MainArtist
℗ 1981 MCA Nashville
Blake Mevis, Producer, ComposerLyricist - George Strait, MainArtist - David Wills, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1981 MCA Nashville
Frank Dycus, ComposerLyricist - DEAN DILLON, ComposerLyricist - Blake Mevis, Producer - George Strait, MainArtist
℗ 1995 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Byron Hill, ComposerLyricist - Blake Mevis, Producer, ComposerLyricist - George Strait, MainArtist - Bill Harris, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1982 MCA Nashville
Frank Dycus, ComposerLyricist - DEAN DILLON, ComposerLyricist - Blake Mevis, Producer - George Strait, MainArtist - Bill Harris, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1982 MCA Nashville
Blake Mevis, Producer - George Strait, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Bill Harris, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1982 MCA Nashville
Guy Clark, ComposerLyricist - Blake Mevis, Producer - George Strait, MainArtist - Bill Harris, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1982 MCA Nashville
Hank Cochran, ComposerLyricist - DEAN DILLON, ComposerLyricist - Blake Mevis, Producer - George Strait, MainArtist
℗ 1995 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Terry Stafford, ComposerLyricist - Blake Mevis, Producer - George Strait, MainArtist - Bill Harris, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Paul Fraser, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1982 MCA Nashville
Lee Emerson, ComposerLyricist - Blake Mevis, Producer - George Strait, MainArtist
℗ 1995 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Darrell Staedtler, ComposerLyricist - Blake Mevis, Producer - George Strait, MainArtist - Bill Harris, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1982 MCA Nashville
Kerry Chater, ComposerLyricist - Rory Michael Bourke, ComposerLyricist - Ray Baker, Producer - GLEN BALLARD, ComposerLyricist - George Strait, MainArtist
℗ 1983 MCA Nashville
Ray Baker, Producer - Darrell Staedtler, ComposerLyricist - George Strait, MainArtist
℗ 1983 MCA Nashville
DISC 2
Ray Baker, Producer - Haven Gillespie, ComposerLyricist - George Strait, MainArtist - Arthur L. Sizemore, ComposerLyricist - Paul Biese, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1983 MCA Nashville
Thomas Rocco Jr., ComposerLyricist - Ray Baker, Producer - Johnny Russell, ComposerLyricist - Dickey Lee, ComposerLyricist - George Strait, MainArtist
℗ 1983 MCA Nashville
Jimmy Bowen, Producer - Sanger D. Shafer, ComposerLyricist - George Strait, Producer, MainArtist - Darlene K. Shafer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1984 MCA Nashville
Jimmy Bowen, Producer - Casey Kelly, ComposerLyricist - George Strait, Producer, MainArtist - James F. Throckmorton, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1984 MCA Nashville
Jimmy Bowen, Producer - MACK VICKERY, ComposerLyricist - Wayne Kemp, ComposerLyricist - George Strait, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 1984 MCA Nashville
Hank Cochran, ComposerLyricist - Jimmy Bowen, Producer - CHUCK AINLAY, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - DEAN DILLON, ComposerLyricist - Ron Treat, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - George Strait, Producer, MainArtist - Bob Bullock, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1985 MCA Nashville
Jimmy Bowen, Producer - CHUCK AINLAY, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - David Anthony, ComposerLyricist - Ron Treat, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - George Strait, Producer, MainArtist - Bob Bullock, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1985 MCA Nashville
Red Lane, ComposerLyricist - Jimmy Bowen, Producer - CHUCK AINLAY, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Ron Treat, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Wayne Kemp, ComposerLyricist - George Strait, Producer, MainArtist - Bob Bullock, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1985 MCA Nashville
Erv Woolsey, ComposerLyricist - Jimmy Bowen, Producer - CHUCK AINLAY, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Ron Treat, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - George Strait, Producer, MainArtist - Jerry Max Lane, ComposerLyricist - Bob Bullock, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1985 MCA Nashville
Jimmy Bowen, Producer - CHUCK AINLAY, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Sanger D. Shafer, ComposerLyricist - Ron Treat, Engineer, StudioPersonnel - George Strait, Producer, MainArtist - Bob Bullock, Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1985 MCA Nashville
Jimmy Bowen, Producer - DEAN DILLON, ComposerLyricist - Ron Treat, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - George Strait, Producer, MainArtist - Willie Pevear, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1986 MCA Nashville
Royce Porter, ComposerLyricist - Jimmy Bowen, Producer - DEAN DILLON, ComposerLyricist - Ron Treat, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - George Strait, Producer, MainArtist - Willie Pevear, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1986 MCA Nashville
Royce Porter, ComposerLyricist - Hank Cochran, ComposerLyricist - Jimmy Bowen, Producer - CHUCK AINLAY, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - DEAN DILLON, ComposerLyricist - Steve Tillisch, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - George Strait, Producer, MainArtist - Willie Pevear, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1987 MCA Nashville
Jimmy Bowen, Producer - Ron Treat, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - George Strait, Producer, MainArtist - Dan McCoy, ComposerLyricist - Willie Pevear, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1986 MCA Nashville
Hank Thompson, FeaturedArtist, ComposerLyricist - George Strait, MainArtist - Johnny Lowe, ComposerLyricist - Dick Hart, ComposerLyricist - Joe bob barnhill, Producer
℗ 1986 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jimmy Bowen, Producer - CHUCK AINLAY, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Sanger D. Shafer, ComposerLyricist - Steve Tillisch, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - George Strait, Producer, MainArtist - Lyndia J. Shafer, ComposerLyricist - Willie Pevear, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1987 MCA Nashville
David Chamberlain, ComposerLyricist - Jimmy Bowen, Producer - CHUCK AINLAY, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Steve Tillisch, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - George Strait, Producer, MainArtist - David W. Chamberlain, ComposerLyricist - Willie Pevear, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1987 MCA Nashville
JOHN GUESS, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jimmy Bowen, Producer - DEAN DILLON, ComposerLyricist - George Strait, Producer, MainArtist - Rex Huston, ComposerLyricist - Bob Bullock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1988 MCA Nashville
DISC 3
Aaron Barker, ComposerLyricist - JOHN GUESS, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jimmy Bowen, Producer - George Strait, Producer, MainArtist - Bob Bullock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1988 MCA Nashville
JOHN GUESS, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jimmy Bowen, Producer - Tommy Collins, ComposerLyricist - George Strait, Producer, MainArtist - Bob Bullock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1988 MCA Nashville
Troy Martin, ComposerLyricist - JOHN GUESS, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Tony Martin, ComposerLyricist - Jimmy Bowen, Producer - George Strait, Producer, MainArtist - Bob Bullock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1989 MCA Nashville
JOHN GUESS, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jimmy Bowen, Producer - George Strait, Producer, MainArtist - Curtis Wayne, ComposerLyricist - Bob Bullock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1988 MCA Nashville
Larry Cordle, ComposerLyricist - Wayland Patton, ComposerLyricist - JOHN GUESS, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jimmy Bowen, Producer - George Strait, Producer, MainArtist - Bob Bullock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Jeff Tanguay, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1989 MCA Nashville
Royce Porter, ComposerLyricist - David Chamberlain, ComposerLyricist - JOHN GUESS, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jimmy Bowen, Producer - Red Steagall, ComposerLyricist - George Strait, Producer, MainArtist - Bob Bullock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1989 MCA Nashville
JOHN GUESS, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Jimmy Bowen, Producer - George Strait, Producer, MainArtist - Dennis Adkins, ComposerLyricist - Bob Bullock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1989 MCA Nashville
Aaron Barker, ComposerLyricist - Jimmy Bowen, Producer - Tom Perry, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - George Strait, Producer, MainArtist - Bob Bullock, Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1990 MCA Nashville
Bill Mack, ComposerLyricist - Jimmy Bowen, Producer - Tom Perry, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - George Strait, Producer, MainArtist - Bob Bullock, Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1990 MCA Records
BUDDY CANNON, ComposerLyricist - Jimmy Bowen, Producer - DEAN DILLON, ComposerLyricist - Tom Perry, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - George Strait, Producer, MainArtist - Bob Bullock, Mixer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1990 MCA Nashville
Jimmy Bowen, Producer - CHUCK AINLAY, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - DEAN DILLON, ComposerLyricist - George Strait, Producer, MainArtist - Pamela Belford, ComposerLyricist - Bob Bullock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tim Kish, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1991 MCA Nashville, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Tony Haselden, ComposerLyricist - Jimmy Bowen, Producer - CHUCK AINLAY, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - George Strait, Producer, MainArtist - Anna Lisa Graham, ComposerLyricist - Bob Bullock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tim Kish, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1991 MCA Nashville, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Gretchen Peters, ComposerLyricist - Daniel Green, ComposerLyricist - Jimmy Bowen, Producer - CHUCK AINLAY, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - George Strait, Producer, MainArtist - Green Daniel, ComposerLyricist - Bob Bullock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tim Kish, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1991 MCA Nashville, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Irving Mills, ComposerLyricist - Jimmy Bowen, Producer - CHUCK AINLAY, Mixer, StudioPersonnel - Cliff Friend, ComposerLyricist - George Strait, Producer, MainArtist - Bob Bullock, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel - Tim Kish, Mixer, Recording Engineer, StudioPersonnel
℗ 1991 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
A truly comprehensive four-CD compilation covering the years 1976-1995, including all 31 of his number one hits, 11 more chart singles of great musical significance, 19 LP tracks, and 11 more rare tracks, plus a brace of unreleased songs that are anything but leftovers. The opening three tracks, all written by Strait and dating from 1976-1979, show a lot of potential on his part as a singer fronting a competent band. 1981's "Unwound" was where his career lifted off, and his singing takes on serious depth and range. Beyond "Unwound," there's a lot here that could've done well as singles, displaying his early sound as a mix of traditional country and country-pop. Strait ultimately rebelled against the latter, but the songs off of his first two LPs show a prodigious talent in any milieu he'd have chosen to work. Disc two opens with the Bob Wills number "Right or Wrong," which became central to Strait's sound and image and, in the early '80s, was a reminder that as smooth as those early MCA songs had been, Strait had a genuine commitment to Western swing and traditional country music. Disc three divides its space between ballads and honky tonk numbers, with some comedy and some bracing Western swing. Disc four is all '90s material, right up through 1995. The cut that helped sell this set is Strait's never-issued 1993 duet with Frank Sinatra on "Fly Me to the Moon," which never should have been left off the Duets album -- the two singers' voices sound right together, and the song works as is. The producers have provided a booklet with an extensive biographical essay, a full sessionography, and comments from Strait himself on each of the songs included.
© Bruce Eder /TiVo
About the album
- 4 disc(s) - 72 track(s)
- Total length: 03:36:42
- Main artists: George Strait
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Geffen*
- Genre: Blues/Country/Folk Country
© 1995 MCA Records Inc. This Compilation ℗ 1995 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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