A definitive greatest hits covering this period has yet to be issued, partly because George re-recorded many of his earlier hits during his time with Musicor. Thus, any compilations inevitably include some of those re-recorded hits but this one is better than most, being limited to a few re-recordings - Accidentally on purpose, Tender years, She thinks I still care, We must have been out of our minds, You comb her hair and Sometimes you just can't win. George re-recorded several other oldies including White lightning, The race is on and Window up above but these have been omitted from this set.

This excellent collection would have been even better if some genuine but omitted Musicor hits - Walk through this world with me, Say it's not you, Take me, Good year for the roses - had been included instead of some of those re-recordings, but this remains the strongest available CD of George's music from the Musicor years. It is interesting to note that one of those re-recordings, Sometimes you just can't win, was released as a single and became a bigger hit than his original recording of a few years earlier. This at least proves that the re-recordings were of a high quality.

Of the Musicor hits here, my favorites are When the grass grows over me, Four-o-thirty-three, Where grass won't grow, I'll share my world with you, If my heart had windows (later revived by Patty Loveless) and Milwaukee here I come (a duet with Brenda Carter).

At the time of writing, this remains the best collection of George's Musicor years. If you are a George Jones fan, you need this.

Any serious George Jones fan is aware of how his Musicor recordings have been scattered and poorly packaged. The label went bankrupt and I think Highland Music currently holds the rights. Long-time Jones producer Pappy Daily seems to have put George on a treadmill during this time and, in some cases, quantity seems to have been more important than quality. Having said that, the Musicor years did produce some classics and hard-to-find gems. Until what I consider to be the "missing" George Jones album is released, that is "George Jones - The Musicor Years," and it would have to be a box-set given the quantity (I'm waiting for Rhino or Razor and Tie to undertake this wonderful project), until that time, despite its inconsistency, this is the best Musicor collection I can currently find on one CD.

George's MUSICOR recordings have often been the victim of terrible, cheaply made CDs and cassettes. TeeVee Records advertised this project on TV and King Records distributed it. So, the sound quality is as good as can be expected and so much better than any release on the Hollywood label. earlier classics like "Accidentally on Purpose" and "Sometimes You Just Can't Win" were re-recorded on MUSICOR and with the case of the second song, it became a hit twice. first it was a #17 hit in 1962 and then the re-recording hit #10 in 1971. a little known duet with Gene Pitney, "Sweeter Than the Flowers", is also included and the CD kicks off with re-recordings of "Tender Years" and "She Thinks I Still Care" and further along you'll hear a re-recording of his 1963 Top-10 "You Comb Her Hair" but everything else are actual hits and some very rare ones too! "Right Won't Touch a Hand" was a Top-10 hit in 1971 but nobody remembers it. same goes for the amazing Top-20 "Tell Me My Lying Eyes Are Wrong"; "Where Grass Won't Grow"; or his up-beat duet with Brenda Carter on "Milwaukee, Here I Come". some more forgotten Top-10 smash hits on this collection are "As Long As I Live"; "If Not For You"; "I Can't Get There From Here"; and the hauntingly fabulous "When The Grass Grows Over Me". this is the collection i'll recommend to younger fans who want to hear the 1965-1971 songs of George Jones with good sound quality. no other collection out there, that i'm aware of, gives long over-due spotlight on some of his MUSICOR hits with such good and listenable sound. There are several big hits that aren't on here from that era: "Take Me", "She's Mine", "Say It's Not You", "A Good Year For The Roses", and perhaps one of the biggest omissions is the absence of his 1967 #1 "Walk Through This World With Me". i don't know how THAT was left off but his 1966 duet with Melba Montgomery called "Close Together" which peaked at #70, is on here!!?! but even without his 1967 #1, the album is still 5 star material because of the abundance of songs and their obscurity.

George Jones has recorded for a number of record labels for nearly 50 years. This collection contains many original hit recordings from 1965 to 1971 when he was with the Musicor label, however there are many songs here that were first issued on previous labels. Musicor had Jones re-record some of his earlier classics. This cd still sounds great though and is worth adding to your collection.