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Jack Greene & Jeannie Seely
"20 All-Time Greatest Hits"
© Tee Vee Records
Year of Release: 2003
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track listing
There Goes
My Everything
Jack Greene
Statue Of A Fool
Jack Greene
Don't Touch Me
Jeannie Seely
Wish I Didn't Have To
Miss You
Jack Greene &
Jeannie
You Are My Treasure
Jack Greene
Can I Sleep
In Your Arms
Jeannie Seely
All The Time
Jack Greene
Much Oblige
Jack Greene &
Jeannie Seely
What Locks The Door
Jack Greene
Beautiful Lady
Jack Greene
I'll Love You More
Jeannie Seely
Until My Dreams
Come True
Jack Greene
Back In The Arms
Of Love
Jack Greene
I Need Somebody Bad
Jack Greene
We Don't Want
The World
Jack Greene &
Jeannie Seely
Love Takes Care Of Me
Jack Greene
It's Only Love
Jeannie Seely
Wanting You But
Never Having You
Jack Greene
California Turnarounds
Jack Greene
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Jack Greene & Jeannie Seely
"20 All-Time Greatest Hits"
Fair Warning: Tee Vee's 20-All Time Greatest Hits by Jack Greene &
Jeannie Seely contains re-recordings of their popular hits, both indivdually
and together. In my research in finding the #1 Country songs, it turns out
that the song by Jack Greene, "Until My Dreams Comee True" was only
available on CD from this compilation. His remaining #1 songs on CD are on his
album The Jolly Green Giant, and they are the original recordings.
Jeannie Seely is an unknown to me, yet the recordings on this week's review
are also re-recordings.
Jack Greene's other #1's -- "There Goese My Everything," "All The Time,"
"You Are My Treasure," and "Statue Of A Fool" are all on the Tee Vee
compilation, yet if you're familar with the original recordings, somehow it
just doesn't rank up while listening to the re-recordings. Jack Greene's voice
is still good, but much better in his heyday. Jeannie Seely, on the other hand,
(because I'm not familiar with her original recordings), they do sound very good.
(Somehow I'm imagining her original recordings were better, just like anyone
else's.)
Jeannie Seely's re-recordings -- "Don't Touch Me," "Can I Sleep In Your
Arms," "I'll Love You More," and "It's Only Love" sound very good in
their own rights.
The duets, however, doesn't really match up to the indivdual recordings,
yet some are better than others. "Wish I Didn't Have To Miss You" is a
miss compared to the other duets. "Much Oblige" is a good song, better
than the previous duet mentioned. (By the way both these duets' original
recordings mentioned can be found on Greene's The Jolly Green Giant.)
It's easily determined that "We Don't Want The World" has a more updated
Country sound in the later decades of Country music.
Greene's non-#1's are just as good, and again, the original recordings
are better. "Beautiful Lady" is a great song, despite its original
recording is NOT on The Jolly Green Giant. Likewise, the originals of
"The Last Letter," (another great song, as it has a sound similar to
Roger Miller's "Husbands And Wives"), "Wanting You And Not Having
You" and "California Turanarounds" are NOT on the Giant
album either. However, the original recordings of "What Locks The Door,"
"Back In The Arms Of Love," "I Need Somebody Bad," and ""Love Takes
Care Of Me" are all found on the Giant album.
Being familar with Jack Greene's original recordings, they are better than
the remakes. Jeannie Seely's songs on this album maybe a bit better than the
re-recordings by Greene, since I'm not familiar with Seely's music. It is
obvious these are re-recordings, having a more updated Country sound. Greene's
voice is still as good on these re-recordings, as they were recorded (my guess)
in much later years. For the original recordings, Greene's The Jolly Green
Giant is the better choice. In researching Jeannie Seely, her original
recordings can be found on her Greatest Hits On Monument (Monument
Records). Her biggest hit was "Don't Touch Me." She would have other
hits on the Decca/MCA labels. "Until My Dreams Come True" by Jack
Greene was the reason why I purchased this CD, already knowing that all the
songs were re-recordings. I still have yet to find his original recording
of "Until...", yet this Greatest Hits has its moments, the
original recordings definitely stand out better.
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