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The Essential Willie Nelson (2CD)

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My husband thought all his birthdays had come at once, when he received The Essential Wille Nelson (Limited) for a fathers day present. The best Willie Nelson CD he has, so now we can remove some of the old LP records we have. If you love Willie, then this is the one to purchase. Again speedy service from gpstore

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This CD commemorates Willie Nelson's 70th Birthday (April 30, 2003).

Personnel includes: Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Ray Charles, Johnny Cash, Kris Kristofferson, Emmylou Harris, Ray Price, Leann Womack, Julio Iglesias, Leon Russell, Merle Haggard, Aerosmith.

Producers include: Felton Jarvis, Arif Mardin, Willie Nelson, Waylon Jennings, Booker T. Jones.

Compilation producers: Nich Shaffman, Al Quaglieri.

Recorded between 1961 & 2002.

The catalog of Willie Nelson is so vast and rich that assembling an “essential” collection of only one or two discs seems nearly impossible. RCA's single-disc 1995 attempt was admirable and worthy, but doomed by space limitations. With a bit more room to move, Legacy's roomier two-disc collection is about close as anyone could hope to come. We get the full view of the great singer/songwri­ter's artistic journey.

“Hello Walls” and the evergreen “Crazy” hail from the days when Nelson was tooling around Nashville as a songwriter for hire but mystifyingly unable to connect as a solo artist. His transformation into a counterculture icon via the ‘70s “outlaw country” movement is marked by the likes of “Me and Paul” and “Bloody Mary Morning.” His tremendous skill as in interpreter can be heard in such standards as “Blue Skies” and “Georgia on Mind,” which helped make him a crossover success in the STARDUST era. Latter-day collaborations with everyone from Aerosmith (“One Time Too Many”) to U2 (“Slow Dancing”) show Willie’s mercurial, eclectic nature. Add it all up and a portrait comes together of a man whose artistic vision has carried him across decades and stylistic shifts aplenty and seen him through in style.

What the critics say…

Dirty Linen (8/03, p.64) – “…The double disc, 41-track offering lives up to its marquee billing as the collection to end all Willie collections…”

Track Listing:

Disc 1:
  1. Night Life
  2. Hello Walls
  3. Crazy
  4. Funny How Times Slips Away
  5. I Never Cared For You
  6. Party's Over, The
  7. Good Times
  8. Me And Paul
  9. Shotgun Willie
  10. Bloody Mary Morning
  11. Blue Eyes Crying In The Rain
  12. Good Hearted Woman - (with Waylon Jennings)
  13. If You've Got The Money (I've Got The Time)
  14. Uncloudy Day
  15. Mammas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys - (with Waylon Jennings)
  16. Georgia On My Mind
  17. Blue Skies
  18. All Of Me
  19. Heartbreak Hotel - (with Leon Russell)
  20. Help Me Make It Through The Night
  21. Whiskey River - (live)
  22. Stay A Little Longer - (live)
Disc 2:
  1. My Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys
  2. Faded Love - (with Ray Price)
  3. On The Road Again
  4. Angel Flying Too Close To The Ground
  5. Always On My Mind
  6. Last Thing I Needed First Thing This Morning
  7. Pancho & Lefty - (with Merle Haggard)
  8. To All The Girls I've Loved Before - (with Julio Iglesias)
  9. City Of New Orleans
  10. Seven Spanish Angels - (with Ray Charles)
  11. Forgiving You Was Easy
  12. Highwayman - (with Waylon Jennings/Johnny Cash/Kris Kristofferson)
  13. Living In The Promiseland
  14. Nothing I Can Do About It Now
  15. Graceland
  16. Everywhere I Go - (with Emmylou Harris)
  17. Slow Dancing - (featuring Mickey Raphael/U2)
  18. Mendocino County Line - (with Lee Ann Womack)
  19. One Time Too Many - (with Aerosmith)
Release date Australia
April 1st, 2003
Artist
Label
Legacy Recordings
Number of Discs
2
Original Release Year
2003
Box Dimensions (mm)
142x125x10
UPC
9399700104912
Product ID
1527950

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