AVID Country continues with its Four Classic Country Albums series with a re-mastered 2CD release from Jim Reeves complete with original artwork, liner notes and personnel details.
“Songs To Warm The Heart”; “The Intimate Jim Reeves”; “Talkin’ To Your Heart” and “A Touch Of Velvet”
We at AVID have been wondering... “do all music lovers of a “certain age” have fond memories of their mothers and a large box set of records by Jim Reeves loitering around the record deck threateningly, just waiting for Mum to have a “Jim moment?!” “And do we all secretly have fond memories of actually enjoying the music when Mum had one of her moments? (even though it meant not listening to the latest Beatles or Stones album for half an hour or so!!)” We know we did, and that’s why this Jim Reeves release is especially welcome here at AVID. He may not be solid country on all this music, but it is certainly all good music. To quote a line from the liner notes to “A Touch of Velvet”... “... finally there’s the music fan who doesn’t give a hoot what label you put him on, he goes out and buys what he likes. What he likes, more often than not, is a deep, rich baritone that falls as smoothly on the ear as the caress of velvet. If there is one word that describes the Jim Reeves singing style, that’s it... velvet.”
CD1
1-12: ‘Songs To Warm The Heart’
1. Someday (You’ll Want Me To Want You)
2. Just Call Me Lonesome
3. (Now And Then There’s) A Fool Such As I
4. ‘Til The End Of The World
5. How’s The World Treating You
6. Throw Another Log On The Fire
7. Making Believe
8. Satan Can’t Hold Me
9. Am I Losing You?
10. Scarlet Ribbons
11. Dear Hearts And Gentle People
12. May The Good Lord Bless And Keep You
13-24: ‘The Intimate Jim Reeves’
13. Dark Moon
14. Oh, How I Miss You Tonight
15. Take Me In Your Arms And Hold Me
16. I’m Gettin’ Better
17. Almost
18. You’re Free To Go
19. You’re The Only Good Thing (That’s Happened To Me)
20. Have I Stayed Away Too Long
21. No One To Cry To
22. I Was Just Walking Out The Door
23. Room Full Of Roses
24. We Could
CD2
1-12: Talkin’ To Your Heart’
1. Trouble In The Amen Corner
2. I’m Waiting For Ships That Never Come In
3. Annabel Lee
4. The Gun
5. The Farmer And The Lord
6. The Shifting Whispering Sands
7. Old Tige
8. Why Do I Love You (Melody Of Love)
9. (Far Away Feeling) The Spell Of The Yukon
10. Men With Broken Hearts
11. Too Many Parties And Too Many Pals
12. Seven Days
13-24: ‘A Touch Of Velvet’
13. Have You Ever Been Lonely (Have You Ever Been Blue)
14. There’s Always Me
15. Just Walking In The Rain
16. Be Honest With Me
17. Welcome To My World
18. (It’s No) Sin
19. I Fall To Pieces
20. Am I That Easy To Forget
21. Blue Skies
22. All Dressed Up And Lonely
23. Wild Rose
24. I’m A Fool To Care
