Waylon Jennings - The Complete MCA Recordings [Remaster]

Artist:

Jennings, Waylon

UPC:

602498605813

See Also:

Highwaymen (Country) (The) Coe, David Allan Rich, Charlie The Old Dogs Waylon Jennings/Willie Nelson - Clean Shirt Johnny Cash/Kris Kristofferson/Willie Nelson/Waylon Jennings - Highwaymen (Box) Willie Nelson/Waylon Jennings - Take It To The Limit Various Artists - Men of Country: Triple Feature Waylon Jennings - The Music Inside: A Collaboration Dedicated To Waylon Jennings, Vol. 1

Description:

Personnel: Waylon Jennings (vocals, guitar); John Anderson, Johnny Cash (vocals).
All tracks have been digitally mastered using 24-bit technology.
After bottoming out in a haze of drugs and bad decisions, Outlaw Country pioneer Waylon Jennings left his longtime label RCA for MCA Records, turning out four albums during his mid-1980s tenure there. Those albums are included in their entirety on this double-disc collection, which documents the period where Waylon began to relocate himself both personally and musically. His full-fledged artistic reawakening didn`t really kick in until the `90s, but there are still many signs of life to be found here. Though Jimmy Bowen`s very `80s-sounding production gives the tracks a bit of an impersonal feel, there`s no dampening a spirit like Waylon`s, and the singer`s country soul comes through loud and clear on wisely chosen covers (Los Lobos` "Will the Wolf Survive?," Steve Earle`s "The Devil`s Right Hand") and trenchant new material (the powerfully heartbreaking "Crying Don`t Even Come Close" stands out mightily).
Granted, there are a few curious moments--it`s hard to figure why Waylon chose to cover the `70s pop hits "Baker Street" and "Chevy Van"--but they don`t sink the ship. To hear Waylon tearing into the bluesy Rodney Crowell co-write "Woman I Hate It" or deftly navigating Jesse Winchester`s metaphysical ballad "Defying Gravity (Executioner`s Song)" is to be reminded of the gifts that made Jennings a country star in the first place.

Track Listing:

DISC 1: THE COMPLETE MCA NASHVILLE RECORDINGS:

1. Will the Wolf Survive ?
2. They Ain`t Got `Em All
3. Working Without a Net
4. Where Does Love Go
5. That Dog Won`t Hunt
6. What You`ll Do When I`m Gone
7. Suddenly Single
8. Shadow of Your Distant Friend, The
9. I`ve Got Me a Woman
10. Devil`s Right Hand, The
11. Baker Street
12. I Can`t Help the Way I Don`t Feel About You
13. Rose in Paradise
14. Crying Don`t Even Come Close
15. Chevy Van
16. Fallin` Out
17. Deep in the West
18. Between Fathers and Sons
19. Crown Prince, The
20. Defying Gravity (Executioner`s Song)
21. Even Cowgirls Get the Blues

DISC 2: THE COMPLETE MCA NASHVILLE RECORDINGS:

1. Prologue
2. Chapter One...Childhood: Littlefield
3. Chapter Two...Texas: You`ll Never Take Texas Out of Me
4. Chapter Three...First Love: You Went Out With Rock `N` Roll
5. Chapter Four...Lost Love: A Love Song (I Can`t Sing Anymore)
6. Chapter Five...Nashville: If Only Hank Could See Us Now
7. Chapter Six...Crazies: My Rough and Rowdy Days
8. Chapter Seven...Drugs: I`m Living Proof (There`s Life After You)
9. Chapter Eight...Jessi: You Deserve the Stars in My Crown
10. Chapter Nine...Reflections: Turn It All Around
11. Chapter Ten...The Beginning: Where Do We Go From Here
12. Trouble Man
13. Grapes on the Vine
14. Which Way Do I Go (Now That I`m Gone)
15. YoYos, Bozos, Bimbos & Heroes
16. It Goes With the Territory
17. How Much Is It Worth to Live in L.A.?
18. Hey Willie
19. You Put the Soul in the Song
20. G.I. Joe
21. Woman I Hate
22. Somewhere Between Ragged & Right

Album Information

Release Date:

05/25/2004

Type:

Performer

Genre:

Country

Subgenre:

Progressive Country

Label:

MCA Nashville

Producer:

Chips Moman; Waylon Jennings; Johnny`s Cash; Jimmy Bowen; John Anderson; Mike Ragogna (Compilation)

Catalog Number:

0000926

Original Release Year:

2004

# of Discs:

2

Studio/Live:

Studio

Mono/Stereo:

Stereo

Guest Artist:

John Anderson; Johnny Cash

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