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Tom Jones – The Collection / Featuring: Green, Green Grass Of Home, It's Not Unusual, What's New Pussycat?, Spanish Harlem, Detroit City / Spectrum Music Audio CD 1995 / 5515202
UPC 731455152029
Product Details:
Description:
The swingin' sex symbol does his key tracks plus some rarely anthologized stuff that's not to be missed! His chart hits What's New Pussycat?; It's Not Unusual; Green, Green Grass of Home; Detroit City; Not Responsible and Sixteen Tons join Spanish Harlem; Lucille (live), and more, 18 in all.
Tracklist:
| 1 | It's Not Unusual | 1:58 |
| 2 | Spanish Harlem | 3:18 |
| 3 | Detroit City | 3:33 |
| 4 | What's New Pussycat? | 2:03 |
| 5 | My Prayer | 3:41 |
| 6 | Sixteen Tons | 3:04 |
| 7 | The Nearness Of You | 3:12 |
| 8 | Not Responsible | 2:11 |
| 9 | The Loser | 2:35 |
| 10 | Lucille (Live) | 2:59 |
| 11 |
Cool Water | 4:11 |
| 12 | This And That | 2:58 |
| 13 | I'll Never Let You Go | 2:48 |
| 14 | Dr. Love | 1:50 |
| 15 | More | 2:23 |
| 16 | Ten Guitars | 2:54 |
| 17 | If You Need Me | 2:38 |
| 18 | Green, Green Grass Of Home |
3:02 |
Review:
This is a cd that if your a Tom Jones fan you must have in your collection, as you get eighteen tracks of Tom from his early years when he really was belting out the hit records. This cd is a release on the "Spectrum" label and if nothing else you can be assured that these are all original recordings. Most of these songs will be on Tom Jones first couple of albums, and the majority of tracks will be well known to any fan, what you get is the young Tom Jones in fine voice and backed by his big band sound of the time. This cd is still available at a price that beggar's belief, and for an eighteen track playlist by a singer at the top of his game, this cd is a must buy. If you are a Tom Jones fan and know most of the songs on this cd, you will not need me to entice you to buy this item. At this price, this release is a no brainer, get it. Yours, Mrs. M Walsh. "Maw".
- Compiled By, Liner Notes – John Tracey
About the Artist:
Sir Thomas John Woodward OBE (born 7 June 1940), known professionally as Tom Jones, is a Welsh singer. His career began with a string of top-ten hits in the mid-1960s. He has toured regularly, with appearances in Las Vegas (1967–2011). Jones's voice has been described by Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic as a "full-throated, robust baritone".
His performing range has included pop, R&B, show tunes, country, dance, soul and gospel. In 2008, the New York Times called Jones a musical "shape shifter", who could "slide from soulful rasp to pop croon, with a voice as husky as it was pretty". Jones has sold over 100 million records, with 36 Top 40 hits in the UK and 19 in the US, including "It's Not Unusual", "What's New Pussycat", the theme song for the 1965 James Bond film Thunderball, "Green, Green Grass of Home", "Delilah", "She's a Lady", "Kiss" and "Sex Bomb".
Jones made his acting debut playing the lead role in the 1979 television film Pleasure Cove. He played himself in Tim Burton's 1996 film Mars Attacks!. In 1970 he received a Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Television Series Musical or Comedy nomination for hosting the television series This Is Tom Jones. In 2012, he played a role in an episode of Playhouse Presents. Jones received a Grammy Award for Best New Artist in 1966, an MTV Video Music Award in 1989, as well as two Brit Awards: Best British Male in 2000 and the Outstanding Contribution to Music award in 2003. Jones was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1998 and knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for services to music in 2005. Jones experienced a resurgence in notability in the 2010s due to his coaching role on the television talent show The Voice UK from 2012 (with the exception of 2016).
