Description:
This double-CD best-of displays the Texas singer Ray Price at his early best. By the mid-1960s, Price had radically altered his approach, adopting a countrypolitan ballad style of singing, and leaving behind his honky-tonk roots, including his nasal, Hank Williams-influenced vocal style. However, Essential Ray Price presents the country legend in his exciting honky-tonk years, making the music that would later be embraced so widely by country music`s 1980s New Traditionalists. Backed by Hank Williams`s Drifting Cowboys, Price excels on classics such as "The Road of No Return," "Heartaches By the Number," and "Talk to Your Heart." Though Williams`s influence is evident throughout, cuts such as "The Same Old Me" show the beginnings of Price`s unique, innovative style. Track Listing Disc 1: Jealous Lies/If You`re Ever Lonely Darling/Weary Blues/Talk To Your Heart/Release Me/I`ll Be There (If You Ever Want Me)/Crazy Arms/You Done Me Wrong/Wasted Words/I`ve Got A New Heartache/My Shoes Keep Walking Back To You/Curtain In The Window/Invitation To The Blues/City Lights/Heartaches By The Number/Same Old Me/One More Time/I Wish I Could Fall In Love Today/Heart Over Mind/Soft Rain. Track Listing Disc 2: San Antonio Rose/I`ve Just Destroyed The World (I`m Living In)/Pride/Walk Me To The Door/Night Life/Make The World Go Away/Burning Memories/Other Woman, The (In My Life)/Don`t You Ever Get Tired Of Hurting Me/Way To Survive/I`m Still Not Over You/I Let My Mind Wander/Danny Boy/She Wears My Ring/You Wouldn`t Know Love/For The Good Times/I Won`t Mention It Again/I`d Rather Be Sorry/You`re The Best Thing That Ever Happened To Me/Faded Love. (Sony)
