Jim Croce - 50th Anniversary Collection (1992) | RAR 786 Mb EAC rip | Flac(tracks) - Cue - Logs | Full scans + Covers + Booklet | Rar 5% recovery | 2 CD | 786 MB Genre: Soft rock James Croce was born in Philadelphia, PA, on January 10, 1943. Raised onragtime and country, Croce played the accordion as a child and would eventually teach himself the guitar. It wasn't until his freshman year of college that he began to take music seriously, forming several bands over the next few years. After graduation, he continued to play various gigs at local bars and parties, working as both a teacher and construction worker to support himself and his wife, Ingrid. In 1969, the Croces and an old friend from college, Tommy West, moved to New York and record an album. When the Jim and Ingrid record failed to sell, they moved to a farm in Lyndell, PA, where Jim juggled several jobs, including singing for radio commercials. Eventually he was noticed and signed by the ABC/Dunhill label and released his second album, You Don't Mess Around with Jim, in 1972. The record spawned three hits: "You Don't Mess Around With Jim," "Operator (That's Not the Way It Feels)," and "Time in a Bottle." The latter would become Croce's breakthrough hit, shooting all the way to number one on the Billboard charts. Croce quickly followed with Life and Times in early 1973 and gained his first number one hit with "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown." After four years of grueling tour schedules, Croce grew homesick. Wishing to spend more time with Ingrid and his infant son Adrian James, he planned to take a break after the Life and Times tour was completed. Unfortunately, the tour would never finish; just two months after "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown" topped the charts, Croce's plane crashed in Natchitoches, LA. Croce and the four other passengers (including band member Maury Muehleisen) were killed instantly. Ironically, Jim Croce's career peaked after his death. In December of 1973, the album I Got a Name surfaced, but it was "Time in a Bottle," from 1972's You Don't Mess Around with Jim which would become his second number one single. Shortly afterwards, "I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song" reached the Top Ten. Several albums were released posthumously, most notably the greatest hits collection, Photographs and Memories, which became a best-seller. Several other compilations have since been issued, such as the 1992 release The 50th Anniversary Collection and the 2000 compilation Time in a Bottle: The Definitive Collection. Listening to the songs Croce recorded, one cannot help but wonder how far his extraordinary talents could have taken him if he would have perhaps lived a few years longer. Unfortunately, such a question may only be looked at rhetorically, but Jim Croce continues to live on in the impressive catalog of songs he left behind. ~ Barry Weber Tracklisting: Disc 1: 1.Spin,Spin,Spin 2.Vespers 3.Big Wheel 4.Cigarettes,Whiskey & Wild,Wild Women 5.(And) I Remember Her 6.Cotton Mouth River 7.More Than That Tomorrow 8.The Migrant Worker 9.Child Of Midnight 10.Stone Walls 11.King's Song 12.Mississippi Lady 13.Which Way Are You Goin' 14.Rapid Roy (The Stock Car Boy) 15.You Don't Mess Around With Jim 16.Tomorrow's Going To Be A Brighter Day 17.New York's Not My Home 18.Hard Time Losin' Man 19.Photographs And Memories 20.Walkin' Back To Georgia 21.Operator (That's Not The Way It Feels) 22.Time In A Bottle 23.Box #10 24.A Long Time Ago Disc 2: 1.Hey Tomorrow 2.Chain Gang Medley 3.Ol' Man River 4.Careful Man 5.These Dreams 6.It Doesn't Have To Be That Way 7.Dreamin' Again 8.Alabama Rain 9.A Good Time Man Like Me Ain't Got No Business 10.Next Time,This Time 11.Bad,Bad Leroy Brown 12.One Less Set Of Footsteps 13.Roller Derby Queen 14.Speedball Tucker 15.I'll Have To Say I Love You In A song 16.I Got A Name 17.Recently 18.Five Short Minutes 19.Thursday 20.The Hard Way Every Time 21.Age 22.Workin' At The Car Wash Blues 23.Lover's Cross 24.Salon And Saloon 25.Top Hat Bar And Grill 26.Narrative By Jim Croce
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