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(15 customer reviews) 21 of 21 people found the following review helpful
An elegant package,
January 16, 2001 N. Dorward "obsessive reviewer" (Toronto, ON Canada) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Look What Thoughts Will Do (Audio CD)
I've only recently been listening seriously to country music, so I actually came to this collection backwards, by hearing fine covers of Frizzell tunes (e.g. Iris DeMent's lovely take on "Mom and Dad's Waltz" on her _My Life_). It's one of Columbia's most impressive compilation efforts, & should be enough to turn the head of anyone previously unfamiliar with Frizzell's music. (Columbia has not always been so good about reissues and compilations; they have, for instance, often habitually substituted alternate takes for the originals, a practice that damages their _Essential Bob Wills_ collection & has also on occasion affected albums by Miles Davis, Bill Monroe, Mingus and Ellington. Mercifully they haven't messed around with the music here.) The focus here is mostly on Lefty's early 1950s sides, recorded before the familiar twin devils struck: too much fame too fast, followed by the inevitable bewildering loss of popularity as the decade came to an end and...Read more
11 of 11 people found the following review helpful
A decent collection from one of country music's legends!,
April 1, 2002 Bob Martinez (Brooksville, FL USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Look What Thoughts Will Do (Audio CD)
I don't understand the bad reviews on this CD. The sound is very good, and it represents every major hit Lefty ever had. This is honky tonk music at its best. My favorites: I Want To Be With You Always, Always Late, Mom and Dad's Waltz, and Cigarettes and Coffee Blues. His major period from 1950-55 is well represented with every hit and a scattering of good hits from 1955-65. The only omission I wish was on here is "My Baby's Just Like Money, which was the flip side to I Want To Be With You Always. 34 hits,nicely packaged with dates etc. and a wonderful documentation of one of the giants of the 20th Century. It's the only Lefty Frizell CD you' d need unless you're a fanatic.
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Worth it!,
October 19, 2006 James W. Durney (Tampa Bay area) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Look What Thoughts Will Do (Audio CD)
Lefty is one of the great honky tonkers and this set showcases his talents. If you like his music, this is the set to buy. All the major hits and most of his standards are presented in this two CD set. Sound quality is excellent throughout, crisp and clean. It is great fun to put this on, listen and remember those days when this music was not mainstream and did not try to be.
Long Black Viel was taken to the top by others but no one sings it like this. This is a must have set for your collection.
