1. Ballad of Forty Dollars
2. Homecoming
3. A Week in a County Jail
4. Shoeshine Man
5. Salute to a Switchblade
6. The Year That Clayton Delaney Died
7. Me and Jesus
8. Old Dogs, Children and Watermelon Wine
9. Ravishing Ruby
10. I Love
11. That Song Is Driving Me Crazy
12. Country Is
13. I Care
14. Deal
15. I Like Beer
16. Faster Horses (The Cowboy and the Poet)
17. Fox on the Run - Tom T. Hall, Hazzard, Tony
18. Your Man Loves You, Honey
19. What Have You Got to Lose
20. The Old Side of Town
21. Jesus on the Radio (Daddy on the Phone)
22. You Show Me Your Heart (And I'll Show You Mine)
23. Harper Valley P.T.A.
24. P.S. I Love You - Tom T. Hall, Jenkins, Gordon
The Definitive Collection
- Audio CD: 0 pages (2006-06-06)
- Publisher: Hip-O Records
- Label: Hip-O Records
- Format: Original recording remastered
- Studio: Hip-O Records
- Average Customer Review:
 based on 6 reviews
- Sales Rank in Music: #4650
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Summary: Real instruments 2008-10-24
Comment: When you listen to this CD every song has a different beat; played with a verity of instruments. Real instruments, not synthizised, but real. Recording quality is great.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
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Summary: more greats from a one of a kind man 2007-07-04
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This is another great CD of hits by Tom T. Hall. Two days ago, I got to hear him on XM radio, interviewed by Bill Anderson, and a couple of songs from this album were mentioned. He mentioned not being allowed to sing "I Love," on network TV, because one of the things he loves is, grass. The Tv censor took "Grass," to mean pot. Any fan of Tom T. Hall knows that would be the furthest thing from his mind when he mentioned grass. He was of the generation which, if he wanted to alter his mind, would do it with beer. see "I like Beer." "Deal," "Fox on the Run," and "Old Side of Town," were totally new to me when I got this, and I love them all. "Old Side of Town," sounds like a George Jones song. "Homecoming," was first offered to Bill Anderson himself, who passed on it, letting Tom T. take it into orbit. just some of the good stuff on this excellent CD.
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Summary: Great sampling of a great talent! 2007-06-09
Comment: This CD truly demonstrates the ultimate talent of Tom T. Hall! A little known fun song is on it "That Song is Driving Me Crazy" that for me sealed the deal on buying this CD. All the music is pure Tom T. Hall and will hook you on him forever. I grew up in the south, and have fond memories of a number of the songs on this CD.
1 of 2 people found the following review helpful:
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Summary: For Tom T. Hall Fans 2007-02-06
Comment: This is classic Tom T. Hall. Highly recommended. Tom T. is a master story teller in song.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
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Summary: Country music storyteller 2006-11-16
Comment: Please note that this is a re-issue of an earlier compliation (Ultimate collection) with a different title and packaging but an identical track listing.
Tom wrote and recorded songs that told stories - little vignettes of everyday life. Other country singers did this too, but only as a part of what they did. For Tom, story songs were what mattered. You want typical love songs? Look elsewhere. Yes, Tom sometimes sang about love but, like everything else, he told it in a story.
This collection includes all his country top ten hits plus his own recording of Harper Valley PTA, a song that he wrote but which became a huge international hit for Jeannie C Riley. Her version, which sold over four million copies, topped the American charts but didn't quite make the top ten in the UK.
Among Tom's classics here are Old dogs children and watermelon wine (my favorite), Faster horses, I like beer, Ballad of forty dollars, I love, Country is, That song is driving me crazy and The year that Clayton Delaney died.
Conspicuous by their absence are Sneaky snake and One hundred children. They may not have reached the country top ten but they are among his best songs and certainly better known than some of the songs that are included here. Still, I've yet to see a compilation that includes all Tom's classic songs. Other compilations that include those two miss out other classics - and that includes the double CD boxed set, which (as I said in my review of it) could so easily have been a triple CD with no drop in quality. Dedicated fans can at least get all the classics by buying different compilations, though that means a lot of duplication. If you are such a fan, you may be better to start with the box, then add Greatest hits 2 and one of the RCA compilations, then see what else you want.
If you only want one CD of Tom's music, this is the one to buy despite the absence of two classics. If you enjoy it as much as I do, you can always buy more of his music another time.
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