The Definitive Tom Jones 1964-2002 [Box Set] by Tom Jones - LIKE NEW CONDITION

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Tom Jones

Definitive 1964-2002

4 CD Box Set

Includes the 93 All Time

Greatest Hits

Without question, this is the  most complete
compilation of Tom Jones' singing career

Very Rare and Hard to Find

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Track Listing

1. Little Lonely One
   2. Chills & Fever
   3. It's Not Unusual
   4. Spanish Harlem
   5. Some Other Guy
   6. Once Upon a Time
   7. With These Hands
   8. What's New Pussycat
   9. Thunderball
   10. Bama Lama Bama Loo
   11. To Make a Big Man Cry
   12. Little You
   13. Stop Breaking My Heart
   14. Once There Was a Time
   15. Not Responsible
   16. Begin the Beguine
   17. Taste of Honey
   18. If Ever I Would Leave You
   19. Green, Green Grass of Home
   20. Detroit
   21. Funny Familiar Forgotten Feelings
   22. Sixteen Tons
   23. He'll Have to Go
   24. (It Looks Like) I'll Never Fall in Love Again
   25. I'm Coming Home
   26. That Lucky Old Sun
   27. Land of 1000 Dances
   28. I Wake up Crying
   29. It's a Man's Man's Man's World
   30. You Keep Me Hangin' On
   31. Delilah
   32. Weeping Annaleah
   33. Just Out of Reach
   34. Help Yourself
   35. Minute of Your Time
   36. My Girl Maria
   37. Looking Out of My Window
   38. Can't Stop Loving You
   39. Love Me Tonight
   40. Fly Me to the Moon (In Other Words)
   41. Wichita Lineman
   42. Dock of the Bay
   43. Hey Jude
   44. That Wonderful Sound
   45. Without Love
   46. Daughter of Darkness
   47. I Can't Turn You Loose
   48. Let There Be Love
   49. I (Who Have Nothing)
   50. Lodi
   51. Try a Little Tenderness
   52. To Love Somebody
   53. She's a Lady
   54. Puppet Man
   55. Do What You Gotta Do
   56. In Dreams
   57. You're My World (Il Mio Mondo)
   58. Till
   59. Young New Mexican Puppeteer
   60. Witch Queen of New Orleans
   61. Tired of Being Alone
   62. If
   63. Letter to Lucille
   64. Ain't No Sunshine When She's Gone
   65. (If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right
   66. Today Is Starting Loving You Again
   67. Lean on Me
   68. Pledging My Love
   69. Right Place Wrong Time
   70. Rainin' in My Heart
   71. I Got Your Number
   72. Memories Don't Leave Like People Do
   73. Lusty Lady
   74. Darlin
   75. No Guarantee
   76. Boy From Nowhere
   77. Kiss
   78. Move Closer
   79. Carrying a Torch
   80. Gimme Shelter (New Model Army Ft Tom Jones)
   81. If I Only Knew
   82. Something For Your Head
   83. Girl Like You
   84. (Make Me Smile) Come up & See Me/You Can Leave Your Hat On/Lands of 1000 Dances
   85. Burning Down the House (Ft the Cardigans)
   86. Mama Told Me Not to Come (Ft the Stereophonics)
   87. Sexbomb (Ft Mousse T)
   88. Sometimes We Cry (Ft Van Morrison)
   89. Motherless Child (Ft Portishead)
   90. Black Beauty
   91. Letter (Ft Allure)
   92. Tom Jones International
   93. Younger Days

Album Notes

A complete four CD career retrospective anthology of the Welsh singing sensation's long career covering the years 1964-2002 with a whopping 93 tracks. Includes a 64 page booklet, extensive sleeve notes, rare and classic photos, memorabillia and discography., This four-disc retrospective anthology spans nearly 40 years in the career of Welsh singer Toots Thielemans. Over 90 tracks from the years 1964 to 2002 are accompanied by a 64-page booklet containing sleeve notes, photos, and discography.The Definitive Tom Jones 1964-2002 pretty much fulfills the criteria most fans expect a multi-disc, career-spanning box set to satisfy. The four-CD, 93-track collection includes most of his chart hits -- and all of the big ones, though some minor entries get skipped over -- as well as a load of less familiar album tracks. Diehards might particularly rue the absence of the 1977 Top 20 single "Say You'll Stay Until Tomorrow," his cover of "Resurrection Shuffle" (which charted as a B-side in the U.S. in 1971), and his early single "This and That." Also, the sheer weight of material means that it's not nearly as concentrated in its power as a more concise greatest-hits collection. It becomes less and less interesting as it ventures beyond the early '70s, particularly on the last CD, taken up by a good number of clubby productions and celebrity duets from the 1990s and early 2000s. Still, Jones' remarkable voice remains at peak efficiency even on the fourth disc, something you can say of few other pop singers when they pass the half-century mark. And the collection does document his versatility in a number of genres -- rock & roll, soul, MOR pop, and country music -- as well as his willingness to tackle material from a wide assortment of major popular composers, from Paul Anka, Jimmy Webb, James Brown, and Burt Bacharach to Merle Travis, Mickey Newbury, John Barry, and his early manager, Gordon Mills. Wisely, it also heavily emphasizes his earliest and best work, tracks from his first decade as a recording artist taking up most of the first three discs. Those previously only well-versed in his hits will be pleased to find some unsung quality efforts here, like the punchy pop-soul of "Some Other Guy," the ballads "To Make a Big Man Cry" and "I Wake Up Crying," a snazzy rendition of "Begin the Beguine," the brooding funk of "Looking Out of My Window," and his cover of Solomon Burke's "Just Out of Reach (Of My Two Empty Arms)." Frankly, however, the material and production aren't always good or suited for his voice, doing much to expose the limitations of his blustery approach as well as to complement its strength. As for rarities, there aren't many, though it does include the Joe Meek-produced "Little Lonely One" (recorded before Jones signed with Decca, and belatedly released after Jones became a star) and his 1964 flop debut single, "Chills & Fever," his best pure rock & roll track. The lengthy historical essay by Peter Doggett in the bound-in booklet is good, but the track listings are more skeletal than they should be on a package of this magnitude, with no original release information beyond the years the songs were first issued.
 

Customer Reviews

Keeping Up With The Jones, August 19, 2008

This review is from: Definitive 1964 - 2002 (Audio CD)

Like all great and popular performers, Tom Jones has his adamant fans, and equally adamant critics. The legendary Welshman who burst onto the musical radar screen during a second wave of the British Invasion in 1965 has long since gained a reputation for being a ladies man that has gone as far as some of them throwing their panties onstage during his Las Vegas shows (a practice that he has always been, at best, uneasy with); and his performances are arguably so over-the-top that they defy description.

But as THE DEFINITIVE TOM JONES 1964-2002 shows us, there's more to Mr. Jones than just all of that--much, much more. Once one digs into this 4-CD collection, one finds that Jones was and still is one of the great male vocalists of the age with a huge voice on par with the man he is basically the Welsh equivalent of, Elvis. Much gets made of the kitsch value of "It's Not Unusual" and "What's New Pussycat?", his first two big hits in America (both Top Tens), not to mention his biggest US smash, 1971's "She's A Lady" (a #2 hit). But the man's longevity can clearly be traced to many other hits he's had as well, many of them covers of classic American R&B and country favorites. His approach to such Music City smashes as "Green, Green Grass Of Home", "Detroit City", or the Jim Reeves classic "He'll Have To Go", all of which are from 1967, are a kind of cross between R&B and countrypolitan styles, redolent with Floyd Cramer-type piano work, and they fit Jones to a tee, despite him not being American. Jones also cross-pollinated those styles onto a song closer to his UK roots, the Jim Currie/Lonnie Donegan composition "I'll Never Fall In Love Again", which originally only got to #49 here in America in the fall of 1967, but which, upon re-release, got up to #6 in September 1969, aided by the success of his TV variety show "This Is Tom Jones." It is a performance of such extreme emotion that it's almost painful.

For my money, the best of Jones' performances is his take on the R&B/gospel chestnut "Without Love (There Is Nothing)." Here's a song of incredible durability that had already seen tremendous cover versions by legends like Clyde McPhatter, Ray Charles, Little Richard, and (ironically) Elvis himself; and Jones put his own powerful stamp on it in late 1969. The song incredibly hit #1 on the US adult contemporary chart, and #5 on the Billboard Hot 100, at the end of January 1970, becoming one of Jones' unquestionable displays of how astute a vocal powerhouse he was. And to follow up that big hit, there was "Daughter Of Darkness"; "I (Who Have Nothing)" (the 1963 Ben E. King hit that was written by Jerry Leiber and Mike Stoller); and "Can't Stop Loving You"--all three equally viable and memorable hits from that same year of 1970.

As several reviewers have already remarked, the collection does miss the man's 1977 Top 15 countrypolitan hit "Say You'll Stay Until Tomorrow." It also misses a pair of other songs Jones did that I think are of significant validity as well: "If I Ruled The World", the Leslie Bricusse/Cyril Ordanel composition from the musical "Pickwick" that Jones did for his 1970 album TOM; and "If I Ever Had To Say Goodbye To You" from 1982, which is one of his most moving performances.

Still, the absence of those three doesn't change the five-star rating, because there's too much else on this collection to ignore. Once you get past the camp, kitsch labelling that critics have attached to him, there really isn't anything else left but to conclude that Tom Jones remains a very serious vocal powerhouse, one that may never ever be seen again.

Tom 'the voice' Jones, May 1, 2004

This review is from: Definitive 1964 - 2002 (Audio CD)

A truly great collection. The presentation standards are good, with a decent printed cover, and full colour booklet with some great photos of a young tom jones. The booklet acts as a kind of mini biography, charting his career from start to finish, with some nice quotes from Tom himself. Particularly interesting is the way Tom talks about his friendship with Elvis, and how when the first met, elvis asked him 'how the hell do you sing like that?'

The music on the 4 cds is all top class. Although mostly cover versions, Tom really does add his own touch to them, and makes them his own. The remastering is perfect, with the exception of track 1 on disc 1, which sounds a little grainy, but as the 4 cds are all in chronological order, this is oldest, so some quality loss is understandable.

To sum up, Tom Jones isnt an artist. He is however, one of the great entertainers, and this box set showcases his career very nicely, and justifies the hefty price tag.

 Best Complilation Yet For Legendary Performer, August 1, 2006

This review is from: Definitive 1964 - 2002 (Audio CD)

Tom Jones compilation discs are too numerous to mention. Most of them deal with specific genres or types of songs the grammy winning pop star recorded, be it country songs, romantic ballads, live concert sets, and a multitude of collecions highlighting his Top40 hits in the US and UK. This collection, a 3 CD box set complete with extensive liner notes, rare photos, and an interview with the singer, is by far the most comprehensive treatment his four decades long career has recieved.

The songs are largely in chronolgical order of orignal release, starting with the very first single Jones ever recorded, nearly a year before his trademark "It's Not Unusual" put him on the map in both England and the states. The first two discs focus mainly on Jones recordings from his "prime period", 1965-1971 when he enjoyed the bulk of his commercial success. Plenty of album cuts (mix of original songs and remakes) and occassional live cuts surround a collection of nearly every notable hit single the singer had in his heyday. US million sellers such as "She's A Lady", "I'll Never Fall In Love Again", and "Without Love (There Is Nothing)", along with other notable hits such as "Green, Green Grass Of Home", "Delilah", "Help Yourself", etc are all included. There's a handful of lesser known songs from the mid 70's when Jones career was slowing down that are not often available on CD. The third CD picks up with Jones re-emergence in 1987 and follows him through his more recent work, which while not as well known in the US as his 60's output, has garnered high critical acclaim. If nothing else, the third disc shows Jones versatility is alive and well and his voice has held up extremely well also.

The only thing missing is Jones Nashville years, when he focused on country oriented material in the late 70's through mid 80's. Jones scored multiple Top 20 hits on the US Country Charts during that time, highlighted by 1977's "Say You'll Stay Until Tomorrow" which topped the country chart and hit #15 on Billboard's Hot 100. No explanation is given as to why this significant period of recordings is ignored, unusual given that Jones affection for country oriented material dates back to the early days of his career, especially with 60's singles like "Detroit City" and album cuts he recorded such as Willie Nelson's "Funny How Tme Slips Away", both of which are featured here.

One thing about Tom Jones, he has tried his unmistakably identifiable voice on almost every genre of music, hard rock, heavy metal, pre rock era standards, Broadway show tunes, adult contemporary pop, country, and this collection, despite a few noteworthy ommisions, captures the best of all of them. For the price, this is a very good overview of the singer's career and shows that there is much more to Tom Jones than his Vegas showman persona would seem to indicate.

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