Pre-Owned Only Country 1965-1969 (CD 0051091315429) by Various Artists

0051091315429. Pre-Owned: Good condition. CD. It's Only Country 1965-1969 follows the pattern of JCI's It's Only series, offering a seemingly random collection of 20 hits from a given genre for a period of five years. These songs weren't necessarily the biggest hits of these five years, although there are a number of classics and smashes here. It may be hard to deduce exactly why these songs were chosen, but the end results are nevertheless quite entertaining. All of the songs are featured in their original hit versions, not remakes, which isn't always the case with midline country collections. Furthermore, there a few cuts that aren't easy to find on other collections or even greatest-hits albums, which means it's interesting to collectors as well as casual fans. Most importantly, each volume captures the feeling of the era, even if it's missing several big hits, and that's what makes the series a nice introductory overview for curious listeners. Among the highlights on It's Only Country 1965-1969 are David Houston's "Almost Persuaded," Loretta Lynn's "Blue Kentucky Girl," Merle Haggard's "Okie from Muskogee," Roy Clark's "Yesterday When I Was Young," the Statler Brothers' "Flowers on the Wall," Tom T. Hall's "Week in a Country Jail," Buck Owens' "I've Got a Tiger By the Tail," Johnny Cash's "Daddy Sang Bass," Jerry Lee Lewis' "What Made Milwaukee Famous (Has Made a Loser Out of Me)," Conway Twitty's "Next in Line," Glen Campbell's "Galveston" and Henson Cargill's sublime "Skip a Rope." ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, Rovi