Greatest Hits

good tunes!

Arrived quickly and in great condition, super happy with this CD and having fun with all of the songs!

Along with volumes two and, this trilogy includes the best of John Denver's hits. He put the Colorado Rockies on the map and is a necessary part of a seventy's music collector. The seventies were my salad days, and after the protest music of the sixties, Denver's music was a refreshing change. His soft ballads and love songs speak to the heart and to the land he loved. His music is iconic. His early death was tragic and a great loss to the music world. I began listening to his music, much of which he wrote himself, at the outset of his career and followed him until he seemed to lose the magic. Dreamland Express was the point when his music reflected a change in his career, as reflected in the depressingly dark themes he explores. Perhaps had he lived, he might have found his footing and produced some more of that early magic. I recommend these three albums, greatest hits volumes one, two, and three, not any of the other mixes. These have everything of importance and are the original recordings. The others have ancillary and less important works that do not speak to his best work.

Essentially I'm comparing this new remastered version of this wonderful album with 2 previous cd releases. First off, this version is miles ahead of the original US release. I always did think the original was poorly mastered, or used a poor master tape, or both. Anyway, tape hiss abounds on the original and the music is rather tinny sounding, but in the remastered version hiss is almost inaudible and the tinny sound is gone, replaced with a much fuller, richer sound. There was a second cd release, however, only in Japan. They remastered it using 20 bit mapping and it, too, is miles ahead of the first US release. I'll still give the edge to this new remastered version, although if you already have the Japanese reissue I don't think you'll find the new US remaster that much of an improvement to warrant purchasing. The 3 bonus tracks on this US remaster aren't anything to write home about since they're readily available on other releases. They're fine songs, particularly "I Guess He'd Rather Be in Colorado," but since John re-recorded some of the songs for this compilation I would have thought adding the original album versions of those songs, or at least some of them, would have been a more interesting move, since the new arrangements are significantly different, but they didn't consult me. Or why not add some previously unreleased material as bonus tracks?This album still holds a place on RCA's top selling albums of all time list, and deservedly so. I prefer the new arrangements to the old for the most part, and it's a wonderful compilation of some of the best songs from his first six albums. If you're buying this album for the first time, get this remastered version. You won't regret it.

The writeup said that the disc was remastered. The sound is really good and they are great songs.I am keeping it, but wanted to advise that the product was shipped in a bubble-wrap envelope and the case was cracked.

Great album

This was John Denver’s best all time selling early album or CD. Best music ever . I’m playing this all the time!

Beautiful