Best of Jim Stafford

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Customer reviews

review by: date: 2008-11-27 rating:
Jim Stafford
Best of Jim Stafford
Good songs! Includes "Spiders And Snakes" and "Swamp Witch".

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review by: date: 2007-09-04 rating:
What A Deplorable Practice!
To put out a "best of" compilation which does not deliver the goods is a deplorable practice all too often evident in today's market, the chief proponents of which are Collectables and Curb. You can now add this distributor. I don't blame the reviewer who feels "gyped." So do I, although I wouldn't go quite so far as to award just one star.

The thing is, it starts off pretty good as the first four tracks represent the A- and B-sides of his first two hits. In June 1973 Swamp Witch made the Top 40, settling in at # 31 Adult Contemporary (AC)/# 39 Billboard Pop Hot 100 b/w Nifty Fifty Blues, while in December, Spiders And Snakes peaked at # 3 Hot 100/# 28 AC/# 66 Country b/w Undecided.

But then it completely skips over My Girl Bill, which hit # 9 AC/# 12 Hot 100/# 64 Country in June 1974 b/w L.A. Mama), and at track 5 instead offers us The Last Chant, which was the uncharted flip of Wildwood Weed [# 7 Hot 100/# 29 AC/# 57 Country in August 1974, and which is NOT included.

Both sides of his next hit are, however, at tracks 6 and 7: Your Bulldog Drinks Champagne (# 24 Hot 100 in January 1975) b/w A Real Good Time. Alas, tracks 8 and 9 were neither hits nor B-sides of hits for Jim. So why are they here in a limited album called "The Best Of Jim Stafford?"

Three of his other seven MGM hit singles are in the Greatest Hits CD advertised by Amazon: My Girl Bill, Wildwood Weed, and Turn Loose My Leg [which hit # 98 in February 1977].

Not to be found anywhere are: I Got Stoned And I Missed It [# 37 Hot 100 in September 1975]; Jasper [# 69 Hot 100 in April 1976]; Cow Patti [# 65 Country in January 1981 on the Viva/Warner label]; What Mama Don't Know [# 61 Country in December 1982 for the Town House label], and Little Bits And Pieces [# 67 Country in March 1984 for Columbia].

It's time Ace of London or Rhino took a hand and gave us a proper anthology of his hits. In the meantime, for the price asked, this is at least a 2-star CD.

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review by: Low Tech 51 date: 2007-05-07 rating:
Better the 2nd time around
Jim Stafford improves with time. I heard all of these songs when they first came out and enjoyed them every one. This time I appreciate them like a fine wine. The more subtle nuances in the music are discernable since I already know the words. J.S. has written some great tunes.

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review by: gjh date: 2007-01-15 rating:
something changed since 25 years ago
Back in the 70's, I bought this album and loved it. Still love all the songs. There is one missing, a song that went like this...."LA MAMA GET IN MY PAJAMA AND CHASE MY BLUES AWAY" ..Although it was a Jim Stafford funny tune, this song jammed hard with a big electric guitar solo. Sounded kind of like Dickie Betts. Anyway, I'm back to buying music, 5 kids later, guess I'm gonna by this CD/record again, but sure would like that one jammin hit. Anyone with a clue??? Thanks gjh Landenberg PA Still think Jim Stafford is great...gjh


review by: baseball lover date: 2006-07-09 rating:
Best of Jim Stafford
Love the cd, If you love Roger Miller you will love Jim!

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