Story Songs for Country Folks/ Faron Young
07/02/2004
(3 out of 5 stars)
"Faron Young signed with Mercury Records in 1963 after ten years at Capitol. This import CD from Australia compiles tracks from three of his Mercury albums: "Story Songs for Country Folks" and "This is Faron Young" both from 1963, and "Unmitigated Gal" from 1966. His style then was typically mid-sixties country, and his performances are first rate. But the songs in this collection have not been digitally remastered. The liner notes even suggest that they may have been merely transfered from the vinyl. Furthermore, more than half of them are the monaural versions. The CD label makes no reference to copyrights, licensing, or Polygram, which has the rights to the Mercury masters. This leads me to think that the CD release might even be unauthorized, as well. Having the LPs already, I probably would not have purchased this CD if I had known all of this beforehand."