If you had to sweat all of 's early albums on (and some, but not all, of his subsequent greatest-hits packages), this would be the one to own. The song lineup is exemplary, cobbling together classics like and With the addition of the -flavored the steel guitar workout this serves as almost a mini-greatest-hits package in and of itself. While this may be merely a collection of singles and album ballast (as were most LPs of the 1950s and early '60s), it ends up being the most perfectly realized of 's career. ~ Cub Koda