Disco de Conway Twitty: “Gold”

Stretching from 1968's "Next In Line" to 1986's tame "Desperado Love," Conway Twitty's string of #1 country hits is indeed impressive. Yet his amply annotated and illustrated Gold forgoes 10 (including "Somebody's Needin' Somebody," "The Games That Daddies Play" and a few duets with Loretta Lynn) that spent a single week at the top in order to expand the chronological set's reach, hold it to 40 songs and provide four 1958-60 MGM charters predating his country career.

A set titled Gold inevitably skips his long-unissued Sun sessions recorded under his original name, Harold Jenkins, and obscure Mercury sides done after he became Conway Twitty, somewhat based on Bye Bye Birdie's character Conrad Birdie. The emphasis is hits: partly narrated "Happy Birthday Darlin'," nostalgic "Play, Guitar, Play," a not-too-disco "Slow Hand," three duets with Lynn. So personal is his tone that any woman could imagine he's singing "I Would Love To Lay You Down" just to her in her home. His voice holds its own against "I May Never Get To Heaven"'s grandiose backup. An abdominal aneurysm felled Twitty in 1993, at a young 59, just two years after his final top-10 country hit, the package's finale "I Couldn't See You Leavin'."

Get the four-disc The Conway Twitty Collection (1994) for the most complete picture of his career if you can afford it.

I just ordered this on CD, I have it on cassette& vinyl. This has a hard to find song on it,"I WAS THE FIRST," & also the song,"ROSE". Not to be confused with, "THE ROSE" which He did great, as I feel He was the best. This is a hard to find CD, I was lucky to have it on a cassette, vinyl. I have just about everything He ever had released, not bragging, but I first heard Him sing when I was in the 5th grade, now I am 53, and I will love His singing until I can hear it no more. For Conway Twitty lovers, get this CD, it is a rare find,& the price at amazon.com was the cheapest I could find it,also their was only one other place where you can get it new,& you'll pay double even if you don't get the free shipping when you order it.I took His death hard, but isn't it wonderful, we can still listen to His fabulous voice? No one had the vocal range He had. If your a lover of His music, this is a must have for your collection, the two songs I mentioned, I have not found on any other CD.

This Conway Collection is one of the few out there with all original recordings. For some reason Conway (and others) had a habit of re-recording songs 3 or 4 times a decade only to be released on compilation albums. This one, however, contains 40 original recordings, with great sound. While I'm not a fan of his later stuff (the late-'70's onward), the first Cd of this 2-CD collection contains some of the finest country gold ever to hit the air. Such hits as "Linda On My MInd", "15 Years Ago", and "Next in Line" make this first Cd a favorite in my CD rotation. The 2d CD however, contains a lot of his later stuff that lacks the soul and sincerity that made Conway a Country legend. However, if you're a fan of the Pop Country sound, you'll enjoy this 2d CD as well. For the true Conway Twitty fan, this Cd should be on the top of your list.

This is an excellent cd set great for any that liked the sound of Conway. Recommend 100%.

This was one of my favorite collections, not just by Conway Twitty but by anyone. "15 Years Ago," "Hello Darlin," "Julia," "Desperado Love," and many others of his greatest hits are on this 2-disc collection. Any fan of Conway will love this, and it will make a fan of non-fans. It met and exceeded my expectations.