This collection includes the following releases, which can be found individually on amazon.com:
The Best Of John Denver...includes re-recordings of Denver's major hits, produced in the mid-1990's. The songs have mostly minor differences with the original versions. To my ear, the arrangements are fine. The vocals do not have quite the range that John Denver had in his prime. The order of the songs on the disk is different than on the packaging.
Windsong...this is great recording released in 1975. One of my favorites.
Folk Singer...selection of tracks from Denver's vast catalog featuring some of his slower and more socially-aware songs. This would probably be the weakest of the three disks for most fans.
The package includes an 11-page booklet with a few photos and an overview of the artist's career.
Overall, this is a worthwhile collection if you don't own any of the disks above. I would not pay the list price ($22), but a slight-used price of $10-11 is a bargain.
This is a good collection, as long as you're not looking for the original hit versions of all of the songs. The first disc in the collection ("Best of John Denver") contains re-recorded versions of his biggest hits. Perhaps he didn't have the rights to the original recorded hit versions? I don't really know, but the newly recorded versions are very well done, just at a later point his career. His voice is still very strong, although a little deeper. The second album in the set is "Windsong" and it is the original 1975 album that features the hits "I'm Sorry", "Fly Away" and "Calypso". The third CD in the collection ("Folk Singer") features a good collection, mainly songs made famous by other artists, such as James Taylors' "Carolina In My Mind", "Mr. Bojangles", and John Prine's "Angels in Montgomery".
A good buy as long as you're not looking for the original hit versions.
Very happy with this CD. I chose this one because it had the fewest number of duplicate songs from my other CDs.
like this alot uase it car all the time love to here him when going to work and coming home from work and travling
