Welcome to My World [Bear Family] (1996)

About this title: This massive collection by the German Bear Family label is the most intimidatingly thorough collection of Jim Reeves' work. Basically, it's virtually everything from his recording sessions, and there are two separate boxes of his radio transcriptions besides! But this one is unwieldy enough -- it's 16 CDs covering all of Reeves' recordings from his earliest in 1949 for the Macy label to his move to Abbott in 1952, including ten unissued alternate takes and rejected masters, a single side issued by Fabor, and then back to Abbott. These sides make up the first two discs of the collection and ... read more

Tracks:

1. My Heart's Like a Welcome Mat
2. Teardrops of Regret
3. Chicken Hearted
4. I've Never Been So Blue
5. What Were You Doing (Last Night) [Reeves]
6. Wagon Load of Love [Reeves]
7. I Could Cry [Reeves]
8. Mexican Joe [Torok]
9. Butterfly Love [Torok]
10. Let Me Love You Just a Little [Reeves]
11. El Rancho del Rio [King/Perryman]
12. It's Hard to Love Just One [Robinson/Willet]
13. Bimbo [Morris]
14. Gypsy Heart [Reeves/Torok]
15. Echo Bonita [Devine]
16. Then I'll Stop Loving You [Reeves]
17. Beatin' on the Ding Dong [Shelton]
18. My Rambling Heart [Amadeo/Grashey]
19. Padre of Old San Antone [Spencer]
20. Mother Went A-Walkin' [Bearden]
21. I Love You Because [Payne]
22. I'll Follow You [Johnson/Scott]
23. Penny Candy [Veale]
24. Where Does a Broken Heart Go? [Reeves]
25. The Wilder Your Heart Beats (The Sweeter Your Love) [False Start] [Meredith]
26. The Wilder Your Heart Beats (The Sweeter Your Love) [Meredith]
27. Drinking Tequila [Center]
28. Red Eyed and Rowdy [Perryman/Reeves]
29. Tahiti [Berking/Reeves]
30. Give Me One More Kiss [Center]
31. Are You the One [DeVal/Grashey]
32. How Many? [Barnes/Blair]
33. Hillbilly Waltz [Reeves]
34. Let Me Remember (Things I Can't Forget) [Reeves]
35. Spanish Violins [Reeves]
36. A Woman's Love [Reeves]
37. Whispering Willow [Reeves]
38. If You Love Me Don't Leave Me [Reeves]
39. Each Beat of My Heart [Reeves]
40. Heart Breaking Baby [Reeves]
41. Let Me Love You Just a Little [Alternate Take] [Reeves]
42. Then I'll Stop Loving You [Alternate Take] [Reeves]
43. Hillbilly Waltz [Alternate Take] [Reeves]
44. Mexican Joe [Alternate Take] [Torok]
45. The Marriage of Mexican Joe
46. You're the Sweetest Thing [Reeves]
47. I've Forgotten You
48. Sand in My Shoes [Reeves]
49. There's Someone Who Loves You
50. Heart Breaking Baby [Reeves]
51. Did You Darling [Reeves]
52. Standby
53. I'll Always Love You [Reeves]
54. Never Take No for an Answer [Cutrer/Reeves]
55. Please Leave My Darling Alone [Reeves]
56. You're Slipping Away from Me [Rose]
57. Spoken Intro
58. I'm Hurtin' Inside [Coben]
59. If You Were Mine [Coben]
60. That's a Sad Affair [Stewart]
61. Yonder Comes a Sucker [Reeves]
62. Jimbo Jenkins [Garrett/Reeves]
63. I've Lived a Lot in My Time [Reeves/Reynolds/Rho]
64. Ichabod Crane [Reeves]
65. My Lips Are Sealed [Blair/Peppers/Weism]
66. Your Old Love Letters [Bond]
67. Roly Poly [Rose]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.