Puzzles (1995)

About this title: The single-disc, 29-track compilation Puzzles collects all of Ed Bruce's RCA recordings from the late '60s, including "Blue Denim Eyes," "By Route of New Orleans," "Walker's Woods," "Last Train to Clarksville," "Painted Girls and Wine," "Memphis Morning," "Why Can't I Come Home," "Ninety Seven More to Go," "Give Me More Than You Can Take," "Something Else to Mess Your Mind" and no less than three versions of the title track. While this material is not among Bruce's best-known, it is among his best. Though the duplicate versions of some tracks can be tedious -- "Puzzles" is presented in three ... read more

Tracks:

1. Puzzles (UWA4 3305) [Neese]
2. Blue Denim Eyes [Bruce]
3. By Route of New Orleans [Moore]
4. Shadows of Her Mind [Kristofferson]
5. Lonesome Is Me [Bruce]
6. Tiny Golden Lockett [Bruce]
7. If I Could Just Go Home [Bruce]
8. Walker's Woods [Arnold]
9. Give Me More Than You Take (TWA3-1427) [Bruce]
10. I'm Getting Better [Bruce]
11. Painted Girls and Wine [Ripley]
12. The Price I Pay to Stay [Bruce]
13. Something Else to Mess Your Mind [Bruce]
14. I Know Better [Bruce]
15. Memphis Morning [Wilson/Pike]
16. Blue Bayou [Melson/Orbison]
17. Why Can't I Come Home [Bruce]
18. Last Train to Clarksville [Boyce/Hart]
19. Her Sweet Love and the Baby [Bruce]
20. I'll Take You Away [Barton]
21. Ninety Seven More to Go [Bruce]
22. I'd Best Be Leaving You (UWA3-2530) [Kristofferson]
23. Puzzles (WWA4-1796) [Neese]
24. The Ballad of the Drummer Boy [Oakes]
25. Painted Girls and Wine [Overdub] [Ripley]
26. Blue Bayou [Overdub] [Melson/Orbison]
27. Give Me More Than You Take (WWA4 1862) [Bruce]
28. I'd Best Be Leaving You (UWA4 2226) [Kristofferson]
29. Puzzles (WWA4 1861) [Neese]

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