3LP - Limited Edition 180g Black Vinyl Set housed in a Triple Gatefold Sleeve. Features the albums 'You Don’t Mess Around with Jim', 'Life and Times' and 'I Got A Name'.
BMG celebrates what would have been Jim Croce’s 80th birthday and marks 50 years since his untimely passing with The Definitive Croce, a collection of his unparalleled run of studio albums released in 1972 and 1973 — available as a limited 3LP (180 gram black vinyl) or 3CD set.
Disc 1 is the 1972 studio album You Don’t Mess Around with Jim. The album reached #1 and is certified Gold, and features the #1 single “Time In A Bottle,” plus the hits “You Don’t Mess Around With Jim” and “Operator (That’s Not The Way It Feels).”
Disc 2 is the 1973 studio album Life and Times. The album reached the Top 10 and is certified Gold, and features the Gold #1 single “Bad, Bad Leroy Brown,” plus the hit “One Less Set Of Footsteps."
Disc 3 is the final Jim Croce studio album I Got A Name, released in 1973. The album reached #2 and is certified Gold, and features the Top 10 Hits “I’ll Have To Say I Love You In A Song,” and “I Got A Name” plus the Top 40 Hit "Workin' At The Car Wash Blues."
Tracklist:
Disc 1 - You Don't Mess Around With Jim (1972)
Side A
1. You Don't Mess Around With Jim
2. Tomorrow's Gonna Be A Brighter Day
3. New York's Not My Home
4. Hard Time Losin' Man
5. Photographs And Memories
6. Walkin' Back To Georgia
Side B
1. Operator (That's Not The Way It Feels)
2. Time In A Bottle
3. Rapid Roy (The Stock Car Boy)
4. Box # 10
5. A Long Time Ago
6. Hey Tomorrow
Disc 2 - Life And Times (1972)
Side A
1. One Less Set Of Footsteps
2. Roller Derby Queen
3. Dreamin' Again
4. Careful Man
5. Alabama Rain
6. A Good Time Man Like Me Ain't Got No Business (Singin' The Blues)
Side B
1. Next Time, This Time
2. Bad, Bad Leroy Brown
3. These Dreams
4. Speedball Tucker
5. It Doesn't Have To Be That Way
Disc 3 - I Got A Name (1973)
Side A
1. I Got A Name
2. Lover's Cross
3. Five Short Minutes
4. Age
5. Workin' At The Car Wash Blues
Side B
1. I'll Have To Say I Love You In A Song
2. Salon And Saloon
3. Thursday
4. Top Hat Bar And Grille
5. Recently
6. The Hard Way Every Time