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| Jim Stafford - Greatest Hits | 
 enlarge | Artist: Jim Stafford
Label: Curb Records
Category: Music
List Price: $9.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  13 reviews
Sales Rank: 17873
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 77736
UPC: 715187773622
EAN: 0715187773622
ASIN: B000000DBE
Release Date: June 6, 1995
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| Tracks:
| • | Spiders and Snakes | | • | Wildwood Weed | | • | My Girl Bill | | • | Turn Loose of My Leg | | • | Cow Patti | | • | You Can Call Me Clyde | | • | Don't Forget the Hard Times - Jim Stafford, Strunk, Jud | | • | Don't Fool Around When There's a Fool Around - Jim Stafford, LaVoie, Roger | | • | One Step Ahead of the Law | | • | The Fight |
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| Customer Reviews: Read 8 more reviews...
 Jim Stafford Karaoke December 25, 2004
30 out of 35 found this review helpful
This CD says Original Recordings on the front but, while they may be original recordings based on whatever that means from a legal standpoint, these are not the original hits! I guess that by Original Recordings, they mean that he went back into the studio and recorded them new for this CD, rather than them re-releasing the original hits. A play on words designed to suck you in...And suck me in, it did.
His voice has lost all its range; the songs are slower and lack the character of the original hits. When I listened to My Girl Bill, instead of smiling or laughing as I did years ago listening to it, I couldn't wait for it to be over! Cow Patti was almost as bad, and I Don't Like Spiders and Snakes was so dry and boring to listen to that I skipped past it before the song ended.
It is a shame that his producers, or whomever it is that owns the original rights, chose to remake the songs rather than release the original hits. Perhaps the real originals just don't exist anymore. Too bad.
The bottom line is, if you want to listen to the Jim Stafford you enjoyed in the 70's, don't buy this CD. You'll be disappointed.
 Jim Stafford-King of Comedy June 14, 2000
12 out of 15 found this review helpful
Jim Stafford is one of the most brilliant comedians and musicians out there, and this CD displays that talent perfectly. It is so great to see a comedian that can keep his material clean, yet funny. Buy this cd and you won't be disappointed.
Great Music, good Laughs December 8, 2001
10 out of 11 found this review helpful
I listened to this when I was a little girl, then as a teenager, and an adult, I still have friends asking me about this music. Great entertainer, Wild Wood Weed is my personal favorite. Great Music,
the other novelty artist March 19, 2004
8 out of 8 found this review helpful
Jim Stafford, at times, has a voice similar to that of Hoyt Axton and Jerry Reed. Stafford, more than any of the other novelty/comedy acts, was more quirky than funny. the humor on this CD comes from his home-spun delivery and the only laugh-out-loud song for me is "You Can Call Me Clyde", with it's Roger Miller-type lyric "yeah, i'm standin' here naked with my clothes on and you can call me clyde"; while the others are quietly funny. his big hits, or the ones he's known for, are the first 3 and track 5. while Stafford never gets dead serious, there are three songs on here {7, 8, and 10} that would resemble serious/non-novelty performances. "Turn Loose of My Leg", track 4, is about a wild girl and the dignified and well-mannered guy who reminds her "i'm not that kind of man", which is hilarious because usually it's the WOMAN who uses a similar over-used line like that. "Wildwood Weed" was a Top-10 pop hit...the CD kicks off with my favorite, "Spiders and Snakes", sold a million copies for Stafford and it hit the pop Top-10 in '74. Stafford's commercial success was in 1974-1975 and then nothing charted for him until 1981 with "Cow Patti" {track 5} and then two more singles hit the country charts but by that time he didn't really need a singing career because he was well known on TV on several country music shows plus being a host on an animal program in 1980-1981...he later opened up his own theatre. This CD introduces everyone to Jim Stafford's comedy {with 3 serious songs thrown in} and you can judge for yourself if he's your kind of performer.
My thoughts May 30, 2002
7 out of 8 found this review helpful
I have searched everywhere for this CD and no one knew anything about this artist, I wish he had more music out there cause I would buy them all. I hope you enjoy him as much as my family has (past & present).
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