For the Good Times/I Won't Mention It Again

by Ray Price

Overview

This Columbia reissue brings together two of Ray Price's country-pop albums from the early '70s. The 22 string-laden tracks on For the Good Times/I Won't Mention It Again make up a hit-and-miss program of ballads and country covers. The best and most popular track of the collection is Kris Kristofferson's "For the Good Times," which Price renders in a grand-ballad fashion reminiscent of George Jones' "Grand Tour." Price also shines on the two other Kristofferson ballads: "Help Me Make It Through the Night" and "Morning Coming Down." Unfortunately, these numbers account for the only high points on this reissue. Most of the other selections are marred by bland, limp arrangements and perfunctory Price vocals, especially old hits like "Crazy Arms" and "Heartaches by the Number." If you'd like some of Price's good countrypolitan material, then pick up the fine 1967 release She Wears My Ring or one of his later greatest-hits albums on Columbia. ~ Stephen Cook

Product Details

Release Date:	09/11/2012
Label:	Beat Goes On
UPC:	5017261210630

Tracks

1. For the Good Times
2. Gonna Burn Some Bridges
3. Crazy Arms
4. I'll Go To a Stranger
5. Black and White Lies
6. Grazin' In Greener Pastures
7. Help Me Make It Through the Night
8. Lonely World
9. You Can't Take It With You
10. A Cold Day In July
11. Heartaches By the Number
12. I Won't Mention It Again
13. Kiss the World Goodbye
14. Sunday Morning Comin' Down
15. The Burden of Freedom
16. Forgive Me Heart
17. I'd Rather Be Sorry
18. Loving Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again)
19. Bridge Over Troubled Water
20. When I Loved Her
21. Sweet Memories
22. Jesse Younger

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Ray Price   Primary Artist
Cam Mullins   Conductor

Technical Credits

Paul Simon   Composer
John Tobler   Liner Notes
Chuck Seals   Composer
Fred Foster   Composer
Elbert West   Composer
Charlie Bragg   Engineer
Don Law   Producer
Ralph Mooney   Composer
Richard Leigh   Composer
Mel Tillis   Composer
Ray Pennington   Composer
Mickey Newbury   Composer
Dave Kirby   Composer
Hal Bynum   Composer
Harlan Howard   Composer
Kris Kristofferson   Composer
Ray Griff   Composer
Cam Mullins   Arranger,Composer,Liner Notes
John Fowler   Composer
Carolyn Jean Yates   Composer
Jim Kandy   Composer
Andrew Thompson   Remastering
Marion Fredi Towbin   Liner Notes