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Jim and Ingrid Croce

Though Jim Croce was just 30 when he died, he packed a world of experience into his short-lived music career. When he wrote songs he kept it basic. Jim said, “There’s something about approaching universal truths with the simplicity of the acoustic guitar. You can take it anywhere and it helps me reach listeners of all ages and walks of life.”

Jim Croce’s discography includes his work as a solo artist and as a duo with his wife Ingrid Croce and with his good friend, lead guitarist Maury Muheleisen.

Jim Croce struggled for years to break into the music industry before the release of his first major-label album, You Don't Mess Around with Jim, which resulted in three hit singles: "You Don't Mess Around With Jim," "Operator (That's Not the Way It Feels)," and "Time in a Bottle." The follow up, Life and Times, came out the following year, and it featured his first number one hit, "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown."

Croce was at the top of pop firmament as he toured behind Life and Times in 1973. He and his wife Ingrid had recently relocated to San Diego with their newborn son A.J., intending to slow down the pace of his suddenly fast-paced career, when he and frequent collaborator Maury Muehleisen were killed in a plane crash in Natchitoches, LA.

His label released a posthumous collection of unreleased songs, but it was the previously released hits, especially "Time In a Bottle," which proved to be his legacy.”

 - Shout Factory







  Facets
Croce Records 101 (1966)

Facets was originally recorded and released in 1966, with only 500 copies ever made. Recorded when he was just 22-years-old, Facets illustrates the singer/songwriter's earliest influences and hints at the talent that would later make him one of the most popular artists of his era. The new version of the album includes all the original songs, as well as bonus songs from "Jim & Ingrid Too," as a two disc set.



  Jim & Ingrid Croce
Capitol Records ST-315 (1969)

The original Jim and Ingrid Croce Capitol release CD from 1969.




  You Don't Mess Around With Jim
ABC Records ABCX-756 (May 1972)

Jim Croce’s first professional solo album released in 1972 includes his first title hit “You Don’t Mess Around with Jim”, plus  “Time in a Bottle” and “New York’s Not My Home”.




  Life And Times
ABC Records ABCX-769 (January 1973)

Jim Croce’s second release on ABC Dunhill in early 1973 was a great indicator of how his talent continued to grow and includes his all time best known hit, “Bad, Bad Leroy Brown”, along with “One less Set of Footsteps, “Speedball Tucker” and “These Dreams”




  I Got A Name
ABC Records ABCX-797 (December 1973)

Jim’s third and last album for ABC Dunhill released posthumously included “I’ve Got a Name”, “Roller Derby Queen, and “Workin’ at the Carwash Blues” as well as one of his favorite ballads, Operator (That’s not the way it Feels”).




  Photographs And Memories (His Greatest Hits)
ABC Records ABCD-835 (1984) or 1974 Saja Records

Jim's greatest songs, including all his hits. A value you don't want to miss!




  Down the Highway (1975)
Saja Records/Capitol Records

Jim wrote about the people he worked with and learned from “Down the Highway”. The most special track on the album is Jim’s one-take version of “Old Man River’ which he sang in the studio one day while the tape was rolling.




 

The Faces I've Been
Saja Records/Lifesong Records LS 900 (1975)

An amazing album no longer in print, this loving tribute to Jim Croce by his producers Tommy West and Terry Cashman is a heartfelt chronology of Jim’s music with the bonus of personal narrative by the producers and best of all, it includes some of Jim’s Raps.

”Anybody who ever saw Jim Croce perform was treated to his views on many subjects”, explains T.W. In addition to being a blue-collar singer-songwriter, Jim was an approachable star, and a down to earth storyteller.  This album illustrates many sides of Jim’s ability to entertain.

 

 




 

Time in a Bottle: Jim Croce's Greatest Love Songs (1975)
Saja Records/Capitol Records

The only thing Jim wrote better than a pop hit was a pop ballad and on this CD, Jim’s most popular love songs are now standards, still standing the test of time.




  The 50th Anniversary Collection (1992)
Saja Records

A "Favorite" CD with 48 of Jim Croce's most popular songs. It don’t get much better than this!



  The Final Tour (1993)

When Jim Croce played at Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, Louisiana, on September 20, 1973 a fan made a tape.  That night when Jim’s plane crashed with 6 onboard including Maury Muehleisen, Jim’s 23 year old lead guitarist and dear friend, we lost them all. This recording was made the night of his  “Final Tour”.




  VH1 Behind the Music: The Jim Croce Collection August 2001
Rhino Records, Viacom International, Inc., Saja Records

Jim Croce, and the artists featured in the VH1 Behind the Music series were selected from Billboard's Hot 100 Chart And for albums on Billboard's Top Pop Albums chart. These 18 Jim Croce hits span Jim Croce's music career. The VH1 special, with his wife Ingrid Croce and son A.J. tell the story.




  Americana (2003)
Shout Factory

Jim Croce’s Career was so short lived thathe made only three professional studio albums.  So this first release of new Croce material since 1973 is a “big dea!”  Recorded at Jim and Ingrid’s kitchen table on an old Wollensak recorder, these 15 tunes reveal the “rootsy” side of the singer-songwriter.  With songs by Merle Haggard, Lefty Frizzell, and Jimmie Rodgers this American Classic CD includes Jim singing “ I’m in the Jailhouse Now”, “ Mama Tried”, “Six Days on the Road”, “Cigarettes, Whiskey and wild, Wild Women”. The notes by Jim’s wife Ingrid and son A.J., add to the intimacy.

 




 

Definitive Jim CD (1996)(2004)
Emi/Capitol Music/Reader’s Digest

Reader’s Digest under the direction of John Alexander, put together this definitive package of 59 songs on 3 CD’s that demonstrates the brilliant musical legacy of an American Original.  In addition to the music, the personal interview with Ingrid Croce, Jim’s widow, gives insight into the music, how the songs were written and their Life and Times.




  Jim Croce Classic Hits (2004)
Rhino Records

20 Digitally Remastered Hits. The most complete career retrospective on one CD! Order your own copy today, while supplies last!



  Jim Croce: Have You Heard CD (2006)
Shout Factory

Classic Live Performances on CD for the First Time! In 2003, Ingrid and A.J. Croce along with Shout! Factory released the first and only DVD of Jim Croce’s legendary live television performances, pleasing fans and critics alike. Now, for the first time ever, the music from those live television performances is available on CD, and on an album also entitled Have You Heard Jim Croce Live. Featuring Croce and his collaborator, Maury Muehliesen, performing "Unplugged"-style, the album contains live versions of such classics as "You Don’t Mess Around With Jim," "Operator (That’s Not The Way It Feels)," "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown," and others, taken from such hit music shows as "Don Kirshner’s Rock Concert," "The Old Grey Whistle Test," "Rollin’ On The River," and others.


Additional Releases Foreign & Domestic: Authorized/Unauthorized

The Way We Used To Be: The Anthology

     Label: Sanctuary

     09/13/2004

Very Best of Jim Croce

     Label: Disky

     04/04/2004

Classic Hits

     Lable: Rhino Records

     07/27/2004

Original Gold

     Label: Disky

     08/05/2003

The Complete Collection

     Label: DJ Specialist

     03/04/2003

Bad, Bad Leroy Brown & Other Favorites

     Label: Collectables

     01/01/2003

I Got a Name

     Label: Rotation

     09/09/2002

His Greatest Hits

     Label: Import

     09/03/2002

Story of Tiime in a Bottle

     Label: B.R. Music

     07/10/2002

The Definitive Collection: Time in a Bottle

     Label: Essential Records - import

     05/16/2000

Jim Croce Collection

     Label: BMG International

     12/28/1999

Words and Music

     Label: DCC Compact

     09/14/1999

Simply the Best: Time in a Bottle - His Greatest Hits

     05/25/1999

Jim Croce Greatest Hits

     Label: Platinum Disc

     02/23/1999

Best of Jim Croce

     Label: Music Club International

     10/27/1998

Jim Croce Collection

     Label: Serv Rite (Fresh Pic)

     09/30/1998

The Very Best of Jim Croce

     Label: Import

     06/30/1998

His Greatest Recordings

     Label: DCC

     05/05/1998

Bad, Bad, Leroy Brown: The Definitive Collection

     Recall (UK)

     04/21/1998

Stories & Characters: Best of Jim Croce

     Label: BMG

     02/25/1998

Back to Back Hits

     Label: EMI- Capitol Special Markets

     10/01/1995

His Greatest Hits

     01/01/1995

The Singles

     Label: Import

     01/01/1995

Bad, Bad Leroy Brown & Other Favorites

     Label: EMI-Capitol Special Markets

     01/01/1994

I Got a Name

     Label: EMI-Capitol Special Markets

     01/01/1994

24 Karat Gold in a Bottle

     Label: DCC Compact Classics

     01/01/1994

Smash Hits

     03/22/1993

Super Hits

     03/22/1993

Jim Croce Collectors Edition

     08/01/1992

Jim Croce Collection

     Label: Castle Communications (Import)

     08/01/1992

Jim Croce Songbook

     01/01/1988

Jim Croce Greatest Hits

     01/01/1988

Legend of Jim Croce

     01/01/1988

Zijn Grootshe Successen

     01/01/1987

His Greatest Hits

     01/01/1977

Another Day, Another Town

     01/01/1977

Down the Highway

     Label: Atlantic

     01/01/1975

The Jim Croce Collection

     01/01/1971

Croce

     One Way Records

     01/01/1969

Jim Croce

     Label: Remind

    

 



 


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