For The Good Times - RAY PRICE***

For The Good Times/Gonna Burn Some Bridges/Crazy Arms/I'll Go To A Stranger/Black & White Lies/Grazin' In Greener Pastures/Help Me Make It Through The Night/Lonely World/You Can't Take It With You/A Cold Day In July/Heartaches By The Number

Ray Price was a respected country singer for nearly twenty years before the release of his biggest hit, the Grammy winning single For The Good Times, which peaked at No.11 in the States. (US:28)

"Ray Price had come a long way and burned many bridges to establish his orchestrated country style, and with his reading of the Kris Kristofferson composition For The Good Times he finally hit home big time. The song itself is unbelievably beautiful in its sadness, many have sung it later on, but only Ray Price can get the best out of it. I don't know one single recording that is as sad and as beautiful as this. So perfect, it's scary."

"Just sit back and let him make you feel warm. I don't know what it is, but his voice is full of wisdom and understanding and it cuts through any orchestration and/or bar room noise that might get in the way."

"For The Good Times may have been issued just when Ray Price was at the peak of his performing powers. It was a Columbia Records studio album, and by gosh, they used to know how to put a production into full tilt back in the days when Columbia Records and CBS ruled New York City. Ray was a country gentleman with some urban sophistication as this album demonstrates. There was a solid string section of studio musicians backing him, and there is even a piece which has a vibraphone playing behind him. This is a kind of country music with New York sophistication, if you can imagine such a thing. The result is a knock-out album."

"His treatment of these now classic country pieces sets the scene for what real country music should sound like. He is his own man and makes these songs his own. When you listen to Ray Price you don't hear someone trying to sound like someone else, you hear the genuine article. Now if some of the singers today would try to sound like Ray Price, that would be a good thing."

"A wonderful vocalist who started out as a straight country & western warbler who went on to become one of the great MOR pop singers. Not just a fine voice, he also knows how to sing a song. This is high quality, soft and easy listening, performed by an experienced artist who will continue to appeal to all ages."