| The Complete Decca Studio Album Collection |
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| 📅 Released | December 18, 2020 (2020-12-18) |
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| 🎙️ Recorded | 1964-1975 |
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| Studio | Decca |
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| ⏳ Length | 11:35:16 (standard) 12:02:00 (deluxe) |
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| 🏷️ Label | Decca |
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| 🤑 Producer | Peter Sullivan |
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The Complete Decca Studio Albums Collection is a box set of studio albums by Welsh singer Tom Jones released during the period of 1965-1975. Within this compilation there are a selection of rarities, singles, B-sides and other non-album tracks. The Box Set was originally scheduled to be released on 20 November 2020, but was later moved to 18 December the same year.
Contents
The Complete Decca Studio Albums Collection includes 17 CD's that brings together Tom Jones Studio albums from a ten year period along with a section of rarities.[1][2] Included within the Box Set is a 26 Page Booklet with photos and cuttings[3]
The Welsh Singer recorded 15 albums for Decca between 1965 and 1975, all of which are included within this box set.[4]
Hide and Seek: The Lost Collection, featured as the final two discs within the box set, was released in March. Though the standalone version only comprised of 29 rarities, many never previously released on CD or digitally.[5][6]
Promotion
On October 30, 2020 Decca Records uploaded a promotional video to their YouTube Channel titled TOM JONES - THE COMPLETE DECCA STUDIO ALBUMS COLLECTION (17CD box set) stating the box set included all of the singers Decca Studio albums from 1965-1975, telling the story of the first and much celebrated period of Jones' career, Many tracks available for the first time on CD, and having over 200 Tracks![7] The video has since been unlisted.
Decca.com states that "In a career spanning six decades, 'Jones the Voice' never sells a song short and never short-changes his fans - the longevity of his career speaks to a talent of a very special kind.[8]
Track Listing
Standard Version
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| 1. | "I've Got a Heart" | Gordon Mills, Les Reed | 2:33 |
| 2. | "It Takes a Worried Man" | Traditional; arranged by Gordon Mills | 2:40 |
| 3. | "Skye Boat Song" | Traditional; arranged by Malcolm Lawson and Harold Boulton | 2:59 |
| 4. | "Once Upon a Time" | Gordon Mills | 2:07 |
| 5. | "Memphis, Tennessee" | Chuck Berry | 2:40 |
| 6. | "Whatcha' Gonna Do" | Chuck Willis | 3:07 |
| 7. | "I Need Your Loving" | Don Gardner, Bobby Robinson, Clarence Lewis, James McDougall | 2:38 |
| 8. | "It's Not Unusual" | Gordon Mills, Les Reed | 1:58 |
| 9. | "Autumn Leaves" | Joseph Kosma, Johnny Mercer, Geoffrey Parsons, Jacques Prévert | 3:08 |
| 10. | "The Rose - Version 2" | Gordon Mills | 2:53 |
| 11. | "If You Need Me" | Wilson Pickett, Robert Bateman, Sonny Sanders | 2:38 |
| 12. | "Some Other Guy" | Gordon Mills | 2:31 |
| 13. | "Endlessly" | Brook Benton, Clyde Otis | 3:19 |
| 14. | "It's Just a Matter of Time" | Clyde Otis, Brook Benton, Belford Hendricks | 2:42 |
| 15. | "Spanish Harlem" | Jerry Leiber, Phil Spector | 3:18 |
| 16. | "When the World was Beautiful" | Paul Kaufman, Jerry Harris | 2:16 |
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| 1. | "Dr. Love" | Ken Lauber, Sidney J. Wyche | 1:51 |
| 2. | "Face Of a Loser" | Les Reed, Robin Conrad | 2:27 |
| 3. | "It's Been a Long Time Coming" | Jimmy Radcliffe, Joseph Brooks | 2:41 |
| 4. | "In a Woman's Eyes" | Bobby Russell, Martha Sharp | 2:24 |
| 5. | "More" | Nino Oliviero, Norman Newell, Riz Ortolani | 2:24 |
| 6. | "I'll Never Let You Go" | Gordon Mills | 2:49 |
| 7. | "The Loser" | Deborah Losak, Sharon Vanselow | 2:35 |
| 8. | "To Make A Big Man Cry" | Les Reed, Sharon Vanselow | 2:46 |
| 9. | "Key To My Heart" | Gordon Mills | 2:17 |
| 10. | "True Love Comes Only Once in a Lifetime" | Bob Halley, Neval Nader | 2:13 |
| 11. | "A Little You" | Gordon Mills | 2:27 |
| 12. | "You're So Good for Me" | Ezio Leoni, Robin Conrad | 2:20 |
| 13. | "Where Do You Belong" | Gordon Mills | 2:36 |
| 14. | "These Things You Don't Forget" | Van McCoy | 2:53 |
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| 1. | "Begin the Beguine" | Cole Porter | 3:16 |
| 2. | "You Came a Long Way from St. Louis" | John Benson Brooks, Bob Russell | 2:37 |
| 3. | "My Foolish Heart" | Ned Washington, Victor Young | 2:38 |
| 4. | "It's Magic" | Jule Styne, Sammy Cahn | 2:46 |
| 5. | "Someday (You'll Want Me to Want You)" | Jimmy Hodges | 3:33 |
| 6. | "Georgia on My Mind" | Hoagy Carmichael, Stuart Gorrell | 4:41 |
| 7. | "Kansas City" | Jerry Leiber, Mike Stoller | 2:42 |
| 8. | "Hello Young Lovers" | Richard Rodgers, Oscar Hammerstein | 2:26 |
| 9. | "A Taste of Honey" | Bobby Scott, Ric Marlow | 2:50 |
| 10. | "The Nearness of You" | Hoagy Carmichael, Ned Washington | 3:11 |
| 11. | "When I Fall in Love" | Edward Heyman, Victor Young | 2:59 |
| 12. | "If Ever I Would Leave You" | Frederick Loewe, Alan Jay Lerner | 3:10 |
| 13. | "My Prayer" | Georges Boulanger, Jimmy Kennedy | 3:43 |
| 14. | "That Old Black Magic" | Harold Arlen, Johnny Mercer | 3:07 |
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| 1. | "Don't Fight It" | Steve Copper, Wilson Pickett | 2:52 |
| 2. | "You Keep Me Hangin' On" | Holland-Dozier-Holland | 2:46 |
| 3. | "Hold On I'm Coming" | David Porter, Isaac Hayes | 3:21 |
| 4. | "I Was Made To Love Her" | Henry Crosby, Lula Hardaway, Stevie Wonder, Sylvia Moy | 2:21 |
| 5. | "Keep On Running" | Jackie Edwards | 2:48 |
| 6. | "Get Ready" | Smokey Robinson | 2:29 |
| 7. | "(It Looks Like) I'll Never Fall In Love Again" | Jimmy Currie, Lonnie Donegan | 4:17 |
| 8. | "I Know" | Carl Stutz, Edith Lindeman | 3:58 |
| 9. | "I Wake Up Crying" | Bacharach And David | 2:21 |
| 10. | "Funny How Time Slips Away" | Willie Nelson | 3:42 |
| 11. | "Danny Boy" | | 3:57 |
| 12. | "It's A Man's Man's Man's World" | James Brown, Nat Jones | 2:42 |
| 13. | "Yesterday" | John Lennon, Paul McCartney | 2:47 |
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| 1. | "Delilah" | Barry Mason, Les Reed | 3:21 |
| 2. | "Weeping Annaleah" | Mickey Newbury, Dan Folger | 3:24 |
| 3. | "One Day Soon" | Francis Lai, Don Black | 2:38 |
| 4. | "Laura(What's He Got That I Ain't Got)" | Leon Ashley, Margie Singleton | 3:23 |
| 5. | "Make This Heart of Mine Smile Again" | Sol Parker, Kelly Owens | 2:38 |
| 6. | "Lingering On" | Scott English, Stanley J. Gelber, James Last | 3:14 |
| 7. | "You Can't Stop Love" | Gordon Mills, Les Reed | 3:03 |
| 8. | "My Elusive Dreams" | Curly Putman, Billy Sherrill | 3:17 |
| 9. | " Just Out of Reach" | Virgil F. Stewart | 2:41 |
| 10. | "Only a Fool Breaks His Own Heart" | Shelly Coburn, Norman Bergen | 2:33 |
| 11. | "Why Can't I Cry?" | Johnny Harris, Kim Clarke | 3:09 |
| 12. | "Take Me" | George Jones, Leon Payne | 3:12 |
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| 1. | "Help Yourself" | Carlo Donida, Jack Fishman | 2:48 |
| 2. | "I Can't Break The News to Myself" | Jimmy Williams, Larry Harrison | 2:30 |
| 3. | "The Bed" | Dick Heard, Eddie Rabbitt | 2:47 |
| 4. | "Isadora" | Geoff Stevens, John Carter | 2:41 |
| 5. | "Set Me Free" | Curly Putman | 3:14 |
| 6. | "I Get Carried Away" | Annette Tucker, Keith Colley, Nancy Mantz | 3:02 |
| 7. | "You Can't Stop Love" | Gordon Mills, Les Reed | 3:03 |
| 8. | "This House (The House Song)" | Noel Paul Stookey, Robert H. Bannard | 3:39 |
| 9. | "So Afraid" | Jerry Chesnut | 3:22 |
| 10. | "If I Promise" | Jerry Reed | 2:15 |
| 11. | "If You Go Away" | Jacques Brel, Rod McKuen | 4:03 |
| 12. | "My Girl Maria" | James Luck, John Szego | 3:26 |
| 13. | "All I Can Say is Goodbye" | Marty Wilde, Ronnie Scott | 3:11 |
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| 1. | "Fly Me to the Moon" | Bart Howard | 2:27 |
| 2. | "Little Green Apples" | Bob Russell, S.K. Russell | 4:21 |
| 3. | "Wichita Lineman" | Jimmy Webb | 2:51 |
| 4. | "(Sitting On) The Dock of the Bay" | Steve Cropper, Otis Redding | 3:17 |
| 5. | "Dance of Love" | Charlie Rich | 2:23 |
| 6. | "Hey Jude" | John Lennon, Paul McCartney | 3:48 |
| 7. | "Without You" | Carlo Alberto Rossi, Marisa Terzi | 3:25 |
| 8. | "That's All Any Man Can Say" | John MacLeod, Tony Macaulay | 4:02 |
| 9. | "That Wonderful Sound" | Herb Reed, Les Reed, Geoff Stephens | 3:39 |
| 10. | "Only Once" | Clive Westlake | 4:10 |
| 11. | "I'm a Fool to Want You" | Joel Herron, Frank Sinatra, Jack Wolf | 3:35 |
| 12. | "Let It Be Me" | Gilbert Becaud | 2:58 |
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| 1. | "I Can't Turn You Loose" | Otis Redding | 2:09 |
| 2. | "Polk Salad Annie" | Tony Joe White | 3:48 |
| 3. | "Proud Mary" | John Fogerty | 2:45 |
| 4. | "Sugar Sugar" | Jeff Barry, Andy Kim | 2:37 |
| 5. | "Venus" | Robbie Van Leeuwen | 2:44 |
| 6. | "I Thank You" | Issac Hayes, David Porter | 2:27 |
| 7. | "Without Love" | Danny Small | 3:46 |
| 8. | "You've Lost That Lovin' Feelin'" | Barry Mann, Phil Spector, Cynthia Well | 4:15 |
| 9. | "If I Ruled the World" | Leslie Bricusse, Cyril Ormadel | 2:52 |
| 10. | "Can't Stop Loving You" | Wayne Bickerton, Tony Waddington | 4:09 |
| 11. | "The Impossible Dream" | Mitch Leigh | 3:23 |
| 12. | "Let There Be Love" | Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb, Robin Gibb | 3:40 |
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| 1. | "Daughter of Darkness" | Les Reed, Geoff Stephens | 3:18 |
| 2. | "I Have Dreamed" | Richard Rodgers | 2:59 |
| 3. | "Love's Been Good to Me" | Rod McKuen | 4:10 |
| 4. | "Lodi" | John Fogerty | 2:59 |
| 5. | "Try a Little Tenderness" | James Campbell, Reginald Connelly, Harry Woods | 4:24 |
| 6. | "I (Who Have Nothing)" | Carlo Donida-Labati | 2:58 |
| 7. | "What the World Needs Now is Love" | Burt Bacharach, Hal David | 2:37 |
| 8. | "With One Exception" | Billy Sherrill, Glenn Sutton | 2:51 |
| 9. | "To Love Somebody" | Barry Gibb, Maurice Gibb, Robin Gibb | 3:25 |
| 10. | "Brother, Can You Spare a Dime" | Jay Gorney | 2:58 |
| 11. | "See Saw" | Don Covay, Steve Cropper | 2:53 |
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| 1. | "She's a Lady" | Paul Anka | 2:54 |
| 2. | "Do What You Gotta Do" | Jimmy Webb | 2:51 |
| 3. | "In Dreams" | Roy Orbison | 3:23 |
| 4. | "Nothing Rhymed" | Gilbert O'Sullivan | 3:06 |
| 5. | "'Till I Can't Take It Aby Anymore" | Robbie Van Leeuwen | 2:44 |
| 6. | "Resurrection Shuffle" | Tony Ashton | 2:52 |
| 7. | "Puppet Man" | Howard Greenfield, Neil Sedaka | 3:22 |
| 8. | "It's Up to the Woman" | Joe Renzetti, Neil Goldberg | 3:49 |
| 9. | "Ebb Tide" | Carl Sigman, Robert Maxwell | 3:44 |
| 10. | "(I Ain't No) One Night Only Love Maker" | Richard Monda | 3:14 |
| 11. | "You're My World" | Carl Sigman, Gino Paoli, Umberto Bindi | 3:25 |
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| 1. | "Witch Queen of New Orleans" | Lolly Vegas, Pat Vegas | 2:34 |
| 2. | "Tired of Being Alone" | Al Green | 3:04 |
| 3. | "Woman, You Took My Life" | Kevin Johnson | 3:59 |
| 4. | "If" | David Gates | 3:01 |
| 5. | "The Young New Mexican Puppeteer" | Earl Shuman, Leon Carr | 4:33 |
| 6. | "All I Ever Need Is You" | Eddie Reeves, Jimmy Holiday | 3:12 |
| 7. | "You've Got a Friend" | Carole King | 2:46 |
| 8. | "Time to Get It Together" | Arthur Resnick, Joey Levine, Steve Fredman | 2:26 |
| 9. | "I Won't Be Sorry to See Suzanne Again" | Eddie Seago, Geoff Stephens | 3:37 |
| 10. | "Kiss an Angel Good Morning" | Ben Peters | 2:58 |
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| 1. | "Runnin' Bear" | The Big Bopper | 3:47 |
| 2. | "Ain't No Sunshine When She's Gone" | Bill Withers | 2:36 |
| 3. | "(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right" | Carl Hampton, Homer Banks, Raymond Jackson | 3:25 |
| 4. | "Since I Loved You Last" | Earl Shuman, Leon Carr | 3:18 |
| 5. | "Lean On Me" | Bill Withers | 4:01 |
| 6. | "Letter to Lucille" | Tony Macaulay | 3:03 |
| 7. | "Today I Started Loving You Again" | Bonnie Owens, Merle Haggard | 3:09 |
| 8. | "I'll Share My World with You" | Ben Wilson | 2:53 |
| 9. | "I Still Love You Enough (To Love You All Over Again)" | Ricci Mareno | 3:10 |
| 10. | "Ballad of Billy Joe" | Charlie Rich | 3:58 |
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| 1. | "Chills and Fever" | 2:53 |
| 2. | "Breathless" | 2:17 |
| 3. | "To Wait For Love (Is to Waste Your Life Away)" | 1:51 |
| 4. | "I Tell The Sea" | 3:12 |
| 5. | "With These Hands" | 2:41 |
| 6. | "Untrue" | 2:39 |
| 7. | "What's New Pussycat?" | 2:04 |
| 8. | "(Won't You Give Him) One More Chance" | 2:27 |
| 9. | "Bama Lama Bama Loo" | 1:35 |
| 10. | "Thunderbell" | 2:51 |
| 11. | "Stop Breaking My Heart" | 2:24 |
| 12. | "Never Give Away Love" | 2:15 |
| 13. | "Once There Was A Time" | 2:27 |
| 14. | "Not Responsible" | 2:27 |
| 15. | "This and That" | 2:59 |
| 16. | "City Girl" | 3:26 |
| 17. | "Promise Her Anything" | 2:34 |
| 18. | "Tripple Cross" | 2:33 |
| 19. | "What a Party" | 2:26 |
| 20. | "Any Day Now" | 2:52 |
| 21. | "It Ain't Gonna Be That Way" | 2:18 |
| 22. | "If I Had You" | 2:16 |
| 23. | "Things I Wanna Do" | 2:20 |
| 24. | "I'm Coming Home" | 3:18 |
| 25. | "The Lonely One" | 2:35 |
| 26. | "Smile" | 2:08 |
| 27. | "Day By Day" | 2:32 |
| 28. | "A Minute of Your Time" | 2:57 |
| 29. | "Looking Out My Window" | 2:20 |
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| 1. | "Love Me Tonight" | 3:10 |
| 2. | "Hide and Seek" | 2:11 |
| 3. | "A Man Who Knows Too Much" | 3:38 |
| 4. | "Tupelo Mississippi Flash (Stereo Edit Version)" | 2:40 |
| 5. | "My Way" | 4:12 |
| 6. | "Every Mile" | 2:49 |
| 7. | "Till" | 2:17 |
| 8. | "The Sun Died" | 3:31 |
| 9. | "All That I Need Is Some Time" | 3:43 |
| 10. | "Golden Days" | 2:55 |
| 11. | "Goodbye, God Bless You" | 3:30 |
| 12. | "Thank the Lord" | 3:18 |
| 13. | "Keep A-Talkin' Bout Love" | 3:16 |
| 14. | "Pledging My Love" | 2:51 |
| 15. | "I'm Too Far Gone to Turn Around" | 3:17 |
| 16. | "La La La (Just Having You Here)" | 3:08 |
| 17. | "Love Love Love" | 3:09 |
| 18. | "Ain't No Love" | 3:25 |
| 19. | "When the Band Goes Home" | 3:07 |
Deluxe Version
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| 20. | "I'll Never Fall In Love Again" | 4:12 |
| 21. | "Thunderball - Live" | 2:40 |
| 23. | "(If Loving You Is Wrong) I Don't Want to Be Right" | 3:25 |
| 24. | "I'm Coming Home - Steve Benham Remix" | 3:19 |
| 25. | "(It Looks Like) I'll Never Fall In Love Again - Live" | 4:15 |
| 26. | "Delilah - Live" | 4:51 |
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