This post goes out to my friend Jesse, who is a big Croce fan. Big Jim was a radio staple in the 1970s and I was always a big fan as well. Unlike a lot of the pop-folk of the 1960s, Croce’s limited works (he died in a plane crash at the age of 30 on 20 September 1973) were simpler productions and much more down to earth. Facets was originally released independently in a limited 500-copy pressing by Croce in 1966. This 2-CD re-issue that I found posted over at Frisians Other Favorites includes bonus tracks from Jim & Ingrid Too. Download CD1 | CD2
Track Listing:
1) Steel Rail Blues
2) Coal Tattoo
3) Texas Rodeo
4) Charley Green, Play That Slide Trombone
5) The Ballad of Gunga Din
6) Hard Hearted Hannah (The Vamp from Savannah)
7) Sun Come Up
8) The Blizzard
9) Running Maggie
10) Until It’s Time For Me to Go
11) Big Fat Woman
12) Child of Midnight
13) It’s All Over, Mary Ann
14) Railroads and Riverboats
15) Hard Times Be Over
16) Railroad Song
17) Maybe Tomorrow
18) Pa (Song For a Grandfather)
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