The RCA Albums Collection [CD Box Set]

"Sunshine on my shoulders makes me happy," goes one of John Denver's most well-known songs. "Sunshine" touches on many of the themes most important to the singer-songwriter: nature, love, beauty. Throughout the course of a career sadly cut short when he perished in a plane crash in 1997 aged just 53, Denver revisited these themes over and over again, using his pure, crystalline tone to bring comfort and spread a message of peace. With his boyish good looks, gentle voice and enthusiasm for music and nature, he was one of the preeminent pop voices of the 1970s, incorporating folk and country influences into his popular material. He was selling millions of albums to a devoted fan base. He was quick to recognize talent: he covered songs by Jerry Jeff Walker (including Mr Bojangles), James Taylor and John Prine, and forged a partnership with writer Joe Henry. Included in this "RCA Albums Collection" are his many gold and platinum-selling LPs including "Poems, Prayers and Promises" (with the hits Take Me Home, Country Roads and Sunshine on My Shoulders), "Rocky Mountain High" and "Windsong" (with Annie's Song and I'm Sorry) as well as later forays into country and pop, all of which contain hidden gems worthy of deeper investigation. The most complete Denver package. It contains 24 original albums released between 1969 and 1986, plus Denver's rare privately pressed 1966 LP, "John Denver Sings". Each individual album is packaged in a replica wallet from the album's original cover art.Tracks - Disc 1 -1 The Love of the Common People2 Catch Another Butterfly3 Daydreams4 The Ballad of Spiro Agnew5 Circus6 When I'm Sixty-Four7 The Ballad of Richard Nixon8 Rhymes and Reasons9 Yellow Cat10 Leaving on a Jet Plane11 (You Dun Stomped) My Heart12 My Old Man13 I Wish I Knew How It Would Feel to Be Free14 Today Is the First Day of the Rest of My Life (Sugacity)15 Rusty Green (Bonus Track)16 Take Me to Tomorrow (Early Version) (Bonus Track)- Disc 2 -1 Take Me to Tomorrow2 Isabel3 Follow Me4 Forest Lawn5 Aspenglow6 Amsterdam7 Anthem-Revelation8 Sticky Summer Weather9 Carolina in My Mind10 Jimmy Newman11 Molly- Disc 3 -1 Tremble If You Must2 Sail Away Home3 The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down4 Mr. Bojangles5 I Wish I Could Have Been There (Woodstock)6 Whose Garden Was This7 The Game Is Over8 Eleanor Rigby9 Old Folks10 Golden Slumbers / Sweet Sweet Life / Tremble If You Must (Version II)11 Jingle Bells- Disc 4 -1 Poems, Prayers and Promises2 Let It Be3 My Sweet Lady4 Wooden Indian5 Junk6 Gospel Changes7 Take Me Home, Country Roads8 I Guess He'd Rather Be in Colorado9 Sunshine on My Shoulders10 Around and Around11 Fire and Rain12 The Box- Disc 5 -1 Starwood in Aspen2 Everyday3 Casey's Last Ride4 City of New Orleans5 Friends with You6 60 Second Song for a Bank, with the Phrase "May We Help You Today?"7 Blow Up Your TV (Spanish Pipe Dream)8 All of My Memories9 She Won't Let Me Fly Away10 Readjustment Blues11 The Eagle and the Hawk12 Tools- Disc 6 -1 Rocky Mountain High2 Mother Nature's Son3 Paradise4 For Baby (For Bobbie)5 Darcy Farrow6 Prisoners7 Goodbye Again8 Summer9 Fall10 Winter11 Late Winter, Early Spring (When Everybody Goes to Mexico)12 Spring- Disc 7 -1 I'd Rather Be a Cowboy (Lady's Chains)2 Berkeley Woman3 Please Daddy (Don't Get Drunk This Christmas)4 Angels from Montgomery5 River of Love6 Rocky Mountain Suite (Cold Nights in Canada)7 Whiskey Basin Blues8 Sweet Misery9 Zachary and Jennifer10 We Don't Live Here No More11 Farewell Andromeda (Welcome to My Morning)- Disc 8 -1 Take Me Home, Country Roads2 Follow Me3 Starwood in Aspen4 For Baby (For Bobbie)5 Rhymes and Reasons6 Leaving on a Jet Plane7 The Eagle and the Hawk8 Sunshine on My Shoulders9 Goodbye Again10 Poems, Prayers and Promises11 Rocky Mountain High12 I Guess He'd Rather Be in Colorado13 Daydreams14 Friends with You- Disc 9 -1 Back Home Again2 On the Road3 Grandma's Feather Bed4 Matthew5 Thank God I'm a Country Boy6 The Music Is You7 Annie's Song8 It's Up to You9 Cool An' Green An' Shady10 Eclipse11 Sweet Surrender12 This Old Guitar13 Matthew (Alternate Version)14 This Old Guitar (Alternate Version)- Disc 10 -1 The Music Is You2 Farewell Andromeda (Welcome to My Morning)3 Mother Nature's Son4 Summer5 Today6 Saturday Night in Toledo, Ohio7 Matthew8 Rocky Mountain Suite (Cold Nights in Canada)9 Sweet Surrender10 Grandma's Feather Bed11 Annie's Song12 The Eagle and the Hawk13 My Sweet Lady14 Annie's Other Song15 Boy from the Country16 Rhymes and Reasons17 Forest Lawn- Disc 11 -1 Pickin' the Sun Down2 Thank God I'm a Country Boy3 Take Me Home, Country Roads4 Poems, Prayers and Promises5 Rocky Mountain High6 This Old Guitar7 Intro / Saturday Night in Toledo, Ohio8 Follow Me / Leaving on a Jet Plane9 The City of New Orleans10 Zachary & Jennifer / for Baby (For Bobbie)11 I'd Rather Be a Cowboy (Lady's Chains)12 Amsterdam- Disc 12 -1 Windsong2 Cowboy's Delight3 Spirit4 Looking for Space5 Shipmates and Cheyenne6 Late Nite Radio7 Love Is Everywhere8 Two Shots9 I'm Sorry10 Fly Away11 Calypso12 Song of Wyoming- Disc 13 -1 Aspenglow2 The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on An Open Fire)3 Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer4 Silver Bells5 Please, Daddy (Don't Get Drunk This Christmas)6 Christmas for Cowboys7 Away in a Manger8 What Child Is This9 Coventry Carol10 Oh Holy Night11 Silent Night, Holy Night12 A Baby Just Like You13 Jingle Bells14 White Christmas- Disc 14 -1 Come and Let Me Look in Your Eyes2 Eli's Song3 Wrangle Mountain Song4 Hitchhiker5 In the Grand Way6 Polka Dots and Moonbeams7 It Makes Me Giggle8 Baby, You Look Good to Me Tonight9 Like a Sad Song10 San Antonio Rose11 Pegasus12 The Wings That Fly Us Home- Disc 15 -1 Annie's Song2 Welcome to My Morning (Farewell Andromeda)3 Fly Away4 Like a Sad Song5 Looking for Space6 Thank God I'm a Country Boy (Remastered)7 Grandma's Feather Bed8 Back Home Again (Remastered)9 I'm Sorry10 My Sweet Lady11 Calypso12 This Old Guitar- Disc 16 -1 How Can I Leave You Again?2 Tradewinds3 Bet on the Blues4 It Amazes Me5 To the Wild Country6 Ripplin' Waters7 Thirsty Boots8 Dearest Esmeralda9 Singing Skies and Dancing Waters10 I Want to Live11 Druthers- Disc 17 -1 Downhill Stuff2 Sweet Melinda3 What's on Your Mind4 Joseph & Joe5 Life Is So Good6 Berkeley Woman7 Johnny B. Goode8 You're So Beautiful9 Southwind10 Garden Song11 Songs of- Disc 18 -1 Dancing with the Mountains2 The Mountain Song3 How Mountain Girls Can Love4 Song for the Life5 The Ballad of St. Anne's Reel6 In My Heart7 The Wrangell Mountain Song8 Whalebones and Crosses9 American Child10 You Say That the Battle Is Over11 Autograph12 Dance Little Jean (Studio Outtake - 1980)13 On the Wings of An Eagle (Studio Outtake - 1980)- Disc 19 -1 Some Days Are Diamonds (Some Days Are Stone)2 Gravel on the Ground3 San Francisco Mabel Joy4 Sleepin' Alone5 Easy, on Easy Street6 The Cowboy and the Lady7 Country Love8 Till You Opened My Eyes9 Wild Flowers in a Mason Jar (The Farm)10 Boy from the Country- Disc 20 -1 Seasons of the Heart2 Opposite Tables3 Relatively Speaking4 Dreams5 Nothing But a Breeze6 What One Man Can Do7 Shanghai Breezes8 Islands9 Heart to Heart10 Perhaps Love11 Children of the Universe- Disc 21 -1 Hold on Tightly2 Thought of You3 Somethin' About4 On the Wings of a Dream5 Flight (The Higher We Fly)6 Falling Out of Love7 I Remember Romance8 Wild Montana Skies9 World Game10 It's About Time- Disc 22 -1 How Can I Leave You Again2 Some Days Are Diamonds (Some Days Are Stone)3 Shanghai Breezes4 Seasons of the Heart5 Perhaps Love6 Love Again7 Dancing with the Mountains8 Wild Montana Skies9 I Want to Live10 The Gold and Beyond11 Autograph (2011 Greatest Hits Vol. 3)- Disc 23 -1 Dreamland Express2 Claudette3 Gimme Your Love4 Got My Heart Set on You5 If Ever6 The Harder They Fall7 Don't Close Your Eyes, Tonight8 A Wild Heart Looking for Home9 I'm in the Mood to Be Desired Tonight10 Trail of Tears11 African Sunrise- Disc 24 -1 Love Is the Master2 Love Again3 I Remember You4 Hey There, Mr. Lonely Heart5 Let Us Begin (What Are We Making Weapons For?)6 Flying for Me7 Along for the Ride ('56 T-Bird)8 I Can't Escape9 True Love Takes Time10 One World11 It's a Possibility- Disc 25 -1 Here, There & Everywhere2 Ann3 Babe, I Hate to Go4 When I Was a Cowboy5 Yesterday6 Blues My Naughty Baby Taught Me7 What's That I Hear Now?8 And I Love Her9 When Will I Be Loved?10 Darcy Farrow11 Minor Swing12 In My Life13 Farewell Party