JOHN DENVER Definitive All-time Greatest Hits CD
'Great Songs Never Really Leave Us, on a Jet Plane or Otherwise.'
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JOHN DENVER Definitive All-time Greatest Hits is a deluxe 2-CD Set (in stores now) that features 20 original songs remastered from original tapes for optimum sound quality, 10 #1 hits and a 4-song bonus CD with PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED tracks!
Thirty years ago John Denver wrote what is arguably one of the most requested love songs ever, 'Annie's Song', for his then-wife Annie Denver after the near break up of their marriage. It sold more than a million copies hitting the number one spot simultaneously in the U.S and the U.K. This September, it is exactly 30 years since Annie's Song topped the charts.
Now BMG are proud to release the digitally remixed and remastered 'John Denver Definitive All-time Greatest Hits' on October 5, 2004 . This 2-CD set features all Denver's greatest hits such as 'Leaving On A Jet Plane,' ' Annie's Song,' 'Take Me Home, Country Roads' and 'Rocky Mountain High', not to mention 5 newly discovered and never released tracks as a special bonus disc.
'The Very Best of John Denver' is sure to reawaken interest in an artist who was without question, one of the most successful and influential singer/songwriters in music history during the seventies. To date, he has sold 60 million albums around the world and achieved numerous accolades along the way. And he was one of the first artists to use his fame to further causes he deeply cared about - especially environmental conservation and world hunger.
Like his father, John loved to fly, and that's how his life abruptly ended: in mid-flight. He was only 53 when the aircraft he'd been piloting crashed into Monterey Bay , near Carmel , California on October 12,1997 . 
Milt Okun, Denver's longtime producer and friend, who has contributed to the extensive liner notes for the CD's has this to say, "I always thought of John's music as a pure country stream running through a river of polluted water….Right from the beginning, I thought John said things in a unique way that was understandable to everyone…. John wasn't at all cynical or opportunistic. He was a healthy influence on the rest of us. And he left behind this beautiful legacy of songs."
Perhaps now in the 21st century, John Denver can finally be seen and heard more fairly - not as a massive pop sensation, but as a significant artist of enduring value.
Track Listing
1. Leaving On A Jet Plane
2. Take Me Home, Country Roads
3. Sunshine On My Shoulders
4. Poems, Prayers And Promises
5. The Eagle And The Hawk
6. Rocky Mountain High
7. Farewell Andromeda (Welcome to my Morning)
8. Annie's Song
9. Back Home Again
10. Sweet Surrender
11. Thank God I'm a Country Boy
12. I'm Sorry
13. Calypso
14. Fly Away
15. Looking For Space
16. Like ASad Song
17. My Sweet Lady
18. Perhaps Love
19. Shanghai Breezes
20. Wild Montana Skies
BONUS DISC:
1. Leaving On A Jet Plane (previously unreleased demo version)
2. The Weight (previously unreleased cover version)
3. Annie's Song (previously unreleased acoustic mix)
4. Calypso (previously unreleased acoustic mix)
5. The Port Of Amsterdam (previously unreleased cover version)
DID YOU KNOW?
· John Denver has sold over 60 million albums worldwide
· 2004 is the 35th anniversary of John Denver's first RCA album release Rhymes And Reasons and 30th anniversary of his recording Annie's Song
· John Denver had 10 #1 hits and multiple RIAA certification awards: 21 Gold album awards, 14 Platinum album awards, 7 multi-Platinum album awards, 6 Gold single awards and one Platinum and Gold Video award.
· John Denver was the recipient of the prestigious Albert Schweitzer Music Award in 1993, given to him "For a life's work dedicated to music and devoted to humanity." It was the first time a non-classical music artist had been so honored.
· John Denver was inducted into the national Academy of Popular Music 's Songwriter's Hall of Fame in 1996.
