Hard country Dino, produced by Jimmy Bowen

Jimmy Bowen produced all of Dean's Reprise hits, but in the later years, particularly when it was "his" orchestra, the country sound got a real heavy beat. That's not always bad, and you will find two great cuts here -- a very strong Martin performance on "My Woman, My Woman, My Wife" (supposedly recorded in tribute to his wife whom he had recently divorced) and "For The Good Times" with a nice and relaxed orchestration. Several of the country standards here are very nicely done -- "Here We Go Again", "Make The World Go Away", "Tip Of My Fingers", "Detroit City", "Turn The World Around", "Keeps Right On A Hurting", "Invisible Tears", and "Perfect Mountain". All these are nicely done, both in terms of the strong arrangements and Dean's vocals. There's one cut at the bottom -- "For Once In My Life" -- ah well, they can't all be winners.

My Woman/ For the Good Times

WOW !! This is an exceptional collection of songs by Dean. Dean's versions of these cover songs are in my opinion better than most of the originals, especially For The Good Times. This is my second favorite in the two fer series, Houston/ Dean Martin Hits Again being my favorite. If looking for a starting point in this series I highly recommend these two. I can't stop playing these two and that's a good thing.