Some nice new things and some retreads

Dean was producing hits so quickly from 1965-68 that with all his television and movie appearances he hardly had time to record enough material to fill new albums. So, Reprise re-released some laid back country material from 1962-63 for these albums, along with new hit versions of "Somewhere There's A Someone", "A Million And One", and "Come Running Back". Three other cuts are worth mentioning -- "That Old Clock On The Wall" has a great rhythm and strong beat, and was written by Dean's pianist Ken Lane (who also wrote "Everybody Loves Somebody"). "Shades" is a truly fine country song with a really neat arrangement, and probably was intended as the hit side of "A Million And One". And "Nobody But A Fool" is just one heck of a fun country novelty number.