Great tunes But Nothing New

If your purpose is to own all of Don Williams' CDs then buy this. If you are looking for new product, "Silver Turns To Gold" will not contain anything new. While the collection "encompasses some of the songs that have a special meaning to Don Williams" -- for the price of this rehash, I should have just passed.

Previous reviews not based on the music!

The previous one-star reviews of this album are NOT based on the music! This is actually a wonderful CD, but it is a compilation of previously-released material from two fine independent albums, "Flatlands" and "Borrowed Tales." Everyone should own copies of those, but if you absolutely can't find them (I got mine at one of Don's concerts), this is a good sampler.

It deserves four stars alone just for containing the magnificent "Shadow Land," possibly the best song I've heard in the past five years. It's only docked a star because it doesn't contain some major gems from the other two CDs, such as "Leaving for the Flatlands" and "My Rifle, My Pony And Me." But what's here, as is always the case with Don Williams, is first rate in writing, production and performance, and light years beyond anything you'll hear on contemporary country radio.

Rerun!

If you don't already have "Borrowed Tales" by Don Williams this is a great CD. Otherwise, it's merely a compilation of previously recorded tunes. There is not one new tune on the whole CD. I have "Borrowd Tales" thus this only gets 1 star. It works well as a second CD for the car or office. Great music, great sound quality, smooth Don Williams, but previous released stuff.