BMG celebrates what would have been Jim Croce's 80th birthday and marks 50 years since his untimely passing with The Definitive Croce, a collection of his unparalleled run of studio albums released in 1972 and 1973 - available as a limited 3LP (180 gram black vinyl). ~ Disc 1 is the 1972 studio album You Don't Mess Around with Jim. The album reached #1 and is certified Gold, and features the #1 single "Time In A Bottle," plus the hits "You Don't Mess Around With Jim" and "Operator (That's Not The Way It Feels.") ~ Disc 2 is the 1973 studio album Life and Times. The album reached the Top 10 and is certified Gold, and features the Gold #1 single "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown," plus the hit "One Less Set Of Footsteps. ~ Disc 3 is the final Jim Croce studio album I Got A N

Definitive Croce

BMG celebrates what would have been Jim Croce's 80th birthday and marks 50 years since his untimely passing with The Definitive Croce, a collection of his unparalleled run of studio albums released in 1972 and 1973 - available as a limited 3LP (180 gram black vinyl). ~ Disc 1 is the 1972 studio album You Don't Mess Around with Jim. The album reached #1 and is certified Gold, and features the #1 single "Time In A Bottle," plus the hits "You Don't Mess Around With Jim" and "Operator (That's Not The Way It Feels.") ~ Disc 2 is the 1973 studio album Life and Times. The album reached the Top 10 and is certified Gold, and features the Gold #1 single "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown," plus the hit "One Less Set Of Footsteps. ~ Disc 3 is the final Jim Croce studio album I Got A Name, released in 1973. The album reached #2 and is certified gold, and features the Top 10 Hits "I'll Have To Say I Love You In A Song," and "I Got A Name" plus the Top 40 Hit "Workin' At The Car Wash Blues." The Definitive Croce

• Disc 1, Track: 1 - You Don't Mess Around with Jim
• Disc 1, Track: 2 - Tomorrow's Gonna Be a Brighter Day
• Disc 1, Track: 3 - New York's Not My Home
• Disc 1, Track: 4 - Hard Time Losin' Man
• Disc 1, Track: 5 - Photographs and Memories
• Disc 1, Track: 6 - Walkin' Back to Georgia
• Disc 2, Track: 1 - Operator (That's Not the Way It Feels)
• Disc 2, Track: 2 - Time in a Bottle
• Disc 2, Track: 3 - Rapid Roy (That Stock Car Boy)
• Disc 2, Track: 4 - Box #10
• Disc 2, Track: 5 - A Long Time Ago
• Disc 2, Track: 6 - Hey Tomorrow
• Disc 3, Track: 1 - One Less Set of Footsteps
• Disc 3, Track: 2 - Roller Derby Queen
• Disc 3, Track: 3 - Dreamin' Again
• Disc 3, Track: 4 - Careful Man
• Disc 3, Track: 5 - Alabama Rain
• Disc 3, Track: 6 - A Good Time Man Like Me Ain't Got No Business (Singin' the Blues)
• Disc 4, Track: 1 - Next Time, This Time
• Disc 4, Track: 2 - Bad, Bad Leroy Brown
• Disc 4, Track: 3 - These Dreams
• Disc 4, Track: 4 - Speedball Tucker
• Disc 4, Track: 5 - It Doesn't Have to Be That Way
• Disc 5, Track: 1 - I Got a Name (Stereo Version)
• Disc 5, Track: 2 - Lover's Cross
• Disc 5, Track: 3 - Five Short Minutes
• Disc 5, Track: 4 - Age
• Disc 5, Track: 5 - Workin' at the Car Wash Blues
• Disc 6, Track: 1 - I'll Have to Say I Love You in a Song
• Disc 6, Track: 2 - Salon and Saloon
• Disc 6, Track: 3 - Thursday
• Disc 6, Track: 4 - Top Hat Bar & Grille
• Disc 6, Track: 5 - Recently
• Disc 6, Track: 6 - The Hard Way Every Time