Golden Ring

by George Jones / Tammy Wynette

Product Description:

Personnel includes: George Jones, Tammy Wynette (vocals); The Nashville Edition, The Young Country (background vocals).

Recorded at Columbia Recording Studios, Nashville, Tennessee. Originally released on Epic (34291).

Recording information: Columbia Recording Studios, Nashville, Tennessee.

GOLDEN RING was the first post-divorce album recorded by George Jones and Tammy Wynette after six years of stormy bliss. Despite the bad times, Country's First Couple used their past experiences as inspiration and the result was two country #1's, "Near You" and the gospel-flavored title track. Most of GOLDEN RING finds Jones and Wynette wrapping their dulcet tones around classic country weepers such as "Even The Bad Times Are Good" and Buck Owens' "Cryin' Time." Producer Billy Sherrill added the right amounts of pedal steel, strings and his use of The Nashville Edition as background singers shows just the right amount of restraint. Songs like "If You Don't, Somebody Else Will," "Did You Ever" and "Tattletale Eyes" feature good-natured sparring drawn from the deep love this former couple had for each other despite all the fussing and fighting.