The Fabulous Country Music Sound of George Jones is the 1962country musicstudio album released by George Jones in August 1962. The second of eight LP releases put out during 1962, the album was Jones twelfth overall studio release. It was Jones' eighth album release on the Starday label, though he wasn't signed to it at the time of the LP's production. It contains songs dated back to 1955 while with Starday, to his second #1 hit with Mercury in 1960.
This album, compiled by Starday, contained many of former Mercury-Starday recordings, many previously unissued. The lead track, "Window Up Above" was recorded by Johnny Paycheck or "Donny Young." Though the album did not chart, it is noteworthy for containing many of formerly unheard of Jones songs.
Background
During the 1960s, Starday Records (now completely absorbed by Mercury) began repackaging multiple unissued songs onto 12-track LP's, that would also include some hits. This album, The Fabulous Country Music Sound, was the first of these LP's, and was produced by former Starday president, Don Pierce.
