VH1 Behind The Music: The John Denver Collection

Performer: John Denver
Distributor: BMG (distributor)

Notes: Producers: Milton Okun, John Denver, Barney Wyckoff. Compilation producer: Paul Williams. Recorded between 1971 & 1981. Includes liner notes by Michael Hill. Digitally remastered by Mike Harty & Bill Lacey. Liner Note Author: Michael Hill. Recording information: 1971-1981. Arrangers: Dick Kniss; John Denver; Lee Holdridge; Mike Taylor ; Milton Okun. As part of the soundtrack to VH1's Behind the Music series, this John Denver collection contains 18 of his top hits. Obvious material like "Take Me Home, Country Roads," "Rocky Mountain High," and "Sunshine on My Shoulders," are included with lesser heard (although chart making) songs "My Sweet Lady," "How Can I Leave You Again," "I Want to Live," and "Shanghai Breezes." A more thorough picture of Denver's later music would not have omitted early '80s hits like "Dreamland Express" or "Some Days Are Diamonds (Some Days Are Stone)." ~ Al Campbell

As John Denver, the former John Henry Deutschendorf was a ubiquitous icon of the 1970s. Although he had been a musician and songwriter in the 1960s, penning "Leaving on a Jet Plane" for Peter, Paul & Mary, Denver hit his stride in the '70s with earnest folk songs celebrating the glories of the natural world and life's simple pleasures. Although he was sometimes savaged by critics for his overarching earnestness, his songs speak for themselves, and his records still sell in large numbers. In the wake of his premature death in a 1997 plane crash, a number of contemporary artists have recorded Denver's songs, without any hint of irony.

Click Here for Shipping Options and Policies

Shipping or Dimension weight in pounds: 0.25