George Jones Sings the Great Songs of Leon Payne [SEP] record label
George Jones Sings the Great Songs of Leon Payne
George Jones Sings the Great Songs of Leon Payne is an album by American country music artist George Jones, released in 1971 on the Musicor Records label. It's mostly a compilation of Leon Payne authored songs that Jones had previously released. Only two of the songs were previously unreleased. This was the last Jones "studio" album that was released by Musicor as he had already signed with Epic Records.
Background.
Leon Payne was a honky tonk songwriter who only
considering the label's constant recycling and repackaging of Jones's material. The list of musicians on the album is unavailable, but many sources state that producer Pappy Daily very often used guitarist Zane Ashton (aka Bill Aken) among other musicians on a regular basis. This was further reinforced by the fact that both Frazier and Ashton did many sessions at Richie Podolor's American Recording Studio. Jones would also record an album on Musicor called "George Jones Sings the Great Songs of Leon Payne", which uses similar artwork.