Tom Jones - This Is Tom Jones, Volume 6 (1970-1972)

Thanks for your patience in my posting a bunch of Tom Jones albums in recent weeks. I know he's not everyone's cup of tea. If you're not into his music, you'll be glad to know this is the last album of his I plan on posting.

To be honest, I'm not that into his music myself, but I do like a lot of his 1960s stuff. And these albums of his TV show "This Is Tom Jones" have merit due to all of the guest stars he dueted with. This album is another example, with duets with: Ella Fitzgerald, John Denver, Shirley Basey, Petula Clark, Dusty Springfield, Billy Preston, and Englebert Humperdinck.

As usual in this series, all of the songs are officially unreleased, and come from either DVDs or YouTube videos. But this time around, not all of the songs are from his TV show. Most of them are, but his show ended in early 1971. The last four songs date to 1972, and are all appearances he did on other TV shows. 

Of course, he kept going with many more TV show appearances and concerts. He's still going as I write this in 2022. But my interest in his music drops drastically around 1972. He's started his music career in much more of a soul music style, but that had been slowly eroding. You can see that with his choice of guest stars on this album. After 1972 or so, he went even more in a show-biz direction away from his soul (and rock) roots. That said, I think this album is just as strong as most of the others in this series.

This album is 46 minutes long.

01 Vehicle (Tom Jones)
02 Mary's Boy Child (Tom Jones)
03 Patches (Tom Jones)
04 Sunny (Tom Jones & Ella Fitzgerald)
05 Silent Night (Tom Jones, Ella Fitzgerald & the Treorchy Male Choir)
06 All Right Now (Tom Jones)
07 Carolina in My Mind (Tom Jones & John Denver)
08 With a Little Help from My Friends (Tom Jones & Shirley Bassey)
09 This Guy's in Love with You (Tom Jones & Petula Clark)
10 She's a Lady (Tom Jones)
11 Sweet Sweetheart (Tom Jones & Dusty Springfield)
12 Ball of Confusion [That's What the World Is Today] (Tom Jones)
13 Tired of Being Alone (Tom Jones)
14 Games People Play (Tom Jones, Billy Preston & Engelbert Humperdinck)
15 Witch Queen of New Orleans (Tom Jones & Engelbert Humperdinck)
16 Baby, You've Got What It Takes (Tom Jones & Dusty Springfield)

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As with the other albums in this series, I chose a cover photo of Jones from one of his duets instead of him alone. This one features him and Dusty Springfield.