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Vinyl LP pressing including digital download. John Denver's Greatest Hits was released in late 1973 for the holiday shopping season. The collection included material from his earlier days as a songwriter (going back to 1965 on InchFor BobbieInch) to his later hit InchRocky Mountain HighInch. Greatest Hits is important historically because it contained new, revisionist recordings of several songs. Notable new versions included InchLeaving on a Jet PlaneInch, InchStarwood in AspenInch, InchFollow MeInch, InchRhymes and ReasonsInch, InchThe Eagle and the HawkInch, InchSunshine On My ShouldersInch and InchPoems, Prayers, and PromisesInch. Denver explained this himself in the liner notes by saying that he had picked the numbers most requested in his concerts, but that InchI felt that some of these songs had grown a bit, that I am singing better than I was four or five years ago, and that I would like to treat some of the songs a little differently than I had in the original recordings.Inch Album Tracks 1. Starwood in Aspen 3 10 2. For Baby (For Bobbie) 2 56 3. Follow Me 2 56 4. Rhymes and Reasons 3 11 5. Leaving, on a Jet Plane 4 04 6. Take Me Home, Country Roads 3 08 1. Goodbye Again 3 37 2. Poems, Prayers and Promises 4 34 3. The Eagle and the Hawk (Live) 2 14 4. Rocky Mountain High 4 43 5. Sunshine on My Shoulders 5 10
