I came to Ray Price via Willie Nelson, who did a tribute album of Ray Price songs (For the Good Times) and a 1980 duet album with Ray Price (San Antonio Rose). Great traditional / classic country songwriting and performance.

This compilation, out in 1961, obviously doesn’t follow Price into the 60s, 70s, 80s, and so on—he was still release new albums through 2002—but focuses on the 50s Columbia recordings, like “Invitation to the Blues” and “Heartaches by the Number.” File next to Patsy Cline for classic country goodness.

My copy—via Residency Records in Salem MA—is a 1965 mono repress (from Pitman) on red & white Columbia labels. Sounds pretty good for being older than me.