The Definitive Croce is a collection of Jim Croce's unparalleled run of gold-certified studio albums released in 1972 and 1973. All three albums feature updated mixes by Paul Hicks (George Harrison, John Lennon.) DISC 1 is the 1972 studio album You Don't Mess Around with Jim. The album reached #1 and features the #1 single "Time In A Bottle," plus the hits "You Don't Mess Around With Jim" and "Operator (That's Not The Way It Feels)." DISC 2 is the 1973 studio album Life and Times. The album reached the Top 10 and features the #1 gold-certified single "Bad, Bad Leroy Brown," plus the hit "One Less Set Of Footsteps." DISC 3 is the final Jim Croce studio album I Got A Name, released in 1973. The album reached #2 and features the Top 10 hits "I'll Have To Say I Love You In A Song" and "I Got A Name," plus the Top 40 hit "Workin' At The Car Wash Blues." Available as a limited-edition 3 LP set on bone, sky blue and tangerine color vinyl in triple gatefold jacket.
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September 19, 2025
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