Kris Kristofferson a fost un cântăreț, textier și compozitor american, unul dintre pionierii mișcării outlaw country din anii '70. Printre cele mai cunoscute compoziții ale sale se numără „Me and Bobby McGee”, „Help Me Make It Through the Night” și „Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down”, care au devenit hituri și în interpretarea altor artiști. Laureat al trei premii Grammy și membru al supergrupului The Highwaymen.
Compilația Original Album Classics a fost lansată în 2009 la casa de discuri Columbia și include în total 58 de piese pe cinci CD-uri. Ambalajul constă în cinci coperte slipcase din carton introduse într-o carcasă rigidă. Selecția oferă o imagine de ansamblu asupra creației timpurii a lui Kristofferson, surprinzând stilul său caracteristic mai crud, diferit de sonoritatea lustruită a Nashville-ului, cu piese precum To Beat the Devil, The Law Is for Protection of the People, Jesus Was a Capricorn sau Sugar Man.
Melodii
CD1 Kristofferson (Aka Me And Bobby McGee)
1-1 Blame It On The Stones 2:46
1-2 To Beat The Devil 4:43
1-3 Me And Bobby McGee 4:22
1-4 Best Of All Possible Worlds 3:01
1-5 Help Me Make It Through The Night 2:24
1-6 The Law Is For Protection Of The People 2:39
1-7 Casey's Last Ride 3:37
1-8 Just The Other Side Of Nowhere 3:39
1-9 Darby's Castle 3:19
1-10 For The Good Times 3:24
1-11 Duvalier's Dream 2:58
1-12 Sunday Mornin' Comin' Down 4:34
1-13 The Junkie And The Juicehead, Minus Me 3:24
1-14 Shadows Of Her Mind 3:12
1-15 The Lady's Not For Sale 3:27
1-16 Come Sundown 2:35
CD2 Jesus Was A Capricorn
2-1 Jesus Was A Capricorn (Owed To John Prine) 2:29
2-2 Nobody Wins 3:08
2-3 It Sure Was (Love) 2:54
2-4 Enough For You 3:07
2-5 Help Me 3:24
2-6 Jesse Younger 2:42
2-7 Give It Time To Be Tender 3:29
2-8 Out Of Mind, Out Of Sight 3:00
2-9 Sugar Man 4:01
2-10 Why Me 3:26
CD3 Spooky Lady's Sideshow
3-1 Same Old Song 3:15
3-2 Broken Freedom Song 5:24
3-3 Shandy (The Perfect Disguise) 3:38
3-4 Star-Spangled Bummer (Whores Die Hard) 3:35
3-5 The Lights Of Magdala 3:42
3-6 I May Smoke Too Much 3:08
3-7 One For The Money 3:05
3-8 Late Again (Gettin' Over You) 3:34
3-9 Stairway To The Bottom 3:26
3-10 Rescue Mission 5:21
3-11 Smile At Me Again 3:33
3-12 Rock And Roll Time 4:55
CD4 Shake Hands With The Devil
4-1 Shake Hands With The Devil 3:28
4-2 Prove It To You One More Time Again 2:45
4-3 Whiskey, Whiskey 3:48
4-4 Lucky In Love 2:43
4-5 Seadream 3:03
4-6 Killer Barracuda 3:02
4-7 Come Sundown 3:40
4-8 Michoacan (From The Motion Picture "Cisco Pike") 3:02
4-9 Once More With Feeling 2:52
4-10 Fallen Angel 4:11
CD5 The Silver Tongued Devil And I
5-1 The Silver Tongued Devil And I 4:18
5-2 Jody And The Kid 3:06
5-3 Billy Dee 2:57
5-4 Good Christian Soldier 3:22
5-5 Breakdown (A Long Way From Home) 2:44
5-6 Loving Her Was Easier (Than Anything I'll Ever Do Again) 3:47
5-7 The Taker 3:15
5-8 When I Loved Her 3:03
5-9 The Pilgrim - Chapter 33 3:12
5-10 Epitaph (Black And Blue) 3:23
