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. His sixth overall album, it is his fourth studio album with Decca Records, produced by Peter Sullivan. London Records (Parrot label) (USA, Canada) released an abridged version of this album as '' Funny Familiar Forgotten Feelings'' (Parrot 71011), whilst that label's album titled ''Green, Green Grass of Home'' was largely made up of tracks from '' From the Heart''.

Reception

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notes with this album Jones "began to abandon his teenage pop audience to concentrate on a more mature, middle of the road group of listeners" but says the album is "inconsistent".

Track listing

Side one # " Riders in the Sky" ( Stan Jones) # "

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Green, Green Grass of Home "Green, Green Grass of Home", written by Claude "Curly" Putman Jr., and first recorded by singer Johnny Darrell in 1965, is a country song made popular by Porter Wagoner the same year, when it reached No. 4 on the Country chart. It was also re ...

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) # " A Field of Yellow Daisies" (

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) # "All I Get From You Are Heartaches" (Al Frisch,

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References

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