No one can blame Starday for attempting to cash in on
Roger Miller's chart success in the mid-'60s, and it might be understandable though questionable to leave any dates off the album cover so that nobody would be able to guess how far removed these sessions are from the type of productions and songs that made
Miller a star. They even subtitle it "The Madcap Sensation of Country Music" so that the buyer thinks it will be a typically crazy
Miller album, even though he only wrote four out of the dozen songs included. The choice of covers by country stalwarts such as
Buck Owens,
Mel Tillis, and
Harlan Howard is respectable and a lot more exciting than the type of material
Miller would cover later in his career, but there really isn't anything that madcap about it, especially by this artist's standards. A more appropriate title would have been "Some Pleasant Early Sessions by Roger Miller Featuring Relaxed Picking by Uncredited Nashville Sidemen," but that surely wouldn't have sold as many copies.