When compared with 40 Greatest Hits (which came out the following year), this record is light on both tracks and liner notes...these tracks are also offered in simulated...
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24 Greatest Hits might feature a significant portion of Hank Williams's greatest songs, but it isn't all it appears to be. The album contains overdubbed versions of the...
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Hank Williams' body of work is so large and has been repackaged so many times in so many forms that the notion of creating a definitive compilation almost seems like an...
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This is a classic session with Hank Williams assuming the role of Luke the Drifter. These stunning narratives will surely conjure up images of campfires and Sundays at the...
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With the advent of digital sound, PolyGram combed their vaults for these rare tracks. Rare tracks refers to alternate takes, acetates, and pre-MGM tracks. The radio cuts,...
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Although the songs here are first-rate, the sheer brevity of this disc does a disservice to both of these seminal country music figures. Stick with the single-artist...
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Featured are such Williams favorites as "If You Don't Like Hank Williams," "There's a Tear in My Beer," "Kawliga," "You Win Again," and "Jambalaya." ~ All Music Guide, All...
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The double-disc set Health & Happinesss Shows collects eight complete radio shows that Hank Williams recorded in 1949, when his career was just taking off. Throughout the...
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Polygram released eight two record sets which collect Hank Williams complete studio recordings (along with a few demos). This is the sixth collection and includes both Luke...
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Out of the ten studio recordings on Hey, Good Lookin' (December 1950 -- July 1951): Vol. VI, no less than six -- "Dear John," "I Can't Help It (If I'm Still in Love With...
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I Ain't Got Nothin' but Time (December 1946 -- April 1947): Vol. 1 kicked off Polydor's eight-volume reissue series of Hank Williams' complete recorded works. Though the...
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Every bit as essential as his country hits, I Saw the Light is an excellent testament to the songwriting genius of Hank Williams. A very spirited and, at times, utterly...
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The music on I Won't be Home No More (June 1952--September 1952) is the last that Hank Williams recorded, and his inner demons and personal traumas are evident throughout...
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With much of the material on I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry (March 1949 -- August 1949): Vol. 4, Hank Williams began to reveal his personal demons through his songs -- "I'm So...
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Polygram released eight two record sets which collect Hank Williams complete studio recordings (along with a few demos). This is the seventh collection and includes the...
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Hank Williams' life was beginning to unravel during the time he recorded the material on Let's Turn Back the Years (July 1951 -- June 1952): Vol. VII, yet that didn't mean...
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The music on Lonesome Blues is certainly first-rate, but the budget packaging leaves a lot to be desired. Featuring a skimpy track selection and liner notes, the disc is...
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Polygram released eight two record sets which collect Hank Williams complete studio recordings (along with a few demos). This is the fifth collection and features the first...
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Among the highlights of the studio recordings on Long Gone Lonesome Blues (August 1949 -- December 1950): Vol. V are the hit singles "Long Gone Lonesome Blues," "Why Don't...
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Though "Lovesick Blues" made Hank Williams into a star, it didn't become successful until March of 1949, which means the material that comprises Lost Highway (December 1948...
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Polygram released eight two record sets which collect Hank Williams complete studio recordings (along with a few demos). This is the second collection and features his first...
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Among the material on Lovesick Blues (August 1947 -- December 1948): Vol. 2, the second volume of Polydor's series of Hank Williams' complete recorded works, is "Lovesick...
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The title of The Original Singles Collection ... Plus is slightly misleading. Although PolyGram marketed the three-disc, 83-song set as a complete collection, it doesn't...
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Back to Back includes six tracks each by Hank Williams, Sr. and Hank Jr. (all songs were written by Hank Sr.). Included are hits by the original ("Your Cheatin' Heart," "Hey...
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After completing an excellent, comprehensive reissue of every recording Hank Williams made during his life, Polygram and Mercury packaged the eight discs together in the...
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Commemorative Collection is a double-disc set that functions as an oral history of Hank Williams' life. There are songs on the collection, namely hits like "Your Cheatin'...
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Between 1986 and 1987, Mercury launched its first effort to chronicle Hank Williams' complete recorded works, releasing a series of eight double albums/single CDs which were...
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Rare Demos: First to Last compiles all 24 publisher's demos that the country Music Foundation originally released as The First Recordings and Just Me and My Guitar. These...
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You have to read the small print on the cover of this CD to realize that it is a various-artists album, not one made up entirely of Hank Williams recordings. Actually,...
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Low Down Blues is a mid-priced compilation of Hank Williams' bluesiest material. The 16-track collection features classics like "Honky Tonk Blues," "Lovesick Blues,"...
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One of the better of the host of low-priced reissues of Williams work, "Move It on Over" is necessarily limited to the first two years of Williams' work (due to copyright...
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This two-disc set brings together every extant performance from Hank Williams' brief hookup with the Opry. The first disc collects 21 performances, both musical and in the...
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Unfortunately, this collection stops at the beginning of the 1950's due to copyright restrictions, a fact which mars an otherwise excellent introduction to Williams and his...
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The Hank Williams volume of 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection is a good, basic compilation of Williams' highlights, featuring such timeless tunes as "Hey, Good...
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A real treat for Hank-o-philes who really drooled over the few gritty demo recordings that appeared on the extensive box set The Complete of Hank Williams. Leading off with...
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Mercury's collection of Hank Williams' spirituals, I Saw the Light, ups the ante of the previous Polydor collection of the same title by offering up four bonus tracks and...
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Mercury/UTV Records' 2002 release The Ultimate Collection does not follow a strict chronological running order over the course of 42 songs and two discs, but that's not a...
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Tall, charismatic, and eschewing rustic hillbilly stage outfits in favor of sleek, tailored Nudie suits, Hank Williams was country music's first true superstar, and he was...
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There have been countless Hank Williams compilations issued over the years, ranging from cheap budget-line discs to box sets of his complete recordings, but the idea for the...
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