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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 problem since the sequencing flows easily and is logical to the ear. Besides, the other "best introduction/summary" to Hank Williams -- 1978's 40 Greatest Hits -- didn't run chronologically, either. That collection is still the best choice for an introduction, even if it doesn't have the remastered sound this boasts, because it has a better song selection. True, all of the stone-cold essentials are here, but there are many songs that really should have been here -- "My Son Calls Another Man Daddy," "Nobody's Lonesome for Me," "Dear John," "Baby, We're Really in Love," for instance -- yet aren't since the compilers favor a slight revisionist bent that will appeal to alt-country fans (more gloom and doom, not as much fun). It should be noted that this complaint is a minor one, applicable to those who already have a lot of Williams, and, overall, this is an excellent summary of his greatest work, one that will satisfy most listeners, or will convert those who have yet to realize why Hank is a legend.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Hank Williams, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - FRED ROSE, Producer - The Drifting Cowboys, Ensemble, MainArtist
℗ 1985 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Hank Williams, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - FRED ROSE, Producer, ComposerLyricist - The Drifting Cowboys, MainArtist - Wesley Rose, Producer, Co-Producer
℗ 1948 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Hank Williams, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - The Drifting Cowboys, MainArtist - Barry Feldman, Producer - T.C. Rogers, Producer
℗ 1948 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Hank Williams, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - FRED ROSE, Producer - The Drifting Cowboys, Ensemble - Wesley Rose, Producer, Co-Producer
℗ 1947 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Hank Williams, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - FRED ROSE, Producer - The Drifting Cowboys, MainArtist - Wesley Rose, Producer, Co-Producer
℗ 1949 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Hank Williams, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - FRED ROSE, Producer - Wesley Rose, Producer, Co-Producer
℗ 1949 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Hank Williams, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - FRED ROSE, Producer - The Drifting Cowboys, MainArtist - Wesley Rose, Producer, Co-Producer
℗ 1949 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Hank Williams, MainArtist - Clarence Williams, ComposerLyricist - FRED ROSE, Producer - The Drifting Cowboys, MainArtist - Wesley Rose, Producer, Co-Producer
℗ 1949 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Hank Williams, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - FRED ROSE, Producer - The Drifting Cowboys, MainArtist - Wesley Rose, Producer, Co-Producer
℗ 1950 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Hank Williams, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - FRED ROSE, Producer - The Drifting Cowboys, Ensemble - Wesley Rose, Producer, Co-Producer
℗ 1951 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Hank Williams, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - FRED ROSE, Producer - The Drifting Cowboys, MainArtist - Wesley Rose, Producer, Co-Producer
℗ 1951 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Hank Williams, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - FRED ROSE, Producer - The Drifting Cowboys, Ensemble - Wesley Rose, Producer, Co-Producer
℗ 1951 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Hank Williams, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - FRED ROSE, Producer - Don Helms, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Jerry Rivers, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - The Drifting Cowboys, Ensemble - Jack Shook, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Wesley Rose, Producer, Co-Producer - Sam Pruett, Electric Guitar, AssociatedPerformer
℗ 1951 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Hank Williams, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - FRED ROSE, Producer - The Drifting Cowboys, MainArtist
℗ 1951 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Hank Williams, MainArtist - FRED ROSE, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1951 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Hank Williams, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Jimmie Davis, ComposerLyricist - FRED ROSE, Producer - The Drifting Cowboys, Ensemble - Wesley Rose, Producer, Co-Producer
℗ 1951 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Hank Williams, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - FRED ROSE, Producer - The Drifting Cowboys, Ensemble - Wesley Rose, Producer, Co-Producer
℗ 1952 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Hank Williams, MainArtist - FRED ROSE, Producer - Curley Williams, ComposerLyricist - The Drifting Cowboys, MainArtist - Wesley Rose, Producer, Co-Producer
℗ 1952 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Hank Williams, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - FRED ROSE, Producer - The Drifting Cowboys, Ensemble - Wesley Rose, Producer, Co-Producer
℗ 1952 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Hank Williams, MainArtist - FRED ROSE, Producer, ComposerLyricist - The Drifting Cowboys, Ensemble - Edward G. Nelson, ComposerLyricist - Wesley Rose, Producer, Co-Producer
℗ 1952 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Hank Williams, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - FRED ROSE, Producer, ComposerLyricist - The Drifting Cowboys, Ensemble - Wesley Rose, Producer, Co-Producer
℗ 1952 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Hank Williams, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - FRED ROSE, Producer - The Drifting Cowboys, Ensemble - Wesley Rose, Producer, Co-Producer
℗ 1952 UMG Recordings, Inc.
DISC 2
Hank Williams, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Chet Atkins, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - FRED ROSE, Producer - Don Helms, Steel Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Floyd Chance, Bass Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Tommy Jackson, Fiddle, AssociatedPerformer - The Drifting Cowboys, Ensemble - Jack Shook, Guitar, AssociatedPerformer - Wesley Rose, Producer, Co-Producer
℗ 1953 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Hank Williams, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - FRED ROSE, Producer
℗ 1952 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Hank Williams, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - FRED ROSE, Producer, ComposerLyricist - The Drifting Cowboys, Ensemble - Wesley Rose, Producer, Co-Producer
℗ 1953 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Hy Heath, ComposerLyricist - Hank Williams, MainArtist - FRED ROSE, Producer, ComposerLyricist - The Drifting Cowboys, MainArtist - Wesley Rose, Producer, Co-Producer
℗ 1953 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Hank Williams, MainArtist - Frank Walker, Producer - Lonnie A. Glosson, ComposerLyricist - Bill Carlisle, ComposerLyricist - Colin Escott, Producer, Co-Producer - Kira Florita, Producer, Co-Producer
℗ 1998 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Hank Williams, MainArtist - Ralph Jones, ComposerLyricist - Barry Feldman, Producer - Colin Escott, Producer, Co-Producer - Kira Florita, Producer, Co-Producer - T.C. Rogers, Producer
℗ 1949 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Hank Williams, MainArtist - Eddie Hill, ComposerLyricist - Jean Branch, ComposerLyricist - The Drifting Cowboys, MainArtist
℗ 1987 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Hank Williams, MainArtist - FRED ROSE, Producer - BOB NOLAN, ComposerLyricist - Colin Escott, Producer, Co-Producer - Kira Florita, Producer, Co-Producer
℗ 1998 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Hank Williams, MainArtist - Ernest Tubb, ComposerLyricist - Colin Escott, Producer, Co-Producer - Kira Florita, Producer, Co-Producer
℗ 1998 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Hank Williams, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - The Drifting Cowboys, Ensemble - Colin Escott, Producer, Co-Producer - Kira Florita, Producer, Co-Producer
℗ 1955 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Hank Williams, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - FRED ROSE, Producer - The Drifting Cowboys, MainArtist
℗ 1998 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Hank Williams, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1957 Mercury Records
Hank Williams, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Big Bill Lister, Producer
℗ 1990 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Hank Williams, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - The Drifting Cowboys, MainArtist - Colin Escott, Producer, Co-Producer - Kira Florita, Producer, Co-Producer
℗ 1990 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Hank Williams, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Colin Escott, Producer - Kira Florita, Producer
℗ 2002 Mercury Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Hank Williams, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Colin Escott, Producer - Kira Florita, Producer
℗ 2002 Mercury Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Hank Williams, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2002 Mercury Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Hank Williams, MainArtist - Leon Payne, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2002 Mercury Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Hank Williams, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2002 Mercury Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Hank Williams, MainArtist - Irving Mills, ComposerLyricist - Cliff Friend, ComposerLyricist
℗ 2002 Mercury Records, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Albumbeschreibung
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 problem since the sequencing flows easily and is logical to the ear. Besides, the other "best introduction/summary" to Hank Williams -- 1978's 40 Greatest Hits -- didn't run chronologically, either. That collection is still the best choice for an introduction, even if it doesn't have the remastered sound this boasts, because it has a better song selection. True, all of the stone-cold essentials are here, but there are many songs that really should have been here -- "My Son Calls Another Man Daddy," "Nobody's Lonesome for Me," "Dear John," "Baby, We're Really in Love," for instance -- yet aren't since the compilers favor a slight revisionist bent that will appeal to alt-country fans (more gloom and doom, not as much fun). It should be noted that this complaint is a minor one, applicable to those who already have a lot of Williams, and, overall, this is an excellent summary of his greatest work, one that will satisfy most listeners, or will convert those who have yet to realize why Hank is a legend.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 2 disc(s) - 42 track(s)
- Total length: 01:48:43
- Main artists: Hank Williams
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Mercury Nashville
- Genre: Blues/country/folk Country
© 2002 UMG Recordings, Inc. This Compilation ℗ 2002 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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