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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 later collected as a box set. Both the individual compilations and the box set were pulled from the market in the '90s, clearing the way for The Complete Hank Williams, a ten-disc box set which purported to contain all of Williams' recordings. Mercury, however, played it a little loose with their terms, deciding that "complete" covers the studio recordings, demos, and selected live performances, leaving overdubbed tracks and many live cuts (including much of The Health and Happiness Shows, which was released as a separate collection) in the vaults. This is bound to frustrate some collectors, but it makes for a better listen, actually. Instead of piling all the recordings into an impenetrable chronological trawl through Williams' recording life, the compilers logically devoted specific discs to the studio sessions, live cuts, and demos. In particular, the studio discs are quite compelling, but for hardcore fans, the previously unheard live performances (including several songs that Williams only performed in concert) are the real treasures. Then again, only hardcore fans will invest in such a lavish, extensive box set as The Complete Hank Williams, and there's little question that they'll be quite pleased with it.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Hank Williams, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - FRED ROSE, Producer - The Drifting Cowboys, MainArtist
℗ 1985 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Hank Williams, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - FRED ROSE, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1985 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Hank Williams, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - FRED ROSE, Producer - The Drifting Cowboys, MainArtist
℗ 1985 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Hank Williams, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - FRED ROSE, Producer - The Drifting Cowboys, MainArtist
℗ 1985 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Hank Williams, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - FRED ROSE, Producer
℗ 1985 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Hank Williams, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - FRED ROSE, Producer
℗ 1985 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Hank Williams, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - FRED ROSE, Producer
℗ 1947 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Hank Williams, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - FRED ROSE, Producer
℗ 1985 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, Ensemble, MainArtist
℗ 1985 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Hank Williams, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - FRED ROSE, Producer - The Drifting Cowboys, MainArtist
℗ 1985 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Hank Williams, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - FRED ROSE, Producer - The Drifting Cowboys, MainArtist
℗ 1985 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Hank Williams, MainArtist - FRED ROSE, ComposerLyricist - Bunny Biggs, ComposerLyricist - Honey Wilds, ComposerLyricist - Barry Feldman, Producer - T.C. Rogers, Producer
℗ 1947 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Hank Williams, MainArtist - FRED ROSE, ComposerLyricist - Barry Feldman, Producer - T.C. Rogers, Producer
℗ 1947 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Hank Williams, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Ramona Vincent, ComposerLyricist - Barry Feldman, Producer - T.C. Rogers, Producer
℗ 1947 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Hank Williams, MainArtist - FRED ROSE, ComposerLyricist - The Drifting Cowboys, MainArtist - Barry Feldman, Producer - T.C. Rogers, Producer
℗ 1948 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Hank Williams, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - FRED ROSE, 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 - The Drifting Cowboys, MainArtist - Barry Feldman, Producer - T.C. Rogers, Producer
℗ 1948 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Hank Williams, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Barry Feldman, Producer - T.C. Rogers, 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, ComposerLyricist - The Drifting Cowboys, MainArtist - Wesley Rose, Producer, Co-Producer
℗ 1948 UMG Recordings, Inc.
DISC 2
Hank Williams, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Barry Feldman, Producer - T.C. Rogers, Producer
℗ 1948 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Tim Rogers, Producer, Executive Producer - Hank Williams, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - FRED ROSE, Producer - The Drifting Cowboys, MainArtist - Barry Feldman, Producer, Executive Producer
℗ 1949 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Hank Williams, Guitar, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer - Irving Mills, ComposerLyricist - FRED ROSE, Producer - Cliff Friend, ComposerLyricist - The Drifting Cowboys, Ensemble - Wesley Rose, Producer, Co-Producer
℗ 1949 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Hank Williams, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - FRED ROSE, Producer
℗ 1963 Mercury Records
Hank Williams, MainArtist - Audrey Williams, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1986 Mercury Records
Tim Rogers, Producer, Executive Producer - Hank Williams, MainArtist - FRED ROSE, Producer - Leon Payne, ComposerLyricist - The Drifting Cowboys, Ensemble - Barry Feldman, Producer, Executive Producer - Wesley Rose, Producer, Co-Producer
℗ 1949 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Hank Williams, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - FRED ROSE, Producer - The Drifting Cowboys, MainArtist
℗ 1950 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Hank Williams, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Audrey Williams, ComposerLyricist - FRED ROSE, Producer - The Drifting Cowboys, MainArtist
℗ 1949 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Hank Williams, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Audrey Williams, ComposerLyricist - FRED ROSE, Producer - The Drifting Cowboys, MainArtist
℗ 1949 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Hank Williams, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - FRED ROSE, Producer - The Drifting Cowboys, MainArtist
℗ 1986 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, ComposerLyricist - FRED ROSE, Producer - The Drifting Cowboys, MainArtist - Wesley Rose, Producer, Co-Producer
℗ 1949 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Hank Williams, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - FRED ROSE, Producer - Jewell House, ComposerLyricist - The Drifting Cowboys, MainArtist
℗ 1949 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Hank Williams, MainArtist - FRED ROSE, Producer - The Drifting Cowboys, MainArtist - Claude Boone, ComposerLyricist - Wesley Rose, Producer, Co-Producer
℗ 1949 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Hank Williams, MainArtist - FRED ROSE, Producer - The Drifting Cowboys, MainArtist - Slim Sweet, ComposerLyricist - Curley Kinsey, ComposerLyricist
℗ 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
℗ 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, MainArtist - Wesley Rose, Producer, Co-Producer
℗ 1950 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 - Jewell House, ComposerLyricist - Wesley Rose, Producer, Co-Producer
℗ 1949 Mercury Records
DISC 3
Hank Williams, MainArtist - Mort Dixon, ComposerLyricist - Ray Henderson, ComposerLyricist - Billy Rose, ComposerLyricist - FRED ROSE, Producer
℗ 1950 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Virgil P. Brock, Composer - Blanche Kerr Brock, Author - Hank Williams, MainArtist - FRED ROSE, Producer - Rowswell, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1950 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Hank Williams, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - FRED ROSE, Producer, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1950 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Hank Williams, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - FRED ROSE, Producer
℗ 1950 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
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 later collected as a box set. Both the individual compilations and the box set were pulled from the market in the '90s, clearing the way for The Complete Hank Williams, a ten-disc box set which purported to contain all of Williams' recordings. Mercury, however, played it a little loose with their terms, deciding that "complete" covers the studio recordings, demos, and selected live performances, leaving overdubbed tracks and many live cuts (including much of The Health and Happiness Shows, which was released as a separate collection) in the vaults. This is bound to frustrate some collectors, but it makes for a better listen, actually. Instead of piling all the recordings into an impenetrable chronological trawl through Williams' recording life, the compilers logically devoted specific discs to the studio sessions, live cuts, and demos. In particular, the studio discs are quite compelling, but for hardcore fans, the previously unheard live performances (including several songs that Williams only performed in concert) are the real treasures. Then again, only hardcore fans will invest in such a lavish, extensive box set as The Complete Hank Williams, and there's little question that they'll be quite pleased with it.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 10 disc(s) - 225 track(s)
- Total length: 09:21:47
- Main artists: Hank Williams
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Mercury Nashville
- Genre: Blues/Country/Folk Country
© 1998 UMG Recordings, Inc. This Compilation ℗ 1998 UMG Recordings, Inc.
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