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The Complete Hank Williams

Hank Williams

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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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1
Calling You
00:02:52

Hank Williams, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - FRED ROSE, Producer - The Drifting Cowboys, MainArtist

℗ 1985 UMG Recordings, Inc.

2
Never Again (Will I Knock On Your Door)
00:02:40

Hank Williams, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - FRED ROSE, Producer, ComposerLyricist

℗ 1985 UMG Recordings, Inc.

3
Wealth Won't Save Your Soul
00:02:44

Hank Williams, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - FRED ROSE, Producer - The Drifting Cowboys, MainArtist

℗ 1985 UMG Recordings, Inc.

4
When God Comes And Gathers His Jewels
00:02:48

Hank Williams, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - FRED ROSE, Producer - The Drifting Cowboys, MainArtist

℗ 1985 UMG Recordings, Inc.

5
I Don't Care (If Tomorrow Never Comes)
00:02:46

Hank Williams, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - FRED ROSE, Producer

℗ 1985 UMG Recordings, Inc.

6
My Love For You (Has Turned To Hate)
00:02:40

Hank Williams, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - FRED ROSE, Producer

℗ 1985 UMG Recordings, Inc.

7
Honky Tonkin' (1947 Single Version)
00:02:45

Hank Williams, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - FRED ROSE, Producer

℗ 1947 UMG Recordings, Inc.

8
Pan American
00:02:48

Hank Williams, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - FRED ROSE, Producer

℗ 1985 UMG Recordings, Inc.

9
Move It On Over
00:02:43

Hank Williams, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - FRED ROSE, Producer - The Drifting Cowboys, Ensemble - Wesley Rose, Producer, Co-Producer

℗ 1947 UMG Recordings, Inc.

10
I Saw The Light
00:02:43

Hank Williams, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - FRED ROSE, Producer - The Drifting Cowboys, Ensemble, MainArtist

℗ 1985 UMG Recordings, Inc.

11
(Last Night) I Heard You Crying In Your Sleep (Single Version)
00:02:42

Hank Williams, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - FRED ROSE, Producer - The Drifting Cowboys, MainArtist

℗ 1985 UMG Recordings, Inc.

12
Six More Miles (To The Graveyard)
00:02:45

Hank Williams, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - FRED ROSE, Producer - The Drifting Cowboys, MainArtist

℗ 1985 UMG Recordings, Inc.

13
Fly Trouble
00:02:42

Hank Williams, MainArtist - FRED ROSE, ComposerLyricist - Bunny Biggs, ComposerLyricist - Honey Wilds, ComposerLyricist - Barry Feldman, Producer - T.C. Rogers, Producer

℗ 1947 UMG Recordings, Inc.

14
I'm Satisfied With You
00:02:33

Hank Williams, MainArtist - FRED ROSE, ComposerLyricist - Barry Feldman, Producer - T.C. Rogers, Producer

℗ 1947 UMG Recordings, Inc.

15
On The Banks Of The Old Pontchartrain
00:02:51

Hank Williams, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Ramona Vincent, ComposerLyricist - Barry Feldman, Producer - T.C. Rogers, Producer

℗ 1947 UMG Recordings, Inc.

16
Rootie Tootie
00:02:44

Hank Williams, MainArtist - FRED ROSE, ComposerLyricist - The Drifting Cowboys, MainArtist - Barry Feldman, Producer - T.C. Rogers, Producer

℗ 1948 UMG Recordings, Inc.

17
I Can't Get You Off Of My Mind
00:02:49

Hank Williams, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - FRED ROSE, Producer

℗ 1948 UMG Recordings, Inc.

18
I'm A Long Gone Daddy (Single Version)
00:02:49

Hank Williams, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - The Drifting Cowboys, MainArtist - Barry Feldman, Producer - T.C. Rogers, Producer

℗ 1948 UMG Recordings, Inc.

19
Honky Tonkin' (1948 Single Version)
00:02:43

Hank Williams, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - The Drifting Cowboys, MainArtist - Barry Feldman, Producer - T.C. Rogers, Producer

℗ 1948 UMG Recordings, Inc.

20
My Sweet Love Ain't Around (Single Version)
00:02:41

Hank Williams, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Barry Feldman, Producer - T.C. Rogers, Producer

℗ 1948 UMG Recordings, Inc.

21
The Blues Come Around (Single Version)
00:02:41

Hank Williams, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - The Drifting Cowboys, MainArtist - Barry Feldman, Producer - T.C. Rogers, Producer

℗ 1948 UMG Recordings, Inc.

22
Mansion On The Hill
00:02:33

Hank Williams, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - FRED ROSE, Producer, ComposerLyricist - The Drifting Cowboys, MainArtist - Wesley Rose, Producer, Co-Producer

℗ 1948 UMG Recordings, Inc.

DISC 2

1
I'll Be A Bachelor Til I Die
00:02:36

Hank Williams, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Barry Feldman, Producer - T.C. Rogers, Producer

℗ 1948 UMG Recordings, Inc.

2
There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight (Single Version)
00:02:47

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.

3
Lovesick Blues (Single Version)
00:02:42

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.

4
Lost On The River
00:02:33

Hank Williams, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - FRED ROSE, Producer

℗ 1963 Mercury Records

5
I Heard My Mother Praying For Me
00:02:34

Hank Williams, MainArtist - Audrey Williams, ComposerLyricist

℗ 1986 Mercury Records

6
Lost Highway
00:02:41

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.

7
May You Never Be Alone (Single Version)
00:02:48

Hank Williams, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - FRED ROSE, Producer - The Drifting Cowboys, MainArtist

℗ 1950 UMG Recordings, Inc.

8
Dear Brother
00:02:45

Hank Williams, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Audrey Williams, ComposerLyricist - FRED ROSE, Producer - The Drifting Cowboys, MainArtist

℗ 1949 UMG Recordings, Inc.

9
Jesus Remembered Me
00:02:51

Hank Williams, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - Audrey Williams, ComposerLyricist - FRED ROSE, Producer - The Drifting Cowboys, MainArtist

℗ 1949 UMG Recordings, Inc.

10
Honky Tonk Blues (1949 Version)
00:02:38

Hank Williams, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - FRED ROSE, Producer - The Drifting Cowboys, MainArtist

℗ 1986 UMG Recordings, Inc.

11
Mind Your Own Business
00:02:54

Hank Williams, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - FRED ROSE, Producer - The Drifting Cowboys, MainArtist - Wesley Rose, Producer, Co-Producer

℗ 1949 UMG Recordings, Inc.

12
You're Gonna Change (Or I'm Gonna Leave) (Single Version)
00:02:55

Hank Williams, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - FRED ROSE, Producer - The Drifting Cowboys, MainArtist - Wesley Rose, Producer, Co-Producer

℗ 1949 UMG Recordings, Inc.

13
My Son Calls Another Man Daddy (Polydor Single Version)
00:02:34

Hank Williams, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - FRED ROSE, Producer - Jewell House, ComposerLyricist - The Drifting Cowboys, MainArtist

℗ 1949 UMG Recordings, Inc.

14
Wedding Bells
00:02:53

Hank Williams, MainArtist - FRED ROSE, Producer - The Drifting Cowboys, MainArtist - Claude Boone, ComposerLyricist - Wesley Rose, Producer, Co-Producer

℗ 1949 UMG Recordings, Inc.

15
I've Just Told Mama Goodbye
00:02:54

Hank Williams, MainArtist - FRED ROSE, Producer - The Drifting Cowboys, MainArtist - Slim Sweet, ComposerLyricist - Curley Kinsey, ComposerLyricist

℗ 1949 UMG Recordings, Inc.

16
I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry (Single Version)
00:02:45

Hank Williams, Vocals, MainArtist, AssociatedPerformer, ComposerLyricist - FRED ROSE, Producer - Wesley Rose, Producer, Co-Producer

℗ 1949 UMG Recordings, Inc.

17
A House Without Love
00:02:52

Hank Williams, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - FRED ROSE, Producer - The Drifting Cowboys, MainArtist

℗ 1949 UMG Recordings, Inc.

18
I Just Don't Like This Kind Of Living (Single Version)
00:02:47

Hank Williams, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - FRED ROSE, Producer - The Drifting Cowboys, MainArtist - Wesley Rose, Producer, Co-Producer

℗ 1949 UMG Recordings, Inc.

19
My Bucket's Got A Hole In It (Demo Version)
00:02:04
20
My Bucket's Got A Hole In It
00:02:31

Hank Williams, MainArtist - Clarence Williams, ComposerLyricist - FRED ROSE, Producer - The Drifting Cowboys, MainArtist - Wesley Rose, Producer, Co-Producer

℗ 1949 UMG Recordings, Inc.

21
Long Gone Lonesome Blues (Single Version)
00:02:37

Hank Williams, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - FRED ROSE, Producer - The Drifting Cowboys, MainArtist - Wesley Rose, Producer, Co-Producer

℗ 1950 UMG Recordings, Inc.

22
Why Don't You Love Me (Single Version)
00:02:23

Hank Williams, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - FRED ROSE, Producer - The Drifting Cowboys, MainArtist - Wesley Rose, Producer, Co-Producer

℗ 1950 UMG Recordings, Inc.

23
Why Should We Try Anymore (Single Version)
00:02:36

Hank Williams, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - FRED ROSE, Producer - The Drifting Cowboys, MainArtist - Wesley Rose, Producer, Co-Producer

℗ 1950 UMG Recordings, Inc.

24
My Son Calls Another Man Daddy (MGM Single Version)
00:02:32

Hank Williams, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - FRED ROSE, Producer - Jewell House, ComposerLyricist - Wesley Rose, Producer, Co-Producer

℗ 1949 Mercury Records

DISC 3

1
Too Many Parties And Too Many Pals (Single Version)
00:02:58

Hank Williams, MainArtist - Mort Dixon, ComposerLyricist - Ray Henderson, ComposerLyricist - Billy Rose, ComposerLyricist - FRED ROSE, Producer

℗ 1950 UMG Recordings, Inc.

2
Beyond The Sunset (Single Version)
00:02:59

Virgil P. Brock, Composer - Blanche Kerr Brock, Author - Hank Williams, MainArtist - FRED ROSE, Producer - Rowswell, ComposerLyricist

℗ 1950 UMG Recordings, Inc.

3
The Funeral (Single Version)
00:03:04

Hank Williams, MainArtist, ComposerLyricist - FRED ROSE, Producer, ComposerLyricist

℗ 1950 UMG Recordings, Inc.

4
Everything's Okay (Single Version)
00:02:49

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

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