No Description Available No Track Information Available Media Type: CD Artist: WILLIAMS,HANK SR. Title: 40 GREATEST HITS Street Release Date: 10/24/1988 Import Genre: COUNTRY
Deluxe/Limited/Special Edition Details: 15 CDs, 1 DVD, 1 poster, 1 hardcover book in a collector's "radio" box with sound chip.
ULTIMATE BOX SET OF HANK WILLIAMS AT HIS PRIME.
At the peak of his career in 1951 Hank Williams recorded 143 songs for the Mother's Best Flour Company radio shows. He sang with his regular studio band and recorded his hits as well as songs he never recorded commercially anywhere else. From this amazing legacy, Time Life is proud to release the deluxe box set of THE COMPLETE MOTHER'S BEST RECORDINGS...PLUS!, a historic 15 CD + 1 DVD collection drawn from the Mother's Best recordings.
It's a rare, informal glimpse into the heart and soul of country music's greatest star who passed away on New Year's Day 1953, at age 29. These days, we count ourselves lucky if we find an alternate take or two by any late giant of American music. To find hours upon hours of music and talk is truly without precedent. Set the time machine for 1951.
The Complete Grammy-Nominated Collection now available on Amazon.com. Limited edition, deluxe box set, with many performances available here for the first time. This collection increases the number of Hank Williams recordings by 50%! Painstakingly restored sound, by Grammy® winner Joe Palmaccio.
Bonus DVD, featuring a moving conversation with the last two members of Hank's Mother's Best Band. A 108-page beautifully illustrated hard covered book with many previously unpublished photos and related memorabilia. With an Introduction by Hank Williams, Jr. and Afterword by Jett Williams. Also included is a poster-sized map chronicling Hank's punishing 1951 schedule.
Box dimensions: 10 inches (tall), 9 inches (wide), 7.25 inches (deep). Hank Williams like you've never heard him before!
Complete Collection Music Artist : Hank Sr Williams Music Label : Universal/Spectrum Release Date : 2005-05-23 Artistopia's Price :$22.28
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3CD boxset contains all the well known songs, live versions and rare material. Spectrum 2005
At the peak of his career in 1951, Hank Williams recorded 143 songs for the Mother's Best Flour Company. Hank sang with his regular studio band and recorded his hits as well as many songs he never recorded commercially anywhere else. From this amazing legacy, Time Life is proud to release this historic 3 CD, 54 track collection drawn from the very best of the Mother's Best recordings.
1. Family Tradition 4:00 2. Whiskey Bent And Hell Bound 3:09 3. Women I've Never Had 2:51 4. Old Habits 3:02 5. Kaw-Liga 4:22 6. Dixie On My Mind 2:36 7. Texas Women 2:26 8. The American Dream 2:19 9. A Country Boy Can Survive 4:15 10. All My Rowdy Friends (Have Settled Down) 3:55
Time Life is proud to release the 3-CD set: Hank Williams: The Legend Begins- Rare and Unreleased Recordings. It's another unique glimpse into the musical career of country music's greatest star who passed away in 1953 at the age of 29.
Still more to discover: No one knew in 1938 that when a teenager made his first recording in the kitchen of a famed DJ in Montgomery, Alabama, that the teen would go on to become the King of Country Music. Decades later, that DJ, Uncle Bob Helton, met Hank's daughter Jett, telling her he had something from her father. Audio engineers at the Country Music Hall of Fame weren't sure what to make of the acetate until an engineer put his thumb on the spinning disc to slow it down -- at that point they heard Hank's first recordings: a blues song called "Fan It," along with "Alexander's Ragtime Band." These songs survived on an acetate that was recorded at around 60 RPM (not 33, 45 or 78); the fragile acetate coating was already flaking off the disc...another year or two and it would have been unplayable and lost forever!
In addition to this unbelievable find, this collection features four previously unreleased recordings from 1940. Jett bought this rare acetate at auction from a collector, giving us "San Antonio Rose," "St. Louis Blues," "Greenback Dollar" and "Freight Train."
Rounding out this amazing collection are eight 15-minute recordings for the Health and Happiness shows, Hank's first syndicated radio series sponsored by a manufacturer of a patent cure-all, Hadacol. He sings his hits like "Lovesick Blues," "Lost Highway," and "A Mansion on the Hill," plus mixes in hymns and songs that he never recorded elsewhere, including "Tramp on the Street..." reckoned to be one of his most compelling performances.
