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Title on accompanying book: Stories, the complete Hank Williams |
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CD 1. The Sterling and MGM Recordings : 12/11/46 through 11/07/47 : Calling you -- Never again (will I knock on your door) -- Wealth won't save your soul -- When God comes and gathers his jewels -- I don't care (if tomorrow never comes) -- My love for you (has turned to hate) -- Honky tonkin' -- Pan American -- Move it on over -- I saw the light -- (Last night) I heard you crying in your sleep -- Six more miles (to the graveyard) -- Fly trouble -- I'm satisfied with you -- On the banks of the old Pontchartrain -- Rootie tootie -- I can't get you off of my mind -- I'm a long gone daddy -- Honky tonkin' -- My sweet love ain't around -- The blues come around -- A mansion on the hill. |
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CD 2. The MGM sessions : 11/07/47 through 1/09/50 : The Prince Albert Opry : I'll be a bachelor 'til I die -- There'll be no teardrops tonight -- Lovesick blues -- Lost on the river -- I heard my mother praying for me -- Lost highway -- May you never be alone -- Dear brother -- Jesus remembered me -- Honky tonk blues -- Mind your own business -- You're gonne change (or I'm gonna leave) -- My son calls another man daddy -- Wedding bells -- I've just told mama goodbye -- I'm so lonesome I could cry -- A house without love -- I just don't like this kind of livin' -- My bucket's got a hole in it -- Long gone lonesome blues -- Why don't you love me -- Why should we try anymore. |
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CD 3. The MGM sessions : 1/10/50 through 6/01/51 : Too many parties and too many pals -- Beyond the sunset -- The funeral -- Everything's okay -- They'll never take her love from me -- Nobody's lonesome for me -- Moanin' the blues -- Help me understand -- No, no Joe -- Cold, cold heart -- Dear John -- Just waitin' -- Men with broken hearts -- I can't help it (if I'm still in love with you) -- Howlin' at the moon -- Hey, good lookin' -- My heart would know -- The pale horse and his rider -- A home in heaven -- Ramblin' man -- Pictures from life's other side -- I've been down that road before -- I dreamed about mama last night. |
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CD 4. The MGM session: 7/25/51 through 9/23/52 : I'd still want you -- (I heard that) Lonesome whistle -- Crazy heart -- Half as much -- Baby, we're really in love -- I'm sorry for you, my friend -- Honky tonk blues -- Let's turn back the years -- Window shopping -- Jambalaya (on the bayou) -- Settin' the woods on fire -- I'll never get out of this world alive -- You win again -- I won't be home no more -- Be careful of stones that you throw -- Please make up your mind -- I could never be ashamed of you -- Your cheatin' heart -- Kaw-liga -- Take these chains from my heart. |
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CD 5. The Montgomery demos and radio performances : Happy rovin' cowboy -- Freight train blues -- San Antonio Rose -- I'm not coming home any more -- I ain't gonna love you any more -- Won't you sometimes think of me -- Why should I cry -- I watched my dream world crumble like clay -- I told a lie to my heart -- Mother is gone -- In my dreams you still belong to me -- We're getting closer to the grave each day -- (I'm) Going home -- Calling you -- Pan American -- Wealth won't save your soul -- Honky tonk blues -- A home in heaven -- You broke your own heart -- I'm so tired of it all. |
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CD 6. The Shreveport radio performances : Part one, vocal & guitar : You caused it all by telling lies -- Faded love and winter roses -- Please don't let me love you -- There's no room in my heart for the blues -- I wish I had a nickel -- The waltz of the wind -- At the first fall of snow -- Leave me alone with the blues -- I'm free at last -- Blue love (in my heart) -- It just don't matter now -- Little paper boy -- Someday you'll call my name -- The battle of Armageddon -- No one will ever know -- With tears in my eyes -- Thank God -- Rock my cradle once again -- Don't do it darling. |
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CD 7. The Shreveport radio performances : Part two -- plus the demos : Rockin' chair money -- Cool water -- Tennessee border -- First year blues -- My main trial is yet to come -- Wait for the light to shine -- We live in two different worlds -- Roly poly -- Swing wide your gate of love -- Dixie cannonball -- Sundown and sorrow -- The devil's train -- The old home -- Alone and forsaken -- Heaven holds all my treasures -- Lost on the river -- A house of gold -- Singing waterfall -- Dear brother -- 'Neath a cold gray tomb of stone -- Time has proven I was wrong -- No, not now -- When you're tired of breaking others hearts -- Honey, do you love me, huh. |
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CD 8. The Nashville demos : Part one : California zephyr -- Your cheatin' heart -- You better keep it on your mind -- How can you refuse him now -- Low down blues -- Ten little numbers -- Thy burdens are greater than mine -- Last night I dreamed of heaven -- I ain't got nothin' but time -- Message to my mother -- Fool about you -- I'm going home -- Jambalaya (on the bayou) -- Ready to go home -- Kaw-liga -- I could never be ashamed of you -- Angel of death -- All the love I ever had -- We're getting closer to the grave each day -- The log train -- How to write folk and western music to sell. |
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CD 9. The Nashville demos : Part two - Hank pitching songs and rare radio performances : There's a tear in my beer -- The Alabama waltz -- Jesus died for me -- A teardrop on a rose -- Jesus is calling -- Wearin' out your walking shoes -- When the book of life is read -- There's nothing as sweet as my baby -- (I'm gonna) Sing, sing, sing -- I can't escape from you -- Weary blues from waitin' -- Are you walkin' and a talkin' for the Lord -- If you'll be a baby to me -- 'Neath a cold gray tomb of stone -- The "Farmer Jim" tapes. Lost highway ; I'm a long gone daddy ; Long gone lonesome blues -- The March of Dimes show. Help me understand ; When God dips his love in my heart -- Rare radio performances. They'll never take her love from me ; Are you walkin' and a talkin' for the Lord ; Honky tonkin' ; I cried again ; Wild side of life ; Something got a hold of me ; Drifting too far from the shore. |
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CD 10. Radio, television, and concert performances : Lovesick blues -- Hank in Europe : Move it on over -- The AFRS shows : You're gonna change (or I'm gonna leave) ; I just don't like this kind of livin' ; Talk with Minnie Pearl ; They'll never take her love from me ; Long gone lonesome blues ; Why don't you love me ; Moanin' the blues ; Nobody's lonesome for me ; Dear John ; Hey good lookin' ; Honky tonk blues ; Let the spirit descend ; Cold, cold heart ; Baby, we're really in love ; The old country church -- The Health and Happiness Shows : A tramp on the street ; I'll have a new body (I'll have a new life) ; I want to live and love ; Where the soul of man never dies ; The prodigal son -- The Kate Smith Evening Hour : I can't help it (if I'm still in love with you) -- (Spoken word) The apology #2. |
| General note | Mercury : 314 536 077-2 (314 536 078-2--314 536 087-2). |
| General note | Compact discs. |
| General note | Digitally remastered analog recordings. |
| General note | Booklet comprises essays by Daniel Cooper, Colin Iscott, and Bob Pinson and biographical and discographical information; laid in box. |
| General note | Details of the recordings, sources and durations (ill., facsims. ; 28 cm.) bound in container. |
| Credits | Original Sterling/MGM sessions produced by Fred Rose ; Luke Lewis, executive producer ; produced by Colin Escott, Kira Florita, and the Country Music Foundation. |
| Performer |
Hank Williams ; with vocal and instrumental accompaniment. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded between Dec. 11, 1946 and Sept. 23, 1952. |
| Date/time/place of a event note | Recorded between 12/11/46 and 9/23/52. |
| Other title | Sterling and MGM Records sessions. |
| Other title | MGM sessions. |
| Other title | Montgomery demos and radio performances. |
| Other title | Shreveport radio performances. |
| Other title | Nashville demos. |
| Other title | Radio, television, and concert performances. |
| Publisher number | 314-536 077-2 Mercury Records (set) |
| Publisher number | 314-536 078-2 Mercury Records (disc 1) |
| Publisher number | 314-536 079-2 Mercury Records (disc 2) |
| Publisher number | 314-536 080-2 Mercury Records (disc 3) |
| Publisher number | 314-536 081-2 Mercury Records (disc 4) |
| Publisher number | 314-536 082-2 Mercury Records (disc 5) |
| Publisher number | 314-536 083-2 Mercury Records (disc 6) |
| Publisher number | 314-536 084-2 Mercury Records (disc 7) |
| Publisher number | 314-536 085-2 Mercury Records (disc 8) |
| Publisher number | 314-536 086-2 Mercury Records (disc 9) |
| Publisher number | 314-536 087-2 Mercury Records (disc 10) |
