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I've been meaning to pick up a compilation of his
Should I just get the "40 greatest hits" ???

― meister, Tuesday, 11 May 2004 14:28 (twenty-one years ago)

Yes, but be warned, it led me straight into getting the box set, which is pretty pricey.

― Charlie Rose (Charlie Rose), Tuesday, 11 May 2004 14:36 (twenty-one years ago)

I got a great CD of a radio show he used to do called Health & Happiness Time or something for $1.99 at a dept. store.
All his songs are pretty much the same anyhow.

― The Huckle-Buck (Horace Mann), Tuesday, 11 May 2004 14:54 (twenty-one years ago)

The Proper box set "Hillbilly Hero" has virtually everything and is Â£12.99 in the uk. 4 cds. I believe it's cheaper than the 40 greatest hits :-)

― de, Tuesday, 11 May 2004 14:59 (twenty-one years ago)

The Proper box is indeed a bargain. And you can usually pick it up for £9.99 when HMV have a sale.

― James Ball (James Ball), Tuesday, 11 May 2004 19:37 (twenty-one years ago)

40 Greatest Hits is totally solid--it doesn't have a lot of his weirder stuff (like the Luke the Drifter singles), but it's an unimpeachable introduction to him.

― Douglas (Douglas), Tuesday, 11 May 2004 19:58 (twenty-one years ago)

Of course, if you don't feel guilty 'bout denying H. Jr. his cut from his poppa's box, you can always burn it. 40 is great. The box is overwhelming. I love the weirder stuff and those cuts you just won't here in yer favourite drinkin' establishment, but it asks quite a bit from it's listener. Yeah, go with the 40 Hits for a great time and excellent introduction.

― marbles cunningham, Wednesday, 12 May 2004 01:38 (twenty-one years ago)

Isn't that 4CD thing missing some of his biggest hits?

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 12 May 2004 01:46 (twenty-one years ago)

HANK WILLIAMS, 40 GREATEST HITS

Tracklisting:
1. Move It on Over
2. Mansion on the Hill
3. Lovesick Blues
4. Wedding Bells
5. Mind Your Own Business
6. You're Gonna Change (Or I'm Gonna Leave)
7. Lost Highway
8. My Bucket's Got a Hole in It
9. I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
10. I Just Don't Like This Kind of Livin'
11. Long Gone Lonesome Blues
12. My Son Calls Another Man Daddy
13. Why Don't You Love Me?
14. Why Should We Try Anymore
15. They'll Never Take Her Love from Me
16. Moanin' the blues
17. Nobody's lonesome for me
18. Cold cold heart
19. Dear John
20. Howlin'at the moon

21. I can't help it (if I'm still in love with you)
22. Hey good lookin'
23. Crazy heart
24. Lonesome whistle
25. Baby, we're really in love
26. Ramblin'man
27. Honky tonk blues
28. I'm sorry for you my friend
29. Half as much
30. Jambalaya
31. Window shopping
32. Settin' the woods on fire
33. You win again
34. I'll never get out of this world alive
35. Kaw liga
36. Your cheatin' heart
37. Take these chains from my heart
38. I won't be home no more
39. Weary blues from waitin'
40. I saw the light

Amazon price: Â£11.99

Hank Williams Hillbilly Hero
Tracklisting

Track Listings
Disc: 1
1. Calling You (Hank Williams) P1946
2. Never Again (Hank Williams) P1946
3. Wealth Won't Save Your Soul (Hank Williams) P1946
4. When God Comes And Gathers His Jewels (Hank Williams) P1946
5. My Love For You (Hank Williams) P1947
6. I Don't Care (If Tomorrow Never Comes) (Hank Williams) P1947
7. Honky Tonkin' (Hank Williams) P1947
8. Pan American (Hank Williams) P1947
9. Move It On Over (Hank Williams) P1947
10. I Saw The Light (Hank Williams) P1947
11. (Last Night) I Heard You Crying In Your Sleep (Hank Williams) P1947
12. Six More Miles (Hank Williams) P1947
13. Fly Trouble (H.Wilds ? B.Biggs ? F.Rose) P1947
14. On The Banks Of The Old Pontchartrain (Hank Williams ? R.Vincent) P1947
15. Rootie Tootie (Fred Rose) P1947
16. I Can't Get You Off My Mind (Hank Williams) P1947
17. I'm A Long Gone Daddy (Hank Williams) P1947
18. Honky Tonkin' (Hank Williams) P1947
19. My Sweet Love Ain't Around (Hank Williams) P1947
20. The Blues Come Around (Hank Williams) P1947
21. A Mansion On The Hill (Hank Williams & Fred Rose) P1947
22. I'll Be A Bachelor Till I Die (Hank Williams) P1947
23. Lost On The River (Hank Williams) P1948
24. There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight (Hank Williams) P1948
25. I Heard My Mother Praying For Me (Hank Williams ? Audrey Williams) P1948
26. Lovesick Blues (I.Mills & C.Friend) P1948

Disc: 2
1. Lost Highway (Leon Payne) P1949
2. May You Never Be Alone (Hank Williams) P1949
3. Dear Brother (Hank Williams) P1949
4. Jesus Remembered Me (Hank Williams) P1949
5. Mind Your Own Business (Hank Williams) P1949
6. You're Gonna Change (Or I'm Gonna Leave) (Hank Williams) P1949
7. Wedding Bells (Claude Boone) P1949
8. I've Just Told Mama Goodbye (Slim Sweet ? Curley Kinsey) P1949
9. I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry (Hank Williams) P1949
10. A House Without Love (Hank Williams) P1949
11. I Just Don't Like This Kind Of Livin? (Hank Williams) P1949
12. My Bucket's Got A Hole In It (Clarence Williams) P1949
13. Long Gone Lonesome Blues (Hank Williams) P1950
14. Why Don't You Love Me (Hank Williams) P1950
15. Why Should We Try Anymore (Hank Williams) P1950
16. My Son Calls Another Man Daddy (Hank Williams & Jewell House) P1950
17. Too Many Parties Too Many Pals (Billy Rose & Mort Dixon & Ray Henderson) P1950
18. Beyond The Sunset (Blanche Kerr Brock & Virgil P.Brock-Albert Kennedy P1950
19. The Funeral (Hank Williams) P1950
20. Everything's Okay (Hank Williams) P1950
21. They'll Never Take Her Love From Me (Hank Williams) P1950
22. Nobody's Lonesome For Me (Hank Williams) P1950
23. Moanin' The Blues (Hank Williams) P1950
24. Help Me Understand (Hank Williams) P1950
25. No No Joe (Fred Rose) P1950
26. Cold Cold Heart (Hank Williams) P1951

Disc: 3
1. Dear John (Aubrey Gass) P1951
2. Just Waitin' (Hank Williams & Bob Gazzaway) P1951
3. Men With Broken Hearts (Hank Williams) P1951
4. I Can't Help It (Hank Williams) P1951
5. Howlin' At The Moon (Hank Williams) P1951
6. Hey Good Lookin' (Hank Williams) P1951
7. My Heart Would Know (Hank Williams) P1951
8. Ramblin' Man (Hank Williams) P1951
9. Pictures From Life's Other Side (Hank Williams) P1951
10. I've Been Down That Road Before (Hank Williams) P1951
11. I Dreamed About Mama Last Night (Fred Rose) P1951
12. I'd Still Want You (Hank Williams) P1951
13. Lonesome Whistle (Hank Williams & Jimmie Davis) P1951
14. Crazy Heart (Fred Rose & Maurice Murray) P1951
15. Half As Much (Curley Williams) P1951
16. Baby We're Really In Love (Hank Williams) P1951
17. I'm Sorry For You My Friend (Hank Williams) P1951
18. Honky Tonk Blues (Hank Williams) P1951
19. Won't You Sometimes Think Of Me (Hank Williams) demo P1946
20. Why Should I Cry (Hank Williams) demo P1946
21. You Broke Your Own Heart (Hank Williams) demo P1946
22. I Watched My Dream World Crumble Like Clay (Hank Williams) demo P1946
23. In My Dreams You Still Belong To Me (Hank Williams) demo P1946
24. I Told A Lie To My Heart (Hank Williams) demo P1946
25. Singing Waterfall (Hank Williams) demo P1946
26. Pan American (Hank Williams) demo P1945/6
27. I'm Goin' Home (Hank Williams) demo P1946
28. A Home In Heaven (Hank Williams) demo P1946

Disc: 4
1. Health & Happiness Shows: Show 1 - Happy Rovin? Cowboy (Knowland)
2. Health & Happiness Shows: Show 1 - Mind Your Own Business (Hank Williams)
3. Health & Happiness Shows: Show 1 - Wedding Bells (Boone)
4. Health & Happiness Shows: Show 1 - Cotton Eyed Joe (inst) (Trad)
5. Health & Happiness Shows: Show 1 - I?ve Just Told Mama Goodbye (Sweet ? Kinsey)
6. Health & Happiness Shows: Show 1 - Sally Goodin (inst) (Trad)
7. Health & Happiness Shows: Show 2 - Happy Rovin? Cowboy (Knowland)
8. Health & Happiness Shows: Show 2 - I Can?t Get You Off Of My Mind (Hank Williams)
9. Health & Happiness Shows: Show 2 - I?m So Lonesome I Could Cry (Hank Williams)
10. Health & Happiness Shows: Show 2 - Fisher's Hornpipe (inst) (Trad)
11. Health & Happiness Shows: Show 2 - Thy Burdens Are Greater Than Mine (arr: Stewart ? King)
12. Health & Happiness Shows: Show 2 - Sally Goodin (inst) (Trad)
13. Health & Happiness Shows: Show 3 - Happy Rovin' Cowboy (Knowland)
14. Health & Happiness Shows: Show 3 - Mansion On the Hill (Fred Rose ? Hank Williams)
15. Health & Happiness Shows: Show 3 - There'll Be No More Teardrops Tonight (Hank Williams)
16. Health & Happiness Shows: Show 3 - Breakdown (inst) (Trad)
17. Health & Happiness Shows: Show 3 - The Prodigal Son (Eudy)
18. Health & Happiness Shows: Show 3 - Sally Goodin (inst) (Trad)
19. Health & Happiness Shows: Show 4 - Happy Rovin' Cowboy (Knowland)
20. Health & Happiness Shows: Show 4 - Pan American (Hank Williams)
21. Health & Happiness Shows: Show 4 - Lovesick Blues (Mills & Friend)
22. Health & Happiness Shows: Show 4 - Arkansas Traveller (inst) (Trad)
23. Health & Happiness Shows: Show 4 - I Saw The Light (Hank Williams)
24. Health & Happiness Shows: Show 4 - Sally Goodin (inst) (Trad)Health & Happiness Shows: Show 5 - Happy Rovin? Cowboy (Knowland)
25. Health & Happiness Shows: Show 5 - I'm A Long Gone Daddy (Hank Williams)
26. Health & Happiness Shows: Show 5 - I'm Telling You (Hughes ? Lewis)
27. Health & Happiness Shows: Show 5 - Bill Cheatam (inst) (Trad)
28. Health & Happiness Shows: Show 5 - When God Comes And Gathers His Jewels (Hank Williams)
29. Health & Happiness Shows: Show 5 - Sally Goodin (inst) (Trad)
30. Health & Happiness Shows: Show 6 - Happy Rovin' Cowboy (Knowland)
31. Health & Happiness Shows: Show 6 - Lost Highway (Leon Payne)
32. Health & Happiness Shows: Show 6 - I Wanna Live And Love Always (Trad)
33. Health & Happiness Shows: Show 6 - Bile Them Cabbage Down (inst) (Trad)
34. Health & Happiness Shows: Show 6 - I'll Have A New Body (Trad)
35. Health & Happiness Shows: Show 6 - Fingers On Fire (inst) (Smith)
36. Health & Happiness Shows: Show 6 - Sally Goodin (inst) (Trad)

Amazon price Â£13.99

― ..., Wednesday, 12 May 2004 02:17 (twenty-one years ago)

First set has "Kaw-Liga," second set doesn't. No contest.

― Douglas (Douglas), Wednesday, 12 May 2004 02:25 (twenty-one years ago)

Second set doesn't have "Your Cheatin Heart" either.

― Alex in SF (Alex in SF), Wednesday, 12 May 2004 02:28 (twenty-one years ago)

All his songs are pretty much the same anyhow.

you're breaking my heart here Huck.

Buy everything. Greatest songwriter ever, fuck.

― Ask For Samantha (thatgirl), Wednesday, 12 May 2004 02:41 (twenty-one years ago)

Hmm. I also can't see 'Jambalaya' and 'You Win Again'. Oh well.
I need to buy one of the many cheapie cds with those on them.
Anyway the set's still grate; the live shows are cool, and the documentation is full of info; pics, rec. session details, long bio etc.

― de, Wednesday, 12 May 2004 02:41 (twenty-one years ago)

damn, that box doesn't have "settin' the woods on fire" either. perhaps a product recall is in order.

― fact checking cuz (fcc), Wednesday, 12 May 2004 05:54 (twenty-one years ago)

Hmm. No "I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive," either, or (my all-time fave) "Mind Your Own Business" -- both on '40.'

― Rickey Wright (Rrrickey), Wednesday, 12 May 2004 10:20 (twenty-one years ago)

I can do without Kalijah, or hwoever it's spelled, but those last three omissions are inexcusable. (Not that I am in the mood for Hank Williams very often, but still.)

― Rockist Scientist, Wednesday, 12 May 2004 20:57 (twenty-one years ago)

"I can do without Kalijah, or hwoever it's spelled"

Spelt "Kaw-Liga,", as indicated in TWO places above.
"hwoever" is spelt 'however'.
My pleasure.

― ..., Wednesday, 12 May 2004 21:04 (twenty-one years ago)

as indicated in TWO places above.

I know, but I was too lazy to scroll back up.

― Rockist Scientist, Wednesday, 12 May 2004 21:11 (twenty-one years ago)

Hank Williams, Sr

― Tracer Hand (tracerhand), Wednesday, 12 May 2004 21:46 (twenty-one years ago)

my favorite stuff from the box set is the Luke The Drifter stuff (which I heard many, many years after the 40 Greatest Hits stuff) - "Too Many Parties and Too Many Pals" and especially "Everything's OK!!!"

he's one of those artists you just need to own everything by.

― roger adultery (roger adultery), Thursday, 13 May 2004 04:34 (twenty-one years ago)

none of those compilations have 'angel of death' on and would hence be a sorry mistake.

― matthew james (matthew james), Thursday, 13 May 2004 08:07 (twenty-one years ago)

There's a box set called "The Singles" that's very good and has "Angel of Death."

― shookout (shookout), Thursday, 13 May 2004 18:01 (twenty-one years ago)

three years pass...

In the world’s mighty gallery of pictures
Hang the scenes that are painted from life
There’s pictures of love and of passion
Then there’s pictures of peace and of strife

There hang pictures of youth and of beauty
Of old age and the blushing young bride
They all hang on the wall - but the saddest of all
Are the pictures from life’s other side.

Just a picture from life’s other side
Someone has fell by the way
A life has gone out with the tide
That might have been happy some day

There’s a poor old mother at home
She’s watching and waiting alone
Just longing to hear from a loved one so dear
It’s just a picture from life’s other side.

The first scene is that of a gambler
Who had lost all his money at play
An’ he draws his dead mother’s ring from his finger
That she wore long ago on her wedding day

It’s his last earthly treasure, but he stakes it
Then he bows his head that his shame he might hide
But, when they lifted his head they found he was dead
That’s just a picture from life’s other side.

Now the last scene is that by the river
Of a heartbroken mother and babe
As the harbor lights shine and they shiver
On an outcast whom no one will save

And yet, she was once a true woman
She was somebody’s darlin’ and pride
God help her, she leaps for there’s no one to weep
It’s just a picture from life’s other side.

― strgn, Sunday, 16 December 2007 10:48 (seventeen years ago)

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