Track Listing DISC 1: 1. I Saw the Light 2. Mansion on the Hill, A 3. Honky Tonkin' 4. Move It on Over 5. You're Gonna Change (Or I'm Gonna Leave) 6. I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry 7. Mind Your Own Business 8. My Bucket's Got a Hole in It 9. Long Gone Lonesome Blues 10. Cold, Cold Heart 11. Howlin' at the Moon 12. I Can't Help It (If I'm Still in Love With You) 13. Hey, Good Lookin' 14. Ramblin' Man - (with Luke The Drifter) 15. I Dreamed About Mama Last Night - (with Luke The Drifter) 16. Lonesome Whistle, (I Heard That) 17. Honky Tonk Blues 18. Half as Much 19. Jambalaya (On the Bayou) 20. Settin' the Woods on Fire 21. I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive 22. You Win Again
DISC 2: 1. Your Cheatin' Heart 2. Please Make up Your Mind - (with Luke The Drifter) 3. Kaw-Liga 4. Take These Chains From My Heart 5. Rockin' Chair Money 6. Please Don't Let Me Love You 7. Someday You'll Call My Name 8. Cool Water 9. First Year Blues 10. Alone and Forsaken 11. Angel of Death, The 12. Ready to Go Home 13. There's a Tear in My Beer 14. Weary Blues From Waitin' 15. Why Don't You Love Me 16. Moanin' the Blues 17. I'm a Long Gone Daddy 18. Lost Highway 19. I Can't Get You Off of My Mind 20. Lovesick Blues
| Details | | Contributing Artists: | Chet Atkins, Eddie Hill, Owen Bradley | | Distributor: | Universal Distribution | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Mono | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION includes rare tracks from the Health & Happiness radio show, pseudonymous tracks as Luke The Drifter, and 5 rarities only available on THE COMPLETE HANK WILLIAMS box set. Personnel includes: Hank Williams, Jerry Rivers, Don Helms, Sammy Pruett, Bob McNett, Cedric Rainwater, Chet Atkins, Zeke Turner, Ernie Newton, Louis Innis, Eddie Hill, Jerry Byrd, Tommy Jackson, Owen Bradley, Jack Shook. Compilation producers: Kira Florita, Andy McKaie, Mike Ragogna. Recorded between April 21, 1947 & September 23, 1952. Includes liner notes by Kita Florita. All tracks have been digitally remastered. While there are numerous Hank Williams compilations on the market, very few can compete with this outstanding 2002 two-disc set, sporting wonderfully remastered sound, which surveys the hard-living country legend's all-too-brief yet toweringly important recording career during the late 1940s and early '50s. In addition to including Williams hits such as the saucy "Hey, Good Lookin'" and the morbidly witty "I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive" (fittingly released around the time of his 1953 death), THE ULTIMATE COLLECTION presents revered lesser-known tunes such as the restless "Ramblin' Man" (issued under the alias "Luke the Drifter") and the beautifully melancholy "Lost Highway," all of which feature the performer's charmingly nasal drawl and spare, lilting arrangements. Although more comprehensive Williams anthologies are available, this is undoubtedly one of the best.
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