Country-music lovers, take heed—this is one of 2020’s major releases! The 6 CDs in this set collect the newly restored and remastered live-in-studio performances Hank recorded for the "Mother’s Best" radio shows. Those 143 tracks bring you hours of riveting songs and spirituals sung by this towering figure in country music—but it’s the outsized, opulent book here that takes us closer than ever to the man behind the myth. The first-ever large-format photo book dedicated to Hank’s life and music unveils many never-before-seen photos; you’ll see more than 200 images of Hank in all, and you’ll read a moving foreword by his daughter Jett Williams. Leading Hank Williams historian/biographer Colin Escott curated and assembled the sumptuous 272-page hardbound coffee-table book, and the 6 CDs inside include "A Mansion on the Hill," "Nobody’s Lonesome for Me," "Move It On Over," "I Saw the Light," "Cold Cold Heart," "Moanin’ the Blues," "Hey Good Lookin’," "I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry," "Farther Along," "I Hang My Head and Cry," "Alabama Waltz," "Wedding Bells," "I’ll Fly Away," "Crazy Heart," "Tennessee Border," "Lovesick Blues"…between all this music and the colossal book, this is a must for those of us who love and revere the immortal Hank Williams! BMG.
2 I Heard My Mother Praying for Me (Acetate Version 4) [2019 - Remaster] - By Hank Williams, Audrey Williams & the Drifting Cowboys
3 Move It on Over (Acetate Version 3) [2019 - Remaster]
4 I Saw the Light (Acetate Version 3) [2019 - Remaster]
5 Seaman's Blues (2019 - Remaster)
6 Something Got Hold on Me (2019 - Remaster) - By Hank Williams, Audrey Williams & the Drifting Cowboys
7 Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain (2019 - Remaster)
8 I've Just Told Mama Goodbye (2019 - Remaster)
9 May You Never Be Alone (Acetate Version 5) [2019 - Remaster]
10 Dear Brother (Acetate Version 5) [2019 - Remaster] - By Hank Williams, Audrey Williams & the Drifting Cowboys
11 They'll Never Take Her Love from Me (2019 - Remaster)
12 Wait for the Light to Shine (Acetate Version 5) [2019 - Remaster]
13 Everything's Okay (2019 - Remaster)
14 Mother's Best Theme (2019 - Remaster)
15 I Heard My Mother Praying for Me (Acetate Version 4) [2019 - Remaster] - By Hank Williams, Audrey Williams & the Drifting Cowboys
16 Move It on Over (Acetate Version 3) [2019 - Remaster]
17 I Saw the Light (Acetate Version 3) [2019 - Remaster]
18 Seaman's Blues (2019 - Remaster)
19 Something Got Hold on Me (2019 - Remaster) - By Hank Williams, Audrey Williams & the Drifting Cowboys
20 Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain (2019 - Remaster)
21 I've Just Told Mama Goodbye (2019 - Remaster)
22 May You Never Be Alone (Acetate Version 5) [2019 - Remaster]
23 Dear Brother (Acetate Version 5) [2019 - Remaster] - By Hank Williams, Audrey Williams & the Drifting Cowboys
24 They'll Never Take Her Love from Me (2019 - Remaster)
25 Wait for the Light to Shine (Acetate Version 5) [2019 - Remaster]
- Disc 2 -
1 Pins and Needles (In My Heart) [2019 - Remaster]
2 Heard My Mother Praying for Me (2019 - Remaster) - By Hank Williams, Audrey Williams & the Drifting Cowboys
3 Cool Water (2019 - Remaster)
4 Lonely Tombs (Oh Those Tombs) [Acetate Version 7] [2019 - Remaster]
5 I Just Don't Like This Kind of Living (2019 - Remaster)
6 Jesus Remembered Me (2019 - Remaster) - By Hank Williams, Audrey Williams & the Drifting Cowboys
7 On the Banks of the Ponchatrain (2019 - Remaster)
8 Calling You (2019 - Remaster)
9 My Sweet Love Ain't Around (Acetate Version 8) [2019 - Remaster]
10 Where the Soul Never Dies (2019 - Remaster)
11 Mind Your Own Business (Acetate Version 9) [2019 - Remaster]
12 When God Dips His Love in My Heart (2019 - Remaster)
13 Cold Cold Heart (Acetate Version 10) [2019 - Remaster]
14 Sally Goodin (2019 - Remaster) - By Hank Williams, Jerry Rivers, Cousin Louis Buck & the Drifting Cowboys
15 Dear John (Acetate Version 10) [2019 - Remaster]
16 Something Got Hold of Me (2019 - Remaster) - By Hank Williams, Audrey Williams & the Drifting Cowboys
17 Move It on Over (Acetate Version 11) [2019 - Remaster]
18 I'll Have a New Life (Acetate Version 11) [2019 - Remaster]
19 Faded Love and Winter Roses (Acetate Version 10) [2019 - Remaster]
20 I Saw the Light (Acetate Version 11) [2019 - Remaster]
21 At the First Fall of Snow (2019 - Remaster)
22 When God Dips His Love in My Heart (Acetate Version 11) [2019 - Remaster]
23 Wedding Bells (2019 - Remaster)
24 Where the Soul of Man Never Dies (Acetate Version 8) [2019 - Remaster]
- Disc 3 -
1 Why Don't You Love Me (2019 - Remaster)
2 Dear Brother (Acetate Version 12) [2019 - Remaster] - By Hank Williams, Audrey Williams & the Drifting Cowboys
3 Why Should We Try Anymore (2019 - Remaster)
4 Jesus Died for Me (2019 - Remaster)
5 Long Gone Lonesome Blues (2019 - Remaster)
6 Lonely Tombs (Oh Those Tombs) [Acetate Version 12] [2019 - Remaster]
7 Dear John (Acetate Version 12) [2019 - Remaster]
8 I Heard My Mother Praying for Me (Acetate Version 13) [2019 - Remaster] - By Hank Williams, Audrey Williams & the Drifting Cowboys
9 Moanin' the Blues (Acetate Version 207) [2019 - Remaster]
10 I'll Have a New Life (Acetate Version 10) [2019 - Remaster]
11 Dear John (Acetate Version 204) [2019 - Remaster]
12 I'll Fly Away (Acetate Version 204) [2019 - Remaster]
13 Cold Cold Heart (Acetate Version 205) [2019 - Remaster]
14 Farther Along (2019 - Remaster)
15 May You Never Be Alone (Acetate Version 18) [2019 - Remaster]
16 I'll Have a New Life (Acetate Version 207) [2019 - Remaster]
17 Next Sunday Darling Is My Birthday (2019 - Remaster)
18 Deck of Cards (2019 - Remaster)
19 Tennessee Border (2019 - Remaster)
20 Dear Brother (2019 - Remaster)
21 I Can't Help It (If I'm Still in Love with You) [Acetate Version 20] [2019 - Remaster]
22 Gathering Flowers for the Master's Bouquet (Acetate Version 14) [2019 - Remaster]
23 Pictures from Life's Other Side (2019 - Remaster)
24 I'm Gonna Sing (Acetate Version 19) [2019 - Remaster]
25 Just Waitin' (Acetate Version 19) [2019 - Remaster]
26 When the Fire Comes Down from Heaven (2019 - Remaster)
27 My Sweet Love Ain't Around (Acetate Version 20) [2019 - Remaster]
28 Where the Soul of Man Never Dies (Acetate Version 20) [2019 - Remaster]
- Disc 4 -
1 I Can't Help It (If I'm Still in Love with You) [Acetate Version 23] [2019 - Remaster]
2 Drifting Too Far from the Shore (2019 - Remaster)
3 Just When I Needed You (Acetate Version 13) [2019 - Remaster]
4 I'll Fly Away (Acetate Version 21) [2019 - Remaster]
5 Cold Cold Heart (Acetate Version 21) [2019 - Remaster]
6 The Old Country Church (2019 - Remaster)
7 Move It on Over (Acetate Version 14) [2019 - Remaster]
8 Thy Burdens Are Greater Than Mine (2019 - Remaster)
9 Faded Love and Winter Roses (Acetate Version 13) [2019 - Remaster]
10 I Heard My Savior Calling Me (2019 - Remaster)
11 Just When I Needed You (Acetate Version 21) [2019 - Remaster]
12 Farther Along (Acetate Version 13) [2019 - Remaster]
13 There's Nothing As Sweet As My Baby (2019 - Remaster)
14 Wait for the Light to Shine (Acetate Version 1) [2019 - Remaster]
15 Where the Old Red River Flows (2019 - Remaster)
16 Thirty Pieces of Silver (2019 - Remaster)
17 On Top of Old Smoky (2019 - Remaster)
18 The Prodigal Son (2019 - Remaster)
19 Moanin' the Blues (Acetate Version 22) [2019 - Remaster]
20 I Dreamed About Mama Last Night (Acetate Version 24) [2019 - Remaster]
21 Where the Old Red River Flows (Acetate Version 23) [2019 - Remaster]
22 Where He Leads Me (2019 - Remaster)
23 I Hang My Head and Cry (2019 - Remaster)
24 At the Cross (2019 - Remaster)
- Disc 5 -
1 I Dreamed About Mama Last Night (Acetate Version 25) [2019 - Remaster]
2 I Heard My Savior Calling Me (Acetate Version 24) [2019 - Remaster]
3 Low and Lonely (2019 - Remaster)
4 Steal Away / the Funeral (2019 - Remaster)
5 Mind Your Own Business (Acetate Version 25) [2019 - Remaster]
6 I Dreamed About Mama Last Night (Acetate Version 26) [2019 - Remaster]
7 I Just Don't Like This Kind of Livin' (2019 - Remaster)
8 The Pale Horse and His Rider (2019 - Remaster)
9 My Sweet Love Ain't Around (Acetate Version 25) [2019 - Remaster]
10 I Saw the Light (Acetate Version 18) [2019 - Remaster]
11 I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry (2019 - Remaster)
12 I Heard My Savior Calling Me (Acetate Version 147) [2019 - Remaster]
13 If I Didn't Love You (2019 - Remaster)
14 Wait for the Light to Shine (Acetate Version 24) [2019 - Remaster]
15 You Blotted My Happy School Days (2019 - Remaster)
16 Dust on the Bible (2019 - Remaster)
17 I've Been Down That Road Before (2019 - Remaster)
18 I've Got a One-Way Ticket to the Sky (2019 - Remaster)
19 Hey Good Lookin' (Acetate Version 26) [2019 - Remaster]
20 Searching for a Soldier's Grave (2019 - Remaster)
21 California Zephyr (2019 - Remaster)
22 Softly and Tenderly (2019 - Remaster)
23 (I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle [Acetate Version 162] [2019 - Remaster]
24 I Am Bound for the Promised Land (2019 - Remaster)
- Disc 6 -
1 Have I Told You Lately That I Love You (2019 - Remaster)
2 When the Saints Go Marching in (2019 - Remaster)
3 Hey Good Lookin' (Acetate Version 157) [2019 - Remaster]
4 I'm Gonna Sing (Acetate Version 157) [2019 - Remaster]
5 I Can't Help It (If I'm Still in Love with You) [Acetate Version 158] [2019 - Remaster]
6 Lonely Tombs (Oh Those Tombs) [Acetate Version 158] [2019 - Remaster]
7 Crazy Heart (Incomplete) [2019 - Remaster]
8 I Can't Tell My Heart That (2019 - Remaster)
9 Precious Lord Take My Hand (2019 - Remaster)
10 Just Waitin' (Acetate Version 25) [2019 - Remaster]
11 From Jerusalem to Jericho (2019 - Remaster)
12 I'll Sail My Ship Alone (2019 - Remaster)
13 Mother's Best Flower Advertisement (2019 - Remaster)
14 I'll Have a New Life (Acetate Version 29) [2019 - Remaster]
15 (I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle [Acetate Version 27] [2019 - Remaster]
16 I Dreamed That the Great Judgement Morning (2019 - Remaster)
17 Cherokee Boogie (2019 - Remaster)
18 That Beautiful Home (2019 - Remaster)
19 Closing / Lovesick Blues (2019 - Remaster)
Country-music lovers, take heed—this is one of 2020’s major releases! The 6 CDs in this set collect the newly restored and remastered live-in-studio performances Hank recorded for the "Mother’s Best" radio shows. Those 143 tracks bring you hours of riveting songs and spirituals sung by this towering figure in country music—but it’s the outsized, opulent book here that takes us closer than ever to the man behind the myth. The first-ever large-format photo book dedicated to Hank’s life and music unveils many never-before-seen photos; you’ll see more than 200 images of Hank in all, and you’ll read a moving foreword by his daughter Jett Williams. Leading Hank Williams historian/biographer Colin Escott curated and assembled the sumptuous 272-page hardbound coffee-table book, and the 6 CDs inside include "A Mansion on the Hill," "Nobody’s Lonesome for Me," "Move It On Over," "I Saw the Light," "Cold Cold Heart," "Moanin’ the Blues," "Hey Good Lookin’," "I’m So Lonesome I Could Cry," "Farther Along," "I Hang My Head and Cry," "Alabama Waltz," "Wedding Bells," "I’ll Fly Away," "Crazy Heart," "Tennessee Border," "Lovesick Blues"…between all this music and the colossal book, this is a must for those of us who love and revere the immortal Hank Williams! BMG.
