The Ultimate Collection [mercury Bonus D

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, EddieHill, 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. Hank Williams: Hank Williams (vocals, guitar). 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 thelate 1940s and early '50s. In addition to including Williams hits such as the saucy "Hey, Good Lookin'" and the morbidlywitty "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.

Track Listing

• Disc 1
• • 1 i saw the light
  • 2 a mansion on the hill
  • 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 wi
  • 13 hey, good lookin'
  • 14 ramblin' man
  • 15 i dreamed about mama last night
  • 16 (i heard that) lonesome whistle
  • 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
  • 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 the angel of death
  • 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
• Disc 3
• • 1 intro/opening credits [dvd][bonus track]
  • 2 the legacy of hank williams [dvd][bonus
  • 3 the log train [dvd][bonus track]
  • 4 tee tot [dvd][bonus track]
  • 5 montgomery [dvd][bonus track]
  • 6 miss audrey [dvd][bonus track]
  • 7 move it on over [dvd][bonus track]
  • 8 the louisiana hayride [dvd][bonus track]
  • 9 lovesick blues [dvd][bonus track]
  • 10 grand ole opry [dvd][bonus track]
  • 11 lost highway [dvd][bonus track]
  • 12 there's a tear in my beer [dvd][bonus tr
  • 13 hadacol [dvd][bonus track]
  • 14 ramblin' man [dvd][bonus track]
  • 15 new york [dvd][bonus track]
  • 16 cold, cold heart [dvd][bonus track]
  • 17 luke the drifter [dvd][bonus track]
  • 18 weary blues from waitin' [dvd][bonus tra
  • 19 bobbie jett [dvd][bonus track]
  • 20 billie jean [dvd][bonus track]
  • 21 fired from the opry [dvd][bonus track]
  • 22 wedding bells [dvd][bonus track]
  • 23 back to the beer joints [dvd][bonus trac
  • 24 the angel of death [dvd][bonus track]
  • 25 midnight [dvd][bonus track]
  • 26 i saw the light [dvd][bonus track]
  • 27 credits [dvd][bonus track]
  • 28 bonus features [dvd][bonus track]
  • 29 photo gallery [dvd][bonus track]