The Unreleased Recordings

Every morning at 7:15 on AM station WSM during 1951, you could hear Hank Williams and his band performing and promoting Mother's Best Flour. Now, after 57 years, 54 of these legendary recordings are finally available in a 3-CD set from Time-Life. These unreleased gems find Hank singing country hits and gospel classics that he never performed anywhere else, along with songs that only previously existed on home demo tapes. All the tracks have been remastered for sterling sound quality and are accompanied by a 40-page booklet full of rare photos and extensive notes. These fabled tracks have long been regarded as some of Hank's very best work by the lucky few who heard them. Now you can find out for yourself!

Track Listing

• Disc 1
• • 1 blue eyes crying in the rain
  • 2 dust on the bible
  • 3 i'm so lonesome i could cry
  • 4 i heard my savior calling me
  • 5 precious lord, take my hand
  • 6 hey, good lookin'
  • 7 on top of old smokey
  • 8 i can't tell my heart that
  • 9 i dreamed that the great judgement morni
  • 10 next sunday darling is my birthday
  • 11 at the first fall of snow
  • 12 dear john
  • 13 the blind child's prayer
  • 14 i'll have a new life
  • 15 on the banks of the pontchartrain
  • 16 low and lonely
  • 17 drifting too far from the shore
  • 18 i'm gonna sing
• Disc 2
• • 1 i can't help it (if i'm still in love wi
  • 2 seaman's blues
  • 3 the prodigal son
  • 4 cherokee boogie
  • 5 where he leads me
  • 6 from jerusalem to jericho
  • 7 cool water
  • 8 i've got my one-way ticket to the sky
  • 9 searching for a soldier's grave
  • 10 california zephyr
  • 11 softly and tenderly
  • 12 just when i needed you
  • 13 gathering flowers for the master's bouqu
  • 14 why should we try any more
  • 15 the old country church
  • 16 may you never be alone
  • 17 when the fire comes down
  • 18 lonely tombs
• Disc 3
• • 1 pictures from life's other side
  • 2 i'll fly away
  • 3 cold, cold heart
  • 4 have i told you lately that i love you
  • 5 when god dips his love in my heart
  • 6 thy burdens are greater than mine
  • 7 when the saints go marchin' in
  • 8 i'll sail my ship alone
  • 9 wedding bells
  • 10 mind your own business
  • 11 you blotted my happy schooldays
  • 12 where the soul never dies
  • 13 pins and needles (in my heart)
  • 14 tennessee border
  • 15 there's nothing as sweet as my baby
  • 16 wait for the light to shine
  • 17 if i didn't love you
  • 18 the pale horse and his rider