I got the ten volume Mercury set "The Complete Hank Williams" for Christmas last year and adored it. I realize that even though there a ton of material in this set. I found some other CD's to fill in holes in the collection (namely "Health and Happiness Show" set, "Live at the Grand Old Opry" and "Alone With His Guitar"). Can any big time Hank Sr fan tell me what albums I lack to have a pretty much complete set of his works? There's just too many collections to go through without more work than someone with years of Hank fandom to figure out. What specificly should I get besides the above to get his live releases, demos, radio shows and whatever else is important. Could someone help me out with a list of albums?
2007-10-18 21:12:11 · 10 answers · asked by Steve H 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Music ➔ Country
I'm not familiar with the Mercury set you mention.
The problem with Hank's material is that it has been re-issued, remastered, electronically "enhanced" for stereo, repackaged, and generally treated disrespectfully. Elvis is the only artist whose catalog has been bastardized more.
I would suggest checking one of the fairly complete discographies on-line. Your Mercury box likely has good liner notes with a sessionography. Compare it and your other albums to see what you are missing. If you can differentiate between the re-issues designed purely to make a buck, and those with a scholarly stance, you can find most everything recorded without to much duplication.
Be sure to get the Luke the Drifter material-its great (Bob Dylan said he considers it early rap, which he meant in the best possible way)
2007-10-20 16:14:17 · answer #1 · answered by Martin 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Steve it looks like you have got a pretty good collection going there. I kept hoping that after the lawsuit that was settled by Hank Jr. & Jett with the folks that had all the Health and Happiness recordings that we would see something new come of it. I am patiently waiting. There is also a four cd set titled "Hillbilly Hero" and a three cd set titled "The Original Singles" that I have but most of them on these sets are really nothing new. I also have the one titled "Hank Williams Alone With His Guitar" and I really like it. You can try ebay as they always have a lot of Hank Williams to chose from.
2007-10-19 11:34:02 · answer #2 · answered by Fool 4 Tommy Collins ? ? 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The Ernest Tubb Record Store in Nashville, as a previous poster stated, is a good place to check. They have so much really, neat stuff in there. And, it's a good place to look for things from other artists, too. (Sorry, I know you're specifically asking about Hank Sr., but, ET's store is just awesome, and, the time I went to it, the guy working was great about helping, and sharing info).
2007-10-19 06:43:50 · answer #3 · answered by Tennessee_whiskey6969 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Anything by Sr. is worth having. Go check out his grandson though Hank Williams III
2007-10-23 00:10:17 · answer #4 · answered by rizinoutlaw 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Contact the Ernest Tubb Record Store in Nashville. It's probably online. I'm sure they'd have a complete list. If they don't have what you want, they will get it for you. Lord, I LOVE that place!
2007-10-19 04:17:12 · answer #5 · answered by Chiksita 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
HANK III
HIS GRANDSON SERIOUSLY LISTEN TO IT
PRAISE HANK!!
Sorry I know that's not the answer you were looking for but if you haven't already please check it out -
I LOVE Hank SR not so much JR
2007-10-19 04:55:11 · answer #6 · answered by Loulou 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I love the ones he did as Luke The Drifter.
2007-10-19 21:52:30 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm sorry to come in the back door, but i wanted to thank you for all the info on Brer Rabbit AND IT IS THE HARD TO READ ONE i WANT BECAUSE THAT IS WHAT MY MOM READ TO ME AND i WANT TO EXPERIENCE IT AGAIN, IT WAS SO MUCH FUN !!
2007-10-19 05:33:48 · answer #8 · answered by I Love Jesus 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I cant, but he is the best. Good for you. Rock on with your collection!
2007-10-19 04:16:45 · answer #9 · answered by Feistychucken 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
None of them, country sucks.
2007-10-19 04:23:08 · answer #10 · answered by KMD Zev Sub and Onyx 6 · 0⤊ 4⤋