Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 4.5 / 5.0

Twelve stars... at least!:

This is the 21st Century update of the once-definitive "40 Greatest Hits" collection (which first came out in 1978...) This fine 2-CD set has a lot of overlap with the old best-of, but also veers off in new directions, taking advantage of all the Hank Williams rarities that have come out of the vaults in the past couple of decades. This has 42 tracks total, including a bunch of radio performances and demos, as well as a couple of "Luke The Drifter" recitation tunes. This makes for a nicely balanced Hank... more info

Buy this set!:

Not wanting to spend the money for the "Complete Hank" boxed set, I purchased this two disk set instead. Great coverage of Hank's career. Not complete by any means, don't get me wrong. But much better than the Millennium Collection joke that's currently on shelves, with it's TWELVE songs. Sheesh. Hank's greatest hits include MUCH MORE than a mere twelve songs, someone needs to tell the folks at 20th Century Masters how incomplete their 'best of' CD actually is. This collection is better by far (though still... more info

"For the new Hank Sr. fan , this is what you need":

Back in the 60's a nice two record set of Hank's top hits came out and I had a friend that owned the set. I borrowed it and made a good recording on 7 in. reels with my then Akia-reel to reel recording deck. This CD set carries most of the songs that were on that double LP set. I think that this CD set is "Great" for the person who wants to get some of Hank's basic stuff, but after visiting a music store and seeing a set that I didn't know existed called "The Complete Hank Williams/10 CD box set" I made up... more info

Tracks:

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 With You)
13. Hey, Good Lookin'
14. Ramblin' Man
15. I Dreamed About Mama Last Night
16. (I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle

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