40 Greatest Hits (Hank Williams Sr. album)

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40 Greatest Hits
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Compilation album by Hank Williams
Released 1978
Recorded May 1947—July 8, 1953
Genre Country and western
Length 1:46:59
Label Mercury Records
Producer(s) Fred Rose with Wesley Rose
Professional reviews
Hank Williams chronology
Hank Williams Treasury
(1976)		 40 Greatest Hits
(1978)		 Just Me & My Guitar
(1985)


40 Greatest Hits is a two-record compilation that, true to the title, contains forty hit singles from country music icon Hank Williams. It was released in 1978 by Mercury Records — who under PolyGram became responsible for the MGM tape vault — on the 25th year anniversary of Williams' death. Significantly, it was the first anthology in quite some time that did not subject Williams' recordings to either rechanneled stereo, posthumous overdubs, artificial duets with family members (like his son Hank Jr.), or most or all of the above. Because of both this major fact, and the value-for-money attraction of having a deeper song selection than previous single-disc compilations issued previously by MGM Records, many reviewers consider this anthology to be the perfect starting point for newcomers to Williams' recorded legacy.

In 2003, the album was ranked number 129 on Rolling Stone magazine's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

[edit] Disc one

  1. Move It On Over
  2. A Mansion On The Hill (Fred Rose/Hank Williams)
  3. Lovesick Blues (Cliff Friend/Irving Mills) (*)
  4. Wedding Bells (Claude Boone)
  5. Mind Your Own Business
  6. You're Gonna Change (Or I'm Gonna Leave)
  7. Lost Highway (Leon Payne)
  8. My Bucket's Got A Hole In It
  9. I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
  10. I Just Don't Like This Kind Of Living
  11. Long Gone Lonesome Blues
  12. My Son Calls Another Man Daddy (Hank Williams/Jewell House)
  13. Why Don't You Love Me
  14. Why Should We Try Anymore
  15. They'll Never Take Her Love From Me (Leon Payne)
  16. Moanin' The Blues
  17. Nobody's Lonesome For Me
  18. Cold Cold Heart
  19. Dear John (Tex Ritter/Aubrie Gass
  20. Howlin' At The Moon

[edit] Disc two

  1. I Can't Help It (If I'm Still In Love With You)
  2. Hey, Good Lookin'
  3. Crazy Heart (Maurice Murray/Fred Rose)
  4. (I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle (Jimmie Davis/Hank Williams)
  5. Baby, We're Really In Love
  6. Ramblin' Man
  7. Honky Tonk Blues
  8. I'm Sorry For You My Friend
  9. Half As Much
  10. Jambalaya (On The Bayou)
  11. Window Shopping (Marcel Joseph)
  12. Settin' The Woods On Fire (Ed G. Nelson/Fred Rose)
  13. You Win Again
  14. I'll Never Get Out Of This World Alive (Hank Williams/Fred Rose)
  15. Kaw-Liga (*)
  16. Your Cheatin' Heart
  17. Take These Chains From My Heart (Fred Rose/Hy Heath)
  18. I Won't Be Home No More
  19. Weary Blues From Waitin'
  20. I Saw The Light (*)

[edit] Technical details

  • Most titles recorded at Castle Recording Studio, Nashville, TN.
  • "Lovesick Blues", "My Bucket's Got A Hole In It", "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" and "I Just Don't Like This Kind Of Living" recorded at Herzog Recording Studios, Cincinnati, OH.
  • Digital preparation and transfers from best available mono sources: Tom Ruff and Tim Rogers at Polygram Studios
  • Digital preparation and transfers from 78 RPM discs (where noted with (*)): Alan Stoker and Tim Rogers at Country Music Foundation

[edit] Technical personnel

  • Tony Byworth - album compiler, liner notes
  • Ted Jensen - CD mastering
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