Legend Begins: Rare And Unreleased Recordings CD

MUSIC

COUNTRY

Song Listing

Disc 1

Song Title

0. DISC 1: THE HEALTH AND HAPPINESS SHOWS, PART 1:

1. Happy Rovin' Cowboy (Theme)

2. Wedding Bells

3. Lovesick Blues

4. Old Joe Clark

5. Where the Soul Never Dies

6. Sally Goodin

7. Happy Rovin' Cowboy (Theme)

8. You're Gonna Change

9. There's a Bluebird on Your Windowsill

10. Fire on the Mountain

11. Tramp on the Street

12. Sally Goodin

13. Happy Rovin' Cowboy (Theme)

14. I'm a Long Gone Daddy

15. I'm Telling You

16. Bill Cheatham

17. When God Comes and Gathers His Jewels

18. Sally Goodin

19. Happy Rovin' Cowboy (Theme)

20. Lost Highway

21. I Want to Live and Love

22. Bile Dem Cabbage Down

23. I'll Have a New Life

24. Fingers on Fire

25. Sally Goodin

Disc 2

Song Title

0. DISC 2: THE HEALTH AND HAPPINESS SHOWS, PART 2:

1. Happy Rovin' Cowboy (Theme)

2. Mansion on the Hill, A

3. There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight

4. Tennessee Wagner

5. Prodigal Son, The

6. Sally Goodin

7. Happy Rovin' Cowboy (Theme)

8. Pan American

9. Lovesick Blues

10. Arkansas Traveler

11. I Saw the Light

12. Sally Goodin

13. Happy Rovin' Cowboy (Theme)

14. Mind Your Own Business

15. Wedding Bells

16. Cotton Eyed Joe

17. I've Just Told Mama Goodbye

18. Sally Goodin

19. Happy Rovin' Cowboy (Theme)

20. I Can't Get You Off My Mind

21. I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry

22. Fisherman's Hornpipe

23. Thy Burdens Are Greater Than Mine

24. Sally Goodin

Disc 3

Song Title

0. DISC 3: RARE AND UNRELEASED:

1. Fan It [Hank's First ~ Ever Recordings from 1938]

2. Alexander's Ragtime Band [Hank's First ~ Ever Recordings from 1938]

3. Freight Train Blues [Rare and Unreleased Recordings from 1940] ~ (previously unreleased)

4. New San Antonio Rose [Rare and Unreleased Recordings from 1940] ~ (previously unreleased)

5. St. Louis Blues [Rare and Unreleased Recordings from 1940] ~ (previously unreleased)

6. Greenback Dollar [Rare and Unreleased Recordings from 1940] ~ (previously unreleased)

7. Lovesick Blues [The March of Dimes Show for Broadcast January 15 ~ 31, 1951]

8. Moanin' the Blues [The March of Dimes Show for Broadcast January 15 ~ 31, 1951]

9. There's a Bluebird on Your Windowsill [The March of Dimes Show for Broadcast January 15 ~ 31, 1951]

10. Hank Talks About Infantile Paralysis [The March of Dimes Show for Broadcast January 15 ~ 31, 1951]

11. Help Me Understand [The March of Dimes Show for Broadcast January 15 ~ 31, 1951]

12. When God Dips His Love in My Heart [The March of Dimes Show for Broadcast January 15 ~ 31, 1951]

Album Notes and Credits

Notes & Personnel Info
	Liner Note Author: Colin Escott.
	Photographers: Colin Escott; Jett Williams; Benny Ellis; Marty Stuart.
	Hank Williams was country music's first true superstar, and his songs were a remarkable synthesis of hillbilly elements with a dose of blues and gospel, and a clear awareness of Tin Pan Alley techniques, all delivered with a postmodern sensibility that understood that sex and image were a big part of the whole package. He was also heavily conflicted -- much like later soul singers Marvin Gaye and Al Green -- between the secular and the sacred, even going so far as creating a separate persona, Luke the Drifter, to deliver a series of dark, frightening sermons on the dangers of yielding to Saturday night temptation. But yield Williams did, and this tortured soul turned his contradictions into stunning songs like the elegant "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" -- which is as tightly written as a haiku -- and the eerily prophetic "I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive." Williams remains the single most important artist in the history of country music, but every shooting star has its beginnings, and this delightful three-disc set charts the very beginnings of Williams' productive but brief career. Imagine hearing a scratchy recording of Williams singing and fronting an accordion-based swing band at the age of 15 -- "Fan It," which appears on the third disc here, is exactly that, and so we can mark 1938, the year it was tracked, as the nascent birth of modern country music. Most of this set is made up of live material done for the Health and Happiness radio show in 1949 and after, and many of the cuts don't feature Williams at all, but feature instead Jerry Rivers wrapping his blazing fiddle around traditional fare like "Old Joe Clark" and "Sally Goodin," but there is still plenty of Williams here, and his singing is relaxed, poignant, and solid. He was just becoming a star and his lifestyle had yet to consume him. Also included here are four previously unreleased recordings from 1940, including a fun take on "Greenback Dollar," and a half-dozen tracks from a March of Dimes radio show broadcast in 1951, all of which makes this package both a treasure trove for Williams fans and collectors, as well as a valuable archival glimpse at the musical beginning of the greatest and brightest shooting star that country music has ever known. ~ Steve Leggett
Producer: Colin Escott (Reissue)

Compilation Appearances

	Country's 20 Classic Gospel Songs Of
	Cars
	Country's Greatest Gospel:platinum Ed
	Jukebox
	Country No 1S Of The 50S

Associated Artists and Works

	Butler, Larry
	Clark, Roy
	Iron Horse (Bluegrass)
	Jones, George
	Nelson, Willie
	Original Cast
	Original Cast Recording
	Original Soundtrack
	Pass, Joe
	Pride, Charley
	Snow, Hank
	Williams, Don
	Williams, Hank, Jr.

Technical Info

	Release Date : 09/13/2011
	Original Release Date : 2011
	Catalog ID : 26414 D
	Label : Time/Life Music
	Number of Discs : 3
	Mono/Stereo : Stereo
	SPAR Code : n/a
	UPC : 00610583399127