HANK WILLIAMS - I'M A LONG GONE DADDY

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Disc 1 = SIDE A = 1. Calling You   2. Pan American   SIDE B = 3. Move It On Over   4. I Saw The Light

Disc 2 = SIDE A = 1. Six More Miles (To The Graveyard)   2. I'm Satisfied With You   SIDE B = 3. Rootie Tootie   4. I Can't Get You Off My Mind

Disc 3 = SIDE A = 1. I'm A Long Gone Daddy   2. The Blues Came Around   SIDE B = 3. I'll Be A Bachelor Till I Die   4. Lovesick Blues

Disc 4 = SIDE A = 1. Lost Highway   2. Honky Tonk Blues   SIDE B = 3. Mind Your Own Business   4. You're Gonna Change (Or I'm Gonna Leave)

Disc 5 = SIDE A = 1. I Just Don't Like This Kind Of Livin'   2. My Bucket's Gotta Hole In It   SIDE B = 3. Long Gone Lonesome Blues   4. Why Don't You Love Me

Disc 6 = SIDE A = 1. Alone And Forsaken   2. (I'm Gonna) Sing, Sing, Sing   SIDE B = 3. Weary Blues From Waiting   4. Honky Tonkin'

Sleazy Records / SR119

Any praise we'll give to this "box-set" released by Sleazy Records is absolutely well-deserved for sure. As easy as that. If the previous box-sets released by the Spanish label were astonishing good, this brand new one compiling Hank Williams' recordings goes even a step further.

Note that this time it is not a box what we get to keep the 6 vinyl Eps safe, but a kind of book as those 10" albums from the 1940's (and before)... So "gorgeus" is the adjective I believe we have to use when referring to the artwork of this set, done by Berto Martínez and Francho Angás.

About the musical side, not much can be added to the info on the sleeve-notes, written by Francho Angás and Rocio Cañas, as there is almost all the knowledge we'll need about the songs included. Suffice to say that the songs included were recorded by Hank Williams between 1947 and 1950, except the demo of "Weary Blues From Waitin'" (from 1951) and "Honky Tonkin'" (from 1952)... and that among the 24 selected songs we'll find from good old classic Hillbilly music like in "Lovesick Blues" or "My Bucket's Gotta Hole In It" to Gospel like in "I Saw The Light" (well, more or less Gospel) and even early Rockabilly like in "Move It On Over" or "I Can't Get You Off My Mind" (yes, this gentleman recorded Rockabilly much before anyone even thought of a name for it)...

And, of course, the sound is just absolutely brilliant, as in previous releases, being that merit of Guillermo Jiménez, re-issue producer of this release.

Perhaps you're now expecting me to say that it's highly recommended... but I won't say that this time. Instead, I'll say that it's no less than essential, especially if you're a fan of Hank Williams and classic Honky Tonk music.