{"id":6395,"date":"2012-07-19T09:58:04","date_gmt":"2012-07-19T09:58:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/whisnews21.com\/?p=6395"},"modified":"2012-07-19T09:58:04","modified_gmt":"2012-07-19T09:58:04","slug":"hank-williams-the-lost-concerts-limited-collectors-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/2012\/07\/19\/hank-williams-the-lost-concerts-limited-collectors-edition\/","title":{"rendered":"Hank Williams: The Lost Concerts Limited Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Live albums are commonplace today, but tape recording was in its infancy during country music legend Hank Williams\u2019 lifetime. The equipment was cumbersome and tape was expensive, so very little live recording was done back then. Incredibly, two concerts performed by Williams were recorded in the months before his death and will be released for the first time as\u00a0Hank Williams: The Lost Concerts Limited Collector\u2019s Edition\u00a0<\/em>on October 2nd (Time Life).\u00a0 The collection includes 19 tracks as well as Hank\u2019s revealing conversations with the audience, introducing songs and telling anecdotes about his life.\u00a0 As a bonus feature, a radio interview Williams did in 1951 has been added to the CD, one of very few in existence.<\/p>\n

\"\"“Just when you thought you had discovered and heard everything my dad ever did, along comes these bonus jewels in the crown of\u00a0The Great One, as we sometimes refer to Hank around here,\u201d says Hank\u2019s daughter, Jett Williams.\u00a0 \u201cI got to know my dad first and best in the Mother’s Best sponsored early morning radio shows that aired in the early ’50’s on WSM radio.\u00a0 I was so captivated with his wit and humor on these many shows.\u00a0 He came alive to me.\u00a0 But these were structured shows with commercial breaks while he extolled the virtues of his favorite flour miller.\u00a0 In these live performances — the only two known to exist — and in this warm and in-depth radio interview, he truly springs to life.\u00a0 When they were given to me and my husband, Keith Adkinson, we knew they would find a place in our ongoing partnership with Time Life…and they have.\u201d \u00a0No live concert recordings of Hank Williams have been released until now.\u00a0 In fact, the two shows on\u00a0Hank Williams: The Lost Concerts Limited Collector\u2019s Edition<\/em>were recorded by chance.\u00a0 A radio DJ in Buffalo, New York, taped one of Hank\u2019s local concerts to play back on the air. Just a few weeks later, another performance was recorded by the promoter to play to his wife, who was too sick to attend, this time in Pennsylvania. The two concerts capture Hank Williams as he\u2019s never been heard before: live and unscripted, giving insight into the legend as an engaging, riveting performer.\u00a0 They were recorded just six weeks apart in May and July 1952, and reveal Williams at the peak of his career.\u00a0 His biggest hits \u201cHey Good Looking\u201d,\u201d Jambalaya,\u201d \u201cI Saw the Light,\u201d \u201cLovesick Blues,\u201d \u201cCold, Cold Heart,\u201d and \u201cI Can’t Help It (If I’m Still in Love with You)\u201d are performed with a far more vibrant and intimate feel that the studio recordings, peppered by personal stories about his band members, himself, and his songs.\u00a0 The album also includes the only known live recording of \u201cAre You Walking and A Talking.\u201d\u00a0 In addition, the CD also features an extremely rare radio interview with Williams made in 1951.\u00a0 It was conducted with Mack Sanders for KFBI in Wichita, Kan. on September 14, 1951.<\/p>\n

\"\"\u201cThese late night performances of full concerts allow him to dominate the stage and the crowd in a way previously unheard and unknown,\u201d Jett Williams explains.\u00a0 \u201cHe exudes the wit, extraordinary charisma\u00a0and awesome talent that made him our first superstar.\u00a0 He is at the top of his game and clearly demonstrates why those in attendance never forgot the occasion.\u00a0 That he was at full throttle and in complete control within months of his untimely death pretty much says it all regarding his dominating entertaining capabilities. The studio recordings and juke box masters can’t touch the reality of his genius as manifested in these shows.\u00a0 He was so far ahead of every other entertainer, singer and songwriter that he didn’t even know they were behind him.”\u00a0Since his death in 1953, Williams has risen in popularity to become one of most iconic figures in all of American music.\u00a0 In 2009, Time Life partnered with Jett Williams to release a series of vintage recordings, most of which had never been available on CD before.\u00a0 The GRAMMY-nominated Mother\u2019s Best recordings included 143 recordings released as installments over a three year period, increasing the number of known Williams\u2019 recordings by fifty percent.\u00a0 \u00a0Time Life also issued tapes from his syndicated radio series, “The Health And Happiness Show”.<\/p>\n

Hank Williams: The Lost Concerts<\/em><\/strong>
\nLimited Collector\u2019s Edition<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Tracklisting:<\/strong><\/p>\n

Niagara Falls, New York: April 25, 1952.
\n1. \u00a0Comedy with Hank and the Drifting Cowboys
\n2. \u00a0I Can’t Help It
\n3. \u00a0Jerry Rivers and the Drifting Cowboys: Orange Blossom Special
\n4. \u00a0Why Don’t You Love Me
\n5. \u00a0Are You Walking and A Talking
\n6. \u00a0The Funeral
\n7. \u00a0Hey Good Looking
\n8. \u00a0Cold, Cold Heart
\n9. \u00a0Lovesick Blues<\/p>\n

Sunset Park, West Grove, PA: July 13, 1952.
\n10.\u00a0 Introductions
\n11.\u00a0 Hey Good Looking
\n12.\u00a0 Comedy with Hank and the Drifting Cowboys
\n13.\u00a0 Jerry Rivers and the Drifting Cowboys: Fire On The Mountain
\n14.\u00a0 Lonesome Whistle
\n15.\u00a0 Jambalaya
\n16.\u00a0 Long Gone Lonesome Blues
\n17.\u00a0 Half As Much
\n18.\u00a0 I Saw The Light
\n19.\u00a0 Lovesick Blues
\n20.\u00a0 Interview: Hank interviewed by Mack Sanders, KFBI, Wichita, Kansas, September 14, 1951.<\/p>\n

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Media Contacts:<\/strong>
\nCaitlin DeForest \/\u00a0caitlin@websterpr.com<\/a>
\n615-777-6995 x240<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Live albums are commonplace today, but tape recording was in its infancy during country music legend Hank Williams\u2019 lifetime. The equipment was cumbersome and tape was expensive, so very little live recording was done back then. Incredibly, two concerts performed by Williams were recorded in the months before his death and will be released for the first time as\u00a0Hank Williams: The Lost Concerts Limited Collector\u2019s Edition\u00a0on October 2nd (Time Life).\u00a0 The collection includes 19 tracks as well as Hank\u2019s revealing conversations with the audience, introducing songs and telling anecdotes about<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6398,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6395"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6395"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6395\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/6398"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6395"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6395"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/whisnews21.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6395"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}