I've Been Everywhere (Hank Snow Story) [Import, Original recording remastered]

Hank Snow (Artist) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 30, 2000)
• Number of Discs: 2
• Format: Import, Original recording remastered
• Label: Bmg Int'l
• ASIN: B00004U8YI
• Also Available in: Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #433,319 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. I'm Moving On

2. With This Ring I Thee Wed

3. The Golden Rocket

4. Paving The Highway With Tears

5. Rhumba Boogie

6. You Pass Me By

7. Down The Trail Of Aching Hearts

8. Bluebird Island

9. Music Makin'

10. The Highest Biddor

11. The Goldrush Is Over

12. Why Do You Punish Me

13. Lady's Man

14. Married By The Bible,Divorced By The Law

15. I Went To Your Wedding

16. The Boogie Woogie Flying Crowd

17. The Gal Who Invented Kissing

18. A Fool Such As I

19. Spanish Fire Ball

20. Between Fire & Water

See all 44 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

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5.0 out of 5 stars As Soon As You Hear It You Say "That's Hank Snow", September 6, 2007

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AvidOldiesCollector (Ottawa, Ontario, Canada) - See all my reviews

This review is from: I've Been Everywhere (Hank Snow Story) (Audio CD)

Easily one of the most distinctive Country voices ever recorded, whenever one of his songs was played on the radio you knew instantly that it was Hank Snow. And this transplanted Canadian from Nova Scotia, with 85 charted Country singles hits between 1949 and 1980, was almost NEVER off the charts, or the radio, or Country joint juke boxes at any one time in that period.

The problem is, unless you're wealthy and can afford the high-priced box sets being offered, trying to collect all his hits can turn out to be a very expensive proposition. And some of his hits - e.g, Rockin' Rollin' Ocean - can ONLY be found on one of those sets.

The next best thing is this two-disc set from BMG/RCA which offers up the originals of 22 of his hits plus ALL their B-sides in a sound quality that is excellent. The liner notes, written in March 2000 by Colin Escott, are extensive, and there are several nice colour shots of Hank, including one with Anita Carter, with whom he did several duets, including Down The Trail Of Achin Hearts [# 2 in 1951] and its B-side, Bluebird Island [# 4]

There is, unfortunately, no discography, but if you look at the contents on this page, each side of a single release follows in order, i.e., I'm Movin' On [# 1 - for TWENTY-ONE WEEKS in 1950] at track 1 followed by its flipside, With This Ring I Thee Wed at track 2, The Golden Rocket [# 1 for two weeks in early 1951] at track 3, followed by its B-side, Paving The Highway With Tears at track 4, etc.

All seven of his # 1s are here, the above two plus The Rhumba Boogie [eight weeks at that position in 1951], I Don't Hurt Anymore [TWENTY weeks at the top in 1954], Let Me Go, Lover! [two weeks in 1955], the tongue-twisting I've Been Everywhere [two weeks in 1962], and Hello Love [one week in 1974].

Another volume would be appreciated, picking up some of the early hits omitted such as his first, Marriage Vow/Star Spangled Waltz from 1949, Unwanted Sign Upon Your Heart/Your Locket Is My Broken Heart from 1951, Honeymoon On A Rocket Ship/There Wasn't An Organ At Our Wedding from 1953, For Now And Always/A Message From The Tradewinds from 1953, When Mexican Joe Met Jole Blon/No Longer A Prisoner from 1954, That Crazy Mambo Thing/The Next Voice You Hear - a double-side hit in 1955, and Silver Bell/The Old Spinning Wheel from 1955 with Chet Atkins.

Until then, this is probably the best you're going to find short of taking out a loan.

5.0 out of 5 stars Country Music as Country Music should be, October 8, 2005

By 

G. Heidenescher "Knowledgable Critic" (Dayton, OH USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: I've Been Everywhere (Hank Snow Story) (Audio CD)

If you are tired of hearing music that is called "Country" and really want to hear excellent "Country" music, this album is for you. No other does it as smoothly as Hank Snow.