I Saw the Light [Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered]

Hank Williams Sr. | Format: Audio Cassette

Product Details

• Audio Cassette (February 27, 2001)
• Original Release Date: 1954
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Original recording reissued, Original recording remastered
• Label: Polygram Records
• ASIN: B000059T1Q
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,840,964 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. I Saw the Light

2. Calling You

3. Dear Brother

4. Wealth Won't Save Your Soul

5. (I'm Gonna) Sing, Sing, Sing

6. Message to My Mother

7. How Can You Refuse Him Now?

8. When God Comes and Gathers His Jewels

9. Jesus Remembered Me

10. A House of Gold

11. Thank God

12. The Angel of Death

13. The Prodigal Son [*]

14. Thy Burdens Are Greater Than Mine [*]

15. A Tramp on the Street [*]

16. I'll Have a New Body (I'll Have a New Life) [*]

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

26 of 36 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Mercury Nashville is at it again!!, April 24, 2001

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Ronald George Reagan (Steele, MO) - See all my reviews

This review is from: I Saw The Light (Audio CD)

How many thought you'd be getting the original LP that has been around for almost 45 years (it was issued on a 10 inch LP in 1957)? I thought so also, so I rushed out and bought this...

What they don't tell you until you open up the CD (and then it's not exactly explicit) is this all comes from "The Complete Hank Williams" and none of the original overdubs are on here.

I know we're in a period where that "unplugged" is really popular and everyone of these songs are great, but there are going to be a lot of people who think they're buying this in it's original LP format. The former CD version of this came up many times in a STEREO overdubbed release with a horrendous amount of tape noise, so you'd think that the way the title reads, it's the original LP with stereo overdubbing stripped.

So, were the recordings on "Complete" not remastered? Again, something doesn't make sense here. Take a look at my edited review on "Complete" and you will see enough alternates left off to market a CD without using ANY takes from "Complete". But, of course, Kira Florita and Colin Escott take no interest in that. These takes are all sitting in Mercury's vaults awaiting a big September 2003 release when they will "discover" more material and have legal "rights" to the Mother's Best shows.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I Saw The Light, September 27, 2007

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Ivalou Gilliam "IVALOU" (OKALHOMA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: I Saw The Light (Audio CD)

wonderful old music. brought back many great memories. many words we should all think of everyday. People today have lost their love of one another. We need to get back the old standards or how we treat out neighbors. We have the 33 rpm record and now enjoy having the CD to play while traveling.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Classic Hank, April 3, 2007

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S. Bucher - See all my reviews
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This review is from: I Saw The Light (Audio CD)

Every cut on this CD is great, as with most Hank Williams offerings. The often left out "Angel of Death" makes this CD a great collection. Buy it, you won't be sorry.