Turn Back the Years: Essential Hank Williams Coll

Hank Williams Sr. | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 11, 2005)
• Original Release Date: 2005
• Number of Discs: 3
• Label: Mercury Nashville
• ASIN: B000B8I90O
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,158 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #57 in Music > Country > Roadhouse Country

Editorial Reviews

Instead of dropping another greatest-hits anthology or an unsurprising set of leftover rarities, Turn Back The Years: The Essential Hank Williams Collection, draws together 60 remarkable songs, surveyed by noted Hank Williams authority, Colin Escott, the way a museum curator would, gathering contrasting perspectives on the major themes such as Love, God, and The Pursuit Of Happiness that have always rambled through Hank's work. The resulting three-disc collection doesn't replace the excellent 2002 career overview Hank Williams: The Ultimate Collection. Turn Back The Years is less a comprehensive summation of his work than an examination of the forces that shaped and ruled Hank's short and troubled life. Mercury. 2005.

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Collection Of Songs By The Great Hank Williams, June 27, 2009

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This review is from: Turn Back the Years: Essential Hank Williams Coll (Audio CD)

In a short career that spanned only from 1946 to 1952 Hank Williams recorded some of the all time classic songs of country music. This 3 disc collection includes most of his best material and provides an excellent overview of this great artist. The package is cleverly divided into three parts, with each disc devoted to a major theme in Hank's music - 1)Honky Tonking 2)Love and Marriage 3)God and Religion.

Included are excellent and extensive liner notes by Colin Escott which cover Hank's career and music. Newcomers will better understand Hank's songs in the context of his life after reading Escott's writing. But, of course, it's the music that is the main event. And with songs like "I Saw The Light", "Honky Tonk Blues" and "Cold, Cold Heart" you are in for some of the best country music ever made.