Hank Williams Revealed: The Unreleased Recordings CD

Hank Williams Revealed: The Unreleased Recordings songs Around the time of his 71st birthday, rock-&-roll legend Jerry Lee Lewis unveiled LAST MAN STANDING, a celebratory outing that features a stunning cast of guest musicians, ranging from B.B. King and Little Richard to Merle Haggard and Neil Young. Among the many highlights of this album are Lewis's lively collaboration with guitarist Jimmy Page on Led Zeppelin's "Rock N' Roll," a rendition that wonderfully plays up the tune's 1950s leanings, and the Killer's honky-tonk spin on Hank Williams's "Lost Highway," which points to his often-overlooked country recordings and features Delaney Bramlett's searing six-string work. Like the latter-day recordings of his old Sun labelmate Johnny Cash, this Lewis collection points to a remarkable legacy, while also displaying his still-formidable talents, resulting in a musical testament to aging impressively well. Personnel: Jerry Lee Lewis (vocals, piano); Keith Richards, B.B. King, Willie Nelson, Buddy Guy (vocals, guitar); Delaney Bramlett, Don Henley, George Jones, John Fogerty, Kid Rock, Little Richard, Merle Haggard, Mick Jagger, Neil Young, Ringo Starr, Rod Stewart, Toby Keith, Bruce Springsteen (vocals); Eric Clapton, Jimmy Page, Jimmy Rip, Kenny Lovelace, Robbie Robertson (guitar); Ron Wood (pedal steel ...

Hank Williams Revealed: The Unreleased Recordings CD music In 2008, Emmylou Harris was inducted into the Country Music Association Hall of Fame, the sort of honor that is usually bestowed on artists in or past the twilight of their careers. ALL I INTENDED TO BE, her second album for Nonesuch Records, proves that this is far from the case. But overall her latest has a strong feel of summation, too. From the title on down, ALL I INTENDED TO BE reveals the total Emmylou Harris, its 13 songs examining every aspect of her long, varied, and storied career. Split, as her albums often are, between sensitive originals and exquisite covers of little-known songs, the album most of all demonstrates that Harris is country music's consummate team player. Guest vocal spots by Dolly Parton, Pam Rose and, most affectingly, Kate & Anna McGarrigle only emphasize this aspect of the album. The two songs sung with the McGarrigles, both of which the three singer-songwriters co-wrote, are actually its high spots. One, "How She Could Sing the Wildwood Flower," a tender and beautiful tribute to the late June Carter Cash, immediately leaps onto the list of the finest songs Emmylou Harris has ever recorded. Photographers: Rocky Schenck; Noland O'Boyle; Richard Dennison; Brian Ahern. Personnel: Emmylou Harris (vocals, guitar, acoustic guitar, baritone guitar, bouzouki); John Starling, Pamela Rose (vocals, acoustic guitar); Kate McGarrigle (vocals, gut-string guitar, banjo); Mike Auldridge (vocals, dobro); Mary Ann Kennedy (vocals, mandolin); Buddy Miller (vocals, background vocals); Anna McGarrigle (vocals); Tim Goodman, Richard Rodney Bennett (acoustic guitar); Kenny Vaughn, John McPhee (electric guitar); Brian Ahern (12-string guitar, banjo, acoustic bass); Greg Leisz (slide guitar, electric slide guitar, mandocello); Stuart Duncan (mandolin, fiddle); Fats Kaplan (mandolin); Phil Madeira (accordion); Jim Horn (recorder); Glen D. Hardin, Patrick Warren, Bill Payne (keyboards); Glenn Worf (bass guitar); Harry Stinson, Keith Knudsen (drums). Recording information: Easter Island Surround, Nashville, TN (10/16/2005-03/17/2008); Mayk Music Studios, St. Sauveur, Quebec, Canada (10/16/2005-03/17/2008); Sound Emporium Studio, Nashville, TN (10/16/2005-03/17/2008).

Hank Williams Revealed: The Unreleased Recordings buy CD music On the surface, Lifeline, Iris Dement's return to recording after an eight-year hiatus, is a collection of age-old gospel and church tunes from the 19th century -- or earlier -- in the grand Protestant tradition. He liner notes tell a different story. She recounts how her mother played and sang these songs in times of stress looking straight at the sky, "as if she were talking to someone." She claims that for her, too, the music contained here became her lifeline through a season of hardship, and that when calling her mother from the road in difficult straits, she was told to get to a piano. Dement's raw, high lonesome voice is as out of time as the material, though these presentations are not exactly rough-hewn. They are plaintive but polished with accompaniment from a host of players, including Bo Ramsey, Mark Howard, Stu Basore, Stuart Duncan, and others. Dement plays piano on some tracks, guitar on others. ForDement they may indeed represent places of comfort in the midst of despair and desolation, yet for the casual observer, they feel like simply-rendered, distinguished readings of familiar spirituals. Dement goes out of her way to distance herself from the religion spoken of in these pieces, saying in her notes that the songs represent something bigger than that to her, but to the listener they come off as reverent and quaint, hardly the stuff of earthshaking experience. It is only on "Sweet Hour of Prayer," where Dement accompanies herself on piano, that the notion of shelter from the storm comes through brilliantly and unmistakably. There is one new song here, an original called "He Reached Down" recorded with Ramsey, that reaches the heights of Infamous Angel or "My Life." The narrative, though biblical, is saturated in Dement's singular storytelling manner, where her voice reaches into the grain of the material and pulls at its mystery until its emotion and truth become unfettered and fall free. While this is far from a full return to form for Dement, it is truly good to have her back. ~ Thom Jurek Iris DeMent, one of the most celebrated country-folk performers of our day, returns with her first album in 8 years. Lifeline, Iris DeMent's first release on her own Flariella Records, springs from memories of her youth--time spent singing gospel as a young child. Containing twelve standards and one brand-new original, Lifeline is gospel music sung with amazing conviction and passion from one of the extraordinary voices of our era. Personnel: Iris DeMent (vocals, acoustic guitar, piano); Iris DeMent; Bo Ramsey (electric guitar, slide guitar, background vocals); Dave Roe (double bass); David Roe (upright bass); Jim Rooney, Alan O'Bryant, Pat Enright (background vocals); Mark Howard (acoustic guitar, nylon-string guitar, mandolin); Stuart Basore (dobro). Recording information: Mastermix, Minneapolis, MN; Signal Path Studios, Nashville, TN; The Cowboy Arms Hotel & Recording Spa, Nashville, TN; The Ozark Fold Center, Mountain View, AR.

Hank Williams Revealed: The Unreleased Recordings album for sale As important as any country music release in the digital era, HANK WILLIAMS: THE UNRELEASED RECORDINGS finds Williams delivering some of the most impactful performances of his career. Captured during his artistic zenith in 1951 for the Mother's Best Flour Company, these sessions' acetates were forgotten until the 1970s. Eventually Williams's daughter Jett won a protracted legal battle and partnered with Time Life for their release. Mastered without the severe compression that bedeviled his most famous studio recordings, the 143 tracks foreground Williams's expressive vocal delivery as it seesaws between a yearning rustic croon and shiv-sharp, reedy wail. A loose Hank jokes with his studio band and even tells stories about some of the songs as he introduces them. Touching upon his classics like "Cold, Cold Heart," "Hey, Good Lookin'," and "I Can't Help It (If I'm Still in Love with You)," the bulk of the three discs comprises songs that pop up nowhere else in the country god's catalog. Among these many standouts include charged readings of "On Top of Old Smokey," the cowboy standard "Cool Water," and the Luke the Drifter song "Pictures from Life's Other Side" (with a never-before-heard extra verse). An essential purchase for country music fans and enthusiasts of all stripes. Authors: F. Keith Adkinson; Jett Williams. Personnel: Hank Williams (vocals, guitar); Cousin Louie Buck (spoken vocals); Samuel K. "Sammy" Pruett (guitar); Jerry Rivers (fiddle); Howard Watts (bass guitar); Audrey Williams (background vocals). Liner Note Authors: Colin Escott; Jett Williams.

Hank Williams Revealed: The Unreleased Recordings CD music Track Listing of songs: DISC 1: Calling You; Never Again; Wealth Won't Save Your Soul; When God Comes and Gathers His Jewels; I Don't Care; My Love for You; Honky Tonkin'; Pan American; Move It on Over; I Saw the Light; ; Six More Miles; Fly Trouble; I'm Satisfied With You; On the Banks of the Old Pontchartrain; Rootie Tootie; I Can't Get You off of My Mind; I'm a Long Gone Daddy; Honky Tonkin'; My Sweet Love Ain't Around; Blues Come Around, The; Mansion on the Hill, A; DISC 2: I'll Be a Bachelor 'Til I Die; There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight; Lovesick Blues; Lost on the River; I Heard My Mother Praying for Me; Lost Highway; May You Never Be Alone; Dear Brother; Jesus Remembered Me; Honky Tonk Blues; Mind Your Own Business; You're Gonna Change; My Son Calls Another Man Daddy; Wedding Bells; I've Just Told Mama Goodbye; I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry; House Without Love, A; I Just Don't Like This Kind of Livin'; My Bucket's Got a Hole in it; My Bucket's Got a Hole in It; Long Gone Lonesome Blues; Why Don't You Love Me; Why Should We Try Anymore; My Son Calls Another Man Daddy; DISC 3: Too Many Parties and Too Many Pals; Beyond the Sunset; Funeral, The; Everything's Okay; They'll Never Take Her Love from Me; Nobody's Lonesome for Me; Moanin' the Blues; Help Me Understand; No, No Joe; Cold, Cold Heart; Dear John; Just Waitin'; Men With Broken Hearts; I Can't Help It; Howlin' at the Moon; Hey, Good Lookin'; My Heart Would Know; Pale Horse and His Rider, The; Home in Heaven, A; Ramblin' Man; Picture from Life's Other Side; I've Been Down That Road Before; I Dreamed About Mama Last Night; DISC 4: I'd Still Want You; ; Crazy Heart; Half as Much; I'd Still Want You; Baby, We're Really in Love; I'm Sorry for You, My Friend; Honky Tonk Blues; Let's Turn Back the Years; Window Shopping; Jambalaya; Settin' the Woods on Fire; I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive; You Win Again; I Won't Be Home No More; Be Careful of Stones That You Throw; Please Make up Your Mind; I Could Never Be Ashamed of You; Your Cheatin' Heart; Kaw-Liga; Take These Chains from My Heart; DISC 5: Happy Rovin' Cowboy; Freight Train Blues; San Antonio Rose; I'm Not Coming Home Anymore; I Ain't Gonna Love You Anymore; Won't You Sometimes Think of Me; Why Should I Cry; I Watched My Dream World Crumble Like Clay; I Told a Lie to My Heart; Mother Is Gone; In My Dreams You Still Belong to Me; We're Getting Closer to the Grave Each Day; I'm Going Home; Calling You; Pan American; Wealth Won't Save Your Soul; Honky Tonk Blues; Home in Heaven, A; You Broke Your Own Heart; I'm So Tired of It All; DISC 6: You Caused It All by Telling Lies; Faded Love and Winter Roses; Please Don't Let Me Love You; There's No Room in My Heart for the Blues; I Wish I Had a Nickel; Waltz of the Wind, The; At the First Fall of Snow; Leave Me Alone With the Blues; I'm Free at Last; Blue Love; It Just Don't Matter Now; Little Paper Boy; Someday You'll Call My Name; Battle of Armageddon, The; No One Will Ever Know; With Tears in My Eyes; Thank God; Rock My Cradle Once Again; Don't Do It, Darling; DISC 7: Rockin' Chair Money; Cool Water; Tennessee Border; First Year Blues; My Main Trial Is Yet to Come; Wait for the Light to Shine; We Live in Two Different Worlds; Roly Poly; Swing Wide Your Gate of Love; Dixie Cannonball; Sundown and Sorrow; Devil's Train, The; Old Home, The; Alone and Forsaken; Heaven Holds All My Treasures; Lost on the River; House of Gold, A; Singing Waterfall; Dear Brother; 'Neath a Cold Gray Tomb of Stone; Time Has Proven I Was Wrong; No, Not Now; When You're Tired of Breaking Others Hearts; Honey Do You Love Me, Huh?; DISC 8: California Zephyr; Your Cheatin' Heart; You Better Keep It on Your Mind; How Can You Refuse Him Now?; Low Down Blues; Ten Little Numbers; Thy Burdens Are Greater Than Mine; Last Night I Dreamed of Heaven; I Ain't Got Nothin' But Time; Message to My Mother; Fool About You; I'm Going Home; Jambalaya; Ready to Go Home; Kaw-Liga; I Could Never Be Ashamed of You; Angel of Death;

Hank Williams Revealed: The Unreleased Recordings buy CD music Released as a companion piece to the three-disc box, THE UNRELEASED RECORDINGS, GOSPEL KEEPSAKES (like the box) focuses on Hank Williams's stint on a WSM morning show sponsored by Mother's Best Flour company in 1951, a series of shows that found him loose, good-humored, and reaching deep into his repertoire. The country icon bookended each show with dusted-off gospel chestnuts--most of which feature the three-part harmonies of his backing group, the Drifting Cowboys, who rarely sang on his records. While his legend remains synonymous with the rowdier side of country music, Hank reminds us that he was one heck of a gospel singer, as his trademark saw-toothed timbre reveals the same yearning ache in devotional songs that it did in lovelorn ones. Songs like "I Heard My Savior Calling Me" and "Drifting Too Far From the Shore" become tremulously alive in the hands of a man veritably surrounded--and eventually done in by--the temptations of the material world. With the exception of the previously unreleased gems "Thirty Pieces of Silver," "Farther Along," and a rousing version of "I Saw the Light," most tracks already appear on box sets. Despite the overlap, the collection works perfectly for country gospel fans (who could do without the secular tunes) or for Williams completists. Audio Remasterer: Joseph M. Palmaccio. Liner Note Author: Colin Escott.