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Live at the Grand Ole Opry
Some years ago, MGM Records issued an LP of 11 Hank Williams Opry performances originally recorded for broadcast on Armed Forces Radio. Years of digging have unearthed much more Hank at the Ryman in crystal-clear monaural sound. Disc 1's 19 songs, punctuated by onstage joshing with singer Red Foley and Opry comics Minnie Pearl and Rod Brasfield, begin with his June 1949 debut as an Opry regular, ending in July 1952, a month before his firing over drinking-related no-shows. These powerful live renditions include the broadcast debuts of "Jambalaya" and "Window Shopping" along with two stark, chilling gospel numbers. Even with his physical stamina failing--as it clearly was on the final two songs--these raw performances are powerful testaments to Hank's charismatic genius and remain as arresting today as at the moment of broadcast. Disc 2, a complete 1950 Opry segment featuring Williams, Foley, and other Opry acts, is a historically valid, though musically inferior document, and including it on a Hank Williams package tends to dissipate the album's overall focus. --Rich Kienzle
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Tracks| 1 | Lovesick Blues | | 2 | Wedding Bells | | 3 | You're Gonna Change (Or I'm Gonna Leave) | | 4 | Why Don't You Love Me | | 5 | Comedy With Hank Williams | | 6 | They'll Never Take Her Love From Me | | 7 | Moanin' The Blues | | 8 | Nobody's Lonesome For Me | | 9 | Dear John | | 10 | Cold, Cold Heart | | 11 | Hey Good Lookin' | | 12 | Honky Tonk Blues | | 13 | Let The Spirit Descend | | 14 | Baby We're Really In Love | | 15 | Comedy With Hank Williams | | 16 | The Old Country Church | | 17 | I Can't Help It | | 18 | Jambalaya (On The Bayou) | | 19 | Half As Much | | 20 | Window Shopping | | 21 | Long Gone Lonesome Blues | | 22 | Aunt Jemima's Plaster - Red Foley | | 23 | Lead Me To That Rock - Wally Fowler | | 24 | I Just Don't Like This Kind Of Livin' | | 25 | Comedy - Minnie Pearl | | 26 | Lord, I'm Coming Home - Red Foley | | 27 | Oh, You Beautiful Doll - Claude Sharpe | | 28 | Comedy With Jamup & Honey | | 29 | Lovesick Blues | | 30 | You Ain't Got Faith - Wolly Fowler | | 31 | Church Music - Red Foley |
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