Turn Back the Years: The Essential Hank Williams Collection

~ Release by Hank Williams (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

1▶CD: Honky Tonkin'
2▶CD: Cold, Cold Heart
3▼CD: I Saw the Light
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1I Saw the Light
recording of:
I Saw the Light (on 1947-04-21)
lyricist and composer:
Lewis E. Jones (hymnist) and Hank Williams (country music legend)
publisher:
Acuff-Rose Music Ltd. (UK) (from 1948 to present), Sony/ATV Acuff Rose Music (tradename of Sony/ATV Songs LLC) (from 1948 to present) and Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (on 1948-11-16)
2:45
2Thy Burdens Are Greater Than Mine
recording of:
Thy Burdens Are Greater Than Mine
lyricist and composer:
Pee Wee King
3:30
3Calling You
recording of:
Calling You (on 1946-12-11)
lyricist and composer:
Hank Williams (country music legend)
2:54
4Wealth Won't Save Your Soul
recording of:
Wealth Won't Save Your Soul (on 1946-12-11)
lyricist and composer:
Hank Williams (country music legend)
2:47
5The Pale Horse and His Rider
cover recording of:
The Pale Horse and His Rider
writer:
Johnnie Bailes, Zeke Clements (US country musician), Ervin Staggs and Kitty Wells
2:54
6Beyond the Sunset
recording of:
Beyond the Sunset (Religious song) (on 1950-01-10)
lyricist:
Virgil Brock (American minister)
composer:
Blanche Brock (American composer)
publisher:
Robbins Music Corp.
3:00
7Are You Walkin' and a Talkin' for the Lord?
recording of:
Are You Walkin’ and a Talkin’ for the Lord (in 1952)
lyricist and composer:
Hank Williams (country music legend)
2:46
8Let the Spirit Descend
recording of:
Let the Spirit Descend
lyricist and composer:
J.M. Purdom (songwriter)
2:08
9The Battle of Armageddon
recording of:
The Battle of Armageddon
writer:
Roy Acuff and Odell McLeod (Country artist)
2:30
10Alone and Forsaken
recording of:
Alone and Forsaken (from 1949 until 1953-07-08)
lyricist and composer:
Hank Williams (country music legend)
publisher:
Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (on 1951-12-05)
2:01
11Drifting Too Far From the Shore
recording of:
Drifting Too Far From the Shore (on 1952-04-04)
lyricist and composer:
Charles Ernest Moody (20th-century American gospel songwriter)
3:16
12A House of Gold
recording of:
House of Gold (on 1953-07-09)
lyricist and composer:
Hank Williams (country music legend)
publisher:
Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (on 1950-04-21)
2:16
13Where the Soul of Man Never Dies
recording of:
Where the Soul Never Dies
lyricist and composer:
William M. Golden (in 1914)
1:51
14How Can You Refuse Him Now?
recording of:
How Can You Refuse Him Now?
lyricist and composer:
Hank Williams (country music legend)
publisher:
Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (on 1950-12-29)
2:36
15A Tramp on the Street
recording of:
Tramp on the Street
writer:
Grady Cole and Hazel Cole
3:39
16Lost on the River
recording of:
Lost on the River
lyricist and composer:
Hank Williams (country music legend)
publisher:
Acuff-Rose Publications, Inc. (BMI) (on 1949-06-15)
1:51
17When God Dips His Love in My Heart
cover recording of:
When God Dips His Love in My Heart
lyricist and composer:
Cleavant Derricks (pastor, choir director, and songwriter) and W.S. Stevenson
writer:
Cleavant Derricks (pastor, choir director, and songwriter)
2:26
18'Neath a Cold Gray Tomb of Stone
recording of:
’Neath a Cold Gray Tomb of Stone (from 1951-06 until 1952-07)
lyricist and composer:
Mel Foree and Hank Williams (country music legend)
2:43
19I'll Have a New Body (I'll Have a New Life)
live recording of:
I'll Have a New Life
lyricist and composer:
Luther G. Presley
2:07
20Angel of Death
recording of:
Angel of Death
lyricist and composer:
Hank Williams (country music legend)
2:20

Credits

Release

graphic design:Mike Fink
mastering:Elliott Federman (mastering engineer)
Discogs:https://www.discogs.com/release/7265026 [info]
ASIN:US: B000B8I90O [info]