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Settin' the Woods on Fire [Box]

Hank Williams
3 discs

1. Hey Good Lookin'
2. I Could Never Be Ashamed of You
3. Why Don't You Love Me
4. I'm Sorry for You My Friend
5. Jambalaya (On the Bayou)
6. My Love for You (Has Turned to Hate)
7. Moanin' the Blues
8. Honky Tonkin'
9. Pictures from Life's Other Side
10. Fly Trouble
11. I'll Be a Batchelor 'Til I Die
12. Just Waitin'
13. My Bucket's Got a Hole in It
14. I Won't Be Home No More
15. On the Banks of the Old Pontchartrain
16. You're Gonna Change (Or I'm Gonna Leave)
17. Too Many Parties and Too Many Pals
18. Window Shopping
19. Lovesick Blues
20. I Can't Get You off My Mind
21. Wedding Bells
22. I'm a Long Gone Daddy
0. DISC 2:
1. Move It on Over
2. Mansion on the Hill, A
3. I'd Still Want You
4. Honky Tonk Blues
5. Calling You
6. I Don't Care (If Tomorrow Never Comes)
7. Mind Your Own Business
8. They'll Never Take Her Love from Me
9. Settin' the Woods on Fire
10. Take These Chains from My Heart
11. Howlin' at the Moon
12. Crazy Heart
13. My Sweet Love Ain't Around
14. Long Gone Lonesome Blues
15. I Can't Help It (If I'm Still in Love with You)
16. Everything's Okay
17. Rootie Tootie
18. Blues Come Around, The
19. May You Never Be Alone
20. Let's Turn Back the Years
21. Ramblin' Man
22. I'll Never Get out of This World Alive
0. DISC 3:
1. Pan American
2. Dear John
3. Half as Much
4. When God Comes and Gathers His Jewels
5. I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
6. My Heart Would Know
7. Lost Highway
8. I've Been Down That Road Before
9. Nobody's Lonesome for Me
10. Cold, Cold Heart
11. Kaw-Liga
12. I'm Satisfied with You
13. (I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle
14. My Son Calls Another Man Daddy
15. Please Make Up Your Mind
16. Why Should We Try Anymore
17. There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight
18. You Win Again
19. Your Cheatin' Heart
20. I Just Don't Like This Kind of Living
21. Six More Miles to the Graveyard
22. I Saw the Light
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Manufacturer Part Number (MPN): 9702
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Hank Williams was country music's first true superstar, and his songs were a remarkable synthesis of hillbilly elements with a dose of blues and gospel and a clear awareness of Tin Pan Alley techniques, all delivered with a postmodern sensibility that understood that sex and image were a big part of the whole package. He was also heavily conflicted -- much like later soul singers Marvin Gaye and Al Green -- between the secular and the sacred, even going so far as creating a separate persona, Luke the Drifter, to deliver a series of dark, frightening sermons on the dangers of yielding to Saturday night temptation. But yield Williams did, and this tortured soul turned his contradictions into stunning songs like the spooky "Six More Miles to the Graveyard," the beautiful "A Mansion on the Hill," the elegant "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry" -- which is as tightly written as a haiku -- and the eerily prophetic "I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive." There are countless Hank Williams collections on the market, but this three-disc set manages to hit all the essentials while mining a little deeper into the catalog as well, making it an excellent and efficient introduction to one of America's greatest songwriters. ~ Steve Leggett