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Below are links to Hank Williams items on Amazon.  Amazon is possibly the most trusted store on the internet.  All sells are handled by Amazon and this website never sees any of your financial information.

Compact Discs (CDs):

The Complete Hank Williams - This is the ultimate Hank Williams CD collection.  The ten CDs in this set include nearly every song he ever released along with many never before released.  225 tracks!

The Unreleased Recordings - The first official release of some of the legendary Mother's Best Flour recordings!  Hank did these for a radio show and they are not included in the "Complete Hank Williams" set listed above.  There will be additional volumes to follow and the quality is much nicer than the bootlegs that have been circulating.  Some of these songs are new performances of songs he had previously recorded but many are brand new and never recorded in any other form.

Hank Williams: Revealed - The second official release of part of the Mother's Best Flour recordings.  See the previous entry above.

The Original Singles Collection - A three CD set of most of Hank's singles.  84 tracks.

Gold - A two CD set of remastered recordings.  42 tracks.

The Ultimate Collection - A two CD set of all the best songs.  42 tracks.

40 Greatest Hits - A two CD collection of hits.  40 songs.

24 of Hank Williams' Greatest Hits - An imported (and pricey) collection.  24 tracks.

20 of Hank Williams' Greatest Hits - A single CD greatest hits collection.  20 songs.

Alone With His Guitar - Just Hank and a guitar.  18 tracks.

Rare Demos:  First to Last - Demo recordings.  24 songs.

Live at the Grand Ole Opry - Two discs of Hank playing live.  31 songs.  The first disc is Hank and the second includes other Opry performers, so it's the first disc that is of interest.  Apparently it contains several songs not included in the ten CD "Complete" set.

Health & Happiness Shows - These two CDs contain all eight of Hank's "Health & Happiness" radio shows which were recorded in October 1949.  49 tracks. Many of these songs are missing from the "Complete Hank Williams" ten CD set.  WARNING:  If you order this through Amazon it will likely be available only through a third party marketplace seller.  Do NOT buy it from "horizons50" because they will send the wrong item.  They will send a single CD (rather than double) with only 37 tracks (rather than 49) but it will have almost the same title ("Hillbilly Hero, Health & Happiness Shows").

The Gospel According to Hank Williams - Many of Hank's Christian songs.  25 songs.

I Saw the Light - Some of Hank's Christian songs.  16 tracks.

Beyond the Sunset - Fourteen of Hank's "Luke the Drifter" songs.  14 tracks.

 

DVDs:

Honky Tonk Blues - Great documentary about Hank Williams.  This is the expanded director's cut of the American Masters TV special.  Thirty extra minutes!

The Show He Never Gave - A fictional movie about Hank's final day and a show he never lived to perform.

The Man and His Music - A tribute concert.

In the Hank Williams Tradition - A tribute DVD.

 

Books:

Hank Williams: The Biography - A biography by Colin Escott (with George Merritt and William MacEwen).  388 pages.

Hank Williams: Snapshots from the Lost Highway - More info on Hank!  By Colin Escott and Kira Florita.  208 pages.

Sing a Sad Song: The Life of Hank Williams - A biography by Roger M. Williams.  328 pages.

Lovesick Blues: The Life of Hank Williams - A biography by Paul Hemphill.  224 pages.

Your Cheatin' Heart: A Biography of Hank Williams - Chet Flippo's biography of Hank.

Still in Love With You:  The Story of Hank and Audrey Williams - A biography written by Audrey's daughter.  199 pages.

Hank Williams Complete - Nearly every song Hank wrote.  128 songs.  304 pages.

The Hank Williams Songbook - 26 of Hank's songs.  80 pages.

 

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