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Hank Williams - The Collectors' Edition Vol II - Lovesick Blues (1948)

Track listing:
  1. I'm Satisfied With You 2:35
  2. On The Banks Of The Old Pontchartrain 2:53
  3. Fly Trouble 2:43
  4. Rootie Tootie 2:47
  5. I Can't Get You Off Of My Mind 2:52
  6. I'm A Long Gone Daddy 2:52
  7. Honky Tonkin' 2:45
  8. My Sweet Love Ain't Around 2:45
  9. The Blues Come Around 2:43
  10. A Mansion On The Hill 2:36
  11. I'll Be A Bachelor 'til I Die 2:38
  12. Lovesick Blues 2:45
  13. Rockin' Chair Money 2:09
  14. We Live In Two Different Worlds 2:25
  15. The Devil's Train 3:00
  16. When God Dips His Love In My Heart 2:15
  17. I Wish I Had A Nickel 1:45
  18. At The First Fall Of Snow 3:13
  19. Please Don't Let Me Love You 2:17
  20. Jesus Died For Me 1:57
  21. Weary Blues From Waitin' 2:25

Notes


Aug 1947-Dec 1948

Among the material on Lovesick Blues (August 1947 -- December 1948): Vol. 2, the second volume of Polydor's series of Hank Williams' complete recorded works, is "Lovesick Blues"; the single that made him a star and that song illustrate the difference between this volume and its predecessor, I Ain't Got Nothin' but Time. By and large, the secular music on Lovesick Blues is lighter than the gospel that dominated the first volume -- the majority of the songs are pure honky tonk, whether its the rollicking boogie of "Rootie Tootie" and "Fly Trouble," the gritty "Honky Tonkin" and "I'm a Long Gone Daddy," or the wrenching ballad "A Mansion on the Hill." Among the other highlights of a disc filled with uniformly excellent songs are the session recordings "I'm Satisfied With You" and "I'll Be a Bachelor 'Til I Die," the overdubbed nonsession recording "We Live in Two Different Worlds," and the non-session recordings "Please Don't Let Me Love You" and "Weary Blues From Waitin'."