Hank Williams: Pictures From Life’s Other Side — The Man and His Music in Rare Photos and Recordings

BFX 15346
According to Richard Weize, "maybe one of the all-time worst sellers from our entire catalog..."

 

Anybody else have the same issue with Disc 3 as me and another have mentioned?

 

Wowzers, might buy one for the mother in law.

 

Vinyl Album

Artist: Audrey Williams
Title: Ramblin' Gal
Label: Bear Family
Country: Germany
Catalogue: BFX 15346
Date: 1988
Format: LP
Collection: I Own It I Want It
Community: 1 Owns
Price: Valuation Page
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Track Artist Title Composer Rating
A1 Audrey Williams Who Put The Pep In Grandma Jethro Burns, Mel Foree Rate
A2 Audrey Williams I Like That Kind Audrey Williams Rate
A3 Audrey Williams My Tight Wad Daddy Audrey Williams Rate
A4 Audrey Williams Model "T" Love Audrey Williams Rate
A5 Audrey Williams Don't Be Too Quick To Judge Audrey Williams Rate
A6 Audrey Williams How Can You Refuse Him Now Hank Williams Rate
B1 Audrey Williams Honky Tonkin' Hank Williams Rate
B2 Audrey Williams I Forgot More Than You'll Ever Know Cecil B. Null Rate
B3 Audrey Williams Slowly You Taught Me Webb Pierce Rate
B4 Audrey Williams Help Me Understand Hank Williams Rate
B5 Audrey Williams Ramblin' Gal Hank Williams, Audrey Williams Rate
B6 Audrey Williams To My Pal - Bocephus Hank Williams Rate

 

I had to stop listening by the second CD as it just isn't exciting me.
I was listening to a digital copy, btw, and will not purchase the set altho' if money and opportunity allow I will be looking for the book in the future.

the air around the songs has been taken away

That's it, great explanation of what I'm experiencing aurally.

 

Bullmoose wanted me to send the entire box back. Instead I e-mailed someone at BMG and got this nice reply:

"I am so sorry to hear about the issue you had with disc 3 of our Hank Williams box set. I’m totally happy to send you a new disc 3 to replace it. Would you be able to send me best mailing address?

Again, apologies for this issue and thank you so much for your support of Mr. Williams’ music and legacy."

They didn't even ask for proof of purchase.

 

This set looks beautiful. After sampling it on youtube, I'm in.

 

NR...?....yuck

 

Thats too bad. Not a positive improvement. Never is.

 

All this talk about sound comparisons.

Many of the few people who had the complete Mother's Best recordings for years before the official issue say that the raw circulating unofficial version sounded better. I agree.

 

Why release a good sounding set when you can just remaster and reissue a different multi disc set that sounds like **** every 10 years?

 

despite what some have said about the sound quality, and despite having all of the variants of the Mother's Best tapes (including having the original transfers for about 20 years), I ordered the new set.

If nothing else, I will enjoy playing the new set at home and in the car.

It is Hank Williams, after all.

 

fyi

I also have the Japanese vinyl boxset and the Japanese CD set of the MGM recordings, along with many 78s, EPs, 45s, early LPs.

As long as there is no "Jr." or "III", I am into Hank.

 

'Nuff said!

 

I don't remember all of these posts, but I recall a fair amount of grumbling about this set.

The set does include a major book, which is just about the value of the entire set, making the CDs almost like a bonus.

Here is the book description from Rolling Stone magazine:

In addition to the thoroughly compelling recordings, the CDs are packaged in a slipcase and accompanied by a 272-page hardbound book loaded with photographs chronicling the musician’s life and career. Featuring many previously unseen images – including some exceptionally rare color slides – from a variety of sources, including Williams’ fellow Hall of Fame members Hank Thompson and Little Jimmy Dickens, the book was assembled by Grammy-winning Williams scholar Colin Escott with the assistance of Grammy nominee Scott B. Bomar and Williams photo collector Ken Campanile. A plethora of professional publicity stills as well as candid personal photos featuring some of his fellow Opry stars are also included in the fascinating book, which also sheds light for the first time on details of a mystery woman in a photo of the two having dinner at New York’s Copacabana in 1951. A poignant foreword to the book of photos was contributed by Hank’s daughter, Jett Williams.

 

If that book did not include the CDs, I would probably pay the same price as the whole set ($65 for me)

 

I agree. I am just not hearing any problem with the sound...this has been one of the most enjoyable sets I have had in a long time....I may buy the complete Mother’s Best to go with this one.

 

If you do not have the complete edition, you must have it. I suggest getting the later edition in the slim compact box. The edition in the chintzy cardboard radio box is stupid and hard to store.