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Hank Williams Boxed Set Garners Positive Press

<h3>Hank Williams achieves even more success from beyond&period;<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p>Years after the early loss of the lonesome rebel&comma; <strong>Hank Williams<&sol;strong> continues to garner positive press from even the biggest of critics&period; Spin Magazine&comma; The Tennessean&comma; Country Weekly&comma; CMT and many more have been showering this boxed collection&comma;<em> &&num;8220&semi;Hank Williams&colon; The Complete Mother&&num;8217&semi;s Best Recordings&&num;8230&semi;Plus&excl;&&num;8221&semi;<&sol;em> with so many compliments it could give a girl a toothache&excl; <&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>These timeless recordings are from the pinnacle of Williams’ career and he prerecorded his Mother’s Best shows when he was planning to be out on tour&period; The acetates miraculously survived and give the listener a personal&comma; intimate connection with this American music legend&comma; where Williams was unguarded in both his conversation and choice of songs&period; Fans can hear him perform songs from his childhood and debut two new recordings at the time&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Cold&comma; Cold Heart” and &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;I Can’t Help It &lpar;If I’m Still In Love With You&rpar;&period;” The sound quality of these exceptional radio shows is at least comparable to his studio recordings&comma; and many critics have remarked that the &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;direct-to-disc” Mother’s Best recordings actually have more presence and clarity&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>This collection features fifteen audio discs and a bonus DVD&period; The shows contain so many priceless moments&comma; including many songs he never recorded elsewhere such as &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Blue Eyes Crying in the Rain” and &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;On Top of Old Smoky&period;” On the DVD&comma; two of Hank’s original band members give their last interviews on tape&comma; Don Helms and Big Bill Lester&period; The project also contains a 108 page book&comma; written by respected music writer and Hank Williams historian&comma; Colin Escott&comma; along with an introduction by Hank Williams&comma; Jr&period; and afterword by Jett Williams&period; This deluxe&comma; limited box set is packaged in an antique working radio where the listener presses the radio dial and selections of Williams will play&period;Country Music Photo Gallery<&sol;p>

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