Title: Twelve stars... at least!
Product review: This is the 21st Century update of the once-definitive "40 Greatest Hits" collection (which first came out in 1978...) This fine 2-CD set has a lot of overlap with the old best-of, but also veers off in new directions, taking advantage of all the Hank Williams rarities that have come out of the vaults in the past couple of decades. This has 42 tracks total, including a bunch of radio performances and demos, as well as a couple of "Luke The Drifter" recitation tunes. This makes for a nicely balanced Hank collection, highlighting him in a variety of settings, but also of necessity means that some of the more canonical Williams hits (which were on the earlier best-of) had to be nudged out to make room for the new material. Still, it's Hank. How could you go wrong?? A great introduction to one of the towering figures of 20th Century popular music.
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