Hank Williams - 20 Of Hank Williams' Greatest Hits (LP)

Limited vinyl LP repressing of this classic collection from the country music legend. It's still sobering to realize that Hank recorded just 66 songs during his lifetime, almost all of them essential. And even more shocking: he accomplished all of this by the time of his death at the age of 29! Here are those songs that serve as a working definition of country music, and as an admonition to artists who try to get too wordy or try to lose themselves in minor keys. "Your Cheatin' Heart," "HonkyTonk Blues," "Cold, Cold Heart," "Lovesick Blues," "You Win Again," "I Can't Help It," "I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry," and the rest. With his very first hit "Move It On Over," Hank Williams Sr. established himself both as a powerful personality and as a songwriter with a unique gift for both hooky melodies and unforgettable turns of phrase. Williams cranked out numerous other classics over the next five years, revealing in the process a particular gift for heart-wrenching ballads of lost love and br