AVID Country continues with its Five Classic Albums series with a re-mastered 2CD release from Hank Locklin, complete with original artwork, liner notes and personnel details
“Please Help Me, I’m Falling”; “Encores”; “Happy Journey”; A Tribute To Roy Acuff - King Of Country Music” and “Hank Locklin”.
Here we feature legendary Florida born country tenor Hank Locklin and include five of his classic RCA recordings with whom he joined in 1955 and start with his sophomore release “Please Help Me, I’m Falling “ from 1960. The title track from our first selection gave Hank his greatest ever hit record. Turned down by none other than Jim Reeves, “Please Help Me, I’m Falling” went on to spend 14 weeks at number one in the Billboard Country charts as well as reaching number 8 in the Billboard pop chart and even charting top 10 in good old blighty! Guided by the equally legendary producer Chet Atkins, all five of our albums showcase just why Hank was considered to possess one of the greatest voices in country music. Our five albums include many great hits and favourites as well as one of Hank’s famed tribute albums, in this case to another country legend, Mr. Roy Acuff. They all have one thing in common, the voice of the incomparable Hank Locklin.
Check out: Chet Atkins (AMSC1335); Jimmie Rodgers (AMSC1362); Webb Pierce (AMSC1378); Kitty Wells (AMSC1328); Patsy Cline (AMSC1313); Jean Shepard (AMSC1355); Hank Snow (AMSC1393); Marty Robbins (AMSC1281); Hank Thompson (AMSC1371); Jim Reeves (AMSC1294); Hank Williams (AMSC1267); Johnny Cash (AMSC1252); Slim Whitman (AMSC1346).
CD1
1-12: ‘Please Help Me I’m Falling’
1. Please Help Me I’m Falling
2. My Old Home Town
3. (I’m So Tired Of) Goin’ Home All By Myself
4. It’s A Little More Like Heaven
5. Livin’ Alone
6. Seven Days (The Humming Song)
7. Send Me The Pillow You Dream On
8. Blues In Advance
9. Why Don’t You Haul Off And Love Me
10. When The Band Plays The Blues
11. Hiding In My Heart
12. Foreign Car
13-24: ‘Encores’
13. Paper Face
14. Come Share The Sunshine With Me
15. No One Is Sweeter Than You
16. A Year Of Time
17. To Whom It May Concern
18. Song Of The Whispering Leaves
19. Pin Ball Millionaire
20. Stumpy Joe
21. Tell Me You Love Me
22. Could You
23. Who You Think You’re Fooling
24. I Could Call You Darling
25-30: ‘Happy Journey’
25. Happy Journey
26. Oh, How I Miss You (Since You Went Away)
27. I Can’t Stop Loving You
28. You’re The Reason
29. Let Me Be The One
30. Happy Birthday To Me
CD2
1-6: ‘Happy Journey’
1. I Need You Now
2. I Can See An Angel
3. Jealous Heart
4. The Keeper Of The Keys
5. One Has My Name (The Other Has My Heart)
6. Johnny My Love (Grandma’s Diary)
7-18: ‘A Tribute To Roy Acuff- King Of Country Music’
7. Waltz Of The Wind
8. As Long As I Live
9. Wabash Cannonball
10. All The World Is Lonely Now
11. The Wreck On The Highway
12. Pins And Needles (In My Heart)
13. The Great Speckled Bird
14. Maple On The Hill
15. We Live In Two Different Worlds
16. A Precious Jewel
17. Blue Eyes Crying In the Rain
18. Once More
19-30: ‘Hank Locklin’
19. The First Time
20. You Can’t Never Tell
21. A Good Woman’s Love
22. Seven Or Eleven
23. The Same Sweet Girl
24. The Rich And The Poor
25. Fourteen Karat Gold
26. From Here To There To You
27. I’m A Fool
28. She’s Better Than Most
29. Love Or Spite
30. Toujours Moi
