01. Pictures From Life's Other Side
02. Men With Broken Hearts
03. Help Me Understand
04. Too Many Parties And Too Many Pals
05. Please Make Up Your Mind
06. I've Been Down That Road Before
07. Be Careful Of Stones That You Throw
08. I Dreamed About Mama Last Night
09. The Funeral
10. Beyond The Sunset
11. Just Waitin'
12. Everything's Okay
13. No, No Joe
14. Ramblin' Man
15. Battle of Armageddon <----bonus
Recorded between 1950 & 1952
'In 1950, Williams began recording as Luke the Drifter, an appellation given to Williams for use in identifying his religion-themed recordings, many of which are recitations rather than his usual crooning. Fearful that disque jockeys and jukebox operators would become hesitant to accept these non-traditional Williams recordings, thereby hurting the marketability of Williams's name, the name Luke the Drifter was employed to cloak the identity of the artist. Beyond the Sunset collects all the recordings Hank Williams made as his artistic [& on some level psychological] alter ego Luke the Drifter on one disque. The subject matter is either unrelentingly bleak & despairing [Men With Broken Hearts] or else cautionary tales [I've Been Down That Road Before] presenting the sort of hard-won advice that Williams could dish out but not really take. Highlights include the now hopelessly politically incorrect but nonetheless heartfelt 'The Funeral' & 'Too Many Parties', a depressing one-act morality play co-written, oddly enough, by the same up-beat Tin Pan Alley denizen responsible for 'I''m Looking Over a Four Leaf Clover.'
'Hank Sr. preaches like no one I've ever heard before. This album features lessons that everyone needs to learn, especially children. Treating your fellow man with kindness, love and loss, what goes around comes around, be happy with what you have, etc, etc... But the way Hank tells these stories and sings these songs is masterful. I love this album and I listen to it whenever I'm feeling like life is unfair. It makes me smile every time, and it makes me appreciate the things I have. In short, if you like real country music, I HIGHLY recommend this one.' ~ some converts
i have owlwaze loved hank's voice, so hearing him sing/preach holier than thou, homespun, backwoods parables is lots of fun. i read somewheres that he really dug the sound of his own voice as well & it's easy to understand why. it has a tremulous quality that's very evocative. in addition to the included bonuses, i threw in another original gospel tune he penned about the end of the world. seemed fitting. a 320 rip
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