2008 - ''An incredible discovery!'' trumpets the press release for this handsomely packaged 3CD set of 'lost' recordings by the 'King of country music'. Well, not exactly. These 54 songs are just the first instalment of 143 cut for 72 live radio shows Williams did in 1951 on WSM's Mother's Finest Flour Show. In fact they were originally 'discovered' during a clear out and passed on to William's daughter Jett. In her foreword for the booklet, she relates how another copy found its way into somebody else's hands, so that adulterated versions of these recordings have already surfaced. However, after an eight-year legal battle, the family estate finally won exclusive marketing rights in January 2006
54 Songs
- CD 1:
- BLUES EYES CRYING IN THE RAIN
- DUST ON THE BIBLE
- I'M SO LONESOME I COULD CRY
- I HEARD MY SAVIOR CALLING ME
- PRECIOUS LORD, TAKE MY HAND
- HEY, GOOD LOOKIN'
- ON TOP OF OLD SMOKY
- I CAN'T TELL MY HEART THAT
- I DREAMED THAT THE GREAT JUDGEMENT MORNING
- NEXT SUNDAY DARLING IS MY BIRTHDAY
- AT THE FIRST FALL OF SNOW
- DEAR JOHN
- THE BLIND CHILD'S PRAYER
- I'LL HAVE A NEW LIFE
- ON THE BANKS OF THE PONTCHARTRAIN
- LOW AND LONELY
- DRIFTING TOO FAR FROM THE SHORE
- I'M GONNA SING
- CD 2:
- I CAN'T HELP IT
- SEAMAN'S BLUES
- THE PRODIGAL SON
- CHEROKEE BOOGIE
- WHERE HE LEADS ME
- FROM JERUSALEM TO JERICHO
- COOL WATER
- I'VE GOT MY ONE-WAY TICKET TO THE SKY
- SEARCHING FOR A SOLDIER'S GRAVE
- CALIFORNIA ZEPHYR
- SOFTLY AND TENDERLY
- JUST WHEN I NEEDED YOU
- GATHERING FLOWERS FOR THE MASTER'S BOUQUET
- WHY SHOULD WE TRY ANYMORE
- THE OLD COUNTRY CHURCH
- MAY YOU NEVER BE ALONE
- WHEN THE FIRE COMES DOWN
- LONELY TOMBS
- CD 3:
- PICTURES FROM LIFE'S OTHER SIDE
- I'LL FLY AWAY
- COLD, COLD HEART
- HAVE I TOLD YOU LATELY THAT I LOVE YOU
- WHEN GOD DIPS HIS LOVE IN MY HEART
- THY BURDENS ARE GREATER THAN MINE
- WHEN THE SAINTS GO MARCHIN' IN
- I'LL SAIL MY SHIP ALONE
- WEDDING BELLS
- MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS
- YOU BLOTTED MY HAPPY SCHOOLDAYS
- WHERE THE SOUL NEVER DIES
- PINS AND NEEDLES [IN MY HEART]
- TENNESSEE BORDER
- THERE'S NOTHING AS SWEET AS MY BABY
- WAIT FOR THE LIGHT TO SHINE
- IF I DIDN'T LOVE YOU
- THE PALE HORSE AND HIS RIDER
