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Artist:Arthur Smith And His Cracker-Jacks
Label:  MGM
Country:USA
Catalogue:11433
Date:Feb 1953
Format:10"
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Community: 3 Own
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TrackArtistTitleComposerRating
AArthur Smith And His Cracker-JacksIn Memory Of Hank WilliamsSmithRate
BArthur Smith And His Cracker-JacksI'm Richer Than YouSmithRate


Notes

A: Recitation by Sonny Smith

Billboard Feb. 7, 1953, p. 16 (Many Tributes To H. Williams)
Billboard Feb. 14, 1953, p. 40: C & W Record Reviews

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Number: 915001  THUMBNAIL
Uploaded By: 78-Ron
Edited By: fixbutte
Description: MGM 11433 A Side Label


Number: 915002 
Uploaded By: 78-Ron
Description: b


Number: 788673 
Uploaded By: 45stalker
Description: MGM 11433 A Side


Number: 788674 
Uploaded By: 45stalker
Description: MGM 11433 B side


Comments and Reviews
 
78-Ron
14th Dec 2015
 One of the Vocalists on Side B is Don Reno, from the Bluegrass act Don Reno, Red Smiley And The Tennessee Cutups, although not credited.
 

 
slholzer
13th Dec 2015
 Review
I'm going to review this record, but I don't intend to rate it. Any rating I would give it would inevitably be very personal to me and might lead others who would actually like it to give it a pass when they shouldn't.

In Memory of Hank Williams starts and ends with excerpts of Hank Williams' recording of I Saw The Light. You either like Hank Williams or you don't. The rest of the record is a rhyming tribute to Hank recited by Sonny Smith. This kind of thing used to be fairly common. I never much appreciated the genre. I'd rather hear Hank sing or Arthur Smith play a Williams tune with a dedication to Hank. If you like mawkish sentiment, it's here in abundance.

I'm Richer Than You has a distinct feel to it. It is a religious song and both the song and the performance would have been right at home on a 1930's mail order record from Montgomery Ward or Sears. It would have been labelled old time singing even then. It is an anachronism on a 1950s MGM disc, but if you liked The Carter family or Jimmie Rodgers, you'll probably like this, too. There's a nice leisurely banjo solo in the middle that I thought was the best part.

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xiphophilos
13th Dec 2015
 A Side:


B Side:
 

 
Tailspin
26th Sep 2015
 A side wax: 53 S 6012 / 2 / C
B side wax: 53 S 6013 / 1 / D
 

 
45stalker
3rd Jul 2015
 Added label scans
 


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