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Jim Vogt's Collection

Hank Williams, Sr.   ??/??/1951

Mother's Best Radio Show, Nashville, TN
Source WSM 12-inch transcription platters
Media CD-R   15 discs
Notes Pre-broadcast recordings from WSM 12-inch transcription platters
Tech Notes Sponsored by Mother's Best Flour, Hank's 15-minute program of country and gospel songs aired live at 7:15 am in 1950 and 1951 on the legendary WSM. Each broadcast recorded on 12-inch transcription platters. 71 episodes survive because that many platters were rescued from a dumpster behind WSM. A revelation of unreleased Hank and a milestone in the annals of country music.

- DISC 1 -

Show 1-A1
1. Intro
2. The Blind Child
3. Mother’s Best spot
4. Blue Steel Blues
5. When God Dips His Pen...
6. Outro

Show 1-A2
7. Intro
8. Where The Red River Flows
9. Mother’s Best spot
10. Moonlight Waters
11. How Can You Refuse Him
12. Outro

Show 1-B1
13. Intro
14. Moanin' The Blues
15. Mother’s Best spot
16. Honky Tonkin' (Audrey)
17. studio banter
12. I'll Have A New Body

Show 1-B2
20. Intro
21. Alabama Waltz
22. Mother’s Best spot
23. Fire On The Mountain
24. Lord Build Me A Cabin
25. Outro

Show 2-A1
26. Intro
27. Nowbody's Lonesome For Me
28. Mother’s Best spot
29. Twin Guitar Polka
30. studio banter
31. Gathering Flowers For The Master
32. Outro

- DISC 2 -

Show 2-A2
1. Intro
2. Mansion On The Hill
3. Mother's Best spot
4. I Like That Kind (Audrey)
5. How Can You Refuse Him (Audrey)
6. Outro

Show 2-B1
7. Intro
8. Everything's OK
9. Mother's Best spot
10. Why Should I Cry (Audrey)
11. I Heard My Mother Prayin' For Me
12. Outro

Show 2-B2
13.. Intro
14. Nobody's Lonesome For Me
15. Mother's Best spot
16. Tight-wad Daddy (Audrey)
17. Studio banter
18. I'll Have A New Body
19. Outro

Show 3-A1
20. Intro
21. Move It On Over
22. Mother's Best spot
23. I'm Satisfied With Life (Audrey)
24. I Saw The Light
25. Outro

Show 3-A2
26. Intro
27. Seaman's Blues
28. Mother's Best spot
29. Blues In My Mind (Audrey)
30. Something Got A Hold Of Me
31. Outro

- DISC 3 -

Show 3-B1
1. Intro
2. Blue Eyes Cryin' In The Rain
3. Mother's Best spot
4. Bonapartes Retreat
5. I've Just Told Mama Goodbye
6. Outro

Show 3-B2
7. Intro
8. On The Banks Of The Ohio
9. Mother's Best spot
10. Blue Love (Audrey)
11. Studio banter
12. Calling You
13. Outro

Show 4-A1
14. Intro
15. My Sweet Love Ain't Around
16. Mother's Best spot
17. Model T Love (Audrey)
18. Where The Soul Never Dies
19. Outro

Show 4-A2
20. Intro
21. Pins And Needles
22. Mother's Best spot
23. Four Flusher (Audrey)
24. Studio banter
25. I Heard My Mother Prayin' For Me
26. Outro

Show 4-B1
27. Intro
28. Mind Your Own Business
29. Mother's Best spot
30. I Like That Kind (Audrey)
31. When God Dips His Pen ...
32. Outro

- DISC 4 -

Show 4-B2
1. Intro
2. May You Never Be Alone
3. Mother's Best spot
4. My Love For You (Audrey)
5. Dear Brother
6. Outro

Show 5-A1
7. Intro
8. They'll Never Take Her Love From Me
9. Mother's Best spot
10. Last Night I Heard You Cryin' (Audrey)
11. Wait For The Light To Shine
12. Mother's Best spot
13. Whistlin' Rufus
14. Outro

Show 5-A2
15. Intro
16. Cool Water
17. Mother's Best spot
18. Orange Blossom Special
19. Lonely Tombs
20. Outro

Show 5-B1
21. Intro
22. I Just Don't Like This Kind Of Livin'
23. Mother's Best spot
24. You Don't Have To Be A Baby (Audrey)
25. Jesus Remember Me
26. Outro

Show 5-B2
27. Intro
28. Cold Cold Heart
29. Mother's Best spot
30. Honky Tonkin' (Audrey)
31. Studio banter
32. Sally Goodin'
33. Outro

- DISC 5 -

Show 6-A1
1. Intro
2. Dear John
3. Mother's Best promontion
4. Mail
5. I'm Satified With Life (Audrey)
6. Something Got A Hold Of Me
7. Outro

Show 6-A2
8. Intro
9. At The First Fall Of Snow
10. Mother's Best promotion
11. I Like That Kind (Audrey)
12. When God Dips His Love In My Heart
13. Outro

Show 6-B1
14. Intro
15. Wedding Bells
16. Mother's Best promotion
17. Tight Wad Daddy (Audrey)
18. Where The Soul Of Man Never Dies
19. Outro

Show 6-B2
20. Intro
21. Why Don't You Love
22. Mother's Best promotion
23. Blue Love In My Heart (Audrey)
24. Dear Brother
25. Outro

Show 7-A1
26. Intro
27. Faded Love And Winter Roses
28. Mother's Best spot
29. Fire On The Mountain
30. I Heard My Saviour Call (w/ Johnnie & Jack of The Tennessee Mountain Boys)
31. Outro

- DISC 6 -

Show 7-A2
1. Intro
2. Just When I Needed You
3. Mother's Best spot
4. I Can't Tell My Heart That (w/ Johnnie & Jack of The Tennessee Mountain Boys)
5. Farther Along
6. Outro

Show 7- B1
7. Intro
8. Move It On Over
9. Mother's Best spot
10. Introduces Johnnie of The Tennessee Mountain Boys
11. Darktown Strutter's Ball (w/ Johnnie of The Tennessee Mountain Boys)
12. Mother's Best spot
13. Thy Burdens Are Greater Than Mine
14. Outro

Show 7-B2
15. Intro
16. There's Nothin' As Sweet As My Baby
17. Mother's Best spot
18. Introduces Harry O'Conner
19. Turkey In The Hay
20. Wait For The Light To Shine
21. Outro

Show 8-A1
22. Intro
23. I Can't Help It If I'm Still In Love With You (debut)
24. Mother's Best spot
25. Panhandle Rag
26. Gathering Flowers For The Masters' Bouquet
27. Mother's Best spot
28. Bill Cheatam
29. Outro

Show 8-A2
30. Intro
31. Where The Old Red River Flows
32. Mother's Best spot
33. Studio banter
34. Blue Steel Blues
35. Thirty Pieces Of Silver
36. Mother's Best spot
37. Outro

- DISC 7 -

Show 8-B1
1. Intro
2. On Top Of Old Smokey
3. Mother's Best spot
4. Columbus Stockade Blues
5. Prodigal Son
6. Outro

Show 8-B2
7. Intro
8. May You Never Be Alone Like Me
9. Mother's Best spot
10. Arkansas Traveler
11. I'll Have A New Body
12. Outro

Show 9- A1
13. Intro
14.Next Sunday Is My Birthday
15. Mother's Best spot
16. Old Joe Clark
17. Deck Of Cards
18. Outro

Show 9-A2
19. Intro
20. Tennessee Border
21. Mother's Best spot
22. Blue Bonnet Rag
23. Dear Brother
24. Mother' Best spot
25. Whistlin' Rufus
26. Outro

- DISC 8 -

Show 9-B1
1. Intro
2. Pictures From Lifes' Other Side
3. Mother's Best spot
4. Sally Goodin'
5. Sing, Sing, Sing
6. Outro

Show 9-B2
7. Intro
8. Just Waitin'
9. Mother's Best spot
10. Paradise Island
11. Studio banter
12. When The Fire Comes Down From Heaven
13. Outro

Show 10-A1
14. Intro
15. My Sweet Love Ain't Around
16. Mother's Best spot
17. Hank introduces Jimmie Skinner
18. I Can't Tell My Heart That (Jimmie Skinner)
19. Mother's Best spot
20. Where The Soul Of Man Never Dies
21. Outro

Show 10-A2
22. Intro
23. I Can't Help It If I'm Still In Love With You
24. Mother's Best spot
25. Panhandle Rag
26. Studio banter
27. Drifting Too Far From The Shore
28. Outro

Show 10-B1
29. Intro
30. Just When I Needed You
31. Mother's Best spot
32. Steel Guitar Stomp
33. Studio banter
34. I'll Fly Away
35. Outro

- DISC 9 -

Show 10-B2
1. Intro
2. Cold Cold Heart
3. Mother's Best spot
4. Give The Fiddler A Dram
5. Old Country Church
6. Outro

Show 11-A1
7. Intro
8. Moanin' The Blues
9. Mother's Best spot
10. Blue Steel Blues
11. I Dreamed About Mama Last Night
12. Outro

Show 11-A2
13. Intro
14. I Hang My Head And Cry
15. Mother's Best spot
16. Tennessee Wagoner
17. At The Cross
18. Outro

Show 11-B1
19. Intro
20. I Dreamed About Mama Last Night
21. Mother's Best spot
22. Black Mountain Rag
23. I Heard My Saviour Call
24. Outro

Show 11-B2
25. Intro
26. Low And Lonely
27. Studio banter
28. Mother's Best spot
29. Foolish Question (Big Bill Lister)
30. The Funeral
31. Outro

- DISC 10 -

Show 12-A1
1. Intro
2. Where The Old Red River Flows
3. Studio banter
4. Mother's Best spot
5. Orange Blossom Specail
6. Where He Leads Me I Will Follow
7. Outro

Show 12-A2
8. Intro
9. If I Didn't Love You
10. Mother's Best spot
11. Panhandle Rag
12. Wait For The Light To Shine
13. Outro

Show 12-B1
14. Intro
15. I Don't Like This Kind Of Living
16. Mother's Best spot
17. Tennessee Wagoner
18. Studio banter (shave & a haircut)
19. Pale Horse And His Rider
20. Outro

Show 12-B2
21. Intro
22. Hey Good Lookin'
23. Mother's Best spot
24. Alabama Jubilee
25. Searching For A Soldiers Grave
26. Outro

Show 13-A1
27. Intro
28. I've Been Down That Road Before
29. Mother's Best spot
30. Little Annie
31. One Way Ticket To The Sky
32. Outro

- DISC 11 -

1. Intro
2. California Zephyr (live debut)
3. Mother's Best spot
4. Down Yonder
5. Softly And Tenderly
6. Outro

Show 13-B1
7. Intro
8. I Heard That Lonesome Whistle Blow
9. Mother's Best spot
10. Studio banter
11. Roadside Rag
12. I'm Bound For The Promised Land
13. Outro

Show 13-B2
14. Intro
15. I Can't Tell My Heart That
16. Mother's Best spot
17. Georgia Steel Guitar
18. Take My Hand Precious Lord
19. Outro

Show 14-A1
20. Intro
21. Just Waitin'
22. Mother's Best spot
23. Eighth Of January
24. From Jerusalem To Jericho
25. Outro

Show 14-A2
26. Intro
27. Cherokee Boogie
28. Mother's Best spot
29. Columbus Stockade Blues
30. A Beautiful Home
31. Outro

- DISC 12 -

Show 14-B1
1. Intro
2. I Heard That Lonesome Whistle Blow
3. Mother's Best spot
4. I Don't Love Nobody
5. Great Judgement Morning
6. Outro

Show 14-B2
7. Intro
8. I'll Sail My Ship Alone
9. Mother's Best spot
10. Little Annie
11. I'll Have A New Body
12. Outro

Show 15-A1
13. Intro
14. Dear John
15. Mother's Best spot
16. Roadside Rag
17. I'll Fly Away
18. Mother's Best spot
19. Bonapartes' Retreat
20. Outro

Show 15-A2
21. Intro
22. Cold Cold Heart
23. Mother's Best spot
24. Fire On The Mountain
25. Studio banter
26. Farther Along
27. Outro

Show 15-A1
28. Stars In Her Eyes (Hank does a PSA for VD)

- DISC 13 -

Show 16-A1
Quaker Oats Audition Show
1. Intro
2. Why Don' You Love Me
3. Aunt Jemimah spot
4. San Antonio Rose (Bradley Quintent)
5. Hony Be My Honey Bee (Beasley Smith)
6. Aunt Jemimah spot
7. Cold, Cold Heart
8. Outro

Mother's Best Flour
2/12/51
9. Intro
10. Move It On Over (incomplete)
11. Mother's Best spot
12. Waltz Of The Wind (Audrey)
13. I'll Have A New Body
14. Outro

2/13/51
15. Intro
16. Faded Love And Winter Roses
17. Mother's Best spot
18. Four Flusher (Audrey)
19. I Saw The Light
20. Outro

2/21/51
21. Intro
22. Why Should We Try Anymore
23. Mother's Best spot
24. Low And Lonely
25. Studio banter (Lola is the cook, Audrey is the boss)
26. Jesus Died for Me3
27. Outro

2/23/51
28. Intro
29. Dear John
30. Mother's Best spot
31. If you Want Some Lovin' (Audrey)
32. I Heard My Mother Prayin' For Me
33. Outro

- Disc 14 -

Show 146
1. Intro
2. Mind Your Own Business
3. Mother's Best spot
4. Old Joe Clark
5. I Dreamed About Mama Last Night
6. Outro

Show 2/22/51
7. Intro
8. Long Gone Lonesome Blues
9. Mother's Best spot
10. I Heard You Cryin In Your Sleep (Audrey)
11. Lonely Tombs
12. Mother's Best spot
13. Turkey In The Straw
14. Outro

Show 157
15. Intro
16. Hey Good Lookin'
17. Mother's Best spot
18. Silver Bells
19. Mother's Best spot
20. I'm Gonna Sing, Sing, Sing
21. Mother's Best spot
22. Turkey In The Straw
23. Outro

Show 158
24. Intro
25. I Can't Help It If I'm Still In Love With You
26. Mother's Best spot
27. Stay All Night
28. Lonely Tombs
29. Outro

Show 156
30. Intro
31. Have I Told You LatelyThat I Love You
32. Mother's Best spot
33. Sally Goodin'
34. Studio banter
35. When The Saints Come Marchin' In
36. Outro

- DISC 15 -

Show 151
1. Intro
2. I Blotted Your Happy School Days
3. Mother's Best spot
4. Orange Blossom Special
5. Dust On The Bible
6. Outro

Show 147
7. Intro
8. I'm So Lonesome I Could Cry
9. Mother's Best spot
10. Corinna, Corinna
11. I Heard My Saviour Callin'
12. Outro

Show 150
13. Intro
14. My Sweet Love Ain't Around
15. Mother's Best spot
16. Fire On The Mountain
17. I Saw The Light
18. Outro






Trades Allowed Yes
Ratings Sound: A-
Owned by Jim Vogt · Last Updated May 23, 2023