Previously unreleased recordings of country music legend Hank Williams performing songs on a 1950 radio show will be released next month for download and on vinyl.
The Garden Spot Programs, 1950 features 24 songs and jingles from a taped show that aired on early country radio stations, sponsored by a Texas plant nursery. Most of the tapes were lost, but KSIB-AM in Creston, Iowa, saved its copies. The recordings were transferred, restored and mastered for release May 20.
The singer’s daughter, Jett Williams, said no one knew these recordings existed.
Williams’ biographer, Colin Escott, wrote the liner notes and said the recordings were used to augment live acts on local radio stations.