In addition to the 10 discs, the box set includes a book entitled The Music which holds the CDs and incorporates 30 pages of information about the songs, including photographs of performance and information on charting. In 2003, Rolling Stone listed the compilation at #225 in its list of " Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Albums of All Time". In 1999, the compilation won two Grammy awards, for "Best Historical Album" and "Best Recording Package-Boxed". The New York Times hailed the release of the compilation, timed to coincide with what would have been Williams' 75th birthday, as "an important event," indicating "that it is impossible to understand contemporary country music, or popular music for that matter, without addressing Hank Williams's legacy". Among those 225 songs are 33 hit singles and 53 previously unreleased tracks. While a number of live and overdubbed songs are excluded, the ten disc collection contains 225 tracks, including studio sessions, live performances and demos. The Complete Hank Williams is a 1998 box set collecting almost all of the recorded works of country music legend Hank Williams, from his first recorded track in 1947 to the last session prior to his untimely death in 1953 at the age of 29. Colin Escott, Kira Florita, Fred Rose, Kyle Young
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