Let's Say Goodbye Like We Said Hello Explained
| Let's Say Goodbye Like We Said Hello |
| Type: | Box set |
| Artist: | Ernest Tubb |
| Cover: | Say Goodbye Like We Said Hello.jpg |
| Released: | 1991 |
| Recorded: | March 1947 – October 1953 |
| Genre: | Country, Honky tonk |
| Label: | Bear Family |
| Producer: | Paul Cohen, Dave Kapp
Richard Weize (reissue producer) |
| Next Title: | Yellow Rose of Texas |
| Next Year: | 1993 |
Let's Say Goodbye Like We Said Hello is a compilation of Ernest Tubb recordings from 1947 to 1953, released in 1991. It is a 5-CD box set and contains 113 songs. The set includes extensive liner notes, session notes and photographs.
Among the songs are performances by Tubb with Red Foley, The Andrews Sisters, and Minnie Pearl.
Reception
In his Allmusic review, Bruce Eder describes the album as "These 119 songs over five CDs represent Ernest Tubb at the very peak of his career musically and commercially, from 1947 until 1953. Disc One is filled with winners; Tubb's voice on these and the rest of the songs in this collection is at its richest and most expressive, not exactly soaring (it never did that) but never straining into the top of his range..."
Personnel
- Ernest Tubb – vocals, guitar
- Red Foley – vocals
- Minnie Pearl – vocals
- LaVerne Andrews – vocals
- Maxene Andrews – vocals
- Patty Andrews – vocals
- Jerry Byrd – steel guitar
- Jack Drake – bass
- Owen Bradley – piano, organ
- Farris Coursey – drums
- Buddy Harman – drums
- Dickie Harris – steel guitar
- Don Helms – steel guitar
- Billy Robinson – steel guitar
- Bill Drake – guitar
- Billy Byrd – guitar
- Hank Garland – guitar
- Walter Garland – guitar
- Grady Martin – guitar
- Jack Shook – guitar
- Jimmie Short – guitar
- Leon Short – guitar
- Johnny "Tub" Johnson – guitar
- Hal Smith – fiddle
- Thomas Lee Jackson Jr. – fiddle
- Mack Mcgarr – mandolin
- Alcyone Beasley – choir, chorus
- Dottie Dillard – choir, chorus
- Evelyn Wilson – choir, chorus
- Anita Kerr Singers – choir, chorus
- The Sunshine Trio – choir, chorus
Production notes:
- Paul Cohen – producer
- Dave Kapp – producer
- Richard Weize – reissue producer
- Rebecca Everett – mastering
- R.A. Andreas – photography, illustrations
- Robert K. Oermann – photography, illustrations
- Don Roy – photography, illustrations
- Ekkehard Schumann – photography, illustrations
- Jerry Strobel – photography, illustrations
- Elaine Tubb – vocals, photography, illustrations
- Ronnie Pugh – liner notes, discography
