CD cover - Re-released October 23, 2001
The cover sold at shows. Released in 1981 Track List for 1981 Release	The album cover sold in stores Re-released in 1984 Track List for 1984 & 2001 Releases
Oh Lonesome Me Tennessee Waltz Heartaches by the Number My Cricket and Me If You've Got the Money Honey, I Got the Time Tumbling Tumble Weeds I'm Movin' On Waltz across Texas Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes On the Wings of a Dove I'll Be There I Saw the Light	Wabash Cannonball  Oh Lonesome Me Tennessee Waltz Heartaches by the Number If You've Got the Money Honey, I Got the Time Tumbling Tumble Weeds I'm Movin' On Waltz across Texas Don't Let the Stars Get in Your Eyes On the Wings of a Dove I'll Be There I Saw the Light

Back cover to the revised Hank Wilson II album jacket. 1984 release, only

Original release year: 1982/1984
Re-released on CD on October 23, 2001.

This was the second and final album on the revitalized Paradise label, independent from Warner Bros. Records. Spotty distribution did not help this incarnation of the label to get off of the ground. It is no longer in print but the 1984 version can be found in sealed vinyl at LPNOW .

Update: Hank Wilson II  was re-released on CD to retail outlets on October 23, 2001. The CD packaging to Hank II does not include the band photo that was on the red cover from 1984. The track list for the CD is the same as the 1984 release.

Hank Wilson 4: Rhythm and Bluegrass was also released on October 23, 2001 on CD. It is available everywhere that CDs are sold.

Update: The 1981 vinyl version of Hank Wilson II is now available from Leon Russell Records!
Scroll down to the near the bottom of the page at the Leon Russell Records Store page.
Look for the cover with the sketch portrait of Leon on it

The Hank Wilson II album has an interesting history.  The original version was cut in 1980 and did not include Wabash Cannonball, a duet with Willie Nelson. Paradise's distribution deal with Warner Brothers had lapsed by the time the record was ready for release.  Copies were pressed with the first cover, an opaque projector tracing, to sell at gigs around 1981. In 1984, with Paradise's reactivation, Leon remixed and doctored the tracks with help from members of his 1984 band. Wabash Cannonball was added to the album and issued as a single. My Cricket & Me was deleted from the second edition.

The reissue of Hank Wilson II, a "country" album, was concurrent with the release of Solid State, a "pop" album. Good Time Charlie's Got the Blues was picked as the single for the "pop" album but was shipped to
country radio! It charted up to #49. Wabash Cannonball did not chart at all.

Note the Paradise Records logo in the photo of the band, above.  If you look closely, you will see that Jack Wessel & Shamsi Sarumi are holding it up.  The supersized logo was reportedly quite heavy and had previously adorned the exterior of Paradise Records' offices in Burbank, California.  The photo was taken at Paradise Record's new digs in Hendersonville, Tennessee.

Thanks to Shadyhalo Joe for the tip on the differences between the two versions of Hank Wilson II!
Thanks to Jack Wessel for the background information on the history of Hank Wilson II!