Let's Say Goodbye Like We Said Hello

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