Memorial Album is the first Hank Williams LP issued by MGM Records after the singer's death on New Year's Day 1953.

Only two LPs had been released under Williams' name during his lifetime, largely because singles were most valued in the country music business, but demand for his work increased after his death.

Colin Escott observed in his 2004 book Hank Williams: The Biography, "The emerging LP market was a godsend.

MGM could endlessly repackage Hank's recordings, and [publishing company] Acuff-Rose could pitch his songs to other artists as LP filler.

"[1] While Hank Williams Sings (1951) and Moanin' the Blues (1952) had contained several non-charting B-sides dating back to Hank's earliest recordings with the label, Memorial Album featured many of his most recent hits singles.