Track Listing DISC 1: 1. Bury Me Under the Weeping Willow 2. Little Log Cabin by the Sea 3. Poor Orphan Child, The 4. Storms Are on the Ocean, The 5. Single Girl, Married Girl 6. Wandering Boy, The 7. Meet Me by the Moonlight, Alone 8. Little Darling, Pal of Mine 9. Keep on the Sunny Side 10. Anchored in Love 11. John Hardy Was a Desperate Little Man 12. I Ain't Goin' to Work Tomorrow 13. Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone 14. River of Jordan 15. Chewing Gum 16. Wildwood Flower 17. I Have No-One to Love Me (But the Sailor on the Deep Blue Sea) 18. Forsaken Love 19. Sweet Fern 20. My Clinch Mountain Home 21. God Gave Noah the Rainbow Sign 22. I'm Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes 23. Little Moses 24. Lulu Wall 25. Grave on the Green Hillside, The
DISC 2: 1. Don't Forget This Song 2. Foggy Mountain Top, The 3. Bring Back My Blue-Eyed Boy to Me 4. Diamonds in the Rough 5. Engine One-Forty-Three 6. Homestead on the Farm, The 7. Cyclone of Rye Cove, The 8. Motherless Children 9. When the Roses Bloom in Dixieland 10. No Telephone in Heaven 11. Western Hobo 12. Carter's Blues 13. Wabash Cannonball 14. Distant Land to Roam, A 15. Jimmie Brown the Newsboy 16. Kitty Waltz 17. Fond Affection 18. Cannonball, The 19. Lover's Farewell, The 20. There's Someone Awaiting For Me 21. Little Log Hut in the Lane, The 22. When the Springtime Comes Again 23. When the World's on Fire 24. I Have an Aged Mother 25. Dying Soldier 26. Worried Man Blues
DISC 3: 1. Lonesome Valley 2. On the Rock Where Moses Stood 3. Room in Heaven For Me 4. Lonesome Pine Special 5. No More the Moon Shines on Lorena 6. On My Way to Canaan's Land 7. Where Shall I Be? 8. Sow 'Em on the Mountain 9. Darling Nellie Across the Sea 10. Birds Were Singing of You, The 11. Weary Prodigal Son 12. My Old Cottage Home 13. When I'm Gone 14. Sunshine in the Mountain 15. Let the Church Roll On 16. Lonesome For You 17. Can't Feel at Home 18. Why There's a Tear in My Eye 19. Wonderful City, The 20. Jimmie Rodgers Visits the Carter Family 21. Carter Family and Jimmie Rodgers in Texas, The 22. 'Mid the Green Fields of Virginia 23. Happiest Days of All 24. Picture on the Wall 25. Amber Tresses
DISC 4: 1. I Never Loved But One 2. Tell Me That You Love Me 3. Where We'll Never Grow Old 4. We Will March Through the Streets of the City 5. Sweet as the Flowers in Maytime 6. Will the Roses Bloom in Heaven 7. My Little Home in Tennessee 8. Sun of the Soul, The 9. If One Won't, Another One Will 10. Broken Hearted Love 11. Two Sweethearts 12. Winding Stream, The 13. I Wouldn't Mind Dying 14. Spirit of Love Watches Over Me, The 15. Church in the Wildwood, The 16. Give Me Roses While I Live 17. I Will Never Marry 18. On the Sea of Galilee 19. Home by the Sea 20. I Loved You Better Than You Knew 21. This Is Like Heaven to Me 22. See That My Grave Is Kept Green 23. Over the Garden Wall 24. Gold Watch and Chain 25. Will My Mother Know Me There?
DISC 5: 1. On a Hill Lone and Gray 2. Cowboy Jack 3. I'll Be All Smiles Tonight 4. Away Out on the Old Saint Sabbath 5. Happy or Lonesome 6. One Little Word 7. Darling Daisies 8. East Virginia Blues, The 9. Lovers Return 10. It'll Aggravate Your Soul 11. Hello Central! Give Me Heaven 12. I'm Working on a Building 13. You've Been Fooling Me, Baby 14. Longing For Old Virginia 15. March Winds Gonna Blow My Blues All Away 16. There'll Be Joy, Joy, Joy 17. Are You Tired of Me, My Darling 18. My Heart's Tonight in Texas 19. There's No Hiding Place Down Here 20. Cowboy's Wild Song to His Herd 21. Evening Bells Are Ringing, The 22. Mountains of Tennessee, The 23. I'll Be Home Some Day 24. Faded Coat of Blue 25. Sailor Boy
| Details | | Distributor: | E1 Distribution (USA) | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Recording Mode: | Mono | | SPAR Code: | n/a |
Album Notes A comprehensive budget compilation by the dependable JSP label, the five-disc 1927-1934 fully covers the first seven years of the Carter Family's musical career and features recordings that are the basis of the trio's honored place in the country music firmament. The set starts, appropriately enough, with the Carters' six contributions to Ralph Peer's legendary 1927 recording sessions in Bristol, Tennessee, and then chronologically wades through every released side that A.P., Sara, and Maybelle recorded for RCA Victor. (This excludes alternate takes that are readily available on Rounder and Bear Family reissues covering the same era.) Unlike similar collections, where much of the listening intrigue comes from charting the artists' development, the Carters' sound is presented fully formed from the opening track, "Bury Me Under the Weeping Willow," and stays at that amazingly high level until "Sailor Boy" ends more than 125 songs later. Though the liner notes are minimal, the sound is perfectly fine, especially considering the age of the recordings. The music itself, of course, is phenomenal.
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