Bluegrass Early Cuts 1931-1953: Classic Recordings Remastered

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Annotation

Track listing for disc A on CD case is incorrect. Correct track list appears on the outer box and the disc itself.
Disc B, track 18 is labeled "The Last Love Letter" but is actually "Barbara Allen".

Annotation last modified on 2020-07-02 03:42 UTC.

Tracklist

▶CD 1: 1947-1953
▼CD 2: 1945-1953
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1You Broke Your Promise
producer:
Stephen H. Sholes
banjo:
Ray Goins (on 1952-05-14)
double bass [bass]:
Ezra Cline (US bluegrass bassist) (on 1952-05-14)
fiddle:
“Curly” Ray Cline (Fiddler) (on 1952-05-14)
guitar and tenor vocals:
Paul Williams (US bluegrass/gospel mandolin player, tenor vocalist) (on 1952-05-14)
mandolin:
Charles Parker (US bluegrass mandolinist) (on 1952-05-14)
lead vocals:
Ray Goins (on 1952-05-14) and Paul Williams (US bluegrass/gospel mandolin player, tenor vocalist) (on 1952-05-14)
recorded at:
Brown Radio Productions in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1952-05-14)
The Lonesome Pine Fiddlers2:11
2I'm Left Alone
producer:
Stephen H. Sholes
banjo:
Ray Goins (on 1952-05-14)
double bass [bass]:
Ezra Cline (US bluegrass bassist) (on 1952-05-14)
fiddle:
“Curly” Ray Cline (Fiddler) (on 1952-05-14)
guitar and tenor vocals:
Paul Williams (US bluegrass/gospel mandolin player, tenor vocalist) (on 1952-05-14)
mandolin:
Charles Parker (US bluegrass mandolinist) (on 1952-05-14)
lead vocals:
Ray Goins (on 1952-05-14) and Paul Williams (US bluegrass/gospel mandolin player, tenor vocalist) (on 1952-05-14)
recorded at:
Brown Radio Productions in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1952-05-14)
The Lonesome Pine Fiddlers2:13
3Nobody Cares (Not Even You)
producer:
Stephen H. Sholes
banjo:
Ray Goins (on 1952-05-14)
double bass [bass]:
Ezra Cline (US bluegrass bassist) (on 1952-05-14)
fiddle:
“Curly” Ray Cline (Fiddler) (on 1952-05-14)
guitar and tenor vocals:
Paul Williams (US bluegrass/gospel mandolin player, tenor vocalist) (on 1952-05-14)
mandolin:
Charles Parker (US bluegrass mandolinist) (on 1952-05-14)
lead vocals:
Ray Goins (on 1952-05-14) and Paul Williams (US bluegrass/gospel mandolin player, tenor vocalist) (on 1952-05-14)
recorded at:
Brown Radio Productions in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1952-05-14)
The Lonesome Pine Fiddlers2:22
4Twenty One Years
producer:
Stephen H. Sholes
banjo:
Ray Goins (on 1952-05-14)
double bass [bass]:
Ezra Cline (US bluegrass bassist) (on 1952-05-14)
fiddle:
“Curly” Ray Cline (Fiddler) (on 1952-05-14)
guitar and tenor vocals:
Paul Williams (US bluegrass/gospel mandolin player, tenor vocalist) (on 1952-05-14)
mandolin:
Charles Parker (US bluegrass mandolinist) (on 1952-05-14)
lead vocals:
Ray Goins (on 1952-05-14) and Paul Williams (US bluegrass/gospel mandolin player, tenor vocalist) (on 1952-05-14)
recorded at:
Brown Radio Productions in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1952-05-14)
The Lonesome Pine Fiddlers2:21
5Lonesome Pine Breakdown
producer:
Stephen H. Sholes
banjo:
Charlie Cline (on 1953-08-04)
double bass [bass]:
Ezra Cline (US bluegrass bassist) (on 1953-08-04)
fiddle:
“Curly” Ray Cline (Fiddler) (on 1953-08-04)
guitar:
Paul Williams (US bluegrass/gospel mandolin player, tenor vocalist) (on 1953-08-04)
mandolin:
Albert Punturi (US bluegrass mandolinist) (on 1953-08-04)
recorded at:
RCA Victor Studio (Chicago, 1935-1969) in Chicago, Illinois, United States (on 1953-08-04)
The Lonesome Pine Fiddlers2:31
6New Camptown Races
banjo:
Carace Hutchins (US bluegrass banjoist) (in 1953)
double bass [bass]:
Red Stanley (Fiddler Harold Stanley) (in 1953)
guitar:
Marvin Cobb (in 1953)
mandolin:
Frank Wakefield (in 1953)
recording of:
New Camptown Races (in 1953)
composer:
Frank Wakefield (in 1953)
Marvin Cobb, Frank Wakefield & The Chain Mountain Boys2:17
7You're the One (I See in My Dreams)
mandolin and lead vocals:
Frank Wakefield (in 1950)
Frank Wakefield & Buster Turner1:59
8Leave Well Enough Alone
mandolin and lead vocals:
Frank Wakefield (in 1950)
Frank Wakefield & Buster Turner2:41
9Long Time, No See
Frank Hunter & His Black Mountain Boys2:30
10Weary Hobo
guitar:
Curley Parker (US bluegrass musician)
mandolin:
Pee Wee Lambert
lead vocals:
Darrell "Pee Wee" Lambert
Pee Wee Lambert & Curley Parker & Their Pine Mountain Boys2:53
11Just a Memory
guitar:
Curley Parker (US bluegrass musician)
mandolin:
Pee Wee Lambert
lead vocals:
Darrell "Pee Wee" Lambert and Curley Parker (US bluegrass musician)
tenor vocals:
Darrell "Pee Wee" Lambert
Pee Wee Lambert & Curley Parker & Their Pine Mountain Boys2:17
12Going Back to Old Kentucky
guitar:
Hobo Jack Adkins (mid-20th century country musician) (in 1945)
mandolin:
Red Ratliff (US bluegrass musician) (in 1945)
vocals:
Hobo Jack Adkins (mid-20th century country musician) (in 1945)
Hobo Jack Adkins2:06
13Rattlesnake Daddy
banjo:
Wiley Birchfield (US bluegrass banjoist) (in 1947)
double bass [bass]:
Jake Tullock (country stand-up bass) (in 1947)
fiddle:
L.E. White (in 1947)
guitar:
Carl Butler (in 1947)
mandolin:
Charlie Bailey (US bluegrass musician, member of the Bailey Brothers) (in 1947)
Bailey Brothers & The Happy Valley Boys2:09
14I'm on My Way to the Old Home
Sonny Osborne2:43
15I've Never Been So Lonesome
Ted Lundy2:11
16Roll on Blues
Connie and Babe2:04
17How Will the Flowers Bloom
Connie and Babe2:29
18Barbara Allen
Connie and Babe4:18
19The Lonely Waltz
Connie and Babe2:39
20Better Late Than Never
mandolin:
Red Ratliff (US bluegrass musician)
Buster Pack & His Lonesome Pine Boys2:05
21The Bright Crystal Sea
Cecil Surratt & His West Virginia Ramblers3:31
22Where Will You Spend Eternity
Cecil Surratt & His West Virginia Ramblers2:32
23He Saved My Soul
Hamm Brothers2:53
24You Have Left Me Memories
banjo:
Ray Goins
double bass [bass]:
Ezra Cline (US bluegrass bassist)
fiddle:
“Curly” Ray Cline (Fiddler)
guitar and lead vocals:
Hobo Jack Adkins (mid-20th century country musician)
mandolin and tenor vocals:
Red Ratliff (US bluegrass musician)
Hobo Jack Adkins2:57
▶CD 3: 1938-1951
▶CD 4: 1931-1946

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