The Carter Family: 1927-1934
The Carter Family
CD BOX Rel Date: 2002-04-30
T's not too much to say that in the late '20s the trio of A.P. Delaney Carter, his wife Sara, and his sister-in-law Maybelle changed the course of country - and popular - music. They did it with haunting harmonies, fine guitar playing and a vast repertoire of murder ballads, gospel tunes, love songs, and Appalachian folk melodies which would be covered by musicians for decades. And this wasn't just the often derided 'hillbilly' music; this was something timeless, that defies definition and which still resonates. Our five-CD collection is the most complete collection of their early output - from the initial 1927 Bristol 'Big Bang' sessions to their depression-era recordings. Even today, Sara Carter's voice sounds aching, yet empowered. Whether they're yodelling through The Foggy Mountain Top, singing a feminist anthem like Single Girl, Married Girl, or harmonizing with Maybelle on Worried Man Blues, you can hear the Carters' huge influence on country music. A must-have
Tracklist:
- Bury Me Under the Weeping Willow
- Little Log Cabin by the Sea
- Poor Orphan Child, The
- Storms Are on the Ocean, The
- Single Girl, Married Girl
- Wandering Boy, The
- Meet Me by the Moonlight Alone
- Little Darlin' Pal of Mine
- Keep on the Sunny Side
- Anchored in Love
- John Hardy Was a Desperate Little Man
- I Ain't Goin' to Work Tomorrow
- Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone?
- River of Jordan
- Chewing Gum
- Wildwood Flower
- I Have No One to Love Me (But the Sailor on the Deep Blue Sea)
- Forsaken Love
- Sweet Fern
- My Clinch Mountain Home
- God Gave Noah the Rainbow Sign
- I'm Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes
- Little Moses
- Lulu Walls
- Grave on the Green Hillside, The
- Don't Forget This Song
- Foggy Mountain Top, The
- Bring Back My Blue Eyed Boy
- Diamonds in the Rough
- Engine 143
- Homestead on the Farm, The
- Cyclone of Rye Cove, The
- Motherless Children
- When the Roses Bloom in Dixieland
- No Telephone in Heaven
- Western Hobo
- Carter's Blues
- Wabash Cannonball
- Distant Land to Roam, A
- Jimmie Brown the Newsboy
- Kitty Waltz
- Fond Affection
- Cannonball, The
- Lover's Farewell, The
- There's Someone Awaiting for Me
- Little Log Hut in the Lane, The
- When the Springtime Comes Again
- When the World's on Fire
- I Have an Aged Mother
- Dying Soldier
- Worried Man Blues
- Lonesome Valley
- On the Rock Where Moses Stood
- Room in Heaven for Me
- Lonesome Pine Special
- No More the Moon Shines on Lorena
- On My Way to Canaan's Land
- Where Shall I Be?
- Sow 'Em on the Mountain
- Darling Nellie Across the Sea
- Birds Were Singing of You, The
- Weary Prodigal Son
- My Old Cottage Home
- When I'm Gone
- Sunshine in the Mountain
- Let the Church Roll On
- Lonesome for You
- Can't Feel at Home
- Why There's a Tear in My Eye
- Wonderful City, The
- Jimmie Rodgers Visits the Carter Family
- Carter Family and Jimmie Rodgers in Texas, The
- 'Mid the Green Fields of Virginia
- Happiest Days of All
- Picture on the Wall
- Amber Tresses
- I Never Loved but One
- Tell Me That You Love Me
- Where We'll Never Grow Old
- We Will March Through the Streets of the City
- Sweet as the Flowers in May Time
- Will the Roses Bloom in Heaven/On a Hill Lone and Gray
- My Little Home in Tennessee
- Sun of the Soul, The
- If One Won't Another One Will
- Broken Hearted Love
- Two Sweethearts
- Winding Stream, The
- I Wouldn't Mind Dying
- Spirit of Love Watches Over Me, The
- Church in the Wildwood, The
- Give Me Roses While I Live
- I Never Will Marry
- On the Sea of Galilee
- Home by the Sea
- I Loved You Better Than You Knew
- This Is Like Heaven to Me
- See That My Grave Is Kept Green
- Over the Garden Wall
- Gold Watch and Chain
- Will My Mother Know Me There?
- On a Hill Lone and Gray
- Cowboy Jack
- I'll Be All Smiles Tonight
- Away Out on Saint Sabbath
- Happy or Lonesome
- One Little Word
- Darling Daisies
- East Virginia Blues, The
- Lovers Return
- It'll Aggravate Your Soul
- Hello Central, Give Me Heaven
- I'm Working on a Building
- You've Been Fooling Me, Baby
- Longing for Old Virginia
- March Winds Gonna Blow My Blues All Away
- There'll Be Joy, Joy, Joy
- Are You Tired of Me, My Darling
- My Heart's Tonight in Texas
- There's No Hiding Place Down Here
- Cowboy's Wild Song to His Herd
- Evening Bells Are Ringing, The
- Mountains of Tennessee, The
- I'll Be Home Someday
- Faded Coat of Blue
- Sailor Boy