Format: 4 x CD, Compilation, Remastered
Country: UK
Released: 2010
Genre: Folk, World, & Country
Style: Folk, Country
[Disc One]
01 Long Tongue Women: Johnny Barfield (02:36)
02 Ain't I Right?: Johnny Barfield (03:01)
03 Desert Lullaby: Johnny Barfield (02:51)
04 Heartaches and Tears: Johnny Barfield (03:30)
05 Don't Take My Memories: Johnny Barfield (02:44)
06 Love Me Only: Johnny Barfield (02:56)
07 Boogie Woogie: Johnny Barfield (02:41)
08 Everybody's Tryin' to Be My Baby: Johnny Barfield (02:47)
09 My Poodle Doodle Dog: Johnny Barfield (02:57)
10 That Little Shirt My Mother Made for Me: Johnny Barfield (03:09)
11 It Ain't No Good: Johnny Barfield (03:11)
12 The New Boogie Woogie: Johnny Barfield (03:07)
13 The Story of Love Divine: The McClendon Brothers with Georgia Dell (02:35)
14 Gamblin' on the Sabbath: The McClendon Brothers with Georgia Dell (02:56)
15 My Little Mountain Lady, Queen of Alabam: The McClendon Bros with Georgia Dell (02:40)
16 Heaven Bound Gold: The McClendon Brothers with Georgia Dell (02:55)
17 Free as I Can Be: The McClendon Brothers with Georgia Dell (02:51)
18 Red Roses, Sweet Violets So Blue: The McClendon Brothers with Georgia Dell (02:51)
19 Keep Your Love Letters, I'll Keep Mine: The McClendon Brothers with Georgia Dell (02:37)
20 Goodbye Baby, Goodbye: The McClendon Brothers with Georgia Dell (02:38)
21 Love Hunting Blues: The McClendon Brothers with Georgia Dell (03:21)
22 There's a Grave in the Wilderness: Dewey Bassett / Gassie Bassett (03:11)
23 The Great Final Agreement: Dewey Bassett / Gassie Bassett (02:54)
24 Blue Moon: Dewey Bassett / Gassie Bassett (02:32)
25 Back Water Blues: Dewey Bassett / Gassie Bassett (02:02)
[Disc Two]
01 Rock City Blues: Dewey Bassett / Gassie Bassett (02:48)
02 Lonesome Life of Worry: Dewey Bassett / Gassie Bassett (02:54)
03 Burning of Cleveland School: Roy Shaffer (02:42)
04 My Sweetheart Has Gone and Left Me: Roy Shaffer (02:56)
05 Girl That Married My Mind: Roy Shaffer (03:10)
06 Mollie Married a Travelin' Man: Roy Shaffer (02:59)
07 Howell's Railroad: Roy Shaffer (02:59)
08 Lost John: Roy Shaffer (03:02)
09 Fiddle and Guitar Running Wild: Four Pickled Peppers (02:33)
10 Fox Hunter's Luck: Four Pickled Peppers (02:21)
11 He Turned Around and Went the Other Way: Four Pickled Peppers (02:56)
12 Long anf Bony: Four Pickled Peppers (03:24)
13 Farmer Grey: The Tennessee Ramblers (02:58)
14 Whoa, Mule, Whoa: The Tennessee Ramblers (02:51)
15 There Are No Disappointments in Heaven: The Tennessee Ramblers (02:45)
16 Your Soul Never Dies: The Tennessee Ramblers (02:34)
17 T.B. Killed My Daddy: The Pine Ridge Boys (02:46)
18 Little Paper Boy: The Pine Ridge Boys (02:43)
19 Precious Thoughts of Mother: Happy Valley Boys (02:39)
20 Shattered Love: Happy Valley Boys (02:57)
21 What a Change One Day Can Make: Pete Pyle (02:46)
22 Forbidden Love: Pete Pyle (02:58)
23 I Am On My Way to Heaven: Walter Couch / Wilks Ramblers (02:51)
24 Just Over in the Glory Land: Walter Couch / Wilks Ramblers (03:04)
25 I'm Glad I Counted the Cost: Walter Couch / Wilks Ramblers (02:11)
[Disc Three]
01 One Year Ago Today: J.H. Howell (02:39)
02 No Deep True Love: J.H. Howell's Carolina Hillbillies (03:11)
03 Coupon Song: J.H. Howell's Carolina Hillbillies (03:03)
04 Bury Me Out on the Prairie: J.H. Howell's Carolina Hillbillies (02:47)
05 Disappointed in Love (I Wish I Had Never Met Sunshine): J.H. Howell (02:33)
06 Rocking Alone in an Old Rocking Chair: J.H. Howell (02:19)
07 The Answer to "Disappointed in Love": J.H. Howell (02:25)
08 Cowboy Jack: J.H. Howell (02:20)
09 When I Was a Baby: Walter Hurdt & His Singing Cowboys (02:08)
10 Bungalow Big Enough for Two: Walter Hurdt & His Singing Cowboys (02:29)
11 I'll Remember You, Love in My Prayers: George Wade (02:24)
12 I'm Not Angry with You Darling: George Wade (02:23)
13 Don't Put a Tax on Beautiful Girls: Coley / Hinson / Pitts (03:09)
14 I'll Keep on Loving You: Coley / Hinson / Pitts (03:00)
15 Four or Five Times: Carolina Crackerjacks (03:35)
16 All My Natural Life: Carolina Crackerjacks (02:18)
17 You Are My Sunshine: Leon Hyatt / Julian Johnson (02:52)
18 Farther Along: Leon Hyatt / Julian Johnson (03:12)
19 Homecoming Time in Happy Valley: Grady Cole / Hazel Cole (02:31)
20 I'll Never Leave Old Dixieland Again: Grady Cole / Hazel Cole (02:43)
21 Little Blue Eyed Blonde, Goodbye: Grady Cole / Hazel Cole (02:36)
22 It's So Hard to Be Just a Pal to You: Grady Cole / Hazel Cole (02:40)
23 Fourteen Days in Georgia: Hill Brothers (02:50)
24 Chesapeake Bay: Hill Brothers (02:42)
25 I Want My Black Baby Back: Hill Brothers (03:00)
[Disc Four]
01 Slim Girl: Blind Fiddler (02:38)
02 Maggie: Blind Fiddler (02:36)
03 Soap Box Blues: Jack Pierce (02:34)
04 Rabbit Blues: Jack Pierce (02:25)
05 Big Fat Gal: Lester "Pete" Bivins (03:03)
06 Knocking On the Hen House Door: Lester "Pete" Bivins (02:57)
07 Minor Blues: Lester "Pete" Bivins (03:02)
08 Married Life Blues: Lester "Pete" Bivins (03:19)
09 Back in My Home Town: Lester "Pete" Bivins (03:34)
10 Home with Mother and Dad in the West: Lester "Pete" Bivins (03:19)
11 How Many Biscutis Can I Eat?: Gwen Foster (02:50)
12 Side-Line Blues: Gwen Foster (03:00)
13 With My Banjo on My Knee: Louisiana Lou (02:18)
14 A Package of Love Letters: Louisiana Lou (03:23)
15 The Export Gal: Louisiana Lou (03:25)
16 Sinful to Flirt: Louisiana Lou (02:24)
17 Go 'Long Mule: Louisiana Lou (03:06)
18 If You See My Saviour: Southern Melody Boys / Odus / Woodrow (03:13)
19 Tribulation Days: Southern Melody Boys / Odus / Woodrow (02:48)
20 Down in Baltimore: Southern Melody Boys / Odus / Woodrow (03:30)
21 Wind the Little Ball of Yarn: Southern Melody Boys / Odus / Woodrow (02:17)
22 Sweet Locust Blossoms: Southern Melody Boys / Odus / Woodrow (02:33)
23 I'll Remember You, Love, in My Prayer: Southern Melody Boys / Odus / Woodrow (02:51)
24 My Family Circle (Will the Circle Be Unbroken): The Rouse Brothers (03:02)
25 Orange Blossom Special: The Rouse Brothers (02:56)
[Notes]
First off, the songs collected on this four-CD, 100-track box of early country and old-time sides released in the 1930s and early '40s aren't exactly field recordings, at least not in the normal sense. The artists compiled here, ranging from string bands like the Tennessee Ramblers and the Pine Ridge Boys to duos like Dewey & Gassie Bessett and polished (for the era) solo singers like Johnny Barfield, were professional musicians to some degree and these recordings were made with an eye to being commercial on the radio, whether or not they actually achieved that aim. That doesn't make them somehow less authentic, however, since these tracks are only a slight half-step removed from the music played on rural back porches throughout America in the 1930s and 1940s and they prefigure the more stylized and codified motifs of what would eventually come to be known as country music. Among the highlights in this expansive box are Johnny Barfield's "Ain't I Right" (a version of the folk tune "Railroad Bill"), Smith's Carolina Crackerjacks' "There Are No Disappointments in Heaven," the Tennessee Ramblers' "Don't Put a Tax on Beautiful Girls," and a truly haunting version of "Maggie" by Blind Fiddler. There's a lot of history collected here, and listening to these 100 tracks, one can almost hear modern country music coming just around the bend.-- AllMusic Review by Steve Leggett
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