The Carter Family: 1927-1934 (CD)

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

Track List

1. Bury Me Under the Weeping Willow
2. Little Log Cabin By the Sea
3. The Poor Orphan Child
4. The Storms Are on the Ocean
5. Single Girl Married Girl
6. The Wandering Boy
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. The Grave on the Green Hillside
26. Don't Forget This Song
27. The Foggy Mountain Top
28. Bring Back My Blue-Eyed Boy to Me
29. Diamonds in the Rough
30. Engine One-Forty-Three
31. The Homestead on the Farm
32. The Cyclone of Rye Cove
33. Motherless Children
34. When the Roses Bloom in Dixieland
35. No Telephone in Heaven
36. Western Hobo
37. Carter's Blues
38. Wabash Cannonball
39. A Distant Land to Roam
40. Jimmie Brown the Newsboy
41. Kitty Waltz
42. Fond Affection
43. The Cannonball
44. The Lover's Farewell
45. There's Someone Awaiting for Me
46. The Little Log Hut in the Lane
47. When the Springtime Comes Again
48. When the World's on Fire
49. I Have An Aged Mother
50. Dying Soldier
51. Worried Man Blues
52. Lonesome Valley
53. On the Rock Where Moses Stood
54. Room in Heaven for Me
55. Lonesome Pine Special
56. No More the Moon Shines on Lorena
57. On My Way to Canaan's Land
58. Where Shall I Be?
59. Sow 'Em on the Mountain
60. Darling Nellie Across the Sea
61. The Birds Were Singing of You
62. Weary Prodigal Son
63. My Old Cottage Home
64. When I'm Gone
65. Sunshine in the Mountain
66. Let the Church Roll on
67. Lonesome for You
68. Can't Feel at Home
69. Why There's a Tear in My Eye
70. The Wonderful City
71. Jimmie Rodgers Visits the Carter Family
72. The Carter Family and Jimmie Rodgers in Texas
73. 'Mid the Green Fields of Virginia
74. Happiest Days of All
75. Picture on the Wall
76. Amber Tresses
77. I Never Loved But One
78. Tell Me That You Love Me
79. Where We'll Never Grow Old
80. We Will March Through the Streets of the City
81. Sweet As the Flowers in Maytime
82. Will the Roses Bloom in Heaven
83. My Little Home in Tennessee
84. The Sun of the Soul
85. If One Won't Another One Will
86. Broken Hearted Love
87. Two Sweethearts
88. The Winding Stream
89. I Wouldn't Mind Dying
90. The Spirit of Love Watches Over Me
91. The Church in the Wildwood
92. Give Me Roses While I Live
93. I Will Never Marry
94. On the Sea of Galilee
95. Home By the Sea
96. I Loved You Better Than You Knew
97. This Is Like Heaven to Me
98. See That My Grave Is Kept Green
99. Over the Garden Wall
100. Gold Watch and Chain
101. Will My Mother Know Me There?
102. On a Hill Lone and Gray
103. Cowboy Jack
104. I'll Be All Smiles Tonight
105. Away Out on the Old Saint Sabbath
106. Happy or Lonesome
107. One Little Word
108. Darling Daisies
109. The East Virginia Blues
110. Lovers Return
111. It'll Aggravate Your Soul
112. Hello Central! Give Me Heaven
113. I'm Working on a Building
114. You've Been Fooling Me Baby
115. Longing for Old Virginia
116. March Winds Goin' to Blow My Blues All Away
117. There'll Be Joy Joy Joy
118. Are You Tired of Me My Darling
119. My Heart's Tonight in Texas
120. There's No Hiding Place Down Here
121. Cowboy's Wild Song to His Herd
122. The Evening Bells Are Ringing
123. The Mountains of Tennessee
124. I'll Be Home Some Day
125. Faded Coat of Blue
126. Sailor Boy