The Bristol Sessions, 1927-1928: The Big Bang of Country Music

Various Artists
The Carter Family
Jimmie Rodgers
Label: Bear Family
Number of Discs: 5
Format: Audio CD
Release date:1st March 2011

Box set ^{Audio CD}	$144.57

Box set ^{Audio CD}

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Track Listing

1. ERNEST V. STONEMAN - E. KAHLE BREWER - WALTER MOONEY: The Dying Girl's Farewell
2. ERNEST V. STONEMAN - E. KAHLE BREWER - WALTER MOONEY: Tell Mother I Will Meet Her
3. ERNEST V. STONEMAN - MISS IRMA FROST - UNCLE ECK DUNFORD: The Mountaineer's Courtship
4. ERNEST V. STONEMAN - MISS IRMA FROST: Midnight On The Stormy Deep
5. ERNEST V. STONEMAN & HIS DIXIE MOUNTAINEERS: Sweeping Through The Gates
6. ERNEST V. STONEMAN & HIS DIXIE MOUNTAINEERS: I Know My Name Is There
7. ERNEST V. STONEMAN & HIS DIXIE MOUNTAINEERS: Are You Washed In The Blood?
8. ERNEST V. STONEMAN & HIS DIXIE MOUNTAINEERS: No More Good-Byes
9. ERNEST V. STONEMAN & HIS DIXIE MOUNTAINEERS: The Resurrection (take 1)
10. ERNEST V. STONEMAN & HIS DIXIE MOUNTAINEERS: The Resurrection (take 2)
11. ERNEST V. STONEMAN & HIS DIXIE MOUNTAINEERS: I Am Resolved (take 1)
12. ERNEST V. STONEMAN & HIS DIXIE MOUNTAINEERS: I Am Resolved (take 2)
13. ERNEST PHIPPS AND HIS HOLINESS QUARTET: I Want To Go Where Jesus Is
14. ERNEST PHIPPS AND HIS HOLINESS QUARTET: Do, Lord, Remember Me
15. ERNEST PHIPPS AND HIS HOLINESS QUARTET: Old Ship Of Zion
16. ERNEST PHIPPS AND HIS HOLINESS QUARTET: Jesus Getting Us Ready For That Great Day
17. ERNEST PHIPPS AND HIS HOLINESS QUARTET: Happy In Prison
18. ERNEST PHIPPS AND HIS HOLINESS QUARTET: Don't Grieve After Me
19. UNCLE ECK DUNFORD - HATTIE STONEMAN: What Will I Do, For My Money's All Gone
20. UNCLE ECK DUNFORD: The Whip-poor-will's Song
21. UNCLE ECK DUNFORD: Skip To Ma Lou, My Darling
22. UNCLE ECK DUNFORD - ERNEST STONEMAN: Barney McCoy
23. BLUE RIDGE CORN SHUCKERS: Old Time Corn Shuckin', Part 1
24. BLUE RIDGE CORN SHUCKERS: Old Time Corn Shuckin', Part 2
25. JOHNSON BROTHERS: The Jealous Sweetheart (take 1)
26. JOHNSON BROTHERS: The Jealous Sweetheart (take 2)
27. JOHNSON BROTHERS: A Passing Policeman
28. JOHNSON BROTHERS: Just A Message From Carolina
29. BLIND ALFRED REED: The Wreck Of The Virginian (take 1)
30. BLIND ALFRED REED: The Wreck Of The Virginian (take 2)
31. BLIND ALFRED REED: I Mean To Live For Jesus
32. BLIND ALFRED REED: You Must Unload
33. BLIND ALFRED REED: Walking In The Way With Jesus (take 1)
34. BLIND ALFRED REED: Walking In The Way With Jesus (take 2)
35. JOHNSON BROTHERS WITH TENNESSEE WILDCATS: Two Brothers Are We
36. JOHNSON BROTHERS WITH TENNESSEE WILDCATS: The Soldier's Poor Little Boy13/ JOHNSON BROTHERS: I Want To See My Mother (Ten Thousand Miles Away)
37. EL WATSON: Pot Licker Blues
38. EL WATSON: Narrow Gauge Blues
39. B.F. SHELTON: Cold Penitentiary Blues
40. B.F. SHELTON: Oh Molly Dear
41. B.F. SHELTON: Pretty Polly
42. B.F. SHELTON: Darling Cora
43. ALFRED G. KARNES: Called To The Foreign Field
44. ALFRED G. KARNES: I Am Bound For The Promised Land
45. ALFRED G. KARNES: Where We'll Never Grow Old
46. ALFRED G. KARNES: When They Ring The Golden Bells
47. ALFRED G. KARNES: To The Work
48. J.P. NESTER: Train On The Island
49. J.P. NESTER: Black-Eyed Susie
50. BULL MOUNTAIN MOONSHINERS: Johnny Goodwin
51. THE CARTER FAMILY: Bury Me Under The Weeping Willow
52. THE CARTER FAMILY: Little Log Cabin By The Sea
53. THE CARTER FAMILY: The Poor Orphan Child
54. THE CARTER FAMILY: The Storms Are On The Ocean
55. THE CARTER FAMILY: Single Girl, Married Girl
56. THE CARTER FAMILY: The Wandering Boy
57. ALCOA QUARTET: Remember Me, O Mighty One
58. ALCOA QUARTET: I'm Redeemed
59. HENRY WHITTER: Henry Whitter's Fox Chase
60. HENRY WHITTER: Rain Crow Bill
61. THE SHELOR FAMILY: Big Bend Gal
62. THE SHELOR FAMILY: Suzanna Gal
63. THE SHELOR FAMILY: Sandy River Belle (take 1)
64. THE SHELOR FAMILY: Sandy River Belle (take 2)
65. THE SHELOR FAMILY: Billy Grimes, The Rover
66. MR. & MRS. J.W. BAKER: The Newmarket Wreck
67. MR. & MRS. J.W. BAKER: On The Banks Of The Sunny Tennessee
68. JIMMIE RODGERS: The Soldier's Sweetheart
69. JIMMIE RODGERS: Sleep Baby Sleep
70. TENNEVA RAMBLERS: The Longest Train I Ever Saw
71. TENNEVA RAMBLERS: Sweet Heaven When I Die
72. TENNEVA RAMBLERS: Miss 'Liza, Poor Gal
73. WEST VIRGINIA COON HUNTERS: Greasy String
74. WEST VIRGINIA COON HUNTERS: Your Blue Eyes Run Me Crazy
75. TENNESSEE MOUNTAINEERS: Standing On The Promises
76. TENNESSEE MOUNTAINEERS: At The River
77. SMYTH COUNTY RAMBLERS: My Name Is Ticklish Reuben
78. SMYTH COUNTY RAMBLERS: Way Down In Alabama
79. ALFRED G. KARNES: Do Not Wait 'Till I'm Laid 'Neath The Clay
80. ALFRED G. KARNES: The Days Of My Childhood Plays
81. ALFRED G. KARNES: We Shall All Be Reunited
82. ERNEST PHIPPS AND HIS HOLINESS SINGERS: If The Light Has Gone Out In Your Soul
83. ERNEST PHIPPS AND HIS HOLINESS SINGERS: Went Up In The Clouds Of Heaven
84. ERNEST PHIPPS AND HIS HOLINESS SINGERS: I Know That Jesus Set Me Free
85. ERNEST PHIPPS AND HIS HOLINESS SINGERS: Shine On Me
86. ERNEST PHIPPS AND HIS HOLINESS SINGERS: Bright Tomorrow
87. ERNEST PHIPPS AND HIS HOLINESS SINGERS: A Little Talk With Jesus
88. HOWARD - PEAK (THE BLIND MUSICIANS): I Cannot Be Your Sweetheart
89. HOWARD - PEAK (THE BLIND MUSICIANS): Three Black Sheep
90. CLARENCE GREENE: Good-night Darling
91. CLARENCE GREENE: Little Bunch Of Roses
92. THE STONEMAN FAMILY: The Broken-Hearted Lover
93. UNCLE ECK DUNFORD: Angeline, The Baker
94. UNCLE ECK DUNFORD: Old Shoes And Leggin's
95. THE STONEMAN FAMILY: We Parted By The Riverside
96. ERNEST STONEMAN'S DIXIE MOUNTAINEERS: Down To Jordan And Be Saved
97. ERNEST STONEMAN'S DIXIE MOUNTAINEERS: There's A Light Lit Up In Galilee
98. THE STONEMAN FAMILY: Going Up The Mountain After Liquor, Part 1
99. THE STONEMAN FAMILY: Going Up The Mountain After Liquor, Part 2
100. THE STONEMAN FAMILY: The Spanish Merchant's Daughter
101. THE STONEMAN FAMILY: Too Late
102. STAMPS QUARTET: I'll Be Happy
103. STAMPS QUARTET: Like The Rainbow
104. STAMPS QUARTET: Because I Love Him
105. STAMPS QUARTET: Come To The Savior
106. STAMPS QUARTET: Do Your Best, Then Wear A Smile
107. STAMPS QUARTET: We Shall Reach Home
108. SMITH BROTHERS: My Mother Is Waiting For Me In Heaven Above
109. SMITH BROTHERS: She Has Climbed The Golden Stair
110. PALMER SISTERS: We'll Sing On That Shore
111. PALMER SISTERS: Singing The Story Of Grace
112. PALMER SISTERS: Help Me To Find The Way
113. PALMER SISTERS: He'll Be With Me
114. TARTER & GAY: Brownie Blues
115. TARTER & GAY: Unknown Blues
116. CAROLINA TWINS: Where Is My Mamma?
117. CAROLINA TWINS: When You Go A'Courtin'
118. CAROLINA TWINS: I Sat Upon The River Bank
119. CAROLINA TWINS: New Orleans Is The Town I Like Best
120. CAROLINA TWINS: She Tells Me That I Am Sweet
121. CAROLINA TWINS: Mr. Brown, Here I Come
122. SHORTBUCKLE ROARK & FAMILY: I Truly Understand, You Love Another Man
123. SHORTBUCKLE ROARK & FAMILY: My Mother's Hands

Product Description

(5-CD LP-size Box-Set with 120-page hardcover book. 124 tracks for a playing time of 385:19)

''The single most important event in the history of country music.'' (Johnny Cash, on the 1927 Bristol sessions)

The foundation of country music! An unsurpassed storehouse of traditional American music! Features the first recordings by the Carter Family and Jimmie Rodgers. The legendary sessions issued complete for the first and only time, including the ultra-rare follow-up sessions from 1928!

THE STORY: The recording trip made by VICTOR RECORDS to Bristol, Tennessee in July-August 1927 was a defining moment in country music. Producer Ralph Peer found two acts that acquired national and international fame: Jimmie Rodgers and the Carter Family. But more than a hundred other recordings were made at the Bristol sessions of 1927 and '28. There were ballad singers, street evangelists, string bands, gospel quartets, harmonica virtuosos, Holiness preachers, blues guitarists and rural storytellers. A snapshot of rural American music was caught in an era of rapid change: pictures of a past almost beyond recall, but preserved for ever in these magnificent recordings.

The five CDs in this set gather every surviving recording from these sessions, including alternative takes. The accompanying 120-page, LP-sized hardcover book contains newly researched essays on the background to the sessions and on the individual artists, with many rare and unpublished photographs. Also included are complete song lyrics and a detailed discography, illustrated with reproductions of the original recording sheets.

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