tracks

Roanoke
Panhandle Country
Cheyenne
Brown County Breakdown
Pike County Breakdown
Big Ball In Brooklyn
Big Sandy River
Crossing The Cumberland
Louisville Breakdown
Salt Creek
Tallahassee
Texas Gallop
Going Up Caney
Shenandoah Breakdown
Kentucky Mandolin
Ashland Breakdown

notes

-Compilation of instrumental recordings made between 1952 and 1975
-Artist noted as ‘Bill Monroe’ on front and back covers, disc label and all inside information; ‘Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys’ on spine.
-Comes with 12-panel front foldout insert with credits & individual track info, scattered random cut-out style Americana photography and liner notes from Butch Baldassari and Dave Freeman.

credits

5-String Banjo – Bill Keith (tracks: 10, 14), Bobby Black, (tracks: 16), Bobby Thompson (tracks: 11), Hubert Davis (tracks: 1, 3), Joe Drumright (tracks: 2), Lonnie Hoppers (tracks: 7), Rual Yarbrough (tracks: 12, 13), Sonny Osborne (tracks: 5), Tony Ellis (4) (tracks: 6), Vic Jordan (tracks: 8)
5-String Banjo, Fiddle – Joe Stuart (tracks: 4, 7, 9, 16)
Acoustic Bass – Bessie Lee Mauldin (tracks: 2, 4, 6, 7, 9, 10, 14), Bill Yates (tracks: 13), Joe Zinkan (tracks: 12), Stephen Davis (7) (tracks: 16)
Acoustic Guitar – Ed Mayfield, (tracks: 2), Jackie Phelps (tracks: 1, 3), Jimmy Martin (tracks: 5), Ralph Lewis (tracks: 16), Roland White (tracks: 8)
Acoustic Guitar, Acoustic Bass – James Monroe (2) (tracks: 8, 11, 12, 13, 16)
Acoustic Guitar, Backing Vocals – Frank Buchanan (tracks: 6)
Bass – Ernie Newton (tracks: 1, 3, 5)
Fiddle – Bobby Hicks (tracks: 1, 2, 3, 4), Charlie Cline (tracks: 1, 3, 4, 5), Gordon Terry (tracks: 4, 11), Kenny Baker (4) (tracks: 2, 7, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16), Red Stanley (tracks: 6), Tommy Williams (5) (tracks: 12), Vassar Clements (tracks: 4, 8)
Fiddle, Acoustic Guitar – Benny Williams (2) (tracks: 6, 8, 9, 10, 15)
Mandolin, Lead Vocals – Bill Monroe

companies

Copyright (c) – Universal Music Enterprises
Copyright (c) – UMG Recordings, Inc.
Manufactured By – Universal Music Enterprises
Manufactured By – UMG Recordings, Inc.
Distributed By – County Records
Licensed From – MCA Records, Inc.

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