tracks

(Say) Won't You Be Mine
This Weary Heart You Stole Away (Wake Up, Sweetheart)
I'm Lonesome Without You
Our Last Goodbye
Poison Lies
Dickson County Breakdown
I Long To See The Old Folks
A Voice From On High
Memories Of Mother
Could You Love Me (One More Time)
Nobody's Love Is Like Mine
I Just Got Wise
Harbor Of Love
Blue Moon Of Kentucky
Calling From Heaven
Close By
Hard Times
Baby Girl
Say You'll Take Me Back
I Worship You
You're Still On My Mind
I Hear My Savior Calling
Just A Little Talk With Jesus
So Blue
You'd Better Get Right
Tragic Love
Lonesome And Blue
Orange Blossom Special
Clinch Mountain Blues
Will He Wait A Little Longer
Big Tilda
Angel Band
Who Will Call You Sweetheart
The Cry From The Cross
I'm Lost, I'll Never Find The Way
Let Me Walk, Lord, By Your Side
A Lonesome Night
Fling Ding
I'll Never Grow Tired Of You
Loving You Too Well
Daybreak In Dixie
If That's The Way You Feel
A Life Of Sorrow
I'd Rather Be Forgotten
The Flood
No School Bus In Heaven
Maple On The Hill
Little Maggie

notes

Tracks 1-1 to 1-4 recorded on August 9, 1953; 1-5 to 1-8 on November 25, 1953; 1-9 to 1-12 on May 30, 1954; 1-13 to 1-17 on August 29, 1954; 1-18 to 1-21 on November 28, 1954; 1-22 to 2-4 on April 5, 1955; 2-5 to 2-8 on December 19, 1955; 2-9 to 2-13 on July 16, 1956; 2-14 to 2-16 on February 27, 1956; 2-17 to 2-20 on November 15, 1957; 2-21 in February, 1956; 2-22 in February, 1958; 2-23 and 2-24 date unknown.

All tracks recorded in Nashville, except 2-21 and 2-22 recorded at WCYB Radio, Bristol, Virginia, and 2-23 and 2-24, location unknown.

credits

Artwork – Vartan (4)
Banjo, Vocals – Ralph Stanley
Bass – Doug Morris (2) (tracks: 2-9 to 2-12), George Shuffler (tracks: 1-1 to 1-4, 2-14 to 2-16), John Shuffler (tracks: 1-5 to 1-8), Lightning Chance (tracks: 1-9 to 1-21)
Bass, Vocals – Bill Lowe (2) (tracks: 1-22 to 2-8), Curley Lambert (tracks: 2-17 to 2-20)
Coordinator [Production Coordination] – Beth Stempel
Design – Mike Fink
Fiddle – Art Stamper (tracks: 1-1 to 1-4, 2-5 to 2-8), Benny Martin (tracks: 2-17 to 2-20), Chubby Anthony Wise, (tracks: 2-9 to 2-16), Howard Forrester, (tracks: 2-17 to 2-20), Ralph "Joe" Meadows (tracks: 1-9 to 2-4), Ralph Mayo (tracks: 1-5 to 1-8, 2-9 to 2-13, 2-22)
Guitar, Vocals – Carter Stanley
Lead Guitar – Charlie Cline (tracks: 1-13 to 1-17)
Liner Notes – Mary Katherine Aldin
Mandolin – Bill Napier (2) (tracks: 2-17 to 2-20, 2-22), Jim Williams (5) (tracks: 1-1 to 1-12, 1-22 to 2-4), Pee Wee Lambert (tracks: 2-14 to 2-16)
Mandolin, Vocals – Bill Lowe (2) (tracks: 1-13 to 1-21), Curley Lambert (tracks: 2-5 to 2-13)
Producer – Andy McKaie
Remastered By [Digital] – Suha Gur
Research [Photo Research] – Ryan Null
Research [Research Assistance] – JoAnn Frederick
Written-By – Bill Monroe (tracks: 1-8, 1-14, 1-16, 1-22, 2-1, 2-9), Carter Stanley (tracks: 1-1, 1-2, 1-4, 1-5, 1-7, 1-9 to 1-13, 1-15, 1-18, 2-3, 2-6, 2-9, 2-12, 2-13, 2-15 to 2-17, 2-19, 2-21, 2-22, 2-24), Ralph Stanley (tracks: 1-3, 1-6, 1-9, 1-17, 1-19 to 1-21, 2-6 to 2-8, 2-11, 2-12, 2-14, 2-17, 2-18, 2-21, 2-23, 2-24)

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