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Smithsonian Folkways American Roots Collection
(1996)
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This assemblage of blues, bluegrass, mountain ballads, topical songs, and jazz shows the wide range of American vernacular music, and Smithsonian Folkways' commitment to it. Among the many highlights here are Clarence Ashley and Doc Watson's ragged and yet sleek version of "The Coo Coo Bird," Doug Wallin's creaky and breathless a cappella version ...
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Appalachian Stomp: Bluegrass Classics
(1995)
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Like many Rhino compilations, this is geared more to the novice or the casual fan than the aficionado, but that's not a criticism. If someone wants a basic primer of the bluegrass sound past and present that manages to be accessible and avoid unduly clichéd track selection, this 18-song compilation fits the bill well. Most of the biggest names are ...
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The Music of Bill Monroe
(1994)
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A four-disc set covering Bill Monroe's entire career from 1936 to 1994, this is a meticulously remastered and researched four-hours-and-20 minutes of music and features important recordings from seven decades of them from RCA, Columbia, Decca and MCA. It's an exceptional box set, put together with great care and knowledge, and it's essential for ...
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Live Duet Recordings 1963-1980
(1963)
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Bill Monroe/Doc Watson
Any time two greats who admire each other and are musically compatible team together, the results are usually mutually beneficial. That was true for Bill Monroe and Doc Watson, whose spirited union on this 17-song disc is a sampler of American musical styles. They ripped through bluegrass, folk, blues, spirituals, mountain tunes, work songs, reels ...
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Anthology
(2003)
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Bill Monroe
So much has been said about the founding father of bluegrass music that it would be nice if there was an all-encompassing collection of Bill Monroe's music to accompany the legend. Although the almost -correctly titled Anthology comes close, there is still a wealth of Columbia and RCA-Victor recordings missing from this Decca-centric collection, ...
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16 Gems
(1996)
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Bill Monroe
In 1992, Columbia/Legacy released The Essential Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys (1945-1949), a double CD that contained 24 of Monroe's 40 released recordings made for Columbia Records between 1945 and 1949, along with alternate takes of the other 16. The 45-minute 16 Gems contains the originally released versions of those songs, so that it ...
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Live Recordings 1956-1959
(1993)
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Bill Monroe and the Bluegrass Boys
The 27 numbers presented here offer Bill Monroe in more intimate settings, including workshops, jam sessions, and live performances where he's casually swapping yarns, offering anecdotes, and displaying the blistering yet folksy and down-home style that's made him a musical legend. His group included a number of marvelous players and future stars, ...
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20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Bill Monroe
(1999)
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Bill Monroe
MCA's 20th Century Masters: The Millennium Collection is a good, basic collection of many of the best-known recordings of Bill Monroe's best-known songs, including "Blue Moon of Kentucky," "In the Pines," "New Mule Skinner Blues," "Uncle Pen," "I'm Sitting on Top of the World," "I Saw the Light," and "My Sweet Blue-Eyed Darlin'." These may not be ...
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American Roots: A History of American Folk Music
(2000)
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Dutch discount reissue label Disky's four-CD box set American Roots: A History of American Folk Music is an ambitious undertaking, at least as far as sheer length is concerned. In other respects, it can be considered skimpy: the packaging is negligible; there are no annotations beyond song titles, artist and songwriter credits, and copyright dates ...
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American Roots Music [Highlights]
(2001)
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The successes of the breakthrough soundtrack from the film O Brother Where Art Thou? and the in-depth PBS television series Ken Burns' Jazz seem to have combined in the 2001 production of Palm Pictures' four-part TV series American Roots Music. The series touches on the development of the distinctly American styles of traditional folk, country, ...
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All the Classic Releases 1937-1949
(2003)
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Bill Monroe
Another great JSP boxed set of archival music at a budget price, All the Classic Releases 1937-1949 collects a great selection of Bill Monroe's recordings both with his Bluegrass Boys and with his brother Charlie as the Monroe Brothers. The extensive (though not really informative) liner notes don't really shed any light as to whether these are ...
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The Definitive Collection
(2005)
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Bill Monroe
Bill Monroe's recorded legacy resides in the vaults of two major labels. His RCA Victor and Columbia recordings are in the possession of Sony BMG, and his Decca/MCA tracks are claimed by Universal. Monroe signed to Decca in November 1949 at the age of 38 and remained with it and its successor, MCA, until his death in 1996. His catalog with the ...
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Country Gospel: Wings of a Dove
(2000)
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Various Artists
Country Gospel: Wings of a Dove gathers traditional country and bluegrass artists that also have backgrounds in southern gospel music. Included among the 42 tracks are "Wings of a Dove" Ferlin Husky "Peace in the Valley" Johnny Cash "Hello Central, Give Me Heaven" Carter Family and "Letter to Heaven" Dolly Parton. This spiritually calming disc ...
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The Father of Bluegrass [Aim]
(2001)
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Bill Monroe
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Essential Collection
(2003)
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Bill Monroe
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Blue Moon of Kentucky [Sony]
(1993)
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Bill Monroe
Though terribly brief, at less than 30 minutes in length, this compilation is a consistently enjoyable listen from start to finish. None of the ten tracks are particularly rare, but all are classic Monroe, from the standard "Blue Moon of Kentucky" and "Kentucky Waltz" to the driving "Toy Heart" and "Molly and Tenbrooks (The Race Horse Song)." That ...
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Bluegrass Super Hits
(1996)
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Spanning three generations of bluegrass, this collection includes performances from the Stanley Brothers, Flatt and Scruggs, the Foggy Mountain Boys, Bill Monroe and Ricky Skaggs. Jason Ankeny, All Music Guide
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Mansions for Me
(2002)
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Bill Monroe & The Bluegrass Boys
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True Life Blues: The Songs of Bill Monroe
(1996)
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The 17 newly-recorded songs on this album comprise a loving tribute to the man generally considered to have invented bluegrass music, and the album was timed well, coming out just shortly before Monroe's death in 1996 at the age of 85. The songs are mostly pretty predictable. The program leads off with the Nashville Bluegrass Band's rendition of ...
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Grand Ole Opry 75th Anniversary, Vol. 1
(2000)
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Silver Eagle Cross Country Presents Live: Bill Monroe
(1999)
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Bill Monroe
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My Last Days on Earth 1981-1994
(2007)
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Bill Monroe
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I'm a Man of Constant Sorrow
(2002)
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Though it was obviously released simply to capitalize on the resurgence of interest in old-timey music occasioned by the success of O Brother, Where Art Thou?, the 20-track collection I'm a Man of Constant Sorrow is an amazing, practically faultless compilation. Virtually every song here is a classic, whether for fans of old-timey, country, early ...
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The King and the Father
(2005)
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The King and the Father features a dozen of Bill Monroe's early-'50s Decca recordings on which Jimmy Martin provided lead or duet vocals. Although these performances were originally billed only to Monroe, the anthology cleverly gives joint credit to Monroe, the "Father of Bluegrass," and Martin, the "King of Bluegrass," to emphasize Martin's ...
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That's Bluegrass!: CMH Records 20th Anniversary Collection
(1995)
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Two discs, 40 cuts, 20 years of bluegrass selections from CMH. Just about every bluegrass style you can think of is represented here, with examples from Lester Flatt, the Stonemans, the Eddie Adcock Band, Joe Maphis, Mac Wiseman, Vassar Clements, Bill Monroe and more. It's a spectacular collection (to say the least), lots of fun, and a great ...
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