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The Essential Earl Scruggs
(2004)
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"The Paganini of the banjo"'s finest moments are collected on Columbia/Legacy's aptly named Essential Earl Scruggs. Unlike many other "best-of" collections, this two-disc set gathers tracks from nearly all of the stages of Scruggs' career, from his early days as one of Bill Monroe's Blue Grass Boys, through his genre-defining work with Lester ...
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Three Pickers
(2003)
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Earl Scruggs/Doc Watson/Ricky Skaggs
Folk and bluegrass legends meet live on-stage on Rounder's bright and entertaining Three Pickers. The titular "pickers" are bluegrass banjo innovator Earl Scruggs, guitarist and folk purist Doc Watson, and relative newcomer (with only 45 years of musical experience under his belt) Ricky Skaggs on mandolin and guitar; they work most often as a trio ...
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Appalachian Stomp: Bluegrass Classics
(1995)
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Various Artists
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 ...
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16 Biggest Hits
(2002)
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Flatt & Scruggs
This isn't the definitive Flatt & Scruggs collection, but it does contain a majority of the duo's best Columbia sides, including "'Tis Sweet to Be Remembered," "The Ballad of Jed Clampett," "Pearl Pearl Pearl," and the hit version of "Foggy Mountain Breakdown" from Bonnie & Clyde. It nicely encapsulates the two-disc 'Tis Sweet to Be Remembered ...
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Strictly Instrumental
(1967)
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Flatt & Scruggs With Doc Watson
Strictly Instrumental is a delightful duet album between Flatt & Scruggs and Doc Watson, giving the three musicians an opportunity to flaunt their exceptional instrumental talents. Sticking to a selection of songs that is traditional in approach, but are not played frequently ("John Hardy Was a Desperate Little Man," "Pick Along," "Spanish Two ...
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20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best of Flat & Scruggs
(2001)
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Flatt & Scruggs
Flatt & Scruggs' volume of Mercury/Universal's 20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection is an excellent, basic collection of 12 of the duo's finest recordings for Mercury. Many, though not all, of their signature tunes are here, including "Foggy Mountain Breakdown," "Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms," "I'll Just Pretend," and "Pike County ...
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The Complete Mercury Recordings
(2003)
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Flatt & Scruggs
In what basically amounts to a reissue of 1992's similarly titled Complete Mercury Sessions, Universal's Complete Mercury Recordings has improved upon the original by putting the songs in chronological order and including terrific liner notes by folk historian Mary Katherine Aldin. While both Flatt & Scruggs releases include the early classics ...
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Selected Sides 1947-1953: The Very Best of Bluegrass
(2004)
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Flatt & Scruggs/Stanley Brothers
Selected Sides 1947-1953: The Very Best of Bluegrass contains 94 remastered tracks spread out over four CDs, covering the earliest recordings of both the Stanley Brothers and Flatt & Scruggs. The Stanley Brothers material highlights their initial post-World War II recordings from 1947 and 1948 for Rich-R-Tone and their four-year run with Columbia ...
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Classic Bluegrass Live: 1959-1966
(2002)
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Earl Scruggs
While cobbled together from mostly previously released material, Classic Bluegrass Live nonetheless neatly captures banjoist Earl Scruggs on his arc through the folk revival of the 1960s. The disc is culled from three performances at the renowned Newport Folk Festival -- one with Hylo Brown in 1959 and two with longtime partner Lester Flatt in ...
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The 'Tis Sweet to Be Remembered: Essential Flatt & Scruggs
(1997)
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Excepting a few years with Mercury at the beginning of their career, Flatt & Scruggs made all of their studio recordings for Columbia. This double-disc set is the most useful survey of their work for the label, spanning 1950 to 1969, and throwing in three unreleased tracks along the way. In addition to the expected sterling bluegrass, it has their ...
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Foggy Mountain Gospel
(2005)
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Flatt & Scruggs
Recorded between 1951 and 1966, the 52 tracks that make up Columbia/Legacy's Foggy Mountain Gospel compilation represent not only a high point in the careers of Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs, but a pinnacle for the bluegrass-gospel genre itself. The material, pulled from seven albums and a smattering of singles recorded during the duo's Columbia ...
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The Complete Mercury Sessions
(1992)
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Lester Flatt/Earl Scruggs/The Foggy Mountain Boys
The integral early recordings of this seminal bluegrass band. Included is their classic "Foggy Mountain Breakdown," "Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms," "Old Salty Dog Blues" and others. It's indispensable for bluegrass fans. Michael McCall, All Music Guide
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Foggy Mountain Banjo
(1961)
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Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs
The album that secured Flatt & Scruggs standing among folk music enthusiasts in the 1960s, Foggy Mountain Banjo focuses on Earl Scruggs' instrumental prowess as well as his sharp interplay with dobroist Josh Graves, fiddler Paul Warren and Lester Flatt's flat-picking guitar. The album also features drummer Buddy Harman, whose appearance shocked ...
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Foggy Mountain Breakdown
(2001)
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Flatt & Scruggs
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Folk Classics
(1989)
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Various Artists
Though one thinks of Elektra and Vanguard as the main record labels of the folk revival, the giant Columbia Records also made some inroads into the field, signing up not only Bob Dylan but also a wide range of folkies, from Pete Seeger to The New Christy Minstrels. This 15-track compilation delves deeper into the Columbia vault for tracks by ...
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Songs of the Famous Carter Family
(1961)
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Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs
On this album, Flatt & Scruggs cool their famous "overdrive" to turn in a collection of relaxed, almost dreamy adaptations of Carter tunes. Maybelle herself plays autoharp on the sessions, although it would have been nice if she had sung too, especially since the cover prominently displays her name and picture. This is a pleasant record, though, ...
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Greatest Hits
(1966)
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Flatt & Scruggs
A concise sampler for those who don't want their 20 All-Time Great Recordings album. Mark A. Humphrey, All Music Guide
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Lifetimes
(2007)
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Lewis, Scruggs & Long
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Bluegrass Super Hits
(1996)
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Various Artists
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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1959-1963
(1992)
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Flatt & Scruggs
While the first Flatt & Scruggs box on Bear Family documented the band's development over its first 11 years -- 1948-1959 -- this set captures the band at the height of its meteoric rise to fame into the stuff of legend. First and foremost, Flatt & Scruggs eclipsed the fame of their mentor, Bill Monroe by having six charting singles in Billboard ...
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Foggy Mountain Jamboree
(1957)
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Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs
Widely regarded as one of bluegrass' most influential recordings, Foggy Mountain Jamboree introduced audiences -- more specifically radio listeners -- to the crystal-clear vocals and peerless musicianship of former Bill Monroe Bluegrass Boys Lester Flatt and Earl Scruggs. Amassed between 1951 and 1955, the 12 tracks that made the cut served as a ...
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Dueling Banjos/Live at Kansas State
(2000)
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Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs
Putting together one of Scruggs' best albums (Live at Kansas State) with one of his less interesting (Dueling Banjos) made good marketing sense, but it makes for an uneven CD. Tracks 11-22 are the real treats here, off the live album, and the price is low enough that one can regard the other ten songs as a bonus, with some occasionally brilliant ...
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1964-1969, Plus
(1992)
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Flatt & Scruggs
The final five years of the team of Flatt & Scruggs is documented on the six-CD Bear Family set 1964-1969, Plus. Their final six recordings together are on a Lester Flatt box set on the same label (Flatt on Victor Plus More, Bear Family 15975). Though the pair never referred to themselves as bluegrass musicians -- because of its association with ...
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American Roots Music [Highlights]
(2001)
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Various Artists
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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Mercury Sessions, Vol. 1
(1987)
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Flatt & Scruggs
Mercury Sessions, Vol. 1 collects the first 14 tracks that Flatt & Scruggs recorded for Mercury Records between 1948 and 1950. The duo made these recordings after they broke away from Bill Monroe, and the adventurous qualities of the music demonstrates why they had to split away from the father of bluegrass -- they were expanding the boundaries of ...
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