Selected Sides 1947-1953: The Very Best of Bluegrass (2004)

About this title: 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 from 1949-1953. Classic tunes like "Molly and Tenbrooks," "Little Maggie," "Pretty Polly," and "I'm a Man of Constant Sorrow," heard here in their original incarnations, would became standards of the genre. Equally rich in revelatory material are the ... read more

Tracks:

1. Molly and Tenbrooks [Monroe]
2. The Rambler's Blues [Lambert]
3. Mother No Longer Awaits for Me at Home
4. The Girl Behind the Bar [Stanley]
5. Little Maggie [Traditional]
6. The Little Glass of Wine [Stanley/Stanley]
7. Our Darling's Gone [Stanley]
8. The Jealous Lover [Stanley]
9. Death Is Only a Dream [Buchanan/Ray]
10. I Can Tell You the Time [Pace]
11. A Vision of Mother [Stanley/Stanley Bro]
12. The White Dove [Stanley]
13. Gathering Flowers for the Master's Bouquet [Russell]
14. The Angels Are Singing (In Heaven Tonight) [Stanley/Stanley]
15. It's Never Too Late [Stanley]
16. Have You Someone (In Heaven Awaiting) [Stanley]
17. Little Glass of Wine [Stanley/Stanley]
18. Let Me Be Your Friend [Stanley/Stanley]
19. We'll Be Sweethearts in Heaven [Stanley/Stanley]
20. I Love No One But You [Stanley/Stanley]
21. Too Late to Cry [Stanley/Stanley]
22. The Old Home [Stanley/Stanley]
23. The Drunkard's Hell [Stanley/Stanley]
24. The Fields Have Turned Brown [Stanley]
25. Hey! Hey! Hey! [Stanley/Stanley]
26. The Lonesome River [Stanley/Stanley]
27. I'm a Man of Constant Sorrow [Traditional]
28. Pretty Polly [Shelton/Stanley]
29. Sweetest Love [Stanley/Stanley]
30. The Wandering Boy [Carter/Carter/Carte]
31. Little Glass of Wine [Stanley/Stanley]
32. Little Birdie [Traditional]
33. Are You Just Waiting for Me
34. Little Girl and the Dreadful Snake [Monroe]
35. (Say) Won't You Be Mine [Stanley]
36. This Weary Heart You Stole Away (Wake Up Sweetheart)
37. I'm Lonesome Without You [Stanley]
38. Our Last Goodbye [Stanley]
39. Poison Lies [Stanley]
40. Dickson Country Breakdown [Stanley]
41. I Long to See the Old Folks [Stanley]
42. A Voice from on High [Monroe]
43. God Loves His Children [Flatt/Scruggs]
44. I'm Going to Make Heaven My Home [Flatt/Scruggs]
45. We'll Meet Again Sweetheart [Flatt/Scruggs]
46. My Cabin in Caroline [Flatt/Scruggs]
47. Baby Blue Eyes [Eanes]
48. Bouquet in Heaven [Flatt]
49. Down the Road [Flatt/Scruggs]
50. Why Don't You Tell Me So
51. I'll Never Shed Another Tear [Flatt]
52. No Mother or Dad [Flatt/Seckler]
53. Is It Too Late Now? [Flatt]
54. Foggy Mountain Breakdown [Scruggs]
55. I'll Be Going to Heaven Sometime [Watts]
56. So Happy I'll Be [Flatt/Scruggs]
57. My Little Girl in Tennessee [Flatt]
58. I'll Never Love Another [Flatt]
59. Doin' My Time [Skinner]
60. Pike County Breakdown [Jones]

Note: This is a general synopsis. Each listing is further described below.