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I heard my first Carter Family record over radio station WCKY in the mid 1950s when I was 15 years old; it was PICTURE ON THE WALL and it made an indelible impression on me. (I found out much later that it was a special late 1940s "re-issued by request" 78 of one of their rarer Victor recordings of the early 1930s). It was another year or two before I actually secured my first Carter Family 78 (the common, but wonderful coupling of WAVE ON THE SEA and RAMBLIN BOY), and even longer before I learned of the extent of their prolific recording career. Had I seen a box set like this Bear Family gem at that time, I believe I might well have toppled over and expired. The sheer number of superb recordings (well over 300) and the fantastic 220-page hard cover book (not booklet) are overwhelming, as much so as the group's influence on American music. To be as brief as possible, this amazing set (which weighs over 6 pounds) contains all of the Carters Victor, A.R.C., and Decca recordings, plus their 1936 Associated radio transcriptions, as well as recorded interviews with Maybelle & Sara from the 1960s and a few alternate takes. The book, which is priceless, is loaded with wonderful photos & snapshots, besides containing words to every song, a complete discography, notes on all the sessions, and lovely full color pictures of song books, LP covers and all the many labels that their 78s appeared on originally. While this is clearly a major investment for the collector, it will be worth every penny to the serious Carter Family fan. (To put it in a slightly different perspective, an excellent copy of just one of the many rarer original 78s like BUDDIES IN THE SADDLE or I LOVED YOU BETTER THAN YOU KNEW would cost more on the auction market than the price of this magnificent box). The amount of work & care that went into this set is mind-boggling, and its release is truly a major event

Disc 1:

• BURY ME UNDER THE WEEPING WILLOW
• LITTLE LOG CABIN BY SEA
• THE POOR ORPHAN CHILD
• THE STORMS ARE ON THE OCEAN
• SINGLE GIRL, MARRIED GIRL
• THE WANDERING BOY
• MEET ME BY THE MOONLIGHT, ALONE
• LITTLE DARLING, PAL OF MINE
• KEEP ON THE SUNNY SIDE
• ANCHORED IN LOVE
• JOHN HARDY WAS A DESPERATE MAN
• I AIN´T GOIN´ TO WORK TOMORROW
• WILL YOU MISS ME WHEN I´M GONE?
• RIVER OF JORDAN
• CHEWING GUM
• WILDWOOD FLOWER
• I HAVE NO ONE TO LOVE ME
• FORSAKEN LOVE
• SWEET FERN
• MY CLINCH MOUNTAIN HOME
• GOD GAVE NOAH THE RAINBOW SIGN
• I´M THINKING TONIGHT OF MY BLUE EYES
• LITTLE MOSES
• LULU WALL
• THE GRAVE ON THE GREEN HILLSIDE

Disc 2:

• DON´T FORGET THIS SONG
• THE FOGGY MOUNTAIN TOP
• BRING BACK MY BLUE-EYED BOY TO ME
• DIAMONDS IN THE ROUGH
• ENGINE ONE-FORTY THREE
• THE HOMESTEAD ON THE FARM
• THE CYCLONE OF RYE COVE
• MOTHERLESS CHILDREN
• WHEN THE ROSES BLOOM IN DIXIELAND
• NO TELEPHONE IN HEAVEN
• WESTERN HOBO
• CARTER´S BLUES
• WABASH CANNONBALL
• A DISTANT LAND TO ROAM
• JIMMIE BROWN THE NEWSBOY
• KITTY WALTZ
• FOND AFFECTION
• THE CANNON-BALL
• THE LOVERS´ FAREWELL
• THERE´S SOMEONE AWAITING FOR ME
• THE LITTLE LOG HUT IN THE LANE
• WHEN THE SPRINGTIME COMES AGAIN
• WHEN THE WORLD´S ON FIRE
• I HAVE AN AGED MOTHER
• THE DYING SOLDIER
• WORRIED MAN BLUES

Disc 3:

• LONESOME VALLEY
• ON THE ROCK WHERE MOSES STOOD
• ROOM IN HEAVEN FOR ME
• LONESOME PINE SPECIAL
• NO MORE THE MOON SHINES ON LORENA
• ON MY WAY TO CANAAN´S LAND
• WHERE SHALL I BE?
• SOW ´EM ON THE MOUNTAIN
• DARLING NELLIE ACROSS THE SEA
• THE BIRDS WERE SINGING OF YOU
• WEARY PRODIGAL SON
• MY OLD COTTAGE HOME
• WHEN I´M GONE
• SUNSHINE IN THE SHADOWS
• LET THE CHURCH ROLL ON
• LONESOME FOR YOU
• CAN´T FEEL AT HOME
• WHY THERE´S A TEAR IN MY EYE (W. J. RODGERS)
• THE WONDERFUL CITY (WITH JIMMY RODGERS)
• JIMMIE RODGERS VISITS THE CARTER FAMILY
• THE CARTER FAMILY AND JIMMIE RODGERS IN TEXAS
• ´MID THE GREEN FIELDS OF VIRGINIA
• HAPPIEST DAYS OF ALL
• PICTURE ON THE WALL
• AMBER TRESSES

Disc 4:

• I NEVER LOVED BUT ONE
• TELL ME THAT YOU LOVE ME
• WHERE WE´LL NEVER GROW OLD
• WE WILL MARCH THROUGH THE STREETS OF THE CITY
• SWEET AS THE FLOWERS IN MAY TIME
• WILL THE ROSES BLOOM IN HEAVEN
• MY LITTLE HOME IN TENNESSEE
• THE SUN OF THE SOUL
• IF ONE WON´T ANOTHER ONE WILL
• THE BROKEN HEARTED LOVER
• TWO SWEETHEARTS
• THE WINDING STREAM
• I WOULDN´T MIND DYING
• THE SPIRIT OF LOVE WATCHES OVER ME
• THE CHURCH IN THE WILDWOOD
• GIVE ME ROSES WHILE I LIVE
• I NEVER WILL MARRY
• ON THE SEA OF GALILEE
• HOME BY THE SEA
• WHEN THE ROSES COME AGAIN
• I LOVED YOU BETTER THAN YOU KNEW
• THIS IS LIKE HEAVEN TO ME
• SEE THAT MY GRAVE IS KEPT GREEN
• OVER THE GARDEN WALL
• GOLD WATCH AND CHAIN
• SCHOOL HOUSE ON THE HILL

Disc 5:

• WILL MY MOTHER KNOW ME THERE?
• FADED FLOWERS
• POOR LITTLE ORPHANED BOY
• ON A HILL LONE AND GRAY
• COWBOY JACK
• I´LL BE ALL SMILES TONIGHT
• AWAY OUT ON THE OLD SAINT SABBETH
• DARLING LITTLE JOE
• HAPPY OR LONESOME
• ON LITTLE WORLD
• DARLING DAISIES
• THE EAST VIRGINIA BLUES
• LOVERS RETURN
• IT´LL AGGRAVATE YOUR SOUL
• HELLO, CENTRAL! GIVE ME HEAVEN
• I´M WORKING ON BUILDING
• YOU´RE BEEN FOOLING ME, BABY
• LONGING FOR OLD VIRGINIA
• MARCH WINDS GOIN´ TO BLOW MY BLUES ALL AWAY
• THERE´LL BE JOY, JOY, JOY
• HOME IN TENNESSEE
• ARE YOU TIRED OF ME, MY DARLING
• I CANNOT BE YOUR SWEETHEART
• MY HEART´S TONIGHT IN TEXAS
• THERE´S NO HIDING PLACE DOWN HERE
• COWBOY´S WILD SONG TO HIS HERD

Disc 6:

• THE EVENING BELLS ARE RINGING
• THE MOUNTAINS OF TENNESSEE
• I´LL BE HOME SOME DAY
• FADED COAT OF BLUE
• SAILOR BOY
• GLORY TO THE LAMB
• BEHIND THOSE STONE WALLS
• SINKING IN THE LONESOME SEA
• HE TOOK A WHITE ROSE FROM HER HAIR
• CAN THE CIRCLE BE UNBROKEN (BYE AND BYE)
• LET´S BE LOVERS AGAIN
• YOUR MOTHER STILL PRAYS (FOR YOU, JACK)
• KISSING IS A CRIME
• DON´T FORGET ME LITTLE DARLING
• SAD AND LONESOME DAY
• BY THE TOUCH OF HER HAND
• EAST VIRGINIA BLUES NO. 2
• MY OLD VIRGINIA HOME
• MY VIRGINIA ROSE IS BLOOMING
• MY TEXAS GIRL
• NO OTHERS´S BRIDE I´LL BE
• GATHERING FLOWERS FROM THE HILLSIDE
• GOSPEL SHIP
• THE LITTLE BLACK TRAIN
• KEEP ON THE SUNNY SIDE
• RIVER OF JORDAN

Disc 7:

• LONESOME VALLEY
• GOD GAVE NOAH THE RAINBOW SIGN
• SINGLE GIRL, MARRIED GIRL
• THE FATE OF DEWEY LEE
• WILDWOOD FLOWER
• SEA OF GALILEE
• DON´T FORGET THIS SONG
• MY CLINCH MOUNTAIN HOME
• THE STORMS ARE ON THE OCEAN
• WILL YOU MISS ME WHEN I´M GONE
• BROKEN HEARTED LOVER
• LITTLE DARLING PAL OF MINE
• THE HOMESTEAD ON THE FARM
• CANNON BALL BLUES
• MEET ME BY THE MOONLIGHT ALONE
• ON THE ROCK WHERE MOSES STOOD
• LULU WALLS
• I´M THINKING TONIGHT OF MY BLUE EYES
• WORRIED MAN BLUES
• MY DIXIE DARLING
• GIVE ME YOUR LOVE AND I´LL GIVE YOU MINE
• ARE YOU LONESOME TONIGHT?
• THE LAST MOVE FOR ME
• THE WAYWORN TRAVELER
• JUST ANOTHER BROKEN HEART
• WHEN SILVER THREADS ARE GOLD AGAIN

Disc 8:

• THERE´S NO ONE LIKE MOTHER TO ME
• IN A LITTLE VILLAGE CHURCHYARD
• JEALOUS HEARTED ME
• MY NATIVE HOME
• SWEET HEAVEN IN MY VIEW
• NO DEPRESSION
• BONNIE BLUE EYES
• MY HONEY LOU
• IN THE SHADOW OF THE PINES
• ANSWER TO WEEPING WILLOW
• YOU´VE BEEN A FRIEND TO ME
• WHERE THE SILVERY COLORADO WENDS ITS WAY
• LAY MY HEAD BENEATH THE ROSE
• NO DEPRESSION IN HEAVEN
• MY NATIVE HOME
• JEALOUS HEARTED ME
• A DISTANT LAND TO ROAM
• I´M WORKING ON A BUILDING
• EAST VIRGINIA BLUES
• DIXIE DARLING
• KEEP ON THE SUNNY SIDE
• KISSIN´IS A CRIME
• SINGLE GIRL, MARRIED GIRL
• LITTLE DARLING PAL OF MINE
• LONESOME VALLEY
• CANNONBALL BLUES
• HAPPY OR LONESOME

Disc 9:

• ARE YOU LONESOME TONIGHT
• JUST ANOTHER BROKEN HEART
• THE BROKEN DOWN TRAMP
• LOVER´S LANE
• HOLD FAST TO THE RIGHT
• LORD I´M IN YOUR CARE
• FUNNY WHEN YOU FEEL THAT WAY
• IN THE SHADOW OF CLINCH MOUNTAIN
• HELLO STRANGER
• NEVER LET THE DEVIL GET THE UPPER HAND OF YOU
• WHEN THIS EVENING SUN GOES DOWN
• JIM BLAKE´S MESSAGE
• HONEY IN THE ROCK
• LOOK HOW THIS WORLD HAS MADE A CHANGE
• THE LITTLE GIRL THAT PLAYED ON MY KNEE
• YOU BETTER LET THAT LIAR ALONE
• FAREWELL NELLIE
• THE ONLY GIRL (I EVER CARED ABOUT)
• GOODBYE TO THE PLAINS
• MY HOME´S ACROSS THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS
• DARK HAIRED TRUE LOVER
• HE NEVER CAME BACK
• HAPPY IN THE PRISON
• WALKING IN THE KING´S HIGHWAY
• ST.REGIOUS GIRL
• JUST A FEW MORE DAYS

Disc 10:

• BRING BACK MY BOY
• IT IS BETTER FARTHER ON
• CHARLIE AND NELLIE
• CUBAN SOLDIER
• THE HEART THAT WAS BROKEN FOR ME
• YOU´RE NOTHING MORE TO ME
• STERN OLD BACHELOR
• LITTLE JOE
• RECKLESS MOTORMAN
• YOU DENIED YOUR LOVE
• OH, TAKE ME BACK
• YOU ARE MY FLOWER
• WHO´S THAT KNOCKIN´ ON MY WINDOW
• THEY CALL HER MOTHER
• COAL MINER´S BLUES
• YOUNG FREDA BOLT
• LITTLE POPLAR LOG HOUSE ON THE HILL
• THE DYING MOTHER
• BUDDIES IN THE SADDLE
• HEAVEN´S RADIO
• BEAUTIFUL HOME
• THERE´LL BE NO DISTINCTION THERE
• GIVE HIM ONE MORE AS HE GOES
• LONESOME FOR YOU DARLING
• BLACKIE´S GUNMAN
• YOU´VE GOT TO RIGHTEN THAT WRONG
• MEETING IN THE AIR
• MY HOME AMONG THE HILLS

Disc 11:

• BLACK JACK DAVID
• LOOK AWAY FROM THE CROSS
• WE SHALL RISE
• I FOUND YOU AMONG THE ROSES
• BEAR CREEK BLUES
• I´LL NEVER FORSAKE YOU
• BEAUTIFUL ISLE O´ER THE SEA
• IT´S A LONG LONG ROAD TO TRAVEL ALONE
• WHY DO YOU CRY, LITTLE DARLING
• YOU TIED A LOVE KNOT IN MY HEART
• LONESOME HOMESICK BLUES
• DARK AND STORMY WEATHER
• IN THE VALLEY OF THE SHENANDOAH
• GIRL ON THE GREENBRIER SHORE
• SOMETHING GOT A HOLD OR ME
• FIFTY MILES OF ELBOW ROOM
• KEEP ON THE FIRING LINE
• THE WAVE ON THE SEA
• THE RAMBLING BOY
• YOU´RE GONNA BE SORRY YOU LET ME DOWN
• WHY THERE´S A TEAR IN.. (W. J. RODGERS) (ALT)
• JIMMIE RODGERS VISITS THE CARTER FAMILY (ALT)
• SINKING IN THE LONESOME SEA (ALT)
• LONESOME VALLEY (ALT)
• CANNON BALL BLUES (ALT)
• WORRIED MAN BLUES (ALT)
• SINGLE GIRL, MARRIED GIRL (ALT)

Disc 12:

• SARA & MAYBELLE CARTER INTERVIEW, 1963
• THE SHIP THAT NEVER RETURNED
• JESSE JAMES
• I WAS BORN 4000 YEARS AGO
• I´M LEAVING YOU
• RE -AUTOHARP/FINGERPICKING/ALLIE LEE INTRO
• HER FAVORITE GUITAR PICKERS
• THE FIRST GRAND OLE OPRY APPEARANCE
• HOW THE MAYBELLE STYLE DEVELOPED
• THANK YOU´S FROM MUSICIANS
• DO YOU STILL HAVE YOUR ORIGINAL GUITAR?
• AN AUTOHARP DISCUSSION
• THE WILDWOOD FLOWER DISCUSSION
• THE FLOYD CRAMER REFERENCE
• THE KIDS DIG THAT STYLE/THE COLLEGE AUDIENCE
• HOW MANY SONGS DID YOU RECORD IN YOUR CAREER?
• THE EARLY RECORDING AND RADIO BACKGROUND
• EARLY RECORD SALES
• DISCUSSION ABOUT A.P. AND SARA CARTER