Tis Sweet to Be Remembered: Complete Recordings 1951 - 1964 [Box set] [Import]

Product Description:
Six CD Box Set and Hard Cover Book.

Tis Sweet to Be Remembered: Complete Recordings 1951 - 1964,Mac Wiseman,Bear Family,Bluegrass,Country/Bluegrass

Average customer rating: Mixed Bag

'Tis Sweet to Be Remembered: Complete Recordings 1951-1964 Mac Wiseman Manufacturer: Bear Family ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Contemporary | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Traditional | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music General | Country | Box Sets | Stores | Music Bluegrass | Country | Box Sets | Stores | Music ASIN: B0000TG9D8 Release Date: 2003-11-25

Tracks:

1. Little White Church
2. I'm a Stranger
3. 'Tis Sweet to Be Remembered
4. Are You Coming Back to Me
5. I'll Still Write Your Name in the Sand
6. Four Walls Around Me
7. Georgia Waltz
8. Dreaming of a Little Cabin
9. You're the Girl of My Dreams
10. Six More Miles
11. I Wonder How the Old Folks Are at Home
12. Going to See My Baby
13. It's Goodbye and So Long to You
14. Fire in My Heart
15. Waiting for the Boys
16. (I'd Rather Live) By the Side of the Road
17. Shackles and Chains
18. Goin' Like Wildfire
19. You're Sweeter Than Honey
20. Don't Let Your Sweet Love Die
21. Crazy Blues
22. You'd Better Wake Up
23. When I Get the Money Made
24. Rainbow in the Valley
25. I'd Rather Die Young (Than Grow Old Without You)
26. Remembering
27. My Little Home in Tennessee
28. Let Me Borrow Your Heart for Just Tonight

Tracks:

1. Kenny, Charles/
2. I Haven't Got the Right to Love You
3. Keep on the Sunny Side
4. Reville in Heaven
5. Dreams of Mother and Home
6. Waltz You Saved for Me
7. Paradise Valley
8. I Saw Your Face in the Moon
9. You Can't Judge a Book by Its Cover
10. I Love You Best of All
11. Wabash Cannonball
12. Don't Blame It All on Me
13. I Didn't Know
14. Little Old Church in the Valley
15. When the Roses Bloom Again
16. Wabash Cannonball
17. Fireball Mail
18. Darlin' How Could You Forget So Soon
19. I'm Drifting Back to Dreamland
20. Smilin' Through
21. Ballad of Davey Crockett
22. Danger! Heartbreak Ahead
23. Kentuckian Song
24. I Hear You Knockin'
25. Camptown Races
26. Dark as a Dungeon
27. I Want to Be Loved
28. These Hands
29. I'm Eatin' High on the Hog

Tracks:

1. Meanest Blues in the World
2. Be Good Baby
3. I'm Waiting for Ships That Never Come In
4. One Mint Julip
5. Mey Mister Bluesman
6. Step It Up and Go
7. Sundown
8. Gone
9. Teenage Hangout
10. Because We Are Young
11. Shame, Shame, Shame
12. I'll Still Write Your Name in the Sand
13. 'Tis Sweet to Be Remembered
14. Promise of Things to Come
15. Thinkin' About You
16. Put Me in Your Pocket
17. When the Work's All Done This Fall
18. Beside the Still Waters
19. How Great Thou Art
20. Just a Closer Walk With Thee
21. Standing Somewhere in the Shadows
22. When God Dips His Love in My Heart
23. Hold Fast to the Right
24. Did You Stop to Pray This Morning
25. Whispering Hope
26. Will There Be Any Stars in My Crown
27. Does Jesus Care?
28. It Is No Secret
29. Each Ring of the Hammer

Tracks:

1. Jimmy Brown, The Newsboy
2. Driftwood on the River
3. When It's Lamplighting Time in the Valley
4. Little Moses
5. Baggage Catch Ahead
6. Girl in the Blue Velvet Band
7. I've Got No Use for the Women
8. Barbara Allen
9. Preacher and the Bear
10. Just Tell Them That You Saw Me
11. Wildwood Flower
12. Wreck of the Old '97
13. Ballad of Davy Crockett
14. Darling Nellie Gray
15. Old Lamlighter
16. Tom Dooley
17. He's Got the Whole World in His Hands
18. Old Shep
19. Sixteen Tons
20. I'm Movin' On
21. Fool
22. Paso
23. Running Bear
24. Three Bells
25. There's a Star Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere
26. Lewt the Lower Lights Be Burning
27. In the Sweet By and By

Tracks:

1. I Like This Kind of Music [#]
2. Now That You Have Me (You Don't Want Me)
3. I'm the Talk of the Town [#]
4. Glad Rags
5. Prisoner's Song
6. There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight [#]
7. Tell Mother I'll Be There
8. Beautiful Garden of Prayer
9. Beautiful Isle of Somewhere
10. Peace in the Valley
11. I Heard My Mother Call My Name in Prayer
12. Bringing the Sheaves
13. Where Is My Baby Tonight
14. If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again
15. Shall We Gather at the River
16. Lord I'm Coming Home
17. Footprints in the Snow
18. Just Outside
19. Pistol Packin' Preacher
20. What's Gonna Happen to Me
21. Ballad of the Little Box of Pine
22. When the Snowflakes Fall
23. I'll Remember You, Love, In My Prayers
24. Free from the Old Chain Gang
25. Two More Years and I'll Be Free
26. Bluegrass Fiesta
27. Cotton Fields
28. Sing Little Birdie

Tracks:

1. Are You Missing Me
2. Freight Train
3. Have a Drink on Me
4. Just a Strand from a Yellow Curl
5. 'Tis Sweet to Be Remembered
6. Goin' Like Wildfire
7. I Like Good Bluegrass Music
8. Scene of the Crime
9. Your Best Friend and Me
10. What a Waste of Good Corn Likker [#]
11. When the Moon Comes Over the Mountain Cap
12. Mother Knows Best [#]
13. Old Pair of Shoes
14. Mole [#]
15. If I Could Live That Way [#]
16. Heads You Win Tails I Lose
17. Bluegrass Music's Really Gone to Town [#]
18. Dark Hollow [#]
19. Brother Joe [#]
20. Katie Waits for Me [#]
21. Sweet Summer's Gone Away [#]
22. Brush It Off (It's All in Your Mind) [#]
23. They're All Going Home But One [#]

Customer Reviews:

Mixed Bag.......2006-06-01

Mac Wiseman is the wonderful bluegrass singer who sang with Bill Monroe's group in the late 1940s, and according to Monroe, was the 'strongest singer I ever had'. These recordings feature Wiseman's invigorating, majestic, and truly unique voice and are largely impossible to find. The reason I can't give the set 5 stars is that towards the end of Disc 2, and continuing through Disc 4, the music shifts to rock and rockabilly and also contains some unlistenable garbage that is as commercial as one can get. For those of you who have been disappointed by the inclusion of electrified and drum-heavy bluegrass on other Bear Family sets, this stuff is different and far worse. Bear Family is not to blame, but the record companies of the time felt the pressure of the rock music explosion and pressed performers like Wiseman to sell out. The music on Discs 5 and 6 recovers the bluegrass flavor, though they do not resemble the purist bluegrass instrumentation featured on Disc 1 and most of Disc 2 and are not as spectacular. The latter, by the way, is incredibly beautiful and is exactly why I pursued this purchase - if the whole set were like this we'd be blessed.

As for the exorbitant price, the reason is that every aspect of the packaging is a step up from other Bear Family sets I've seen. The booklet is hardback, and features great color reproductions of the old album covers. Sound quality is perfect. If you have a gift certificate like I did, or you just want to hear those early 1950s recording on the Dot label that are virutally impossible to find and don't care about the price, go for it. (note-same review appears under the other listing for this box set under 'Mac Wiseman' that has a slightly cheaper price from Amazon)

Average customer rating: Mixed Bag track listings

'Tis Sweet to Be Remembered: Complete Recordings 1951-1964 Mac Wiseman Manufacturer: Bear Family ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD General | Country | Styles | Music General | Traditional Country | Country | Styles | Music General | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Contemporary | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music Traditional | Bluegrass | Country | Styles | Music General | Contemporary Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Traditional Folk | Folk | Styles | Music Bluegrass | Country | Box Sets | Stores | Music Similar Items: 15 of My Grandma's Favorites ASIN: B0000C66BH Release Date: 2003-09-15

Tracks:

1. Little White Church
2. I'm a Stranger
3. 'Tis Sweet to Be Remembered
4. Are You Coming Back to Me
5. I'll Still Write Your Name in the Sand
6. Four Walls Around Me
7. Georgia Waltz
8. Dreaming of a Little Cabin
9. You're the Girl of My Dreams
10. Six More Miles
11. I Wonder How the Old Folks Are at Home
12. Going to See My Baby
13. It's Goodbye and So Long to You
14. Fire in My Heart
15. Waiting for the Boys
16. (I'd Rather Live) By the Side of the Road
17. Shackles and Chains
18. Goin' Like Wildfire
19. You're Sweeter Than Honey
20. Don't Let Your Sweet Love Die
21. Crazy Blues
22. You'd Better Wake Up
23. When I Get the Money Made
24. Rainbow in the Valley
25. I'd Rather Die Young (Than Grow Old Without You)
26. Remembering
27. My Little Home in Tennessee
28. Let Me Borrow Your Heart for Just Tonight

Tracks:

1. Kenny, Charles/
2. I Haven't Got the Right to Love You
3. Keep on the Sunny Side
4. Reville in Heaven
5. Dreams of Mother and Home
6. Waltz You Saved for Me
7. Paradise Valley
8. I Saw Your Face in the Moon
9. You Can't Judge a Book by Its Cover
10. I Love You Best of All
11. Wabash Cannonball
12. Don't Blame It All on Me
13. I Didn't Know
14. Little Old Church in the Valley
15. When the Roses Bloom Again
16. Wabash Cannonball
17. Fireball Mail
18. Darlin' How Could You Forget So Soon
19. I'm Drifting Back to Dreamland
20. Smilin' Through
21. Ballad of Davey Crockett
22. Danger! Heartbreak Ahead
23. Kentuckian Song
24. I Hear You Knockin'
25. Camptown Races
26. Dark as a Dungeon
27. I Want to Be Loved
28. These Hands
29. I'm Eatin' High on the Hog

Tracks:

1. Meanest Blues in the World
2. Be Good Baby
3. I'm Waiting for Ships That Never Come In
4. One Mint Julip
5. Mey Mister Bluesman
6. Step It Up and Go
7. Sundown
8. Gone
9. Teenage Hangout
10. Because We Are Young
11. Shame, Shame, Shame
12. I'll Still Write Your Name in the Sand
13. 'Tis Sweet to Be Remembered
14. Promise of Things to Come
15. Thinkin' About You
16. Put Me in Your Pocket
17. When the Work's All Done This Fall
18. Beside the Still Waters
19. How Great Thou Art
20. Just a Closer Walk With Thee
21. Standing Somewhere in the Shadows
22. When God Dips His Love in My Heart
23. Hold Fast to the Right
24. Did You Stop to Pray This Morning
25. Whispering Hope
26. Will There Be Any Stars in My Crown
27. Does Jesus Care?
28. It Is No Secret
29. Each Ring of the Hammer

Tracks:

1. Jimmy Brown, The Newsboy
2. Driftwood on the River
3. When It's Lamplighting Time in the Valley
4. Little Moses
5. Baggage Catch Ahead
6. Girl in the Blue Velvet Band
7. I've Got No Use for the Women
8. Barbara Allen
9. Preacher and the Bear
10. Just Tell Them That You Saw Me
11. Wildwood Flower
12. Wreck of the Old '97
13. Ballad of Davy Crockett
14. Darling Nellie Gray
15. Old Lamlighter
16. Tom Dooley
17. He's Got the Whole World in His Hands
18. Old Shep
19. Sixteen Tons
20. I'm Movin' On
21. Fool
22. Paso
23. Running Bear
24. Three Bells
25. There's a Star Spangled Banner Waving Somewhere
26. Lewt the Lower Lights Be Burning
27. In the Sweet By and By

Tracks:

1. I Like This Kind of Music [#]
2. Now That You Have Me (You Don't Want Me)
3. I'm the Talk of the Town [#]
4. Glad Rags
5. Prisoner's Song
6. There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight [#]
7. Tell Mother I'll Be There
8. Beautiful Garden of Prayer
9. Beautiful Isle of Somewhere
10. Peace in the Valley
11. I Heard My Mother Call My Name in Prayer
12. Bringing the Sheaves
13. Where Is My Baby Tonight
14. If I Could Hear My Mother Pray Again
15. Shall We Gather at the River
16. Lord I'm Coming Home
17. Footprints in the Snow
18. Just Outside
19. Pistol Packin' Preacher
20. What's Gonna Happen to Me
21. Ballad of the Little Box of Pine
22. When the Snowflakes Fall
23. I'll Remember You, Love, In My Prayers
24. Free from the Old Chain Gang
25. Two More Years and I'll Be Free
26. Bluegrass Fiesta
27. Cotton Fields
28. Sing Little Birdie

Tracks:

1. Are You Missing Me
2. Freight Train
3. Have a Drink on Me
4. Just a Strand from a Yellow Curl
5. 'Tis Sweet to Be Remembered
6. Goin' Like Wildfire
7. I Like Good Bluegrass Music
8. Scene of the Crime
9. Your Best Friend and Me
10. What a Waste of Good Corn Likker [#]
11. When the Moon Comes Over the Mountain Cap
12. Mother Knows Best [#]
13. Old Pair of Shoes
14. Mole [#]
15. If I Could Live That Way [#]
16. Heads You Win Tails I Lose
17. Bluegrass Music's Really Gone to Town [#]
18. Dark Hollow [#]
19. Brother Joe [#]
20. Katie Waits for Me [#]
21. Sweet Summer's Gone Away [#]
22. Brush It Off (It's All in Your Mind) [#]
23. They're All Going Home But One [#]

Album Details

Six CD Box Set and Hard Cover Book.

Customer Reviews:

Mixed Bag.......2005-11-22

Mac Wiseman is the wonderful bluegrass singer who sang with Bill Monroe's group in the late 1940s, and according to Monroe, was the 'strongest singer I ever had'. These recordings feature Wiseman's invigorating, majestic, and truly unique voice and are largely impossible to find. The reason I can't give the set 5 stars is that towards the end of Disc 2, and continuing through Disc 4, the music shifts to rock and rockabilly and also contains some unlistenable garbage that is as commercial as one can get. For those of you who have been disappointed by the inclusion of electrified and drum-heavy bluegrass on other Bear Family sets, this stuff is different and far worse. Bear Family is not to blame, but the record companies of the time felt the pressure of the rock music explosion and pressed performers like Wiseman to sell out. The music on Discs 5 and 6 recovers the bluegrass flavor, though they do not resemble the purist bluegrass instrumentation featured on Disc 1 and most of Disc 2 and are not as spectacular. The latter, by the way, is incredibly beautiful and is exactly why I pursued this purchase - if the whole set were like this we'd be blessed.

As for the exhorbitant price, the reason is that every aspect of the packaging is a step up from other Bear Family sets I've seen. The booklet is hardback, and features great color reproductions of the old album covers. Sound quality is perfect. If you have a gift certificate like I did, or you just want to hear those early 1950s recording on the Dot label that are virutally impossible to find and don't care about the price, go for it.

track listings.......2003-10-13

You know it would really help if you can please tell me what the track listings are on this box set before ordering it. There are 2 songs in p articular called Wildwood Flower and Preacher In The Bear that are my favorites. Are they on this great box set? Mac Wiseman is one of the greatest Bluegrass legends ever! My Email address is wick5894@rogers.com

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