| Disc: 1 |
| 1. My Long Journey Home |
| 2. What Is Home Without Love |
| 3. What Would You Give in Exchange |
| Disc: 2 |
| 1. Where Is My Sailor Boy? |
| 2. I Am Ready to Go |
| 3. What Would the Profit Be |
| Disc: 3 |
| 1. When Our Lord Shall Come Again |
| 2. Mule Skinner Blues |
| 3. No Letter in the Mail |
| Disc: 4 |
| 1. Blue Moon of Kentucky |
| 2. Toy Heart |
| 3. Summertime Is Past and Gone |
| Disc: 5 |
| 1. Travelin' This Lonesome Road |
| 2. Blue Grass Stomp |
| 3. Girl in the Blue Velvet Band |
| Disc: 6 |
| 1. My Rose of Old Kentucky [Take 2] |
| 2. Bluegrass Breakdown [Take 2][Instrumental] |
| 3. Bluegrass Breakdown [Take 3] |
Editorial Reviews
7 CD box set
Blue Moon of Kentucky 1936-1949,Bill Monroe,Bear Family,Bluegrass,Bluegrass-Gospel,Box Sets (Audio Only),Country,Country/Bluegrass,Old-Timey,Pop,Traditional Bluegrass,Traditional Country
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Blue Moon of Kentucky 1936-1949
Bill Monroe Manufacturer: Bear Family ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD Similar Items:
ASIN: B00007FP9F Release Date: 2002-12-09 |
Tracks:
- My Long Journey Home
- What Is Home Without Love
- What Would You Give in Exchange
- Little Red Shoes
- Nine Pound Hammer
- On Some Foggy Mountain Top
- Drifting Too Far from the Shore
- In My Dear Old Southern Home
- New River Train
- This Is Not My Home
- Watermelon Hanging on the Vine
- On the Banks of the Ohio
- Do You Call That Religion?
- God Holds the Future in His Hands
- You've Got to Walk That Lonesome Valley
- Six Months Ain't Long
- Just a Song of Old Kentucky
- Don't Forget Me
- I'm Going
- Darling Corey
- My Savior's Train
- I Am Thinking Tonight of the Old Folks
- Dreamed I Searched Heaven for You
- Old Cross Road
- Forgotten Soldier Boy
- We Read of a Place That's Called Heaven
- Will the Circle Be Unbroken
- Saints Go Marching In
- Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms
Tracks:
- Where Is My Sailor Boy?
- I Am Ready to Go
- What Would the Profit Be
- Some Glad Day
- I Have Found the Way
- I Am Going That Way
- Kate Cline
- Roll on Buddy, Roll On
- Weeping Willow Tree
- I'll Live On
- Oh, Hide You in the Blood
- What Would You Give in Exchange, Pt. 2
- Oh That Gospel Ship
- What Would You Give in Exchange, Pt. 3
- Let Us Be Lovers Again
- All the Good Times Are Passed and Gone
- What Would You Give in Exchange, Pt. 4
- On My Way to Glory
- My Last Moving Day
- He Will Set Your Fields on Fire
- Sinner You Better Get Ready
- Have a Feast Here Tonight
- Goodbye Maggie
- Rollin' On
- Old Man's Story
- I've Still Got Ninety-Nine
- Little Joe
- Beautiful Life
- Pearly Gates
- On My Way Back Home
Tracks:
- When Our Lord Shall Come Again
- Mule Skinner Blues
- No Letter in the Mail
- Cryin' Holy Unto the Lord
- Six White Horses
- Dog House Blues
- I Wonder If You Feel the Way I Do
- Katy Hill [Instrumental]
- Tennessee Blues
- Shake My Mother's Hand for Me
- Were You There When They Crucified My Lord
- Anniversary Blue Yodel [Blue Yodel No. 7]
- Coupon Song
- Orange Blossom Special
- Honky Tonk Swing [Instrumental]
- In the Pines
- Back Up and Push [Instrumental]
- Rocky Road Blues
- Kentucky Waltz
- True Life Blues
- Nobody Loves Me
- Goodbye Old Pal
- Footprints in the Snow
- I'll Have a New Life
- Blue Grass Special [Instrumental]
- Come Back to Me in My Dreams
- Heavy Traffic Ahead
- Why Did You Wander
- Blue Moon of Kentucky
Tracks:
- Blue Moon of Kentucky
- Toy Heart
- Summertime Is Past and Gone
- Mansions for Me
- Mother's Only Sleeping
- California Blues [Blue Yodel No. 4]
- Will You Be Loving Another Man?
- How Will I Explain About You?
- Shining Path
- Wicked Path of Sin
- I'm Going Back to Old Kentucky
- It's Mighty Dark to Travel
- I Hear a Sweet Voice Calling
- Little Cabin on the Hill
- My Rose of Old Kentucky
- Bluegrass Breakdown [Instrumental]
- Sweetheart You Done Me Wrong
- Old Cross Road
- That Home Above
- Remember the Cross
- Little Community Church
- Along About Daybreak
- When You Are Lonely
- Molly and Tenbrooks
- Shine Hallelujah, Shine
- I'm Travelin' on and On
- Can't You Hear Me Callin'
Tracks:
- Travelin' This Lonesome Road
- Blue Grass Stomp
- Girl in the Blue Velvet Band
- Kentucky Waltz [Take 2]
- True Life Blues [Take 4]
- True Life Blues [Take 3]
- True Life Blues [Take 2]
- Nobody Loves Me
- Nobody Loves Me [Take 3]
- Nobody Loves Me [Take 1]
- Goodbye Old Pal [Take 2]
- Footprints in the Snow [Take 2]
- Blue Grass Special [Take 2][Instrumental]
- Blue Grass Special [Take 3]
- Heavy Traffic Ahead [Take 2]
- Why Did You Wander [Take 2]
- Summertime Is Past and Gone [Take BD1]
- Summertime Is Past and Gone [Take BD2]
- Summertime Is Past and Gone [Take 2]
- Summertime Is Past and Gone [Take BD3]
- California Blues [Blue Yodel No. 4][Take]
- Will You Be Loving Another Man? [Take 2]
- How Will I Explain About You? [Take 2]
- How Will I Explain About You? [Take 3]
- Wicked Path of Sin [Take 2]
- It's Mighty Dark to Travel [Take 2]
- I'm Going Back to Old Kentucky [Take BD]
- I'm Going Back to Old Kentucky [Take 2]
- It's Mighty Dark to Travel [Take 3]
- Little Cabin Home on the Hill [Take 2]
Tracks:
- My Rose of Old Kentucky [Take 2]
- Bluegrass Breakdown [Take 2][Instrumental]
- Bluegrass Breakdown [Take 3]
- Sweetheart You Done Me Wrong [Take 2]
- Sweetheart You Done Me Wrong [Take BD1]
- Sweetheart You Done Me Wrong [Take BD2]
- Sweetheart You Done Me Wrong [Take 3]
- Old Cross Road [Take 2]
- Old Cross Road [Take BD2]
- Old Cross Road [Take BD3]
- Old Cross Road [Take 3]
- Old Cross Road [Take BD1]
- That Home Above [Take BD]
- Remember the Cross [Take 2]
- Along About Daybreak [Take 2]
- Little Community Church [Take 2]
- Little Community Church [Take 2]
- Along About Daybreak [Take BD]
- Molly and Tenbrooks [Take 2]
- Shine Hallelujah, Shine [Take 2]
- I'm Travelin' on and On [Take 2]
- Can't You Hear Me Callin' [Take 4]
- Can't You Hear Me Callin' [Take 3]
- Can't You Hear Me Callin' [Take BD]
- Can't You Hear Me Callin' [Take 2]
- Travelin' This Lonesome Road [Take 2]
- Blue Grass Stomp [Take 3][Instrumental]
- Blue Grass Stomp [Take BD]
- Blue Grass Stomp [Take 2]
- Girl in the Blue Velvet Band [Take 3]
- Girl in the Blue Velvet Band [Take 2]
Album Details
7 CD box setCustomer Reviews:
Not Remastered.......2005-04-19
Selection is great with two discs of Monroe Brothers "Bluebird" releases from the 1930s, a disc or so of the middle period (between the Monroe Brothers and Flatt & Scruggs) that sees Monroe experimenting with sounds (including a junky accordian) and styles (he sure did love to sing Jimmy Rodgers songs).
His bluegrass sound was finally complete with the Columbia sessions recorded with the great Lester Flatt mainly on lead vocal and providing assistance in the song writing department. However, the genius was putting Scruggs unique banjo and Cedric Rainwater's bass out front in the mix for a great rythm effect. This was the birth of bluegrass! I also like the stuff recorded with Mac Wiseman after Flatt & Scruggs left, wish there was more.
That said... some of these songs were recently remastered by Sony (who owns the Columbia catalog) and released on a various artist box set last year. I hope that Sony finds a way to release a 3 disc set of these Monroe songs remastered and sounding as crisp as that boxset. Then I can own three different boxsets! Yippee I love spending money!!!!!
There's a more reasonable package of the same material!.......2005-03-07
awesome!.......2003-01-18
Essential Collection For Serious Bill Monroe Collectors.......2003-01-16
Recordings made in September of 1946 with Monroe, Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs, Chubby Wise, and Howard Watts (Cedric Rainwater) are generally considered to be the first bluegrass recordings. If one agrees with this start date they'll find here 80 bluegrass versions of 32 different songs and instrumentals (the instrumentals being "Blue Grass Breakdown" and "Blue Grass Stomp").
This box set contains a 38 page, hard-bound booklet with about 50 photographs and several reproductions of record labels, album covers, and other artifacts. Text is by Charles K. Wolfe and there is a detailed discography by Neil V. Rosenberg. The booklet is really lovely but I am disappointed that black and white photographs are printed in brown hues (some browner than others). I find the text somewhat difficult to read in places due to fancy background design and inconsistent font sizes (font sizes are changed so that text can fit onto pages, which I find unacceptable). The text itself is extremely interesting and useful; many of the song histories are not available elsewhere.
In two instances song labeling is inconsistent. Alternate takes are usually labeled as such, but not always (the first appearance of "Blue Moon Of Kentucky" is an alternate take but isn't labeled as one). Instrumental tracks are usually labeled as such, but not always (the originally released version of "Blue Grass Stomp" is not labeled as an instrumental).
This box set contains an "un-numbered master of a gospel song that was not even known to exist," which is "I'll Have A New Life." This cut is less than 2 minutes long and appears on the 3rd CD, following "Footprints in the Snow" and prior to "Blue Grass Special" (it was recorded in February of 1945). There is a description in the booklet about why this recording was not previously known to exist. "I'll Have A New Life" was written by Luther G. Presley and was first published in 1940; many bluegrass fans are familiar with the song thanks to a version that Doyle Lawson and Quicksilver recorded in the early 1980s.
As far as I can tell, this box set contains the first CD reissue of the originally released version of "Little Cabin Home On The Hill" (the version that appears in a 2 CD Columbia/Legacy box set is an alternate take but is not listed as such in that box set).
Arguably the most important aspect of this box set is the sound quality and I'm thrilled to report that it is excellent, considering the available sources!
While this box set may be overkill for some listeners, many bluegrass fans will consider it essential. Personally, my Monroe collection wouldn't be complete without the 3 Bear Family box sets covering 1936 to 1949, 1950 to 1958, and 1959 to 1969; the 4 CD MCA set "The Music Of Bill Monroe From 1936 To 1994," the 2 live albums on Smithsonian Folkways, and the Kenny Baker album "Plays Bill Monroe" (which features Monroe on mandolin).
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Blue Moon of Kentucky 1936-1949
Bill Monroe Manufacturer: Bear Family ProductGroup: Music Binding: Audio CD ASIN: B000JEX5PE Release Date: 2003-01-14 |
Tracks:
- My Long Journey Home
- What Is Home Without Love
- What Would You Give in Exchange
- Little Red Shoes
- Nine Pound Hammer
- On Some Foggy Mountain Top
- Drifting Too Far from the Shore
- In My Dear Old Southern Home
- New River Train
- This Is Not My Home
- Watermelon Hanging on the Vine
- On the Banks of the Ohio
- Do You Call That Religion?
- God Holds the Future in His Hands
- You've Got to Walk That Lonesome Valley
- Six Months Ain't Long
- Just a Song of Old Kentucky
- Don't Forget Me
- I'm Going
- Darling Corey
- My Savior's Train
- I Am Thinking Tonight of the Old Folks
- Dreamed I Searched Heaven for You
- Old Cross Road
- Forgotten Soldier Boy
- We Read of a Place That's Called Heaven
- Will the Circle Be Unbroken
- Saints Go Marching In
- Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms
Tracks:
- Where Is My Sailor Boy?
- I Am Ready to Go
- What Would the Profit Be
- Some Glad Day
- I Have Found the Way
- I Am Going That Way
- Kate Cline
- Roll on Buddy, Roll On
- Weeping Willow Tree
- I'll Live On
- Oh, Hide You in the Blood
- What Would You Give in Exchange, Pt. 2
- Oh That Gospel Ship
- What Would You Give in Exchange, Pt. 3
- Let Us Be Lovers Again
- All the Good Times Are Passed and Gone
- What Would You Give in Exchange, Pt. 4
- On My Way to Glory
- My Last Moving Day
- He Will Set Your Fields on Fire
- Sinner You Better Get Ready
- Have a Feast Here Tonight
- Goodbye Maggie
- Rollin' On
- Old Man's Story
- I've Still Got Ninety-Nine
- Little Joe
- Beautiful Life
- Pearly Gates
- On My Way Back Home
Tracks:
- When Our Lord Shall Come Again
- Mule Skinner Blues
- No Letter in the Mail
- Cryin' Holy Unto the Lord
- Six White Horses
- Dog House Blues
- I Wonder If You Feel the Way I Do
- Katy Hill [Instrumental]
- Tennessee Blues
- Shake My Mother's Hand for Me
- Were You There When They Crucified My Lord
- Anniversary Blue Yodel [Blue Yodel No. 7]
- Coupon Song
- Orange Blossom Special
- Honky Tonk Swing [Instrumental]
- In the Pines
- Back Up and Push [Instrumental]
- Rocky Road Blues
- Kentucky Waltz
- True Life Blues
- Nobody Loves Me
- Goodbye Old Pal
- Footprints in the Snow
- I'll Have a New Life
- Blue Grass Special [Instrumental]
- Come Back to Me in My Dreams
- Heavy Traffic Ahead
- Why Did You Wander
- Blue Moon of Kentucky
Tracks:
- Blue Moon of Kentucky
- Toy Heart
- Summertime Is Past and Gone
- Mansions for Me
- Mother's Only Sleeping
- California Blues [Blue Yodel No. 4]
- Will You Be Loving Another Man?
- How Will I Explain About You?
- Shining Path
- Wicked Path of Sin
- I'm Going Back to Old Kentucky
- It's Mighty Dark to Travel
- I Hear a Sweet Voice Calling
- Little Cabin on the Hill
- My Rose of Old Kentucky
- Bluegrass Breakdown [Instrumental]
- Sweetheart You Done Me Wrong
- Old Cross Road
- That Home Above
- Remember the Cross
- Little Community Church
- Along About Daybreak
- When You Are Lonely
- Molly and Tenbrooks
- Shine Hallelujah, Shine
- I'm Travelin' on and On
- Can't You Hear Me Callin'
Tracks:
- Travelin' This Lonesome Road
- Blue Grass Stomp
- Girl in the Blue Velvet Band
- Kentucky Waltz [Take 2]
- True Life Blues [Take 4]
- True Life Blues [Take 3]
- True Life Blues [Take 2]
- Nobody Loves Me
- Nobody Loves Me [Take 3]
- Nobody Loves Me [Take 1]
- Goodbye Old Pal [Take 2]
- Footprints in the Snow [Take 2]
- Blue Grass Special [Take 2][Instrumental]
- Blue Grass Special [Take 3]
- Heavy Traffic Ahead [Take 2]
- Why Did You Wander [Take 2]
- Summertime Is Past and Gone [Take BD1]
- Summertime Is Past and Gone [Take BD2]
- Summertime Is Past and Gone [Take 2]
- Summertime Is Past and Gone [Take BD3]
- California Blues [Blue Yodel No. 4][Take]
- Will You Be Loving Another Man? [Take 2]
- How Will I Explain About You? [Take 2]
- How Will I Explain About You? [Take 3]
- Wicked Path of Sin [Take 2]
- It's Mighty Dark to Travel [Take 2]
- I'm Going Back to Old Kentucky [Take BD]
- I'm Going Back to Old Kentucky [Take 2]
- It's Mighty Dark to Travel [Take 3]
- Little Cabin Home on the Hill [Take 2]
Tracks:
- My Rose of Old Kentucky [Take 2]
- Bluegrass Breakdown [Take 2][Instrumental]
- Bluegrass Breakdown [Take 3]
- Sweetheart You Done Me Wrong [Take 2]
- Sweetheart You Done Me Wrong [Take BD1]
- Sweetheart You Done Me Wrong [Take BD2]
- Sweetheart You Done Me Wrong [Take 3]
- Old Cross Road [Take 2]
- Old Cross Road [Take BD2]
- Old Cross Road [Take BD3]
- Old Cross Road [Take 3]
- Old Cross Road [Take BD1]
- That Home Above [Take BD]
- Remember the Cross [Take 2]
- Along About Daybreak [Take 2]
- Little Community Church [Take 2]
- Little Community Church [Take 2]
- Along About Daybreak [Take BD]
- Molly and Tenbrooks [Take 2]
- Shine Hallelujah, Shine [Take 2]
- I'm Travelin' on and On [Take 2]
- Can't You Hear Me Callin' [Take 4]
- Can't You Hear Me Callin' [Take 3]
- Can't You Hear Me Callin' [Take BD]
- Can't You Hear Me Callin' [Take 2]
- Travelin' This Lonesome Road [Take 2]
- Blue Grass Stomp [Take 3][Instrumental]
- Blue Grass Stomp [Take BD]
- Blue Grass Stomp [Take 2]
- Girl in the Blue Velvet Band [Take 3]
- Girl in the Blue Velvet Band [Take 2]
Product Description
1. My Long Journey Home
2. What Is Home Without Love
3. What Would You Give In Exchange?
4. Little Red Shoes
5. Nine Pound Hammer Is Too Heavy
6. On Some Foggy Mountain Top
7. Drifting Too Far From The Shore
8. In My Dear Old Southern Home
9. New River Train
10. This World Is Not My Home
11. Watermelon Am Hangin' On That Vine
12. On The Banks Of The Ohio
13. Do You Call That Religion?
14. God Holds The Future In His Hands
15. You've Got To Walk That Lonesome Valley
16. Six Months Ain't Long
17. Just A Song Of Old Kentucky
18. Don't Forget Me
19. I'm Going
20. Darling Corey
21. My Saviour's Train
22. I Am Thinking Tonight Of The Old Folks
23. Dreamed I Searched Heaven For You
24. The Old Cross Road
25. The Forgotten Soldier Boy
26. My Read Of A Place That's Called Heaven
27. Will The Circle Unbroken
28. The Saints Go Marching In
29. Roll In My Sweet Baby's Arms
Format: CD
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