All the Classic Releases 1937-1949

by Bill Monroe, Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys

Overview

Another great JSP boxed set of archival music at a budget price, All the Classic Releases 1937-1949 collects a great selection of Bill Monroe's recordings both with his Bluegrass Boys and with his brother Charlie as the Monroe Brothers. The extensive (though not really informative) liner notes don't really shed any light as to whether these are all of Monroe's recorded output from 1937-1949, if these are just complete album releases, singles, and B-sides, or some other permutation, but in listening to the discs it doesn't really matter. The recordings are all truly classic, even if they're not necessarily the versions the listening public is most familiar with ("Kentucky Waltz" and "Blue Moon of Kentucky" both seem to be slightly different versions than the ones that have been established as the Monroe standards). Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs, Chubby Wise, Clyde Moody, and other Bluegrass Boys alumni all make appearances, and nearly all of Monroe's best-loved songs are represented. While this four-disc set would not be the starting point for bluegrass beginners, die-hard fans of the genre will be quite satisfied with their selection. ~ Zac Johnson

Product Details

Release Date:	06/10/2003
Label:	Jsp
UPC:	0788065771225
Rank:	56668

Tracks

Disc 1

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
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 Hanging on the 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 Savior'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 Forgotton Soldier Boy
26. We Read of a Place That's Called Heaven
27. Will the Circle Be Unbroken
28. The Saints Go Marching In
29. Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms
30. Where Is My Sailor Boy?

Disc 2

31. Am I Ready to Go
32. What Would the Profit Be
33. Some Glad Day
34. I Have Found the Way
35. I Am Going That Way
36. Kate Cline
37. Roll on Buddy, Roll On
38. Weeping Willow Tree
39. I'll Live On
40. Oh, Hide You in the Blood
41. What Would You Give in Exchange, Pt. 2
42. On That Gospel Ship
43. What Would You Give in Exchange, Pt. 3
44. Let Us Be Lovers Again
45. All the Good Times Are Passed and Gone
46. What Would You Give in Exchange, Pt. 4
47. On My Way to Glory
48. My Last Moving Day
49. He Will Set Your Fields on Fire
50. Sinner You Better Get Ready
51. Have a Feast Here Tonight
52. Goodbye Maggie
53. Rollin' On
54. The Old Man's Story
55. I've Still Got Ninety-Nine
56. Little Joe
57. A Beautiful Life
58. Pearly Gates
59. On My Way Back Home
60. When Our Lord Shall Come Again

Disc 3

61. Mule Skinner Blues
62. No Letter in the Mail
63. Cryin' Holy Unto the Lord
64. Six White Horses
65. Dog House Blues
66. I Wonder If You Feel the Way I Do
67. Katy Hill
68. Tennessee Blues
69. Shake My Mother's Hand for Me
70. Were You There When They Crucified My Lord
71. Anniversary Blue Yodel
72. The Coupon Song
73. Orange Blossom Special
74. Honky Tonk Swing
75. In the Pines
76. Back Up and Push
77. Rocky Road Blues
78. Kentucky Waltz
79. True Life Blues
80. Goodbye Old Pal
81. Footprints in the Snow
82. Blue Grass Special
83. Heavy Traffic Ahead
84. Blue Moon of Kentucky
85. Toy Heart

Disc 4

86. Summertime Is Past and Gone
87. Mansions for Me
88. Mother's Only Sleeping
89. California Blues
90. Will You Be Loving Another Man?
91. How Will I Explain About You?
92. Wicked Path of Sin
93. I'm Going Back to Old Kentucky
94. It's Mighty Dark to Travel
95. I Hear a Sweet Voice Calling
96. Little Cabin on the Hill
97. My Rose of Old Kentucky
98. Bluegrass Breakdown
99. Sweetheart You Done Me Wrong
100. The Old Cross Road
101. That Home Above
102. Remember the Cross
103. Little Community Church
104. Along About Daybreak
105. When You Are Lonely
106. Molly and Tenbrooks
107. Shine Hallelujah, Shine
108. I'm Travelin' on and On
109. Can't You Hear Me Callin'
110. Travelin' This Lonesome Road
111. Blue Grass Stomp
112. The Girl in the Blue Velvet Band

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Bill Monroe   Primary Artist,Guitar,Vocals,Mandolin
Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys   Primary Artist
Birch Monroe   Vocals
Tex Willis   Guitar,Vocals
Bill Wesbrooks   Bass,Vocals
Earl Scruggs   Banjo,Vocals
Mac Wiseman   Guitar,Vocals
Tommy Magness   Fiddle,Vocals
Wilene Forrester   Accordion
Jack Thompson   Bass
Lester Flatt   Guitar,Vocals
Clyde Moody   Guitar,Vocals,Mandolin
Charlie Monroe   Guitar,Vocals
Robert Chubby Wise   Fiddle
Rudy Lyle   Banjo
Howard Watts   Bass
David Akeman   Banjo

Technical Credits

Teddy Wilburn   Composer
Traditional   Composer
Bill Carlisle   Composer
Bob Wills   Composer
Bill Monroe   Composer
Clayton McMichen   Composer
Cliff Carlisle   Composer
Doyle Wilburn   Composer
Ervin T. Rouse   Composer
Johnnie Wright   Composer
Slim Bryant   Composer
Merle Travis   Composer
Pee Wee King   Composer
Lester Flatt   Composer
Jimmie Rodgers   Composer
Mel Foree   Composer
A.P. Carter   Composer
George Vaughn   Composer
Jimmie Davis   Composer
Clyde Moody   Composer
Ellsworth T. Cozzens   Composer
Charlie Monroe   Composer
Salty Holmes   Composer
William Lee Golden   Composer
Byron Gregory   Composer
Drew Kent   Liner Notes
Lane   Arranger
J.L. Frank   Composer
Howard Watts   Composer