Carter Family Carter Family: 1927-34 CD

T's not too much to say that in the late '20s the trio of A.P. Delaney Carter, his wife Sara, and his sister-in-law Maybelle changed the course of country - and popular - music. They did it with haunting harmonies, fine guitar playing and a vast repertoire of murder ballads, gospel tunes, love songs, and Appalachian folk melodies which would be covered by musicians for decades. And this wasn't just the often derided 'hillbilly' music; this was something timeless, that defies definition and which still resonates. Our five-CD collection is the most complete collection of their early output - from the initial 1927 Bristol 'Big Bang' sessions to their depression-era recordings. Even today, Sara Carter's voice sounds aching, yet empowered. Whether they're yodelling through The Foggy Mountain Top, singing a feminist anthem like Single Girl, Married Girl, or harmonizing with Maybelle on Worried Man Blues, you can hear the Carters' huge influence on country music. A must-have

1. Bury Me Under the Weeping Willow 2. Little Log Cabin By the Sea 3. The Poor Orphan Child 4. The Storms Are on the Ocean 5. Single Girl, Married Girl 6. The Wandering Boy 7. Meet Me By the Moonlight, Alone 8. Little Darling, Pal of Mine 9. Keep on the Sunny Side 10. Anchored in Love 11. John Hardy Was a Desperate Little Man 12. I Ain't Goin' to Work Tomorrow 13. Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone 14. River of Jordan 15. Chewing Gum 16. Wildwood Flower 17. I Have No-One to Love Me (But the Sailor on the Deep Blue Sea) 18. Forsaken Love 19. Sweet Fern 20. My Clinch Mountain Home 21. God Gave Noah the Rainbow Sign 22. I'm Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes 23. Little Moses 24. Lulu Wall 25. The Grave on the Green Hillside 26. Don't Forget This Song 27. The Foggy Mountain Top 28. Bring Back My Blue-Eyed Boy to Me 29. Diamonds in the Rough 30. Engine One-Forty-Three 31. The Homestead on the Farm 32. The Cyclone of Rye Cove 33. Motherless Children 34. When the Roses Bloom in Dixieland 35. No Telephone in Heaven 36. Western Hobo 37. Carter's Blues 38. Wabash Cannonball 39. A Distant Land to Roam 40. Jimmie Brown the Newsboy 41. Kitty Waltz 42. Fond Affection 43. The Cannonball 44. The Lover's Farewell 45. There's Someone Awaiting for Me 46. The Little Log Hut in the Lane 47. When the Springtime Comes Again 48. When the World's on Fire 49. I Have An Aged Mother 50. Dying Soldier 51. Worried Man Blues 52. Lonesome Valley 53. On the Rock Where Moses Stood 54. Room in Heaven for Me 55. Lonesome Pine Special 56. No More the Moon Shines on Lorena 57. On My Way to Canaan's Land 58. Where Shall I Be? 59. Sow 'Em on the Mountain 60. Darling Nellie Across the Sea 61. The Birds Were Singing of You 62. Weary Prodigal Son 63. My Old Cottage Home 64. When I'm Gone 65. Sunshine in the Mountain 66. Let the Church Roll on 67. Lonesome for You 68. Can't Feel at Home 69. Why There's a Tear in My Eye 70. The Wonderful City 71. Jimmie Rodgers Visits the Carter Family 72. The Carter Family and Jimmie Rodgers in Texas 73. 'Mid the Green Fields of Virginia 74. Happiest Days of All 75. Picture on the Wall 76. Amber Tresses 77. I Never Loved But One 78. Tell Me That You Love Me 79. Where We'll Never Grow Old 80. We Will March Through the Streets of the City 81. Sweet As the Flowers in Maytime 82. Will the Roses Bloom in Heaven 83. My Little Home in Tennessee 84. The Sun of the Soul 85. If One Won't, Another One Will 86. Broken Hearted Love 87. Two Sweethearts 88. The Winding Stream 89. I Wouldn't Mind Dying 90. The Spirit of Love Watches Over Me 91. The Church in the Wildwood 92. Give Me Roses While I Live 93. I Will Never Marry 94. On the Sea of Galilee 95. Home By the Sea 96. I Loved You Better Than You Knew 97. This Is Like Heaven to Me 98. See That My Grave Is Kept Green 99. Over the Garden Wall 100. Gold Watch and Chain 101. Will My Mother Know Me There? 102. On a Hill Lone and Gray 103. Cowboy Jack 104. I'll Be All Smiles Tonight 105. Away Out on the Old Saint Sabbath 106. Happy or Lonesome 107. One Little Word 108. Darling Daisies 109. The East Virginia Blues 110. Lovers Return 111. It'll Aggravate Your Soul 112. Hello Central! Give Me Heaven 113. I'm Working on a Building 114. You've Been Fooling Me, Baby 115. Longing for Old Virginia 116. March Winds Goin' to Blow My Blues All Away 117. There'll Be Joy, Joy, Joy 118. Are You Tired of Me, My Darling 119. My Heart's Tonight in Texas 120. There's No Hiding Place Down Here 121. Cowboy's Wild Song to His Herd 122. The Evening Bells Are Ringing 123. The Mountains of Tennessee 124. I'll Be Home Some Day 125. Faded Coat of Blue 126. Sailor Boy