Blue Grass 1959-1969

~ Release by Bill Monroe (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Annotation

Packaging: 4 CDs in individual jewel cases, packaged in LP sized box with booklet

Tracklist

1▼CD: Volume 1
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1When the Phone Rang
producer:
Owen Bradley
banjo:
Robert Lee Pennington (on 1959-01-30)
double bass:
Bessie Lee Mauldin (on 1959-01-30)
fiddle:
Bobby Hicks (on 1959-01-30) and Charles Smith (on 1959-01-30)
guitar:
Jack Cooke (on 1959-01-30)
mandolin and lead vocals:
Bill Monroe (on 1959-01-30)
recorded at:
Bradley Recording Studios in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1959-01-30)
recording of:
When the Phone Rang (on 1959-01-30)
composer:
Joe Hudgins
3:09
2Tomorrow I'll Be Gone
producer:
Owen Bradley
banjo:
Robert Lee Pennington (on 1959-01-30)
double bass:
Bessie Lee Mauldin (on 1959-01-30)
fiddle:
Bobby Hicks (on 1959-01-30) and Charles Smith (on 1959-01-30)
guitar:
Jack Cooke (on 1959-01-30)
mandolin and lead vocals:
Bill Monroe (on 1959-01-30)
recorded at:
Bradley Recording Studios in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1959-01-30)
recording of:
I'll Be Gone (on 1959-01-30)
lyricist and composer:
Wilma Lee Cooper
1:57
3Dark as the Night
producer:
Owen Bradley
banjo:
Robert Lee Pennington (on 1959-01-30)
double bass:
Bessie Lee Mauldin (on 1959-01-30)
fiddle:
Bobby Hicks (on 1959-01-30) and Charles Smith (on 1959-01-30)
guitar:
Jack Cooke (on 1959-01-30)
mandolin and lead vocals:
Bill Monroe (on 1959-01-30)
recorded at:
Bradley Recording Studios in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1959-01-30)
recording of:
Dark as the Night, Blue as the Day (on 1959-01-30)
lyricist and composer:
Bill Monroe
publisher:
Songs of Universal, Inc.
2:30
4Stoney Lonesome
producer:
Owen Bradley
banjo:
Robert Lee Pennington (on 1959-01-30)
double bass:
Bessie Lee Mauldin (on 1959-01-30)
fiddle:
Bobby Hicks (on 1959-01-30) and Charles Smith (on 1959-01-30)
guitar:
Jack Cooke (on 1959-01-30)
mandolin:
Bill Monroe (on 1959-01-30)
recorded at:
Bradley Recording Studios in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1959-01-30)
recording of:
Stoney Lonesome (on 1959-01-30)
composer:
Bill Monroe
2:10
5Lonesome Wind Blues
producer:
Owen Bradley
banjo:
Joe Drumright (on 1959-11-25)
double bass:
Bessie Lee Mauldin (on 1959-11-25)
fiddle:
Benny Martin (on 1959-11-25) and Dale Potter (on 1959-11-25)
guitar:
Jack Cooke (on 1959-11-25)
mandolin and lead vocals:
Bill Monroe (on 1959-11-25)
recorded at:
Bradley Recording Studios in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1959-11-25)
recording of:
Lonesome Wind Blues (on 1959-11-25)
lyricist and composer:
Wayne Raney
publisher:
Knox Music, Inc.
2:10
6Thinking About You
producer:
Owen Bradley
banjo:
Joe Drumright (on 1959-11-25)
double bass:
Bessie Lee Mauldin (on 1959-11-25)
fiddle:
Dale Potter (on 1959-11-25)
guitar:
Jack Cooke (on 1959-11-25)
mandolin and lead vocals:
Bill Monroe (on 1959-11-25)
recorded at:
Bradley Recording Studios in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1959-11-25)
recording of:
Thinking About You (on 1959-11-25)
writer:
Lee Fikes and Bill Monroe
2:56
7Come Go With Me
producer:
Owen Bradley
banjo:
Joe Drumright (on 1959-11-25)
double bass:
Bessie Lee Mauldin (on 1959-11-25)
fiddle:
Dale Potter (on 1959-11-25)
guitar:
Jack Cooke (on 1959-11-25)
mandolin and lead vocals:
Bill Monroe (on 1959-11-25)
recorded at:
Bradley Recording Studios in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1959-11-25)
recording of:
Come Go With Me (on 1959-11-25)
lyricist and composer:
Marty Robbins
2:47
8Sold Down the River
producer:
Owen Bradley
banjo:
Curtis McPeake (on 1960-11-30)
double bass:
Bessie Lee Mauldin (on 1960-11-30)
fiddle:
Dale Potter (on 1960-11-30)
guitar:
Carl Butler (on 1960-11-30)
mandolin and lead vocals:
Bill Monroe (on 1960-11-30)
recorded at:
Bradley Recording Studios in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1960-11-30)
recording of:
Sold Down the River (on 1960-11-30)
composer:
Vaughn Horton
cover recording of:
Sold Down the River
composer:
Vaughn Horton
2:29
9Linda Lou
producer:
Owen Bradley
banjo:
Curtis McPeake (on 1960-11-30)
double bass:
Bessie Lee Mauldin (on 1960-11-30)
fiddle:
Dale Potter (on 1960-11-30)
guitar:
Carl Butler (on 1960-11-30)
mandolin and lead vocals:
Bill Monroe (on 1960-11-30)
recorded at:
Bradley Recording Studios in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1960-11-30)
recording of:
Linda Lou (on 1960-11-30)
lyricist and composer:
Carl Butler
2:10
10You Live in a World All Your Own
producer:
Owen Bradley
banjo:
Curtis McPeake (on 1960-11-30)
double bass:
Bessie Lee Mauldin (on 1960-11-30)
fiddle:
Dale Potter (on 1960-11-30)
guitar:
Carl Butler (on 1960-11-30)
mandolin and lead vocals:
Bill Monroe (on 1960-11-30)
recorded at:
Bradley Recording Studios in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1960-11-30)
recording of:
You Live in a World All Your Own (on 1960-11-30)
lyricist and composer:
Bill Monroe
2:23
11Little Joe
producer:
Owen Bradley
banjo:
Curtis McPeake (on 1960-11-30)
double bass:
Bessie Lee Mauldin (on 1960-11-30)
fiddle:
Dale Potter (on 1960-11-30)
guitar:
Carl Butler (on 1960-11-30)
mandolin and lead vocals:
Bill Monroe (on 1960-11-30)
recorded at:
Bradley Recording Studios in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1960-11-30)
recording of:
Little Joe (Bill Monroe version) (on 1960-11-30)
composer:
Bill Monroe
publisher:
Songs of Universal, Inc.
version of:
Little Joe
2:58
12Put My Rubber Doll Away
producer:
Owen Bradley
banjo:
Curtis McPeake (on 1960-12-01)
double bass:
Bessie Lee Mauldin (on 1960-12-01)
fiddle:
Dale Potter (on 1960-12-01)
guitar:
Carl Butler (on 1960-12-01)
mandolin and lead vocals:
Bill Monroe (on 1960-12-01)
recorded at:
Bradley Recording Studios in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1960-12-01)
recording of:
Put My Rubber Doll Away (on 1960-12-01)
composer:
Roy Acuff and George Edgins
cover recording of:
Put My Rubber Doll Away
composer:
Roy Acuff and George Edgins
3:02
13Seven Year Blues
producer:
Owen Bradley
banjo:
Curtis McPeake (on 1960-12-01)
double bass:
Bessie Lee Mauldin (on 1960-12-01)
fiddle:
Dale Potter (on 1960-12-01)
guitar:
Carl Butler (on 1960-12-01)
mandolin and lead vocals:
Bill Monroe (on 1960-12-01)
recorded at:
Bradley Recording Studios in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1960-12-01)
recording of:
Seven Year Blues (on 1960-12-01)
composer:
Eddie Hill, Charlie Louvin and Ira Louvin
cover recording of:
Seven Year Blues
composer:
Eddie Hill, Charlie Louvin and Ira Louvin
3:06
14Time Changes Everything
producer:
Owen Bradley
banjo:
Curtis McPeake (on 1960-12-01)
double bass:
Bessie Lee Mauldin (on 1960-12-01)
fiddle:
Dale Potter (on 1960-12-01)
guitar:
Carl Butler (on 1960-12-01)
mandolin and lead vocals:
Bill Monroe (on 1960-12-01)
recorded at:
Bradley Recording Studios in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1960-12-01)
recording of:
Time Changes Everything (on 1960-12-01)
lyricist and composer:
Tommy Duncan
2:15
15Lonesome Road Blues
producer:
Owen Bradley
banjo:
Curtis McPeake (on 1960-12-01)
double bass:
Bessie Lee Mauldin (on 1960-12-01)
fiddle:
Dale Potter (on 1960-12-01)
guitar:
Carl Butler (on 1960-12-01)
mandolin and lead vocals:
Bill Monroe (on 1960-12-01)
recorded at:
Bradley Recording Studios in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1960-12-01)
recording of:
Lonesome Road Blues (on 1960-12-01)
composer:
Bill Monroe
publisher:
Songs of Universal, Inc.
is based on:
Chilly Winds (a.k.a. Lonesome Road Blues - catch-all work)
version of:
Der Mann mit dem Block (The Man Comes Around)
2:29
16Big River
producer:
Owen Bradley
banjo:
Curtis McPeake (on 1960-12-03)
double bass:
Tony Ellis (on 1960-12-03)
fiddle:
Dale Potter (on 1960-12-03)
guitar:
Carl Butler (on 1960-12-03)
mandolin and lead vocals:
Bill Monroe (on 1960-12-03)
recorded at:
Bradley Recording Studios in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1960-12-03)
recording of:
Big River (on 1960-12-03)
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash
publisher:
Hi Lo Music Inc., House of Cash, Inc. and Knox Music, Inc.
cover recording of:
Big River
lyricist and composer:
Johnny Cash
publisher:
Hi Lo Music Inc., House of Cash, Inc. and Knox Music, Inc.
2:12
17Flowers of Love
producer:
Owen Bradley
banjo:
Curtis McPeake (on 1960-12-03)
double bass:
Tony Ellis (on 1960-12-03)
fiddle:
Dale Potter (on 1960-12-03)
guitar:
Carl Butler (on 1960-12-03)
mandolin and lead vocals:
Bill Monroe (on 1960-12-03)
recorded at:
Bradley Recording Studios in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1960-12-03)
recording of:
Flowers of Love (on 1960-12-03)
composer:
Ellen Martin and Bill Monroe
3:04
18It's Mighty Dark to Travel
producer:
Owen Bradley
banjo:
Curtis McPeake (on 1960-12-03)
double bass:
Tony Ellis (on 1960-12-03)
fiddle:
Dale Potter (on 1960-12-03)
guitar:
Carl Butler (on 1960-12-03)
mandolin and lead vocals:
Bill Monroe (on 1960-12-03)
recorded at:
Bradley Recording Studios in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1960-12-03)
recording of:
It's Mighty Dark to Travel (on 1960-12-03)
composer:
Bill Monroe
publisher:
Unichappell Music, Inc.
2:03
19Bluegrass, Part 1 (Bluegrass Twist)
producer:
Owen Bradley
banjo:
Curtis McPeake (on 1960-12-03)
double bass:
Tony Ellis (on 1960-12-03)
fiddle:
Dale Potter (on 1960-12-03)
guitar:
Carl Butler (on 1960-12-03)
mandolin:
Bill Monroe (on 1960-12-03)
recorded at:
Bradley Recording Studios in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1960-12-03)
recording of:
Blue Grass, Part One (on 1960-12-03)
composer:
Bill Monroe
2:46
20Little Maggie
producer:
Owen Bradley
banjo:
Curtis McPeake (on 1961-11-09)
double bass:
Bessie Lee Mauldin (on 1961-11-09)
fiddle:
Vassar Clements (on 1961-11-09) and Buddy Spicher (on 1961-11-09)
guitar:
Jimmy Maynard (on 1961-11-09)
mandolin and lead vocals:
Bill Monroe (on 1961-11-09)
recorded at:
Bradley Recording Studios in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1961-11-09)
recording of:
Little Maggie (Bill Monroe version) (on 1961-11-09)
composer:
Bill Monroe
publisher:
Songs of Universal, Inc.
is based on:
Little Maggie (catch-all for arrangements)
2:34
21I'm Going Back to Old Kentucky
producer:
Owen Bradley
banjo:
Curtis McPeake (on 1961-11-09)
double bass:
Bessie Lee Mauldin (on 1961-11-09)
fiddle:
Vassar Clements (on 1961-11-09) and Buddy Spicher (on 1961-11-09)
guitar:
Jimmy Maynard (on 1961-11-09)
mandolin and lead vocals:
Bill Monroe (on 1961-11-09)
recorded at:
Bradley Recording Studios in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1961-11-09)
recording of:
I'm Going Back to Old Kentucky (on 1961-11-09)
composer:
Bill Monroe
publisher:
Unichappell Music, Inc.
2:24
22Toy Heart
producer:
Owen Bradley
banjo:
Curtis McPeake (on 1961-11-09)
double bass:
Bessie Lee Mauldin (on 1961-11-09)
fiddle:
Vassar Clements (on 1961-11-09) and Buddy Spicher (on 1961-11-09)
guitar:
Jimmy Maynard (on 1961-11-09)
mandolin and tenor vocals:
Bill Monroe (on 1961-11-09)
lead vocals:
Jimmy Maynard (on 1961-11-09) and Bill Monroe (on 1961-11-09)
recorded at:
Bradley Recording Studios in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1961-11-09)
recording of:
Toy Heart (on 1961-11-09)
composer:
Bill Monroe
2:15
23Shady Grove
producer:
Owen Bradley
banjo:
Curtis McPeake (on 1961-11-10)
double bass:
Bessie Lee Mauldin (on 1961-11-10)
fiddle and baritone vocals:
Benny Williams (on 1961-11-10)
guitar:
Jimmy Maynard (on 1961-11-10)
mandolin and tenor vocals:
Bill Monroe (on 1961-11-10)
lead vocals:
Jimmy Maynard (on 1961-11-10) and Bill Monroe (on 1961-11-10)
recorded at:
Bradley Recording Studios in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1961-11-10)
recording of:
Shady Grove (on 1961-11-10)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional]
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 4456)
1:43
24Nine Pound Hammer
producer:
Owen Bradley
banjo:
Curtis McPeake (on 1961-11-10)
double bass:
Bessie Lee Mauldin (on 1961-11-10)
fiddle:
Benny Williams (on 1961-11-10)
guitar:
Jimmy Maynard (on 1961-11-10)
mandolin and lead vocals:
Bill Monroe (on 1961-11-10)
recorded at:
Bradley Recording Studios in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1961-11-10)
recording of:
Nine Pound Hammer (on 1961-11-10)
writer:
[traditional]
publisher:
Elvis Presley Music and Hill and Range Songs, Inc.
2:18
25Live and Let Live
producer:
Owen Bradley
banjo:
Curtis McPeake (on 1961-11-10)
double bass:
Bessie Lee Mauldin (on 1961-11-10)
fiddle:
Benny Williams (on 1961-11-10)
guitar:
Jimmy Maynard (on 1961-11-10)
mandolin and tenor vocals:
Bill Monroe (on 1961-11-10)
lead vocals:
Jimmy Maynard (on 1961-11-10) and Bill Monroe (on 1961-11-10)
recorded at:
Bradley Recording Studios in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1961-11-10)
recording of:
Live and Let Live (on 1961-11-10)
lyricist and composer:
Gene Sullivan and Wiley Walker
publisher:
Peer International (on 1941-12-16)
2:40
26Danny Boy
producer:
Owen Bradley
banjo:
Tony Ellis (on 1961-11-30)
double bass:
Bessie Lee Mauldin (on 1961-11-30)
fiddle:
Bobby Joe Lester (on 1961-11-30) and Buddy Spicher (on 1961-11-30)
guitar:
Benny Williams (on 1961-11-30)
mandolin and lead vocals:
Bill Monroe (on 1961-11-30)
recorded at:
Bradley Recording Studios in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1961-11-30)
recording of:
Danny Boy (on 1961-11-30)
publisher:
Alfred Music
lyricist:
Frederick Edward Weatherly (from 1910 until 1913)
composer:
[traditional]
publisher:
Boosey & Hawkes and Boosey & Hawkes, Inc.
sub-publisher:
Public Music AB
is based on:
Londonderry Air
cover recording of:
Danny Boy
publisher:
Alfred Music
lyricist:
Frederick Edward Weatherly (from 1910 until 1913)
composer:
[traditional]
publisher:
Boosey & Hawkes and Boosey & Hawkes, Inc.
sub-publisher:
Public Music AB
is based on:
Londonderry Air
2:36
27Cotton Fields
producer:
Owen Bradley
banjo and baritone vocals:
Tony Ellis (on 1961-11-30)
double bass:
Bessie Lee Mauldin (on 1961-11-30)
fiddle:
Bobby Joe Lester (on 1961-11-30) and Buddy Spicher (on 1961-11-30)
guitar:
Benny Williams (on 1961-11-30)
mandolin and tenor vocals:
Bill Monroe (on 1961-11-30)
lead vocals:
Bobby Joe Lester (on 1961-11-30) and Bill Monroe (on 1961-11-30)
recorded at:
Bradley Recording Studios in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1961-11-30)
recording of:
Cotton Fields (on 1961-11-30)
lyricist and composer:
Huddie William Ledbetter
2:31
28Journey's End
producer:
Owen Bradley
banjo:
Tony Ellis (on 1961-11-30)
double bass:
Bessie Lee Mauldin (on 1961-11-30)
fiddle:
Bobby Joe Lester (on 1961-11-30) and Buddy Spicher (on 1961-11-30)
guitar:
Benny Williams (on 1961-11-30)
mandolin and lead vocals:
Bill Monroe (on 1961-11-30)
recorded at:
Bradley Recording Studios in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1961-11-30)
recording of:
Journey's End (on 1961-11-30)
writer:
Virgil F. Stewart and Ernest Tubb
2:51
29John Hardy
producer:
Owen Bradley
banjo:
Tony Ellis (on 1961-12-04)
double bass:
Bessie Lee Mauldin (on 1961-12-04)
fiddle:
Bobby Joe Lester (on 1961-12-04)
guitar:
Jimmy Maynard (on 1961-12-04)
mandolin:
Bill Monroe (on 1961-12-04)
recorded at:
Bradley Recording Studios in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1961-12-04)
recording of:
John Hardy (traditional) (on 1961-12-04)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional]
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 3262)
2:42
30Bugle Call Rag
producer:
Owen Bradley
banjo:
Tony Ellis (on 1961-12-04)
double bass:
Bessie Lee Mauldin (on 1961-12-04)
fiddle:
Bobby Joe Lester (on 1961-12-04)
guitar:
Jimmy Maynard (on 1961-12-04)
mandolin:
Bill Monroe (on 1961-12-04)
recorded at:
Bradley Recording Studios in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1961-12-04)
recording of:
Bugle Call Rag (on 1961-12-04)
composer:
Billy Meyers, Jack Pettis and Elmer Schoebel
cover recording of:
Bugle Call Blues
writer:
Billy Meyers, Jack Pettis and Elmer Schoebel
2:41
31Old Joe Clark
producer:
Owen Bradley
banjo:
Tony Ellis (on 1961-12-04)
double bass:
Bessie Lee Mauldin (on 1961-12-04)
fiddle:
Bobby Joe Lester (on 1961-12-04)
guitar:
Jimmy Maynard (on 1961-12-04)
mandolin:
Bill Monroe (on 1961-12-04)
recorded at:
Bradley Recording Studios in Nashville, Tennessee, United States (on 1961-12-04)
recording of:
Old Joe Clark (on 1961-12-04)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional]
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 3594)
cover recording of:
Old Joe Clark
lyricist and composer:
[traditional]
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 3594)
2:23
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4▶CD: Volume 4

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