The Best of the Carter Family

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Tracklist

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1Keep on the Sunny Side
autoharp:
Sara Carter (on 1928-05-09)
guitar:
Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1928-05-09)
vocals:
A.P. Carter (on 1928-05-09), Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1928-05-09) and Sara Carter (on 1928-05-09)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Victor Records
recorded at:
Victor Studios in Camden, New Jersey, United States (on 1928-05-09)
recording of:
Keep on the Sunny Side (on 1928-05-09)
lyricist:
Ada Blenkhorn and A.P. Carter
composer:
A.P. Carter and J. Howard Entwisle
2:51
2Wildwood Flower
guitar:
Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1928-05-10)
vocals:
Sara Carter (on 1928-05-10)
recorded at:
Victor Studios in Camden, New Jersey, United States (on 1928-05-10)
part of:
Rolling Stone: The 200 Greatest Country Songs of All Time (number: 32)
recording of:
Wildwood Flower (Carter family version) (on 1928-05-10)
lyricist and composer:
A.P. Carter
publisher:
APRS and Peer International Corporation
version of:
I'll Twine 'mid the Ringlets (parlour song, source for Wildwood Flower)
3:09
3Bury Me Under the Weeping Willow
producer:
Ralph Peer (on 1927-08-01)
autoharp:
Sara Carter (on 1927-08-01)
guitar:
Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1927-08-01)
vocals:
A.P. Carter (on 1927-08-01), Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1927-08-01) and Sara Carter (on 1927-08-01)
recorded at:
Bristol Sessions Recordings in United States (on 1927-08-01)
recording of:
Bury Me Under the Weeping Willow (on 1927-08-01)
lyricist and composer:
A.P. Carter
writer:
[traditional]
publisher:
Peer International Corporation
version of:
Bury Me Beneath the Willow (original traditional version)
2:53
4Anchored in Love
autoharp:
Sara Carter (on 1928-05-09)
guitar:
Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1928-05-09)
vocals:
A.P. Carter (on 1928-05-09) and Sara Carter (on 1928-05-09)
recorded at:
Victor Studios in Camden, New Jersey, United States (on 1928-05-09)
recording of:
Anchored in Love (on 1928-05-09)
lyricist and composer:
A.P. Carter
2:45
5Worried Man Blues
producer:
Ralph Peer (on 1930-05-24)
autoharp:
Sara Carter (on 1930-05-24)
guitar:
Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1930-05-24)
vocals:
A.P. Carter (on 1930-05-24), Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1930-05-24) and Sara Carter (on 1930-05-24)
recorded at:
Municipal Auditorium in Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1930-05-24)
recording of:
Worried Man Blues (on 1930-05-24)
writer:
[traditional]
arranger:
A.P. Carter
publisher:
APRS and Peer International Corporation
arrangement of:
Worried Man Blues
2:45
6John Hardy Was a Desperate Little Man
recorded in:
Camden, New Jersey, United States (on 1928-05-10)
guitar:
Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1928-05-10)
vocals:
Sara Carter (on 1928-05-10)
recorded at:
Victor Studios in Camden, New Jersey, United States (on 1928-05-10)
recording of:
John Hardy (traditional) (on 1928-05-10)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional]
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 3262)
2:55
7I'm Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes
autoharp:
Sara Carter (on 1929-02-14)
guitar:
Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1929-02-14)
vocals:
A.P. Carter (on 1929-02-14) and Sara Carter (on 1929-02-14)
recorded at:
Victor Studios in Camden, New Jersey, United States (on 1929-02-14)
recording of:
I’m Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes (on 1929-02-14)
lyricist and composer:
A.P. Carter
publisher:
APRS
3:02
8My Clinch Mountain Home
recorded in:
Camden, New Jersey, United States (on 1929-02-14)
guitar:
Sara Carter (on 1929-02-14)
steel guitar:
Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1929-02-14)
vocals:
A.P. Carter (on 1929-02-14) and Sara Carter (on 1929-02-14)
recorded at:
Victor Studios in Camden, New Jersey, United States (on 1929-02-14)
recording of:
My Clinch Mountain Home (on 1929-02-14)
lyricist and composer:
A.P. Carter
publisher:
APRS
3:17
9The Foggy Mountain Top
guitar:
Sara Carter (on 1929-02-15)
steel guitar:
Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1929-02-15)
vocals:
A.P. Carter (on 1929-02-15) and Sara Carter (on 1929-02-15)
recorded at:
Victor Studios in Camden, New Jersey, United States (on 1929-02-15)
recording of:
Foggy Mountain Top (on 1929-02-15)
lyricist and composer:
A.P. Carter
3:05
10Little Darling Pal of Mine
autoharp:
Sara Carter (on 1928-05-09)
steel guitar:
Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1928-05-09)
vocals:
A.P. Carter (on 1928-05-09) and Sara Carter (on 1928-05-09)
recorded at:
Victor Studios in Camden, New Jersey, United States (on 1928-05-09)
recording of:
Little Darling Pal of Mine (on 1928-05-09)
writer:
A.P. Carter
3:14
11Sailor Boy
autoharp:
Sara Carter (on 1934-12-11)
guitar:
Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1934-12-11)
vocals:
Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1934-12-11) and Sara Carter (on 1934-12-11)
3:11
12When I'm Gone
autoharp:
Sara Carter (on 1931-05-25)
guitar:
Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1931-05-25)
vocals:
A.P. Carter (on 1931-05-25), Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1931-05-25) and Sara Carter (on 1931-05-25)
recording of:
When I'm Gone (on 1931-05-25)
writer:
A.P. Carter and Luisa Gerstein
publisher:
APRS
3:02
13Single Girl, Married Girl
recorded in:
Bristol, Tennessee, United States (on 1927-08-02)
producer:
Ralph Peer (on 1927-08-02)
autoharp:
Sara Carter (on 1927-08-02)
guitar:
Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1927-08-02)
vocals:
Sara Carter (on 1927-08-02)
recorded at:
Bristol Sessions Recordings in United States (on 1927-08-02)
recording of:
Single Girl, Married Girl (on 1927-08-02)
lyricist and composer:
A.P. Carter
publisher:
APRS and Peer International Corporation
2:44
14Rambling Boy
guitar:
Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1941-10-14) and Sara Carter (on 1941-10-14)
vocals:
A.P. Carter (on 1941-10-14), Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1941-10-14) and Sara Carter (on 1941-10-14)
recorded at:
Victor Studio #2 in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1941-10-14)
2:54
15The Mountains of Tennessee
guitar:
Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1934-12-11) and Sara Carter (on 1934-12-11)
vocals:
A.P. Carter (on 1934-12-11), Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1934-12-11) and Sara Carter (on 1934-12-11)
2:47
16My Old Cottage Home
guitar:
Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1931-05-25) and Sara Carter (on 1931-05-25)
vocals:
A.P. Carter (on 1931-05-25) and Sara Carter (on 1931-05-25)
recording of:
My Old Cottage Home (on 1931-05-25)
writer:
A.P. Carter
2:55
17The Wandering Boy
producer:
Ralph Peer (on 1927-08-02)
autoharp:
Sara Carter (on 1927-08-02)
guitar:
Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1927-08-02)
vocals:
Sara Carter (on 1927-08-02)
recorded at:
Bristol Sessions Recordings in United States (on 1927-08-02)
recording of:
The Wandering Boy (on 1927-08-02)
composer:
R. S. Hanna
arranger:
A.P. Carter
publisher:
Peer International Corporation
3:20
18In the Valley of the Shenandoah
autoharp:
Sara Carter (on 1941-10-14)
guitar:
Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1941-10-14)
vocals:
A.P. Carter (on 1941-10-14), Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1941-10-14) and Sara Carter (on 1941-10-14)
recorded at:
Victor Studio #2 in Manhattan, New York, New York, United States (on 1941-10-14)
2:44
19The Storms Are on the Ocean
producer:
Ralph Sylvester Peer (on 1927-08-01)
autoharp:
Sara Carter (on 1927-08-01)
guitar:
Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1927-08-01)
vocals:
A.P. Carter (on 1927-08-01), Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1927-08-01) and Sara Carter (on 1927-08-01)
remasters:
Storms Are on the Ocean by Element of Crime
recording of:
Storms Are on the Ocean (on 1927-08-01)
lyricist and composer:
A.P. Carter
publisher:
Peer International Corporation
2:48
20Meet Me by the Moonlight Alone
autoharp:
Sara Carter (on 1928-05-09)
steel guitar:
Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1928-05-09)
vocals:
A.P. Carter (on 1928-05-09) and Sara Carter (on 1928-05-09)
recorded at:
Victor Studios in Camden, New Jersey, United States (on 1928-05-09)
recording of:
Meet Me by the Moonlight Alone (on 1928-05-09)
writer:
A.P. Carter
3:15
21The Dying Soldier
autoharp:
Sara Carter (on 1930-05-24)
steel guitar:
Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1930-05-24)
vocals:
A.P. Carter (on 1930-05-24) and Sara Carter (on 1930-05-24)
recording of:
The Dying Soldier (on 1930-05-24)
writer:
A.P. Carter
3:03
22Lonesome Valley
autoharp:
Sara Carter (on 1930-11-24)
guitar:
Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1930-11-24)
vocals:
A.P. Carter (on 1930-11-24), Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1930-11-24) and Sara Carter (on 1930-11-24)
recording of:
Lonesome Valley (folk song) (on 1930-11-24)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional]
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 7098)
2:40
23Chewing Gum
autoharp:
Sara Carter (on 1928-05-10)
guitar:
Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1928-05-10)
vocals:
Sara Carter (on 1928-05-10)
recorded at:
Victor Studios in Camden, New Jersey, United States (on 1928-05-10)
recording of:
Chewing Gum (on 1928-05-10)
3:04
24Jimmie Rodgers Visits the Carter Family: My Clinch Mountain Home / Little Darling Pal of Mine / There'll Be a Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight
guitar:
Sara Carter (on 1931-06-12)
mandolin:
Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1931-06-12)
spoken vocals:
A.P. Carter (on 1931-06-12), Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1931-06-12), Sara Carter (on 1931-06-12) and Jimmie Rodgers (on 1931-06-12)
vocals:
A.P. Carter (on 1931-06-12), Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1931-06-12), Sara Carter (on 1931-06-12) and Jimmie Rodgers (on 1931-06-12)
partial recording of:
A Hot Time in the Old Town Tonight (on 1931-06-12)
lyricist:
Joe Hayden (in 1896)
composer:
Theodore August Metz (in 1896)
partial recording of:
Little Darling Pal of Mine (on 1931-06-12)
writer:
A.P. Carter
partial recording of:
My Clinch Mountain Home (on 1931-06-12)
lyricist and composer:
A.P. Carter
publisher:
APRS
3:22

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