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Flatt & Scruggs
Complete Mercury Sessions
Genres: Country, Folk, Pop

Track Listings (28) - Disc #1
1. Pike County Breakdown - Flatt & Scruggs, Jones, Ralph [Mando
2. Doin' My Time - Flatt & Scruggs, Skinner, Jimmy
3. My Little Girl in Tennessee - Flatt & Scruggs, Flatt, Lester
4. Down the Road - Flatt & Scruggs, Flatt, Lester
5. Salty Dog Blues - Flatt & Scruggs, Morris, Wiley
6. Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms - Flatt & Scruggs, Monroe, Charlie
7. My Cabin in Caroline - Flatt & Scruggs, Flatt, Lester
8. Foggy Mountain Breakdown - Flatt & Scruggs, Scruggs, Earl
9. I'll Just Pretend - Flatt & Scruggs, Martin, Jessie Mae
10. Pain in My Heart - Flatt & Scruggs, Osborne, Bobby
11. Is It Too Late Now? - Flatt & Scruggs, Flatt, Lester
12. Why Don't You Tell Me So - Flatt & Scruggs, Flatt, Lester
13. Cora Is Gone - Flatt & Scruggs, McLeod, Odell
14. I'll Never Love Another - Flatt & Scruggs, Flatt, Lester
15. Baby Blue Eyes - Flatt & Scruggs, Eanes, Jim
16. I'll Never Shed Another Tear - Flatt & Scruggs, Flatt, Lester
17. We'll Meet Again Sweetheart - Flatt & Scruggs, Flatt, Lester
18. Farewell Blues - Flatt & Scruggs, Mares, Paul
19. Will the Roses Bloom (Where She Lies Sleeping) - Flatt & Scruggs, Bevins Brothers
20. Back to the Cross - Flatt & Scruggs, Martin, Jessie Mae
21. Take Me in a Lifeboat - Flatt & Scruggs, Southern, Frank
22. I'm Going to Make Heaven My Home - Flatt & Scruggs, Flatt, Lester
23. Bouquet in Heaven - Flatt & Scruggs, Flatt, Lester
24. No Mother or Dad - Flatt & Scruggs, Flatt, Lester
25. I'll Be Going to Heaven Sometime - Flatt & Scruggs, Watts, Howard
26. So Happy I'll Be - Flatt & Scruggs, Flatt, Lester
27. God Loves His Children - Flatt & Scruggs, Flatt, Lester
28. Preachin', Prayin', Singin' - Flatt & Scruggs, McCarty, E.C.

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CD Details

All Artists: Flatt & Scruggs
Title: Complete Mercury Sessions
Members Wishing: 0
Total Copies: 1
Label: Polygram Records
Release Date: 1/25/1994
Genres: Country, Folk, Pop
Styles: Bluegrass, Classic Country, Contemporary Folk
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
Other Editions: The Complete Mercury Sessions
UPCs: 731451264429, 031451264444

Synopsis

Amazon.com essential recording

Fresh off their pioneering stint with Bill Monroe, guitarist-vocalist Lester Flatt and banjo master Earl Scruggs waxed these 28 seminal cuts for Mercury between 1948 and 1950. The duo and their Foggy Mountain Boys attack the music with an urgency that even Monroe's Blue Grass Boys were hard-pressed to equal. Scruggs's three-fingered banjo technique is as important to bluegrass as any other innovation, possessing a rolling quality that keeps the songs moving. "Foggy Mountain Breakdown" and "Farewell Blues" are banjo tour de forces that will never be matched. Original gospel numbers find Scruggs applying his fingerpicking technique to guitar, à la Merle Travis, and feature sharp group harmonies. Most of the original secular songs have become bluegrass standards, even though the pair refused to call their refined mountain music bluegrass. --Marc Greilsamer

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CD Reviews

Probably the best bluegrass collection on one volume

07/07/1999

(5 out of 5 stars)

"For anyone seeking an intro to bluegrass music this is an essential primer. The work of Scruggs in particular is regarded by the banjo people today as the model of excellence. all of the cuts are first rate. What a bargain!"

Your feet will be tapping from the start

rjgrib | 04/11/2000

(5 out of 5 stars)

"It's a shame most people can only associate Flatt & Scruggs with the "Beverly Hillbillies" theme song. The rich flavor of their music is a joy to hear. Scruggs banjo is the best there ever was and the strings must have been smokin' after he played "Foggy Mountain Breakdown". This is simple honest and pure music that our American ancestors danced to at the Saturday night barn dance. The singing and harmonies are also top notch with the unmistakable bluegrass heritage. This song packed CD will get alot of playing time on your music box, and you'll wear out a few pair of shoes dancin' to it!"

Sheer talent, beautiful tunes, and interesting lyrics ...

hamid mazuji | staunton, va usa | 01/16/2001

(5 out of 5 stars)

"... this CD is a work of art.Ladies and Gentlemen, I've heard music from all around the world; I've heard it all. This is one of my favorite CDs. I love the lyrics. I love the melody. These boys can pick, and they pick well. If I could have met them all, I would have given them a hug for all the hours of joy they've given me. Seriously, along with Bill Monroe and the Blue Grass Boys, and the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, Lester Flatt, Earl Scruggs, and the Foggy Mountain Boys will be one of the best purchases you could ever make."

Definitive, Prototype Bluegrass

LtCol Richard L. Jones (USAF-Retire | Warner Robins, GA USA | 08/24/2002

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Flatt & Scruggs were the first group to apply tight arrangments, precision, and polish to the genre. This CD contains the start of that process and is a must have for bluegrass fans. I personnally like the "gospel" numbers where Earl Scruggs plays guitar with his three finger style and the group sings gospel 4 part harmony. In the early 60's they had a black and white 30 minute TV show which played on our local station Sunday night. They ended each show with what Lester Flatt would call "our Sacred number", where they would remove their white cowboy hats and Earl would pick up the Guitar. The cuts on this CD remind me so much of those shows, which I would pay a huge price for if anyone would put them out on DVD. If you want to hear the beginnings of what would become the greatest bluegrass band ever, get this CD."

Seminal bluegrass recordings

Bradley Olson | Bemidji, MN United States | 07/28/2002

(5 out of 5 stars)

"Lester Flatt & Earl Scruggs are two of bluegrass's pioneers and these 28 tracks from their Mercury years are essential listening along with a compilation of their Columbia years such as 16 Biggest Hits or the 2 CD "Tis Sweet Til You Remembered" set or if you are an LP collector, look for either a Time Life vinyl boxed set on Flatt & Scruggs or 20 All-Time Greatest Recordings on Columbia or both (the latter is still in print on cassette though). Although this collection is now out of print and replaced with the less than generous Millennium Collection, this is still an essential CD from these alumni of Bill Monroe's Bluegrass Boys. Of course, the original version of Foggy Mountain Breakdown is here but all 28 songs are classics. They would later re-record Foggy Mountain Breakdown for Columbia and that re-recording although excellent, will not replace the Mercury original from 1949 which is the definitive recording of the song although when the movie Bonnie & Clyde came out, both the original and the Columbia remake did chart. Columbia House still carries it brand new for members to buy as of this writing so members should snatch it up while they can."