I Have No One to Love Me (But the Sailor on the Deep Blue Sea) [1928]
Forsaken Love [1928]
Sweet Fern [1929]
My Clinch Mountain Home [1929]
God Gave Noah the Rainbow Sign [1929]
I'm Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes [1929]
Little Moses [1929]
Lulu Walls [1929]
The Grave on the Green Hillside [1929]
Track Listings (26) - Disc #2
Don't Forget This Song [1929]
The Foggy Mountain Top [1929]
Bring Back My Blue Eyed Boy [1929]
Diamonds in the Rough [1929]
Engine 143 [1929]
The Homestead on the Farm [1929]
The Cyclone of Rye Cove [1929]
Motherless Children [1929]
When the Roses Bloom in Dixieland [1930]
No Telephone in Heaven [1930]
Western Hobo [1930]
Carter's Blues [1930]
Wabash Cannonball [1930]
A Distant Land to Roam [1930]
Jimmie Brown, the Newsboy [1930]
Kitty Waltz [1930]
Fond Affection [1930]
The Cannonball [1930]
The Lover's Farewell [1930]
There's Someone Awaiting for Me [1930]
The Little Log Hut in the Lane [1930]
When the Springtime Comes Again [1930]
When the World's on Fire [1930]
I Have an Aged Mother [1930]
The Dying Soldier [1930]
Worried Man Blues [1930]
Track Listings (25) - Disc #3
Lonesome Valley
On the Rock Where Moses Stood
Room in Heaven for Me
Lonesome Pine Special - The Carter Family, Carter, Sara
No More the Moon Shines on Lorena
On My Way to Canaan's Land
Where Shall I Be?
Sow 'Em on the Mountain
Darling Nellie Across the Sea
The Birds Were Singing of You
Weary Prodigal Son
My Old Cottage Home
When I'm Gone
Sunshine in the Shadows
Let the Church Roll On
Lonesome for You
Can't Feel at Home
Why There's a Tear in My Eye
The Wonderful City - The Carter Family, McWilliams, Elsie
Jimmie Rodgers Visits the Carter Family
The Carter Family and Jimmie Rodgers in Texas - The Carter Family, Rodgers, Jimmie [1]
'Mid the Green Fields of Virginia [1932]
Happiest Days of All [1932]
Picture on the Wall [1932] - The Carter Family, Landress, Bud
Amber Tresses [1932]
Track Listings (26) - Disc #4
I Never Loved But One [1932]
Tell Me That You Loved Me [1932]
Where We'll Never Grow Old [1932]
We Will March Through the Streets of the City [1932]
Sweet as the Flowers in May Time [1932]
Will the Roses Bloom in Heaven [1932]
My Little Home in Tennessee [1932]
The Sun of the Soul [1932]
If One Won't Another One Will [1932]
The Broken Hearted Lover [1932]
Two Sweethearts [1932]
The Winding Stream [1932]
I Wouldn't Mind Dying [1932]
The Spirit of Love Watches Over Me [1932]
The Church in the Wildwood [1932]
Give Me Roses While I Live [1933] - The Carter Family, Cornelius, R.H.
I Never Will Marry [1933] - The Carter Family, Traditional
On the Sea of Galilee [1933]
Home by the Sea [1933] - The Carter Family, Traditional
When the Roses Come Again [1933] - The Carter Family, Finch, A.W.
I Loved You Better Than You Knew [1933] - The Carter Family, Carroll, Johnny [1]
This Is Like Heaven to Me [1933] - The Carter Family, French, J.E.
See That My Grave Is Kept Green [1933] - The Carter Family, Williams, Gus
Over the Garden Wall [1933] - The Carter Family, Fox, George [2] D.
Gold Watch and Chain [1933] - The Carter Family, Westendorf, Thomas
School House on the Hill [1968] - The Carter Family, Kieffer, Aldine
Track Listings (26) - Disc #5
Will My Mother Know Me There? [1933] - The Carter Family, Golden, William Lee
Faded Flowers [2000] - The Carter Family, Brown, J.H.
Poor Little Orphaned Boy [1968]
On a Hill Lone and Gray [1934]
Cowboy Jack [1934]
I'll Be All Smiles Tonight [1934]
Away Out on Saint Sabbath [1934]
Darling Little Joe [1968]
Happy or Lonesome [1934] - The Carter Family, Traditional
One Little Word [1934] - The Carter Family, Davis, Gussie
Darling Daisies [1934]
The East Virginia Blues [1934]
Lover's Return [1934]
It'll Aggravate Your Soul [1934]
Hello Central, Give Me Heaven [1934] - The Carter Family, Carter
I'm Working on a Building [1934]
You've Been Fooling Me, Baby [1934]
Longing for Old Virginia [1935]
March Winds Gonna Blow My Blues All Away [1935]
There'll Be Joy, Joy, Joy [1935]
Home in Tennessee [1968]
Are You Tired of Me, My Darling? [1935]
I Cannot Be Your Sweetheart [1968]
My Heart's Tonight in Texas [1935]
There's No Hiding Place Down Here [1935]
Cowboy's Wild Song to His Herd [1935]
Track Listings (26) - Disc #6
The Evening Bells Are Ringing [1935]
The Mountains of Tennessee [1935]
I'll Be Home Someday [1935]
Faded Coat of Blue [1935]
Sailor Boy [1935]
Glory to the Lamb [1935]
Behind Those Stone Walls [1935]
Sinking in the Lonesome Sea [1935]
He Took a White Rose from Her Hair [1935]
Can the Circle Be Unbroken (Bye and Bye) [1935]
Let's Be Lovers Again [1935]
Your Mother Still Prays (For You, Jack) [1935]
Kissing Is a Crime [1935]
Don't Forget Me Little Darling [1935]
Sad and Lonesome Day [1935]
By the Touch of Her Hand [1935]
East Virginia Blues No. 2 [1935]
My Old Virginia Home [1935]
My Virginia Rose Is Blooming [1935]
My Texas Girl [1935]
No Other's Bride I'll Be [1935]
Gathering Flowers from the Hillside [1935]
Gospel Ship [1935] - The Carter Family, Traditional
The Little Black Train [1935]
Keep on the Sunny Side [1935]
River of Jordan [1935]
Track Listings (26) - Disc #7
Lonesome Valley [1935]
God Gave Noah the Rainbow Sign [1935]
Single Girl, Married Girl [1935]
The Fate of Dewey Lee [1935]
Wildwood Flower [1935]
Sea of Galilee [1935]
Don't Forget This Song [1935]
My Clinch Mountain Home [1935]
The Storms Are on the Ocean [1935]
Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone? [1935]
Broken Hearted Lover [1935]
Little Darlin' Pal of Mine [1935]
The Homestead on the Farm [1935]
Cannon Ball Blues [1935]
Meet Me by the Moonlight Alone [1935]
On the Rock Where Moses Stood [1935]
Lulu Walls [1935]
I'm Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes [1935]
Worried Man Blues [1935]
My Dixie Darlling
Give Me Your Love and I'll Give You Mine
Are You Lonesome Tonight?
The Last Move for Me
The Wayworn Traveller
Just Another Broken Heart
When Silver Threads Are Gold Again
Track Listings (27) - Disc #8
There's No One Like Mother to Be
In a Little Village Churchyard
Jealous Hearted Me
My Native Home
Sweet Heaven in My View
No Depression in Heaven
Bonnie Blue Eyes
My Honey Lou
In the Shadow of the Pines
Answer to Weeping Willow
You've Been a Friend to Me
Where the Silvery Colorado Wends Its Way
Lay My Head Beneath the Rose
No Depression in Heaven [2000]
My Native Home [2000]
Jealous Hearted Me [2000]
A Distant Land to Roam [2000]
I'm Working on a Building [2000]
East Virginia Blues [2000]
Dixie Darling [2000]
Keep on the Sunny Side [2000]
Kissin' Is a Crime [2000]
Single Girl, Married Girl [2000]
Little Darlin' Pal of Mine [2000]
Lonesome Valley [2000]
Cannon Ball Blues [2000]
Happy or Lonesome [2000] - The Carter Family, Traditional
Track Listings (26) - Disc #9
Are You Lonesome Tonight? [2000]
Just Another Broken Heart [2000]
The Broken Down Tramp [1937]
Lover's Lane [1937]
Hold Fast to the Right [1937]
Lord, I'm in Your Care [1937]
Funny When You Feel That Way [1937]
In the Shadow of Clinch Mountain [1937]
Hello Stranger [1937]
Never Let the Devil Get the Upper Hand of You [1937]
When This Evening Sun Goes Down [1937]
Jim Blake's Message [1937]
Honey in the Rock [1937]
Look How This World Has Made a Change [1937]
The Little Girl (I Ever Cared About) [1937]
You Better Let That Liar Alone [1937]
Farewell Nellie [1937]
The Only Girl (I Ever Cared About) [1937]
Goodbye to the Plains [1937]
My Home's Across the Blue Ridge Mountains [1937]
Dark Haired True Lover [1937]
He Never Came Back [1937]
Happy in the Prison
Walking in the King's Highway
St. Regious Girl
Just a Few More Days
Track Listings (28) - Disc #10
Bring Back My Boy
It Is Better Farther On
Charlie and Nellie
Cuban Soldier
The Heart That Was Broken for Me
You're Nothing More to Me
Stern Old Bachelor
Little Joe
Reckless Motorman
You Denied Your Love
Oh, Take Me Back
You Are My Flower
Who's That Knocking on My Window
They Call Her Mother
Coal Miner's Blues
Young Freda Bolt
Little Poplar Log House on the Hill [1940]
The Dying Mother [1940]
Buddies in the Saddle [1940]
Heaven's Radio [1940]
Beautiful Home [1940]
There'll Be No Distinction There [1940]
Give Him One More as He Goes [1940]
Lonesome for You Darling [1940]
Blackie's Gunman [1940]
You've Got to Righten That Wrong [1940]
Meeting in the Air [1940]
My Home Among the Hills [1940]
Track Listings (27) - Disc #11
Black Jack David [1940]
Look Away from the Cross [1940]
We Shall Rise [1940]
I Found You Among the Roses [1940]
Bear Creek Blues [1940]
I'll Never Forsake You [1940]
Beautiful Isle O'er the Sea [1940]
It's a Long Long Road to Travel Alone [1940]
Why Do You Cry, Little Darling [1941] - The Carter Family, Carter, Maybelle
You Tied a Love Knot in My Heart [1941] - The Carter Family, Carter, Maybelle
Lonesome Homesick Blues [1941] - The Carter Family, Carter, Maybelle
Dark and Stormy Weather [1941]
In the Valley of the Shenandoah [1941]
Girl on the Greenbrier Shore [1941]
Something Got a Hold of Me [1941]
Fifty Miles of Elbow Room [1941] - The Carter Family, Carter, Sara
Keep on the Firing Line [1941] - The Carter Family, Carter, Sara
The Wave on the Sea [1941]
The Rambling Boy [1941]
You're Gonna Be Sorry You Let Me Down [1968] - The Carter Family, Carter, Maybelle
Why There's a Tear in My Eye [1964][Alternate Take]
Jimmie Rodgers Visits the Carter Family [1964][Alternate Take]
Sinking in the Lonesome Sea [1982][Alternate Take]
Lonesome Valley [1982][Alternate Take]
Cannon Ball Blues [1982][Alternate Take]
Worried Man Blues [1982][Alternate Take]
Single Girl, Married Girl [1982][Alternate Take]
Track Listings (18) - Disc #12
Sara and Maybelle Carter Interview [2000] - The Carter Family,
The Ship That Never Returned [2000] - The Carter Family, Addington-Carter, M
Jesse James [2000] - The Carter Family, Addington-Carter, M
I Was Born 4,000 Years Ago [2000] - The Carter Family, Addington-Carter, M
I'm Leaving You [2000] - The Carter Family, Addington-Carter, M
Mother Maybelle Carter Interview: Re-Autoharp/Fingerpicking/Allie ... - The Carter Family,
Mother Maybelle Carter Interview: Her Favorite Guitar Pickers [1973] - The Carter Family,
Mother Maybelle Carter Interview: The First Grand Ole Opry ... - The Carter Family,
Mother Maybelle Carter Interview: How the Maybelle Style Developed - The Carter Family,
Mother Maybelle Carter Interview: Thank You's from Musicians [1973] - The Carter Family,
Mother Maybelle Carter Interview: Do You Still Have Your Original ... - The Carter Family,
Mother Maybelle Carter Interview: An Autoharp Discussion [1973] - The Carter Family,
Mother Maybelle Carter Interview: The Wildwood Flower Discussion [1973] - The Carter Family,
Mother Maybelle Carter Interview: The Floyd Cramer Reference [1973] - The Carter Family,
Mother Maybelle Carter Interview: The Kids Dig That Style/The ... - The Carter Family,
Mother Maybelle Carter Interview: How Many Songs Did You Record in ... - The Carter Family,
Mother Maybelle Carter Interview: The Early Recording and Radio ... - The Carter Family,
Mother Maybelle Carter Interview: Discussion About A.P. and Sara ... - The Carter Family,
12CD Box Set Plus Book. Back in the LP era, Bear Family began the task of collecting source materials (78s, pressing parts, transfers, etc.) of all of the Carter Family's original recordings, as well as collecting the phot... more »ographs and ephemera necessary to make a full and proper tribute. In 2000, this work came to fruition with this epic 12-CD set. In conjunction with its 30th anniversary, the Bear Family label polled 100 critics and musicians, asking them to list their favorite Bear Family records. The Carter Family set was the hands-down winner. And it's just part of their exhaustive documentation of the group.« less
12CD Box Set Plus Book. Back in the LP era, Bear Family began the task of collecting source materials (78s, pressing parts, transfers, etc.) of all of the Carter Family's original recordings, as well as collecting the photographs and ephemera necessary to make a full and proper tribute. In 2000, this work came to fruition with this epic 12-CD set. In conjunction with its 30th anniversary, the Bear Family label polled 100 critics and musicians, asking them to list their favorite Bear Family records. The Carter Family set was the hands-down winner. And it's just part of their exhaustive documentation of the group.
The Carter Family: A Cornerstone of American Popular Music
Ron Frankl | Hendersonville, NC | 11/07/2000
(5 out of 5 stars)
"The Carter Family has often been called the first family of country music, and no better argument for this claim can be made than this massive 12 CD set. Recorded for a variety of record companies between 1927 and 1941, this set includes all of the studio recordings made by the trio before they went their separate ways. The box set includes a 220 page, hardcover book that includes all known photographs of the Carters, as well as program notes, song lyrics, an essay from noted country music scholar Charles Wolfe, and a discography. For the uninitiated, the Carter Family were from the Clinch Mountain area of Virginia. The group consisted of leader A.P. Carter on backing vocals, wife Sara Dougherty Carter on lead vocals, guitar and autoharp, and Sara's cousin Maybelle Addington Carter on lead guitar and harmony vocals. When the Victor recording company placed adds in Virginia and Tennessee newspapers in the summer of 1927 for musical talent, dozens of local acts appeared and many were recorded. The Carter Family was chosen, as was the soon-to-be legendary Singing Brakeman, Jimmie Rodgers. These recording sessions, often called the Bristol (TN) Sessions, are cited by many as the birth of country music as we know it, incorporating old time string band and folk music with such later developments as blues, ragtime and jazz. Both the Carters and Rodgers went on to sell hundreds of thousands of 78 RPM records in the late twenties. The Carter Family traveled and performed widely, and their careers even survived the Great Depression. After recording dozens of sides for Victor, the Carters moved on to ARC, Decca and Bluebird. All of the music was memorable, and all of it is preserved here. The sound is rough in spots but better than any previous reissues. Only the Victor sides (about half of this compilation) have been reissued in their entirety, so this is the first CD reissue for many of these recordings. The Carter's mid-Thirties work is some of their finest, and its a pleasure to finally have all of these sides reissued.The Carter Family's music influenced many other musicians in the Thirties and Forties, and they continued to be a force in later decades as well. The folk revival of the Sixties so a particular renewal of interest, and as late as the 1970s Johnny Cash featured Maybelle Carter and her daughters (including Cash's wife, June Carter) in his recordings and stage shows. The German company, Bear Family Records, has done their usual excellent work in compiling this release. Sure, its expensive, and its a lot of music from a single act, but serious scholars of American music will consider this set essential. The Carter Family's legacy has never seemed greater than it does on this fine set."
THE HOLY GRAIL ?
Marc Lemmens | B-2870 PUURS Belgium | 10/17/2000
(5 out of 5 stars)
"This is it. A superb box-set. Bear-Family did it again ! A must for any ( Original ) Carter Family-fan."
Did anybody edit this otherwise fantastic collection?
Eric N. Hermann | 08/21/2009
(3 out of 5 stars)
"It pains me to give a slightly negative review to such a great collection. But as someone who takes this music seriously, I can't believe how poorly this has been edited. There are innumerable discrepancies between the song notes in the book and the CDs: song names are different (e.g., "My Virginia Rose" becomes "My Virginia Rose is Blooming"), songs are located on different discs than they're supposed to be (e.g., "On a Hill Lone and Gray" and "The Cuban Soldier"--does this mean the songs did not appear in those recording session indicated in the notes, or are they just included on the wrong CD?), and by far the most troubling, some songs listed in the notes don't seem to be on the CDs at all (e.g., "What does the Deep Sea Say?", "Be Careful Boys, Don't go Too Far.")
I can handle a few typos, but this is shoddy and unacceptable (in an otherwise fantastic release). What happened to the missing songs above?
Obviously such mistakes make it problematic as a scholarly resource.
Track Listings (25) - Disc #1
