Happy 100th Birthday, Wade Mainer
David Samuelson | Battle Ground, IN USA | 03/16/2007
(5 out of 5 stars)
"A terrific reissue featuring the complete surviving King output of the this great country/gospel performer. The sound is breathtaking; longtime Wade Mainer fans can finally retire their copies of King 769. Christopher King's new master disc transfers of the 1946 material absolutely shimmer. The 1951 sides recorded at King's Cincinnati studio could have been recorded yesterday, and Mainer's final King session appears in stereo for the first time. Highly recommended for anyone who treasures vintage Bailes Brothers, Roy Acuff, Molly O'Day, Wilma Lee and Stoney, and other primarily acoustic southeastern country acts."