Cat. No. BCD 15507: WILF CARTER (MONTANA SLIM) ~ THE DYNAMITE TRAIL. BEAR FAMILY BCD 15507. (IMPORT).

Cat. No. BCD 15507: WILF CARTER (MONTANA SLIM) ~ THE DYNAMITE TRAIL. BEAR FAMILY BCD 15507. (IMPORT).

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WILF CARTER BEGAN HIS CAREER IN 1933 WHEN TWO SONGS HE SANG IN AN AUDITION AT THE RCA VICTOR STUDIOS WERE RELEASED. HIS ON/OFF 50 YEAR INVOLVEMENT WITH RCA VICTOR (IN BETWEEN HE RECORDED FOR DECCA, APEX AND STARDAY) IS CERTAINLY SOME KIND OF MUSIC INDUSTRY RECORD, BUT HIS FOUR-YEAR SPELL WITH DECCA, WHICH IS THE SUBJECT OF THIS ALBUM, HAD ALMOST BEEN FORGOTTEN UNTIL BEAR FAMILY RELEASED THIS CD. THE EARLY SESSIONS WITH DECCA WERE FAIRLY SIMILAR AND RUDIMENTARY AS THE RCA VICTOR RECORDINGS, HOWEVER, PRODUCTION VALUES WERE IMPROVED WITH THE HIRING OF OWEN BRADLEY, LEADER OF AN EIGHT-MAN BAND THAT INCLUDED CHET ATKINS. THESE 30 SONGS FROM THOSE FORGOTTEN YEARS OFFER A GLIMPSE OF THE WORK OF A REMARKABLE COUNTRY MUSIC FIGURE. EXCELLENT *****

TRACK LISTING: One Golden Curl / My Mountain High Yodel Song / I’m Gonna Tear Down The Mailbox / Maple Leaf Waltz / There’s A Tree On Every Road / I Bought A Rock For My Rocky Mountain Girl / Shoo Shoo Sh’ La La / The Sunshine Bird / Kissin’ On The Sly / The Alpine Milkman / Dynamite Trail / Strawberry Roan (1969)/ Ragged But Right / There’s A Padlock On Your Heart / The Yodelin’ Song / On A Little Two Acre Farm / Strawberry Roan (1956) / My Little Lady / Silver Bell Yodel / Away Out On The Mountain / The Blind Boy’s Prayer / X’s From Down In Texas / Let A Little Sunshine In Your Heart / There’s A Blue Bird On Your Windowsill / My French Canadian Girl / Sick, Sober And Sorry / A Sinner’s Prayer / My Prairie Rose / Yodeling My Babies To Sleep / Born To Lose.

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