Cat. No. BCD 17592: VARIOUS ARTISTS ~ WE SHALL ALL BE REUNITED: REVISITING THE BRISTOL SESSIONS 1927-1928. BEAR FAMILY BCD 17592. (IMPORT).

Cat. No. BCD 17592: VARIOUS ARTISTS ~ WE SHALL ALL BE REUNITED: REVISITING THE BRISTOL SESSIONS 1927-1928. BEAR FAMILY BCD 17592. (IMPORT).

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THIS ALBUM COMPRISES 26 TRACKS LIFTED FROM THE BEAR FAMILY 5CD BOXSET. THE BRISTOL SESSIONS, HELD DURING THE SUMMER OF 1927 BY VICTOR RECORDS IN BRISTOL, TENNESSEE, YIELDED FIRST RECORDINGS BY SUCH LEGENDARY MUSICIANS AS THE CARTER FAMILY, JIMMIE RODGERS AND BLIND ALFRED REED. THE BOXSET CONTAINED THE ONLY COMPLETE OFFERING OF THOSE INFLUENTIAL RECORDINGS AS WELL AS THE FOLLOW-UP SESSIONS IN 1928 ALSO IN BRISTOL. MOST COUNTRY MUSIC FANS EXCEPT FOR THE HARD-CORE COMPLETISTS WOULD NEVER HAVE HEARD THESE RECORDINGS PRIOR TO THE RELEASE OF THE BOXSET. PERHAPS THE COST OF THE 5CD BOXSET IS OUT OF YOUR RANGE BUT THIS CD PROVIDES YOU WITH A SMALL HISTORICAL PORTION OF EARLY COUNTRY AND OLD-TIMEY MUSIC. BRILLIANT OLD-TIMEY CD ******

TRACK LISTING: Ernest V. Stoneman & his Dixie Mountaineers – Sweeping Through The Gates / Blind Alfred Reed – The Wreck Of The Virginian (Take 2) / El Watson – Narrow Gauge Blues / Johnson Brothers with Tennessee Wildcats – The Soldier’s Poor Little Boy / B. F. Shelton – Oh Molly Dear / J. P. Nester – Black Eyed Susie / Bull Mountain Moonshiners – Johnny Goodwin / The Carter Family – The Poor Orphan Child / Alcoa Quartet – I’m Redeemed / Henry Whitter – Rain Cow Bill / Dad Blackard’s Moonshiners – Susanna Gal / Jimmie Rodgers – Sleep Baby Sleep / Tenneva Ramblers – The Longest Train I Ever Saw / West Virginia Coon Hunters – Your Blue Eyes Run Me Crazy / Tennessee Mountaineers – Standing On The Promises / Smyth County Ramblers – My Name Is Ticklish Reuben / Ernest Phipps & his Holiness Singers – Shine On Me / Howard – Peak (The Blind Musicians) – I Cannot Be Your Sweetheart / Clarence Greene – Little Bunch Of Roses / Uncle Eck Dunford – Old Shoes And Leggins / Smith Brothers – My Mother Is Waiting For Me In Heaven Above / The Palmer Sisters – We’ll Sing On That Shore / Tarter & Guy – Unknown Blues / Carolina Twins – New Orleans Is The Town I Like Best / Shortbuckle Roark & Family – I Truly Understand, You Love Another Man / Alfred G. Karnes – We Shall All Be Reunited.

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