CARTER FAMILY

The Carter Family
 In The Shadow Of Clinch Mountain
12 CD Boxed Set (LP-size) with Hardcover-Book
BCD 15865- LK

“These recordings are as elemental as the wind or water.”

“The single most important event in the history of country music.” That was how Johnny Cash characterized the first Carter Family session in Bristol, Tennessee in 1927. That epochal first session is here, together with all of the recordings made by the original Carter Family between 1927 and 1941. Here are the Anglo-Celtic ballads, mountain songs, blues, and popular songs that formed the bedrock of country music, rendered as plaintively and hauntingly as only the Carter Family could render them.

“Country people have always been sacred and sentimental people”, declared Carter Family patriarch, A.P., and the 287 songs collected in this unique complete 12-CD edition reflect that judgment. This collection includes all of the Carters’ recordings for Victor, ARC, Decca, APS, Columbia and Bluebird complete for the first time. Here are the original versions of country and folk classics like Wildwood Flower, Wabash Cannonball, The Storms Are On The Ocean, and, of course, Will The Circle Be Unbroken.

Many of these recordings are appearing for the first time on CD, and the sound of these ageless classics has been digitally enhanced without damaging their integrity or purity. All known photographs of the original Carter Family have been included. Mother Maybelle’s personal photo collection has been included as well as all the photos belonging to Jeanette Carter, some previously unpublished, and there is a full-length newly-researched Carter Family biography by preeminent country music historian Charles Wolfe. “These recordings are archetypal and timeless,” writes Wolfe. “They are as elemental as the wind or water, and have the simple beauty of the landscape of [the Carters’ home in] Poor Valley. It is hard to underestimate the importance of the Carter Family to country music, and to American music in general.”

The set includes a taped interview by Ed Kahn and Mike Seeger with both Maybelle and Sara in 1963.

CD 1: Bury Me Under The Weeping Willow - Little Log Cabin By The Sea - Poor Orphan Child - The Storms Are On The Ocean - Single Girl, Married Girl - The Wandering Boy - Meet Me By The Moonlight Alone - Little Darling Pal Of Mine - Keep On The Sunny Side - Anchored In Love - John Hardy Was A Desperate Little Man - I Ain’t Gonna Work Tomorrow - Will You Miss Me When I’m Gone - River Of Jordan - Chewing Gum - Wildwood Flower - I Have No One To Love Me (But The Sailor On The Deep Blue Sea) - Forsaken Love - Sweet Fern - My Clinch Mountain Home - God Gave Noah The Rainbow Sign - I’m Thinking Tonight Of My Blue Eyes - Little Moses - Lulu Walls - Grave On The Green Hillside
CD 2: Don’t Forget This Song (My Home In Old Virginia) - Foggy Mountain Top - Bring Back My Blue Eyed Boy To Me - Diamonds In The Rough - Engine 143 - Homestead On The Farm - Cyclone Of Rye Cove - Motherless Children - When The Roses Bloom In Dixieland - No Telephone In Heaven - Western Hobo - Carter’s Blues - Wabash Cannonball - A Distant Land To Roam - Jimmie Brown The Newsboy - Kitty Waltz - Fond Affection - The Cannon Ball - Lover’s Farewell - There’s Someone A-Waiting For Me - The Little Log Hut In The Lane - When The Springtime Comes Again - When The World’s On Fire - I Have An Aged Mother - Dying Soldier - Worried Man Blues
CD 3: Lonesome Valley - On The Rock Where Moses Stood - Room In Heaven For Me - Lonesome Pine Special - 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 - Birds Were A-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 (& Jimmie Rodgers) - The Wonderful City (& Jimmie Rodgers) - Jimmie Rodgers Visits The Carter Family - The Carter Family And Jimmie Rodgers In Texas - Mid The Green Fields Of Virginia - Happiest Days Of All - Picture On The Wall - Amber Tresses
CD 4: I Never Loved But One - Tell Me That You Love Me - Where We’ll Never Grow Old - We Will March Through The Streets Of The City - Sweet As The Flowers In Maytime - Will The Roses Bloom In Heaven - My Little Home In Tennessee - Sun Of The Soul - If One Won’t Another One Will - Broken Hearted Lover - Two Sweethearts - Winding Stream - I Wouldn’t Mind Dying - Spirit Of Love Watches Over Me - Church In The Wildwood - Give Me Roses While I Live - I Never Will Marry - On The Sea Of Galilee - Home By The Sea - When The Roses Come Again - I Loved You Better Than You Knew - This Is Like Heaven To Me - See That My Grave Is Kept Green - Over The Garden Wall - Gold Watch And Chain - School House On The Hill
CD 5: Will My Mother Know Me There - Faded Flowers - Poor Little Orphaned Boy - On A Hill Lone And Gray - Cowboy Jack - I’ll Be All Smiles Tonight - Away Out On The Old Saint Sabbeth - Darling Little Joe - Happy Or Lonesome - One Little Word - Darling Daisies - East Virginia Blues - Lover’s Return - It’ll Aggravate Your Soul - Hello Central Give Me Heaven - I’m Working On A Building - You’ve Been Fooling Me Baby - Longing For Old Virginia - March Winds Gonna Blow My Blues All Away - There’ll Be Joy, Joy, Joy - Home In Tennessee - Are You Tired Of Me My Darling - I Cannot Be Your Sweetheart - My Heart’s Tonight In Texas - There’s No Hiding Place Down Here - Cowboy’s Wild Song To His Herd
CD 6: Evening Bells Are Ringing - Mountains Of Tennessee - I’ll Be Home Someday - Faded Coat Of Blue - Sailor Boy - Glory To The Lamb - Behind Those Stone Walls - Sinking In The Lonesome Sea - He Took A White Rose From Her Hair - Can The Circle Be Unbroken (Bye And Bye) - Let’s Be Lovers Again - Your Mother Still Prays (For You Jack) - Kissing Is A Crime - Don’t Forget Me Little Darling - Sad And Lonesome Day - By The Touch Of Her Hand - East Virginia Blues No. 2 - My Old Virginia Home - My Virginia Rose Is Blooming - My Texas Girl - No Other’s Bride I’ll Be - Gathering Flowers From The Hillside - Gospel Ship - Little Black Train
CD 7: Keep On The Sunny Side - River Of Jordan - Lonesome Valley - God Gave Noah The Rainbow Sign - Single Girl, Married Girl - The Fate Of Dewey Lee - Wildwood Flower - Sea Of Galilee - Don’t Forget This Song - My Clinch Mountain Home - The Storms Are On The Ocean - Will You Miss Me When I’m Gone - Broken Hearted Lover - Little Darling, Pal Of Mine - The Homestead On The Farm - Cannon Ball Blues - Meet Me By The Moonlight Alone - On The Rock Where Moses Stood - Lulu Walls - I’m Thinking Tonight Of My Blue Eyes - Worried Man Blues - My Dixie Darling - Give Me Your Love And I’ll Give You Mine - Are You Lonesome Tonight - The Last Move For Me - The Wayworn Traveller
CD 8: Just Another Broken Heart - When Silver Threads Are Gold Again - There’s No One Like Mother To Me - 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 - My Native Home - Jealous Hearted Me - A Distant Land To Roam - I’m Working On A Building - East Virginia Blues, No. 2 - My Dixie Darling - Keep On The Sunny Side - Kissing Is A Crime - Single Girl, Married Girl
CD 9: Little Darling Pal Of Mine - Lonesome Valley - Cannon Ball Blues - Happy Or Lonesome - Are You Lonesome Tonight - Just Another Broken Heart - The Broken Down Tramp - Lover’s Lane - Hold Fast To The Right - Lord, I’m In Your Care - Funny When You Feel That Way - In The Shadow Of Clinch Mountain - Hello Stranger - Never Let The Devil Get The Upper Hand Of You - When This Evening Sun Goes Down - Jim Blake’s Message - Honey In The Rock - Look How This World Has Made A Change - Little Girl That Played Upon My Knee - You Better Let That Liar Alone - Farewell Nellie - The Only Girl I Ever Cared About - Goodbye To The Plains - My Home’s Across The Blue Ridge Mountains - Dark Haired True Lover - He Never Came Back
CD 10: Happy In Prison - Walking In The King’s Highway - St. Regious Girl - Just A Few More Days - Bring Back My Boy - It Is Better Farther On - Charlie And Nellie - Cuban Soldier - 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 At My Window - They Call Her Mother - Coal Miner’s Blues - Young Freda Bolt - Little Poplar Log House On The Hill - The Dying Mother - Buddies In The Saddle - Heaven’s Radio - Beautiful Home - There’ll Be No Distinction There - Give Him One More As He Goes - Lonesome For You Darling - Blackie’s Gunman
CD 11: You’ve Got To Righten That Wrong - Meeting In The Air - My Home Among The Hills - Black Jack David - Look Away From The Cross - We Shall Rise - I Found You Among The Roses - Bear Creek Blues - I’ll Never Forsake You - Beautiful Isle O’er The Sea - It’s A Long Long Road To Travel Alone - Why Do You Cry Little Darling - You Tied A Love Knot In My Heart - Lonesome Homesick Blues - Dark And Stormy Weather - In The Valley Of The Shenandoah - Girl On The Greenbriar Shore - Something Got A Hold Of Me - Fifty Miles Of Elbow Room - Keep On The Firing Line - Waves On The Sea - Rambling Boy - You’re Gonna Be Sorry You Let Me Down (alt) - Why There’s A Tear In My Eye (& Jimmie Rodgers) (alt) - Jimmie Rodgers Visits The Carter Family (alt) - Sinking In The Lonesome Sea (alt) - Lonesome Valley (alt) - Cannon Ball Blues (alt) - Worried Man Blues (alt)
CD 12: 1963 Interview with Sara and Maybelle by Mike Seeger and Ed Kahn.

JOE and JANETTE CARTER
Carter Family Favorites
--- CD with 16-page full color booklet. ---
BCD 16379 AH

In celebration of Janette Carter's eightieth birthday on July 2, 2003, Bear Family Records and County Records are proud to make available once more Janette and Joe's 1966 album, 'Joe & Janette Sing Carter Family Favorites.' Just before Janette's and Joe's father, A.P. Carter, died in November 1960, they promised him that they would keep the music alive, and this album was one of the first steps on their journey. It has the timeless quality of the very best Carter Family recordings.That the original songs recorded by the Carter Family survive at all is due to A. P. Carter's infallible ear, and the fact that they're still heard and played today is due in great measure to the tireless effort of Janette Carter. She might not be the most famous of the Carter children, but no one has done more to keep the Carter Family legacy alive.

Curtains Of Night - Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone - I'm Going Home - Lonesome Blues - Farther On - Kitty And I - Anchored In Love - Waltzing With You - Higher Ground - Let Old Jordan Roll - Ramblin'Man - Sweet Story Of Old

ANITA CARTER
Ring Of Fire
BCD 15434-AH

Ring Of Fire - Fair And Tender Ladies - Satan's Child - Fly Pretty Swallow - As The Sparrow Goes - All My Trials - Voice Of The Bayou - Sour Grapes - Johnny, I Hardly Knew You - My Love - A Few Short Years Ago - The Kentuckian Song - Brian - Running Back - Take Me Home - No, My Love, No - Farewell - This Life I'm Living - My Love Loves Me - John, John, John - John Hardy Was A Desperate Little Man - I Never Will Marry - In The Highways - Bury Me Beneath The Willow - Beautiful Isle O'er The Sea - The Wildwood Flower

JUNE CARTER & JOHNNY CASH
It’s All In The Family
BCD 16132 AR

June’s last great solo album was ‘Appalachian Pride’, dating from 1976, now reissued by Bear Family. Despite the fact that she grew up on the road with her famous mother, Maybelle, June has always been intensely proud of her family’s roots in Appalachia. That was never more evident than on these recordings where she lends her personal stamp to songs like East Virginia Blues, Another Broken Hearted Girl and Big Balls In Nashville.

‘Appalachian Pride’ has been rounded out with Johnny Cash’s children album, ‘The Johnny Cash Children Album’ on which Johnny (with some help of his family: June Carter Cash and Rosey Nix) makes music for everyone’s family. The titles include: I Gotta Boy (And His Name Is John) (& JUNE CARTER CASH); Little Green Fountain (& JUNE CARTER CASH & ROSEY NIX), The Mystery Of Number Five and Ben Dewberry’s Final Run. Here’s a rarely heard side of Johnny Cash. The Man in Black lightens up!

JUNE CARTER CASH: Losin’ You - The Shadow Of A Lady - Gatsby’s Restaurant - Once Before I Die (& JERRY HENSLEY) - The L&N Don’t Stop Here Anymore - East Virginia Blues - Gone - Appalachian Pride - I Love You Sweetheart - Another Broken Hearted Girl - Big Balls In Nashville - JOHNNY CASH: Nasty Dan - One And One Makes Two - I Gotta Boy (And His Name Is John) (& JUNE CARTER CASH) - Little Magic Glasses - Miss Tara - Dinosaur Song - Tiger Whitehead - Call Of The Wild - Little Green Fountain (& JUNE CARTER CASH & ROSEY NIX) - Old Shep - The Timber Man - The Mystery Of Number Five - Ben Dewberry’s Final Run - Grandfather’s Clock - Abacida - Why Is A Fire Engine Red? - The Very Biggest Circus Of Them All

JANETTE CARTER
Deliverance Will Come
CD with 20-page booklet
BCD 16335 AH

Every Saturday night for a quarter-century, Janette Carter has taken the stage at the Carter Family Fold in Hiltons, Virginia, making good the promise she made to her father, Carter Family patriarch A.P. Carter, to keep his music alive.

 Janette sings in the forceful and soulful Appalachian style pioneered by her mother, Sara Carter. She has made very few records in her career, but now Bear Family combines her recordings from 1968 with J.E. Mainer, her LP 'Storms Are On The Ocean' from 1972 and the 'Howdayadoo' LP from 1973. As you would expect, the core of the repertoire is Carter Family songs, but she also includes a few that she wrote herself, as well as several songs that the Carter Family performed, but didn't record. The instrumentation is spare and to-the-point, and the focus is on Janette's lovely autoharp playing.Carter Family fans - and there are more all the time - will love this collection, as will anyone who has spent a Saturday night in Janette's company at the Carter Family Fold.

Bury Me Beneath The Willow - Lonesome Street - Listen To The Mockingbird (Instrumental) - I Ain't Gonna Work Tomorrow - Sinking In The Lonesome Sea - I Found Jesus - Storms Are On The Ocean - 'Neath The Shade Of A Beautiful Pine - Red Wing (Instrumental) - Little Moses - In The Shadow Of Clinch Mountain - Joy, Joy, Joy - Howdayado! - Little Rosewood Casket - Wayworn Traveller - Take-Me-Back Blues - Johnny Doesn't Live Here Anymore - Waltz, Kitty, Waltz - Lonesome Pine Special - Give Him One More As He Goes - Heartbreaking Waltz - Dark And Stormy Weather - My Native Home - Little Moses - Kissin' Is A Crime - My Dixie Darlin' - Sea Of Galilee - I'm Leaving You - I'm Missing You (& J. E. Mainer) - Johnny Doesn't Live Here Anymore - The Storms Are On The Ocean