Castle Studio 1950-1951 Complete Sessions

Tracklist

• CD 1
• 1
  Blue Grass Ramble (take 1)
  2:12
• 2
  Blue Grass Ramble (take 2)
  2:24
• 3
  Blue Grass Ramble (take 3)
  2:12
• 4
  New Mule Skinner Blues (take 1)
  2:18
• 5
  New Mule Skinner Blues (take 2, false start)
  0:11
• 6
  New Mule Skinner Blues (take 3)
  2:31
• 7
  New Mule Skinner Blues (take 4)
  2:32
• 8
  My Little Georgia Rose (take 1)
  2:54
• 9
  My Little Georgia Rose (take 2, false start)
  0:27
• 10
  My Little Georgia Rose (take 3)
  3:20
• 11
  My Little Georgia Rose (take 4, false start)
  0:40
• 12
  My Little Georgia Rose (take 5)
  3:06
• 13
  Memories of You (take 1)
  3:27
• 14
  Memories of You (take 2)
  2:59
• 15
  Memories of You (take 3, false start)
  0:12
• 16
  Memories of You (take 4)
  3:01
• 17
  I'm On My Way to the Old Home (take 1)
  2:30
• 18
  I'm On My Way to the Old Home (take 2)
  2:26
• 19
  Alabama Waltz (take 1)
  2:07
• 20
  Alabama Waltz (take 2, false start)
  0:15
• 21
  Alabama Waltz (take 3, false start)
  0:15
• 22
  Alabama Waltz (take 4)
  2:30
• 23
  Alabama Waltz (take 5)
  2:25
• 24
  Alabama Waltz (take 6, false start)
  0:12
• 25
  Alabama Waltz (take 7, false start)
  0:09
• 26
  Alabama Waltz (take 8)
  2:24
• 27
  I'm Blue, I'm Lonesome (take 1)
  2:49
• 28
  I'm Blue, I'm Lonesome (take 2, breakdown)
  0:50
• 29
  I'm Blue, I'm Lonesome (take 3, breakdown)
  1:03
• 30
  I'm Blue, I'm Lonesome (take 4, false start)
  0:14
• 31
  I'm Blue, I'm Lonesome (take 5)
  2:51
• 32
  I'm Blue, I'm Lonesome (take 6)
  2:50
• 33
  I'll Meet You in Church Sunday Morning (take 1, false start)
  0:11
• 34
  I'll Meet You in Church Sunday Morning (take 2)
  2:49
• 35
  I'll Meet You in Church Sunday Morning (take 3)
  2:49
• 36
  I'll Meet You in Church Sunday Morning (take 4)
  2:44
• 37
  Boat of Love (take 1)
  2:40
• 38
  Boat of Love (take 2, false start)
  0:23
• 39
  Boat of Love (take 3)
  2:42
• 40
  Boat of Love (take 4)
  2:43
• CD 2
• 1
  The Old Fiddler (take 1, breakdown)
  1:04
• 2
  The Old Fiddler (take 2, breakdown)
  1:02
• 3
  The Old Fiddler (take 3, breakdown)
  1:45
• 4
  The Old Fiddler (take 4)
  2:46
• 5
  The Old Fiddler (take 5, false start)
  0:13
• 6
  The Old Fiddler (take 6)
  2:36
• 7
  The Old Fiddler (take 7)
  2:37
• 8
  The Old Fiddler (take 8)
  2:35
• 9
  Uncle Pen (take 1, false start)
  0:09
• 10
  Uncle Pen (take 2)
  2:45
• 11
  When the Golden Leaves Begin to Fall (take 1)
  3:02
• 12
  When the Golden Leaves Begin to Fall (take 2)
  3:04
• 13
  When the Golden Leaves Begin to Fall (take 3, breakdown)
  1:05
• 14
  When the Golden Leaves Begin to Fall (take 4)
  3:02
• 15
  Lord Protect My Soul (take 1, false start)
  0:09
• 16
  Lord Protect My Soul (take 2)
  2:26
• 17
  Lord Protect My Soul (take 3, false start)
  0:16
• 18
  Lord Protect My Soul (take 4)
  2:46
• 19
  Lord Protect My Soul (take 5)
  2:42
• 20
  Lord Protect My Soul (take 6)
  2:42
• 21
  River of Death (take 1/2, breakdown)
  1:18
• 22
  River of Death (take 3, false start)
  2:19
• 23
  River of Death (take 4, breakdown)
  1:37
• 24
  River of Death (take 5)
  2:42
• 25
  Letter From My Darlin' (take 1)
  3:08
• 26
  On the Old Kentucky Shore (take 1)
  3:17
• 27
  On the Old Kentucky Shore (take 2/3, breakdown)
  0:51
• 28
  On the Old Kentucky Shore (take 4)
  3:14
• 29
  On the Old Kentucky Shore (take 5)
  3:13
• 30
  Raw Hide (take 1, breakdown)
  1:20
• 31
  Raw Hide (take 2)
  2:34
• 32
  Raw Hide (take 3)
  2:54
• 33
  Raw Hide (take 4, false start)
  0:26
• 34
  Raw Hide (take 5, false start)
  0:22
• 35
  Raw Hide (take 6)
  2:36
• CD 3
• 1
  Poison Love (take 1, breakdown)
  1:49
• 2
  Poison Love (take 2, breakdown)
  1:00
• 3
  Poison Love (take 3, breakdown)
  0:34
• 4
  Poison Love (take 4, breakdown)
  0:25
• 5
  Poison Love (take 5, breakdown)
  0:37
• 6
  Poison Love (take 6, breakdown)
  0:44
• 7
  Poison Love (take 7, false start)
  2:49
• 8
  Poison Love (take 8)
  2:40
• 9
  Poison Love (take 9, breakdown)
  3:10
• 10
  Poison Love (take 10, breakdown)
  1:08
• 11
  Poison Love (take 11, false start, 2 breakdowns)
  0:53
• 12
  Poison Love (take 12, false start, breakdown)
  0:48
• 13
  Poison Love (take 13)
  2:43
• 14
  Kentucky Waltz (take 1)
  3:19
• 15
  Kentucky Waltz (take 2)
  3:18
• 16
  Kentucky Waltz (take 3)
  3:18
• 17
  Prisoner's Song (take 1, false start)
  2:57
• 18
  Prisoner's Song (take 2)
  2:43
• 19
  Swing Low, Sweet Chariot (take 1)
  2:53
• 20
  Swing Low, Sweet Chariot (take 2)
  2:50
• 21
  Swing Low, Sweet Chariot (take 3, breakdown)
  0:40
• 22
  Swing Low, Sweet Chariot (take 4)
  2:50
• 23
  Angels Rock Me to Sleep (take 1)
  2:36
• 24
  Angels Rock Me to Sleep (take 2, false start)
  3:02
• 25
  Angels Rock Me to Sleep (take 3, false start)
  0:24
• 26
  Angels Rock Me to Sleep (take 4)
  2:44
• 27
  Angels Rock Me to Sleep (take 5, breakdown)
  1:07
• 28
  Angels Rock Me to Sleep (take 6)
  2:41
• 29
  Brakeman's Blues (take 1, breakdown)
  0:31
• 30
  Brakeman's Blues (take 2, false start)
  2:47
• 31
  Brakeman's Blues (take 3)
  2:37
• 32
  Travelin' Blues (take 1)
  2:46
• 33
  Travelin' Blues (take 2, false start, breakdown)
  2:19
• 34
  Travelin' Blues (take 3)
  2:57
• 35
  Travelin' Blues (take 4, breakdown)
  0:35
• 36
  Travelin' Blues (take 5)
  2:52
• CD 4
• 1
  When the Cactus Is in Bloom (take 1, breakdown)
  1:10
• 2
  When the Cactus Is in Bloom (take 2)
  2:06
• 3
  Sailor's Plea (take 1)
  3:03
• 4
  Sailor's Plea (take 2)
  3:01
• 5
  Sailor's Plea (take 3, breakdown)
  1:41
• 6
  Sailor's Plea (take 4)
  2:46
• 7
  Sailor's Plea (take 5, breakdown)
  2:37
• 8
  Sailor's Plea (take 6)
  2:38
• 9
  My Carolina Sunshine Girl (take 1, breakdown)
  2:27
• 10
  My Carolina Sunshine Girl (take 2, breakdown)
  0:45
• 11
  My Carolina Sunshine Girl (take 3)
  2:39
• 12
  My Carolina Sunshine Girl (take 4, breakdown)
  2:33
• 13
  My Carolina Sunshine Girl (take 5)
  2:41
• 14
  Ben Dewberry's Final Run (take 1)
  2:52
• 15
  Ben Dewberry's Final Run (take 2, breakdown)
  1:35
• 16
  Ben Dewberry's Final Run (take 3)
  2:43
• 17
  Peach Pickin' Time in Georgia (take 1, 2 false starts)
  0:31
• 18
  Peach Pickin' Time in Georgia (take 2, false start, breakdown)
  1:33
• 19
  Peach Pickin' Time in Georgia (take 3, false start)
  2:28
• 20
  Those Gambler's Blues (take 1, breakdown)
  2:21
• 21
  Those Gambler's Blues (take 2, false start, breakdown)
  1:27
• 22
  Those Gambler's Blues (take 3, false start)
  2:49
• 23
  Highway of Sorrow (take 1, false start, breakdown)
  0:30
• 24
  Highway of Sorrow (take 2)
  2:56
• 25
  Highway of Sorrow (take 3)
  2:55
• 26
  Rotation Blues (take 1)
  3:26
• 27
  Rotation Blues (take 2)
  3:05
• 28
  Rotation Blues (take 3, breakdown)
  1:49
• 29
  Rotation Blues (take 4, breakdown)
  0:52
• 30
  Rotation Blues (take 5)
  3:04
• 31
  Rotation Blues (take 6, breakdown)
  1:45
• 32
  Rotation Blues (take 7, breakdown)
  0:45
• 33
  Rotation Blues (take 8, breakdown)
  2:37
• 34
  Rotation Blues (take 9)
  2:54
• CD 5
• 1
  Lonesome Truck Driver's Blues (take 1, breakdown)
  1:12
• 2
  Lonesome Truck Driver's Blues (take 2)
  2:56
• 3
  Lonesome Truck Driver's Blues (take 3, breakdown)
  0:25
• 4
  Lonesome Truck Driver's Blues (take 4)
  2:59
• 5
  Sugar Coated Love (take 1)
  2:25
• 6
  Sugar Coated Love (take 2, breakdown)
  1:55
• 7
  Sugar Coated Love (take 3)
  2:26
• 8
  Sugar Coated Love (take 4)
  2:25
• 9
  Sugar Coated Love (take 5)
  2:25
• 10
  Cabin of Love (take 1)
  2:40
• 11
  Cabin of Love (take 2)
  2:39
• 12
  Cabin of Love (take 3)
  2:39
• 13
  Cabin of Love (take 4)
  2:41
• 14
  You're Drifting Away (take 1)
  2:22
• 15
  You're Drifting Away (take 2)
  2:38
• 16
  You're Drifting Away (take 3)
  2:36
• 17
  Get Down on Your Knees and Pray (take 1)
  2:46
• 18
  Get Down on Your Knees and Pray (take 2)
  2:30
• 19
  Get Down on Your Knees and Pray (take 3)
  3:07
• 20
  Get Down on Your Knees and Pray (take E1)
  0:16
• 21
  Get Down on Your Knees and Pray (take E2)
  0:14
• 22
  Get Down on Your Knees and Pray (take E3)
  0:14
• 23
  Get Down on Your Knees and Pray (take 3, master)
  3:03
• 24
  Christmas Time's A-Coming (take 1, false start & breakdown)
  0:38
• 25
  Christmas Time's A-Coming (take 2, breakdown)
  0:20
• 26
  Christmas Time's A-Coming (take 3, breakdown)
  0:34
• 27
  Christmas Time's A-Coming (take 4)
  2:49
• 28
  Christmas Time's A-Coming (take 5, breakdown)
  0:49
• 29
  Christmas Time's A-Coming (take 6)
  2:48
• 30
  The First Whippoorwill (take 1)
  2:36
• 31
  The First Whippoorwill (take 2, false start)
  0:18
• 32
  The First Whippoorwill (take 3, breakdown)
  0:38
• 33
  The First Whippoorwill (take 4, breakdown)
  0:29
• 34
  The First Whippoorwill (take 5, breakdown)
  0:33
• 35
  The First Whippoorwill (take 6)
  2:55
• 36
  The First Whippoorwill (take 7)
  2:54

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Release credits

• Bill Monroe
  lead vocals [2.1-11, 2.14, 4.1-34, 1.4-12, 1.17-36, 5.1-4, 5.24-29, 3.14-36], mandolin [1.1-40, 4.1-34, 5.1-19, 5.23-36, 2.1-35, 3.1-36], tenor vocals [5.5-36, 2.9-29, 1.4, 1.13-17, 1.17-18, 1.27-32, 1.35, 1.37-40, 3.1-13], vocal [1.16, 2.29, 5.9]
• Birch Monroe
  bass vocals [33-40]
• Carter Stanley
  guitar [4.26-34, 5.4-19, 5.23], instrument [1-3], lead vocals [5-23]
• Charles Smith
  liner notes
• Christian Zwarg
  mastering
• Culley Holt
  bass vocals [23-27]
• Edd Mayfield
  guitar [24-36], lead vocals [24-36]
• Ernie Newton
  double bass [4.3-34, 3.14-28, 5.1-4]
• Farris Coursey
  drums (drum set) [3.14-28, 4.3-25]
• Gordon Terry
  bass vocals [14-23], fiddle [4.26-34, 5.1-4, 5.6-13, 5.29, 5.36], instrument [5]
• Grady Martin
  electric guitar [3.14-28, 4.3-25]
• Hal Smith
  fiddle [4.1-25, 3.29-36]
• Howard Watts
  double bass [5-19, 23]
• Jack Shook
  guitar [3-25]
• James Bowers
  banjo [24-36]
• Jimmy Martin
  guitar [3.1-13, 3.29-36, 2.1-35, 1.1-40, 4.1-2], lead vocals [1.13-18, 1.27-32, 1.35, 1.37-40, 3.1-13, 2.9-29], tenor vocals [3.23-28, 1.33-36], vocal [2.29, 1.16]
• Jimmy Selph
  guitar [14-28]
• Joel Price
  baritone vocals [1.33-40, 2.9-10], bass vocals [15-24], double bass [2.1-35, 1.1-40, 3.1-13, 3.29-36, 4.1-2]
• Matthew Barton
  executive
• Merle "Red" Taylor
  baritone vocals [11-14], fiddle [3.1-13, 2.9-14, 2.25-35]
• Neil Rosenberg
  liner notes
• Owen Bradley
  organ [14-16, 19-28], piano [17-18], vibraphone [29]
• Paul Cohen
  producer [4.1-34, 5.1-36, 2.9-24, 3.14-36]
• Richard K. Spottswood
  liner notes
• Richard Weize
  executive
• Rudy Lyle
  banjo [1.1-32, 2.1-14, 2.25-35, 3.1-13, 3.29-36, 4.1-34, 5.1-13], baritone vocals [5.14-23, 2.15-24, 3.23-28]
• Shorty Shehan
  double bass [24-36]
• Tommy Jackson
  fiddle [14-28]
• Vassar Clements
  fiddle [2.1-8, 1.1-32]
• [unknown]
  bass vocals [28]
• Show all credits (30)

Issues

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  Castle Studio 1950-1951 Complete Sessions

  5x CD
  3 March 2017