All the Classic Releases 1937-1949
Compilation by Bill Monroe
Released 2003
Tracklist
- CD 1: The Monroe Brothers 1936: Charlotte, North Carolina
- 1My Long Journey Home2:28
- 2What Is Home Without Love2:56
- 3What Would You Give in Exchange?3:10
- 4Little Red Shoes2:58
- 5Nine Pound Hammer Is Too Heavy2:12
- 6On Some Foggy Mountain Top2:15
- 7Drifting Too Far From the Shore3:19
- 8In My Dear Old Southern Home2:26
- 9New River Train3:36
- 10This World Is Not My Home2:37
- 11Watermelon Hangin' on That Vine2:13
- 12On the Banks of the Ohio3:27
- 13Do You Call That Religion?2:17
- 14God Holds the Future in His Hands2:35
- 15You've Got to Walk That Lonesome Valley2:12
- 16Six Months Ain't Long3:11
- 17Just a Song of Old Kentucky2:18
- 18Don't Forget Me2:36
- 19I'm Going2:07
- 20Darling Corey2:08
- 21My Savior's Train2:53
- 22I Am Thinking Tonight of the Old Folks2:27
- 23Dreamed I Searched Heaven for You2:51
- 24The Old Cross Road2:35
- 25The Forgotten Soldier Boy2:41
- 26We Read of a Place That's Called Heaven2:38
- 27Will the Circle Be Unbroken2:24
- 28The Saints Go Marching In2:51
- 29Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms2:26
- 30Where Is My Sailor Boy?2:45
- CD 2: The Monroe Brothers 1937-1938: Charlotte, North Carolina
- 1Am I Ready to Go2:46
- 2What Would the Profit Be2:28
- 3Some Glad Day2:38
- 4I Have Found the Way2:19
- 5I Am Going That Way2:24
- 6Kate Cline2:18
- 7Roll On Buddy2:57
- 8Weeping Willow Tree3:13
- 9I'll Live On2:15
- 10Oh Hide You in the Blood2:53
- 11What Would You Give in Exchange (Part 2)2:57
- 12On That Gospel Ship2:41
- 13What Would You Give in Exchange (Part 3)2:55
- 14Let Us Be Lovers Again2:53
- 15All the Good Times Are Passed and Gone2:43
- 16What Would You Give in Exchange (Part 4)2:52
- 17On My Way to Glory2:04
- 18My Last Moving Day2:57
- 19He Will Set Your Fields on Fire3:00
- 20Sinner You Better Get Ready2:35
- 21Have a Feast Here Tonight2:17
- 22Goodbye Maggie3:02
- 23Rollin' On1:58
- 24The Old Man's Story2:33
- 25I've Still Got Ninety Nine3:10
- 26Little Joe2:27
- 27A Beautiful Life2:40
- 28Pearly Gates2:35
- 29On My Way Back Home2:04
- 30When Our Lord Shall Come Again2:15
- CD 3: Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys 1940-1946: Atlanta; Chicago
- 1Mule Skinner Blues2:45
- 2No Letter in the Mail2:41
- 3Cryin' Holy Unto the Lord2:30
- 4Six White Horses3:03
- 5Dog House Blues3:06
- 6I Wonder if You Feel the Way I Do2:52
- 7Katy Hill2:40
- 8Tennessee Blues2:52
- 9Shake My Mother's Hand For Me3:06
- 10Were You There2:48
- 11Blue Yodel #72:54
- 12The Coupon Song2:57
- 13Orange Blossom Special2:33
- 14Honkey Tonk Swing2:31
- 15In The Pines3:24
- 16Back Up and Push2:49
- 17Rocky Road Blues2:37
- 18Kentucky Waltz2:48
- 19True Life Blues2:50
- 20Goodbye Old Pal2:43
- 21Footprints in the Snow2:42
- 22Blue Grass Special2:31
- 23Heavy Traffic Ahead2:52
- 24Blue Moon of Kentucky3:05
- 25Toy Heart2:46
- CD 4: Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys 1946-1949: Chicago; Nashville
- 1Summertime Is Past and Gone2:57
- 2Mansions For Me3:15
- 3Mother's Only Sleeping3:18
- 4Blue Yodel #43:06
- 5Will You Be Loving Another Man2:54
- 6How Will I Explain About You2:55
- 7Wicked Path Of Sin2:41
- 8I'm Going Back To Old Kentucky2:59
- 9It's Mighty Dark To Travel2:54
- 10I Hear A Sweet Voice Calling3:01
- 11Little Cabin On The Hill3:01
- 12My Rose of Old Kentucky2:57
- 13Blue Grass Breakdown2:18
- 14Sweetheart You Done Me Wrong2:49
- 15The Old Cross Road2:43
- 16That Home Above2:54
- 17Remember The Cross3:11
- 18Little Community Church2:47
- 19Along About Daybreak3:07
- 20When You Are Lonely2:45
- 21Molly And Tenbrooks2:46
- 22Shine Hallelujah, Shine2:33
- 23I'm Travellin' On And On2:36
- 24Can't You Hear Me Calling3:19
- 25Travelin' This Lonesome Road3:12
- 26Blue Grass Stomp2:56
- 27The Girl In The Blue Velvet Band3:16
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Release credits
- producer [4.1-21, 4.24-27, 3.18-20, 3.22-25]
- baritone vocals [9-10], fiddle [11-13, 15-16], lead vocals [13]
- arranger [3], guitar [1, 5], lead vocals [4.4, 4.12, 4.19, 4.21, 4.27, 3.1, 3.3, 3.5, 3.9-11, 3.17-18, 3.20-21, 3.23-24], mandolin [3.2-4, 3.6-25, 4.1-21, 4.24-27, 1.1-30, 2.1-30], tenor vocals [2.1-16, 2.18-30, 4.1-3, 4.5-11, 4.14-18, 4.20, 4.24-25, 1.1-30, 3.2, 3.6, 3.13, 3.15, 3.19, 3.25], vocal [1.29, 2.17]
- double bass [1-2, 4-8, 11, 13-14, 16], guitar [12, 15], lead vocals [12, 15], tenor vocals [3, 9-10]
- bass vocals [7]
- arranger [3], guitar [2.1-30, 1.1-30], lead vocals [2.1-16, 2.18-30, 1.1-30], vocal [2.17, 1.29]
- fiddle [3.17-25, 4.1-6, 4.8-15, 4.19-21, 4.24-27], guitar [16-18]
- bass vocals [3], guitar [2-4, 6-8], lead vocals [2, 4, 6]
- guitar [18, 20-21]
- banjo [4.1-6, 4.8-15, 4.19-21, 3.23-25], baritone vocals [16-18], bass vocals [16]
- producer [2.1-30, 1.1-30]
- baritone vocals [1, 7, 10, 16], bass vocals [16-18], double bass [3.17-25, 4.1-15, 4.19-21]
- double bass [24-27]
- guitar [3.23-25, 4.1-15, 4.19-21], lead vocals [3.25, 4.1-3, 4.5-11, 4.14-18, 4.20]
- guitar [24-27], lead vocals [24-25]
- bass vocals [9-10], double bass [12, 15], guitar [9-11, 13-14, 16]
- banjo [24-27]
- banjo [17, 19-22]
- guitar [17, 19, 21-22], lead vocals [19]
- baritone vocals [3], fiddle [1-2, 4-7]
- accordion [17-22]
Issues
A2003


