All the Classic Releases 1937-1949

Compilation by Bill Monroe

Released 2003

Tracklist

  • CD 1: The Monroe Brothers 1936: Charlotte, North Carolina
  • 1
    My Long Journey Home
    2:28
  • 2
    What Is Home Without Love
    2:56
  • 3
    What Would You Give in Exchange?
    3:10
  • 4
    Little Red Shoes
    2:58
  • 5
    Nine Pound Hammer Is Too Heavy
    2:12
  • 6
    On Some Foggy Mountain Top
    2:15
  • 7
    Drifting Too Far From the Shore
    3:19
  • 8
    In My Dear Old Southern Home
    2:26
  • 9
    New River Train
    3:36
  • 10
    This World Is Not My Home
    2:37
  • 11
    Watermelon Hangin' on That Vine
    2:13
  • 12
    On the Banks of the Ohio
    3:27
  • 13
    Do You Call That Religion?
    2:17
  • 14
    God Holds the Future in His Hands
    2:35
  • 15
    You've Got to Walk That Lonesome Valley
    2:12
  • 16
    Six Months Ain't Long
    3:11
  • 17
    Just a Song of Old Kentucky
    2:18
  • 18
    Don't Forget Me
    2:36
  • 19
    I'm Going
    2:07
  • 20
    Darling Corey
    2:08
  • 21
    My Savior's Train
    2:53
  • 22
    I Am Thinking Tonight of the Old Folks
    2:27
  • 23
    Dreamed I Searched Heaven for You
    2:51
  • 24
    The Old Cross Road
    2:35
  • 25
    The Forgotten Soldier Boy
    2:41
  • 26
    We Read of a Place That's Called Heaven
    2:38
  • 27
    Will the Circle Be Unbroken
    2:24
  • 28
    The Saints Go Marching In
    2:51
  • 29
    Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms
    2:26
  • 30
    Where Is My Sailor Boy?
    2:45
  • CD 2: The Monroe Brothers 1937-1938: Charlotte, North Carolina
  • 1
    Am I Ready to Go
    2:46
  • 2
    What Would the Profit Be
    2:28
  • 3
    Some Glad Day
    2:38
  • 4
    I Have Found the Way
    2:19
  • 5
    I Am Going That Way
    2:24
  • 6
    Kate Cline
    2:18
  • 7
    Roll On Buddy
    2:57
  • 8
    Weeping Willow Tree
    3:13
  • 9
    I'll Live On
    2:15
  • 10
    Oh Hide You in the Blood
    2:53
  • 11
    What Would You Give in Exchange (Part 2)
    2:57
  • 12
    On That Gospel Ship
    2:41
  • 13
    What Would You Give in Exchange (Part 3)
    2:55
  • 14
    Let Us Be Lovers Again
    2:53
  • 15
    All the Good Times Are Passed and Gone
    2:43
  • 16
    What Would You Give in Exchange (Part 4)
    2:52
  • 17
    On My Way to Glory
    2:04
  • 18
    My Last Moving Day
    2:57
  • 19
    He Will Set Your Fields on Fire
    3:00
  • 20
    Sinner You Better Get Ready
    2:35
  • 21
    Have a Feast Here Tonight
    2:17
  • 22
    Goodbye Maggie
    3:02
  • 23
    Rollin' On
    1:58
  • 24
    The Old Man's Story
    2:33
  • 25
    I've Still Got Ninety Nine
    3:10
  • 26
    Little Joe
    2:27
  • 27
    A Beautiful Life
    2:40
  • 28
    Pearly Gates
    2:35
  • 29
    On My Way Back Home
    2:04
  • 30
    When Our Lord Shall Come Again
    2:15
  • CD 3: Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys 1940-1946: Atlanta; Chicago
  • 1
    Mule Skinner Blues
    2:45
  • 2
    No Letter in the Mail
    2:41
  • 3
    Cryin' Holy Unto the Lord
    2:30
  • 4
    Six White Horses
    3:03
  • 5
    Dog House Blues
    3:06
  • 6
    I Wonder if You Feel the Way I Do
    2:52
  • 7
    Katy Hill
    2:40
  • 8
    Tennessee Blues
    2:52
  • 9
    Shake My Mother's Hand For Me
    3:06
  • 10
    Were You There
    2:48
  • 11
    Blue Yodel #7
    2:54
  • 12
    The Coupon Song
    2:57
  • 13
    Orange Blossom Special
    2:33
  • 14
    Honkey Tonk Swing
    2:31
  • 15
    In The Pines
    3:24
  • 16
    Back Up and Push
    2:49
  • 17
    Rocky Road Blues
    2:37
  • 18
    Kentucky Waltz
    2:48
  • 19
    True Life Blues
    2:50
  • 20
    Goodbye Old Pal
    2:43
  • 21
    Footprints in the Snow
    2:42
  • 22
    Blue Grass Special
    2:31
  • 23
    Heavy Traffic Ahead
    2:52
  • 24
    Blue Moon of Kentucky
    3:05
  • 25
    Toy Heart
    2:46
  • CD 4: Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys 1946-1949: Chicago; Nashville
  • 1
    Summertime Is Past and Gone
    2:57
  • 2
    Mansions For Me
    3:15
  • 3
    Mother's Only Sleeping
    3:18
  • 4
    Blue Yodel #4
    3:06
  • 5
    Will You Be Loving Another Man
    2:54
  • 6
    How Will I Explain About You
    2:55
  • 7
    Wicked Path Of Sin
    2:41
  • 8
    I'm Going Back To Old Kentucky
    2:59
  • 9
    It's Mighty Dark To Travel
    2:54
  • 10
    I Hear A Sweet Voice Calling
    3:01
  • 11
    Little Cabin On The Hill
    3:01
  • 12
    My Rose of Old Kentucky
    2:57
  • 13
    Blue Grass Breakdown
    2:18
  • 14
    Sweetheart You Done Me Wrong
    2:49
  • 15
    The Old Cross Road
    2:43
  • 16
    That Home Above
    2:54
  • 17
    Remember The Cross
    3:11
  • 18
    Little Community Church
    2:47
  • 19
    Along About Daybreak
    3:07
  • 20
    When You Are Lonely
    2:45
  • 21
    Molly And Tenbrooks
    2:46
  • 22
    Shine Hallelujah, Shine
    2:33
  • 23
    I'm Travellin' On And On
    2:36
  • 24
    Can't You Hear Me Calling
    3:19
  • 25
    Travelin' This Lonesome Road
    3:12
  • 26
    Blue Grass Stomp
    2:56
  • 27
    The Girl In The Blue Velvet Band
    3:16

More by Bill Monroe

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]

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