The Early Rebel Recordings: 1962–1971

Compilation by The Country Gentlemen

Released 1998
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Tracklist

  • CD 1
  • 1
    Christmas Time Back Home
    3:12
  • 2
    Heavenward Bound
    2:19
  • 3
    I Am Weary (Let Me Rest)
    2:40
  • 4
    Sad and Lonesome Day
    2:36
  • 5
    The Bluebirds Are Singing
    2:26
  • 6
    The White Rose
    2:37
  • 7
    The Gentleman Is Blue
    3:38
  • 8
    Philadelphia Lawyer
    3:02
  • 9
    Spanish Two‐Step
    2:38
  • 10
    Bringing Mary Home
    3:03
  • 11
    The Convict and the Rose
    2:40
  • 12
    Banks of the Ohio
    3:04
  • 13
    Down Where the River Bends
    2:32
  • 14
    Battle Hymn of the Republic
    1:49
  • 15
    This World’s No Place to Live
    2:51
  • 16
    Uncle Joe
    3:00
  • 17
    Northbound
    2:19
  • 18
    Let the Light Shine Down
    1:57
  • 19
    Girl From the North Country
    3:46
  • 20
    Cold Wind A Blowing
    2:17
  • 21
    Jingle Bells
    1:28
  • 22
    Silent Night
    1:55
  • 23
    We Three Kings
    1:52
  • 24
    Blue Bell
    2:30
  • 25
    It’s All Over Now, Baby Blue
    3:29
  • 26
    Matterhorn
    2:21
  • 27
    Dark as a Dungeon
    3:35
  • 28
    Big Bruce
    2:49
  • CD 2
  • 1
    When They Ring Those Golden Bells
    3:01
  • 2
    Buffalo Girls
    2:10
  • 3
    A Beautiful Life
    2:46
  • 4
    I’m Working on a Road
    2:55
  • 5
    A Border Affair
    3:24
  • 6
    Johnny Reb
    2:37
  • 7
    Many a Mile
    2:22
  • 8
    Amelia Earhart’s Last Flight
    2:34
  • 9
    Lord, I’m Coming Home
    3:50
  • 10
    The Traveler
    3:15
  • 11
    Silver Bell
    1:58
  • 12
    Theme From Exodus
    2:50
  • 13
    Love and Wealth
    2:45
  • 14
    He Was a Friend of Mine
    3:03
  • 15
    Daybreak in Dixie
    2:05
  • 16
    Some Old Day
    2:36
  • 17
    Raggy Mountain Shakedown
    2:12
  • 18
    Banana Boat Song
    2:44
  • 19
    Going to the Races
    1:52
  • 20
    Waiting for the Boys to Come Home
    2:28
  • 21
    Darling Little Joe
    2:45
  • 22
    El Dedo
    3:01
  • 23
    I’ll Be There Mary Dear
    3:14
  • 24
    Blue Ridge Cabin Home
    2:32
  • 25
    Take Me in a Lifeboat
    2:46
  • 26
    The Sentence
    2:44
  • 27
    Where I’m Bound
    2:21
  • CD 3
  • 1
    To the Rescue
    2:59
  • 2
    Rodger Young
    2:34
  • 3
    Green Green Grass of Home
    2:39
  • 4
    Along the Way
    2:55
  • 5
    Let’s
    2:25
  • 6
    Rambling Boy
    3:26
  • 7
    Gentlemen’s Concerto
    2:35
  • 8
    Take Me Back to the Valley
    4:06
  • 9
    Fare Thee Well Cisco
    2:15
  • 10
    Preaching, Praying, Singing
    1:48
  • 11
    Mrs. Robinson
    3:13
  • 12
    Two Little Boys
    2:54
  • 13
    Doin’ My Time
    3:13
  • 14
    Rank Strangers to Me
    3:06
  • 15
    Heaven
    2:57
  • 16
    Gone Home
    2:10
  • 17
    Rank Strangers to Me
    3:01
  • 18
    I’m Using My Bible for a Roadmap
    2:57
  • 19
    Over the Hills to the Poorhouse
    2:59
  • 20
    Little White Church
    2:15
  • 21
    Heaven
    3:00
  • 22
    Bill Bailey
    1:59
  • 23
    He Will Set Your Fields on Fire
    2:31
  • 24
    Are You Washed in the Blood
    2:33
  • 25
    One Wide River
    1:43
  • 26
    On the Sunny Side of Life
    2:23
  • 27
    Born Again
    2:15
  • 28
    I’ll Break Out Again
    3:09
  • CD 4
  • 1
    Less of Me
    2:03
  • 2
    I Am a Pilgrim
    2:20
  • 3
    Weapon of Prayer
    3:23
  • 4
    If I Were Free
    3:40
  • 5
    Teach Your Children
    2:38
  • 6
    Fox on the Run
    2:35
  • 7
    Johnny and Jack Medley
    3:16
  • 8
    I’d Rather Live by the Side of the Road
    3:13
  • 9
    These Men of God
    2:25
  • 10
    Cowboys and Indians
    1:58
  • 11
    Sea of Heartbreak
    2:54
  • 12
    Orange Blossom Special
    3:13
  • 13
    Yesterday
    3:20
  • 14
    The Girl Behind the Bar
    3:02
  • 15
    The Son of Hickory Holler’s Tramp
    2:34
  • 16
    Country Roads
    2:34
  • 17
    Redwood Hill
    2:41
  • 18
    Secret of the Waterfall
    3:09
  • 19
    Walkin’ Down the Line
    2:07
  • 20
    Breakin’ It Down
    2:26
  • 21
    New Freedom Bell
    2:43
  • 22
    The Old Pine Tree
    3:07
  • 23
    The Legend of the Rebel Soldier
    2:58
  • 24
    C.G. Express
    2:26
  • 25
    Little Bessie
    3:37
  • 26
    The Fields Have Turned Brown
    3:03
  • 27
    Get in Line Buddy
    2:14

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Release credits

  • banjo [3.15-28, 4.1-27], baritone vocals [4.5-6, 4.9, 4.26, 3.28], tenor vocals [4-5, 11]
  • baritone vocals [4, 11], bass [4.1-25, 4.27, 3.11-28], bass vocals [6], double bass [26], lead vocals [28], tenor vocals [9]
  • tambourine [1]
  • bass vocals [3.28, 4.4, 4.9], guitar, lead vocals [2.3-8, 2.10, 2.24, 1.10, 1.18, 1.25-27, 4.5-8, 4.26]
  • editor, mastering
  • producer [3.1-10, 3.15-18, 3.20-28, 1.10, 2.26-27, 4.2-27]
  • mandolin [14-27], tenor vocals [26]
  • bass [1.9-28, 2.1-25], bass vocals [2.3-4, 1.18]
  • bass [3.1-10, 2.26-27]
  • banjo [1.1-28, 2.1-27, 3.1-14], baritone vocals [1.10, 1.25-27, 2.3-8, 2.10, 2.24], bass vocals [4], guitar [2.10, 3.14], lead vocals [6]
  • task
  • assistant [24-28], engineer [9-20]
  • audio [2.14-27, 3.1-10], engineer [21-28]
  • baritone vocals [5], guitar [2, 4], lead vocals [4, 9, 11], mandolin [2.26-27, 3.1-28, 4.1-3, 4.5-13], tenor vocals [3.28, 4.5-7]
  • guitar [2.4, 1.25], lead vocals [1.10, 1.25, 2.4-5, 2.10], mandolin [2.1-25, 1.1-28], tenor vocals [2.3-8, 2.10, 2.24, 1.10, 1.18, 1.25-27]
  • bass [22]
  • resonator guitar [3.27, 4.1, 4.4-5, 4.7-8, 4.14-27]
  • guitar [7]
  • vibraphone [1]
  • art direction, design
  • engineer [2.2-13, 3.15, 4.5, 4.14-27], recording [3.16-28, 4.1, 4.4-13]
  • bass [1-8]

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