The Bristol sessions [sound recording] : 1927-1928 : the big bang of country music

Responsibility
the Carter Family, Jimmie Rodgers, and others.
Imprint
Hambergen, Germany : Bear Family Records, p2011.
Physical description
5 sound discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 book (120 p. : ill. (some col.), ports. ; 31 cm)

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Recordings
Library has: CD 1-5 + 1 booklet
Items in Recordings
Call number Status
MCD 28190 BOOKLET Unknown
MCD 28190 CD 1 Unknown
MCD 28190 CD 2 Unknown
MCD 28190 CD 3 Unknown
MCD 28190 CD 4 Unknown
MCD 28190 CD 5 Unknown

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Contents/Summary

Contents
  • The dying girl's farewell ; Tell mother I will meet her (Ernest V. Stoneman, E. Kahle Brewer, Walter Mooney)
  • The mountaineer's courtship (Ernest V. Stoneman, Miss Irma Frost, Uncle Eck Dunford)
  • Midnight on the stormy deep (Ernest V. Stoneman, Miss Irma Frost)
  • Sweeping through the gates ; I know my name is there ; Are you washed in the blood? ; No more good-byes ; The Resurrection (take 1) ; The Resurrection (take 2) ; I am resolved (take 1) ; I am resolved (take 2) (Ernest V. Stoneman & his Dixie Mountaineers)
  • I want to go where Jesus is ; Do, Lord, remember me ; Old ship of Zion ; Jesus getting us ready for that great day ; Happy in prison ; Don't grieve after me (Ernest Phipps & his Holiness Quartet)
  • What will I do, for my money's all gone (Uncle Eck Dunford, Hattie Stoneman)
  • The whip-poor-will's song
  • Skip to ma Lou, my darling (Uncle Eck Dunford)
  • Barney McCoy (Uncle Eck Dunford, Ernest Stoneman)
  • Old time corn shuckin', part 1 ; Old time corn shuckin', part 2 (Blue Ridge Corn Shuckers)
  • The jealous sweetheart (take 1) ; The jealous sweetheart (take 2) ; A passing policeman ; Just a message from Carolina (Johnson Brothers)
  • The wreck of the Virginian (take 1) ; The wreck of the Virginian (take 2) ; I mean to live for Jesus ; You must unload ; Walking in the way with Jesus (take 1) ; Walking in the way with Jesus (take 2) (Blind Alfred Reed)
  • Two brothers are we ; The soldier's poor little boy (Johnson Brothers with Tennessee Wildcats)
  • I want to see my mother (ten thousand miles away) (Johnson Brothers)
  • Pot licker blues ; Narrow gauge blues (El Watson)
  • Cold penitentiary blues ; Oh Molly dear ; Pretty Polly ; Darling Cora (B.F. Shelton)
  • Called to the foreign field ; I am bound for the promised land ; Where we'll never grow old ; When they ring the golden bells ; To the work (Alfred G. Karnes)
  • Train on the island ; Black-eyed Susie (J.P. Nester)
  • Johnny Goodwin (Bull Mountain Moonshiners)
  • Bury me under the weeping willow ; Little log cabin by the sea ; The poor orphan child ; The storms are on the ocean ; Single girl, married girl ; The wandering boy (the Carter Family)
  • Remember me, O mighty one ; I'm redeemed (Alcoa Quartet)
  • Henry Whitter's fox chase ; Rain Crow Bill (Henry Whitter)
  • Big bend gal ; Suzanna gal ; Sandy River belle (take 1) ; Sandy River belle (take 2) ; Billy Grimes, the rover (the Shelor Family)
  • The Newmarket wreck ; On the banks of the sunny Tennessee (Mr. & Mrs. J.W. Baker)
  • The soldier's sweetheart ; Sleep baby sleep (Jimmie Rodgers)
  • The longest train I ever saw ; Sweet heaven when I die ; Miss 'Liza, poor gal (Tenneva Ramblers)
  • Greasy string ; Your blue eyes run me crazy (West Virginia Coon Hunters)
  • Standing on the promises ; At the river (Tennessee Mountaineers)
  • My name is Ticklish Reuben ; Way down in Alabama (Smyth County Ramblers)
  • Do not wait 'till I'm laid 'neath the clay ; The days of my childhood plays ; We shall all be reunited (Alfred G. Karnes)
  • If the light has gone out in your soul ; Went up in the clouds of heaven ; I know that Jesus set me free ; Shine on me ; Bright tomorrow ; A little talk with Jesus (Ernest Phipps & his Holiness Singers) ; I cannot be your sweetheart ; Three black sheep (Howard-Peak (the Blind Musicians))
  • Good-night darling ; Little bunch of roses (Clarence Greene)
  • The broken-hearted lover (the Stoneman Family)
  • Angeline, the baker ; Old shoes and leggin's (Uncle Eck Dunford)
  • We parted by the riverside (the Stoneman Family)
  • Down to Jordan and be saved ; There's a light lit up in Galilee (Ernest Stoneman's Dixie Mountaineers)
  • Going up the mountain after liquor, part 1 ; Going up the mountain after liquor, part 2 ; The Spanish merchant's daughter ; Too late (the Stoneman Family)
  • I'll be happy ; Like the rainbow ; Because I love him ; Come to the Savior ; Do your best, then wear a smile ; We shall reach home (the Stamps Quartet)
  • My mother is waiting for me in heaven above ; She has climbed the golden stair (Smith Brothers)
  • We'll sing on that shore ; Singing the story of grace ; Help me to find the way ; He'll be with me (the Palmer Sisters) ; Brownie blues ; Unknown blues (Tarter & Gay)
  • Where is my mamma? ; When you go a'courtin' ; I sat upon the river bank ; New Orleans is the town I like best ; She tells me that I am sweet ; Mr. Brown, here I come (Carolina Twins)
  • I truly understand, you love another man ; My mother's hands (Shortbuckle Roark & family).

Bibliographic information

Release date
2009
Production date
1927
Title Variation
Big bang of country music
Note
Bear Family Records: BCD 16094 EK (on discs: BCD 16094-1 EK --BCD 16094-5 EK ).
Old-time, gospel and blues music.
Title from container.
Originally released as Victor and Bluebird 78 rpm discs.
Compact discs.
Program notes and performer biographies by Ted Olson and Tony Russell, song texts, bibliography, and discography laid in container.
Participant
Various performers.
Event
Recorded in Bristol, Va./Tenn. by Ralph S. Peer, July 25 - August 5, 1927 and October 27 - November 4, 1928.
ISBN
9783899165708
3899165705
Publisher Number
BCD 16094 EK Bear Family Records
BCD 16094-1 EK Bear Family Records
BCD 16094-2 EK Bear Family Records
BCD 16094-3 EK Bear Family Records
BCD 16094-4 EK Bear Family Records
BCD 16094-5 EK Bear Family Records

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