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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Library has: CD 1- 5 + 1 booklet
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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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Creators/Contributors
- Contributor
- Peer, Ralph Sylvester, 1892-1960. Recording engineer
- Rodgers, Jimmie, 1897-1933. Performer
- Stoneman, Ernest V. Performer
- Brewer, Kahle Performer
- Mooney, Walter, 1876-1965 Performer
- Frost, Irma. Performer
- Dunford, Uncle Eck Performer
- Phipps, Ernest. Performer
- Stoneman, Hattie. Performer
- Reed, Blind Alfred. Performer
- Watson, El. Performer
- Shelton, B. F. Performer
- Karnes, Alfred G., 1891-1958 Performer
- Nester, J. P. (John Preston), 1876-1967. Performer
- Whitter, Henry, 1892-1941 Performer
- Baker, J. W. (Musician) Performer
- Baker, J. W., Mrs., 1895-1986. Performer
- Greene, Clarence, 1894-1961. Performer
- Roark, Shortbuckle. Performer
- Carter Family (Musical group) Performer
- Dixie Mountaineers Performer
- Holiness Quartet. Performer
- Blue Ridge Corn Shuckers. Performer
- Johnson Brothers (Old-time music group) Performer
- Tennessee Wildcats (Musical group) Performer
- Bull Mountain Moonshiners. Performer
- Alcoa Quartet. Performer
- Shelor Family (Musical group) Performer
- Tenneva Ramblers (Musical group) Performer
- West Virginia Coon Hunters. Performer
- Tennessee Mountaineers. Performer
- Smyth County Ramblers Performer
- Holiness Singers. Performer
- Howard-Peak. Performer
- Stoneman Family (Musical group) Performer
- Stamps Quartet. Performer
- Smith Brothers (Gospel group) Performer
- Palmer Sisters (Gospel group) Performer
- Tarter & Gay Performer
- Carolina Twins (Musical group) Performer
Contents/Summary
- Contents
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- 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).
Subjects
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