Carter Family Favorites

Carter Family Favorites

by The Carter Family
Carter Family Favorites

Carter Family Favorites

by The Carter Family

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Overview

Jasmine is one of the U.K.'s seemingly countless reissue labels, due in no small part to different -- read: lenient -- copyright laws than North America's, making compilations like this a dime a dozen. The Carter Family, however, were America's first family of country music, and this 27-track collection centers on their later years with RCA Victor between 1935-1941. All but one of these songs were written by A.P. Carter (most of his songs were based on the vast number of folk songs he'd collected anyway), the exception being the traditional "Wildwood Flower" that the Family had recorded numerous times before. In any case, there are solid performances of Carter classics such as "Hello Stranger," "My Clinch Mountain Home," "Walking the King's Highway," "You Are My Flower," "No Depression," and "Dixie Darling," among others. This is by no means a definitive collection, but it is a very representative one of the period. The sound quality is the equal of the Rounder reissues and the price point is attractive. ~ Thom Jurek

Product Details

Release Date: 04/21/2009
Label: Jasmine Records
UPC: 0604988359220
Rank: 153400

Tracks

  1. Hello Stranger
  2. My Dixie Darling
  3. Oh Take Me Back
  4. Little Joe
  5. Stern Old Behavior
  6. Sweet Heaven in My View
  7. You Are My Flower
  8. Jealous Hearted Me
  9. You've Been a Friend to Me
  10. The Wayworn Traveler
  11. Coal Miner's Blues
  12. Funny When You Feel That Way
  13. My Home's Across the Blue Ridge Mountains
  14. You Better Let That Liar Alone
  15. Cuban Soldier
  16. No Depression
  17. Reckless Motorman
  18. Just Another Broken Heart
  19. Bring Back My Boy
  20. Never Let the Devil Get the Upper Hand of You
  21. Jim Blake's Message
  22. My Native Home
  23. St. Regious Girl
  24. Walking in the King's Highway
  25. Wildwood Flower
  26. I'm Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes
  27. My Clinch Mountain Home

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