Classic Cuts: 1933-41

by The Delmore Brothers

Overview

Classic Cuts 1933-1941 contains 87 tracks, spread out over four CDs, tracing the earliest recordings of the Delmore Brothers. These pre-King sides highlight the initial stages of the brothers' unique vocal harmonies and early forays into blues, ballads, Appalachian folk songs, and spirituals that would later jell into country boogie by the mid-'40s. These tracks are rich in early Americana fare, as indicated by the titles: "Bury Me Out on the Prairie," "Blow Yo' Whistle Freight Train," "Careless Love (Bring My Baby Back)," and "Old Mountain Dew." Also emphasized is the Delmore Brothers' love of gospel material, highlighted by "Are You Marching With the Saviour," "When We Held Our Hymn Books Together," and "God Put a Rainbow in the Clouds." JSP did an admirable job remastering the tracks, providing recording dates, and separating the discs into specific areas: Chicago 1933 and New Orleans 1935; Charlotte, NC, 1936-1937; Charlotte, NC, 1937-1938 and Rocky Hill, SC, 1938-1939; and Atlanta, GA, 1940 and New York 1940-1941. ~ Al Campbell

Product Details

Release Date:	05/11/2004
Label:	Jsp
UPC:	0788065772727
Rank:	69882

Tracks

Disc 1

1. I Ain't Got Nowhere to Travel
2. Smokey Mountain Bill and His Song
3. Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar
4. Lonesome Yodel Blues
5. Brown's Ferry Blues
6. I'm Mississippi Bound
7. I've Got the Big River Blues
8. The Girls Don't Worry My Mind
9. Bury Me out on the Prairie
10. The Frozen Girl
11. Lonesome Jailhouse Blues
12. Blue Railroad Train
13. When It's Summertime in a Southern Clime
14. Blow Yo' Whistle, Freight Train
15. Down South
16. Brown's Ferry Blues, Pt. 2
17. I Got the Kansas City Blues
18. Alabama Lullaby
19. The Fugitive's Lament
20. I'm Going Away
21. I Long to See My Mother
22. Lorena, The Slave

Disc 2

23. The Nashville Blues
24. The Lover's Warning
25. I'm Worried Now
26. Take Away This Lonesome Day
27. Promise Me You'll Always Be Faithful
28. Don't You See That Train
29. It's Takin' Me Down
30. That Yodelin' Gal -- Miss Julie
31. I'm Gonna Change My Way
32. Happy Hickey -- The Hobo
33. Lonesome Yodel Blues
34. Put Me on the Train to Carolina
35. My Smokey Mountain Gal
36. Take Me Back to the Range
37. No Drunkard Can Enter There
38. Southern Moon
39. False Hearted Girl
40. The Budded Rose
41. The Blind Child
42. Are You Marching With the Savior
43. No One

Disc 3

44. Lead Me
45. I Need the Prayers of Those I Love
46. I've Got the Railroad Blues
47. The Weary Lonesome Blues
48. Heavenly Light Is Shining on Me
49. Wonderful There
50. Singing My Troubles Away
51. They Say It Is Sinful to Flirt
52. Till the Roses Bloom Again
53. When We Held Our Hymn Books Together
54. Hi De Ho Baby Mine
55. Goodbye Booze
56. Careless Love (Bring My Baby Back)
57. In That Vine Covered Chapel in the Valley
58. The Cannon Ball
59. 15 Miles from Birmingham
60. Where Is My Sailor Boy
61. Just the Same Sweet Thing to Me
62. A Better Range Is Home
63. Don't Let My Ramblin' Bother Your Mind
64. Wabash Blues
65. Go Easy Mabel

Disc 4

66. Over the Hills
67. The Dying Truckdriver
68. Scatterbrain Mama
69. Happy on the Mississippi Shore
70. Rainin' on the Mountain
71. See That Coon in a Hickory Tree
72. The Storms Are on the Ocean
73. Back to Birmingham
74. The Eastern Gate
75. God Put a Rainbow in the Clouds
76. There's Trouble on My Mind Today
77. Silver Dollar
78. Old Mountain Dew
79. In the Blue Hills of Virginia
80. Make Room in the Lifeboat for Me
81. When It's Time for the Whip-Poor-Will to Sing
82. Will You Be Lonesome Too?
83. Broken Hearted Lover
84. I Now Have a Bugle to Play
85. Baby Girl
86. Gospel Cannonball
87. Honey I'm Ramblin' Away

Album Credits

Performance Credits

The Delmore Brothers   Primary Artist
Alton Delmore   Guitar,Vocals
Rabon Delmore   Vocals,Guitar (Tenor)
Joe Zincan   String Bass
Chuck Maudlin   Fiddle
Smiley O'Brien   Guitar,Vocals

Technical Credits

Pat Harrison   Liner Notes
Earl Scruggs   Composer
Fred Meinken   Composer
Alton Delmore   Composer
Rabon Delmore   Composer
A.P. Carter   Composer
Dave Ringle   Composer
Bascom Lamar Lunsford   Composer
Bill Sprouse, Jr.   Composer
Andrew Aitken   Sleeve Art
Traditional   Composer
The Delmore Brothers   Composer