American Epic: The Best of the Carter Family

~ Release by The Carter Family (see all versions of this release, 1 available)

Tracklist

1▼12" Vinyl
#TitleRatingLength
A1Lonesome Valley
autoharp:
Sara Carter (of the Carter Family) (on 1930-11-24)
guitar:
Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1930-11-24)
vocals:
A.P. Carter (on 1930-11-24), Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1930-11-24) and Sara Carter (of the Carter Family) (on 1930-11-24)
recording of:
Lonesome Valley (folk song) (on 1930-11-24)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 7098)
2:42
A2The Poor Orphan Child
producer:
Ralph Peer (on 1927-08-01)
autoharp:
Sara Carter (of the Carter Family) (on 1927-08-01)
guitar:
Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1927-08-01)
vocals:
A.P. Carter (on 1927-08-01) and Sara Carter (of the Carter Family) (on 1927-08-01)
recorded at:
Bristol Sessions Recordings in United States (on 1927-08-01)
recording of:
The Poor Orphan Child (on 1927-08-01)
lyricist:
H. W. Elliott
composer:
Emmett Sidney Dean
arranger:
A.P. Carter
publisher:
APRS (American Performing Rights Society, Inc.(BMI)) and Peer International Corporation (BMI)
3:28
A3Bury Me Under the Weeping Willow
producer:
Ralph Peer (on 1927-08-01)
autoharp:
Sara Carter (of the Carter Family) (on 1927-08-01)
guitar:
Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1927-08-01)
vocals:
A.P. Carter (on 1927-08-01), Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1927-08-01) and Sara Carter (of the Carter Family) (on 1927-08-01)
recorded at:
Bristol Sessions Recordings in United States (on 1927-08-01)
recording of:
Bury Me Under the Weeping Willow (on 1927-08-01)
lyricist and composer:
A.P. Carter
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
publisher:
Peer International Corporation (BMI)
version of:
Bury Me Beneath the Willow (original traditional version)
3:00
A4The Wandering Boy
producer:
Ralph Peer (on 1927-08-02)
autoharp:
Sara Carter (of the Carter Family) (on 1927-08-02)
guitar:
Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1927-08-02)
vocals:
Sara Carter (of the Carter Family) (on 1927-08-02)
recorded at:
Bristol Sessions Recordings in United States (on 1927-08-02)
recording of:
The Wandering Boy (on 1927-08-02)
composer:
R. S. Hanna
arranger:
A.P. Carter
publisher:
Peer International Corporation (BMI)
3:23
A5Wildwood Flower
guitar:
Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1928-05-10)
vocals:
Sara Carter (of the Carter Family) (on 1928-05-10)
recorded at:
Victor Studios in Camden, New Jersey, United States (on 1928-05-10)
part of:
Rolling Stone: The 200 Greatest Country Songs of All Time (number: 32)
recording of:
Wildwood Flower (Carter family version) (on 1928-05-10)
lyricist and composer:
A.P. Carter
publisher:
APRS (American Performing Rights Society, Inc.(BMI)) and Peer International Corporation (BMI)
version of:
I'll Twine 'mid the Ringlets (parlour song, source for Wildwood Flower)
43:12
A6The Foggy Mountain Top
guitar:
Sara Carter (of the Carter Family) (on 1929-02-15)
steel guitar:
Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1929-02-15)
vocals:
A.P. Carter (on 1929-02-15) and Sara Carter (of the Carter Family) (on 1929-02-15)
recorded at:
Victor Studios in Camden, New Jersey, United States (on 1929-02-15)
recording of:
Foggy Mountain Top (on 1929-02-15)
lyricist and composer:
A.P. Carter
3:05
A7The Cannon-Ball
producer:
Ralph Peer
autoharp:
Sara Carter (of the Carter Family) (on 1930-05-24)
guitar:
Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1930-05-24)
vocals:
A.P. Carter (on 1930-05-24)
recorded at:
Municipal Auditorium (Memphis, Tennessee) in Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1930-05-24)
recording of:
Cannonball Blues (on 1930-05-24)
lyricist and composer:
A.P. Carter
3:01
B1Worried Man Blues
producer:
Ralph Peer (on 1930-05-24)
autoharp:
Sara Carter (of the Carter Family) (on 1930-05-24)
guitar:
Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1930-05-24)
vocals:
A.P. Carter (on 1930-05-24), Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1930-05-24) and Sara Carter (of the Carter Family) (on 1930-05-24)
recorded at:
Municipal Auditorium (Memphis, Tennessee) in Memphis, Tennessee, United States (on 1930-05-24)
recording of:
Worried Man Blues (on 1930-05-24)
writer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
arranger:
A.P. Carter
publisher:
APRS (American Performing Rights Society, Inc.(BMI)) and Peer International Corporation (BMI)
arrangement of:
Worried Man Blues
2:47
B2Engine One-Forty-Three
recorded in:
Camden, New Jersey, United States (on 1929-02-15)
guitar:
Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1929-02-15) and Sara Carter (of the Carter Family) (on 1929-02-15)
vocals:
Sara Carter (of the Carter Family) (on 1929-02-15)
recording of:
Engine 143 (on 1929-02-15)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 255)
3:18
B3Keep On the Sunny Side
autoharp:
Sara Carter (of the Carter Family) (on 1928-05-09)
guitar:
Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1928-05-09)
vocals:
A.P. Carter (on 1928-05-09), Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1928-05-09) and Sara Carter (of the Carter Family) (on 1928-05-09)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
Victor Records (Victor, defunct “His Master’s Voice” imprint, formerly “Victor Record”, succeeded by RCA Victor)
recorded at:
Victor Studios in Camden, New Jersey, United States (on 1928-05-09)
recording of:
Keep on the Sunny Side (on 1928-05-09)
lyricist:
Ada Blenkhorn and A.P. Carter
composer:
A.P. Carter and J. Howard Entwisle
52:53
B4Sweet Fern
guitar:
Sara Carter (of the Carter Family) (on 1929-02-14)
steel guitar:
Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1929-02-14)
vocals:
A.P. Carter (on 1929-02-14) and Sara Carter (of the Carter Family) (on 1929-02-14)
recorded at:
Victor Studios in Camden, New Jersey, United States (on 1929-02-14)
recording of:
Sweet Fern (on 1929-02-14)
writer:
A.P. Carter
is based on:
Sweet Bird
3:08
B5John Hardy Was a Desperate Little Man
recorded in:
Camden, New Jersey, United States (on 1928-05-10)
guitar:
Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1928-05-10)
vocals:
Sara Carter (of the Carter Family) (on 1928-05-10)
recorded at:
Victor Studios in Camden, New Jersey, United States (on 1928-05-10)
recording of:
John Hardy (traditional) (on 1928-05-10)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 3262)
2:58
B6Anchored in Love
autoharp:
Sara Carter (of the Carter Family) (on 1928-05-09)
guitar:
Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1928-05-09)
vocals:
A.P. Carter (on 1928-05-09) and Sara Carter (of the Carter Family) (on 1928-05-09)
recorded at:
Victor Studios in Camden, New Jersey, United States (on 1928-05-09)
recording of:
Anchored in Love (on 1928-05-09)
lyricist and composer:
A.P. Carter
2:47
B7I Will Never Marry
autoharp and guitar:
Sara Carter (of the Carter Family) (on 1933-06-17)
guitar:
Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1933-06-17)
vocals:
A.P. Carter (on 1933-06-17), Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1933-06-17) and Sara Carter (of the Carter Family) (on 1933-06-17)
recording of:
I Never Will Marry (on 1933-06-17)
lyricist and composer:
[traditional] (special purpose artist)
part of:
Roud Folk Song Index (number: 466)
2:40
B8When the World's on Fire
autoharp:
Sara Carter (of the Carter Family) (on 1930-05-24)
steel guitar:
Mother Maybelle Carter (on 1930-05-24)
vocals:
A.P. Carter (on 1930-05-24) and Sara Carter (of the Carter Family) (on 1930-05-24)
recording of:
When the World's on Fire (on 1930-05-24)
writer:
A.P. Carter
3:10

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Wikidata:Q55393585 [info]