Customer Reviews:

Avg. Customer Rating: 4.8 / 5.0

Had enough of Britainy, Madona, Jacko and his sister?:

I recently discovered an alternative in Sara, Maybelle, and 'Doc'. Carter family songs have become an art form from an era when our country and its culture were great. Their music is familiar, simple, direct, down-home and unpretentious without a trace of immorality. Probably not for everybody and certainly a hard-sell to contemporary mainstream America, but I play the Carter Family continuously at work and home.

The recordings on this CD are from their latter years, mid-1930's, and are superlative;... more info

Key to all subsequent country and folk records...:

These tracks were laid down in 1935 and 1940, mostly re-recordings of their first hits from 1927-34 with a different record company. So the trio had more confidence in their talents, but perhaps less spirit, as another reviewer noted. Recording quality is a tad better than the earlier stuff, as another reviewer mentioned. And since the group was active until the early '40's, this collection is limited...they preserved about 250 performances, and here you get 20. But if you only want one Carter CD for your... more info

TRUE!:

The Carter Family officially had 3 chart country hits-according to Billboard. Their legend goes far beyond that meaningless statistic. This CD features the original group (A.P., Maybelle and Sara) before their series of breakups and reformations with new family members. This particular album was recorded mostly in 1935 and is an absolute treasure. Others may complain about the quality of the sound-it comes across as old, perhaps even scratchy. To this reviewer, that only adds to the luster. It sounds... more info

Tracks:

1. Can the Circle Be Unbroken (Bye and Bye)
2. Lulu Walls
3. My Clinch Mountain Home
4. Wildwood Flower
5. Worried Man Blues
6. Keep on the Sunny Side
7. Gospel Ship
8. My Texas Girl
9. Sinking in the Lonesome Sea
10. Cannon Ball Blues
11. I'm Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes
12. River of Jordan
13. Storms Are on the Ocean
14. On the Rock Where Moses Stood
15. Little Black Train
16. Single Girl, Married Girl

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