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Format: CD (6 disc)
Release Date: Dec 01, 1999
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Personnel includes: Lester Flatt, Mac Wiseman, Bill Monroe.
Recorded between 1969 & 1974.
Contains 148 tracks.
Personnel: Lester Flatt (vocals, guitar); Mac Wiseman (vocals, guitar); Bill Monroe (vocals, mandolin); Boomer Clarke (vocals); Gary Scruggs (baritone, guitar, tambourine); Earl Scruggs (baritone, banjo); Paul Warren (bass voice, fiddle); Howard G. "Johnny" Johnson, Grady Martin, Monroe Fields, Randy Scruggs, Ray Edenton (guitar); Fred Carter (electric guitar); Charlie Daniels (12-string guitar, electric bass); Jerry Shook (12-string guitar); Jack Martin, Charles Nixon (dobro); Haskel McCormick, Kenny Ingram, Vic Jordan (banjo); Roland White, Bobby Osborne (mandolin); Jimmy Riddle (harmonica); Robert G. Wilson, Hargus "Pig" Robbins, Jerry Whitehurst (piano); Ralph Gallant, Marilyn Harman, Kenny Buttrey, Jim Isbell (drums).
Audio Mixers: Dennis Ferrante; Vic Anesini.
Recording information: Columbia Recording Studio, Nash (05/16/1966-03/19/1974); Neely Auditorium, Nashville, TN (05/16/1966-03/19/1974); RCA Victor Studio, Nashville, TN (05/16/1966-03/19/1974).
Illustrators: Les Leverett; R.A. Andreas.
Photographers: Les Leverett; R.A. Andreas.
It started as early as 1966, when Earl Scruggs convinced his partner, Lester Flatt, to record some songs outside of the bluegrass tradition. Among them were some Bobby Bare cuts: "Passing Through," "Shut Your Face, I'm Talking to Your Head," "Before You Die," and "Take Me Home to Mama." In the same year there was the song that Ralph Stanley would make his signature, Waylon Jennings' "Man of Constant Sorrow." In 1967 it was Bob Dylan's "Girl from the North Country," and in 1968 it was Dylan's "Rainy Day Women #12 & 35," produced by Bob Johnston, Dylan's producer. And in 1969, amid the ringing electric guitars of Randy Scruggs, Charlie McCoy's harmonica, Charlie Daniels' rhythm guitar, and others bluegrass "innovations," it was over. Arguably the most famous duo in the history of bluegrass -- eclipsing even the profile of the music's founders, Bill Monroe (their former employer) and Ralph Stanley in the early '60s -- Flatt & Scruggs had a bitter parting of ways that would not be mended until Flatt was on his deathbed ten years later. This Bear Family set compiles the aforementioned tracks and five and a half more CDs, including Flatt's last live date, all recorded for RCA between 1969 and 1978. Flatt, by far the more traditional of the two men, and ten years Scruggs' senior, went to record with Mac Wiseman, Josh Graves, Marty Stuart, and a host of other traditional musicians -- including Bill Monroe -- on over ten albums' worth of material both original and from the bluegrass canon. None of it matches the majesty of Flatt & Scruggs at their peak -- and neither does Scruggs' -- but it is all worthwhile as a way of looking at how bluegrass music survived a particularly tumultuous era. Certainly, collectors will find the most use for these recordings, but their appeal cannot be denied because Flatt was the most original singer in the history of the music and remains so. His voice was far deeper than most, and his phrasing reflected the same mountains he grew up in until the end, no matter what he was singing. This set may not be for everyone, but for those who sprung for the other Flatt & Scruggs boxes, or have found them to be irresistible, this is fine traditional country music. ~ Thom Jurek
Recorded between 1969 & 1974.
Contains 148 tracks.
Personnel: Lester Flatt (vocals, guitar); Mac Wiseman (vocals, guitar); Bill Monroe (vocals, mandolin); Boomer Clarke (vocals); Gary Scruggs (baritone, guitar, tambourine); Earl Scruggs (baritone, banjo); Paul Warren (bass voice, fiddle); Howard G. "Johnny" Johnson, Grady Martin, Monroe Fields, Randy Scruggs, Ray Edenton (guitar); Fred Carter (electric guitar); Charlie Daniels (12-string guitar, electric bass); Jerry Shook (12-string guitar); Jack Martin, Charles Nixon (dobro); Haskel McCormick, Kenny Ingram, Vic Jordan (banjo); Roland White, Bobby Osborne (mandolin); Jimmy Riddle (harmonica); Robert G. Wilson, Hargus "Pig" Robbins, Jerry Whitehurst (piano); Ralph Gallant, Marilyn Harman, Kenny Buttrey, Jim Isbell (drums).
Audio Mixers: Dennis Ferrante; Vic Anesini.
Recording information: Columbia Recording Studio, Nash (05/16/1966-03/19/1974); Neely Auditorium, Nashville, TN (05/16/1966-03/19/1974); RCA Victor Studio, Nashville, TN (05/16/1966-03/19/1974).
Illustrators: Les Leverett; R.A. Andreas.
Photographers: Les Leverett; R.A. Andreas.
It started as early as 1966, when Earl Scruggs convinced his partner, Lester Flatt, to record some songs outside of the bluegrass tradition. Among them were some Bobby Bare cuts: "Passing Through," "Shut Your Face, I'm Talking to Your Head," "Before You Die," and "Take Me Home to Mama." In the same year there was the song that Ralph Stanley would make his signature, Waylon Jennings' "Man of Constant Sorrow." In 1967 it was Bob Dylan's "Girl from the North Country," and in 1968 it was Dylan's "Rainy Day Women #12 & 35," produced by Bob Johnston, Dylan's producer. And in 1969, amid the ringing electric guitars of Randy Scruggs, Charlie McCoy's harmonica, Charlie Daniels' rhythm guitar, and others bluegrass "innovations," it was over. Arguably the most famous duo in the history of bluegrass -- eclipsing even the profile of the music's founders, Bill Monroe (their former employer) and Ralph Stanley in the early '60s -- Flatt & Scruggs had a bitter parting of ways that would not be mended until Flatt was on his deathbed ten years later. This Bear Family set compiles the aforementioned tracks and five and a half more CDs, including Flatt's last live date, all recorded for RCA between 1969 and 1978. Flatt, by far the more traditional of the two men, and ten years Scruggs' senior, went to record with Mac Wiseman, Josh Graves, Marty Stuart, and a host of other traditional musicians -- including Bill Monroe -- on over ten albums' worth of material both original and from the bluegrass canon. None of it matches the majesty of Flatt & Scruggs at their peak -- and neither does Scruggs' -- but it is all worthwhile as a way of looking at how bluegrass music survived a particularly tumultuous era. Certainly, collectors will find the most use for these recordings, but their appeal cannot be denied because Flatt was the most original singer in the history of the music and remains so. His voice was far deeper than most, and his phrasing reflected the same mountains he grew up in until the end, no matter what he was singing. This set may not be for everyone, but for those who sprung for the other Flatt & Scruggs boxes, or have found them to be irresistible, this is fine traditional country music. ~ Thom Jurek
Tracks:
Disc 1:
1 - I've Heard the Wind Blow Before
2 - Passing Through
3 - I'll Never Understand
4 - Man of Constant Sorrow
5 - Take Me Home to Mama
6 - Before You Die
7 - Shut Your Face, I'm Talking to Your Head
8 - Walk Slow
9 - I'll Figure My Loss
10 - Don't Get Above Your Raising
11 - I Think of You
12 - Girl from the North Country
13 - I Want to Come Home to You
14 - Walk Right In
15 - Cotton Fields
16 - Foggy Mountain Breakdown
17 - Sing a Little Baby to Sleep
18 - Rainy Day Women #12 & 35
Disc 2:
1 - Highway 41
2 - Walkin' the Railroad Tracks
3 - Great Big Woman
4 - I Live the Life of Riley
5 - I Been Walkin'
6 - Aiken, South Carolina
7 - Regina
8 - Lil' Dave
9 - Mississippi Flood
10 - Don't Wake Me
11 - Ten Years of Heartaches
12 - Before I Met You
13 - Maiden's Prayer
14 - Lookin' for a Break
15 - Vic's Ride
16 - Reuben James
17 - See Rudy Fall
18 - Rainbow of My Dreams
19 - She Belongs to Me
Disc 3:
1 - I Can't Tell the Boys from the Girls
2 - Let Our Love Shine Through
3 - Flatt Lonesome
4 - Everybody Has One (But You)
5 - I'll Be Over You
6 - Good Old Fashioned Way
7 - Pick Away
8 - She's a Little Bit Country
9 - Backin' to Birmingham
10 - Head Over Heels in Love
11 - Father's Table Grace
12 - Little Cabin Home on the Hill
13 - Cabin on the Hill
14 - Cedar Hill
15 - Everything We Had Goin' Is Gone
16 - Bluebirds Are Singing for Me
17 - We'll Meet Again Sweetheart
18 - How Lonely Can You Get?
19 - Will You Be Loving Another Man?
20 - Sweetheart You Done Me Wrong
21 - Homestead on the Farm
22 - Jimmie Brown, the Newsboy
23 - Now That You Have Me
24 - I'll Never Love Another
25 - You're the Best of All the Leading Brands
26 - Love Is Like a Flower
27 - Special
Disc 4:
1 - Don't Take It So Hard Mr. Webster
2 - Up a Creek Without a Paddle
3 - She Didn't Say Goodbye
4 - Jesus Gold
5 - Is Anybody Goin' North to Cincinnati?
6 - Cuttin' the Grass
7 - Good Ole You Know Who
8 - I Got It on My Mind, Today
9 - Kentucky Ridgerunner
10 - Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms
11 - Martha White Theme
12 - You're Still Mine Tonight
13 - I'll Stay Around
14 - Salty Dog Blues
15 - Just a Strand from a Yellow Curl
16 - Mama's and Daddy's Little Girl
17 - Blue Ridge Cabin Home
18 - Me and Your Cabin
19 - Waiting for the Boys to Come Home
20 - On the South Bend
21 - I'm Waiting to Hear You Call Me Darling
22 - Are You Coming Back to Me
23 - When You Are Lonely
24 - You Can't Trust a Friend Anymore
25 - February Snow
26 - It's Sad to Be Alone
27 - Love Is the Key
28 - Foggy Mountain Breakdown
Disc 5:
1 - Have You Come to Say Goodbye
2 - Her Sweet Love's Callin' Me
3 - My Little Girl's Little Girl
4 - Nashville Grass Breakdown
5 - Don't Get Above Your Raising
6 - Feudin' Banjos
7 - Country Boy
8 - I'm Gonna Get My Picture Took
9 - I Like to Have Papa Show Me Around
10 - My Arms Will Make You Forget
11 - No Place to Pillow My Head
12 - Haskel Stomp
13 - One Bad Case of the Blues
14 - Love's Come Over Me
15 - Girl I Love Don't Pay Me No Mind
16 - I'll Go Stepping Too
17 - Ain't Nobody Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone
18 - I'm a Stranger in This World
19 - More Pretty Girls Than One
20 - When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold Again
21 - Over the Hills to the Poorhouse
22 - 'Tis Sweet to Be Remembered
23 - This Man Jesus
24 - Crazy Life
25 - She Left Me Because I Drink
26 - I've Been Away So Long
27 - McCormick String Picnic
28 - Never Ending Song of Love
29 - Before You Go
30 - Country Living
Disc 6:
1 - Flint Hill Special
2 - Lost All My Money
3 - I'll Be All Smiles Tonight
4 - Homestead on the Farm
5 - Rawhide
6 - Wabash Cannonball
7 - Orange Blossom Special
8 - Nine Pound Hammer
9 - Get in Line Brother
10 - Fall Is a Lonesome Time for Me
11 - I Know What It Means to Be Lonesome
12 - Dig a Hole in the Meadow
13 - Uncle Pen
14 - Blue Moon of Kentucky
15 - My Old Used to Be
16 - Will You Be Loving Another Man?
17 - My Little Cabin Home on the Hill
18 - Cryin' Holy Unto the Lord
19 - Sally Goodin'
20 - Mule Skinner Blues
21 - Salty Dog Blues
22 - Red Wing
23 - Wreck of the Old '97
24 - Martha White Theme
25 - Cumberland Gap
26 - Foggy Mountain Breakdown
1 - I've Heard the Wind Blow Before
2 - Passing Through
3 - I'll Never Understand
4 - Man of Constant Sorrow
5 - Take Me Home to Mama
6 - Before You Die
7 - Shut Your Face, I'm Talking to Your Head
8 - Walk Slow
9 - I'll Figure My Loss
10 - Don't Get Above Your Raising
11 - I Think of You
12 - Girl from the North Country
13 - I Want to Come Home to You
14 - Walk Right In
15 - Cotton Fields
16 - Foggy Mountain Breakdown
17 - Sing a Little Baby to Sleep
18 - Rainy Day Women #12 & 35
Disc 2:
1 - Highway 41
2 - Walkin' the Railroad Tracks
3 - Great Big Woman
4 - I Live the Life of Riley
5 - I Been Walkin'
6 - Aiken, South Carolina
7 - Regina
8 - Lil' Dave
9 - Mississippi Flood
10 - Don't Wake Me
11 - Ten Years of Heartaches
12 - Before I Met You
13 - Maiden's Prayer
14 - Lookin' for a Break
15 - Vic's Ride
16 - Reuben James
17 - See Rudy Fall
18 - Rainbow of My Dreams
19 - She Belongs to Me
Disc 3:
1 - I Can't Tell the Boys from the Girls
2 - Let Our Love Shine Through
3 - Flatt Lonesome
4 - Everybody Has One (But You)
5 - I'll Be Over You
6 - Good Old Fashioned Way
7 - Pick Away
8 - She's a Little Bit Country
9 - Backin' to Birmingham
10 - Head Over Heels in Love
11 - Father's Table Grace
12 - Little Cabin Home on the Hill
13 - Cabin on the Hill
14 - Cedar Hill
15 - Everything We Had Goin' Is Gone
16 - Bluebirds Are Singing for Me
17 - We'll Meet Again Sweetheart
18 - How Lonely Can You Get?
19 - Will You Be Loving Another Man?
20 - Sweetheart You Done Me Wrong
21 - Homestead on the Farm
22 - Jimmie Brown, the Newsboy
23 - Now That You Have Me
24 - I'll Never Love Another
25 - You're the Best of All the Leading Brands
26 - Love Is Like a Flower
27 - Special
Disc 4:
1 - Don't Take It So Hard Mr. Webster
2 - Up a Creek Without a Paddle
3 - She Didn't Say Goodbye
4 - Jesus Gold
5 - Is Anybody Goin' North to Cincinnati?
6 - Cuttin' the Grass
7 - Good Ole You Know Who
8 - I Got It on My Mind, Today
9 - Kentucky Ridgerunner
10 - Roll in My Sweet Baby's Arms
11 - Martha White Theme
12 - You're Still Mine Tonight
13 - I'll Stay Around
14 - Salty Dog Blues
15 - Just a Strand from a Yellow Curl
16 - Mama's and Daddy's Little Girl
17 - Blue Ridge Cabin Home
18 - Me and Your Cabin
19 - Waiting for the Boys to Come Home
20 - On the South Bend
21 - I'm Waiting to Hear You Call Me Darling
22 - Are You Coming Back to Me
23 - When You Are Lonely
24 - You Can't Trust a Friend Anymore
25 - February Snow
26 - It's Sad to Be Alone
27 - Love Is the Key
28 - Foggy Mountain Breakdown
Disc 5:
1 - Have You Come to Say Goodbye
2 - Her Sweet Love's Callin' Me
3 - My Little Girl's Little Girl
4 - Nashville Grass Breakdown
5 - Don't Get Above Your Raising
6 - Feudin' Banjos
7 - Country Boy
8 - I'm Gonna Get My Picture Took
9 - I Like to Have Papa Show Me Around
10 - My Arms Will Make You Forget
11 - No Place to Pillow My Head
12 - Haskel Stomp
13 - One Bad Case of the Blues
14 - Love's Come Over Me
15 - Girl I Love Don't Pay Me No Mind
16 - I'll Go Stepping Too
17 - Ain't Nobody Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone
18 - I'm a Stranger in This World
19 - More Pretty Girls Than One
20 - When My Blue Moon Turns to Gold Again
21 - Over the Hills to the Poorhouse
22 - 'Tis Sweet to Be Remembered
23 - This Man Jesus
24 - Crazy Life
25 - She Left Me Because I Drink
26 - I've Been Away So Long
27 - McCormick String Picnic
28 - Never Ending Song of Love
29 - Before You Go
30 - Country Living
Disc 6:
1 - Flint Hill Special
2 - Lost All My Money
3 - I'll Be All Smiles Tonight
4 - Homestead on the Farm
5 - Rawhide
6 - Wabash Cannonball
7 - Orange Blossom Special
8 - Nine Pound Hammer
9 - Get in Line Brother
10 - Fall Is a Lonesome Time for Me
11 - I Know What It Means to Be Lonesome
12 - Dig a Hole in the Meadow
13 - Uncle Pen
14 - Blue Moon of Kentucky
15 - My Old Used to Be
16 - Will You Be Loving Another Man?
17 - My Little Cabin Home on the Hill
18 - Cryin' Holy Unto the Lord
19 - Sally Goodin'
20 - Mule Skinner Blues
21 - Salty Dog Blues
22 - Red Wing
23 - Wreck of the Old '97
24 - Martha White Theme
25 - Cumberland Gap
26 - Foggy Mountain Breakdown