788065420123

The Acme Sessions 1952-56

The Carter Family

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Format: 2CD

Cat No: JSPCD4201

Release Date:  03 March 2008

Label:  JSP

Packaging Type:  Brilliant Case (Jewel Case size, Holds 2 CDs)

No of Units:  2

Barcode:  788065420123

Genres:  Country  

  • Description

    Generally considered to be 'the first family' of American country music, A.P. Carter, his wife Sara and his sister-in-law Maybelle were a significant, commercially successful and highly influential trio from the late 1920s to the early '40s. Although A.P. and Sara separated midway through this period she continued to perform with the group until they called it a day. That part of The Carter Family's legacy has been repeatedly documented with various box sets and 'best ofs'.

    However, in 1952 a sharp-talking preacher cum businessman, one Clifford Spurlock, persuaded A.P. and Sara to get back together, this time with their offspring Joe and Jeanette. This to record for Spurlock's own Acme label, primarily aimed at Sears' catalogue customers. The four year venture wasn't a great commercial success because the Carters were by then out of step with the changing country music scene and the early salvos of Rock 'n' Roll.

    Nevertheless, musically they still cut the mustard, reprising some of their earlier successes mixed with new compositions in the old tradition. This hitherto unheralded part of The Carter Family's history is fully documented by this 2CD set.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Pretty Raindrops
      • 2. There's a Bright Side Somewhere
      • 3. Climbing Zion's Hill
      • 4. Longing For Home
      • 5. Railroading On the Great Divide
      • 6. Live On Down the Line
      • 7. No More Goodbyes (At Home With Our Saviour Above)
      • 8. On the Rock Where Moses Stood
      • 9. Storms Are On the Ocean
      • 10. Soldier's Beyond the Blue
      • 11. Sweet Fern
      • 12. Wildwood Flower
      • 13. Keep On the Sunny Side
      • 14. Sow 'Em On the Mountain
      • 15. I'll Be Satisfied
      • 16. Room In Heaven For Me
      • 17. Gently Lead Me
      • 18. Ship Ahoy
      • 19. Hill Lone and Grey
      • 20. Beautiful Isle O'Er the Sea
      • 21. My Wildwood Rose
      • 22. The Titanic
      • 23. When the Sunset Turns the Ocean Blue To Gold
      • 24. I'm Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes
      • 25. Little Moses
      • 26. Western Hobo
      • 27. Beautiful Home
      • 28. I Shall Not Be Moved

      Disc 2

      • 1. My Dixie Darling
      • 2. Wabash Cannonball
      • 3. Meeting In the Air
      • 4. Ship Ahoy
      • 5. Wade In the Water
      • 6. Jesus Hold My Hand
      • 7. Fate of George Allen On Engine
      • 8. Anchored In Love
      • 9. Curtains of Night
      • 10. Angel Band
      • 11. Redemption Song
      • 12. Gold Watch and Chain
      • 13. Worried Man Blues
      • 14. Wayworn Traveller
      • 15. Homestead On the Farm
      • 16. Grave On the Green Hillside
      • 17. Waves On the Sea
      • 18. Wildwood Flower
      • 19. Keep On the Sunnyside
      • 20. Motherless Children
      • 21. Two More Years (and I'll Be Free)
      • 22. Broken Engagement
      • 23. The Last Letter
      • 24. On the Sea of Galilee
      • 25. Mrs. Jimmie Rodgers Visits the Carter Family - Part 1
      • 26. Mrs. Jimmie Rodgers Visits the Carter Family - Part 2
      • 27. I'm Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes
      • 28. Midnight On the Stormy Deep
      • 29. Railroading On the Great Divide
      • 30. Wildwood Flower