Country Music Hall of Fame: 1970

by The Carter Family

Overview

A decent overview of "The First Family of Country Music," filled with excellent examples of why the Carter Family was so influential. Old-timey classics like "Can the Circle Be Unbroken" and "Wildwood Flower" are represented as familiar favorites, but "Black Jack David" stands out as a showcase of both Maybelle Carter's pervasive guitar picking and the family's haunting vocal harmonies, so much so that Harry Smith selected it to be included it on his Anthology of American Folk Music, Vol. 4. The recording is beautifully dotted with analog pops from the original masters, but the packaging is woefully lacking detail regarding the tracks and recording dates. ~ Zac Johnson

Product Details

Release Date:	07/11/2000
Label:	King / King
UPC:	0792014381120
Rank:	122883

Tracks

1. Wildwood Flower
2. Can the Circle Be Unbroken (Bye and Bye)
3. Lulu Walls
4. Black Jack David
5. Gospel Ship
6. My Old Virginia Home
7. Gathering Flowers from the Hillside
8. Don't Forget Me Little Darling
9. I'm Thinking Tonight of My Blue Eyes
10. He Took a White Rose from Her Hair

Album Credits

Performance Credits

The Carter Family   Primary Artist

Technical Credits

Traditional   Composer
Chuck Young   Liner Notes,Art Direction
Don Marcotte   Composer
Moe Lytle   Design,Concept
A.P. Carter   Composer
J.E. Mainer   Composer