Appalachian Angel: Her Recordings 1950-1972 & 1996 [Box set, Import]

Anita Carter | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 19, 2004)
• Original Release Date: 2004
• Number of Discs: 7
• Format: Box set, Import
• Note on Boxed Sets: During shipping, discs in boxed sets occasionally become dislodged without damage. Please examine and play these discs. If you are not completely satisfied, we'll refund or replace your purchase.
• Label: Bear Family
• ASIN: B0001Z6418
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #407,732 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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Editorial Reviews

7 CD box set. Anita Carter began singing on the radio with her mother, Maybelle, and the famous Carter Family when she was barely four years old. All of her recordings from 1950 - 1972 - including all the unissued sides - are in this 7 CD set. A total of 173 recordings. This set also includes the first CD reissue of the entire repertoire of Nita, Rita and Ruby from 1955-1957, as well as Anita's final recordings from 1996 - a previously unreleased session with her sister Helen and guitarist Jerry Hensley, recorded in Bristol, close to the site of the landmark 1927 sessions with the original Carter family.

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Unsung singer, January 16, 2005

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Mark Clark (Winston-Salem) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Appalachian Angel: Her Recordings 1950-1972 & 1996 (Audio CD)

This box set is a major investment, but well worth it for any fan of great singing. The bell-like timbre and soaring range of Anita Carter's voice is unlike any other popular vocalist in the 20th century. So few people know about Anita Carter, but thanks to Bear Family records that will hopefully change. Now I hope that Bear Family will release all the sides cut by the Carter Sisters (Anita, June and Helen) and Mother Maybelle.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Greatest Voice Of Any Genre Of Music, June 27, 2004

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Mike Smith (USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Appalachian Angel: Her Recordings 1950-1972 & 1996 (Audio CD)

I was familiar with Anita Carter for years as part of the Carter Sisters group which use to tour with the Jonnny Cash Show but it wasnt until Bear Family released the single cd a few years ago that i had heard her solo recordings and the cd just blew me away! I was so glad when they released this box set of Anita's complete recordings. I just cant say enough about this woman's voice, she is without a doubt the greatest Female vocalist of all time, even though she never got the recognition or radio air play she deserved, all her fans know that what i say is true. She really was the best of the girl singers in country music and any other kind of music as well. I hope later on Bear Family releases a dvd of her live performances like the ones they have done of artist that were on Town Hall Party. I'm sure there are performances from the johnny cash concerts and the opry out there that were filmed years ago that could be put onto a dvd. Lets cross our fingers that a dvd is released.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars one of the loveliest voices ever, May 20, 2004

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Beth "bethiejw2" (Mesa, AZ United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Appalachian Angel: Her Recordings 1950-1972 & 1996 (Audio CD)

Like the booklet says "Anita Carter never got the fame she deserved." This isn't just talk. This is the definite truth. My guess for why she didn't achieve the fame is because she wasn't urban enough for the folk scene. Anita not only matched her contemporaries, I'm sure she would have send most of them running.
Bear Family has done a service putting these recordings together. The box comes with a hard bound book, full of pictures, a few of which come from her Carter Family days. One thing comes through she was one beauty and as the booklet describes a modest person.
There are seven discs here. The first and second deal with her early years and include her Hank Snow duets. Her voice is maturing here but it's pretty cute. I especially enjoy the numbers Don Juan and Blue Doll. The other discs show off the country and folk side she would truly excel at. Generally the best of these show up on the Ring of Fire compilation. Anita's 70's recordings sound a bit different than these but they are still brilliant. Her Waylon Jennings duets are here as well as her last 1996 recordings.
The seventh disc is of her 'Nita Rita and Ruby period. Apparently these were done by Ruby Wright (Kitty Wells' daughter), Rita Robbins, and Anita just for fun. But it comes through pretty well, something reminiscent of the 50's Chordettes sound.