The Early Rebel Recordings: 1962-1971 [Box set]

Country Gentlemen | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 21, 1998)
• Original Release Date: April 21, 1998
• Number of Discs: 4
• Format: Box set
• 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: Rebel Records
• ASIN: B000005YVA
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #153,898 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. Christmas Time Back Home

2. Heavenward Bound

3. I Am Weary (Let Me Rest)

4. Sad and Lonesome Day

5. The Bluebirds Are Singing

See all 28 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. A Beautiful Life

2. When They Ring Those Golden Bells

3. Buffalo Girls

4. I'm Working on a Road

5. A Border Affair

See all 27 tracks on this disc

Disc: 3

1. Rodger Young

2. Over the Hills to the Poorhouse

3. Let's

4. One Wide River

5. Mrs. Robinson

See all 28 tracks on this disc

Disc: 4

1. If I Were Free

2. I'd Rather Live by the Side of the Road

3. Fox on the Run

4. Johnny and Jack Medley

5. Sea of Heartbreak

See all 22 tracks on this disc

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

The folk revival frequently takes a lot of heat from bluegrass experts. When a younger urban audience and their ethnomusicologist guides began discovering and drawing attention to established bluegrass artists in the '50s, they sometimes proffered a distorted folk purism to the music--and that can rankle hardcore bluegrassers. Yet without the folk revival, bands as seminal as the Country Gentlemen would not exist--in fact, one of the band's earliest singles was a reworking of the best-known folk-revival performance: the Kingston Trio's "Tom Dooley." This four-disc box set collects the most energetic and groundbreaking work of the classic Country Gentleman ensemble--Charlie Waller, John Duffey, Eddie Adcock, and Tom Gray--as well as the equally great, early-'70s lineup of Waller, Bill Emerson, Bill Yates, and Doyle Lawson. No bluegrass band of the '60s and '70s was more influential: they brought songs by Dylan and the Beatles into bluegrass, not as novelties, but with all the soul of the standards these songs would become. But this isn't hippie newgrass either--the playing is stunning, and the harmonies grip like a vise. --Roy Kasten

No Depression

To find the first significant bluegrass act with a relationship as organically connected to that movement ... one must look at a Washington D.C. group, the Country Gentlemen.... These sessions are unmatched for the way in which the vocal and instrumental virtuosity of the band was married to a succession of songs that roamed across the entire span of popular music--and even beyond.... Classical, pop, bluegrass, folk, blues--all were grist for the Country Gentlemen's mill.... Waller and his sidemen still look for material far beyond the normal range of the bluegrass repertoire. It's a remarkable achievement.

Customer Reviews

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Early Rebel Recordings, March 29, 2011

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This is wonderful stuff for a fan of the early days of bluegrass, and moreover, for a fan of modern bluegrass who respects the roots. I started as a fan of John Duffey [having met him and enjoyed him live, in his Seldom Scene days], and unfortunately he is only in half of this collection, but all four CDs are good. Highly recommended.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Country Gentlemen, January 31, 2011

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Great music from a legendary group (Charlie Waller, John Duffy, Bill Yates, Bill Emerson and others); bluegrass fans will love this music over a span of years

0 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars cd set, January 18, 2009

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This is a geat set for anyone who is a Country gentlemen fan, I would reccommend it to anyone!