Last Sessions: Their Complete Victor Recordings - 1934-1941

Carter Family | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 7, 1998)
• Original Release Date: August 10, 1998
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Rounder / Umgd
• ASIN: B000005YVP
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #254,927 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. I'll Be Home Someday

2. Faded Coat of Blue

3. Sailor Boy

4. Why Do You Cry, Little Darling

5. You Tied a Love Knot in My Heart

6. Lonesome Homesick Blues

7. Dark and Stormy Weather

8. In the Valley of the Shenandoah

9. Girl on the Greenbrier Shore

10. Something Got a Hold of Me

11. Fifty Miles of Elbow Room

12. Keep on the Firing Line

13. Waves on the Sea

14. Rambling Boy

15. You're Gonna Be Sorry You Let Me Down

16. The Mountains of Tennessee

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5.0 out of 5 stars The Gospel Of Country, Vol. 9, March 14, 2000

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This review is from: Last Sessions: Their Complete Victor Recordings - 1934-1941 (Audio CD)

Some good songs here, particularly "I'll Be Home Someday" and the important "Keep On The Firing Line" (with A.P.'s great, woe-full bass line), but the real knock-out is "50 Miles Of Elbow Room", courtesy of Sara's travels to California; its unusual melody line had me humming it for days afterwards. One of the nice pleasures of revisiting these collections is discovering subtleties not apparent on a couple of listens: Maybelle's continuing development as a guitarist and her harmony work behind Sara is, at times, remarkable (the two may not have been sisters, but they sure blended together like it; sadly, fittingly; many decades later they passed away within three months of each other), Sara's magnetism was always intact and her unchanging center was not only the core of the group but a base for future country ideals (including Johnny Cash). And A.P.'s drive and unprecedented ability to come up with new material kept the basic themes fresh and everlasting (and his marvelously quirky "bassin'in" fit beautifully into the three-part harmony, too.) All in all, the great American group - well, until The Band came along to take it a step further - lovingly enshrined in this superb 9-volume series for you. Help keep the circle unbroken and learn in return: these recordings are a must to comprehending country music.