The Osborne Brothers - 1968-74 [Box set]

Osborne Brothers | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (December 12, 1995)
• Number of Discs: 1
• 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: Bear Family
• ASIN: B000001B20
• In-Print Editions: Audio CD
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #411,052 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. I'll Never Love Another

2. I'll Go Steppin' Too

3. Will You Be Lovin' Another Man

4. I'll Never Shed Another Tear

5. My Little Girl In Tenessee

See all 28 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. There'll Be No Teardrops Tonight

2. You Win Again

3. Blue Moon of Kentucky

4. Where Does the Good Times Go

5. Put It Off Until Tomorrow

See all 27 tracks on this disc

Disc: 3

1. Color Me Lonely

2. Take Me Home, Country Roads

3. Tears Are No Strangers

4. Oh the Pain of Loving You

5. Unfaithful One

See all 26 tracks on this disc

Disc: 4

1. Wabash Cannonball

2. Try Me One More Time

3. Back to the Country Roads

4. The Condition of Samuel Wilder's Will

5. Tears

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Editorial Reviews

Picking up where Bear Family's previous box set left off, the four-disc set 1968-1974 contains all of the recordings the Osborne Brothers made for Decca Records during the late '60s and early '70s. Though the Osbornes were past their creative peak, they were experiencing a commercial revival during this era. Much of this music ranks among the duo's most enjoyable music, and any serious Osborne Brothers fan will need to invest in this excellent set. ~ Thom Owens, All Music Guide --This text refers to an alternate Audio CD edition.

Customer Reviews

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This box set is absolutely wonderful., October 2, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Osborne Brothers - 1968-74 (Audio CD)

When I was a little girl my grandparents listened to this tape all the time as I grew older I have tried to find a tape or cd with Shelly's Winter Love on it. I have found it here. I do a lot of reminicing. Thank You

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Own a piece of history, November 8, 2004

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Mark J. Fowler "Let's Play Two!" (Jacksonville, Florida) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: The Osborne Brothers - 1968-74 (Audio CD)

The sticker price on this set may make you choke up a voice-box, but the truth is that this comprehensive set includes 8 albums worth of music, and it's all goooooood. I don't mean a little bit good, I mean REAL goooooood.

If you have to ask "who are the Osborne Brothers" this set is maybe not for you, but here's a bit of history. Sonny and Bobby Osborne grew up in Bluegrass country. When tenor singing, mandolin playing Bobby went off to the Korean war Sonny was hired as a teenager to play banjo with none other than the master tenor-singing mandolin player: Bill Monroe. When Bobby returned he and Sonny formed a partnership that has made them Bluegrass Royalty over the last 40 + years. The format of the band has changed little. There are a few devastatingly effective essential components of the OB sound: Bobby sings a wonderfully clear tenor with a Pavorotti-like range (who knows how many "high B's" he's sung since the late 60s with only their Zillion performances of their mega-hit "Rocky Top". Bobby also plays competent mandolin. Sonny sings the harmony part beneath Bobby and over these decades has played some of the most innovative (and always appropriate....) banjo ever heard. The vocals are always rounded out by a guitarist with a fine voice, and over the years that person has included legends like Mac Wiseman, Red Allen, Jimmy Martin then in later years sidemen of remarkable ability like Dale Sledd and Paul Brewster (currently singing that wonderful high harmony to Ricky Skaggs.)

Besides the required bass playing the Osborne's have experimented over the years with things like "plugged in" instruments and percussion. (Anathema to bluegrass purists.) Their recordings have been augmented with piano, steel guitar and fiddle.

All that being said: These recordings are Bluegrass History 101. Classics like Molly and Tenbrooks are mixed in with innovative tunes like "Fastest Grass Alive". Crowd favorites like "Ruby" are here too. You can read the cuts yourself, but it's worth noting that the albums represented are presented in chronologic order - it would be like putting 8 or 9 CDs on in a row.

Essential for the OB collector, but if there were no other place to acquire it - I'd have bought it just to get their wonderful recording of "Midnight Flyer".

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars My Name, July 7, 2000

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"shelly1marie" (Logan County, West Virginia) - See all my reviews

This review is from: The Osborne Brothers - 1968-74 (Audio CD)

My grandmother named me from this very song "Shelly's Winter Love". I have had it sang to me as I have grew up but had never really got to listen to it done by the Osborne Brothers. I am turning 16 next week (July 11th, 2000) and my grandmother passed away one month ago yesterday (June 5th, 2000) and I listen to this song to bring back the wonderful memories of her. Thank You !