A Treasury of Rare Song Gems From the Past [Compilation]

Blue Sky Boys | Format: Vinyl

Product Details

• Vinyl
• Format: Compilation
• Label: Starday
• ASIN: B001ONO1VQ
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

Editorial Reviews

Track Listings 1. The Sunny Side of Life 2. As Long as I Live 3. Nine Pound Hammer 4. The Longest Train I Ever Saw - The Blue Sky Boys, Bolick, Bill&Earl 5. Golden Slippers 6. Mary of the Wild Moor 7. I Have Found a Way - The Blue Sky Boys, Bolick, Bill&Earl 8. Tugboat 9. Get Along Home - The Blue Sky Boys, Bolick, Bill&Earl 10. The Last Letter 11. Black Mountain Blues 12. A Picture from Life's Other Side 13. There's Been a Change - The Blue Sky Boys, Bolick, Bill&Earl 14. Row Us over the Tide 15. Dust on the Bible - The Blue Sky Boys, Bailes, Walter 16. Turn Your Radio On

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The best Blue Sky Boys CD ?, January 30, 2002

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J. Julian "thebigj" (London UK) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Treasury Of Rare Song Gems From The Past (Audio CD)

If you are only thinking about buying one CD from this geat duo then this is probably the one.

A great mixture of light and dark, religious and secular giving an excellent cross-section of the Blue Sky Boys recorded output including tracks not currently available elsewhere.

A classic collection worth the purchase price for "Mary of the Wild Moor".

Very traditional and exceptionally well done by two great exponents of the genre.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Blue Sky Boys Treasury Of Rare Song Gems, February 16, 2008

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Robert Riggs "The Music Connection Wholesale" (MULDRAUGH, KY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Treasury of Rare Song Gems (Audio CD)

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Track Listings:
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1. The Sunny Side Of Life
2. As Long As I Live
3. Nine Pound Hammer
4. The Longest Train I Ever Saw
5. Golden Slippers (Inst.)
6. Mary Of The Wild Moor
7. I Have Found A Way
8. Tugboat (Inst.)
9. Get Along Home
10. The Last Letter
11. Black Mountian Blues (Inst.)
12. A Picture From Lifes Other Side
13. There's Been A Change
14. Row Us Over The Tide
15. Dust On The Bible
16. Turn Your Radio On

4.0 out of 5 stars One of the Wellsprings, May 27, 2009

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Steve Heimel "the old bullrider" (Anchorage, AK USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: A Treasury Of Rare Song Gems From The Past (Audio CD)

Here it is! These are directly taken from those famous old best selling 78's and nothing much has been done to them in the way of "sweetening." The tinny frequency response takes some getting used to, and so does the content of some of the material. You have to think of it as a sort of time machine taking you back to those times. I hadn't realized what great pickers these guys were until I listened to these. It makes a great companion to the Rounder release in which they re-recorded some of their favorites. The Blue Sky Boys had a sound that influenced many, particularly Bill and Charlie Monroe. Their careers faded when honky tonk music came up. It was just not the sort of music they were comfortable playing. Simple country gospel was more to their taste.