The Early Rebel Recordings: 1962-1971 [BOX SET]

Country Gentlemen

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: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #47,271 in Music (See Bestsellers 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. Bluebirds Are Singing for Me

See all 28 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. When They Ring Those Golden Bells

2. Buffalo Girls

3. Beautiful Life

4. I'm Working on a Road

5. Border Affair

See all 27 tracks on this disc

Disc: 3

1. To the Rescue

2. Rodger Young

3. Green, Green Grass of Home

4. Along the Way

5. Let's

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Disc: 4

1. Less of Me

2. I Am a Pilgrim

3. Weapon of Prayer

4. If I Were Free

5. Teach Your Children

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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

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

0 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

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

By	B. Griffith - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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

1 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The Country Gentlemen, May 6, 2007

By	Oakland D. Morrison "Morrie" (San Antonio, Texas) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

I really regret that I discovered The Country Gentlemen so late in life. I don't understand how I missed them all these years but I really love their music and play it everyday. This group of CD's gives a good variety and shows the range of the Gentlemen's sound.

1 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars The Early rebel Recordins: 1962-1971, July 4, 2006

By	Janet L. Puckett "CD buff" (USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Really enjoying these songs on CD. Nice listening to Older recordings. Would Highly recommend this album for other people