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The Carter Family Album: “Greatest Hits 1927-34”
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Greatest Hits 1927-34 |
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Release Date:2006-10-10
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Type:Unknown
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Genre:Vintage Country, Classic Country
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Label:Fabulous
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Explicit Lyrics:No
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UPC:669910309650
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Review - :
It is interesting that this selection of {$the Carter Family}'s early {@Victor} recordings has been titled {^Greatest Hits}, since the trio ({$A.P.}, {$Sara}, and {$Maybelle Carter}) didn't really hit their peak popularity until after they left {@Victor} for {@Decca} in 1935 (at which time they promptly re-recorded everything here) and began their radio contract with {@XERF} in Del Rio, TX, an arrangement that essentially brought their music into homes all across America. Still, this is where the legacy of {$the Carter Family} really begins, with {$Maybelle}'s distinctive and innovative guitar style (which set the template for modern {\bluegrass} guitar) and {$A.P.}'s diligent collecting of {\Appalachian folk} songs for the group to record, an act that almost single-handedly rescued songs like {&"Keep on the Sunnyside,"} {&"Wabash Cannonball,"} {&"Worried Man Blues,"} {&"Wildwood Flower,"} and the venerable {&"John Hardy Was a Desperate Little Man"} from almost certain oblivion, and by the same stroke, gave both {\country} and {\bluegrass} a sort of readymade song database from which to work. A strong case could be made that {$A.P. Carter} is the Noah figure of American {\folk} music -- he seemed to collect at least one of everything that was ever sung in the mountains of Appalachia, then streamlined the melodies and lyrics for easy public recognition. There's much, much more to {$the Carter Family}, naturally, than what is represented here, but as a sort of "greatest hits" introduction to one of the most valuable bodies of work in American music history, this little collection of the group's {@Victor} years does well enough. ~ Steve Leggett, All Music Guide
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