joel shimberg

I'm putting together a couple of CDs of what I have of the Monroe
Brothers. The only way to order the cuts that makes sense to me is
chronologically by recording. I've found most of what I have in the
on-line discography project, which has (I think) all of the Bluebird
information, but I'm left with the following recordings, for which I
would like to find Master No., Recording Date, Catalog No., Issue Date
& Label, and Personnel (when there's more than just Bill and Charlie).
(Bringin' In The Georgia Mail has a fiddle and a harmonica, for
example.):

No Home, No place To Pillow My Head,
The Great Speckled Bird,
Once I had A Darling Mother,
Rosa Lee McFall,
Bringin' In The Georgia Mail,
Don't Forget me Little Darling,
Mother's Not Dead, She's Only A-Sleeping.

Thanks for any help.

Joel Shimberg

steve goldfield

Joel,

I have the Japanese 3-CD set with liner notes in
Japanese as well as some of the Rounder CDs. I assume
that you are aware that Bear Family has just released
a fully annotated set which includes not only the 36
or so commercially released recordings but many
previously unreleased, too. I don't have time to
check these now, but I'll see if I can locate any
of that information. I don't yet have the Bear Family
set, which should have all of that.

Steve

joel shimberg

Thanks, Steve, that'll be a big help. I think, by the way, that quite
a few more than 36 recordings were released commercially. They
apparently recorded 60 sides for RCA/ Bluebird (and I think that they
were all released on Bluebird?) and at least the others that I ask
about. Also, in looking for the information I saw that Rounder has
released at least two CDs as the start of an announced complete
recordings set. On the other hand, it seems that that project may have
been dropped or put on the back burner.

Joel

tim dellinger

Does anyone have the "box set" released by JSP?
It's titled "Bill Monroe: All the Classic Releases 1937-1949",
and is four CDs with 112 tracks total... all for about $25.

I haven't looked closely at the track listing for completeness,
or read any reviews concerning sound quality.

I did buy two of the CDs that Rounder put out with early
Monroe Bros. releases, but to tell you the truth, I was pretty
peeved when I did some quick math. Rounder CDs are already too
expensive (often $15-18 per CD), and I noticed that the Monroe
Brothers series was "stretched", i.e. they included fewer tracks
per CD in order to stretch the series out and make you buy an
extra CD. I dislike Rounder more and more each day.

--
Tim Dellinger
tdelling@uiuc.edu

joel shimberg

Duh! I see that you had mentioned the Rounder set. Perhaps I should
look more carefully before I leap!

Joel

chaldavis

I think those cuts you are having problems with are actually by Charlie Monroe
(no Bill). They are sometimes released as by the Monroe Brothers (on LP I
know), but are actually later things with Charlie and some other guy(s).
--Alan Davis

joel shimberg

Joel

lukehinite

Hey Joel

You seem to have listed some sides by CHARLIE MONROE'S BOYS (Bluebird as well)
and CHARLIE MONROE'S KENTUCKY PARTNERS (RCA). I guess they are included in the
online discography depending on the year it cuts off.

I don't remember all the personell but the Partners include Tex Isley on
electric guitar and Buzz Busby, mandolin. They are all gems.

pvc in a red rockin chair

pstamler

Here's a listing of some Charlie Monroe recordings, with issue number and
titles, and approximate issue dates:

CHARLIE_MONROE'S_BOYS
BB 7862 The Great Speckled Bird/ Every Time I Feel [1938]
BB 7922 No Home, No Place To Pillow My Head/ Farther Along [1938]
BB 7949 Once I Had A Darling Mother/ You're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone
[1938]
BB 8015 Tell Him To Come Back, Sweet Fern/ Take Me Back To The Valley [1939]
BB 8050 Guided By Love/ Is She Praying There? [1939]
BB 8064 Black Sheep/ Just One Year [1939]
BB 8092 Oh Death/ If You See My Savior [1939]
BB 8118 Joy Bells In My Soul/ From Shore To Shore [1939]
MW 7574 Farther Along/ (New) When The World's On Fire [1938]
MW 7576 Happy Spirit/ You're Gonna Miss Me When I'm Gone [1938]

CHARLIE_MONROE_&_HIS_KENTUCKY_PARDNERS
RCA Vi 20-2055 There's No Depression In Heaven/ Mother's Not Dead, She's
Only Sleeping [1946]
RCA Vi 20-2204 Who's Calling You Sweetheart Tonight/ Rubber Neck Blues [1947]
RCA Vi 20-2304 It's Only A Phonograph Record/ I'm Coming Back But I Don't
Know When [1947]
RCA Vi 20-2416 Down In The Willow Garden/ Bringin' In The Georgia Mail [1947]
RCA Vi 20-2657 Walking With You In My Dreams/ Shenandoah Waltz [1948]
RCA Vi 20-2834 I Know You'll Understand/ End of Memory Lane [1948]
RCA Vi 20-2961 If We'd Ever Meet Again/ When The Angels Carry Me Home [1948]
RCA Vi 20-3115 The Grave At The Bottom of The Mountain/ I See A Bright
Light Shining [1948]
RCA Vi 20-3249 Don't Forget To Pray/ Campin' In Canaan's Land [1948]


RCA Vi 21-0019 What Became of That Beautiful Picture/ Sweetheart I Love
You Best [1949]
RCA Vi 21-0054 Rosa Lee McFall/ They Didn't Believe It Was True [1949]
RCA Vi 21-0100 A Valley of Peace/ Our Mansion Is Ready [1949]
RCA Vi 21-0145 Red Rocking Chair/ Time Clock of Life [1949]
RCA Vi 21-0325 Gonna Shake Hands With Mother Over There/ You'll Find Me
There [1950]
RCA Vi 21-0036 Springtime In Glory/ My Savior's Train [1949]
RCA Vi 21-0327 You Better Be Somewhere Praying/ I Know He's Been Dealing
With Me [1950]
RCA Vi 21-0361 Without Me Are You Blue/ So Blue [1950]
RCA Vi 21-0391 Down In Caroline/ Sugar Cane Mama [1950]
RCA Vi 21-0417 'Neath A Cold Gray Tomb of Stone/ Good Morning To You [1950]
RCA Vi 21-0456 I'm Gonna Sing, Sing, Sing/ Gold Star Mother [1951]
RCA Vi 21-0485 Jesus Is Calling/ My Lord's Gonna Move This Wicked Race [1951]
Decca 28281 These Triflin' Women/ Find 'Em, Fool 'Em, And Leave 'Em Alone
[1952]
Decca 30048 Why Did You Say Goodbye?/ That's What I Like About You [1956]
Decca 30307 I'm Weary of Heartaches/ Weep And Cry [1957]
Decca 46406 I'm Old Kentucky Bound/ An Angel In Disguise [1952]

Peace,
Paul

joel shimberg

One arm around a whiskey jug? They came to me off'n the old RCA/Camden
Monroe Brothers LP, which I bought new and put on the shelf, being
more interested in the Blue Sky Boys at the time. (I've re-evaluated
that position.) charlie and his boys and/or pardners sound so much
like the brothers that I simply accepted that it was the brothers.
Thanks for your help.

Joel