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Bill Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys
The Essential Bill Monroe And His Blue Grass Boys (1945-1949)
1992 2x CD, Box Set
Bluegrass
Columbia, Legacy
tracks 1-01 to 1-08 accordion
Sally Ann Forrester
tracks 1-06 arranged by
Boyd Lane
tracks 1-01 to 1-08 banjo
David "Stringbean" Akeman
tracks 1-09 to 1-18, 2-01 to 2-08, 2-12, 2-14 banjo
Earl Scruggs
tracks 2-17 to 2-20 banjo
Rudy Lyle
compilation producer
Lawrence Cohn
tracks 1-01 to 1-08 double bass
Bill Westbrook
tracks 1-09 to 1-18, 2-01 to 2-08, 2-12, 2-14 double bass
Howard Watts
tracks 2-17 to 2-20 double bass
Jack Thompson
tracks 1-01 to 1-18, 2-01 to 2-08, 2-12, 2-14, 2-17 to 2-20 fiddle
Chubby Wise
tracks 2-11, 2-16 guitar
Chubby Wise
tracks 1-09 to 2-16 guitar
Lester Flatt
tracks 2-17 to 2-20 guitar
Mac Wiseman
tracks 1-01 to 1-08 guitar
Tex Willis
mandolin
Bill Monroe
remastered by [digital remastering]
David Mitson
tracks 1-01 to 1-06, 1-08 to 2-05, 2-06 to 2-18, 2-20 vocals
Bill Monroe
tracks 1-19, 1-20 vocals
Birch Monroe
tracks 1-19, 1-20, 2-09 to 2-11, 2-15, 2-16 vocals
Earl Scruggs
tracks 2-09 to 2-11, 2-15, 2-16 vocals
Howard Watts
tracks 1-10, 1-12 to 1-15, 1-16 to 2-04, 2-06 to 2-10, 2-12, 2-15, 2-16 vocals
Lester Flatt
tracks 2-17, 2-18 vocals
Mac Wiseman
tracks 1-04, 1-08 vocals
Sally Ann Forrester
tracks 1-03, 1-04, 1-08 vocals
Tex Willis
tracks 1-01 to 1-03, 1-05, 1-07 to 1-15, 1-17 to 2-19 written-by
Bill Monroe
tracks 2-20 written-by
Cliff Carlisle
tracks 2-10 written-by
Howard Watts
tracks 1-16 written-by
Jimmie Rodgers
tracks 1-17, 2-04, 2-07, 2-11, 2-13 written-by
Lester Flatt
tracks 2-20 written-by
Mel Foree
tracks 1-04 written-by
Zeke Clements
Tracks 1-01 to 1-08 rec. 13/2/1945, Chicago IL
Tracks 1-09 to 1-16 rec. 16/9/1946, Chicago, IL.
Tracks 1-17 to 1-20 rec. 17/9/1946, Chicago, IL.
Tracks 2-01 to 2-08 rec. 27/10/1947, Chicago, IL.
Tracks 2-09 to 2-16 rec. 28/10/1947, Chicago, IL.
Tracks 2-17 to 2-20 rec. 22/10/1949, Nashville, TN.
Tracks 1-02 to 1-05, 1-07, 1-10, 1-13, 2-01, 2-02, 2-06 to 2-08, 2-10, 2-15, 2-17 are previously unreleased alternate takes.
(p) & © 1992, Sony Music Entertainment, Inc.
Barcode: 0 7464-52478-2 (Text)
Barcode: 074645247823 (Scanned)