Name: The Very Best of Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys
Brand: MCA Nashville
SKU: 9000
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The Very Best of Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys

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Album: The Very Best of Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Blue Moon Of Kentucky	More Info...
2)	Jimmie Brown, The Newsboy [Single Version]	More Info...
3)	I Saw The Light	More Info...
4)	Goodbye Old Pal [1957 Version]	More Info...
5)	Footprints In The Snow	More Info...
6)	Roll On Buddy, Roll On [Album Version (Stereo)]	More Info...
7)	I'm Going Back To Old Kentucky [1961 Album Version (Mono)]	More Info...
8)	Molly & Tenbrooks [1957 Single Version]	More Info...
9)	When The Cactus Is In Bloom	More Info...
10)	Walls Of Time	More Info...
11)	I'm Working On A Building [1954 Version]	More Info...
12)	Scotland [Instrumental]	More Info...
13)	Walk Softly On My Heart [Single Version (Stereo)]	More Info...
14)	Kentucky Waltz [1970 Album Version]	More Info...
15)	In The Pines	More Info...
16)	Toy Heart [Single Version (Stereo)]	More Info...
17)	New Mule Skinner Blues	More Info...
18)	Roanoke [Instrumental]	More Info...
19)	Midnight On The Stormy Deep [Album Version (Stereo)]	More Info...
20)	Uncle Pen	More Info...
21)	Gotta Travel On	More Info...
22)	My Last Days On Earth [Single Version]	More Info...

Album: The Very Best of Bill Monroe and His Blue Grass Boys
#	Song Title		Time
1)	Blue Moon Of Kentucky	More Info...
2)	Jimmie Brown, The Newsboy [Single Version]	More Info...
3)	I Saw The Light	More Info...
4)	Goodbye Old Pal [1957 Version]	More Info...
5)	Footprints In The Snow	More Info...
6)	Roll On Buddy, Roll On [Album Version (Stereo)]	More Info...
7)	I'm Going Back To Old Kentucky [1961 Album Version (Mono)]	More Info...
8)	Molly & Tenbrooks [1957 Single Version]	More Info...
9)	When The Cactus Is In Bloom	More Info...
10)	Walls Of Time	More Info...
11)	I'm Working On A Building [1954 Version]	More Info...
12)	Scotland [Instrumental]	More Info...
13)	Walk Softly On My Heart [Single Version (Stereo)]	More Info...
14)	Kentucky Waltz [1970 Album Version]	More Info...
15)	In The Pines	More Info...
16)	Toy Heart [Single Version (Stereo)]	More Info...
17)	New Mule Skinner Blues	More Info...
18)	Roanoke [Instrumental]	More Info...
19)	Midnight On The Stormy Deep [Album Version (Stereo)]	More Info...
20)	Uncle Pen	More Info...
21)	Gotta Travel On	More Info...
22)	My Last Days On Earth [Single Version]	More Info...

Performer Notes

Producers include: Harold Bradley, Owen Bradley, Walter Haynes, Harry Silverstein.
Compilation producer: Mary Katherine Aldin.
Recorded between 1954 & 1981. Includes liner notes by Mary Katherine Aldin.
All tracks have been digitally remastered.
Personnel: Bill Monroe (vocals, mandolin); Jimmy Martin , Roland White (vocals, guitar); Charlie Cline (vocals, fiddle); Del McCoury, Ernie Newton, Peter Rowan (vocals); Grady Martin, Edd Mayfield (guitar); Curtis McPeake, Don Stover, Lamar Grier, Rudy Lyle, Sonny Osborne (banjo); Dale Potter, Red Taylor, Gordon Terry, Joe Stuart, Kenny Baker , Richard Greene , Tommy Jackson, Vassar Clements, Bobby Hicks , Buddy Spicher (fiddle).
Liner Note Author: Mary Katherine Aldin.
Recording information: 03/29/1951-04/17/1981.
Photographer: Les Leverett.
Although it's not a complete introduction to Bill Monroe's extensive career, THE VERY BEST OF BILL MONROE & HIS BLUEGRASS BOYS is an admirably thorough 22-track sampling of Monroe's finest recordings for Decca and MCA. Spanning more than 30 years, this collection covers the period from Monroe's signing with Decca in late 1949 to 1981's haunted "My Last Days on Earth" (a ballad that highlights bluegrass's connection to traditional English folk music). THE VERY BEST hits all of the high points from Monroe's less-frenetic later period, leaving out nothing that's essential and including absolutely no filler. There are more comprehensive Bill Monroe anthologies covering the Decca/MCA years, but this single-disc compilation takes the prize for concision.