Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. I Ain't Got Nowhere to Travel
2. Smokey Mountain Bill and His Song
3. Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar
4. Lonesome Yodel Blues
5. Brown's Ferry Blues
6. I'm Mississippi Bound
7. I've Got the Big River Blues
8. Girls Don't Worry My Mind
9. Bury Me out on the Prairie
10. Frozen Girl
11. Lonesome Jailhouse Blues
12. Blue Railroad Train
13. When It's Summertime in a Southern Clime
14. Blow Yo' Whistle, Freight Train
15. Down South
16. Brown's Ferry Blues, Pt. 2
17. I Got the Kansas City Blues
18. Alabama Lullaby
19. Fugitive's Lament
20. I'm Going Away
21. I Long to See My Mother
22. Lorena, The Slave

Disc 2:

1. Nashville Blues
2. Lover's Warning
3. I'm Worried Now
4. Take Away This Lonesome Day
5. Promise Me You'll Always Be Faithful
6. Don't You See That Train
7. It's Takin' Me Down
8. That Yodelin' Gal -- Miss Julie
9. I'm Gonna Change My Way
10. Happy Hickey -- The Hobo
11. Lonesome Yodel Blues [Blue Yodel No. 2]
12. Put Me on the Train to Carolina
13. My Smokey Mountain Gal
14. Take Me Back to the Range
15. No Drunkard Can Enter There
16. Southern Moon
17. False Hearted Girl
18. Budded Rose
19. Blind Child
20. Are You Marching With the Savior
21. No One

Disc 3:

1. Lead Me
2. I Need the Prayers of Those I Love
3. I've Got the Railroad Blues
4. Weary Lonesome Blues
5. Heavenly Light Is Shining on Me
6. Wonderful There
7. Singing My Troubles Away
8. They Say It Is Sinful to Flirt
9. Till the Roses Bloom Again
10. When We Held Our Hymn Books Together
11. Hi De Ho Baby Mine
12. Goodbye Booze
13. Careless Love (Bring My Baby Back)
14. In That Vine Covered Chapel in the Valley
15. Cannon Ball
16. 15 Miles from Birmingham
17. Where Is My Sailor Boy
18. Just the Same Sweet Thing to Me
19. Better Range Is Home
20. Don't Let My Ramblin' Bother Your Mind
21. Wabash Blues
22. Go Easy Mabel

Disc 4:

1. Over the Hills
2. Dying Truckdriver
3. Scatterbrain Mama
4. Happy on the Mississippi Shore
5. Rainin' on the Mountain
6. See That Coon in a Hickory Tree
7. Storms Are on the Ocean
8. Back to Birmingham
9. Eastern Gate
10. God Put a Rainbow in the Clouds
11. There's Trouble on My Mind Today
12. Silver Dollar
13. Old Mountain Dew
14. In the Blue Hills of Virginia
15. Make Room in the Lifeboat for Me
16. When It's Time for the Whip-Poor-Will to Sing
17. Will You Be Lonesome Too?
18. Broken Hearted Lover
19. I Now Have a Bugle to Play
20. Baby Girl
21. Gospel Cannonball
22. Honey I'm Ramblin' Away

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #138190 in Music
• Released on: 2004-03-08
• Number of discs: 4
• Format: Box set

Album Details
Over Four Hours of Superb Bluegrass Music.

Amazon.com
Alabama's Alton and Rabon Delmore made their first splash on the Grand Ole Opry in the 1930s. They became the Louvin Brothers' primary inspiration, and their enduring original numbers live on among Americana and bluegrass acts. This four-disc, 87-track set assembles their complete 1933-40 Bluebird recordings and 1940-41 Decca recordings, the bulk of them timeless, unadorned country with blues overtones galore. Their style, too, was free of artifice, centered around their relaxed, flexible harmonies. The interplay between Alton's guitar and Rabon's four-string tenor guitar created a solid, fluid base for every tune. Included are Delmore masterpieces "Brown's Ferry Blues," "Southern Moon," "Gonna Lay Down My Old Guitar," "Blue Railroad Train," "False Hearted Girl," and "Rainin' on the Mountain." Some obscure numbers are equally fascinating. "The Dying Truckdriver," among the earliest country trucker tunes, was more sentimental than most. "Scatterbrain Mama" anticipates the Delmores' postwar country boogie records for King, which clearly anticipated rockabilly. While the notes don't reflect the comprehensive expertise such a package merits, the music, superbly and skillfully remastered, speaks for itself. --Rich Kienzle

Customer Reviews

Sorry, this AIN'T the complete works...
I think that Rich Kienzle must have written his review based on the good faith that this set would include all of the Delmores' Bluebird and Decca sides. It does not. It's a good hefty collection of their pre-war material, but there are many important sides missing. The Columbia 1931 disc is not there, and most of the Decca sides are absent. Some Bluebird B-sides are also MIA.
This is rather shocking for JSP. They are usually so thorough in their reissue boxes. I'll grudgingly buy this, because I know the remastering will be good, but don't believe for one moment that you're getting the whole enchilada. If you're curious as to what these guys sound like, or like 'em and want 4 hrs of their music, go for it. But there's many sides left out. :( Maybe Bear Family will get off their arses and finally do the Delmores right.

Classic Cuts are the Best Cuts
I bought this set yesterday. For as old as these recordings are the way they were remastered sounds great. Again as I have stated in previous reviews this this set is "Great" but it's not for the new kid that thinks Country Music or Good Bluegrass is The Dixie Chicks or Toby Keith. These songs by Alton and Rabon are some of the Best Root Country Music that you can get anywhere. 1933 - 1941 ,That during the time that Jimmie Rodgers died and not many good strong groups were on the scene ( not counting the Original Carter Family). This Set is worth every penny and I think the price is downright cheap for what you are getting ! Purchase this Box Set and you will truly be Purchasing a part of real American History. "ENJOY"

Delmore Brothers Box Collection
I have a few Delmore Brothers songs from what I friend of mine gave me. I have been a lover of the real true classic country music for just a short period of time, 25 years. I just received this Delmore Collection last week in the post and it is the best collection of Delmore songs any person could want. It covers all their different musical styles with flair. If anyone is contemplating on adding this to their collection I would highly recommend it. It is the Delmore's at they really best. To me a five star rating is a bit too low. I would at least give it twice that. It should be in anyone's classical music collection. I really highly recommend it. Perfect work.