[78-L] Monroe Brothers reissues

[Peter Fraissinet]

There's even more reissued Monroe Brothers out there than many of you may 
realize. Here are what I know of, where the Monroe Brothers are the primary 
subject (they appear on many, many anthologies as well):

Country Guitar Vol. 14 / RCA Victor RCX-7103 [England] / 1963 / EP
Country Guitar Vol. 15 / RCA Victor RCX-7104 [England] / 1963 / EP
Country Guitar Vol. 16 / RCA Victor RCX-7105 [England] / 1963 / EP [B-side 
is Bill Monroe & His Bluegrass Boys]
Early Blue Grass Music / RCA Camden CAL-774 / 1963 / LP
Early Blue Grass Music / Victor RA-5281 [Japan] / 1963 / LP
Feast Here Tonight / RCA Bluebird AXM2-5510 / 1975 / LP
The Monroe Brothers / Old Time Classics 6003 / 1980 / LP
The Music of Bill Monroe from 1936 to 1994 / MCA MCAD4-11048 / 1994 / CD
The Essential Bill Monroe & The Monroe Brothers / RCA (BMG) 07863-67450-2 / 
1997 / CD
The Legendary The Monroe Brothers Collection (1936-38) / BMG BVCP-8615/17 
[Japan] / 1997 / CD
Volume One: What Would You Give In Exchange For Your Soul? / Rounder 
82161-1073-2 / 2000 / CD
Volume Two: Just A Song Of Old Kentucky / Rounder 82161-1074-2 / 2001 / CD
Blue Moon of Kentucky: Bill Monroe, 1936-1949 / Bear Family BCD 16399 FL / 
2002 / CD
All the Classic Releases, 1937-1949 / JSP JSP7112 / 2003 / CD
All American Country / BMG 75517476422 / 2003 / CD
All American Country / Collectables COL-CD-8456 / 2005 / CD

Note:
Bill Monroe and Charlie Monroe / Decca DL-75066 / 196? / LP
is not the Monroe Brothers as an act, but a compilation of songs of Bill 
Monroe & His Blue Grass Boys as well as of Charlie Monroe & His Kentucky 
Pardners.

Peter Fraissinet
West Danby NY

At 04:55 PM 1/13/2010, you wrote:
>While we're on the subject, does anyone know why Rounder never issued
>the other 2 volumes of the projected 4 volume set? The sides are
>available now on JSP and Bear Family sets, but the completist in me
>always wanted the matching Rounder set (and didn't want to shell out
>the big bucks for Bear Family discs).
>
>Chris
>
>On Jan 13, 2010, at 4:36 PM, Cary Ginell wrote:
>
> >
> > Rounder Select issued 2 CDs in the early 2000s, but they've both
> > been discontinued. You can still find the superb 2-LP set RCA put
> > out in the mid-70s on its revived Bluebird label.
> >
> > Cary Ginell
> >
> >> The Monroe Brothers never appeared on the National Barn Dance; they
> >> were, however, square dancers on the Barn Dance tours.
> >>
> >> There are CD reissues of the complete Monroe Brothers but I forget
> >> the label.
> >>
> >> After Bill and Charlie Monroe parted ways, Charlie continued his
> >> own career with a string band. Bill, of course, became the Father
> >> Of Bluegrass Music.
> >>
> >>
> >> BILL KNOWLTON